Time flies to the third night after Chu Nan's assassination. Fenggao is as peaceful as before, nothing happened. As night approaches, people begin to return home. In this war-torn era, it is a place closer to the front line, even if Being a county town, there is very little nightlife, especially tonight. As soon as night falls, no one is seen on the streets.
Night finally fell, and it was already late summer. The evening breeze drove away the remaining heat of the day, and the Fenggao night already brought a bit of coolness.
On the already empty streets, at some point, people began to appear. One...ten...hundreds...More and more people appeared from all corners of the city and gathered together. They did not speak after meeting, and quickly gathered into one. There was a huge crowd. When there were more people, it was inevitable that there would be some noise, but overall, it was quite solemn. People spontaneously gathered in groups and rushed towards the direction of the Prefect's Mansion under the dim moonlight.
In the night of Fenggao, Chu Nan was looking through the official documents. Although Xue Ti had regained the power of the prefect, in fact, Chu Nan had to go through all matters here first. Although he told Lu Qian He has no doubts about employing people, but at this time, he really can't delegate power to anyone with peace of mind.
Ah Huang, who was lying quietly at Chu Nan's feet, suddenly stood up, looked up at the dark night, looked at the night sky with sharp eyes, and became anxious, and then suddenly started barking at the door.
After hearing the cry, Chu Nan silently closed the bamboo slips, reached out and touched Ah Huang's dog's head. After closing his eyes and feeling for a moment, he looked out the door and said: "Finally, we are here. Go and call your companions to help! We are here tonight. It’s about to stage an animal world.”
Ah Huang seemed to understand Chu Nan's words. Under the stunned eyes of the guards at the door, Ah Huang ran out of the house at an astonishing speed, jumped onto the rockery in the courtyard, and let out a long, long howl at the moon.
"Ah woo~"
The sound was not loud, but it was very penetrating, echoing in the silent night sky. Following this, in every house with a dog near the prefecture, the dog suddenly became anxious and kept barking, followed by this sound. The barking quickly spread to the entire city, as if it was contagious, and the sound of dog barking could be heard throughout the city.
Everyone doesn't quite understand why their dogs suddenly become manic. Some of them are still biting the ropes that are tied to them. They seem to be suddenly full of desire for freedom outside the door. They don't care how their owners beat or scold them, they just tear like crazy. Biting the rope that binds his freedom.
fluttering~
The demon ants and the demon mantis spread their wings and flew out, disappearing into the night sky. Chu Nan slowly came to the courtyard and looked at the night. The moon tonight seemed to be particularly bright.
"Lord!" When the two guards saw Chu Nan, they quickly bowed.
"Where is Zhou Cang?" Chu Nan asked gently. Chu Nan usually behaved very kindly to the people around him.
"Resting in the room!" The guard replied, and then went to call for someone.
After a while, Zhou Cang walked in quickly and saluted Chu Nan: "My lord."
"Get ready for war." Chu Nan didn't waste any more words and simply said two words.
Zhou Cang was still in the state of just waking up. It took him a moment to react, and he nodded immediately and said: "Here!"
After saying that, he ran out and ordered the soldiers stationed nearby to gather quickly.
At the same time, the figures in the city had begun to gather outside the prefect's mansion. When the soldiers standing on the turret responsible for the night watch saw this scene, their expressions changed. They quickly drew their bows and arrows and shouted to the people below: "This is the prefect's mansion. There are no idle people here." Wait, retreat quickly!"
Looking around, the streets outside the prefect's mansion are filled with densely packed heads. Looking further, there are still people gathering here. The guards on the corner tower are a little numb. It seems that something big is going to happen tonight.
In the dark crowd, a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt said loudly: "Chu Nan is a prefect of a county, but he does not know how to care about the people. After taking office, he exacts taxes and persecutes all the people. As famous people in Mount Tai, we should uphold justice for the people of Mount Tai."
, Chu Nan is unkind as an official and unfaithful as a minister, he should be punished!"
There seems to be a convincing power in his voice. As soon as he speaks, people can't help but want to believe his words. Even the guards guarding the turret have a feeling that what he says makes sense, and the lord is not a good person.
the illusion.
"Being unkind as an official, being unfaithful as a minister? Don't say there is no such thing. Even if there is, there are laws of the Han Dynasty to govern it. You don't even have official status, so what right do you have to use private soldiers?" A voice sounded from the corner tower, but Xue saw it.
Ti didn't know when he came to the turret. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's misconception that the Lord was heinous quickly dissipated.
Xue Ti looked at the dark crowd outside the mansion, sighed secretly in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know that what you are calling today is tantamount to rebellion?"
"Xue Shijun, you have been the prefect of Taishan for several years, and you are considered half of Taishan County. Do you want to watch Chu Nan do such nonsense and persecute the people of Taishan County? He has only been in office for more than a month. Look at Taishan County now.
What happened to the county due to his harm? How many people died because of him? If you still miss the old feelings at all, you should not help the tyrants at this time!" the middle-aged scribe said coldly.
"The court will judge whether it is right or wrong. It is not too late for you to retreat now!"
If it can be implemented in the end, Mount Tai will definitely be richer than it is now, and the people... Well, besides Chu Nan, how many people really care about the life and death of the people?
At this moment, Xue Ti was persuading, not for Chu Nan, but to persuade these people to find a way to survive. Although he came from a poor family, he still had some friendship with these people in Taishan County for several years. He couldn't bear them to die like this. Unfortunately, no one wanted to
listen.
"The imperial court?" the scribe sneered and said, "Since Lu Bu conquered Xuchang, is there still an imperial court? What Lu Bu and Chu Nan did was just to coerce the emperor to order the princes. Why should we respect him?"
Xue Ti knew that it was meaningless to say anything else at this time, but he still couldn't help but want to give some more advice, even if a few people died less. Unfortunately, before he could speak, the crowd below had already started to become confused.
"Ouch~"
"Where did the dog come from!?"
Just as these people were preparing to attack the government office, the crowd suddenly became chaotic. Several screams began, followed closely by the chaotic barking of dogs.
At first, there was only commotion in the rear, and the front did not know about it, but soon the chaos spread to the front.
Dogs emerged from nowhere and pounced on the crowd, biting everyone they saw. These people were caught off guard and were caught off guard by the dogs coming from all directions. Some were bitten by the dogs and were beaten and scolded in pain. However,
These dogs are like crazy. Once they bite someone, they won't let go.
The crowd was in chaos, and some people began to wave weapons to beat dogs, but the crowd was too dense and they couldn't do it for a while, which made the crowd even more chaotic. There were shouts of curses, screams and fights between people.
However, there are not many dogs after all, and the chaos caused by mixing into the crowd is also limited. What really makes people's scalp numb are the ants that come out from all directions and swarm people in dense numbers. There are also praying mantises flying among the crowd. These little things are individually
They can be shot to death easily, but once the number increases, it will be a disaster.
What's more, there are a lot of large ants and mantises as big as fists. Each of these things is more ferocious than the last. If you bite it, it will be a bloody hole, which is heartbreaking. The forelimbs of the larger mantises are as sharp as knives.
What's even more terrible is that these things are small in size, and those strong ones in the dark can't kill them in one shot, and their bite force is even more amazing. After a while, someone fell to pieces in a pool of blood.
Some of these people were servants of the noble clans guarding the courtyard, and some were tenant farmers under the noble clans. Who had ever seen such a scene, some people had already begun to run out.
Before the attack even started, the crowd was already covered in all kinds of screams. Standing on the turret and looking at the crowds of people, the sound was like ghosts crying and wolves howling, like purgatory on earth.
"Mosquitoes do not invade!" In the crowd, there were also Confucian scholars who used words and tricks to drive away the mosquitoes around them, or burned them with fire. However, these ants and mantises were densely packed, as if they were endless. They could protect themselves, but they could not protect themselves from gathering.
The army, these people cannot form a military formation. Facing this kind of attack, they can only resist physically. They are just flesh and blood, how can they withstand it?
Xue Ti sighed and closed his eyes.
"If you want to change the world, bloodshed is necessary." Chu Nan came behind Xue Ti at some point. Looking at the scene below, he was not as sad as Xue Ti.
Although he arranged this situation, if these people had not harmed him, they would never have ended up like this. For today, he let the demon ants and demon mantises run around in the past two days, bringing a large number of ants and mantises with them.
Arrive in the city.
"I only hope that the envoy will only kill the first culprit." Xue Ti sighed.
Chu Nan nodded: "Of course, Zhou Cang."
"The general is here!" Zhou Cang said loudly under the corner tower.
"I have ordered Pei Yuanshao to seal the four gates. The families involved in this matter tonight have been recorded. If you use these to arrest people, you can't let anyone go!" There was a hint of indifference in Chu Nan's voice.
He is not a murderous person, but he will not let go of anyone who deserves to be killed.
"Here!" Zhou Cang shouted and went out with his bodyguards who had been prepared.
The gate of the Prefect's Mansion opened, and Zhou Cang came out with two hundred personal guards. Some people wanted to take the opportunity to rush in, but they saw black and green light and shadow flashing in the night sky, and monster mantises and monster ants in fighting forms appeared at the door.
, kill all the enemies who try to break in.
Those divine beings who had high hopes from the nobles did not play a big role in this battle, and were hunted down one by one by demon ants and demon mantises.
Ordinary supernatural beings are not even as strong as a chariot, so how can they compete with the monster ants?
The gathered bandits were not an army. Facing this kind of battle, they began to collapse within a moment. Facing Zhou Cang and his group who had formed a battle formation, they collapsed at the first touch and soon became silent.
"Next, it's Yuan Tan. I want to meet him. Does Brother Xiaowei have any friendship with him?" Chu Nan stopped paying attention to the chaotic streets and turned to look at Xue Ti.
"Do you have any misunderstandings about me?" Xue Ti did not answer, but gave Chu Nan a strange look. What was his origin, and what was Yuan Tan's origin? Apart from neighboring areas, how could there be any intersection between the two sides?
"It's not a big problem." Chu Nan turned to look at Xue Ti, seeming to understand the inferiority complex in his eyes. He shook his head and said, "Friends? As long as you want to make friends, there is always a way."
"I must be honest, but Yuan Tan and we may be more hostile at the moment." Xue Ti said he was not optimistic about this.
"Weren't you and I originally hostile? Now we're not having such friendly exchanges?" Chu Nan asked in return.
[Yes, if you are not friendly, people will disappear.] Xue Ti complained helplessly in his heart. Seeing Chu Nan look over, he smiled and said: "The way you make friends is really special."
Most people really can't learn it.
Chu Nan casually resolved the issue and said, "People are most important when they are at heart. I believe that as long as we treat others with sincerity, there will be no friend in the world that we cannot make."
Xue Ti turned to look at the battlefield, and suddenly lost the desire to communicate with Chu Nan. Why did the normal words change the taste when they came out of his mouth? He couldn't follow others' opinions, and if he couldn't refute, just shut up.