At the same time as Chen Qiding Muxi left, Xue Chen also ordered the soldiers to set off and move along the mountain road.

After about five or six miles of progress, Ma Tao ordered the troops to stop, and then pointed to Xue Chen and said, "General, the front is the place where we were ambushed yesterday." ”

Xue Chen observed it carefully, and said to Ma Tao: "Find a few people with loud voices and shout at the mountain, just say that they are robbing the disaster relief grain of the imperial court, and it is the ration of the disaster victims in the entire Chi County, if they are not handed over, tens of thousands of people in Chi County will not be able to make a living, if they are also affected by the disaster, please ask them to go down the mountain, we can not blame the past, and provide money and food, so that they can return to their hometowns." ”

"Yes!"

Ma Tao immediately returned to the team to find the loud person, and it didn't take long for him to return with a few people.

Xue Chen ordered a few soldiers to stand in front with shields in their hands to protect, and then ordered a few people from Ma Tao to take turns shouting to the mountain according to what he had just said.

After about a stick of incense, a voice came out, "How do we know you're not lying to us?"

Xue Chen said: "The chief official of this disaster relief is His Royal Highness King Qi, the ninth prince of my Great Wei Dynasty, he is now in Yuezhou, and he is convening the main officials of various counties in Yuezhou to discuss the disaster relief. ”

"What does this mean?"

Xue Chen said: "It shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to this disaster relief, and with the failure of the last disaster relief, the imperial court wants to solve this matter as soon as possible, so that the people can catch up with the autumn planting, so that this disaster can pass." ”

"It's a capital crime for us to rob the official grain, and now if we return the grain to you, can we really spare us and let us go back to our hometown?"

Xue Chen said: "I am the prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, the general Xue Chen, I can swear that as long as you return the official food and return to your hometown, you will promise that you will not be responsible for what you have committed in the past, but this is only limited to the victims who are desperate and forced to fall into the grass, except for the great evil among you." ”

"What is a great evil?"

Xue Chen said: "Oppress the people, fish and meat villagers, and kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

"There are no such people among us. ”

Xue Chen said: "Since there is none, please go down the mountain immediately, and I can escort you back to your hometown." ”

"We are all victims of the disaster in the counties of Yuezhou, and we are forced to be bandits here, although we all believe what you just said, but we also have a request, that is, to kill the magistrates of our counties, because it is their collusion between officials and businessmen that caused many people to starve to death, so that many people left their homes and fled, so that we people fell into the grass. ”

Xue Chen said: "Your request is reasonable, these dog officials really deserve to be killed, if I can, I am willing to kill them with my own hands, but I can't guarantee you now, I need to tell His Royal Highness King Qi and let him deal with it." ”

"In that case, then please go back, and when you come with the heads of those dog officers, we are willing to surrender, even if you kill us after surrendering. ”

Xue Chen said: "These officials are not all heinous people, but also to distinguish, if all according to what you said, all of them will be killed, there will be people who die unjustly, and at this time, if all the county governors are killed, then there will be no one to preside over the disaster relief affairs of the counties, although the imperial court can send officials again, but it will be too delayed, and it will miss the autumn planting of the people." ”

"I see that you are clearly excusing these dog officials, and the officials are protecting each other, so you better go. ”

Xue Chen said, "You misunderstood what I meant. Judging from the fact that you cut off the official food before and resisted the official army yesterday and never killed a single person, you are not evildoers, which is why I did not order a direct attack, and I told you so much, and I don't want any of you to die, so please believe me. ”

"I've made up my mind, either I'm going to leave, or I'm going to fight. ”

Xue Chen said: "Do you really think that I can't attack your Luoyan Mountain? If you are wicked, you should have no chance to speak at this moment." ”

"Why do you try? ”

"In that case, let's wait a moment and see if I can attack it. ”

After Xue Chen finished speaking, he took the people in front of him and stepped back.

Ah Niu asked puzzledly, "Aren't we going to attack, why are we going back?"

Xue Chen smiled: "Do you really think that I am going to attack forcibly? I am using this to buy time for Brother Chen and Miss Ding, to tell them that I am going to attack, so that their people will stay here and dare not leave." ”

Ah Niu scratched his head and said with a smile: "I thought I was really going to attack." ”

Xue Chen said: "They are all suffering people, and I will not hurt them unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

Ah Niu said: "The general is really a good person. ”

When Xue Chen walked back, Chen Qi and Ding Muxi were rushing all the way down the mountain. The two of them didn't find anyone at the top of the mountain, and they kept going down the mountain road, still not meeting anyone. There were several caves in the middle, and they went in one by one to look at them, but they saw some daily necessities, but there was still no one.

When they went down to the halfway up the mountain, Chen Qi and Ding Muxi finally saw one hundred and ten people rushing down the mountain, and the two of them did not alarm these people, but quietly followed behind.

It didn't take long for these people to stop suddenly, and the two looked over, and the black pressure in front of them was full of people, blocking the way.

Seeing this, Ding Muxi asked, "What are these people doing?"

Chen Qi said: "It should be Brother Xue who attacked in front, and all the people here rushed over to reinforce him." ”

"It's such a narrow mountain road, and it can't be used even if it's all gathered here. ”

"Just in case. ”

"What are we going to do?"

"Capture the thief and capture the king, see which one is their leader, and directly capture it and force him to submit. ”

"Good!"

The two of them stayed in hiding, identifying which of the men was the leader. It didn't take long for a man to step out of the crowd, followed by several other people, several of whom whispered as they walked.

"These people should be the leaders, let's catch them, don't take them too hard. ”

"Don't worry!"

After the two finished speaking, they flew out and went straight to those people. In an instant, the two of them controlled them before they could react.

"Who are you? Release our leader!"

When the people behind these people found that the leader had been captured, they immediately raised their weapons and surrounded Chen Qiding Muxi and those leaders.

Due to the large number of people here, there are more people coming around at this time, and the narrow mountain road is crowded for a while.

Before Chen Qiding Muxi could speak, one of the young men who was controlled by them said to Chen Qi: "I haven't been in the mountains for a few months, I don't know if the son can still remember it." ”

When Chen Qi heard this, he looked at this person carefully, and only remembered after a while that this person was the young man he met when he and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice were looking for their own background in the mountains, and they claimed to be Tianyi Sect, but they were actually among the victims who escaped from the canal construction site.

Chen Qi asked, "How did you get here?"

The young man said: "On that day in the mountains, thanks to the kindness of the prince and several masters, forgave us for the crime of robbery, and gave us money and food, we who escaped from the canal construction site can have hope of survival. We spent more than ten days in that mountain, and then someone suggested that we should all survive in the mountains and go back to the mountains of our hometown. In this way, we returned to Yuezhou together, went up to Luoyan Mountain, and recruited all the victims who were displaced nearby to the mountain, relying on Luoyan Mountain to save ourselves. Although we can be regarded as a coward, we have never done anything that hurts nature and reason, and Childe can see it. ”

"I see. Chen Qi said and motioned to Ding Muxi to let go of the few people under control. "Now that the imperial court has sent people to provide disaster relief again, why don't you return to your hometown?"

The young man said: "Most of us are the people of Chi County, and the magistrate of Chi County is ruthless, and he used the last disaster relief to make a lot of money, regardless of the lives of the people, we really don't have hope for him." ”

Chen Qi said: "I will help you solve this matter." ”

The young man said: "Childe and the officers and soldiers below are together?"

Chen Qi said: "I am not from the government, this time it is a friend of mine who is in charge of disaster relief, I heard that the official food for disaster relief was robbed, so I came to help." ”

The young man said: "Since Gongzi is here, we are willing to hand over the official grain and follow Gongzi down the mountain." ”

Chen Qi said: "So very good, what's your name?"

The young man said: "The little one's name is Gao Qiliang"

After the young man finished speaking, he and the leaders around him personally went to think about the orders of his subordinates.

After hearing Xue Chen's words just now, these people were actually a little moved, and now that they heard the leader say this, they were very willing, and immediately returned to the cave where they lived, packed their bags and went down the mountain.