Gou Becomes a Boss in the Fairy World

Chapter 1476 Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (Twenty)

After Wang Chen followed the yamen runners out of the city wall, Ye Xiangming, who had regained consciousness, felt something was wrong.

It was not that the county magistrate had the ability to predict the future, but that his rich life experience reminded him that Yu Heqian's sudden summons to Wang Chen to the county yamen was strange.

Thinking of the conditions for the bandits to withdraw their troops, Ye Xiangming was terrified and rushed to the county yamen as quickly as possible.

No matter what Yu Heqian had planned, he and Wang Chen had nothing to fear.

The most feared thing was that Wang Chen would be ambushed alone!

But the county magistrate never expected that what he saw in the lobby of the county yamen would be such a scene.

More than a dozen leading figures in Qing'an County fell in a pool of blood, and the flowing blood gathered into a winding stream on the terrazzo floor, which was particularly shocking.

Ye Xiangming recognized every corpse here. Some of them were local gentry with high moral integrity, some were wealthy businessmen with huge wealth, and there were two powerful gang leaders.

What frightened Ye Xiangming the most was that Yu Heqian sat in the court with a bloody hole in his forehead, and red and white liquids flowed out of it.

The county magistrate who had always been competing with him and often had the upper hand was also dead!

Something big happened!

Ye Xiangming subconsciously looked at the only person still standing - Wang Chen.

He asked in a lost voice: "My dear son-in-law, what is going on?"

Wang Chen sighed: "When I was ordered to come to the county government, I saw that the masters of the bandit army were killing here, and a group of gentry and the county magistrate were unfortunately killed."

"Although these three bandits have been killed by me, it's a pity that I was still one step late."

Ye Xiangming was speechless.

This county magistrate is not a fool, how could he not guess the truth of the matter.

The situation at the scene was actually clear. County Magistrate Yu Heqian and a group of gentry colluded with the bandits and set up a killing plan in the lobby of the county government, trying to use Wang Chen's life to exchange for the bandit army to retreat.

As a result, they underestimated Wang Chen's strength and were killed by Wang Chen. All of them lay here.

In fact, Ye Xiangming could understand why Yu Heqian did this. After all, the losses of Qing'an County in this offensive and defensive battle were huge and exceeded their tolerance limit.

But understanding is understanding. Looking at Yu Heqian who died with his eyes open, the county magistrate still felt very happy.

Qing'an County has been able to hold on to the present without falling under the crazy attacks of tens of thousands of bandits. Wang Chen can be credited with the first merit.

As a result, as the object of protection, he was stabbed in the back. If it were Ye Xiangming, he would never tolerate it.

As for Wang Chen's explanation, although it was full of loopholes, Ye Xiangming was such a man that he said with a sad expression: "So that's how it is. I didn't expect the bandits to be so cunning and cruel. It's a pity that County Magistrate Yu and a group of gentry died for their country and could not see the moment of victory!"

Yu Heqian and others must have been killed by the bandits, otherwise even if he committed the crime of colluding with the bandits, it was not something Wang Chen could kill, not to mention that there were so many leading figures in Qing'an County buried with him.

Ye Xiangming already had an idea in his mind.

He looked at Wang Chen, and the two smiled tacitly.

Wang Chen said: "Father-in-law, I'll leave the follow-up matters to you. I'll go back first to prevent the bandits from attacking."

"Okay."

Ye Xiangming agreed without hesitation.

Such a big thing happened in the county government, and now Ye Xiangming is the number one figure in Qing'an County. If he wants to keep the city stable, he must be in charge of the aftermath.

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As for the city defense, it is the best choice to leave it to Wang Chen, whose strength is unfathomable.

During this period of time, Wang Chen was stationed on the city wall, shooting and killing hundreds of elite bandits and saving many soldiers.

His prestige was no less than Ye Xiangming.

When Wang Chen returned to the city wall, Ye Xiangming had already begun to dispatch personnel in the county government office, trying his best to ensure the supply of materials for the garrison soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand to purge Yu Heqian's confidants.

He waited until he had complete control of the situation before he issued a notice, and then personally led the team to raid many large households in the city.

The crime was naturally treason and murder of the county magistrate!

There were more than a dozen leading figures in Qing'an County who died in the lobby of the county government office. Ye Xiangming certainly would not confiscate all of them. He only selected a few of the richest ones and wiped them out with a thunderous force.

This would first further remove Wang Chen's suspicion, and he would be able to give an explanation to the higher authorities in the future.

Secondly, the wealth and materials obtained from the confiscation of the houses could allow the garrison to support them for a few more days.

In fact, the results of this raid surprised the well-informed county magistrate!

He had previously thought that the wealthy families in the county had reached the end of their rope and had no choice but to collude with the bandits to murder Wang Chen.

As a result, although the food, gold, silver and weapons stored in these families did not reach the point of piling up like a mountain, all added together could fully support Qing'an County for another month or two.

Such a harvest made Ye Xiangming's eyes red, and he became more fierce, and even raided two more houses.

Any resistance was suppressed by him with the most brutal means!

In just two days, the entire Qing'an County fell under Ye Xiangming's control.

And the bandit army retreated.

They had to retreat.

This bandit army surrounded Qing'an County for half a month, during which time it launched dozens of fierce attacks, but all were repelled by the defenders.

The casualties reached 20,000 to 30,000.

Although the bandits were worthless and there were plenty of cannon fodder for the hungry people, the elite among the bandits suffered heavy losses, and the top general Xiao Zhan was trapped in the county.

Under such circumstances, even though "Ping Tian Wang" Li Zili was extremely unwilling and angry, he realized that if he continued to fight, even if he could finally break through Qing'an County, the losses on his side would be unbearable.

So he could only choose to withdraw his troops and accumulate strength to attack another county.

It is impossible for every county to be as difficult as Qing'an County.

When the last figure of the bandit army disappeared in the vast wilderness, the soldiers guarding on the city wall cheered in unison.

Many people cried with joy.

It was really not easy. Everyone thought they would die with the city, but suddenly they won.

Some soldiers also lay on the ground powerlessly after cheering, and never woke up after falling asleep.

In the following days, every family in Qing'an County was in mourning, and the sound of crying echoed in the streets and alleys for a long time.

In this battle to defend the city, Qing'an County suffered heavy losses, with more than 2,000 soldiers and able-bodied men killed in the battle, and even more injured.

When Wang Chen returned to his home, he was warmly welcomed by his wives and concubines.

Ye Dai ignored her modesty and teamed up with Xiao Yu to pester him for three days and three nights.

Let Wang Chen enjoy the tenderness to the fullest.

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The first update is here.