Chapter 297: Rebellion
Editor: Atlas Studios
Please continue reading on ΒOXΝVEL.ϹΟM .Qi Haoran was a little dejected because Shu Wanniang said that Mu Yangling had never had a proper birthday celebration before. He’d wanted to give her a proper birthday present when she turned 12.
Qi Haoran had volunteered to take on this heavy responsibility. He had already planned to hold it in the Qi Residence of Hanzhong Prefecture and invite a few acquaintances over to play. The most important thing was to let Mu Shi take some time off to attend his daughter’s birthday banquet.
Qi Haoran had even prepared a huge gift for her, but now that he was going to Tongchuan to quell the rebellion, it was impossible for him to participate.
He went to look for Mu Yangling in frustration to tell her the bad news.
However, Mu Yangling’s thoughts were focused elsewhere. When she heard that Qi Haoran had become the first general to lead the army to quell the rebellion, her first thought was that Qi Haoran was going to go down in history. Yes, the kind that would be reviled by later generations—feudal rulers suppressing peasant uprisings!
Her second thought was, if Qi Haoran killed the commoners, would he accumulate bad karma?
Hence, Mu Yangling advised him seriously. Her general meaning was that he could go ahead and quell the rebellion, but those were all pitiful people. If he could let them off, he should try and let them off. The key was that he should not kill the old, weak, women, and children.
Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and said, “Am I such a cruel person?” As he spoke, his expression darkened. “But if they participate in the rebellion and kill and rob, I definitely won’t let them off.”
“They’re just ordinary people. Why would they kill and rob?”
“Why not?” Qi Haoran was very unhappy with Mu Yangling’s arbitrariness. He said, “Many rich families in Tongchuan have been robbed, and many of their families have been killed. Among them, a few families have a good reputation in the countryside and often do good deeds.”
What Qi Haoran didn’t tell Mu Yangling was that almost none of the men from those families survived. All the women had been raped and committed suicide.
If Qi Haoran was a little resistant to quelling the rebellion in the beginning, he wanted to hurry to Tongchuan now.
Mu Yangling couldn’t refute for a moment. After a while, she said, “There are good and bad people everywhere. There are naturally scumbags among the farmers, but you can’t deny that there are many good people among them.”
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!
Use arrow keys (or A / D) to PREV/NEXT chapter