The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Jun Zhonglin's inability to answer only emboldened the people. They were irritated by his indecisiveness and shouted again in anxiety and anger.

"City Lord, it's already this late, what are you still hesitating about? Are you still stubbornly refusing to lend troops until the mountain god is completely enraged and burns down Tang City?"

"Please lend us troops immediately! We have already been punished twice. If you cause us to lose our homes again, will you be able to live with your conscience?"

"City Lord, please understand! Borrow troops immediately!"

Faced with the deafening shouts, Jun Zhonglin felt a splitting headache, but the matter of borrowing troops was of great importance, and the people sent to investigate had not returned yet, so he really did not dare to make a decision easily.

After pondering for a moment, he said to the people helplessly: "I understand what the people mean. You can go back first. I will consider the matter of borrowing troops carefully."

"No!" The people resolutely refused. Someone shouted angrily, "What else is there to consider? City Lord, we have to borrow these soldiers!

"Please think about it for another night. If the mountain god loses his patience this night and releases the sky fire to burn down Tang City, can you bear the responsibility?"

"Please agree to lend us the troops now, Lord, and don't make the people panic."

"City Lord, if you give us the wrong order again and cause us to lose our home, you will become a sinner for all eternity and be despised by everyone!"

The people were frightened by the words "If you don't lend us troops, we will burn down Tang City". The fear of losing their homes made them lose their duties as subjects and they even threatened and warned the lord of the city.

"You guys!" Jun Zhonglin felt a little embarrassed, his face darkened, he flicked his sleeves, turned around angrily and walked into the mansion.

"City Lord!" The people were anxious and wanted to chase after him, but they were quickly stopped by the guards, who quickly closed the gate.

"Please lend us troops immediately, or we won't leave!!"

The people really kept their word and sat outside the city gate and refused to leave. As the news spread, they even attracted more people to besiege the city lord's mansion and force Jun Zhonglin to borrow troops.

The next morning, Jun Zhonglin learned that the people not only did not leave, but also gathered more and more. He quickly summoned all the ministers to hold an emergency meeting. However, all the ministers had the same opinion and all came to Jun Zhonglin to ask for troops.

Finally, Jun Zhonglin could not bear the pressure from the people and ministers and the majesty of the mountain god, so he gave in and agreed to summon Ye Beimo and others to the city lord's mansion to borrow troops immediately.

When the news reached Lu Xiuyuan and others, they were shocked and hurried to the City Lord's Mansion, trying to stop it again.

But Jun Zhonglin had expected them to come, and knew that there was no room for negotiation under the current circumstances, so he simply turned them away and avoided them.

"Are we just going to watch Ye Beimo borrow 100,000 elite soldiers?" After returning to Jun Ziyao's residence, Xia Younan sat down on the stool dejectedly.

Lu Xiuyuan sighed and said angrily, "I knew Ye Beimo would not give up. He used the people's faith to force the city lord to borrow troops. He is really cunning."

If a hundred thousand elite soldiers and generals who can defeat ten or even a hundred enemies at a time went to fight for the Zhujing Kingdom, their country would have lost a lot of blood of its soldiers in vain.

"The people surrounded the mansion, and all the ministers protested, but my father couldn't do anything." Jun Ziyao was afraid that they would blame his father, so he spoke up to explain for his father.

How could they not understand Jun Zhonglin's difficulties? They were just annoyed by Ye Beimo's shamelessness.

"What should we do if the city lord refuses to see us?" Zenmu asked with a frown.

No one answered him because no one knew what to do.

Just when everyone was in despair, Jun Ziyao glanced at Qu Xiaoyou next to him, opened his lips, then closed them again, remained silent for two minutes, and slowly raised his hand, "Everyone, I think I have a way to stop my father from borrowing troops, and I can convince the people."

"What method?!" His words immediately lit up the eyes of everyone present, and they all looked at him with hope.

Jun Ziyao did not tell them his method directly, but discussed the conditions with them, "Anyway, I have a perfect way to make father and the people no longer need to borrow troops, but I have a condition.

"If you agree to my request, I will help you do this."

Lu Xiuyuan and the others looked at each other. Their intuition told them that the conditions Jun Ziyao was going to propose would make it difficult for them to meet their requirements.

"What conditions?" Xia Younan asked first.

Jun Ziyao pursed his lips and looked at Qu Xiaoyou, his sparkling eyes full of affection, "I like Miss Qu, I want to marry her."

"what?!"

When he said this, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Qu Xiaoyou was stunned, and Xia Younan was also confused.

She had noticed that the young city lord was a little too enthusiastic in his attention to Xiaoyou, but he had said that what he admired most were heroes with great martial arts skills.

She thought that his enthusiasm for Xiaoyou was like that of a fan for his idol, or that he was repaying her for helping him tame a wild horse. She never thought about it as a romantic relationship between a man and a woman.

After all, the boy was only seventeen years old, and Xiaoyou was four years older than him.

I really didn't expect it.

"No!" The first voice of objection came from Zenmu with an unpleasant look on his face.

Qu Xiaoyou's heart moved and she turned to look at him.

Jun Ziyao was not happy and asked Chanmu, "Why not? From the first time I saw Miss Qu, I was deeply impressed by her chivalrous demeanor.

"She is exactly my type. She totally suits my aesthetic. I have never liked someone this much before. I want to marry her!"

"No." Lu Xiuyuan and Lu Xiuyuan also expressed their opposition and said to Jun Ziyao in a nice way, "Young City Lord, you are not suitable."

"What's inappropriate about it?" Jun Ziyao asked back unconvinced.

"Because... because Xiaoyou has someone she likes." Xia Younan replied, glancing at Zenmu.

Jun Ziyao was immediately hurt when he heard this, and asked unwillingly: "Who does she like?"

"Well, she likes..." Xia Younan was considering whether to say it, but Qu Xiaoyou suddenly slammed the table, interrupting her answer.

"Young City Lord," Qu Xiaoyou looked at Jun Ziyao with no expression on his face, "Do you really have a way to stop the City Lord from borrowing troops? What is the success rate of your method?"

Jun Ziyao was delighted and quickly replied, "There is definitely a way. I guarantee with my integrity that my method has a 99% success rate!"

Qu Xiaoyou nodded without saying anything. After a moment of silence, she forced a smile.

"I don't have anyone I like!"

"Xiao You!" Lu Xiuyuan and others exclaimed in unison.

Even if they wanted to stop Ye Beimo from borrowing troops, they were absolutely unwilling to sacrifice their good friends!

Zenmu remained silent after hearing her words, his expression as serious as ever, but his eyes revealed his inner turmoil.