Chapter 73 The Angry and Rebellious Old Father (4) (1/2)

Zhoucheng's daily life is probably like this.

I heard you guys fought a war? Did you lose? It doesn't matter, look at the new weapons we developed, use them, I guarantee you can turn defeat into victory.

Hey, you won? Congratulations, but don't be proud of winning. Come and see the new weapons, exclusive, and have not been sold to other cities yet. Just bring food and we will give it to you.

You didn't get involved this time? It's good to be a bystander, but they just fought a battle now, and they may target you next. You still need to make more preparations. Do you want to take a look at this weapon? It's quite deterrent after buying it and putting it there.

All the major rebel groups have seen Zhoucheng's true face.

This is a villain!

And he's a shameless one!

Normally, they hide away and treat each other well. But once they run out of food and need food, they immediately start to urge them to buy weapons. If they don't buy, others will buy them. If others buy and use them, and they don't have them, then they are just standing there waiting to be beaten!

Shameless old thief, he is sure that they will definitely restrain each other and cannot attack Zhoucheng!

The rebel groups are so angry at Zhoucheng's shameless face that they are almost vomiting blood. Fortunately, they can comfort themselves at this time. Fortunately, Zhoucheng does not get involved. Fortunately, Zhoucheng is full of refugees who are powerless and wait for food every day. Otherwise, if such a city with a lot of weapons really fights, if there is another secret weapon or something, they really don't know what to do.

The third prince has always thought so, especially the content reported by his spies in Zhoucheng.

What? People are cultivating fertile fields, Zhoucheng is starting to build a new city, and the city lord's fourth son, who leads a group of soldiers, is farming all day long. In order to please the city lord Lin, he takes them to run around the city every day.

What can running in circles do?

What's the use of running in circles?

That Lin Baozhi is old and can't digest food, and the old farmer's style has not changed, so he goes out for a stroll after dinner every day.

A group of young and strong soldiers running around the city?

What's the use!

While he was secretly disdainful, Murong Xiao had arranged for her men to learn to run in circles after receiving the news. Her men ran a few laps when the people in Zhoucheng ran a few laps, and they must do it exactly the same as the way Zhoucheng trained soldiers.

It's a pity that she had just implemented it for less than ten days before the third prince, who knew about it, urgently stopped it. When Murong Xiao said that he was worried that those people in Zhoucheng were training soldiers in secret, he expressed disdain.

From ancient times to now, I have only heard of soldiers training with swords, guns, sticks and clubs, but I have never heard of running in circles.

Even if it is training, such soldiers are useless.

Murong Xiao wanted to say something, but she keenly noticed the displeasure of the Third Prince for her attention to Zhoucheng several times.

Obviously, this lord did not think Zhoucheng was his enemy.

She could only keep silent, but she was thinking in her heart whether she should discuss with her father to get rid of this increasingly stubborn and arrogant lord.

Zhoucheng's tricks appeared frequently. The Third Prince read Lin Shiheng's letter and thought that this city lord who was shamelessly begging for a little food did not have the courage to really join the battlefield, but Murong Xiao never underestimated the enemy. To be precise, after knowing about the killing of mountain bandits in the canyon, she never looked down on the city lord of Zhoucheng who was said to be an ordinary citizen.

In recent years, she and the Third Prince even had a dispute because of Zhou Cheng's discussion. Fortunately, her father stood on her side. Two years ago, Murong Xiao turned 20 years old, and it was almost time for her to get married to Mo Chenke.

If they got married, they would definitely be tied to the Third Prince.

But Zhou Cheng, who suddenly appeared, made them undecided. When they were hesitating whether to rebel against the Third Prince and seek another way of life, Murong Xiao's grandfather passed away.

The elder passed away, and it was still the grandfather. According to the rules of the court, she needed to observe mourning for three years, and the wedding date would naturally be postponed for three years.

During this period when Mo Chenke regretted not being able to get the beauty back early, it gave Murong Xiao and General Murong some time to observe.

Unfortunately, two years after the grandfather's death, the results of the observation still made both father and daughter not optimistic about the Third Prince.

When the rebellion just started, perhaps because he had been patient for a long time, the Third Prince would plan his fate before taking action, and would not underestimate the enemy like he does now. However, after a long time of rebellion, he enjoyed the flattery of his subordinates that he was the true emperor every day, and he was greedy for pleasure as he grew older. The Third Prince is no longer the Third Prince he was before.

What made Murong Xiao most dissatisfied was her fiancé Mo Chenke.

The reason why she agreed to this marriage was not only because it was the Third Prince's intention, but also because Mo Chenke himself had ability and there was no other affiliated force behind him. In this way, if the two sides were to marry, Mo Chenke would definitely rely on her father.

But because of the Zhoucheng incident, the Murong family was cautious and did not betroth Murong Xiao early. In addition, the period of time since her grandfather passed away was enough for Murong Xiao to see clearly what her fiancé was thinking.

Unlike what she had thought before, that the marriage would benefit both parties, Mo Chenke naively thought that as long as she, Murong Xiao, married him, the forces under General Murong would naturally belong to him and obey his orders.

Such a naive idea, what is the difference between that half-body emperor who is about to be buried!

Perhaps because the marriage was delayed for too long, the Third Prince was a little dissatisfied with the Murong family, and the army under General Murong, which had always been a group, also wanted to be disbanded.

This made the father and daughter feel more crisis.

They betrayed the court and joined the Third Prince, originally for the sake of seeking a wise master, but now the world has not been won, and the master has already lost his mind.

What's the point?

Unlike the Third Prince who was always unable to guard against Zhou Cheng, the other two rebel groups also realized that they had formed a dead end in the past three years.

Because of the mutual restraint, the weak court survived. Now the tyrant is still in power. If the tyrant dies while they are fighting, and the other side helps others to take over, then the banner of the rebel group to purge the emperor will become a joke.

Although Zhoucheng has been accepting people from all over the world and has no food reserves, they can make weapons!

Compared with taking down such an arsenal and occupying it by themselves, it is natural that the latter has greater vested interests.

After the two rebel groups tried to test each other, they finally decided.

Attack Zhoucheng!

Join forces to fight!

The distribution issue will be discussed after they take it down. Anyway, they have two swords together. Even if the third prince wants to take action, he will definitely not be able to beat these two double-layer rebel groups that have already cooperated.

The counselors who have been urging them to attack Zhoucheng for so long are very excited. They are all working together to kill the lord with one blow.

The most brutal and most supportive counselor of the attack on Zhoucheng was so excited that he walked with the wind. That night, he immediately made a detailed "We should fight like this" plan, which made the lord praise him.

That night, the counselor drank some wine, and the lord asked the guards to send him back to the tent. The drunken counselor leaned on the guards, mumbling drunken words, and even pulled the guards' sleeves and called them young ladies. People who saw this scene laughed non-stop. The lord couldn't help laughing after hearing about it. Mr. Dao had been with him for nearly four years and had been planning for him, but he had never married. He should wait until he was less busy to find a beautiful young lady for him.

The guards helped the counselor into the tent all the way. When he came out, people outside couldn't help laughing when they thought of that scene. Some people joked and asked him if his hands were extremely smooth, otherwise how could people mistake him for a young lady.

The guards glared at them with a sullen face, and then they immediately came here.

However, some papers were faintly visible in his tightly clenched fist until there was no one.

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Zhoucheng has always been the most stable place in this chaotic world. Because the city gates are open, some merchants are willing to come here to do business. This day is an ordinary morning. The city gates are open, and merchants lead their horses into this city that has become more and more prosperous in the past three years.

Unlike those merchants who scattered around to find a place to sell things, several carriages carrying goods and clear goals walked towards the government office. Pedestrians were not surprised, but some merchants looked at their backs with envy.

Otherwise, how can we say that everyone has their own destiny? He also walked around in various cities to sell things, but this person knew from nowhere that the lord of Zhoucheng loved to eat fruit, and he took the route of Zhoucheng, and could trade directly with the government office of Zhoucheng every time.

I heard that the city lord would order a lot of food from their house to send to other rebel forces if he was eating well. Not only could he make a lot of money from this, but with such a relationship, he would never be embarrassed wherever he went in the future.

Oh, I'm so envious!

"Dad!"

Lin Shiheng was sitting in his chair and drinking tea leisurely like an ordinary old man. Lin Laoer had already walked in quickly and handed over the letter in his hand.

"This is a letter sent with a cart of fruit."

Lin Shiheng glanced at the words [From the City Lord] on the letter, "Has anyone read this letter?"

Lin Laoer said with a trace of worry: "It is said that it was checked by several waves of people on the way, and this letter has been opened and read several times. Dad, is there any obstacle? Do you need your son to arrange it?"

"No need."

As the weather got colder, the old man's clothes became more and more bloated, but he didn't look fat at all. He took a sip of tea, his expression was still calm: "This is originally an ordinary letter."

"But in the past three years, we have never received any letters from there. How could it suddenly..."

"Open it and have a look."

Lin Laoer obediently opened the letter and found that it was indeed a very ordinary letter. It only said that the caravan was looking for the plant called pepper that the city lord wanted to eat, but found nothing. He hoped that the city lord would not blame them, and they presented a cart of fruit as an apology.

Now he couldn't figure out why such an ordinary letter required so many secret agents to deliver the letter at the risk of being discovered.

"You are still young. It's your fault that your father didn't tell you about these things before."

Lin Shiheng casually took the letter that his son respectfully handed over and turned it over in his hand.

Lin Laoer immediately remembered the various processes of those letters.

Could it be that there was something else in this letter?

For example, a drop of water could reveal a word, or a hidden poem, or, it was necessary to break down the words to spell them out.

He imagined a lot, but he listened to his father who was sitting calmly and leisurely:

"The information they wanted to give was not in the letter, but in the envelope. When we saw him off, we agreed that if there was any change, we would write a letter."

"[Wish Lin City Lord Personally] means that the three parties will work together to deal with us, and [Lin City Lord Personally] means that one party wants to attack Zhoucheng. If it is like this letter, with the four words [City Lord Personally], it means that two parties have cooperated and are determined to fight Zhoucheng."

So, even if this letter is read by hundreds or thousands of people, they will only think it is an ordinary letter.

"Where did you buy this car of fruit?"

Lin Laoer, who was shocked that his father's routine was so hard to guard against, hurriedly answered respectfully.

"It seems that this time, the third prince did not participate."

Lin Shiheng chuckled, threw the letter into the incense burner, and watched it burn to ashes.

"That's exactly what I want."

Lin Laoer pondered for a few seconds, "Dad, do you want to form an alliance with the Third Prince?"

Although Zhoucheng has been growing stronger secretly, it has never fought a battle. If it is one against two, the winning rate is not very high.

"Alliance?"

Lin Shiheng looked at his son with disdain, "Why should I form an alliance with him?"

He raised his head slightly, and his lips curled up playfully.

"He is alone. If we don't go now, when will we wait?"

"Pass my order, the fifteenth son of the Third Prince will lead troops to assassinate the Lord of Zhoucheng, causing the death of my eldest son Lin Guangyao."

"We, Zhoucheng, will fight him to the death!"