After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

After watching Quan Dehui leave, Pei Jiaoran's eyes turned to the city gate. The refugees were approaching the fence step by step with farm tools in hand, their eyes full of anger.

Now the people responsible for guarding the city gate are the accompanying Shence Army. Faced with the fists and kicks of the refugees below, or attacking with farm tools. We can only draw a knife to demonstrate. But the refugees who were carried away by anger were afraid of the weapons in front of them, but they were already on the verge of life and death, so how could they care so much.

Someone in the crowd shouted with grief and anger, "We just want to survive and have food to eat. But in order to save the court's expenses, you have to cut off our food in preparation for the court's expropriation. The court's taxes are our contribution, and now we are frequently What's the point of exploitation and sword fighting? Is there no justice in this world?"

As soon as this was said, the crowd became more and more commotion. Looking at the refugees getting closer and closer to the fence, Pei Jiaoran clenched the Chunjun sword in his hand. His eyes fell on the few people huddled behind the crowd, and their steps were slightly panicked. Under the light of the fire, they didn't look like refugees at all.

Pei Jiaoran curled his lips and revealed sneer in his eyes. Most of these people were arranged by Quan Dehui to incite the refugees to rebel. But judging from how they look now, they are probably worried that things will get out of control and cause death. After all, in this situation, no one can guarantee what these irrational refugees will do.

Someone was trying to persuade him, but his voice was too weak. Once it is sent out, it is like a stone sinking into the ocean, disappearing without a trace. The refugees crowded towards the fence and fell to the ground unable to bear the force. As for the people behind, how could they know that there was someone lying under their feet. The wails and cries went up and down, and some even began to frame the Shence Army to hurt people.

The anger of the crowd is enough to destroy everything.

Pei Jiaoran raised his hand. In an instant, arrows were fired, but the arrows only targeted the people in the front row who were charging the hardest. The rest were unscathed.

It's not that she wanted to be like this, but that evil has already occurred in people. Excessive tolerance will only encourage these people's evil thoughts. So she wants to shock them.

Seeing that the refugees still refused to retreat, a second round of threatening arrows flew down. Hysterical shouts spread among the crowd, and some people began to retreat.

"Pei Jiaoran, what on earth are you going to do?" Zhou Mancao couldn't help shouting.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran said nothing, but turned around and went downstairs. Standing at the city gate, looking at the wooden door that kept shaking.

At this time, Quan Dehui and his people had arrived near Heyang County. The shouts from outside the city reached my ears along with the night wind. He knew the consequences of his actions. It's a pity that there is no turning back. As long as Pei Jiaoran lives in Tongzhou, the butcher's knife may fall on him at any time.

The first time he incited the refugees to cause trouble, he originally wanted to make the people hate Pei Jiaoran, but he didn't expect that she would kill him to appease the public's anger and threaten him to cooperate with her. This time he would use her so-called public opinion to deal with her.

These refugees, blinded by anger, didn't care who she was. If this matter was too extreme, it would mean bloody suppression. Even if Pei Jiaoran could survive, he would not be able to escape dismissal from office. If he died, he could suppress these unruly people on the pretext that the mob was causing chaos and killing the imperial officials.

"Where are the power thieves going?" Someone shouted from the alley in the distance.

Quan Dehui was walking quickly on the road and was startled when he heard these words. Following the sound, he saw dozens of refugees walking towards him menacingly. Realizing that something was wrong, he quickly called the guards to come forward and stop those people. But those people were all very powerful, and they didn't look like ordinary refugees at all. After he realized something, he led a group of people to fight and retreat all the way to the west of the city.

Compared to the east of the city, the guards here are very sparse. Quan Dehui took a deep look at the refugees who were catching up. He didn't think much and immediately ordered his guards to grab the city gate keys. Then he rushed out with the people.

The guard he left behind was about to close the door. An arrow penetrated his body. The refugees chased him out, and at the same time, a songbird flew into the night.

Listening to the sudden sound of chirping in the night sky, Pei Jiaoran licked his lips and said, "Let's go out of the city."

The city gate slowly opened, and the drum on the city head also sounded instantly.

Zhou Mancao stood at the top of the city and shouted: "Anyone who still does not retreat a hundred steps away after beating drums for three rounds will be killed without mercy."

The beating of drums continued, and the refugees retreated one after another. The remaining few who resisted were led by Li Xiujing and held on the ground.

Walking out slowly, Pei Jiaoran looked calmly at the people in the distance.

"Servant Pei!" someone from the crowd called.

they know. It was the arrival of the scarlet-clad female servant before them that allowed them to eat again and gave them new hope. If she hadn't spoken for them, they wouldn't be alive today.

So they believe that she will speak for them again and let them eat again.

But if you ask yourself, they also damaged her reputation, calling her a woman who brought harm to the country and was not worthy of being an official.

Now that they are facing each other with swords, will she protect them and speak out for them? I feel ashamed when I think of what I have done.

"Please, Mr. Pei, save you and others!"

Pei Jiaoran pursed his lips as a sound filled his ears. She knew what consequences her deliberate entry into the situation would bring to these people. However, under the law, whether or not the guard was killed for any reason, he must be punished according to the law.

Because a country is neither always strong nor always weak. If those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong; if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak. But she can still do it without blaming the public, but she will have a certain degree of restraint.

"In today's matter, only the culprit will be investigated. The rest of the people will not be investigated because I think you were deceived by others." Pei Jiaoran paused, "But if you commit it again, the crime will be increased."

The refugees finally calmed down and stared at Pei Jiaoran in the distance.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go after Quan Dehui." Pei Jiaoran smiled, "He Liang, take some of them back to assist Lingjia, Mancao and the others. Xuanyin and I will go after them."

"Here." He Liang took the order and returned to the city.

It's not that she doesn't want to take them both, it's just that Heyang still needs someone to stabilize the situation. Quan Dehui withdrew from Heyang, and the gentry were trapped here, unable to do anything for a while. Now we only need to continue to provide food to stabilize people's sentiments.

They both got on their horses. The more than 100 people who followed them were basically those selected by Cao Wenzhong. After Feng Xu's incident, they became extremely peaceful. That's why Li Xiujing dared to use them.

The group of people followed the traces left by Quan Dehui in the night.

"I guess he couldn't have imagined that you did it on purpose." Li Xiujing urged the horse to get closer to her and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "The sound of Mingdi is so loud, but he is not deaf. But even if he knew, he would not dare to stay."

As he said himself, the refugees hated him too. And if public sentiment is heated, he will also be implicated if the guarantee is insufficient. So when he saw the refugees chasing him, even if he could guess the reason, he didn't dare to stay. Because he can't afford to gamble.

"Li Xiujing, are you afraid of death?" Pei Jiaoran suddenly asked.

"Not afraid. Why do you ask so suddenly?"

"I was thinking what if we are outnumbered?" Pei Jiaoran looked at Li Xiujing in vain, "Wouldn't it be so exhausting that you and I would die together?"

Meeting Pei Jiaoran's gaze, Li Xiujing's eyes flickered.

"No. I believe in your plan, and please believe in my ability to protect you."

Listening to Li Xiujing's powerful words, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips.

"Don't worry, I'm sure of this."