Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

Chapter 101 The Famous Minister Wei Zheng: Position is of utmost importance!

The progress bar for this strange tale of "egg birth" is about to fill up.

The problem is, Wu Qing has no idea what kind of strange thing will hatch from this egg.

He closed the system menu first, then followed the others up the mountain.

Standing on the mountainside and looking around Wagangzhai, one can see that the foot of the mountain is covered with dense reeds and crisscrossed by waterways.

To the north lies the natural barrier of the Yellow River, and to the south, due to the frequent flooding of the Yellow River over the years, the terrain has also undergone significant changes.

It was indeed a dangerous place for hiding and deploying troops.

He couldn't help but secretly admire Xu Maogong.

As a time traveler, I knew they would definitely come to Wagang Village.

Xu Maogong, however, found this place through his own abilities and his unerring strategic thinking.

At this moment, heroes from all over the country set out from Shandong, recruiting soldiers and horses along the way.

Now, the force has grown to 30,000, and its development is extremely rapid.

That's normal. These days, as long as someone dares to lead a rebellion, it's easy for it to snowball and spread out of the ranks.

However, in the beginning, although the number of people was large, they were not actually a usable force.

They truly relied on their own retainers, farmhands, servants, and the small leaders and soldiers of their own mountain strongholds.

Wu Qing went to visit Wei Zheng and saw that although there were many people entering the mountain, Wei Zheng was managing them in an orderly manner.

Details such as how to store provisions, where to place warhorses, and where to house family members were planned in an orderly manner.

Wu Qing learned a great deal from Wei Zheng.

As dusk fell, he walked with Wei Zheng and exclaimed, "Sir, you have arranged such a complex group of people with such composure, as if everything is under your control. You are truly admirable."

Wei Zheng said, "Governing a country is like managing a household. As long as everyone is in their proper place, the country will function on its own."

"Therefore, the initial positioning is the most important. Once everyone is roughly in their place, they will naturally understand what they should do."

Wu Qing bowed and said, "I have learned a lot."

Wei Zheng saw two new recruits pass by. When they saw Wu Qing, they bowed in fear and then hurriedly left.

Wei Zheng asked, "Do these people recognize Brother Wu?"

Wu Qing said, "They are all former members of the Maitreya sect."

He then recounted how that night, when Maitreya had gone mad and tried to burn women and children, and how he had used illusion magic to frighten them.

Wei Zheng asked in surprise, "Brother Wu knows illusion magic?"

Wu Qing said, "It's just some superficial stuff."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I wonder what your opinion is on Military Advisor Xu's deliberate refusal to rescue Master Shan's family?"

Wei Zheng chuckled and said, "Brother Wu doesn't treat me like an outsider at all, asking me about this matter."

"Mao Gong is knowledgeable about Yin and Yang, understands destiny, and is a strategist who can outmaneuver the enemy. He is an indispensable person in Wagang Village."

Wu Qing said, "To preemptively seize the initiative—isn't this just the Second Master treating him as an enemy before he's even done anything?"

Wei Zheng said, "Before entering Jinan Prefecture, as far as I knew, Mao Gong had never made a mistake in any calculation."

"For Brother Wu, some things have not yet happened, but for him, the moment he calculated it, it was as if the things had already happened."

"His Yin-Yang numerology is like this."

Wu Qing said, "But I still can't accept treating something that hasn't happened as fate. My destiny is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."

Wei Zheng said, "Everyone has their own place."

"Mao Gong acts in accordance with the will of Heaven; for him, the will of Heaven is the will of the people. And I can also see that Brother Wu, your background is strange, and you don't really believe in fate."

"Mao Gong and Brother Wu are in different positions, while I am just someone who goes with the flow and at most does logistics. I have neither Mao Gong's ability to act on behalf of Heaven nor Brother Wu's determination to overcome Heaven."

"That is why, if I were by Mao Gong's side, I would help him act on behalf of Heaven. If one day I were to join forces with Brother Wu, I would also believe that human will can overcome Heaven."

Wu Qing blurted out, "If one day you were to serve under a wise ruler who values ​​posthumous reputation and enjoys listening to honest advice, wouldn't you become that upright minister, that remonstrating minister?"

Wei Zheng said, "May I use your fan?"

Wu Qing then handed him the feather fan.

Wei Zheng put his left hand behind his back, waved his fan with his right hand, and laughed, "That's for sure! I've never had any great abilities. My only skill is probably knowing my place."

Wu Qing sighed.

Indeed, those who manage to make a name for themselves in such chaotic times are all incredibly capable.

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Dou Xianniang and Wu Qing came up the mountain as guest generals on Shan Xiongxin's side.

Wu Qing's original intention was to see if he could make a name for himself in the Wagangzhai uprising, but an unexpected turn of events occurred.

Was it destined that I shouldn't be on the list of those who gathered together?

When Wu Qing returned, he saw Dou Xianniang, Luo Zhuluan, and Shan Ailian talking together.

"Qing-ge'er, where have you gone?" Dou Xianniang asked. "I haven't seen you anywhere."

Wu Qing laughed and said, "Go and learn the art of logistics arrangement and planning from Mr. Wei Zheng."

He added, "Young Miss, I need to take Ailian away for a while first."

Dou Xianniang looked at him and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Wu Qing fanned himself and said, "I just want to take a look at the back mountain."

Dou Xianniang said, "Go! Go—just don't do anything strange."

Although both of them might be hiding things from me and doing a lot of strange things.

Wu Qing led Shan Ailian towards the back of the mountain.

He used the license plate verification function to check the vehicle as he went.

"Brother Qing, where are you going?" Shan Ailian asked curiously, wearing a high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) in a light green color.

"I'm just checking to see if there's anything strange happening in this back mountain."

Shan Ailian said, "Why do I feel like you're the strange one, Brother Qing?"

After walking for a while, Wu Qing suddenly pulled her into the shadows.

Dan Ailian stood in front of him, shyly swaying her delicate body: "Brother Qing, this place—this place is not good, someone will see us."

After waiting for a while, they found that Wu Qing did not make any move.

Looking up, I saw him turned to the side, observing into the distance.

Realizing she had misunderstood, Shan Ailian tilted her delicate body and peeked over.

Over there, two martial artists were leading some strange-looking people, doing something that was unclear.

Shan Ailian said, "Those two people are—"

Wu Qingdao: "Lu Mingxing, Lu Mingyue!"

Dan Ailian said, "Ah! These two people seem to be pirates. They have never met my father before, nor did they go to the meeting because of my father's bandit arrows."

"Hmm, why do these people look so suspicious?"

Wu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps what they were doing was something that couldn't be done in the light of day."

Dan Ailian asked curiously, "We've all just arrived at Wagang Village, what kind of shady things could we possibly be doing?"

Wu Qing shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily the first time for everyone here. Perhaps some people already knew that this place would become their base, so they made arrangements in advance."

Shan Ailian gritted her teeth: "Are you talking about that Xu Maogong?"

If she hadn't happened to be going home to visit her family, her mother and brother would all be dead.

Wu Qing saw Lu Mingxing and Lu Mingyue leave in a hurry with those guys who all looked strange.

He whispered, "Ailian, use your illusion to sneak over and see what's inside."

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