Chapter 163 - 120, Civil strife_2
A spy asked in confusion, "My lord, the Luocheng Military Department isn’t just loafing around, If there’s a rebellion, they will immediately close the city gate and wait for the official army to suppress it. If they don’t close the gate in time, it’s a capital offense. Even if the Liu Family offers them a lot of money, it won’t work."
Jin Zhu replied coldly, "I guess, by now, the Liu Family has already opened the West City Gate."
As soon as he finished speaking, several men rode around a street corner and saw the West City Gate wide open. All the soldiers in front of the gate had their throats slit, and corpses lay scattered on the ground.
From afar, Chen Ji, through the open gate, saw a dense crowd of disaster victims raising torches and holding nail rakes and wooden sticks, charging towards Luocheng City with a menacing air.
A spy asked urgently, "My lord, what should we do now?"
Jin Zhu was thinking of retreating. What did the careers of Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin have to do with him? What did it matter to him if the mob ran into Luocheng City and started killing and looting?
He wasn’t the official responsible for this place!
Jin Zhu looked at Chen Ji, "We’ve already done our best today. The mistakes made by those civil servants competing against each other have nothing to do with us! Besides, your father isn’t fond of you, his loss of office will just relieve your anger!"
Chen Ji stopped his horse. Below his hat, his gaze silently shifted towards the firelight outside the city gate, where an uneasy atmosphere seemed to stir with the dancing shadows of the torches.