Chapter 1751 Seeking Meng Yunzheng's Help

Shu Yu raised an eyebrow and heard Qi Lie say, "Didn't you warn General Huang in advance and find out who his mole was? Now that we know who it is, let's just play along and deliberately reveal that we're going to act at night."

The other side revealed the plan to Master Wu and his men, who had just come up with a countermeasure when General Huang unexpectedly led his troops to charge up yesterday afternoon, catching the rebels off guard. Almost half of the rebels were either killed or captured, resulting in a great victory.

"Really?" Shu Yu became excited. No wonder the soldiers Qi Lie brought were so excited earlier. How could they not be excited after winning the first battle?

Qi Lie nodded, "I also took the opportunity to arrest Chang Laosi and delivered him directly to General Huang."

Chang Lao Si? Shu Yu remembered that this person was Chang Si Ye from the black market, who was in charge of laborers and human trafficking.

"What about Wu Laosan and the others?"

Qi Lie narrowed his eyes. "They're hiding here and not coming out, and they're extremely scattered. For now, we can only call a truce. General Huang is thinking of a solution. He said your method of defeating them one by one in Chenggu County was good and we can use it."

"Won't those people, now that they've spread out, target ordinary people? When we were at the black market before, from what they said, it seemed like they wanted to infiltrate the neighboring county, but they failed, right?"

Qi Lie shook his head. "With me here, I naturally won't let them succeed. As for the matter in Chenggu County..." He sighed. "I'm sorry, I was only in the black market for a short time. They had planned this all along and acted suddenly. I just happened to be out of the black market and couldn't stop them."

Most importantly, there are two secret passages within Chenggu County that lead directly to the black market. Magistrate Cheng colluded with the black market, and it was through this inside-outside cooperation that such serious consequences occurred.

But since he knew about it this time, and was even in the crowd, he naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

Moreover, he knew that General Huang would be arriving in the next few days, so he could simply delay him.

Qi Lie created some trouble for Wu Laosan and Chang Laosi, stirring up trouble between them, which naturally hindered their actions.

Qi Lie raised his head and said to Shu Yu, "Don't worry, those rebels don't have time to harass other people right now. Their original goal was to buy time and keep General Huang in Changjin Prefecture. If they could kill General Huang, that would be best. If they couldn't kill him, they could at least keep him here temporarily so that the operation in the capital could proceed smoothly. However, this is exactly what we want. Our current target is the prefect of Changjin Prefecture."

Shu Yu suddenly realized that the malignant tumor that was Magistrate Cheng of Chenggu County had been removed.

But that prefect was still firmly in his position as a fourth-rank official of the imperial court.

Qi Lie said, "I came here not only to transport weapons, but also to ask Meng Yunzheng for help to go to Changjin Prefecture. Where is he?"

“He should rest at home.” Shu Yu hesitated for a moment. “He hasn’t slept for two days.”

Qi Lie, “…” It’s perfectly legitimate for you to feel sorry for your own man.

"Don't worry, we'll act tonight. We'll just have him come with us first, and he'll be well-fed and watered before he gets to work."

Shu Yu didn't believe it. These people were incredibly competitive; just look at Xia Yi. They wouldn't stop until they had squeezed people dry.

Qi Lie coughed lightly and asked tentatively, "Why don't you send someone to the Meng family to fetch them? The weapons have all been handed over here, we should be leaving now."

(End of this chapter)