The villagers of the Dong Family Village entered the village and placed the food on their backs in an orderly manner at the village entrance.
The young man walked out from the crowd and said, "This food was brought back by everyone risking their lives. Everyone can take it and divide it among yourselves."
The dozens of men standing behind him revealed looks of shame as they heard this.
These food were taken from the hands of bandits, but they weren't the ones who took it. They were just standing on the sidelines watching the fun, cheering and cheering …
When they arrived, they were already prepared to perish together with the bandits. But after arriving, they discovered that One-eyed Tiger's group of several dozen people wasn't even enough to fight against their benefactor. They couldn't even help. In the end, they could only help their benefactor tie up those bandits. It was unknown where those bandits were taken.
The man named Dong Dahai carried several bags of food and placed them to the side. He said, "Benefactor, this is enough for us. If we take more, it will still be taken by others. You can take the rest of the food away …"
The young man waved his hand and said, "This is your food to begin with. We can't take it. After you take it back, hide it well and don't let others steal it …"
The Dong Family Village people lowered their heads in silence.
In times of chaos and natural disasters, food was their life. The government wanted food, their families wanted food, and the bandits on the mountain also wanted food. These people wanted their lives!
But today, these strangers that they didn't know treated their illness and helped them steal food from the hands of bandits without asking for anything in return …
Dong Dahai was the first to kneel on the ground, knocking his head on the ground.
The two men beside him looked at each other and knelt down as well.
The villagers of the Dong Family Village knelt down one by one. Whether they were men or women, young or old, or even the ignorant children, all of them had their heads pressed down by their mothers.
The young man stood in front and said, "You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank the Heavenly Empress. Remember to live a good life in the future. Don't do evil and do more good deeds. The Heavenly Empress will protect you. If you disobey, we will take back everything that the Heavenly Empress has bestowed upon you …"
Dong Dahai respectfully said, "Benefactor, rest assured. We will not harm the Heavenly Empress' merit …"
The villagers of the Dong Family Village also responded.
Even after those people gradually left, the villagers were still kneeling on the ground.
They looked at the piles of food around them and felt that it was unreal.
Dong Dahai took out a portrait from his bosom. This was something that he had requested from his benefactors. This portrait was of the Heavenly Empress.
They were only ordinary people and could not do anything for the Heavenly Empress. They could only worship the Heavenly Empress day and night in order to repay her kindness.
From today onwards, not only him, but everyone in the Dong Village would have to erect a long life memorial tablet for the Goddess...
…
Recently, a legend had been circulating outside Cangzhou City.
The Wu Kingdom was in chaos, and the people had no way to make a living. The people suffered from the chaos of war and were homeless. The Empress took pity on the people and descended to the mortal world. She sent her believers to help the people in distress and in danger. She helped the people in Cang Prefecture to treat their illnesses for free and gave them vegetarian meals. Many people were saved …
There were common people that had received their kindness and willingly joined them. They swept away the bandits that roamed Cang Prefecture and distributed the food they seized to the poor people. In a short period of time, they received the unanimous support of the local people.
The Heavenly Empress had a benevolent and generous heart. She spread the word of good in the world and also guided the people of Cang Prefecture to do good deeds and accumulate good karma. She also left behind a prophecy that not long after, a person of the Mandate of Heaven would appear and save the people of Cang Prefecture from their misery …
In these past years, the common people heard countless people proclaim themselves as people of the Mandate of Heaven. Without exception, these people were all exterminated by the Imperial Court.
These people said that they would help the common people, but they actually stole food from the common people and went around capturing people …
A long time ago, the people of Cang Prefecture no longer had any expectations for this so-called person of the Mandate of Heaven.
However, the Heavenly Empress was different. She never desired anything from the common people. She filled the stomachs of the common people and cured their illnesses. The common people believed in her and supported her. When she said that a person of the Mandate of Heaven would come and save them from their misery, many common people longed for the arrival of this person …
…
Cang Prefecture City, Provincial Governor's Mansion.
"A person of the Mandate of Heaven?" The Cang Prefecture's Provincial Governor slammed the table and said with dissatisfaction, "Investigate, investigate thoroughly for this official, find out who this group of people is!"
With such a force appearing outside of Cang Prefecture City, as the Provincial Governor, he naturally could not let his guard down.
The situation in Cang Prefecture was chaotic enough. He was the Provincial Governor in name, but he could only do as he pleased in the Prefecture City. Once he left the Prefecture City, he would be restricted by those powerful people.
It wasn't easy for the Imperial Court to take down Cang Prefecture. If there were any unforeseen events here and a few more rebels were born, this Provincial Governor who hadn't been a provincial governor for long would most likely meet his end.
This so-called Holy Religion that led people to do good must be nipped in the bud. After finishing this matter, he still had to think of a way to find Princess Duan Rong's whereabouts.
His Majesty had sent him several secret letters, ordering him to find Princess Duan Rong at all costs. Unfortunately, the Fringe was easy to enter but hard to leave. If he couldn't send troops in, where would he find her?
Unless Princess Duan Rong could walk out of the Fringe on her own and stand before him, he didn't think such a pie falling from the sky would happen to him.
In the Fringe, Li Yi had just sent off Yangliuqing and his entourage.
In the end, what was learned on paper was still shallow. Rebellion was not something that could be accomplished with words alone. He had already taught them everything that needed to be taught. It was time for them to put it into practice.
Cang Prefecture was the closest to the Fringe. It was a place that they had to fight for. Once they conquered and stabilized Cang Prefecture, the Fringe would become their stable support. As long as the Imperial Court of the Wu Kingdom hadn't swept away all the obstacles in the Wu Kingdom, they would be invincible.
They had just set off today, but the arrangements in Cang Prefecture had already begun several months ago.
The Holy Religion wanted to establish a branch in the Wu Kingdom. Xu Zheng couldn't wait to personally lead his men there. The philosophy of the Holy Religion had long changed to that of helping the needy. They recruited a portion of the people, wiped out the small gangs of bandits in Cang Prefecture, and distributed all the food and belongings they obtained.
Of course, they weren't doing this out of selfishness. There was a difference in the treatment between the followers of the Holy Religion and the common people. In just a few short months, their troops grew from less than a hundred people to a terrifying number.
And those bandits and tyrants were all brought into the Fringe and turned into productive forces.
In these two months, Li Yi also deeply understood why the countless rebellious bandits in history would first establish their own religion before they rebelled …
A rebellious disciple, a protective master, a lunatic who only wanted to strengthen the Holy Religion and spread its teachings, and a group of martial arts experts who had long been trained to the point of wanting to see the world plunged into chaos. With Cang Prefecture as the starting point, who knew how much chaos they would stir in the Wu Kingdom in the end …
Li Duan ran over from afar and ran to his side. He asked, "Daddy, Daddy, have Aunty and Senior Sister left?"
Li Yi nodded and said, "Let's go."
Li Duan heaved a sigh of relief and murmured, "They're finally gone …"
Li Yi patted his head and asked, "Are you happy that Aunty and Senior Sister left?"
"If I don't train properly, Aunty will spank Duaner's butt …" Li Duan rubbed his butt and said excitedly, "I'm going to play with Little Sister and Aunty …"
Li Duan's fear of Ruyi was innate. Now that Ruyi had left with them, he could completely let go of himself.
Li Yi looked down the mountain. The path down the mountain twisted and turned until it disappeared into the shade of a forest.
Somewhere in the mountains ahead, a troop of nearly a thousand people was moving slowly.
Wei Liang gripped the saber in his hand tightly. The saber was so sharp that it could cut through iron like mud. It was the first time in his life that a troop of five hundred soldiers was equipped with such a divine weapon.
Apart from that, they were also equipped with the Heavenly Punishment that struck terror in the hearts of countless people on the battlefield. It was an invincible weapon for sieging cities and killing enemies.
However, this was just a precaution. The mission given to them by Prince Gyeong Of Silla was to take down Cang Prefecture within a month without shedding a drop of blood.
He looked up in a certain direction and clenched his fists.
Cang Prefecture … We're back!
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