I, Kiriko, the Cheater

However, before the prefect yelled out the words, Tongzi already approached him, and the distance of several meters was crossed in the blink of an eye. At the same time, he drew out his sword and chopped off the head of the prefect of Heishan City with one sword.

boned...

The prefect's head slipped from his shoulders, fell to the ground and slowly rolled away, with a shocked expression remaining on his face.

"You... what did you do?"

The housekeeper, the tax officer, and even Chelsea, who was ordered to assassinate the prefect of Montenegro, were stunned.

None of the three thought that Tongzi would do this.

"Because the Lord Taishou is deeply aware of the seriousness of his sins, he asked me to help him commit suicide, and before he died, he passed on the position of the prefect of Heishan City to me," Tongzi shook the blood from the sword, and looked at the three present, "Who is for? Who is against?"

If this person is not a lunatic, then he is black-bellied or sickly.

This was the common thought of the three present.

But looking at the bloodstains left on the ground, the three of them all kept silent in unison.

There are no guards outside the prefect's room, because the entire prefect's mansion is heavily guarded, and no bird can fly in, and the prefect doesn't want anyone to be outside when he is doing that kind of thing.

So Tongzi killed the prefect with a sword, and the only people who knew about it were the three people in the room.

……

Two months have passed since Tongzi killed the prefect.

The prefect's mansion has undergone a major shake-up, and the housekeepers, tax officials, and those who work for tigers have all received the justice they deserve.

But Chelsea still stayed in Heishan City, in the prefect's mansion.

It's not that she doesn't want to leave, but that she can't.

On the same day, after Tongzi killed the prefect, she let Chelsea leave. She didn't know what happened to the prefect's mansion after that, but only knew that since then, the entire prefect's mansion...including Heishan City has been controlled by Tongzi.

Some people chose to flee. After all, if they raise their troops to rebel, they will definitely attract the imperial army.

But there are also many people who choose to stay. On the one hand, it is difficult to leave their homeland, and on the other hand, the world is big but they have nowhere to go.

Chelsea sent the information that her mission was being interfered with by the Revolutionary Army spies in Black Mountain City back to the Revolutionary Army base camp in the south. Soon, the Revolutionary Army's next step instructions came from the base camp.

Chelsea read this instruction three times, but even after reading it three times, she couldn't believe her eyes.

The instructions from the base camp actually asked her to stay.

Not only to stay in Heishan City, but also to go back to the prefect's mansion to act as a maid and monitor Tongzi's movements for the revolutionary army.

She had no choice but to stay and record what she saw in the prefect's mansion:

"On April 4th, the girl who claimed to be Tongzi officially named her faction the Dayi Army, and made a brand new flag, the flag of Dayi with the word Tong on the green background... Dayi? I hope this is not the one An excuse for a girl to pull a tiger's skin."

"On April 4, the leader of the Great Rebellion Army recruited some people from the army into the Taishou Mansion. They all gathered in a certain room in the Taishou Mansion. I dare not approach them. I don't know what they are doing. Later When they went out, they all changed into uniforms. The style of the uniform was like a windbreaker. It was black on the outside and red on the inside. The pattern of [skull with wings] was embroidered on the collar, and there was also a skull on the hat. But I don't understand what that means."

"On April 4th, those selected by the leader of the Dayi Army did not put on their previous uniforms, but all wore their new uniforms, and today they came to the prefect's mansion just like yesterday."

"July 4th..."

"July 4th..."

"..."

"May 5th, today I finally know what those people who put on the new uniforms do. They are a new position in the army set up by the leader of the Great Rebel Army, called priests. I know what priests do, but I don't know. I understand why the Dayan Army followed suit from the Western countries, obviously no one in the Empire believes in those things from the West."

"On May 5th, when I passed the barracks, I heard the following conversation between a priest and a soldier...

Soldier: Will the priest kill one of our own?

Priest: Nonsense, priests only fire on traitors.Priests will not execute any loyal fighters.And you should feel safe about the presence of a priest, knowing that any potential traitors or lack of decorum in your squad will soon be gone.

Soldier: Is the pastor going to drill us to death?

Priest: No, no, but soldier... no matter how you look at your stomach, it doesn't look like a soldier should.We'll get rid of the fat you shouldn't have and make you more of a warrior!You can think of it as a personal improvement. After all, if a person does not improve, what is the difference from a salted fish?

Soldier: Priest will send everyone to die, and will kill all who fall back!

Priest: No, it’s not like that, you seem to have misunderstood us, it’s understandable, but you have to know that when you have such an inspiring and strong man standing by your side, the soldiers will not want to retreat ;Victory must be ours, which is why you will never see the retreat of a procession accompanied by a priest.Come to think of it, it's obvious.After all, priests control troops through love, not fear.

Soldier: So what will the priest do with the soldiers who run away?

Priest: Heal deserters, one bullet at a time.

The above is the entire content of the conversation I heard. To be honest, it makes me feel unbelievable. The leader of the Great Rebel Army seems to have trained the corrupt imperial army into loyal soldiers in only one month.Although it is impossible for their combat effectiveness to improve significantly within a month, their devotion to faith and loyalty to the leader of the Great Rebel Army is definitely something I have never seen before. "

While Chelsea was recording the changes in the Heishan City Prefect's Mansion stroke by stroke, the news of the fall of Heishan City was also sent to Donghe City not far from Heishan City.

The prefect of Donghe City was originally a bandit leader, but by chance, he met a relative of Minister Ornest.

He dedicated all the property he had looted over the years to the relatives of Minister Ernest, and let him whisper in the minister's ears.

Afterwards, the bandit leader transformed into the prefect of Donghe City.

The local army in Donghe City was recruited along with the bandit leader.

When the prefect of Donghe City went out hunting routinely and returned to the prefect's mansion, the housekeeper had already been waiting for him for a long time.

"What, Black Mountain City was taken by a group of rebels? Is this really true?" After listening to the butler's words, the prefect of Donghe City asked in surprise.

The butler nodded. "It's absolutely true, Lord Prefect, I have sent several groups of people to investigate, and they all came back to report that there is no imperial flag on Heishan City, but the Great Righteousness Flag with the word Tong on the green background."