Jiang Deng pointed to the two soldiers who were beaten with bruises and bruises on their faces, "We were passing by here, and these two men wanted to molest us three weak women. We were forced to fight back. Who knew other soldiers would swarm in when they saw this?
Come here, you want to bully the few with more."
Cui Ning's face gradually became a little worried.
I thought that he was strict enough in running the army, but I didn't expect that something like this would happen, and even provoke cultivators.
Cui Ning's face turned cold and he ordered: "Zhang Goucheng and Li Sidan violated military discipline, drag them down and beat them with a hundred military sticks!"
One hundred military sticks?
Even if they are tough men, they can't stand it if a hundred military sticks are thrown at them!
"General! Spare us! We know we were wrong!" Zhang Goucheng and Li Sidan knelt down and begged for mercy.
Several advisers also advised: "General, if these one hundred military sticks are used, they will be dead!"
"Yes, now that the war is imminent, we can't chill the hearts of the soldiers. We should give them a lighter punishment!"
Cui Ning said without changing his expression: "The two of them violated the military discipline of our Cui family army. Their crimes are unforgivable. Those who protect them will be punished with them!"
Hearing this, the others did not dare to persuade them any more and quickly dragged Zhang Gou Sheng and Li Si Dan down. Soon there was the muffled sound of sticks being struck and the miserable howls of men.
Seeing that Cui Ning not only did not protect the two soldiers, but also dealt with them neatly, Jiang Deng slightly changed his view on this person. He thought that if the Fenglan Empire could force such a righteous person to rebel, he must have done a lot of evil things.
"Are you... General Cui?" Feng Qing looked at Cui Ning's face and confirmed it several times before suddenly making a sound of surprise.
Cui Ning looked for words, and her eyes fell on Feng Qing's face. The solemn look in her eyes was replaced by surprise, "Sixteenth Princess? Why is it you?"
Feng Qing's face turned cold and she returned to her usual indifference, "I am no longer the sixteenth princess of the Fenglan Empire. You can call me Feng Qing."
"Okay...Feng Qing."
Although Cui Ning didn't understand why Feng Qing said that, she didn't ask further. She just looked at the Jiang Deng sisters next to Feng Qing in confusion, "They are..."
"They are the peak master and fellow junior sisters of my sect."
Cui Ning's face lit up, "Since we are all acquaintances, can we come into the room and talk in detail?"
"General, no!"
The advisers and generals all tried to persuade them, "What if these three people are sent by the old emperor to assassinate you?"
"Yes, there is Princess Sixteen here. She is the legitimate princess of the old emperor, and she obviously has bad intentions when she comes here!"
"General, think twice! The old general is still waiting for your revenge! At this time, there must be no problem with your safety!"
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"Generals, why should you judge a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart?"
Cui Ning shook his head and rejected the kindness of his subordinates, "The three of them are immortal cultivators and want to kill me. Even if a hundred thousand soldiers are guarding me, they can take my head out of ten thousand soldiers. There is no need to wait.
Don't do anything when you're alone with me."
Jiang Deng couldn't help but laugh, "Indeed, if we really want to kill you, we can do it now."
"this……"
No matter how unwilling everyone was, they could only watch helplessly as their general entered the main tent with three female bandits.
In the main account.
As soon as the four of them sat down, Feng Qing couldn't wait to ask: "Does your Majesty know about General Cui's rebellion?"
She remembered that Cui Ning's father, Cui Yongan, was the founding general of the Fenglan Empire. He was the most loyal and patriotic man. Why did his son rebel?
Cui Ning clenched his fists, and there was blood in his eyes, "My father has passed away!"
"Huh?" Feng Qing was stunned, "When did it happen?"
"Last August, my father led troops to suppress the rebellion in the southwest. Because the eunuch general Lu Ronghua embezzled military pay, the war failed. My father and the 30,000 Cui family troops were all dead!"
Cui Ning punched the table with his fist and continued suppressing his anger: "I will write a letter explaining the whole story. The old emperor protected Lu Ronghua and refused to avenge his father. He also poured all the dirty water on the failure of the war.
On father’s head!”
"I even tried to force the general to hand over his military power, but because of the war in the southwest, I could only put it on hold temporarily."
"A month ago, the old emperor ordered the last general to lead troops to quell the rebellion in the southwest. As a result, Lu Ronghua came again, and the last general refused to do anything and even led troops to rebel halfway!"
Feng Qing pondered for a moment, Lu Ronghua knew.
The Chief Eunuch was initially supported by his father in order to fight against the elders of the previous dynasty in the court. Later, it would be no exaggeration to say that Lu Ronghua's power dominated the court.
As for his various corrupt actions, his father was not unaware of them, and he even ordered them behind his back. More than half of the money Lu Ronghua embezzled went into his father's pocket.
The emperor not only took the lead in corruption, but even sold her daughter out. I really don’t understand what he needs so much money for when his father is already half dead.
Looking up, Feng Qing looked at Cui Ning: "Because my father treated your Cui family unfairly, you want to take down the capital and become the emperor yourself, right?"
Cui Ning was stunned and quickly said: "Princess, I am afraid that I have misunderstood. The reason why the general rebelled was not to become the emperor himself, but just to redress his father's injustice. Even the rebellion this time was in the name of 'Qing Jun.
The slogan "choose the wise"."
"To be honest, I have only read military books since I was a child, and I am not good at the way of the emperor. I don't want to be an emperor, and I don't know how to be an emperor. If I can successfully capture the city this time, I will only bring down the old and stupid emperor."
, choose a wise person from the Phoenix clan and establish a new master."
Feng Qing looked at Cui Ning with a complicated expression.
This was the first time she had seen such a rebel who led troops to rebel, and the purpose was not to become the emperor...
However, because they grew up together, she understood that Cui Ning was indeed telling the truth and was not pretending.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I will help you," Feng Qing looked at Jiang Deng with pleading eyes, "Peak Master..."
Jiang Deng put his hands behind his head, leaned on the back of his chair, and said boredly: "It's up to you, whoever you want to help, anyway, we only help you."
"Well, thank you Peak Master."
Feng Qing finally had a smile on her face.
"What's the situation now?" Jiang Deng asked proactively.
Now that she has decided to help Cui Ning and this group of rebels, she is going for victory. Even if the opponent does not have the advantage, she has to survive this dead game!
When talking about this, Cui Ning said with an ugly face: "Since General Mo led his troops to Huangcheng two days ago, the old emperor has been shutting himself up and refusing to fight."
"If this battle continues to drag on, once several nearby defenders mobilize their troops, we will be outnumbered, so we must capture the capital within three days! Otherwise..."