Chapter 510: Letting the Tiger Return to the Mountain

Yuan Xi was forced to become a charlatan out of helplessness. Apart from knowing some knowledge about future generations, he had no advantage over the heroes in this world who were fighting for the world. If he did not make use of the little remaining information, he would be in trouble.

He sat on the stone platform, one leg raised and resting on the knee of the other leg, raised his head and looked at Yang Feng in front of him, "Commander Yang, I don't have much patience. You should know that if I become shameless, no woman can stand it."

He saw Yang Feng's face change several times, and thought to himself that a woman is still a woman after all, and Yang Feng's psychological defenses at this time are more fragile than when she was first captured. Because he gave her a glimmer of hope, it made her a little worried.

Yuan Xi thought he had succeeded, but Yang Feng's face suddenly turned cold, with a mocking look on his face, "You can try and see if I can drag you to death with me."

Seeing that Yang Feng calmed down so quickly, Yuan Xi couldn't help but secretly admire him, and immediately changed the subject, "Commander Yang has been in Youzhou for a few months, and he must have seen a lot of people's lives."

"Commander, how do you think the people of Youzhou are doing compared to Black Mountain?"

Yang Feng seemed to be stumped by the question. After a long pause, he said angrily, "That's all."

"Although it is better than Black Mountain, this is because Black Mountain has been in war for many years. In my opinion, Youzhou is no better than other places."

Yuan Xi sneered: "You are speaking against your conscience."

"There is no war in Youzhou?"

"There are so many hostile forces around Youzhou, such as the Black Mountain, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and the remnants of Gongsun Zan. They are either looting or attacking. When have they ever stopped?"

"I admit that Youzhou may not be as good as Jingzhou and Yangzhou, where there are few battles, but I didn't expect that it would be looked down upon by the Black Mountain generals who were in a mess and starving everywhere."

"I didn't expect Commander Yang to be so shameless. He eats the food grown by the people of Youzhou, but he is still picky. I admire you."

Yang Feng blushed, "You didn't grow the food, I also grow crops! I..."

Yuan waved his hand and said, "As the ruler of a state, I must ensure that the people under my rule have enough food and clothing. If it is not my credit that the people have enough food, then if the people starve to death, does it have nothing to do with me?"

Yang Feng suddenly realized that his words could not keep up with the fierce tiger's rhythm, so he snorted coldly: "If you want to make me surrender to you by humiliating me, then I advise you not to dream."

"I will never change my mind. If you have the guts, kill me now."

Lu Lingqi snorted coldly, "You bitch, do you really think your husband dare not touch you?"

"What do you have now that is worthy of your husband's covetousness?"

"An old woman who feels good about herself."

"You!" Yang Feng was furious. "How can you, a little girl with barely grown hair, teach me a lesson?"

Lu Lingqi showed a smug smile on her face, "Yellow-haired girl?"

She took Yuan Xi's arm and puffed out her chest, which seemed extremely sinful in Yang Feng's eyes. "I am married, call me Madam Lu."

"Where is the unknown commander-in-chief?"

Lu Lingqi's hateful look almost made Yang Feng so angry that she almost exploded. Her teeth were chattering and her fists clenched involuntarily.

Yuan Xi saw that Lv Lingqi had poked Yang Feng's lung, and fearing that things would not end well, he quickly said, "Commander Yang, I don't want to engage in a meaningless verbal dispute with you."

"I don't think I can convince you with just a few words."

"But," Yuan Xi's face turned serious, "If I say that I need something from Commander Yang, that's not entirely true."

"I did think about using Commander Yang to integrate the remaining forces of the Taiping Dao."

Yang Feng showed an expression that he had known this would happen. "You are honest, but I will never hand over the Taiping Dao to someone like you. I advise you to give up this idea."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I knew Commander Yang would say that."

"But," he stared at Yang Feng and said coldly, "The Taiping Dao is causing trouble and harming the people under my rule. I cannot allow them to cause chaos."

"I just tried to persuade Commander Yang to give them one last chance. Since Commander Yang refused, from now on, if I find any remnants of the Taiping Dao under my rule, they will be killed without mercy!"

"I will never let go of those who eat the local people's food but harm the people in return. Whoever colludes with the Taiping Dao will die, not just one person, but the whole family."

"How dare you!" Yang Feng's hair stood up suddenly, "How dare you, you despicable villain, use them to threaten me?"

She took two steps forward, and Tian Yu and Sun Li rushed over and handcuffed Yang Feng's hands and feet.

Yang Feng struggled several times but failed to break free, so he stared at Yuan Xi, as if he was ready to bite him.

Yuan Xi turned a blind eye and asked, "Why, did I touch your sore spot?"

"You know what Taiping Dao has become over the years!"

"Now, apart from secretly defrauding the people and using some shameless tricks to defraud money and food from the people, what else have they done?"

"Does it have anything to do with them that the people under my rule can now have enough food to eat?"

Yang Feng bit her lip, "They just lost their target. Now they are surrounded by the whole world. Otherwise, how can they survive..."

Yuan Xi sneered: "No, I think they live very well."

"They assisted the bandits and helped them capture the city. After the city was captured, they murdered the people."

"That's what happened in Qu City across the street. He was a spy helping the bandits. After the city was captured, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. Is this the Taiping Dao that you mentioned to save the world?"

Yang Feng stammered, "They are helping Taiping Dao achieve its goals. You are not the one chosen by Taiping Dao..."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "The person chosen by the Taiping Dao is Cao Cao, right?"

"Was this chosen by the Taiping Dao, or by you?"

"Isn't he just doing you small favors to win your hearts?"

"You said I spread rumors, but didn't he do the same?"

Yang Feng regained some confidence, "Of course he is different from you!"

"He is the man chosen by Huang Tian. Under his leadership, the world will surely be peaceful again and the people will live a good life again!"

Yuan Xi saw that the time had come and sneered, "Well, you said he was the one chosen by Huang Tian, ​​how do you prove that this is not just your imagination?"

Yang Feng said: "Everyone is saying..."

Yuan Xi interrupted him, "Commander Yang, it seems that the labor education is in vain for you. It is a waste of so much food."

"Seeing is believing. You haven't improved at all."

Yang Feng blushed, "Under the rule of Lord Cao, he will definitely do a better job than people like you!"

"I've been caught by you, how can seeing is believing?"

Yuan Xi was waiting for Yang Feng to say this, and he said decisively: "Okay!"

"What if I give you this chance?"

Yang Feng raised her head in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Yuan Xi said contentedly: "I said I would give you a chance, let's have a bet."

"I can let you go. You can go to Yanzhou and Yuzhou Sili under Cao Cao's rule and take a look. Then come back to me in a year or so."

"The outcome of the bet between the two of us will be based on what you see and hear and your final judgment."

"If you win, not only can I set you free and never hunt you again, I can also promise to allow Taiping Dao to openly operate again under my rule and I will no longer restrict them."

"But if you lose, you will tell the Taiping Dao of the world everything you have seen and heard. I want to see if they will continue to support Cao Mengde."

"Of course, you can also just run away and never come back, and I can't do anything to you."

"But if that happens, in the coming days, I will wipe out all of Taiping Dao, leaving no one alive."

Yang Feng was a little incredulous, "You take my judgment as the standard?"

"Aren't you worried that I might go against my conscience and make a judgment that's in my favor?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "So this matter is also my bet for making this decision."

"If you are really that kind of person, I will admit it."

"But I believe that Zhang Jiao's daughter still has a minimum bottom line in her heart."

Yang Feng's mood became more and more complicated and she didn't believe it was true at all.

Is the other party really willing to let me go like this?

She hesitated.

Yuan Xi put his thumb to his mouth and sneered, "If Commander Yang doesn't dare, forget it. Anyway, you have food and drink in prison, and you won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"If we arrive in Yanzhou and see that what we believe in is shattered, I'm afraid it will completely overturn everything we believed in before. I'm afraid the commander won't be able to bear such a blow, right?"

Yang Feng knew that the other party was provoking her, but she couldn't help but get angry, "You don't need to look down on me like that!"

"People from my Zhang family wouldn't be so shameless!"

She raised her hand, put her thumb in her mouth, bit it hard, and then stretched it in front of Yuan Xi.

When Yuan Xi saw this, he also bit his finger and stretched out his hand.

The two of them touched their thumbs hard.

Soon, Yang Feng stretched his hands and feet, and watched the handcuffs and shackles being removed below, still unable to believe it.

It was not until Yuan Xi had someone lead out a horse and Madam Du handed Yang Feng a bundle that Yang Feng realized that the other party was serious about the bet.

She climbed onto the horse and turned around to see Yuan Xi looking at her with a smile on his face. His face was filled with inexplicable confidence. She bowed and said, "Your Excellency's generosity is something I admire. We will meet again!"

After Yang Feng rode out of the house, the figures of the man and the horse disappeared outside. Lu Lingqi couldn't help but ask, "Are you just letting her go like this?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "What else can we do?"

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. There are some things that she can only believe when she sees them with her own eyes."

Lu Lingqi said: "What if Yanzhou is really better than Youzhou?"

Yuan Xi laughed, "Then I deserve to fail."

Tian Yu was listening in, and thought that the envoy's every word and action already showed a demeanor that many heads of aristocratic families did not possess, and he was gradually revealing the majestic demeanor of a wise leader.

As a result, Yuan Xi's next sentence almost choked Tian Yu, "But who knows if she will go crazy and come back to assassinate me."

"I feel guilty now, Madam, please protect me."

Lu Lingqi couldn't help but roll her eyes, glared at Yuan Xi and said, "I thought you were a bit heroic just now."

Yuan Xi laughed, "In front of Madam, even the most powerful person will lose his courage."

Lu Lingqi was so flattered that she was overjoyed. She immediately patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, my husband. The gap between her and me is not that big now. She definitely won't have the guts to do that!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Madam Lai is there."

Although he said this, he was actually sure that Yang Feng still had some dignity.

Moreover, Yuan Xi was somewhat confident about gambling. Sometimes, to convince others, just letting them see their own strengths was not enough.

But it would be different if they could make it clear that their opponents were doing worse.

After all, this is still a worse world.