Chapter 509: The Rebellion
Chapter 509: The Rebellion
In the afternoon, thousands of powerful families hiding in the city were discovered by the Sui army. Except for the elderly, women and children, the remaining 460 powerful families' sons were all beheaded and their property was confiscated.
At present, the six major families and a dozen small tyrants in the city have all been physically eliminated by the Sui army. Only two people escaped, one is Shen Faxing and the other is Lou Shigan. These two people are extremely cunning, and no one knows when they fled Jinhua County.
In the afternoon, Xiao Xia found Wang Junkuo and said to him, "Around tomorrow morning, the Huang Kan family and two thousand troops from Xin'an County will arrive in Jinhua County. I will give you three thousand troops. You will ambush the Huang family on the way. No matter whether they live or die, you must annihilate them completely!"
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Wang Junkuo then led two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry to the northwest official road to annihilate the last Shanyue warlord in the west.
Night gradually fell and a day of fierce fighting finally ended. Jinhua County became completely quiet. Teams of soldiers were patrolling the streets. At this time, a man emerged from under the altar of the City God Temple. His head and body were covered with dust and he looked quite embarrassed.
This person was none other than the missing rebel leader Lou Shigan. Everyone thought he had escaped, but in fact he had been hiding in the City God Temple.
He left the City God Temple, ran along an alley, and climbed into the yard of a house not far from the City God Temple.
The owner heard the noise, opened the door and shouted, "Who is it?"
"Ayi, it's me!"
Lou Shigan came out from his hiding place, and the man's eyes widened, "Master, you didn't leave!"
"Where can I go? I can't go anywhere."
The man's name was Lou Yi. His three generations had been slaves of the Lou family. He was currently a store manager of the Lou family. He was also captured by the Sui army. He was released because he was a slave and not a member of the Lou family.
"Master, please come to my study and take a rest first."
Lou Shigan was so hungry and thirsty that he nodded and said, "Hurry up and get me something to eat and drink. I'm starving to death!"
Lou Shigan came out of the City God Temple because he could not bear the hunger anymore, otherwise he would have continued hiding.
Lou Shigan entered the study room, and Lou Yi arranged for him to sit down, saying with a smile, "Master, please wait a moment. I will go get some food."
He turned around and was about to leave when Lou Shigan's face changed. He pulled out a dagger and put it against his throat and said coldly, "Are you going to betray me?"
Lou Yi was so frightened that his voice trembled as he asked, "How could I betray my master?"
"Tell your wife to get food and drinks, you are not allowed to leave!"
Lou Yi shouted a few words quickly, and his wife outside responded, and then Lou Shigan pulled him to sit down.
His eyes were cold and he asked, "Did the Sui army arrest anyone today?"
"Oh! It's so tragic. There was a large-scale raid in the city today. Thousands of people were arrested. In the end, all the men from the powerful families were killed. Only the elderly, women and children were spared. The notice said that 460 people were killed."
Lou Shigan gritted his teeth and asked, "Are all my sons and nephews dead?"
Lou Yi sighed and said, "The master's two little grandsons should still be alive."
Lou Shigan clenched his fists. The Prince of Jin was truly cruel and ruthless. He actually resorted to extermination to deal with the aristocratic families. He was even crueler than Yang Su had been back then.
At this time, Lou Yi's wife came in with steamed buns and water. She used to be a maid and a slave in the inner palace. After she came of age, she was married to Lou Yi, and the couple had a son and a daughter.
Lou Yi's wife put the plate on the table, but Lou Shigan put his hand directly into her skirt from behind, scaring the woman so much that she trembled all over and dared not move, allowing her master to humiliate her. Lou Yi saw it, but he did not dare to resist, so he could only lower his head and clench his teeth.
Perhaps because he was too hungry, Lou Shigan temporarily let the woman go. He withdrew his hand from her skirt and ordered, "Go wash yourself and come back to serve me!"
The woman glanced at her husband, and Lou Yi gave her a very secret look that only the couple could understand.
The woman bowed her head and said, "I obey your command!"
She lowered her head and slowly retreated. Lou Shigan sat at the table and ate and drank heartily. Lou Yi sat opposite him, watching his master eat and drink silently. After eating and drinking, Lou Shigan felt much better. He patted his belly and said, "Call your wife!"
Lou Yi had no choice but to shout, "Guo'er's mother, come in! The master is calling you."
After a while, the woman slowly walked in, lowered her head and whispered, "Master, please let my husband go out!"
"Humph! You want him to go out and report the news? No, lock the door."
The woman had no choice but to turn around and bolt the door. Lou Shigan smiled and said, "Take off your skirt for me."
Lou Yi sat aside, his eyes spitting fire, but Lou Shigan completely ignored his existence, reached out and grabbed the woman and pressed her under him.
At this moment, an arrow whizzed in from the window and hit Lou Shigan in the back of the shoulder. Lou Shigan screamed and fell to the ground.
Lou Yi jumped up, grabbed his wife's hand and pulled her up. The two hid in the corner, only to see the door being slammed open and five or six soldiers rushing in, knocking Lou Shigan down.
Lou Shigan howled in pain, "You son of a bitch, how dare you betray me!"
Lou Yi took his wife and stumbled out. In the yard, he mustered up the courage to yell back, "You are the bastard. How can I let you go after you insulted my wife?"
The yard was full of soldiers, and Xiao Xia also came in person. He was inspecting the patrol team. Lou Yi's ten-year-old daughter came to tell her that Lou Shigan was hiding in her house and bullying her parents.
Xiao Xia was overjoyed and personally led a patrol team to arrest the man.
Not long after, Lou Shigan was brought out with his hands tied behind his back.
Lou Yi's wife had already put on her skirt. She rushed forward and slapped Lou Shigan twice, then spat in his face.
Lou Yi hurriedly stepped forward to pull his wife away, and the soldiers took Lou Shigan out.
Xiao Xia smiled and said to Lou Yi: "Although you are an ant, you have done a great thing. Very good. I will give you the three thousand strings of cash reward later."
The couple knelt down immediately, and Lou Yi wept, "Fortunately the general arrived in time, otherwise my wife would have been bullied by that bastard. I don't want any reward, I just want to execute that bastard, he will definitely not let us go!"
Xiao Xia nodded, "Don't worry! He will definitely die. I know you are slaves of aristocratic families. From tomorrow on, all slaves of Shanyue tyrants will be restored to civilians. Moreover, I, Xiao Xia, will keep my word and reward you and your wife handsomely!"
It turned out that the general in front of them was the Prince of Jin. The couple was extremely excited and kowtowed repeatedly to express their gratitude.
At noon the next day, the bandit leader Lou Shigan was publicly executed by the Sui army.
The soldiers delivered a reward of three thousand taels of silver to Lou Yi's home, and they were also restored to civilian status. The couple was afraid of being targeted by thieves, so they changed their names and returned to their hometown that day. They disappeared in the crowd and could never be found again.
In the darkness of night, an army of two thousand men was marching rapidly. There were also hundreds of carts in the team. Leading the army was none other than Huang Kan, the most powerful man in Xin'an County.
Huang Kan is about thirty years old. His father Huang Xian died last year, and Huang Kan took over the position of head of the family.
Xin'an County produces copper, and the Huang family occupied the largest mine, accumulating billions of assets over decades. The mine also produced gold and silver, so they used all the copper money in the family to invest in buying land and shops, and stored the gold and silver.
The reason why the six major families are waiting for the Huang family to come and go together is because the Huang family owns a large amount of gold and silver, and several major families want to exchange some of the gold and silver.
As the team passed through a forest, Huang Kan suddenly spotted a fire in the woods. He was stunned for a moment and suddenly felt something was wrong.
At this moment, three thousand arrows were fired from the woods, like heavy rain. The two thousand soldiers could not dodge in time and screamed in pain as they were hit by arrows. Huang Kan was the main target. He was shot by more than a hundred arrows, his whole body was like a hedgehog, and he died on the spot.
"Kill!"
The Sui army ambushed in the woods shouted, and Wang Junkuo led a thousand cavalrymen to rush out first, followed by two thousand infantrymen. They waved long spears and killed more than a thousand bandits.
(End of this chapter)