Chapter 1716 Xia Yi Reveals Her Identity

The more they talked, the more horrified they became. What was even more terrifying was that they remembered that the people who had died in recent days were all from families that had conflicts with the Cheng family or their relatives.

They began to be furious, "This corrupt official, how could he do such a heinous thing?"

"Yes, our poor family even went to him for help. That corrupt official must have taken a lot of bribes from our family."

"No, we have to rescue our family members."

Without Meng Yunzheng and the others needing to say much, these people began to discuss it with righteous indignation, and the result of the discussion was not unexpected.

None of them would abandon their parents, wives, and children to flee for their lives.

Everyone was in complete agreement: they wanted to go back and rescue their families.

The question now is, how do we save them?

At this point, everyone's attention turned to Meng Yunzheng and the others.

Seeing that they had said enough, the latter finally spoke up, “We do need to rescue them, but it won’t be easy. Including the Meng family, there are a total of twenty-eight households. These twenty-eight households are not small families of three or five people, and everyone has relatives and friends. We can’t just run away and abandon them, can we? Nowadays, very few people go out of Chenggu County. If we move around in such a large group, we will definitely attract the attention of the patrolling soldiers, and we won’t be able to leave at all.”

Master Yang agreed, "That's right, it's unrealistic to take everyone with us when we escape."

"So, we decided not to run away."

Young Master He and the others were surprised. "What, what do you mean?" Are they just going to let others do as they please?

Meng Yunzheng laughed and said, "We've already cooperated once and taken over this black market. Why can't we take over Chenggu County?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then gasped sharply after realizing what had happened.

He Er stammered, "Take...take Chenggu County?"

The black market is completely different from Chenggu County. The black market is where they are imprisoned—people who kill without blinking an eye. They are the dark, the evil. Moreover, with Meng Yunzheng and his group's actions, they only have about thirty people left to carry out the deed.

If we take Chenggu County, we'll be dealing with the government, officials appointed by the imperial court, and soldiers.

Master Yang was also startled, and said with a heavy heart, "Young Master Meng, we are just ordinary people. To oppose the government is to rebel. I believe what you said, that Lord Cheng is a traitor. But he is still an official of the court. Not to mention us, even the garrison troops cannot send troops without the court's order. I'm afraid we will end up as prisoners."

Master Yang's concerns were not unfounded; it has always been the case that the common people cannot fight against the officials. Even if Lord Cheng is a rebel, that is for the officials sent by the imperial court to deal with, not for them to do.

They had no orders, and even if they were doing good deeds, in the eyes of others, they might be seen as an organized uprising against the imperial court and the government.

Meng Yunzheng knew their concerns.

He then looked at Xia Yi.

The latter nodded, stepped forward with a solemn expression, and said, "I am Xia Yi, a bodyguard of the Emperor, ordered to infiltrate the black market to collect evidence of their rebellion. Now the evidence is conclusive, and the Emperor has ordered us to act as we see fit."

She is a bodyguard, but after this mission, she will be brought into the open.

However, everyone present stared wide-eyed at her introduction, unable to believe their eyes.

Who did she just say she was? A royal bodyguard? The Emperor's personal bodyguard?

(End of this chapter)