Smoke and dust came all the way from the direction of Jingkou Town. Diao Kui's eyes widened with anger as he roared over on the yellow zebra. His teeth were chattering and sweat had already left traces of mud on his face.
Anyone who saw him would think he was a vicious bandit and robber. How could he recognize that he was the son of a middle-class family and the dignified governor of Xuzhou?
The yellow zebra ran to a small hill and refused to move forward anymore. It was foaming at the mouth and panting heavily.
Diao Kui roared loudly: "Beast, are you even going against me?"
While shouting, he raised his whip and whipped it wildly, hitting the horse's butt repeatedly, leaving bloody traces. The whipping made the poor horse neigh in grief, and its hooves scratched, but it could not move forward.
Take half a step.
Dozens of steps away, more than a dozen cavalrymen from the tribe had already rushed in. The knights on their horses rolled off their saddles and dismounted, knelt on the side of the road, folded their hands, and their voices were trembling: "My lord, please take care of me!"
Diao Kui's eyes were blood red. Here, with no outsiders, he could finally vent his depression and unhappiness today. Ever since he was a child, he had never suffered such a loss or been so angry.
He turned his head and shouted: "Give me my order to cut Diao Qiu's body into pieces and throw it into the Yangtze River. Grandma, it's useless trash. I've lost all my face today!"
He was so angry that he even uttered curse words. How could he still have the bearing of a member of a noble family?
This made the knights kneeling aside look at each other, but no one dared to get up and carry out the order given by the master in a state of rage.
Upon seeing this, Diao Kui became even more angry. He pointed his riding crop at the knights and shouted, "You don't even obey my orders? Do you want me to kill us all?"
A clear voice came from the side: "Chief Diao, please calm down the anger of Thunder, the matter is not out of control."
Diao Kui's expression changed and he turned his head, only to see Sun Tai dressed in Taoist robes, with an immortal air and Taoist bones, riding a white horse, guarded by more than a dozen sword-wielding disciples such as Sun En, Lu Xun, and Xu Daofu.
Underneath, coming slowly.
Sun Tai and his party did not take the official road, but walked through the forest path. This can be confirmed by the many dead branches and leaves that fell on them.
Diao Kui gritted his teeth: "Master Sun, you came up with a good idea, said you could lead troops to take office, and abolished this Jingkou fighting competition to suppress these Jingkou thorns, but now it has ended up like this. Just now you
Are you watching a joke if you delay taking action in the audience?"
Sun Tai sighed: "At that time, the people in Jingkou were so angry that even the governor's thousands of soldiers and horses could not suppress it. How could I, with a mere hundred disciples here, be able to help? The governor Diao should never have done anything, and he should not have let him go.
That Diaoqiu killed people with a knife, which broke the rules of Jingkou and aroused the anger of these barbaric villagers."
Diao Kui sighed: "Originally, I just wanted to scold Diao Qiu, but I didn't expect that this barbarian actually used a knife to kill people in order to protect himself! Alas, he is really not from my race, and his heart must be different. Morning
If you know, I will lend you some of your disciples to fight."
Sun Tai smiled slightly: "Chief Diao, you have to look forward. The matter has come to this, and it is useless to regret. After all, the leader of Diao Building is a rare talent. It would be a pity to kill him. Let's keep him alive and see the consequences."
Diao Kui's mood became calmer this time. He turned to the guards in the distance and said: "Do you hear me clearly? I won't kill Diao Qiu for the time being. Bring him back to me. He will recover first. After he recovers, he will fight again at Fifty Big
Board, it’s a punishment!”
The guards all had a good relationship with Diao Qiu. They all looked happy and said with cupped hands: "Thank you, Lord. I will express my gratitude to Lord Diao on behalf of Lord Diao."
Diao Kui waved his hand: "Leave the three guards behind, and everyone else should go back to the camp. Tell Diao Hong and the others to withdraw their troops first. I have some matters to discuss with Leader Sun here, and I will go back later."
Sun Tai also nodded to the disciples behind him. The sword-wielding guards all understood this and bowed before retreating. Soon, Sun Tai and Diao Kui were left on the small hill.
Diao Kui looked at Sun Tai with a fierce look in his eyes: "Master Sun, you can come back to Jingkou to preach this time, but I advised the King of Kuaiji. Your Majesty still remembers that Lu Kui in your religion who rebelled a few years ago.
What's going on!"
"Humph, this was also the reason why Huan Wen had an excuse to send troops to guard Jingkou and control Jiankang City. Even the throne of the Sima family was almost taken away by this old thief. It is really not easy for His Majesty to forget this important event.
Oh! You don’t know how much effort I put into getting King Kuaiji to reluctantly give me advice, but is this your reward for me?"
Sun Tai smiled slightly: "Pin Dao will naturally bear in mind the great kindness of the Governor Diao, but under the circumstances at that time, it was useless for Pindao to take action, and all the arrangements would be exposed. If he wants to help you, the Governor, turn the tables, these
The layout cannot be moved, do you think this is true?"
Diao Kui gritted his teeth: "What should we do now? You asked me to lead troops to establish my authority and suppress the people of Jingkou, but now I have lost my face."
"Now I think it's better for you to come forward and get those northern refugees to farm on my land and become my Diao family's tenants."
"Grandma, this time it's because Diao Qiu was too unsatisfactory and couldn't beat Liu Yu. I heard that your northern believers are very powerful, so you can use them as supplements for me."
Sun Tai smiled and shook his head: "Prince Diao, it's not that Pindao refuses to help you, it's that these people from the north don't trust Pindao as much as you think."
Diao Kui's face changed: "Can't you make them move their families south and give up their family business in the north? Is there anything else that can't be done? Sun Tai, do you think it's so easy for me to deceive you?
Are they just like your followers?"
Sun Tai said calmly: "That's not what Governor Diao meant. Faith is one thing, and life is another."
"The reason why I can let them go south is because I make them believe that there will be a lot of unclaimed wasteland for them in the south, so that they can live a better life than in the north, and they don't have to worry about being captured by the barbarians like in the north.
Military corvee.”
"So you see, those who are willing to go south are all the poor from the bottom, and those who are really powerful and have some wealth, who is willing to abandon their family and career and risk being hunted thousands of miles away to come to Jin Dynasty?"
Diao Kui said bitterly: "Why didn't you say this when you persuaded me to sell my properties in various places and come to Jingkou? Now that all my Diao family's money is spent here, you actually told me that I can't let these poor people come to my property.
Tenant, are you trying to trick me?"
Sun Tai smiled slightly: "You are a governor, you have to take a long time to catch big fish. Why rush for this moment? There are many ways to make these poor people give up on you. I am here today to do this for you."
Diao Kui's eyes lit up: "Do you really have a way?"
A cold light flashed in Sun Tai's eyes: "As a person, because you are poor, you cannot refuse many things. Pindao has already planned, let's start with Liu Yu!"
Diao Kui's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Help me kill him!"