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Chapter 72 Sparks Catching a Prairie (2)

After Fang Jie led the rebel army into Datian County, Xu Ziling's surprise, all the people in the county magistrate's mansion were dragged to the street to kill and beheaded for public display, and some were even exposed.

After the sergeant who arranged the night watch, the Manichaeists scattered among the households of Datian County in the name of staying, preparing to recruit all the young and middle-aged people in the county into the rebel army.

Xu Ziling settled down with Fang Jie at the county magistrate's mansion and prepared to take the magpie's nest for a night of rest.

In the lobby, Fang Jie sat upright at the main seat, listened to the reports of the Manichae church members, and discussed the next action with Xu Ziling and Liu Ying.

Fang Jie asked Xu Ziling: "Brother Xu, Envoy Lu should have attracted the attention of the Secret Investigation Department in Ninghai County. What should we do next? Go back to Ninghai County to rescue him or?"

Xu Ziling pondered for a long time and said, "Why not just attack Taizhou City before the official army could react?"

"What a joke," Fang Jie shook his head and said in surprise: "How can our rebel army's current strength and equipment be able to attack Taizhou City?"

Liu Ying next to him said: "Depending on his subordinates' opinions, why not take down the county town near Taizhou first, and take over the young and strong city, and then build the rebel army before visiting Taizhou?"

Fang Jie nodded and said, "I think Deacon Liu's suggestions are safe."

Xu Ziling did not engage in military affairs, but also knew the reason why soldiers were very fast. He said, "No, if we don't attack Taizhou, we will turn to attack Ninghai County. Now the Taizhou government has not heard of the rebel army yet, and there is still a chance of winning by surprise. If the rebel army is active in Chengxian County around Taizhou, it is difficult to ensure that they are surrounded and suppressed by the official army."

Fang Jie thought for a while and said to Liu Ying: "What Brother Xu said makes sense. It is better to go north to attack Ninghai County and rescue Envoy Lu."

Liu Ying shook his head and said, "At this time, the overall situation should be the priority. If Taizhou City is not captured as soon as possible, the government's rule in Taizhou will still be there. Once Wenzhou in the south, the official troops of Chuzhou will come to rescue, it will be a disaster for our rebel army."

Fang Jie knew nothing about military affairs, and thought that both of them had a reasonable point, and he didn't know who should listen to for a while.

After a long silence, Xu Ziling said, "It's better to give it a try and directly attack Taizhou City."

Liu Ying said dissatisfiedly: "You have also heard from the special envoy of Fang that the strength of our rebel army is not enough to fight against the Taizhou official army, let alone to attack the city."

Xu Ziling looked at him and said in a deep voice: "What if the Taizhou magistrate, Tongzong and others were assassinated?"

Fang Jie's eyes lit up: "Are you talking about creating chaos in the city by assassination and then taking the opportunity to attack?"

"The news came from Master Lu that the Secret Investigation Department and the Taizhou Government Office were almost out of their way and went to Ninghai to kill him." Xu Ziling took out a piece of paper that sent the message and handed it to Fang Jie, and continued: "I will bring you one or two hundred elite troops into the city, and wait for an opportunity to assassinate the magistrate, the magistrate and other officials to the government at night, and then open the city gates in the chaos to welcome the army into the city."

Liu Ying walked up to look at the notes and found that it was indeed Lu Shinang's handwriting. He looked at Fang Jie and nodded.

"Okay!" Fang Jie stared at Xu Ziling, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Let's give the Lord a surprise."

...

The next day, Liu Ying and his men were asked to lead the army to stand by in Datian County. Fang Jie and Xu Ziling took a hundred elite troops to Taizhou City as refugees.

At this time, the news of Fang La's uprising had reached Taizhou City. Although the city gate was not closed, the official army responsible for investigating suspicious personnel was much more severe. Once a sharp weapon was found such as swords, they would not be allowed to enter and exit.

Xu Ziling and others had to put all their weapons outside the city and leave two people to guard them. Xu Ziling instructed one of them: At night, throw his sword and scabbard to the city wall.

After entering the city, the troops were dispersed to the inn near the city gate. Xu Ziling and Fang Jie also found a restaurant close to the government office and waited for the night to arrive.

In the afternoon, the two ordered some dishes and prepared a full meal before taking action.

As we were eating, a woman walked in outside the door, sat at their next table with her sword on her waist, and ordered some food to eat.

"This girl," saw the woman alone, a man next to her walked over with a wine glass. "When Yu Mengqi is the favorite, she is making friends with heroes in the world. The girl not only has a beautiful appearance, but also has two swords. When she sees her next time, she likes her from the bottom of her heart. Can you know her?"

If it is so straightforward, it is no different from teasing.

The woman's lips and teeth opened slightly, and she said a coldly: "Get out!"

Yu Mengqi smiled casually, shook her head gently, walked straight to the woman's table, and was about to sit down, but a cold light swept across, and the woman drew her sword and slashed over.

"Then you are so brave," Yu Mengqi hurriedly retreated and avoided the woman's knife. "I am the cousin of the Taizhou Magistrate. If you messed with me, don't want to leave this Taizhou City!"

The woman smiled coldly, ignored him and started to eat on her own.

Yu Mengqi pointed at the woman, stammered for a long time but didn't say a word. She slowly turned red, leaving a sentence "Wait for me" and turned around and left in a hurry.

After seeing Yu Meng get up and leave, a waiter in the building quickly walked to the woman and said, "Girl, leave quickly and find a place to hide. The man named Yu bullied countless good women with his relationship with the prefect. As long as someone dares to resist, he will come with the constable in the yamen. At the least, he will beat him up, and at the worst, he will be directly arrested in prison."

"Don't you dare to go to the capital to petition such as his behavior of bullying men and women," the woman said casually, "Can this magistrate also have a backstage in the capital?"

The waiter lowered his voice: "That's it. Those who dared to go to petition before they arrived at the yamen, arrested the people from the Secret Investigation Department before they arrived at the yamen, and went to prison for random crimes. This was the case two or three times, who dared to go now?"

The woman placed the two swords on both sides, one left and one right, and said lightly: "Don't worry about me, go and go, I want to see how many constables he can call."

The waiter sighed and said, "Why don't you listen to advice? No matter how good your martial arts are, it's on their territory. Their people are coming in a steady stream, and you can beat a few more." After that, the waiter felt that his kindness and righteousness were done, so he stopped caring for the woman and went elsewhere.

Xu Ziling and Fang Jie watched the whole process and looked at the woman with interest. They found that the woman was really handsome. No wonder Yu Mengqi was so arrogant when she saw her, but they could also see that the sword light was so sharp when the woman waved her sword just now, at least she was a master above the country.

And Yu Mengqi is from the government, so the woman is also their "ally". The two of them whispered a few words, wanting to take advantage of the issue and complete the task at night in a more relaxed way.

Xu Ziling stood up and walked towards the woman. When he was approaching, he saw her picking up the knife beside him, and quickly raised his hands and said, "Girl, I have no ill intentions. My friend and I have some grudges with Yu Mengqi, and I want to cooperate with you." He said that, pointing to Fang Jie next to him.

The woman glanced at him, slowly lowered the knife, and said coldly: "No need, I will handle my own affairs myself, and there is no need for cooperation."

Xu Ziling glanced at what she ate and found that it was vegetarian porridge and vegetarian noodles. She thought she couldn't get enough money, so she had a sudden inspiration and took out a ingot of silver and put it on the table and said, "Miss, just do what I said, I promise that Yu Mengqi won't let me discover my existence."

The woman looked at the silver ingot and felt a little embarrassed, but she nodded slightly and said, "You can tell me how to act first."

Xu Ziling took out another ingot of silver, pushed it to the woman, and whispered: "Girl might as well pretend to be afraid of Yu Mengqi, and then..." After that, Xu Ziling looked at the woman and smiled without saying a word.

The woman frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded.

Xu Ziling smiled and bowed, turned around and returned to Fang Jie.

After taking the silver, the woman nodded slightly to Xu Ziling and left the restaurant.

Fang Jie was about to follow up immediately, but was stopped by Xu Ziling: "Don't worry, she had rejected the waiter's kindness before, which means she was self-reliant on martial arts and was not afraid of those constables."

"You are stupid," Fang Jie glared at him and said, "What if she can't trust us, she will just run away with the money."

However, Xu Ziling did not expect it and hesitated: "No, she doesn't look like a person who is untrustworthy."

Fang Jie pushed his hand away, walked out directly, and turned around and said, "No matter what kind of person she is, to be safe, let's chase after her first." After that, he walked towards the direction the woman left. Xu Ziling thought about it, but felt that he could not judge a person's temperament based on his intuition, and then followed.

The woman knew that the two were following, so she slowed down and slowly walked towards the alley that Xu Ziling told her.

After a long time, I heard a few sounds from the street behind, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The yamen captured the suspect!". It was Yu Mengqi who chased after him with four constables.

The woman quickly accelerated her pace.

"Where!" Yu Mengqi saw the woman moving fast.

The four detectives immediately ran towards her.

The woman walked through the streets and alleys, and finally arrived at an abandoned alley, with a dead end in front of her.

The constables who were chasing her behind laughed when they saw that she was blinded and walked to a dead end.

"Yoho, he looks so handsome."

"That's right, otherwise how could our Master Yu look down on you?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this figure is really tempting."

"Stop talking, take her first, catch her in the yamen and see whatever you want."

"Hahaha, the fifth brother said yes."

Seeing the four people talking and laughing unscrupulously, the woman's face became more and more gloomy, and she pulled out the two swords from her waist.

The four detectives gradually realized the woman's extraordinaryness, hurriedly put away their contempt, drew out their weapons and surrounded them together.

However, the woman took the lead and jumped, and her two swords worked together to chop the detective closest to him. The water-blue sword light appeared from the blade.

The moment the detective took the knife to block it, the woman retracted the knife force and kicked him in the abdomen with a whip leg, kicking him backwards.

The other constables ignored the tragic situation of their companions and slashed at the woman together.

The woman did not dare to use a surprise victory under the attack of the three of them, so she had to wave her swords to block it.

The constables cooperated for many years and had a tacit understanding with each other. The woman could not break through the three of them with her step-by-step moves and was gradually forced to the corner.

Just when the three of them thought the woman was not in a position, the woman suddenly shouted lightly, and wisps of light blue true energy shot out from the blade. The three of them were still a distance away and they felt the amazing chill.

The famous detective had no time to hide, and was immersed in the palm of his hand by the true energy. His palm was frozen and lost consciousness. The knife he held fell to the ground.

While enduring the cold, the constable next to him suddenly pulled him back, and he only saw a splash of knife light passing through his nose, slowly revealing a thread of blood.

The detective immediately covered his nose and was still in shock. If it weren't for his companion pulling him, the tip of his nose would have been cut off.

After the fight was completed in one go, the woman found that she had not killed any of the constables, and her face turned pale a little. She had not yet entered the realm, and the Qihan true qi forcibly drawn with the secret method would take a long time to recover. Without the Qihan true qi, it would be difficult for her to find another chance to kill three people.

These four detectives are all at the level of entering the house. She can win steadily when she fights one and two, and she can only protect herself when she fights one and four. It is too difficult to find opportunities. She will definitely lose if the opportunity is delayed for too long.

Now she can only hope that the two people in the restaurant just now will come as promised. Otherwise, when her true energy is exhausted, she will choose to commit suicide to avoid being insulted by these people. Anyway, she has nothing to nostalgic for.

"Oh, are a few men bullying a weak woman?"

Sure enough, Cao Cao was coming. Xu Ziling and the others were walking towards the constables wearing masks.

After walking a few steps, Fang Jie saw the constable lying on the ground and hugged his waist, and smiled and said, "Oh, this official, why don't you feel uncomfortable? Do you want me to treat you?"

A cold sweat broke out from the detective's forehead and he smiled and said, "No, no need."

Fang Jie looked at it with a smile and found that he was holding his left waist and was secretly healing his wounds. So he walked to his right, raised his leg and kicked him on the right waist.

The detective immediately grinned and almost fainted from the pain.

But Fang Jie pulled his right hand with his left waist to the right and pressed it to the place where he had just kicked.
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