Chapter 1050: Public Opinion is Like a Mountain

Sure enough, the messenger jumped to the ground and said sternly: "Report to the Commandant—"

He Lingchuan hooked his finger at him, and his chin pointed at the teachers and students.

How could military intelligence be reported in front of civilians? Was this kid new?

The messenger understood and leaned into his ear to whisper: "Three hours ago, the Xiji puppet army just attacked the Baili Post Station, killing everyone from the postman and groom to the merchants resting inside, regardless of gender or age. The total number of deaths is, the total is one hundred and seventeen!"

Sun Fuling, who was sitting on the side, found He Lingchuan's chin tighten as soon as she turned her head.

The Xiji puppet army massacred the post station? This hadn't happened for a long time—

Since the strength of Yuheng City and the Xiji puppet army had reversed.

Whether water bandits or mountain thieves, they rarely kill all the prey. That is fishing in a drained pond; after all, their usual purpose is to seek wealth, and if they are so vicious, there will be no later arrivals on the trade route.

He Lingchuan asked in a deep voice: "No eyewitnesses?"

"A merchant team just wanted to walk into the post station, heard the shouting and killing, turned around and fled, but more than half were brutally killed, leaving only ten or so people." The messenger said, "Official Chao analyzed that these survivors might have been deliberately left behind by the other side."

Fu Shanlie not only massacred indiscriminately but also wanted He Lingchuan to know immediately:

Yes, I did it.

Is this guy crazy? And the Baili Post Station was the post station closest to Longchuan Lake. It had been abandoned for many years until He Lingchuan recovered most of Longchuan and renovated and reopened it.

This was also the negotiation site where he recruited the two major water bandit gangs, the Qiuhua Gang. It could be said that that place was the turning point of a series of subsequent events in Longchuan and the starting point for Yuheng City to gain the initiative.

Fu Shanlie choosing to cause trouble and kill people here was a naked provocation, no different from throwing a war letter into He Lingchuan's face.

He Lingchuan stood up abruptly and said to Sun Fuling and the teachers: "I'll return to the camp first, you guys eat slowly."

Teacher Liu couldn't hear the conversation between him and the messenger and tried to persuade him to stay: "You haven't even taken a bite of food yet."

It's an honor to eat with the Commandant.

He Lingchuan smiled, snatched the fish soup from Sun Fuling's hand, drank it all in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and stuffed the bowl back to her: "The taste is great!"

Under the eyes of everyone, Sun Fuling's face turned red again, and she pinched his arm hard before saying: "Be careful, there must be a demon if things are abnormal."

"I know." He Lingchuan patted the back of her hand, then strode out of the pebble beach, jumped onto the horse led by the messenger, and rode away without looking back.

In the next two days, there were four more bloody attacks on the Longchuan trade route.

The Yuheng City army naturally strengthened patrols.

To ensure the success rate, Fu Shanlie personally led an elite team of twenty or so people to play hide-and-seek with the Yuheng City army on the Longchuan trade route.

He changed his strategy: kill if he could, run if he couldn't, mainly playing a game of coming and going like the wind, ghostly and unpredictable, never letting the Yuheng army catch his tail.

This fighting style was very strange.

The Longchuan trade route was so long and the road conditions so complex; if he really wanted to play Mobile Corps Commander warfare, He Lingchuan really had no good way to deal with these few people.

His side was in the light, Fu Shanlie was in the dark, and the latter only needed to find a way to cause destruction.

Destruction is always easier than construction and maintenance.

Fu Shanlie's crazy attacks caused a huge uproar in Yuheng City and White Sand Port.

Is the Longchuan trade route unsafe again?

Can this road still be walked in the future? How did the local snake Yuheng City handle things, and can it still be responsible for the safety of merchants? Soon, all public opinion turned into pressure, transmitted to He Lingchuan.

He is the Commandant, and he is responsible for the safety of the Longchuan trade route.

The strategy of boiling frogs in warm water was no longer feasible. Yuheng City soldiers and civilians were filled with righteous indignation, and they all requested the Commandant to wipe out the Xiji puppet army and avenge the innocent dead! Commoners submitted petitions, and soldiers requested to fight.

Since Yuheng City had already surrounded Longchuan and the situation was excellent, why not directly remove this rotten sore?

They didn't know He Lingchuan's concerns, and didn't know that the opponent Fu Shanlie was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Even if they knew, they didn't care.

Even the deputy officer Chao Qian couldn't help but mention the attack plan in front of him.

The whole city was restless.

When the families of the dead also went to the gate of the City Guard Office to cry loudly and petition, begging Yuheng City to preside over justice for them, He Lingchuan knew that this final bandit suppression operation could no longer be delayed.

This is the request of the people, and it is difficult for him to disobey.

Still coerced. He Lingchuan sighed at the sky. Is this what Fu Shanlie wanted?

Sun Fuling just walked into the courtyard and couldn't help but smile when she heard his sigh: "Are you overwhelmed these past few days?"

He Lingchuan used to dislike her for not being seen, but now he is busier than her, often staying in the City Guard Office, and it is common for him not to go home for half a month.

How many things have to be done in a rapidly expanding city, and how many troubles are waiting for him, He Lingchuan finally saw it.

He is busy with the Yangshan Archipelago in reality, and enters the Panlong world at night to manage Yuheng City.

Working conscientiously day and night, he is a real 007.

The 996 workers who see him every day want to shed a tear of sympathy for him.

When he first moved to Yuheng City, Sun Fuling built a frame in his courtyard and planted clematis.

I don't know if the earth energy here is particularly good, but in just over a year, the clematis climbed all over the wall, the green branches and leaves completely covered the bottom tone of the gray wall, and the blue-purple flowers bloomed in the wind, attracting bees and butterflies.

The teacher was wearing a light orange dress today, fair-skinned and beautiful, standing in the courtyard, injecting warm warmth into this slightly cold flower wall.

The gentle sunlight shone on her, so quiet that she didn't look like a real person.

He Lingchuan saw her, his heart calmed down, and seven out of ten worries disappeared.

"Yes. Today, a woman rushed into the City Guard Office and kowtowed on the stone steps without saying a word, kowtowing until the stone steps were stained with blood, and the guards thought she was going to commit suicide." He Lingchuan scratched the back of his head, "Her husband died at the Baili Post Station a few days ago, and she came to beg me to clear out the Xiji puppet army."

Sun Fuling nodded: "So, when will you attack?"

"Soon." He Lingchuan said sternly, "This matter cannot be delayed."

He is the head of a city, guarding one side of peace, and it is his duty to seek justice for the weak.

Sun Fuling held a bunch of gardenias in her hand, entered the room to change the water for the vase, and then placed the flowers in the vase and placed them by the window. In this way, when the breeze comes, the whole room is fragrant.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1051 =====

Sun Fuling held a bouquet of gardenias in her hands, entered the room to change the water in the vase, then arranged the flowers and placed them by the window. This way, when the breeze came, the whole room would be filled with fragrance.

(End of chapter)