The specific demands should wait until the negotiation table.
Three days later, Chen Ze finally received Lu Qingyun's autographed letters, one to Chen Ze and the other to Xu Qianqian.
Lu Qingyun obviously did not expect that under such circumstances, Xu Qianqian led people to capture the county seat and even killed many bureaucrats. He explained in the letter that he did not know about this matter. If Chen Ze had not informed him, he would not have known it at all. After understanding the situation, he now only hopes that Chen Ze can save the situation as much as possible and try not to go to the step of war, so as to avoid the people of Wutong County suffering and ruining their lives.
Of course, Lu Qingyun was not trying to distance himself from the relationship, because Chen Ze knew very well that if Lu Qingyun was really involved, he would definitely not choose to capture the county at this juncture. After all, someone with such a cautious temperament as Lu Qingyun, even if he really wanted to do something You must be fully prepared for whatever happens. If you look for the right time to start something again, it will definitely not be as sudden as it is now.
After getting Lu Qingyun's autograph letter, Chen Ze immediately went to see Cao Sheng and asked Cao Sheng to send another autograph letter written by Lu Qingyun to Wutong County.
Then Cao Sheng sent a team of people, rushed to Wutong Pass, handed the letter to the people guarding the city, and asked people to pass the letter to Xu Qianqian.
There are not many people on this trip, and there are no military flags hanging, which proves his identity as an envoy. In this case, the other party will definitely not kill people randomly, unless the other party is determined to fight with you.
Fortunately, the other party did not take action, but handed the letter to Xu Qianqian.
The next step is to wait for news from Wutong County. During this period, logistics troops have arrived one after another, and there is sufficient supply of food and grass. Cao Sheng and others have also formulated a combat strategy, and have begun to cut down a large amount of wood to make siege equipment. If the other party shows no willingness to talk, the siege will begin immediately.
Chen Ze was also anxious, and only hoped that Xu Qianfang could sit down and have a good talk after reading Lu Qingyun's autographed letter.
Although the palace said that Xu Qianfang was going to be taken away for trial, there was still room for negotiation. Anyway, as long as there was no fight and the other party was not too aggressive, the palace should be able to accept it.
In the afternoon, some soldiers hurriedly came to Chen Ze's camp and reported: "His Royal Highness, the envoy from Wutong County is here and wants to see you to discuss peace!"
Chen Ze was immediately overjoyed: "Where is he?"
"We have confirmed the river beach outside Wutong Pass. There is no ambush around, and there are only two people on the other side."
"Okay, I'll go over right now!"
Chen Ze went to Cao Sheng first. Cao Sheng saw that Wutong County had sent an envoy and the spies had figured out the situation. After confirming that there was no ambush around, he thought for a moment and sent out twenty elite soldiers to follow Chen Ze. Go and see the messenger.
To be on the safe side, Chen Ze was fully armed. In addition to the goggles, he also specially prepared armor for Chen Ze. He almost wrapped Chen Ze tightly before sending him out: "Huzhao, don't worry, if they really dare If they attack you, I will let them all be buried with you!"
Chen Ze couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, can't you hope that my peace talks will succeed?
It would be strange to say that he was not nervous, but now that he had reached this point, Chen Ze didn't care so much. He immediately followed Li Yuankang on his horse and went directly to the river beach with twenty well-armed elite soldiers.
Not long after, Chen Ze arrived at the place. On the river beach at the foot of the mountain, there were already two people waiting there. One of them was a man dressed as a scholar, about thirty years old. The person next to him should be an escorting guard. , after hearing the movement and looking to the river beach, Chen Ze had already dismounted, escorted by twenty elite soldiers, and came along the mountain road to the river beach.
"Okay, you guys wait here, all you need to do is come with Yuanyasu and follow me!"
"yes!"
The twenty elite soldiers stopped, and Chen Ze walked forward with Li Yuankang.
As soon as he arrived, the scholar opposite him bowed first, cupped his hands and said, "But Prince Zhennan?"
Chen Ze also saluted: "That's right, I haven't asked the envoy for his name yet."
"My dear Xu Zhirong, my father Xu Qianfang."
Chen Ze cupped his hands and said, "Huzhao has met Brother Xu."
Xu Zhirong smiled slightly: "It is better to meet than to be famous. I have heard Uncle Qingyun say before that His Royal Highness was born into a powerful family but cares about the common people of the world. He is courteous to the virtuous and eclectic. He is the Ming Lord of the world. As you can see now, he is worthy of his reputation!"
With such a compliment at the beginning, it seems that Lu Qingyun's personal letter must have had an effect.
"These are Master Lu's false praises. Look at me, who is wrapped up tightly, but I am actually a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Chen Ze smiled bitterly: "On the other hand, Brother Xu is frank and frank. After a comparison, he made a judgment and said To be honest, I feel very embarrassed!"
Xu Zhirong couldn't help but laugh: "As expected, as Uncle Qingyun said, His Highness always speaks in a humorous manner."
Chen Ze did not be too polite and started to enter the negotiation process.
"Brother Xu, what happened in Wutong County?"
Xu Zhirong sighed silently: "The Wutong County government and the squire have gone too far to bully people. Before the autumn harvest is over, they have already started to collect grain from house to house. This year's harvest is 20% more than in previous years. It has already forced a lot of people to death." People.”
"The local squire accompanied him to collect grain. When my father saw that the amount of food was wrong, they argued for a few times. Unexpectedly, the county government arrested my father directly."
"The villagers were so angry that they started fighting with the officials. My father couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately led the villagers to arrest the people and went to the county government office to inquire about the situation and ask the county government office for an explanation. As a result, my father was convicted of treason without any explanation. !”
"My father was so angry that he summoned the rebel army and directly attacked the county government office and killed those dog officials."
Chen Ze sighed helplessly: "It's just as I expected. There are so many dog officials these days that the people can't survive at all."
"..." Seeing Chen Ze's attitude, Xu Zhirong calmed down and said, "Your Highness, my father had no intention of rebelling, but now he has been forced to no avail!"
"No one wants to bring disaster to the lives of the people in their hometown, but... they want to eat people!"
"I understand, Brother Xu, there is still room for discussion on this matter." Chen Ze said hurriedly: "Brother Xu, please go back and have people collect evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by the dog officials as soon as possible, and prepare blood letters from the people!"
"Is Magistrate Wutong still alive?"
Xu Zhirong was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"Are there other bureaucrats?"
"Seventeen more people."
"Okay, let Xiaozhi use reason and emotion, and let the seventeen people explain in detail how the Wutong County government oppresses the people, and sign their signatures!"
"If gold, silver, jewelry, and house title deeds are confiscated, and all are counted and accounted for, there will be irrefutable evidence of corruption!"
"Putting this matter on the Yamen's lack of conscience, even if the court investigates it, there will be no evidence."
"In this way, the people of Wutong County can be kept safe and Uncle Xu's life is safe!"
Xu Zhirong, who was opposite him, was stunned. All the excuses he had prepared yesterday were stuck in his throat and he couldn't even say them out...
This...is this called negotiation?
