Pingyu City can only be described as a mess. The streets in front of the Parliament Fort were burned to ashes, and the raging beasts took strong measures to kill the last two black panthers that were hidden after Qifeng returned two days ago, and no one was attacked for two days. However, the population loss in the city was very serious, except for the Nine Princes and those large families whose property was difficult to transfer, many small nobles moved to their own estates to escape the beasts.

Qi Feng freed his hand and asked Robert to send personnel to the suburban manor to persuade the nobles to return, the reason was simple, the Xiyu rebels were attacking the manor everywhere in the west, and maybe they would suddenly appear near Pingyu City again.

The reason why Qi Feng didn't immediately send troops to pacify Xiyu was that he was worried that he would be attacked by the Iron Fire Beast on the way, and second, he wanted to figure out one thing.

Batu was a little frightened these days, because Balu came back to tell him that the rebels of Wulong had coincidentally stolen his good horses outside the city, causing them to escape from Qifeng, and then several small castles to the southeast. The news that Rhys spread everywhere caused a widespread rebellion among the slaves, and the empire became shaky. In his heart, he was actually afraid of Qifeng, the young and vigorous chairman, whose methods were more decisive than Qisi.

The more he worried, the faster it came. While arranging for the slaves to repair the city, Qifeng appeared at the gate of Batu.

Batu pretended to be calm and welcomed Qi Feng in.

"Lord Batu, you should understand my intentions, right?" Qi Feng got straight to the point, hoping that Batu could give him a clear explanation.

Batu did not understand and asked the Chairman to make it clear. Batu's eyes rolled and he drank tea calmly, but Qifeng called him an adult, not an uncle, which made him feel bitter.

Qi Feng chuckled and said, "Bring it in." ”

Someone brought in Balu, who was full of grievances.

"Tell me who told you to go to herd the horses that day. ”

"Tell you, Your Excellency, I just happened to be grazing horses there, and they saw the horses approaching on their own initiative. Balu was really aggrieved and said in a trembling voice.

"Hehe, coincidentally, take the initiative? The west gate is separated by two hills, and even if you stand on the city wall, you can't see the pasture. Don't talk about this, where did you herd the horses a few days ago?" Qi Feng did not put down the horsewhip in his hand, and pointed at Balu angrily.

Balu shook his body, glanced at Batu, and did not speak.

Batu knew that Qi Feng's stomach had no place to vent, but he didn't really turn his face with himself immediately, continued to drink tea, and forced himself to calm down, "Balu, you honestly say, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

Balu got the instructions, and only then said a little gently, "In the East Gate Pasteur Grassland." ”

"That is, you happened to change places that day?

"There was no one to instruct him. ”

"Nonsense, on the same day, you told me in person that it was Batu who praised the fertile grass there and asked you to go to herd the horses, and I was accompanied by hundreds of soldiers, and you still want to quibble?"

Batu's little hand shook slightly, put the cup on the table, raised his voice, and said in a somewhat shrill voice, "Okay, don't scare a family, I let him go." The grass in my East Gate Pasture was gnawed clean by the horses that your Qi family ran out one day, and I have this new batch of good horses, so I won't let them go hungry. You are not good at managing the family, causing me to lose the grass and the horse, and now you are coming to trouble me, so majestic. ”

Seeing that Batu didn't seem to be afraid of himself, Qi Feng's heart was furious, but when he heard Batu's reason, he tried to suppress it, turned around and asked Robert, "Is there such a thing?"

"My lord, I'm not in charge of horse herding, but I've heard of some... Something, and the family in charge of the horse died on the first day of the rebels out of the city, and several of his close slaves also died, as if they were... It's—" Robert said, and finally, deliberately slurring.

"Just say anything, now that the empire is in turmoil, what else is there to scruple about. Qi Feng was a little annoyed, because it had never been Robert's style, if it weren't for Batu being in the Nine Princes, his strength was only below him, and he was firmly on an equal footing with Lu Bai, and it wouldn't have made Robert afraid.

Robert saluted with his normal hand and said "yes" before continuing, "Someone saw that it was my family who opened the fence of the two pastures of Qi and Ba, and the horses of the Qi family entered the ranch of Lord Batu..."

"Look, Your Excellency, you're out of your own house—" Batu was a little approving, but Robert didn't seem to be speaking for him.

"Please don't interrupt Lord Batu, and listen to Robert. Chisz frowned, blaming himself for not being too busy lately to inquire about the situation with Robert first.

Robert continued to finish the matter. After that day, the Qi family was seen seeing that Ma Jiading had met with a blood relative of Batu named Balat, and took money from Barat, and that night, the family member and the slave who drove the horse into Batu's manor with him were poisoned near Balat's house.

"Well, Lord Batu, what else do you have to say? Qi Feng combined with Robert's rhetoric and made things even worse, and Batu's intention to let go of the horse and throw the bag to himself in the field was very obvious.

Batu sneered and said, "It's all your family's rhetoric, why don't you call out the person who saw Bharat to give you money, so that he can make it clear." ”

"Very well, Robert, call the man. "Qi Feng is not in a hurry, Batu is one of the Nine Princes after all, and he can't be easily shaken, but he has to figure this matter out in person, only in this way can he unite as one and save the crisis. "Batuu, you call Balat out too. ”

"Okay, go and call Ah Ling. Robert said to the entourage warriors behind him.

Here, Batu also sent someone to call his nephew.

Soon, the two of them came together. Ah Ling was a young man who had just come of age, and Nabalat was a little frightened, obviously hearing about what was going on in this room, and he kept giving Batu a look, but Batu ignored him.

"Your name is Ah Ling, let me ask you, do you know this person. Like a judge of judgment, Qi Feng pointed at Balat.

"Young Master Balart, I know him, I have bought him a few times for the general's competition. ”

"What a mess, what a general's game. Qifeng was impatient.

"General, it's Dou'an, the rebellious King of Wulong, and Young Master Balat has met him. Ah Ling's little eyes turned, as if he remembered something, and said.

"What are you talking nonsense?" Barrat replied with a pale face when he heard this, and immediately explained, "I have met Dou An twice, and I asked him, no, let him explain his fighting skills." ”

Qi Feng and Batu's faces became even more gloomy, and they motioned to Ah Ling, "Have you ever seen him give money to the family herder." ”

"Didn't I report this to Lord Robert, who received the money that day, and died soon after, and was so frightened that I couldn't sleep for days. ”

Chiss stood up and pointed at Bharat with his horsewhip, "Take him away, Lord Batuu, I hope this really has nothing to do with you." ”

Batu got up and stopped Qifeng. "I think it's better to make it clear here, lest the enemy come, and we are still in internal friction. Balart, you make things clear. ”

"Uncle, I did give Ah Mu a sum of money privately that day, but, but, but, for..."

"When, it's still spitting. Seeing that his favorite nephew, the closest descendant to him, was so unbearable, Batu only hated that he didn't have a leather whip in his hand.

"I, I just want him to buy a few female slaves and exchange those beautiful female slaves from Chairman Qifeng's horse farm... Who knows, they took the money, didn't do anything, and they died themselves..."

"You, willing to fall, just for a few female slaves?" Batu flew a kick, but Balat didn't dare to dodge and was kicked by his emaciated uncle.

The corners of Qi Feng's mouth twitched, "Okay, Lord Batu, don't get excited, you have already heard the answer you want, Balat remembers it well, I'll take it back and ask again." Take. ”

"Qifeng, don't go too far, you'd better not mess around. Wait, what do you mean to remember well?" When Batu reacted to Qi Feng's words, Qi Feng had already taken his nephew out of the gate.

Batu slammed the wine glass on the ground, "Qifeng boy, you don't take me seriously anymore, when Batu and I subdued the thunder soldiers without blood, you picked up the price of the feather witch again Kailing, and you really take yourself seriously, you'd better send Balat back to me in full form." ”

Qi Feng took Bharat back to the mansion, thinking a lot on the way, feeling that he had just acted inappropriately, and at this time, he should not push Batu too hard. This small-handed old man, although he has a lot of eyes, still attaches great importance to the interests of the empire and himself, and says that he has rebelled, and Qifeng himself does not believe it very much.

As soon as he arrived at home, someone came to report that the man who had pursued Rhys had returned, but to no avail. In the process of escaping, Rhys broke into pieces, and gradually hid his own people among the slaves, only a dozen people were betrayed by the slaves and pulled out, and the other rebels, because the pursuing legion did not dare to provoke the slaves too much, but they could not find them. As for the Rhys brothers, they are nowhere to be found.

This can be said to be bad news for Qifeng, but it can also be said to be good news. The bad thing is that the dozens of people scattered in the east may gather the slaves at any time to make trouble, but the good thing is that he can claim that he has eliminated the traitors in the east and calm the mood of the nobles in the east, and he can free up his hands to deal with the rebels in the Iron City. As for Rhys and the others, it is not surprising that they will definitely repeat their old tricks and sneak back to the Iron City, and when the time comes, they will all be fighting with open fire, and it will be easy to break the thousands of rabble of the other party with his tens of thousands of ironclad troops.