Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Chapter 160 - 150: They’re Forcing Us to Rebel! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 160: Chapter 150: They’re Forcing Us to Rebel! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Squeak"

Next door, a door opened.

A servant pushed the door and entered.

Inside, the music of strings and bamboo played while light singing and graceful dancing adorned the moment.

The servant clapped his hands, and the room fell silent.

From behind the screen, the clinking of cups ceased, with displeased eyes peering over, rebuking:

"What’s the matter? Who told you to stop?"

"Continue the music, carry on with the dancing."

"Apologies, honorable guests, but my mistress has ordered that Heavenly Fragrance Building is too small a temple to house you all; please take your entertainment elsewhere." The servant spoke expressionlessly.

"Bang"

"Bang"

"Bang"

Cups hit the table, and the screen shattered.

Around a round table, seven or eight figures became visible.

It was some of the same who had appeared in the Inner City the day before, the most proactive ones, who had written their confessions.

The Weapon Refining Workshop’s Valley Master Cao, Fast Blade Dock’s Master Tang...

Several second and third-rate forces from Heavenly Pass City had witnessed "Hell King Chen" leaving Tianxiong Pass and were greatly exhilarated. A weight was lifted from their hearts, and the panic they had suppressed for days was released at once. They were in the midst of toasting and celebrating, quite reveling in dissipation.

Normally, each of them was a leader of their faction, adorned in splendid silk robes and displaying an air of elegance, but now their faces were contorted in drunken disarray, their clothing a mess, and their mouths spouting vulgarities, like rowdy ruffians in the marketplace.

Hearing that they were being chased away by a mere servant.

Outrageous!

They had spent their days in fear and trepidation, dreading the loss of their heads. And now, even a servant dared to stand above them and defecate on their heads, their eyes flamed with anger.

But not all of these people were short-sighted or overpowered by alcohol, like Valley Master Cao of the Weapon Refining Workshop. He knew of the background behind Heavenly Fragrance Building, had heard of the existence of this mysterious "mistress," likely someone they couldn’t afford to provoke.

Otherwise, considering the scale of Heavenly Fragrance Building, frequented by all kinds of people and beautiful Hu women, troubles would be unavoidable.

His heart grew cold, but then someone actually made a move, a swooshing sound aimed directly at the servant’s forehead, and his face changed dramatically.

"Idiot!"

He cursed, but it was too late to stop it.

At that moment, another whooshing sound rang out.

The room shook, and a Hu man with faint golden hair appeared, his hand intercepting in front of the servant, grasping a bronze chopstick.

The man’s fist crushed the chopstick into specks of gold dust, then, baring his teeth, he leveled his fierce gaze at the gang,

"With the likes of you scum, all you’re fit for is talking behind others’ backs."

"Miss doesn’t like to hear it, so we can only ask you to leave."

Saying so, his body shook, and his skin erupted with roaring True Qi bursts. His figure blurred like a wild beast charging forward.

A few breaths later, from a high window of Heavenly Fragrance Building, it exploded outwards.

"Boom"

Someone cried out as they were flung from inside and smacked hard against the pavement, tens of meters down.

Then the second, the third...

At this time, the Southern City was bustling, and the crowd on the street cried out in shock, scattering in all directions.

"Thud thud," the sound of bodies hitting the ground.

Eight figures neatly appeared on the street below, having taken a solid fall.

They had their True Qi rigidly controlled by that Hu man, unable to use their Divine Skills, only able to meet the ground solidly with their flesh, creating a deep pit on impact.

"Hey, isn’t that Master Tang Yan from Eastern City Fast Blade Dock?"

"The Iron Sand Gang Leader is there too."

"What’s going on here, are they thrown out by Heavenly Fragrance Building?"

"..."

Recognized by the crowd, the people burst into laughter.

The eight men stood up disgraced, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot, pondering their reputation but now reduced to a laughing stock in full public view.

"Get out of the way!"

They shouted angrily at the onlookers and knocked a few nearby individuals to the ground, preparing to flee in humiliation.

However, right then, a cry rang out, and a phalanx of Armored Soldiers came thundering over on their horses, displaying the Mountain Patrol Military Officer’s Token of Tianxiong Pass.

"By order of Colonel Wei!"

"Weapon Refining Workshop’s Cao Meng, Fast Blade Dock’s Tang Yan, Iron Sand Gang..."

"On the day of your confessions, someone reported that you were suspected of aiding the Li family’s rebellion!"

Atop their horses, one of Colonel Wei’s Mountain Patrol Military Officers illuminated several confession letters sealed with handprints and slowly said:

"Now, please come with me to the Prefecture to clarify the truth. The Colonel will decide your fate!"

At this moment, the already incensed eight men’s expressions changed, and then they burst into bitter laughter.

Like Master Tang Yan of Fast Blade Dock, who was known for his hot temper, compounded by various factors, spoke without any reserve,

"Rubbish!"

"You think there’s no way we’ll follow you, as if you were that Hell King Chen!"

"Ha ha, that guy has left, do you really think we’re afraid of you, Sky Patrol Department?"

"Scram!"

Upon hearing this, whispers immediately began to ripple through the crowd.

What?

The moment Ninth Mountain’s Colonel left, did someone immediately start to contradict the Sky Patrol Department?

The crowd was suddenly restless!

At this moment, Valley Master Cao Meng from the Weapon Refining Workshop, standing eight feet tall with a body bronzed by age, frowned deeply upon hearing these words, cursing inwardly. It was this fool who had spoken without thinking.

No sooner had Hell King Chen left than you blurt out such words, clearly revealing that you and a few others had been involved in the rebellion, no longer bothering to conceal it.

Despite his burly appearance and large frame, this man had a keen and shrewd mind, adept at changing faces.

In the Inner City’s hall, he had spoken many flattering words to Chen Yuan, humbling himself; yet now, with hurried thoughts in his mind, he stepped forward, looked around at the people and declared loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Weapon Refining Workshop has always operated honestly. Not long ago, when General Chen quelled the rebellion, we were innocent and willingly clarified ourselves. General Chen did not trouble us then, letting us get a pass."

"Now, our Colonel Wei here, ha, is going against the very path he’s supposed to follow. Whether he’s heedlessly believing the words of those with malicious intentions or has ulterior motives, I, Cao, have a clear conscience, but will absolutely not allow myself to be butchered!"

As he spoke, a righteous aura surged around him, and his body erupted with white True Qi.

His words were a direct challenge to Colonel Wei Zhong who was present.

The underlying message was that Colonel Wei had sinister intentions.

He dared to challenge the local Colonel because he wanted to use the power of public opinion to drive away the troops that had come here, indicating his lack of strength.

At this moment, the Valley Master, though apparently fearless, felt an uneasy foreboding in his heart.

The Demon Suppression Envoy, who was in command at Youmen Pass, had fallen, and the troops that had come to support the suppression of the rebellion were all seen retracting through the pass and leaving.

They thought the matter with the Three Families was over and that with only Colonel Wei Zhong left at Tianxiong Pass, he would act cautiously, especially since the situation was clearly becoming chaotic.

But Colonel Wei chose this delicate moment to settle scores with them, which made them feel something unusual was going on.

Furthermore, how did these Sky Patrol Department officials know they were here?

Just then, the Mountain Patrol Military Officer abruptly drew his longsword and pointed it at the Valley Master.

"Are you lot trying to start a rebellion?"

The other Armored Soldiers also drew their longswords one after another, aiming at the others, their blades gleaming ominously.

Seeing this, some people remained seated, like Cao Meng.

But others could not sit still.

First, they were thrown out of the Heavenly Fragrance Building, and now they had the Mountain Patrol Military Officer pointing a sword at their heads. Plus, the person they feared most had already left, their emotions surged uncontrollably.

"Dammit, so what if we rebel,"

Someone made a move, playing right into their hands.

Upon hearing this, the Mountain Patrol Military Officer’s eyes brightened, and he quickly shouted, "How audacious! Shu has suffered a great disaster, and you lot have shown your true colors. Indeed, you aim to rebel."

"Resistance will be met with death!"

His tone was quick and without a hint of emotion, as if he had been prepared for this moment, reciting his lines.

With that, the Colonel raised his longsword and slashed towards Valley Master Cao Meng, who stood there with a grand air of righteousness, wanting to make his intentions clear in front of the onlookers!

The longsword swept across, and a flash of cold light aimed directly at his neck.

The Valley Master’s face twitched frantically.

Shit!

’Resistance will be met with death,’ I haven’t resisted, and still, you strike at me.

That flash of the blade was like lightning crossing his mind in an instant.

They were clearly forcing them into rebellion!

He swiftly dodged to the side.

A strand of his hair was cut off.

............

In the Southern City, the incident at the entrance of the Heavenly Fragrance Building was like opening Pandora’s box.

In the end, of the eight at the Heavenly Fragrance Building’s doorway, two died and six fled.

Then, troops and a large number of Government Army soldiers from the ten divisions in the Inner City roared out.

Squads of troops, as if prepared, grunting and neighing, their horse’s whinnies resounded as they surged from the city gates, charging toward Tianxiong Pass from all directions.

In the Eastern City, outside the Weapon Refining Workshop’s quarters, hundreds of troops, seething with murderous intent, stormed the entrance. The horses whinnied loudly, and the sound of hooves trampled down upon the main gate.

"Bang"

The gate burst apart, dust billowing, panic and cries erupting from within.

"Rebel Cao Meng, conspiring with the Li family for rebellion, Weapon Refining Workshop complicit, all who resist shall be executed without mercy!"

A loud shout.

Troops charged in to kill.

And these scenes were unfolding throughout the city.

Troops from the Inner City Patrol Sky Department, under the pretext of capturing the remnants behind the Three Families, started kicking in the doors of the second and third-tier powers, listed on their scrolls.

Like madness unleashed!

For a time, beneath the White Night sky, the city filled with sounds of battle, spreading rapidly in all directions.

And with each stronghold breached, each location was ’plundered’ clean.

And this campaign to "Defeat the bandits" was quickly brewing, along with the frenzied actions of the Sky Patrol Department.

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