NCCnovel Chapter 425 Can't Kill Them
Chapter 425 Can't Kill Them
"can."
Chen Dao did not refuse. He had a good impression of Xue Qi, mainly because Xue Qi did not seem like a bad person.
"Great, junior sister, come over here quickly."
Xue Qi called out to Jiang Weiyu, who immediately stood up and plopped down next to Chen Dao.
There was no way around it; the little round girl perched on Chen Dao's shoulder was just too irresistible to the young girl. From the moment she saw the little round girl, her round face and adorable appearance captivated her attention, making her disregard the proper boundaries between men and women and sit directly to Chen Dao's left, very close to him.
Noticing Jiang Weiyu's gaze, Xiao Yuan turned its head to look at the woman, seemingly wondering why she was staring at it. Its wet nose twitched, and it stuck out its pink tongue to sense the change in the air. After confirming that the woman meant no harm, Xiao Yuan lowered its head back down.
Jiang Weiyu's eyes lit up when he saw Xiaoyuan turn its head, and he wished he could hug Xiaoyuan and rub its cute face and head hard.
Meanwhile, Xue Qi, while tasting the food he had brought over, said, "Brother Chen, in this entire restaurant, I think only you and I have any guts!"
As he spoke, Xue Qi glanced at the trembling, timid diners on the second floor and shook his head, saying, "These people are so frightened just by hearing the name of the Green King. If the Green King were standing here, they probably wouldn't be able to straighten their knees."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dao secretly shook his head. He did not think these diners were cowardly. In a society like Xia Kingdom where the country was ruled by a family, it was only natural to fear imperial power and the powerful.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these diners in the restaurant are well-off. Compared to the princes of Xia Kingdom, they are no different from ordinary people who are like ants. Once they offend the Green King, death is the only thing that awaits them.
Chen Dao was not afraid of the Green King because he possessed the fifth rank of martial arts, and the small circle on his shoulder was comparable to that of a fourth-rank martial artist. This was the source of Chen Dao's confidence to speak with Xue Qi. Even if the Green King controlled the 100,000-strong army outside the city, Chen Dao was not afraid at all.
While he was no match for the 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers, it would be easy for him to escape. After all, it was impossible for the 100,000 soldiers to swarm him and completely surround Chen Dao, leaving him no room to escape.
What truly makes Chen Dao unwilling to provoke the Green King is the Chen Family Village behind him. At present, the Chen Family Village is still relatively weak, and Chen Dao does not want it to be targeted by the Green King or the imperial court.
As for Zheng Qiuyan... Zheng Qiuyan also felt no fear of the Azure King, because she knew Chen Dao's record. Chen Dao was a ruthless person who personally killed the fifth-rank martial artist Wang Changsheng. The Azure King was only at the fifth-rank level. With Chen Dao by her side, Zheng Qiuyan did not feel that she would be in any danger.
The strength they possessed was the reason why Chen Dao and his group were not afraid of the Green King. As for the diners in the restaurant, they might have some wealth, but they had no chance of confronting the Green King, who commanded an army of 100,000, nor did they have the ability to face the imperial court. Therefore, it was only natural for them to fear the Green King, and there was nothing strange about it.
Chen Dao turned to look out the window, only to see that the Qing King and his entourage had already gone far away. As the backs of that group of people disappeared from sight, the people stood up and left with numb expressions.
For Chen Dao, kneeling was unacceptable, but for the people of Qingzhou Prefecture, it was probably a common occurrence. Even though their knees ached from kneeling for so long, their faces showed no anger, or rather...
Not daring to show the slightest anger, he simply got up numbly and walked in the direction he was supposed to go.
Chen Dao even saw a woman holding a child fall to the ground when she got up because she had been kneeling for a long time. However, the woman who fell simply got up, dusted off the dust on her pants, and then left with her child.
Chen Dao withdrew his gaze and asked Xue Qi, "Brother Xue and Miss Jiang, where did you come from?"
“From Yuezhou.”
"Oh?"
A hint of surprise flashed across Chen Dao's eyes: "I've heard that Yuezhou is currently engulfed in flames of war. Is that true?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Qi's face flashed with sorrow. He put down his chopsticks, sighed softly, and said, "It is indeed true. Yuezhou today is no exaggeration to call it a living hell. The great battle between the White Lotus Army and the Yuezhou Army has affected countless Yuezhou people. Large numbers of people have been displaced, either dying tragically under the butcher's knife or starving to death in the desolate mountains and wilderness..."
As Xue Qi slowly recounted his story, Chen Dao gained a deeper understanding of the current situation in Yuezhou.
According to Xue Qi, although the White Lotus Army occupied most of the important cities in Yuezhou, it was not able to occupy the entire territory of Yuezhou. Many officials who were loyal to the Xia Dynasty did not submit to the White Lotus Army. Instead, they closed the city gates and recruited soldiers inside the city to fight against the White Lotus Army.
This also led to widespread warfare in Yuezhou, with a large number of people suffering and dying in the flames of war.
"The discipline of the White Lotus Army is even worse than that of the government troops!"
Xue Qi roared, "On my journey here, I have seen countless White Lotus Sect soldiers who robbed and raped innocent women. There are so many of them that my junior sister and I could not kill them all!"
Chen Dao remained silent; he never had high expectations for the discipline of feudal armies.
In the more than two thousand years of feudal history of China, there was only one Yue Family Army, which was known for its discipline of preferring to freeze to death rather than dismantle houses and starve to death rather than plunder. Other feudal armies did not have the discipline of the Yue Family Army. Looting civilians and raping women were commonplace for feudal armies, and many armies even committed the horrific act of massacring entire cities.
If the army of the feudal society of China in the previous life was like this, the army of the Xia Kingdom would not be much better. The government army was still restrained by the court and government, but the army of the White Lotus Sect was truly unrestrained.
Both Zheng Qiuyan's previous description and Xue Qi's current account demonstrate one thing: the White Lotus Army, an army composed of believers and peasants, is no different from bandits and robbers, except that they are larger in scale than ordinary bandits and robbers.
"Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore!"
Xue Qi sighed, his face full of helplessness. Having come from Yuezhou, he had seen the situation there firsthand and was deeply concerned.
During their travels in Yuezhou, he and his junior sister angrily killed countless soldiers of the White Lotus Army. However, no matter how many they killed, they could not change the situation in Yuezhou. In fact, because of the excessive number of people they killed, they attracted the attention of the higher-ups of the White Lotus Sect. If they hadn't run fast enough, they probably wouldn't have been able to leave Yuezhou alive.