It was still raining in Zhide County. Kuang Ren took the two mice to the cellar of the Wang family compound next to the county government office. He threatened and lured them with white money: "If this is done, you can be in my family." If you work for me, you will not only be an official but also have endless money to spend. But if you two go back on your word tomorrow, then I advise you to run away as soon as possible. If you are caught by me, you will be skinned and bruised."
The two mice patted their chests and promised that they would change their evil ways and join the army instead of being thieves, and they would work hard tomorrow.
On the other side, Chang Yu was mobilizing the prisoners in the cell: "Do you know how to surrender?"
"You know, the military master asked us to kill people to show our loyalty, right? You tell me who to kill, and I will do it." A thief shouted, and Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Kill thirty, can you do it?"
"Uh... let's do it together then." The thieves and I made a lot of noise.
"As long as you do this job well, you can follow me in the future. Also, this job is not for nothing. All the proceeds belong to you." Chang Yu started to give sweets, and a thief was very clever: "Listen to the official It seems that the people we want to kill are not ordinary people, could it be..."
"Does Tiger Jian know?" Chang Yu asked with a chuckle.
"Yu Datou, do you want us to take over Yu Datou's village..." The prisoners understood immediately, but soon they frowned: "The terrain at Tiger Point is very dangerous and it is difficult to fight. I'm afraid there are dozens of people..."
"What if they are not in the village?" Chang Yu chuckled, and the prisoners were confused.
Early the next morning, Chang Yu got up and saw that the rain had stopped, but the weather was still overcast and it might rain again at any time. While washing, Chen Ruxin came over and said, "Master Governor, that old master has brought more than 20 young men and women waiting to see you outside the Yamen. Woolen cloth".
Chang Yu and his party stayed in Zhide County for a short time, but the government here had no officials and no soldiers, so it was easy for trouble to happen, so he asked the respected old master to temporarily take charge, and asked him to recruit some young men to take charge of patrolling the city. Unexpectedly, this old master was very efficient in doing things. He brought someone over early this morning for what he explained at noon yesterday.
"Just go and explain, and get some money for them by the way." Chang Yu asked Chen Ruxin to handle it. He didn't like communicating with people like the old master and always found it awkward and boring.
As soon as Chen Ruxin left, Kuang Ren came over: "The Flying Rat is out of the city." Chang Yu hummed, "Where is Chen Suole?"
"He left earlier, before dawn, and took more than 20 brothers with him."
Chang Yu nodded, and Kuang Ren asked again: "When is the right time for those prisoners to set off?"
"The mice come and go at least noon. You need to let them eat and drink enough first, then go to the spot and lurk around noon."
"Duke, the old master wants to see you and talk to you." At this time, Chen Ruxin rushed from outside the Yamen and smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have something important to discuss with you."
Hey, Chang Yu smiled bitterly. He couldn't imagine that the old master could have anything important to discuss with him, but he couldn't let the old master wait for him in the lobby without seeing him.
After a hasty breakfast, he went to the lobby. The old master had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Chang Yu coming in, he quickly put down his tea cup and stood up to salute. Chang Yu cupped his hands and asked him to sit down and went straight to the topic and asked: "Master, what do you want to do?"
Unexpectedly, the old master was more direct than him: "I want money!"
Chang Yu was startled. He had just asked Chen Ruxin to get some money. Could it be that it was still too little?
That's really much less. The old master really came to ask for money, and the amount was not small. But he didn't want it for himself, but for the squires in the city.
After Jiang Yitao entered the city, he tortured the rich gentry. Some of them had their families ruined and others were ruined, while some were saved from disaster. Anyway, they plundered a lot of money. The old master meant that those whose families were ruined and their families were ruined should be ignored, but some of them still had people. The big players want some back.
I'm very sensible, I don't want all of it, I just want some of it.
This... Chang Yu didn't want to give it to him in his heart, but he couldn't find an excuse for the moment. After all, the rebels didn't escape from the city. You can't say that they took the money away. If you cheat, it will affect the image of the officers and soldiers.
"To be honest, we did steal some silver, but there is only about ten thousand taels left. According to the thief's confession, most of it was transported elsewhere." Chang Yu lied without blinking, but the master believed it. And he acted very excited, because it could be heard from his words that the young general really meant to return it.
You must know that this was something that he would never dare to think about or mention in previous years. He also saw that the young general was easy-going and upright, so he took the risk to give it a try. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be... What an official!
"Then, I dare to ask the general, how much can you give back?" The master stuttered in excitement, Chang Yu said with embarrassment: "I didn't want to leave any money, but after all, it was the city that brothers fought to the death for, so they always have to give some out. It's a reward, otherwise I won't be able to lead this soldier in the future..."
"That's natural, it should be, it should be." Master quickly stood up: "How many generals have been kept for themselves, we will definitely approve it without any complaints." Chang Yu got off the donkey along the slope: "Then I will ask my subordinates to count the details later. The general will not interfere with the amount of money, except for keeping some to reward the soldiers. As for who will be returned and how much each person will return, the general will not interfere. Let the master and a few squires make the decision. However, the general hopes to be fair and just, and cannot enrich himself and ignore other people's orphans and widows. mother".
The meaning of this is very clear. Now the eight of you in the city have the final say, but the bandit army will definitely torture more than eight households. You cannot divide it equally among the eight households. The others must be taken care of to some extent.
"We will never betray the general's trust and are willing to accept the general's supervision..." The master felt that he had done something extraordinary today. He was able to pry money out of the mouths of the officers and soldiers. This was enough for him to brag about for the rest of his life. His reputation will be as loud as thunder in Zhide County and even the entire Chizhou Prefecture.
Since he wanted to gain a good reputation, Chang Yu decided to open a warehouse to store grain in addition to loose money. Jiang Yitao had saved a lot of grain and grass after working here for several months, but he didn't need it at the moment. If the manpower is used to transport it away, some of it can be taken from the people and used by the people.
The news that the officers and soldiers had opened warehouses to release grain quickly spread throughout the county. The people beat gongs and drums and took to the streets to cheer. As expected, if you have breasts, you are a mother, and everyone said good things about the officers and soldiers.
However, the atmosphere in Anqing City, a hundred miles away, was completely opposite to that here. The entire city was enveloped in panic and depression. A major event had happened here.
To be precise, when it was still dark, Li Yan, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up. Fan Jiaqian appeared outside his tent with a solemn face.
"Eunuch Fan, you are not in the city... Could something have happened?" Li Yan frowned, and Fan Jiaqian took a deep breath: "General Li, Liu Zeqing was assassinated!"
"What! Liu Zeqing is dead, how did he die?"
Soon the news spread throughout the camp of officers and soldiers. The sleeping generals came over after hearing the news and were all shocked by the news.
"He entered the military camp to torture prisoners, and someone suddenly attacked and stabbed him to death..." When Fan Jiaqian said this, he felt like a dream, not real at all.
He was not at the military camp when the incident occurred, but led the Gongziying to conduct inspections throughout the city to prevent officers and soldiers from disturbing the people. He did not even know when Liu Zeqing went to the military camp, thinking that the big bosses were having fun in the government office. Well, he naturally knew that their men went to the military camp and what they were doing, but he had no right to interfere. Not to mention that Li Yan acquiesced in this kind of thing, Chang Yu even turned a blind eye, and the soldiers attacked the city and killed the enemy. What's the picture? You have to give him benefits and benefits before he will work hard for you.
After receiving the news of the riot in the military camp, Fan Jiaqian immediately mobilized troops to go to support. After arriving, he found out that dozens of prisoners were not willing to be humiliated and tortured, and suddenly got up and stabbed Liu Zeqing.
However, the riot of only a few dozen people was quickly suppressed, and more than a dozen were killed on the spot. The remaining ones were tied into rice dumplings and were shocked after hearing this. However, because of this sudden incident, the officers and soldiers stopped squeezing the prisoners and entered a state of preparation for war. Gao Jie even A military order has been issued. If there is any abnormal movement, massacre!
Although there were two to three thousand rebels in the camp, their weapons had been captured long ago. Although there were only a thousand officers and soldiers to kill them for fun, the prisoners were obedient and did not dare to move.
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