Chapter 259: Guo Jing and His Wife

"Old Senior Hong is naturally the most suitable candidate."

"However, Old Senior Hong's whereabouts are erratic; let us decide on another candidate!"

"By rights, it should be a powerhouse like the Five Absolutes to serve as our Alliance Leader."

"However, among the Five Absolutes, only Old Senior Hong of the Beggar Sect might serve as Alliance Leader; the others have no such intention."

"And Old Senior Hong's whereabouts are erratic all year round; otherwise, let us ask Hero Guo Jing to serve as Alliance Leader."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Let Hero Guo serve as Alliance Leader. His strength is also at the Innate Realm, he is the son-in-law of Island Master Huang, and he is also the disciple of Old Senior Hong. It would be best for Hero Guo to serve as Alliance Leader."

"But the problem is, Hero Guo is still on Peach Blossom Island; it would be somewhat difficult to ask him to come out of the mountains!"

"How about we ask Sect Master Ma Yu of the Quanzhen Sect to be this Alliance Leader!"

As this person's voice fell, everyone cast their eyes toward the leader of the Quanzhen Sect, Ma Yu.

And Ma Yu, upon seeing that the melon-eating had actually fallen on his own head, hurriedly explained to everyone:

"Fellow Daoists, for the sake of everyone's survival, it is fine for my Quanzhen Sect to exert some effort, but let someone else serve as this Alliance Leader!"

After speaking, Ma Yu bowed to everyone.

Seeing this, the crowd no longer tried to persuade him.

However, in this way, there was no one to serve as Alliance Leader.

At the same time, Hong Qi and Li Mochou also met Guo Jing and his wife, Huang Rong, on the road.

"Jing'er, Huang Rong girl!"

Upon seeing the two, a smile could not help but appear on Hong Qi's face.

"Master! Seven Old Man!"

Seeing it was Hong Qi, Guo Jing and his wife were also overjoyed.

"Seven Old Man, why are you here?"

Hearing Huang Rong's words, Hong Qi smiled and said:

"I came here specifically to find you two this time."

Hearing this, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were somewhat surprised.

One must know that for all these years, it had always been the two of them taking the initiative to find Hong Qi when they had matters.

And Hong Qi had never taken the initiative to find them.

"Master, has something happened?"

Guo Jing asked Hong Qi with concern.

"Hahaha, that is not the case."

"By the way, let me introduce someone to you two."

"This person beside me is Li Mochou of the Ancient Tomb Sect; her strength has also reached the Innate Realm."

As he spoke, Hong Qi introduced Li Mochou beside him to the two.

Guo Jing and his wife, upon hearing it was Li Mochou, were also somewhat surprised.

One must know that ever since Li Mochou joined the Great Han, she had not shown her face in the Jianghu.

And her previous reputation in the Jianghu was not very good.

Furthermore, they were also somewhat surprised by Li Mochou's strength.

They had not expected that Li Mochou's strength had actually reached the Innate Realm.

"Greetings, Daoist Li!"

The two bowed to Li Mochou with a smile.

"You two need not be polite; I have long admired your great names!"

Hong Qi, seeing that the three had finished their introductions, said to Guo Jing and his wife:

"Jing'er, this is not a place to talk; let us find a place to speak slowly."

"That is fine, Master. Ahead is Shaoxing Prefecture; let us go to Shaoxing Prefecture and speak."

Guo Jing, upon hearing this, led the group toward Shaoxing.

However, at this moment, Huang Rong discovered quite a few problems.

With her intelligence, she could see that the matter for which Hong Qi had sought them out this time was no small matter.

Soon, the four arrived in Shaoxing Prefecture.

And at this time, Shaoxing had also received news of the Southern Song's annihilation.

The City Defense Commander of Shaoxing had already dispatched personnel to Lin'an to see Lü Bu and the others.

In fact, it was not just Shaoxing Prefecture that had done this now.

As long as they had received the news, the cities had all sent people to surrender to the Great Han.

The Southern Song court had already perished; as long as they chose to defect to the Han army at this time, perhaps they could also secure an official position.

If they were lucky, perhaps they could continue to serve in their current positions.

After all, the Han Kingdom also needed officials to govern.

Moreover, with the Han Kingdom's two-pronged army attack, the entire Great Song now had half of its cities taken by the Han army.

To be honest, if it weren't for Guo Jia and the others not having enough manpower to manage, these cities of the Southern Song would have long been controlled by them following the collapse of the Southern Song court.

After all, as long as the Southern Song court collapsed, there was no need for the garrison troops of those cities to continue resisting.

After the four found an inn, Hong Qi said to Guo Jia and his wife:

"Jing'er, I believe that along the way, you have also gained some understanding of the Han Kingdom. The current Great Song court has already been annihilated by the Han Kingdom's army."

"And I, too, was defeated by the Han Kingdom's military advisor Guo Jia a few days ago; now I have joined the Han Kingdom."

As Hong Qi's voice fell, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were both shocked.

They had not expected that a powerhouse as strong as Hong Qi, at the Innate Realm, would actually be defeated by the Han Kingdom's military advisor.

The strength of this Han Kingdom was simply terrifyingly powerful.

At this time, Huang Rong cast her gaze toward Li Mochou on the side and said:

"Seven Old Man, does that mean Daoist Li, like you, has also joined the Han Kingdom?"

Intelligent as Huang Rong, she had already seen the relationship between Hong Qi and Li Mochou.

"You are right; Daoist Li and I are now both Fourth-Rank Tributes of the Great Han's Hall of Worship."

"Moreover, coming to find you this time is also because I want you to join the Great Han with me."

As Hong Qi's voice fell, Guo Jing looked at Hong Qi in disbelief.

To him, they were all subjects of the Great Song; how could they defect to the Great Han?

"Master, why is this? The Han Kingdom annihilated the Great Song; they are rebels."

Guo Jing said to Hong Qi in disbelief.

Seeing this scene, the three of them were all somewhat speechless.

Even Huang Rong could not help but support her forehead.

She could not help but say to Guo Jing:

"Brother Jing, the Great Han is also our Han people."

"Moreover, after we arrived in the Great Song, the attitude of those Song people toward the Great Han was very good."

"They were all hoping for the Great Han to come and save them."

"This shows that the Great Han is now the direction of the people's hearts."

"And the Han Kingdom unifying the world is already the trend of the times."

"For these years, the Song Kingdom has been devoid of the Dao, treacherous officials have been in power, the monarch has been foolish and devoid of the Dao, and the Song people have been living in misery."

"However, let us look at the Han Kingdom."

"How did they treat the common people in those cities that were conquered by the Han Kingdom?"

"They did not harm the common people in the slightest, and they even took back the land in the hands of the aristocratic families and distributed it to the common people."

"Are these not the things we have been striving to do all these years?"

"Now, the Great Han has helped us achieve this; you tell me, what reason do we have to oppose the Great Han's rule!" ===== CHAPTER 260 =====