The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 306 Protective Umbrella

"I do have a safe place to stay now, but I'm having trouble getting supplies, which is why I'm looking for help from the rebels."

"And you? Right now, the rebel army is outwardly lying low, a time when they should be intensifying training and recruiting men, yet you've come all the way from the Qinling Mountains. Something must have happened."

"My husband is right. We do have a problem right now. Our plans in Tongguan County are in crisis."

"Tell me about it. Now that I'm here, I might be able to help in some way."

It was only at this point that Wu Chengyu realized that the rebel army's deployment in Shaanxi was far more complex than he had previously thought. Developing an army required a lot of logistical support, and Old Man Liang was responsible for external liaison and helping the rebel army receive supplies.

But where did the supplies come from? Besides Yue Fei's army in the Song Dynasty and the people who supported the resistance against the Jin, a hidden system also formed within the Jin territory. Some Han Chinese who appeared to have integrated into the upper and middle classes of the Jin Dynasty were actually the undercover agents of the rebel army.

As a leader of the rebel army, Guan Su burned three incense sticks, each eight inches long, only one inch shorter than Yan Chunyu's. Her position in the rebel army was extremely important. Although she was stationed in Tongguan County for many years, her escort agency business could spread throughout Shaanxi.

The reason for this is that she has a figure behind her who hates the Jin Dynasty, but at the same time has a place in the Jin Dynasty's power.

This person provided much help to the rebel army, so Yan Chunyu sent Guan Su to his side to protect him and, with the help of his power, to create a primitive logistics system under the guise of a security escort agency.

Wu Chengyu was also shocked when he heard this. He realized that all of this was Yan Chunyu's strategy. His wife was as good as a warrior, but her cunning and strategy were first-rate.

Thinking about it carefully, aren't escort agencies the forefathers of modern logistics? Having a relatively mature logistics channel is also crucial for his future development of the Ziwu Ridge business, especially since Tongguan County is so close to the Ziwu Ridge.

This is equivalent to turning Tongguan County into the rear base of the Ziwuling base, and there will be more and more cooperation in the future.

But most importantly, there was the person who was hiding behind the scenes helping the rebels.

Yan Chunyu said, "This Lady Wen is originally a Han Chinese. Her father surrendered to the Jin Dynasty when she was young and was the teacher of the current Jin emperor in learning Han culture. At the same time, the current Jin Dynasty's official system, tax system, and so on were all completed under her father's leadership."

Although his father was suspected of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, he dissuaded the Jin dogs from oppressing and massacring the Han people. Although these things still existed, they were much better than the darkness and tyranny when the Jin dogs first seized the Han people's land.

Lady Wen has known the current empress since childhood and they are very close friends. In addition, due to her father's merits, she has a certain influence in the court despite being a Han Chinese.

Later, for various reasons, she married the head of one of the Xia Kuo clans, a noble family in the Jin Dynasty, as his second wife. A few years later, the clan head passed away, and Lady Wen, being quite shrewd, quickly became the de facto head of the clan.

Later, under Madam Wen's management, this branch moved its business to Tongguan County and gradually took control of most of the businesses in Tongguan County.

Lady Wen established contact with our rebel army ten years ago and has secretly supported us for many years, becoming our greatest reliance among the Jin elite.

Wu Chengyu understood. This Lady Wen was a double agent, with the current Jin Empress as her backer. She was cunning and a protector of the Shaanxi rebels. However, she was from the Xia Kuo clan and also bore the surname Wen. The image of that filial son flashed through Wu Chengyu's mind. It seemed that this guy wanted to find a handsome young man to serve his mother and even said he would take his mother's surname, Wen. Good heavens, it seemed he had found the right person as soon as he entered the city.

Wu Chengyu immediately told Yan Chunyu and the others about what had happened when she met Wen Ruoming when she entered the city. This immediately made the three women, who were even more heroic than men, laugh so hard they almost fell over. Guan Su even kept slapping the table, and she no longer had any hostility towards Wu Chengyu.

*Slap!* Sister Niu laughed as she patted Wu Chengyu's shoulder heavily again: "I told you, brother, ever since you changed your body shape, you've become too handsome, attracting all sorts of women. Being good-looking is just a hassle."

"Spring Rain, if I were you, I'd tie your husband up right now, take him back to the Qinling Mountains, lock him up in the house and play with him, so he wouldn't be tempted to philander outside."

Yan Chunyu felt even more embarrassed after hearing Sister Niu's words. Her eyes narrowed as she carefully examined her husband again. It seemed that this pretty boy really did look pitiful. She used to think that men had to be broad-shouldered and burly, but her husband had a unique charm.

"Gentlemen, have you laughed enough? How was I supposed to know this kind of thing would happen to me? Besides, the Madam Wen you're talking about is Wen Ruoming's mother. Since she's a member of the rebel army, why is she so dissolute?"

"My husband has misunderstood. This Wen Ruoming, or Xia Kuo Shanying, is not Madam Wen's biological son at all. Madam Wen has no children of her own. Wen Ruoming was born to her deceased husband's previous wife and is currently the young master of this branch of the Xia Kuo clan in Tongguan County."

What he is doing now is not at Madam Wen's behest; he is causing trouble for Madam Wen.

When Madam Wen's husband died, the boy was only six or seven years old. At that time, he had to grow up under Madam Wen's protection, and Madam Wen did her best for him.

However, after this kid came of age, he slowly revealed his wolfish ambitions. On the one hand, he tried to win over the elders in the clan in order to regain control of the family. On the other hand, he pretended to be filial every day, after all, he was quite wary of Madam Wen's relationship in the court.

At the same time, Madam Wen has managed the family for many years, making it much stronger. She has a lot of prestige in the eyes of the Xia Kuo clan members, and they did not easily side with her.

Who would have thought that this little beast was so wicked? He claimed to be filial to his mother and didn't want to see her depressed every day because of his father. At the same time, he spread rumors that Madam Wen liked weak and scholarly Han Chinese men and enjoyed keeping male concubines.

As a son, in order to be filial to his mother, he had no choice but to search everywhere for handsome young men and send them to Madam Wen.

Because of his words, people in Tongguan County now think that Madam Wen is a fickle woman, and even some members of the Xia Kuo clan have begun to be dissatisfied with Madam Wen and have gradually taken action to help Wen Ruoming regain control of the family.

Sister Guan only notified Qinling after realizing the situation was not good. Sister Niu and I had to come immediately because Madam Wen's businesses are crucial to the development of our rebel army and cannot be lost.

At the same time, Lady Wen has also been kind to the entire rebel army, and we cannot stand by and watch her be framed.

Wu Chengyu finally understood. So this was what Wen Ruoming meant by filial piety. He had genuinely believed that he and the mother he spoke of were biological mother and son. After all, when he talked about his mother, he was so affectionate and intimate that it was impossible to tell that they were not related by blood.

He shouts about being filial to his family, but slanders his mother's reputation to outsiders. This brat is young, but he is indeed vicious and extremely despicable.

(End of this chapter)