At this time, in the side room of the county mansion, the two priests and the county magistrate were facing the two people sitting upright, crying for their father and mother, with their faces filled with complaints.
In fact, there was no need to listen to what the two said. Just by looking at their embarrassed looks, one could roughly tell what happened to them.
The high priest's face was livid, his fists clenched, he looked at the two people below fiercely, and asked coldly.
"Let me ask you two, is this really what this person named Su said?"
The two nodded repeatedly and said in a vague voice, "Back to the high priest, we swear to God that every word of ours is true. This man named Su is too arrogant. He took advantage of us before we even said anything." Then he was beaten violently."
"What are you talking about? We are not qualified. Even if the high priest and the county governor come here, they are not qualified. They also say that he is the god of Qingcheng County."
"If you two gentlemen behave well and understand each other, you'd better go to the bush and apologize, and maybe you can be forgiven for your sins."
"Yes, you two adults, when we heard this, we were really angry and wanted to resist, but what we got in return was a severe beating."
The Jun Cheng next to him added, "Please ask the two adults to make the decision for us. This man named Su is now lawless. He is just the owner of a small earth city, and he dares to ignore the two adults. If this continues If we allow him to continue to develop, Jiaozhou will not be turned upside down."
"This bastard! You're going too far!" The high priest couldn't bear it anymore and smashed the tea cup on the table to the ground.
"Pass my order to immediately summon all the natives in the area under the jurisdiction of this priest and follow me to Qi'an City. I want to see how this person named Su can handle me!"
At the moment when the high priest was furious, the county guard beside him was calmer than him and stood up to stop the high priest.
Then he turned his eyes, looked at the two people below, and said coldly, "I want to ask you, is this what Su Qian really said? Even if you know that you are the envoys of the state pastoral order, you still don't take us seriously? How dare you? If you tell a lie, you know the consequences."
The two men's eyes flashed, they kowtowed heavily, and said to the county guard, "Sir, if every word is true, any lie will be cut to pieces. This person named Su is really arrogant and arrogant."
"Let me just say it. You can't be so nice to this person named Su. You really treat yourself like a figure. I advise you to also mobilize your troops and come with me to Qi'an City and take the opportunity to kill this person directly..."
The high priest's eyes were cold and he made a gesture directly.
Compared to the anger of the larger priest, Qingcheng County Sheriff seemed a little calm.
It's not that he doesn't want to eradicate Su Qian, but the time is not ripe.
They notified the prefectural herder on the front foot and asked for an order to dispatch Su Qian out of Qingcheng County to suppress the bandits. As soon as the prefectural shepherd's order was issued, they sent troops to attack on the back foot.
If it can be eradicated, there is nothing much to say, but Su Qi'an has expanded his army by 5,000 people, and Tucheng County has a fairly good public base.
His Qingcheng County can mobilize only 5,000 troops, plus the 20,000 that the high priest can mobilize, it is absolutely overwhelming in terms of numbers.
But the number of battles is not necessarily an absolute condition. If nothing else, let’s just say that the high priest has 20,000 natives. How many can truly be called elite?
It would be good to have one-tenth of it, but the rest might just be a waste of time.
If the natives had strong fighting power, the previous little priest would not have ended up like this, and the state pastor would not have allowed such a strong fighting power to develop.
To put it bluntly, his five thousand soldiers are definitely enough to kill the high priest's 20,000 natives.
This is why the status of Qingcheng County Sheriff and the high priest are equal, and in some aspects, his rights are even greater than that of the high priest.
The management of the natives of Jiaozhou is an alliance of priests. How strong can this kind of tribal-like management be?
Not to mention organized fighting, even the most basic formation of troops cannot be accomplished.
This fighting strength is even worse than that of bandits, and they can only rely on their numerical advantage to barely fight.
After all, no one is like Su Qi'an, who not only abolishes slavery, but also promotes literacy among the entire population.
Putting aside other things, there is one thing to mention. These two measures are the ones that the Qingcheng County Sheriff admires.
But the more this happens, the less likely this person can be kept, and the sooner he is eradicated, the better.
But if they were all dispatched, firstly, the troops would be out of nowhere, and secondly, they would not be sure to kill them completely. Who knows if Su Qi'an would have any new back-ups.
At this time, we need to stay calm.
Qingcheng County Sheriff's eyes flashed, and he finally chose a compromise method.
This time he only brought five hundred people, and he and the high priest went to Qi'an City to verify whether Su Qi'an was really that arrogant, and no one would take him seriously.
If it is true, the high priest summoned 10,000 natives to follow him and stand by on the outskirts of Qi'an.
Once they discover something is wrong, they can send a signal at any time and attack Qi'an City as quickly as possible.
At the same time, more than 4,000 people in his county divided into two groups and went straight to Su City and Tucheng to block reinforcements from these two cities.
And they used the fastest speed to make a quick decision, preferably directly killing Su Qi'an.
Of course, all this is based on the worst-case scenario. The Qingcheng County Sheriff will not break up with Su Qian until the last step.
The best way is, as he said before, to borrow a bandit's knife and kill someone with a borrowed knife. This is the best strategy. .
"You two, come with me."
After appeasing the high priest, Qingcheng County Sheriff said coldly to the two kneeling people.
Their bodies trembled, but they nodded through gritted teeth.
In about half an hour, the five hundred people gathered headed towards Qi'an City, followed by more than ten thousand natives behind them.
Just to assemble these more than 10,000 people, it took a little longer.
On the Qi'an City side, the high priest and Qingcheng County Sheriff did not make Su Qi'an wait for a long time.
About two-quarters of an hour later, subordinates came to report that five hundred soldiers were found outside the city, led by the high priest and Qingcheng County Sheriff.
Su Qian said calmly, "You came so quickly. I hope you won't disappoint me this time and come with me to welcome you."
As five hundred soldiers arrived at Qi'an City Gate, Song Biao's second regiment was very conscious and rushed to the front. The situation between the two sides immediately became tense.
The leading Qingcheng County Sheriff looked indifferent and said softly, "Let your Lord Marquis appear and speak."
The soldiers separated, Su Qi'an and others came out, looked at Qingcheng County Sheriff sitting on horseback and said with a smile.
"Hey, who do you think this prince is? They are really rare visitors. Two of them come here. How can these two rare visitors have the leisure to come to my earth city?"
"But from the looks of it, it doesn't look like I'm a guest."
"Su Qi'an, don't do this. You know our purpose clearly. Tell us why you are so humiliating to these two envoys."
"Su Qi'an, I know you are the Marquis of Daliang, but this does not allow you to insult the two envoys arbitrarily."
"One of them is a priest from the Priest Alliance, and the other is the Qingcheng County Magistrate. They are indeed inferior to you in terms of rank. But you humiliate them like this. Do you want to declare war on the Priest Alliance and provoke your Great Liang law?"
The high priest's voice sounded coldly, and he spoke with force, and what he said was really reasonable.
Su Qian's face remained calm and she said softly, "Oh, so that's it." She seemed to be sighing.
A chair appeared behind him, and he sat down and looked at Qingcheng County Sheriff, "It turns out that this is the purpose of the County Sheriff's visit. He is not a guest, but to ask questions."
"The ability of these two messengers to reverse right and wrong is truly extraordinary. Don't you want to know why I beat them so violently?"
"It just so happens that I had someone write down what happened to them earlier and excerpted a few parts. You can take a look at it first."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the second priest and the county magistrate immediately changed. They wanted to say something, but they had no right to speak at the moment.
The two excerpts were quickly delivered to the high priest and Qingcheng County Guard Tower.
The two glanced at each other, and their expressions immediately changed. At this time, the second priest and the county magistrate had to speak and said quickly.
"Two adults, please don't be deceived by his methods. This earth city belongs to him, and the so-called excerpts are not allowed to be picked up by him. He can write whatever he wants. This kind of one-sided statement is just a lie.
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"Haha, you said I was telling one side of the story. Didn't those two envoys tell the same story? Do you still have any substantive evidence?"
"You...you, Su, don't talk nonsense here. Sir, this man has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. Take him down quickly and kill him immediately."
The two of them looked obviously flustered, but Su Qian was quite calm and looked at them with a smile.
At this time, the high priest and Qingcheng County Sheriff sitting on the horse had indifferent expressions, and no one could tell what they were thinking.
Suddenly the high priest said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Is there really something that could fall into the hands of others?"
"How is it possible, sir? I am just impatient. This boy is so eloquent. If I let him continue talking, something will happen sooner or later."
"My lord, give me the order." The two explained.
Seeing the excitement on their faces, Qingcheng County Sheriff said coldly, "See for yourselves."
Let's talk. He threw the excerpt in his hand towards the two of them. They glanced at each other and their expressions instantly became dull.
There is nothing on this excerpt, just a blank piece of paper.
In an instant, their hearts fell directly into the ice cellar.
Anyone who can become a county guard or high priest is not a ghost.
Their performance just now had already betrayed themselves.
If they could act calmly, maybe this matter could be resolved, but they didn't know what was going on.
I was actually frightened by Su Qi'an's so-called excerpt. Think about it, even if it is true, so what?
There is no way to copy this thing. As they said, Su Qi'an, as the lord of Tucheng, can write whatever he wants. There is no fingerprint of theirs on this excerpt.
Perhaps in a moment, because of a guilty conscience, the flaw was suddenly exposed.
The two men quickly knelt down and kowtowed, frantically admitting their mistake, saying that they were blinded by lard, which is why they did such a thing, and begged the two adults to forgive them.
At this time, the high priest and Qingcheng County Sheriff were very angry.
They were deceived by two men and almost caused a disaster. If Su Qi'an was not present, they would have been given dozens of whips for whatever they said. Let them vent their anger first.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Su Qi'an smiled and looked like he was watching a show. That posture was so exciting.
