"Come with me, all of you." He wanted to know what Bai Pingfeng and his brothers had found out in Fengcheng, and why they were injured like this.

The brothers who followed Bai Pingfeng were originally honest people, and they were all quite young, the oldest being only twenty-four or twenty-five. If it weren't for the women in their families being bullied, they wouldn't have been forced to rebel. These people were wholeheartedly trying to save the people, and their thoughts were relatively simple.

Their belief was to protect the people of Xiangyang City from Duke's army's cruelty. They acted entirely out of passion and brute force. But when Zhong Qingyi shouted at them in a low voice, their faces tensed up and they became nervous.

They thought they were Bai Pingfeng's brothers and should only listen to him. Why should they be bossed around by others? The group looked at each other for a moment, and in the end, no one said anything. They obediently followed him.

“Tell me everything you saw in Fengcheng. How was Bai Pingfeng injured, and how did you escape back?” Zhong Qingyi sat down first, then pointed to the chair next to her, signaling everyone to sit down.

The group exchanged glances before awkwardly sitting down. The young man sitting at the front, who looked to be in his early twenties and was the oldest among them, was chosen to speak.

"That day we followed the boss into Fengcheng, and after several days of investigation, we discovered... that woman was one of Duke's favorite concubines, supposedly a Miao woman skilled in poisons; the former Prince Duan was poisoned to death by her."

What a vicious woman! The day Duke led his army to attack Xiangyang City, she immediately took action, poisoning all the women and children in Duke's harem with a curse.

Even Duke's trusted generals, including their families, were poisoned with Gu poison; no one knows how she did it.

That day they witnessed firsthand that the woman had a small drum tied around her waist, and whenever she struck the drum, all those who had been poisoned would writhe on the ground, clutching their abdomens and screaming in agony.

On the day Duke attacked Xiangyang City, a general wanted to lead troops to help, but she stopped him. When the drum was beaten, the poisoned people were in excruciating pain and could not lead troops to fight. So now the 70,000 troops in Fengcheng are in the hands of that woman.

"That woman wants to replace Duke. What will she do next, deal with Xiangyang City?" Song Zhuiyan stood outside the door listening for a long time. When she heard this, she came in and sat down next to Zhong Qingyi.

“If she’s ambitious, she’ll probably want to take over Xiangyang City after she gets control of the military in Fengcheng, since Xiangyang City is Xifeng’s territory,” Zhong Qingyi said.

This woman cannot be kept alive; she is too ruthless. She doesn't even spare children. It's clear she's vicious and heartless.

“She’s skilled in using poison, so we can only let Ah Xun deal with her. With Ah Xun’s abilities, it shouldn’t be difficult for her to take her down, right?” Song Zhuiyan asked Zhong Qingyi tentatively.

Zhong Qingyi glanced back at her, then lowered her eyes and said, "I don't want A-Xun to take the risk, but if he insists..." If he insists on going, Zhong Qingyi can't stop him. Her nephew is too stubborn; once he decides to do something, he can't persuade him otherwise.

"Don't worry too much. We'll go with him, and the dogs too." This time, Song Zhuiyan brought two dogs with her, and left seven more in Songlin Village to keep an eye on Liu Cheng and his group.

The villagers have a lot of work to do every day and can't keep an eye on Liu Cheng and the others all day long, but the dogs can. They can take turns watching over them. The dogs are intelligent and can understand her, so she feels at ease.

Even if things don't go well, there are still Zhu Xiu and A Zhu, and Zhao Zhongnian will also help keep an eye on things when he has time. It's not that Liu Cheng and the others are untrustworthy, but that they know martial arts, and their skills are quite good.

If they have bad intentions, the villagers of Songlin Village will suffer. The people were brought back by Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi. In order to be responsible to the villagers, we can only wrong Liu Cheng and the others for now. It would be best if they behaved themselves. If they wanted to harm the villagers, then the villagers would kill them first.

Whether they're good or bad, it's always good to be cautious.

After treating Bai Pingfeng's wounds, Ye Moxun left the room, returned to his own room, and came out again with more than a dozen packets of medicine in his hand, which he handed to Bai Pingfeng's brother.

"Decoct one packet a day, and boil one packet twice. If there is a fever, decoct another packet. Also, this pill can reduce fever. Take one pill at a time, and do not take more."

"Young Master Ye, is our leader alright?" Although Bai Pingfeng was younger than many of them, he was the most skilled in martial arts and the most composed, which made him very popular among the brothers. So they all called him their leader.

"He won't die. He'll be fine once he wakes up. He'll recover after a few days of rest." After saying that, Ye Moxun turned and went to the hall.

Song Tantan followed, and Song Zhuiyan was already waiting there. The three of them huddled together and discussed the matter.

Not long after, Song Tantan angrily slammed her hand on the table, "What? Why should I stay? I don't want to."

That's right. The result of the discussion was that Ye Moxun, Zhong Qingyi, and Song Zhuiyan would go to Fengcheng to get rid of Duke's concubine, while Song Tantan would stay in the government office to oversee things. Xiangyang City needed someone to guard it. If all four of them left, and someone had ulterior motives and caused chaos in Xiangyang City, then all their previous efforts would be in vain.

"How can a ten-year-old child like me shoulder such a heavy responsibility and defend a city? You think too highly of me." Song Tantan puffed out her cheeks angrily; she didn't want to be left here alone.

"Tantan, stop fooling around, listen to your aunt."

She had to repeat "I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen" three times to express her indignation.

"...Leave Taishan and Lao Er behind to help you. Besides, you have a powerful weapon. If a large army wants to cause trouble, you can put them into your space. Send away those who go too far, and send those who don't go too far to the supermarket to make them stupid. Only you can do this. None of us can." Song Zhuiyan's analysis was perfectly reasonable.

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!