Feng Zhen smiled and said, "From the looks of it, it might be a big fish that slipped through the net."
According to Jiang Pengji's character, would she be so attentive if there was no profit to be gained?
As it turned out, Jiang Pengji was really wronged this time. She didn't plan to scheme against that person, she just helped him out of curiosity.
She understood the mockery in Feng Zhen's words and said helplessly, "You are such a boring person. In your eyes, is your lord someone who pursues fame and fortune? You don't allow me to be kind and take the initiative to lend a helping hand to save these pitiful people? It's not all for the sake of profit. "
Feng Zhen was afraid of the cold, so he wrapped his cloak tightly around his body. He shivered slightly as he breathed out white air, but his mouth refused to back down.
"My lord has too many criminal records. I can't help but be suspicious."
Wei Ci frowned. "Since he's from Nansheng, why did he come to Dongqing and join the Red Lotus Group?"
No matter how much trouble the Red Lotus Group and the Tsing Yi Army caused in the north of Dongqing, in the eyes of many people, they were just a group of disorderly people. Moreover, the Red Lotus Group bewitched people everywhere and propagated evil cults and evil gods. The Tsing Yi Army was violent and unscrupulous. Everywhere they passed, they were like locusts passing through.
It wasn't just the landowning gentry who looked down on them. Even the common people were more disdainful and cursing than praising when they mentioned the two rebel armies.
Jiang Pengji shook her head and said, "Who knows what they're thinking? Maybe they want to borrow troops from Dongqing to recover Nansheng. It was also possible that he had fled here and could only conceal his identity and hide among the people. Now that Dongqing is in such a mess, it's a good time to fish in troubled waters. "
Her words made Wei Ci's heart tighten, and his face turned slightly pale.
The Red Lotus Group of Dongqing, the descendants of Nansheng, borrowing troops to restore the country, fishing in troubled waters … These keywords gave him an ominous feeling.
"What's wrong, Zixiao? You don't look very well." Jiang Pengji keenly noticed that Wei Ci's face had turned pale. His face had lost its color, and there was a tinge of paleness. She could not help but ask with concern, "The wind and snow outside are too strong. Go back to the carriage to avoid it."
Wei Ci was in a daze for a moment. Hearing Jiang Pengji's words, he came back to his senses and said embarrassedly, "It's okay, it's an old problem."
Of course, he couldn't go back now. He had to stay and see who that person was!
Just as she was thinking, the man had finished washing up and put on the clean clothes that the soldiers had found for him.
The man's stature was similar to that of a soldier, but his clothes were quite suitable for keeping warm and comfortable.
However, the area of his frostbite was rather large, and the situation was rather serious. His body was slightly warm, and the area where the frostbite was located was extremely itchy, as if there were countless little worms wriggling and crawling, making people unable to resist scratching. The man restrained his impulse and maintained a natural expression.
"My lord, I've brought him here."
The soldier brought the man to Jiang Pengji. At that moment, Jiang Pengji was discussing the situation in Nansheng with Feng Zhen and Wei Ci.
Nansheng Country was indeed destroyed. Not to mention the fact that the four factions of Nanman had broken through the borders of Nansheng and had gone straight to the Yellow Dragon, committing numerous crimes along the way. On the day the capital city was breached, the massacre order issued by the four factions of Nanman was enough to make people gnash their teeth in hatred. The scholars of the world were indignant.
All the male members of the royal family were beheaded and hung at the top of the city walls. The female members of the royal family were used as camp prostitutes. The younger ones were three to five years old, and the older ones were 50 to 60 years old. Not a single one was spared. Some women could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide. There were even noble women who carried their young daughters to commit suicide.
Rather than dragging out their feeble lives and being humiliated to death, it was better to be freed early and let their souls return to the netherworld.
Apart from these unforgettable blood debts, the four factions of Nanman's behavior of using people as food for the army was even more disgusting.
After the royal family of Nansheng was destroyed, the aristocratic families of Nansheng had no choice but to unite to resist the four factions of Nanman.
As mentioned before, the aristocratic families were very powerful. They were so powerful that they could influence the court and control the succession of emperors.
Why was Nansheng still destroyed despite being so powerful?
One must know that the aristocratic families each had their own interests. There were also competitive and hostile relationships between them, and they kept each other in check.
In the beginning, the aristocratic families of Nansheng did not care whether Nansheng was destroyed or not. There were three reasons.
First, if the royal family of Nansheng was destroyed, they could elect a new ruler. They did not care at all who would be the emperor.
Second, the aristocratic families were arrogant. Although they hated the four factions of Nanman, they did not take these barbaric clans seriously.
Third, Nansheng courted disaster by recruiting all kinds of useless allies. They even tried to suppress the aristocratic families and hurt their own interests.
Who knew that after Nansheng was destroyed, they did not gain any benefits.
The four factions of Nanman were not reasonable at all. They did not care about the value of the aristocratic families.
Were the aristocratic families rich?
Kill and rob!
The aristocratic families had women?
Kill and rob!
The aristocratic families had rations?
Kill and rob!
Ever since the four factions of Nanman destroyed Nansheng, they brutally slaughtered countless aristocratic families. The men were brutally killed, while the women were used to satisfy their desires and to carry on the family line. If there was not enough rations, they were cooked and eaten.
It was only then that the aristocratic families of Nansheng came to their senses. They recruited soldiers and bought horses. They rose up and rebelled against the cruelty of the four factions of Nanman.
Under such circumstances, there would definitely be many who fled to other countries to seek refuge.
Jiang Pengji discussed this matter with Wei Ci and Feng Zhen. She also looked down on the four factions of Nanman.
Wei Ci said, "My lord, you must not be careless."
Jiang Pengji said, "I ridiculed the four factions of Nanman and looked down on them. I did not look down on their combat power. On the contrary, these barbarians were good at fighting. Nansheng's national strength declined and their policies were wrong. They died without complaint. In troubled times, it was a competition of who could fight and who could win. In this aspect, the four factions of Nanman were indeed stronger than Nansheng. But what about after winning? The four factions of Nanman were stupid. At most, they would flaunt their prowess in the Central Plains for a while. Do they want to establish a stable regime that would last for hundreds of generations? Haha, dream on! "
Fighting a war was not difficult. What was difficult was rebuilding after the war.
"A race that only knows how to destroy but does not know how to preserve, create, and continue is destined to be unpresentable." Jiang Pengji sneered and said, "To put it bluntly, the wheel of fortune changes. Who can be sure that the people of Nansheng will not retaliate? According to the situation of the four factions of Nanman, they are not united internally. If they successfully retaliate, the only thing that awaits them is the annihilation of their race! "
Hearing this, Feng Zhen frowned and said, "Destroy the four factions of Nanman? According to the current situation of Nansheng, I think it is quite precarious. The people do not have a moment to rest and recuperate. The barbarians only need to raise their sword to kill, but the people need more than ten years to give birth and raise their children. "
Before the Nanman tribe was annihilated, Nansheng would probably have been wiped out.
Wei Ci said, "Not necessarily."
"Huh?" Feng Zhen was surprised. "Why?"
Feng Zhen did not know, but Wei Ci was clear that the Nanman tribe was indeed annihilated.
How could he tell the truth? He could only play the role of a charlatan.
"The laws of nature are constant and orderly. Every drink and every peck, every cause and every effect, everything has its own destiny. The four factions of Nanman massacred no less than 300,000 people of Nansheng. Isn't it normal for the people of Nansheng to retaliate and destroy the barbarians? "Wei Ci spouted nonsense with a straight face.
The corner of Feng Zhen's mouth twitched. He scolded jokingly, "I'll be damned if I believe you. You can fool others with your lies, but do you think you can fool me?"
Wei Ci smiled bitterly.
The four factions of Nanman were indeed annihilated. There were a total of more than 638,000 people in the four factions. Regardless of whether they were men, women, the elderly, children, or babies waiting to be fed, almost no one survived.
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