Chapter 125: On my mission, I invited the people of Danjiang County to enjoy three days of free meals...
Yun Family Cemetery.
Yun Youning knelt before a huge joint burial tomb, silently burning paper money.
Several human heads were neatly arranged in front of the incense burner; this was the best offering Yun Youning could give to her Yun family.
When she fled Jinzhou with her surviving family and possessions, she had already collected the remains of her deceased family members and buried them in the Yun family cemetery.
He even personally carved a memorial tablet for the deceased and placed it in the Yun family ancestral hall.
Not long after, the head of the Sun family, hating Yun Youning and others for killing his eldest son, sent men to overturn the graves of the deceased members of the Yun family on the seventh day after his death, taking advantage of a rainy night, so that all the remains were exposed.
Then they set fire to the Yun family ancestral hall.
Many people know that these two incidents were not accidents; someone was deliberately seeking revenge, killing the Yun family members and even taking their remains.
The murderer is very likely the Sun family, who divided up the Yun family's business.
But so what?
No one stood up for the deceased, and the prefect of Huai'an County pretended that it was an accident, not even bothering to conduct a pretense of investigation.
This matter faded into the past, gradually forgotten, until no one mentioned it anymore.
However, neither the governor nor the head of the Sun family could have imagined that, many years later, the daughter of the Yun family would be able to lead troops back to fight their way back.
The young woman stood before them expressionlessly, then killed them with her own hands.
Zhu Youchuan also knelt down, tore off pieces of paper money, and put them into the fire.
He watched Yun Youning burning paper money and silently weeping. The passing of loved ones was a lifelong sorrow. Yun Youning had lived with hatred and grief for so many years, but now that her revenge was complete, she could finally go to her family's graves and cry her heart out.
“Let’s rebuild the ancestral hall when we get back,” Zhu Youchuan said softly.
After entering the city, they went to the Yun family cemetery. They declined help from others and Zhu Youchuan accompanied Yun Youning to collect all the remains.
Unable to determine the owner of the remains, Yun Youning decided to build a joint burial tomb.
Building the ancestral hall is the next step.
Yun Youning nodded silently, her voice choked with emotion, "When Qing'er and Uncle Sun come over, we'll carve the memorial tablets together."
Zhu Youchuan nodded, "Alright, Uncle Sun, bring your Yun family's genealogy."
Yun Youning looked up, tears streaming down her cheeks and down her chin. She took a deep breath and said firmly to her parents and the ancestors of the Yun family, "Please bless me, bless me to assist the goddess in ascending to a high position!"
The war continues.
Just as He Qinglan predicted, Lu Wei led his troops to escape the encirclement and fled into Pingzhou.
Lu Hong and Sun Yannan did not expect all allied forces to be as single-minded as they were in their efforts to defeat the imperial army.
There are always some short-sighted people who can only see immediate benefits.
If they unite with true allies and continue attacking Lu Wei, they can continue until they capture the capital.
At that time, the battle for supremacy will begin again.
He Qinglan took a piece of paper and read it.
It was Ning Huai'an who sent the message back; they are currently heading towards Pingzhou.
He Qinglan picked up her pen and wrote a reply to him, then handed it to Feng Jiawei beside her, asking her to deliver the message.
She opened another letter, a handwritten letter from Xue Rang.
The letter ended with a sentence in which he requested that Lu Wei be handed over to him.
He Qinglan narrowed her eyes as she read this sentence: Could it be that Xue Rang knew that Lu Yingfang's brother was the mastermind behind Xue Caiwei's death?
At that time, Xue Caiwei was beautiful and proud, and she only gave Xue Rang a good look. He, the son of the prime minister, was not worthy of her attention at all.
She's just a country girl!
Thinking this way, and realizing that his sister was unable to win Xue Rang's heart, he hired someone to deal with Xue Caiwei.
After Xue Caiwei committed suicide, Lu Yingfang borrowed people from the Prime Minister's residence for Xue Rang to investigate. Those who had insulted Xue Caiwei were all dealt with by Xue Rang himself.
This matter was originally lost to history, and no one knew what he had done.
But who could have imagined that years later, Xue Rang would learn that Xue Caiwei had returned before her suicide and that he had taken control of Lu Yingfang.
After Lu Wei led his troops out, Xue Rang cooperated with Lu Wei while developing his own power, eventually gaining control of the Prime Minister's residence.
The Lu siblings had a heated argument.
During the argument, he blurted out what he had done back then, which shocked Lu Yingfang.
Xue Rang, standing outside the door, laughed: "My life has indeed been a joke."
He Qinglan sighed, a rare occurrence for her.
She wrote back to Xue Rang, offering her suggestions and requesting his cooperation.
After finishing writing, He Qinglan took back the letter for Ning Huai'an from Feng Jiawei, tore it up, and wrote a new one.
The goddess smiled slightly, "The MVP of this war will be Ning Huai'an from Jinzhou."
Feng Jiawei hesitated slightly, "Goddess, is Xue Rang... trustworthy?"
He analyzed the situation from a man's perspective: "Xue Rang is now in a high position of power, Lu Wei values him, and the future of the Lu family is clearly his. If he is willing, he may even be able to rise to a higher position. Can Xue Rang really betray Lu Wei for the sake of his first love who died young?"
Without hesitation, He Qinglan replied, "He can."
Feng Jiawei was puzzled.
He Qinglan explained, "Xue Rang's deep love for Xue Caiwei is one aspect, and his strong sense of self-esteem is another."
Feng Jiawei understood. "He can't tolerate being deceived?"
He Qinglan nodded. "Don't you think Xue Rang is a fool in this whole thing?"
Feng Jiawei: "..." I think, logically speaking, Xue Rang shouldn't have failed to discover the involvement of the eldest son of the Xue family in all these years. As a smart and resourceful person, how could he not have suspected the Lu family?
He Qinglan did not continue speaking.
In the original plot, this incident was a heart-wrenching moment between the male and female leads.
The male protagonist discovers that his brother-in-law is the real culprit who killed his first love years ago, and without hesitation, he takes action against his brother-in-law, killing him with his own hands.
The female lead was in immense pain and turned against the male lead for the first time.
The male protagonist, who was unaware that he loved the female protagonist, only realized he had fallen in love with her after they had a cold war.
After several years of back and forth, the male protagonist finally became emperor, and the female protagonist became his empress.
The goddess silently pursed her lips.
There are too many plot holes to even bother criticizing.
In reality, she exposed the truth before Xue Rang was "unaware of his love" for Lu Yingfang. Xue Rang truly hated and was angry at the Lu family. He hated that people in high positions of power crushed the lives of ordinary people, and he was angry that someone as good at manipulating people's hearts as himself had been fooled for so many years.
He won't let the Lu family off the hook.
He Qinglan thought for a moment and said to Feng Jiawei, "You don't need to worry, I'm not so easy to deal with."
She wasn't worried that Xue Rang would betray her; at worst, she would endure the pain of the backlash and kill Xue Rang.
Feng Jiawei immediately pledged his loyalty, "Of course I absolutely trust you!"
He Qinglan said, "Go and mail the letter." Ning Huai'an was about to launch his first battle to make a name for himself.
Southwest China.
Gu Lanying and Mei Leshu visited the home of the governor of Danjiang County.
The middle-aged woman, with a simple appearance, looked at the prefect sitting in the main seat and smiled kindly, but her words were full of threat: "Prefect, if you are willing to submit to the goddess, the goddess will bless all the people of Danjiang Prefecture and ensure that they can have enough to eat every day from now on."
"If you insist on fighting us to the end, then my army in Jinzhou will make an example of you."
The prefect was not intimidated by her threat. He said, "If your Jinzhou army attacks my Danjiang prefecture, I will write to the governor for help. When the governor sends troops, will your Jinzhou be able to quickly conquer my Danjiang?"
He sneered, "I'm afraid you'll be trapped in Danjiang. At that time, it will be hard to say who will win or lose."
Gu Lanying's smile remained unchanged. "Has the Prefect ever heard the saying, 'Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it'?"
The prefect didn't take it seriously. "What are you trying to say?"
Gu Lanying picked up her teacup, her smile deepening. "I will ask our goddess to treat the people of Danjiang County to three days of free feasts."
She said gently, "Fresh pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and fish, stewed or stir-fried with lard and rapeseed oil, and then seasoned with plenty of salt, soy sauce, vinegar, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise. I wonder if the people of Danjiang County would like it?"
The prefect's expression changed. He stared coldly at Gu Lanying, a murderous intent flashing across his face.
In the future, the goddess will have a perfectly legitimate reason to hold the local governor accountable.
After all, one should not kill envoys.
"After the people of Danjiang County have tasted the food bestowed by my goddess, they will truly understand how good the lives are for the people of Jinzhou. They are also commoners, yet they cannot live such a good life. Will they come to you, Prefect?"
Gu Lanying continued her threat, "As long as they surrender to the Goddess, as long as they become her subjects, that's all that matters. Guided by such thoughts, won't they rise up in rebellion, seize the entire Danjiang Prefecture as a gift to my Goddess in exchange for her favor?"
Seeing the prefect's furious face, Gu Lanying let go of the teacup, which fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Tea spilled all over the floor.
The prefect slammed his hand on the table with a loud bang. "Gu Lanying! How dare you!"
Gu Lanying chuckled and repeated, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. I'm really curious to see just how far the people of Danjiang County can go."
One person's strength is weak.
The power of a group of people is immense.
If guided by a core ideology, they can be an extremely sharp knife.
The governor of Danjiang Prefecture was not a fool; he was not so arrogant as to disregard the local people.
However, it was precisely because he wasn't stupid that Gu Lanying threatened him in this way.
After leaving the county government, Mei Leshu turned to look at the gate and asked Gu Lanying, "Will he agree?"
Gu Lanying's expression turned serious, and she shook her head. "I don't know."
Mei Leshu: "..." She said in surprise, "I thought you were very confident, seeing how confident you were just now."
Gu Lanying chuckled. "That was all an act." Our propaganda department members even studied acting using books from another world, okay?
That said, there really are all kinds of books in this other world! There are books that teach people how to improve their speaking skills, books that teach people how to sell, books that teach people how to debate, and books that teach people how to put on airs!
The staff of their publicity department were overjoyed to have found such a treasure.
After that, we held public speaking, debate, and performance classes from time to time to improve everyone's abilities.
Gu Lanying was already good at pretending, and after reading the book, her abilities in all aspects were significantly improved.
Everyone in the propaganda department praised the minister as the "chosen propaganda man"!
Mei Leshu then asked, "So what do we do next?"
Gu Lanying replied, "Wait."
Mei Leshu: "..."
She smiled and asked, "Will I continue to come and treat the prefect's parents tomorrow?"
Gu Lanying nodded, "Of course."
We shouldn't be too quick to discard them after they've served their purpose.
Elderly people suffer from age-related illnesses; the parents of the Prefect of Danjiang County are old and in poor health.
With her excellent medical skills, Mei Leshu quickly caught the attention of the prefect.
After she took action, the health of the two elderly people improved significantly.
The prefect wanted to thank her, but Mei Leshu made a request: please give Gu Lanying a chance to meet her.
Mei Leshu smiled and said, "If we can take Danjiang County directly, we will have a base."
Gu Lanying nodded and added, "However, this method cannot be used for the next prefect."
Mei Leshu asked, "Why?"
Gu Lanying replied, "Because he is a heartless beast."
Just take action; there's no need to waste words.
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