Chapter 88 There Must Not Be a Second Hongwu
After deciding to go to Lujun City to rescue Wang Jinsheng, Wang Qinghe seemed to have become a different person.
The strong sense of caution that he had originally had disappeared.
He seemed to have been stimulated by something, and his whole person became sharp, as if he was going to charge into the formation.
Moreover, he also showed great confidence in this action.
He no longer had the previous worry that Lujun City was a trap.
It was as if his mind had been baptized in some way, and a great change had occurred.
However, being brave and diligent is one thing, but Wang Qinghe is not reckless.
On the way to the march, he made a lot of analysis of his enemy Cui Heng.
In his cognition, what kind of person is Cui Heng?
One word to describe him is "arrogant"!
A mere governor of Lu County dared to imprison Wang Jinsheng and Wang Qingquan, which was simply courting his own death.
Even if he was the most powerful person in the martial arts world, he would surely die.
Going against a top family like the Wang family of Langya alone is not worthy even for a god.
Only a fool would do such a thing.
Therefore, Wang Qinghe has always firmly believed that there must be a certain force or a group of forces standing behind Cui Heng.
These forces hid in the dark and pushed this arrogant man to the front, not knowing whether he wanted to be used as a gun or a scapegoat.
Based on these premises, Wang Qinghe made a judgment -
if he did not uproot those forces in the dark, it would be meaningless to just kill one Cui Heng, and soon a second "Cui Heng" would be pushed out.
He informed Xie Beixing, who was on his way to Lu County City with him, of this judgment.
Xie Beixing was the head of the third branch of the Xie family in Pingshan, the governor of Langya County, and the third brother of Wang Qinghe's wife Xie.
The two of them had a good relationship on weekdays.
When they were young, they even made appointments to visit brothels together.
However, some time ago, the two had some conflicts over whether to save Wang Jinsheng.
Now that Wang Qinghe has also set out to save Wang Jinsheng, they naturally reconciled.
At this time, the two had already arrived at the border of Fengzhou, but it was still some distance away from Lu County City, and it was already late.
They could only set up camp and rest.
The Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Pingshan joined forces to rescue people in Lujun City. Naturally, it was impossible for only two people to go.
That would be courting death.
Since the other party dared to detain Wang Jinsheng, it meant that they would not be afraid of the name of the Wang family of Langya.
If the name could not scare the other party, and only two people went, they must be delivering food.
Therefore, Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing both brought private soldiers.
This means that the speed of rushing will not be very fast, and they will have to set up camp and rest at night.
In the temporary tent.
After listening to Wang Qinghe's guess, Xie Beixing nodded in agreement and said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law, your guess makes sense. This time we must not only rescue Sheng'er, but also eradicate the roots!
"We must pull out those forces hiding in the dark. I want to see who are the dogs who dare to support this ignorant Lu County governor!"
"That's right!" Wang Qinghe said in a deep voice, "This time we will send troops. If we don't send troops, it's fine. But since we have sent troops, we must wipe out everything and kill them all. We must eradicate the roots!
"By the way, I heard that you had previously sent people to Lu County City to do some investigations. Did you find any useful clues? What is the background of the prefect Cui Heng?"
"It is true, but the gains were not great." Xie Beixing nodded first, then shook his head, "Cui Heng confiscated the property of many merchants who were running businesses of aristocratic families, and distributed them to the local people, winning the hearts of the people.
"Therefore, few people are willing to reveal news about him to strangers, but after all, there are still a few people who can be sure that there is the shadow of Lotus Temple behind Cui Heng, and he has the direct disciples of Lotus Temple beside him." "
So it was that group of bald donkeys! "Wang Qinghe's face turned extremely gloomy, "You failed to help that waste Wang Tong occupy Fengzhou, and now you want to give up cooperation with my Wang family and independently support the prefect of Lu County to be the new governor of the state and get involved in the immortal fate?"
"Then Wang Tong is indeed supported by your Wang family." Xie Beixing laughed when he heard it, "I had this guess before, but there has been no evidence."
"He is just a waste from a distant branch, and it was separated hundreds of years ago." Wang Qinghe showed disdain on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Originally, the plan was to let him seize Fengzhou and occupy the immortal fate here, so as to prevent my Langya family from occupying the immortal fate of the two states too obviously.
"If not, how could Buddhist holy places like Dasheng Temple and Lotus Temple help Wang Tong? Unexpectedly, this waste actually failed. It is said that it was because of some natural disaster?"
"Well, it is said that a meteor of fire fell from the sky and wiped out his entire army." Xie Beixing nodded, also showing a sneer on his face.
In fact, the events of Xiling County City were widely circulated. Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing also heard about it in Yanzhou, but when it was spread there, the events had already been distorted too much.
The version circulated in Yanzhou has been completely changed.
When it became a confrontation between the two armies, the King of Yan obviously had an absolute advantage, but suddenly encountered a meteor of fire falling from the sky, and then his entire army was wiped out.
There is no credibility at all.
Even if they believed it, they would only think that the Yanwang army had bad luck.
"Since Wang Tong died in a natural disaster, it is normal for the Lotus Temple to be unwilling, but he should never dare to go against my Wang family!"
Wang Qinghe stood up and sneered, "This time you and I have brought enough elite soldiers. After we break through Lujun City and rescue Sheng'er, we will lead the troops to the Lotus Temple to ask what is going on!"
"Yes, with such soldiers, even if there are gods in Lujun City, they dare not compete with us!" Xie Beixing also laughed, "I will kill that Cui kid with my own hands to vent my anger for my good nephew!"
The two of them were very confident.
Even if they had already assumed that Lujun might be a trap, they were still confident.
This came from the soldiers they brought.
Wang Qinghe led 500 men, and Xie Beixing led 2,000 men.
Although Xie Beixing seems to have more people, Wang Qinghe's five hundred people are actually the main fighting force.
Although Xie Beixing's two thousand men are elite soldiers wearing armor and carrying weapons, only two hundred of them know martial arts, and they are only at the Qi Accumulation Realm level.
Wang Qinghe's five hundred men are well-equipped, wearing fine iron armor, holding Hundred Refined Weapons, and each of them even has martial arts at the Muscle-Change Realm. The
Muscle-Change Realm is considered a local hero in the martial arts world, and can even be an elder in some small sects. The next level up is the Marrow-Washing Realm, which is enough to be called a first-class master!
Five hundred armored and weapon-carrying Muscle-Change Realm elite soldiers are also proficient in battle formations, and can form a formation to charge and kill the enemy!
These five hundred people are enough to easily defeat the so-called tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers!
Even if they are in the God Realm, they will be scared away on the spot.
If they don't run, they will die!
"Report!" At this time, the voice of the messenger came from outside, "Second Master, a group of merchants came outside, saying that they want you to take charge of them!"
These were obviously soldiers from the Wang family of Langya, and calling Second Master was Wang Qinghe.
"Merchants?" Wang Qinghe frowned when he heard this, and was about to order the people to leave, but suddenly he had an idea and said in a deep voice, "Let them come in to see me."
"Yes!" The messenger left.
"You want to ask these merchants about Cui Heng and Lu County City?" Xie Beixing was a little surprised. "This place is far away from Lu County City, and it is not around Honghe River. I am afraid that the merchants nearby don't know much about Lu County City."
"No." Wang Qinghe shook his head and said, "During the day, we passed Wucheng County and Changhe County in front. Didn't you notice that the people there talked about Cui Heng? Almost all of them praised Cui Heng. This is absolutely abnormal."
Generally speaking, a county governs more than ten or twenty counties, and there will definitely be administrative deficiencies.
Therefore, the vast majority of local people will feel dissatisfied with the county governor, and those who are slightly better don't feel much, and they don't scold or praise him.
But the people of Wucheng County and Changhe County were all praising Cui Heng, which was an extremely unusual thing.
It meant that the county governor must have done something that made the people grateful.
And the fact that so many ordinary people were grateful, combined with the situation in Lu County that he had learned before, made Wang Qinghe feel inexplicably familiar.
A group of merchants were soon brought up.
After seeing Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing, they all knelt on the ground, crying and shouting.
They said that they were all local big families with rich family businesses, but Cui Heng, the governor of Lu County, was a disaster star who harmed people. He forced them to buy their industries at a 10% price, forcing them to live the same life as ordinary people, which was simply worse than death.
After listening to this description, Wang Qinghe became more and more shocked.
His fists clenched involuntarily, and his body trembled a little.
Although Xie Beixing did not understand this very well, he also felt a sense of familiarity, but he could not remember what it was.
Afterwards, Wang Qinghe promised to severely punish the governor of Lu County and then let the group of merchants go. Then he looked at Xie Beixing beside him and said solemnly: "Do you feel familiar with Cui Heng's approach?"
"It is a bit familiar, but I can't tell what it is. I always feel that I have heard or seen it somewhere." Xie Beixing frowned and thought carefully.
"Hongwu Heavenly King!" Wang Qinghe pointed out directly, gritting his teeth and saying, "This is clearly what Hongwu Heavenly King did back then. It's him, it's him, yes, it's him!"
"Oh my God!" Xie Beixing's face suddenly turned pale as paper, and he trembled with fear. He said in shock, "Yes, that's right, kill the tyrants, divide the land and property... Hongwu Heavenly King!"
The four words "Hongwu Heavenly King" are the eternal nightmare of all the aristocratic families in the world. It is a name that can stop children from crying at night, and it is a nightmare that they can never escape in their lifetime!
Even though this person was nearly three hundred years ago, his reputation still makes the aristocratic families feel terrified!
"This guy is inextricably linked to the Hongwu of that time!" Wang Qinghe said decisively, "Kill him. We must strangle him before he grows strong. We must not let another Hongwu appear in this world!"
"Yes, we must strangle him!" Xie Beixing nodded solemnly, "Should we inform other families? This is a world-shaking event?"
"No!" Wang Qinghe shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The Hongwu Heavenly King of that year had the power to kill all the gods in the world. If Cui Heng is really related to the Hongwu Heavenly King, perhaps we can also inherit the Hongwu Heavenly King. This is a supreme opportunity!"
"Indeed!" Xie Beixing agreed with this view and nodded, "Then tomorrow morning, we will speed up our march and try to capture Lujun City before tomorrow nightfall!"
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At the same time, Zhou Hongyi arrived in Lujun City at night.
(End of this chapter)