Sister Hong opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say: "Yes."
Jinghe, a straight-headed man, looked at Sister Hong in disbelief: "What, do you know about the existence of that terrible underground palace?!"
Sister Hong lowered her eyes: "Our people all know..."
Jing He was so angry that he reached out and grabbed Sister Hong's collar like a man: "Hong Ting, do you know why you didn't tell us in advance that the underground palace above is so scary?!"
"Do you know that there are several hundred-year-old pythons raised in the underground palace? Those beasts in the Tang Prefecture specially feed the victims to the snakes! The biggest snake king was hit by the eldest lady alone. If the eldest lady had not had the means to survive, today
I will definitely chop you!"
Sister Hong felt so guilty that she suddenly knelt down on the ground with a pop and said to Ming Lanruo: "Miss, everything is my fault. I didn't expect that they would imprison you in the underground palace. I am willing to die."
Apologize!"
Ming Lanruo drank water and said coldly: "I hate people who are always willing to die to apologize. It seems that apologizing to death can erase the past mistakes!"
She raised her lips sarcastically: "If you make a mistake in leading the troops on the battlefield and kill countless brothers, are you willing to die to apologize? Is this the so-called character of the Red Blood Legion?"
This passage stabbed Sister Hong like a knife, making her look embarrassed and extremely ashamed.
However, although every word of the eldest lady is harsh, it is irrefutable!
Hong Ting bit his lip, and with a "thud" sound, his forehead hit the ground hard: "I don't dare to tarnish the glory and character of Chi Xue, but Hong Ting suddenly got distracted!"
"Tell me, what are you thinking about?" Ming Lanruo didn't ask Hong Ting to get up, but asked her to kneel down and talk.
Although she had never been on the battlefield, she had been with her father for many years. Not only had she seen how her father ruled as an official, but she had also been taught many skills by the Duke of Ming Dynasty.
Leaders and subordinates must clearly distinguish rewards and punishments. If you make mistakes without punishing them, you will not be able to convince the masses!
Hongting whispered: "This underground palace... was originally built by our Red Blood Legion."
As soon as these words came out, Jing He almost got angry: "What? You bastards actually colluded with the Tang Prefect..."
"Okay, let Hongting speak!" Ming Lanruo said coldly.
Jing He finally suppressed his anger and stared at Hongting.
They actually built this ruined underground palace. Could it be that they had been colluding with the Tang magistrate for a long time?
But, it doesn't make sense. If Hongting and the others were from Tang Zhifu, how could a group of people be reduced to homeless beggars?
Hongting whispered in pain: "When our Red Blood Legion built the underground palace, it was not to raise snakes! Although it was built in the name of building the underground palace of the Five Immortals Temple, it was actually to facilitate movement and transport red blood.
of troops!”
Ming Lanruo didn't seem surprised, and simply said calmly: "If I guessed correctly, that Prefect Tang is actually from the Red Blood Legion, right?"
After saying this, not only Jinghe was so stunned that he could swallow an egg, but even Hongting was stunned.
"How do you know?" Hongting looked at Ming Lanruo in disbelief.
Chen Ning happened to come in with food. Hearing this, his eyebrows furrowed. He saw a cold light flashing in Hong Ting's eyes, but he was the calmest and said nothing.
Ming Lanruo glanced at Chen Ning and ordered: "Ask Zhou Ru to look at the door. If it's Master Qiantzu..."
She paused and changed her words: "If Qiao Yan, who is with me, brings someone back, let me know in advance so that I can change my clothes."
Although he didn't see Cang Qiao when he woke up, he probably knew that Cang Qiao was leading people to clean up the beginning and end of this incident.
At this point, if that man comes back, it will be inconvenient to talk about these things.
Chen Ning nodded, went out and told Zhou Ru to lead people to watch the wind carefully.
After all, the governor of Dongchang has unpredictable methods. Although he is the lady's pillow, and he seems to treat her sincerely, he knows what she is worried about.
As a man, he always felt that the governor did not simply regard the young lady as his bed partner.
The way the other party looked at the young lady inadvertently revealed a fierce and dark look that was frightening, reminding him of the terrifying monsters in some legends guarding his treasures.
That kind of paranoia and possessiveness is too terrible and may prevent the young lady from spreading her wings.
I hope the eldest lady can handle everything by then...
Chen Ning arranged his manpower and turned back to the room.
Just then, I heard Ming Lanruo ask Hongting coldly: "If I don't know, how long do you plan to keep it from me?"
The fact that the Tang magistrate turned out to be a red-blooded orphan is simply unbelievable.
But she clearly knew from the blood letters her father wrote under the bed that everything was true.
Sister Hong was silent and said in a low voice: "Listen to me slowly. In the first few years when we arrived in Northeastern Xinjiang, the brothers were united as one. General Gu was still the same arrogant but righteous man who wanted to rebuild the country.
A fierce general who avenges Marshal Xiao..."
At the beginning, Northeastern Xinjiang had vast mountains and forests, rich resources, and black soil crops were highly productive. Although the Beijin people always harassed the border and there were many bandits, it was not a climate.
Emperor Ming had just ascended the throne and was busy exterminating those who opposed him in the rich central and southern provinces. He neglected to manage the Northeastern border, a nearly wilderness and bitter cold land.
Therefore, the Northeastern Red Blood Legion led by General Gu not only lurked in the Northeastern border to recuperate, but also occupied the mountains as kings.
Although the bandits in the northeastern territory are feared by everyone in the local area, they are only a little more fierce. How can they compete with the regular and experienced regular troops of the Red Blood Legion.
However, in just a few years, General Gu either conquered or expelled most of the tough bandits in the mountains and forests, and led the Red Blood Army to occupy the mountains and become king.
"At that time, we agreed to develop the entire Northeastern territory into our bloody territory. Based on this, we would raise the banner of righteousness, counterattack the capital, and kill the dog emperor to avenge the Xiao family!"
Sister Hong's eyes were distant and experienced, as if she was still recalling the enthusiasm and energy of the brothers back then.
"In order to better control the situation in Northeastern Xinjiang, an extremely resourceful general who was close to General Gu at that time was sent to work for the local government and lurked in the government."
"The staff general completed his mission perfectly. With the support of General Gu and his brothers in the army, he made many political achievements in the government, including "suppressing bandits" and fighting against the Beijin people, and he rose all the way up."
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "That counselor rose all the way up and is now the prefect of Tang, right?"
Sister Hong smiled bitterly: "Yes, General Tang Shen back then is now Magistrate Tang."
"Heiliao City is the largest city in the entire Northeastern Territory, almost equivalent to four or five other small cities. Controlling Heiliao City is equivalent to controlling the entire Northeastern Territory."
"At that time, the brothers in the legion were very happy that General Tang Shen was so capable. He eradicated the dissidents in Heiliao City in a short period of time and climbed all the way to the position of prefect. From now on, we no longer have to hide in the deep mountains and old forests."
Ming Lanruo raised her eyebrows: "It was also at that time that you began to build the entire magistrate's residence for the Tang magistrate, which is now the Tangjia Fort, and excavated the underground palace."
At that time, she was shocked to see this information in the blood letter left by her father.
The entire prefect's mansion and underground palace were actually built by the Red Blood Legion. It was the base of the Red Blood Legion back then. No wonder it is so huge and will be built into a huge fortress!
Because the prefect's mansion was originally used to prepare for the imperial court's surrender of the Red Blood Legion's army!
Sister Hong closed her eyes and said sarcastically to herself: "Yes, we built this Tang Family Fort - the magistrate's residence, so that we can hide troops underground and transport food, and this underground palace can also lead to the nearby mountains."
"Once the imperial court sends troops to encircle and attack, we can quickly transport countless soldiers through the secret passages of the underground palace and catch the imperial court off guard. Even if the prefect's mansion is lost, we can still resist in the underground palace, and it is even convenient to escape from the underground palace."
"You can escape into the mountains through tunnels, you can escape into waterways and enter the Songhua River, and you can counterattack at any time through secret passages..."
Chen Ning couldn't help but sneer: "It is indeed the style of our Red Blood Legion. It is comprehensive and generous. Unfortunately, it is a bunch of scum that has been taken advantage of!"
The ridicule from people from other branches of the Red Blood Legion made Sister Hong's face turn redder and redder, and she gritted her teeth and said——
"At that time, no one thought that General Gu and General Tang would betray their trust and act like this. Later, they were confused by power and did many excessive and abominable things in the name of avenging Xiao Shuai and the Xiao family!"
"I am amassing money without restraint, oppressing ordinary people, extorting money in the name of raising military expenses with red blood, and even conducting sacrifices to the Five Immortals in order to confuse people's hearts!"
Ming Lanruo narrowed her eyes coldly: "Is this why we keep man-eating pythons in the underground palace?"
"Did you build the Temple of the Five Immortals that Lingbo and I saw? There were many victims imprisoned there who were fed by snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and most of them were children! Are you beasts? It's his fault.
Does your mother have any humanity?"
Jinghe couldn't help but cursed angrily.
Sister Hong's face turned pale, and she whispered weakly and tremblingly: "When the underground palace was originally built, although it was also in the name of offering sacrifices to the Five Immortals, a Temple of the Five Immortals was also built underneath."
"But that was just a shield...none of us thought...ten years ago they actually used people to sacrifice to the Five Immortals! And they even specially selected children..."
"Specially select children to feed weasels, hedgehogs, mice, and foxes? Because these animals are small and cannot easily bite adults alive, but they can bite children to death?" Ming Lanruo's face was cold.
She has not forgotten that when her father disappeared, those eyes were eaten by the yellow weasel and the officers and soldiers were bitten to death.
In addition, Cang Qiao said that those yellow skins were raised by humans, it is obvious that those weasels have become accustomed to eating human beings instead of hunting rats and chickens.
Since you can feed people to snakes, there is no reason why the remaining three "fairies" - foxes, mice, and hedgehogs will be left unfed.
Jing and Chen Ning were so angry that they were trembling with anger. If it weren't for their sense, they would have killed Sister Hong with a knife!
No, kill all the red-blooded people in the Northeast!
"You other Red Blood people in the Northeast Territory are just helping the evildoers and have completely forgotten the original Red Blood oath?" Ming Lanruo asked coldly. Although she was still calm, it was because she saw some truths from the blood book left by her father.
.
But the cold light in his eyes already contained murderous intent.
ten years!
How many ordinary people in Northeast Xinjiang have been reduced to food for animals?!
When Ming Lanruo thought of those poor children struggling to survive, she thought of her own children.
Sister Hong suddenly raised her weathered face, looked at Ming Lanruo, raised her hands and swore, gritting her teeth: "There is a god three feet above your head. We wanderers who rebelled against the Red Blood Legion in Northeast Xinjiang discovered this matter.
Completely fall out with General Gu, General Tang Shen and others."
"The Red Blood Rebellion in Northeast Xinjiang killed countless brothers who still had consciences. We were unable to compete with General Gu, who was deeply entrenched, and General Tang Shen, who was already the local overlord."
"But we would rather wander around for the rest of our lives and be hunted down by our former brothers and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, resulting in numerous casualties, rather than help the tyrants and betray Xiao Shuai's beliefs!"
This is why it has become more and more difficult for the red-blooded orphans to wander in recent years, and they are almost reduced to beggars!
Sister Hong took a few steps on her knees, her eyes were scarlet, and she looked at Ming Lanruo with tears in her eyes and shouted: "After we rebelled from General Gu's banner, we have been organizing resistance and rescuing the captured people. We have also organized people to save themselves and sheltered them in the slums. We
Never betrayed Xiao Shuai, never betrayed my bloody faith!"
"Darkness is coming, and I will stand with my red blood in front of millions of people. My blood will splash in the sky, and I will not retreat until I die! - We have never betrayed this sentence!"
Her eyes were filled with unyieldingness, hatred and unwillingness, and she could hardly help but vomit blood.
Not willing to give in...
After doing so much, he was deceived, used and betrayed by his closest brothers and generals!
Not willing to give in...
So many sacrifices, so many years, so much suffering, all the tears and blood shed.
But in the eyes of other red-blooded brothers in the central and southern parts of the country, he became a traitor and a beast who aided others in his crimes!
Carrying these infamy and grievances, when they went underground, they had no face to see Xiao Shuai and the brothers who had sacrificed themselves to protect their retreat!
Seeing Sister Hong trembling all over, her eyes almost shed tears of blood.
Both Jing He and Chen Ning couldn't help but be stunned.
Ming Lanruo quietly looked at each other for a long time with Sister Hong, whose eyes were about to burst with blood and tears.
She suddenly sighed softly and put her hand on Sister Hong's left shoulder: "Hongting, the sixth-rank Zhaoxin Colonel of the Red Blood Nineteenth Army, listen to the order. You have been lurking in the Northeast Xinjiang for twenty years. Your mission has been completed. From today on, you
Lead everyone back to the team!"
This is the gesture of the master of the Red Blood Legion giving orders.
Sister Hong was stunned and looked at Ming Lanruo in disbelief.
She seemed to be in extreme pain and suffering, and suddenly she couldn't help covering her face, howling and crying——
"Yes! Zhaoxin Colonel Hongting will return to the team today!"
The real red-blooded master is back, and she said that these red-blooded ones should return to the team!
They said they had been lurking for twenty years and their mission was accomplished!
Those brothers who died year after year...their souls are back! Did you hear that?
We finally stopped wandering, we returned to the team...
Twenty years have passed, whose hair has turned gray and whose grave has been deserted. The right path in the world has undergone vicissitudes of life, but I alone have not changed my faith!
…
He looked at the figure kneeling on the ground in front of him, crying so hard that his whole body was shaking and emaciated, and his clothes were in tatters like a beggar.
Jing He couldn't help but feel a sore nose, and Chen Ning couldn't help but blush.
Who said that one is a hero standing in the light, but one is a hero standing in the mire and filth, walking in ragged clothes, stumbling around, and refusing to kneel down.
