"Bold! Who gave your patrol camp the courage to come to my Xu family to get someone!"
Xu Cai, the concierge and housekeeper of the Xu family, started shouting and cursing when he saw the officers and soldiers from the patrol camp. It was obvious that he did not take the officers and soldiers seriously due to the power of his family head.
Zhou Yuji reined in the reins at this time and replied: "The emperor gave it to me! Can't you?!"
Xu Cai didn't know how to answer, so he just glanced at the Xu family slave beside him and asked someone to go inside to report the news.
At this time, Zhou Yuji waved his hand: "Get someone!"
"yes!"
Zhao Hongsheng replied.
Then, Zhao Hongsheng, who had his left arm cut off by Donglu Yila for participating in a battle outside Guangning City, walked toward the gate of Xujia Lanchun Garden with a knife in one hand: "Come in! Capture the imperial prisoner Huang Zunyi! "
"slow!"
"Zhongcheng is here!"
But at this time, a messenger came on horseback holding a token.
Soon, Yingtian Governor Xiao Jingao also appeared here on horseback, with a large number of officers and soldiers behind him.
Zhou Yuji was quite shocked when he saw this. He did not expect Governor Xiao Jingao to show up.
Zhao Hongsheng and the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion under his command also stopped and looked at Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji suddenly shouted: "Don't worry! I didn't hear you! Go in and arrest people first!"
"Bold! Zhou Shouwei, are you going to disobey the Prime Minister's order? The Prime Minister asked you to stop taking people!"
Xiao Jingao suddenly roared.
Seeing this, Zhou Yuji turned to look at Xiao Jingao: "Are you Xiao Zhongcheng, the governor of Yingtian?"
"That's exactly what I am!"
Xiao Jin replied arrogantly, and then asked coldly: "Why, shouldn't Zhou Shoubei dismount and pay me a courtesy?"
Feeling quite unlucky, Zhou Yuji had no choice but to grit his teeth and get off his horse, clenching his iron fist and making a heavy fist: "I've seen Zhong Cheng!"
"Shouldn't it be a kneeling ceremony?"
At this time, the scholar Xu Shaoliang who was following Xiao Jingao smiled proudly.
Zhou Yuji's Iron Fist couldn't help but squeeze tighter.
Therefore, Zhao Hongsheng stood there and glanced at Zhou Yuji, as if he would kill Xiao Jingao the next moment as long as Zhou Yuji gave the order.
After all, he and Zhou Yuji were both members of the 1st Infantry Battalion of Guard Town. Zhao Hongsheng was Zhou Yuji's subordinate before he was injured and retired. He couldn't tolerate the scholar's excessive demands on Zhou Yuji.
But Zhou Yuji was not a particularly reckless person, so he endured it and shook his head at Zhao Hongsheng to tell him not to act rashly.
Then, Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "Does Zhong Cheng think you are more noble than the emperor?"
"Don't speak nonsense!"
Xiao Jingao then warned Xu Shaoliang next to him, and then said to Zhou Yuji: "You can't go in the Xu family's Lanchun Garden! There is grievance in Mr. Huang's case, but I can't say much about the specifics. , in short, your patrol battalion should not interfere in this matter!"
Zhou Yuji replied: "The general only knows that Huang Zunyi is an imperial prisoner and that he is now in the Xu family's Lanchun Garden. Even the Xu family is guilty of harboring an imperial prisoner! He should be arrested as well!"
"you!"
Xu Shaoliang was furious because of this, and couldn't help but said to Xiao Jingao: "Zhongcheng, you see, he doesn't care about you, not the dignified governor like you!"
"Don't take Mr. Huang away!"
"Huang Gong is unjust!"
"What do you court eagle dogs want to do? If you want to capture Mr. Huang, you have to ask us if we agree!"
And this time.
Many Nanjing scholars came, and they raised their arms and shouted under the leadership of some scholars. They were followed by many government officials and village warriors, holding various weapons such as swords, spears, and even rulers and kitchen knives. There were no less than six or seven thousand people, and the entire Lanchun Garden was surrounded by water.
Xu Shaoliang sneered because of this.
Xiao Jingao therefore continued: "Zhou Shoubei, now you see, it's hard to go against the will of the people!"
"Can the holy will be violated?"
Zhou Yuji asked coldly.
"Zhou Yuji! Do you really want to force them to rebel?!"
Xiao Jingao shouted loudly at this time and ordered: "Send the order, all the officers and soldiers of Biao Camp will surround this place and not let the soldiers and civilians get close. Tell them that no one will do anything to Huang Gong while I am here. Let them not do it." Recklessly!"
Xiao Jingao said and then looked at Zhou Yuji again: "If something happens, I'll take it. You must obey my orders now and can only stay outside Lanchun Garden. You can't take Huang Zunyi away! You don't want to let him go either." Your people report the news to the court. You send one out and I kill the other! I know that you and Zhao Hongsheng have some skills in killing Donglu, but my Biao camp is not a vegetarian, not to mention that your people are too Master, if you don’t want your brothers who have gone through life and death to die here, just disobey my order!”
Zhou Yuji only asked coldly: "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you, Xiao Zhongcheng?"
Xiao Jingao was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "There are some reasons that don't allow you and me!"
Xiao Jingao and Huang Zunyi are from the same hometown.
But although he is the governor of Yingtian, his father is just an ordinary student, and his grandfather is a farmer. He belongs to a poor family and cannot compare with Huang Zunyi, who has been a bureaucrat for generations.
Moreover, he had already learned before that Huang Zunyi had sent people back to his hometown to organize Xiangyong to rebel, and had sent troops to surround his home. He also told him through Xu Shaoliang that if he, the governor, did not come forward to protect him, the Huang family would first Kill him and silence his entire family.
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"Zhou Shoubei, don't make things difficult for Mr. Xiao!"
At this time, Huang Zunyi walked out of Lanchun Garden, and as he spoke, he cupped his hands towards Xiao Jingao and said: "Zhongcheng, Huang is ashamed, but Huang is also forced to have no choice. Now that Huang has reached this point, he can only rebel. , Resist this unjust court!"
With that said, Huang Zunyi pointed at Zhou Yuji and shouted: "Now Mr. Xiao, you can either kill these people in the patrol camp and raise the flag of righteousness with us, or you can abandon your family and serve the tyrant."
Huang Zunyi said with a smile: "In addition, Mr. Xiao still has to deal with the uninformed people outside. However, now that Mr. Xiao has reached this stage, he must be working with Sui Huang, right? ?”
Xiao Jingao only looked at Zhou Yuji: "Zhou Shou, I heard that you are a talented general and just won a victory in Liaodong. However, the foolish king does not know talents and demoted you here to guard the patrol camp and do some hunting. Are you willing to steal from others? Why not come with us?"
Zhou Yuji was shocked. He didn't expect that Xiao Jingao was coming to recruit him to join the gang.
Xiao Jingao did have the intention to recruit Zhou Yuji to join the group, because he felt that Zhou Yuji would definitely complain about the emperor's arrangements. In addition, he had no choice but to be forced to rebel, so naturally he had no confidence, and he also wanted to recruit someone who could lead troops in the war. War generals also have a little more chance to change their fate against the odds.
Even today, when the patrol camp of Zhou Yuji and Zhao Hongsheng came to raid Lanchun Garden, it was a trap set by him. He deliberately asked the Xu family's slaves to unintentionally reveal the news that Huang Zunyi was in Lanchun Garden to Zhao Hongsheng, and then asked Zhao Hongsheng to tell Zhou Yuji about it, and He was sure that Zhou Yuji would come to Lanchunyuan to capture people, and he wanted to lead his troops as governor and seize the opportunity to capture Zhou Yuji and his patrol camp.
Zhou Yuji didn't expect Xiao Jingao to rebel, but he couldn't be surprised now, so he immediately whispered to Zhao Hongsheng: "I shouted to rush back, and we rushed into Lanchun Garden to control Huang Zunyi. Don't let him escape. If he fails, The worst thing we can do is die together! Even if we die, we can’t be known as rebels!"
"clear!"
Zhao Hongsheng replied, and immediately turned around and led his troops to charge into Lanchun Garden.
"Then let's talk! What official position are you going to give me?"
Zhou Yuji said something.
Xiao Jingao saw that Zhou Yuji and Zhao Hongsheng were whispering just now, and now that he said they wanted to talk, he relaxed his vigilance and mistakenly thought that Zhou Yuji was really going to join the gang.
"rush!"
But at this time, Zhou Yuji suddenly shouted loudly, then turned around and ran towards Lanchun Garden with Zhao Hongsheng and other people from the patrol camp.
"Fire!"
Xiao Jingao immediately shouted loudly when he saw this.
As a result, the officers and soldiers under Xiao Jingao immediately pulled the trigger of the gun.
Countless lead bullets were fired at Zhou Yuji and others.
Zhao Hongsheng held up his shield and deliberately stood behind Zhou Yuji, preventing Zhou Yuji from being shot. He was the first to rush to Huang Zunyi, hacked and killed the Xu family's concierge Xu Cai, and hid in the inner Lanchun Garden.
Huang Zunyi was shocked. These professional soldiers moved so fast that he had no time to react and asked them to close the door.
One after another, people from other patrol battalions rushed into the park subconsciously.
But about half of the patrol battalion officers and soldiers were shot.
Zhao Hongsheng also fell on the steps outside the gate of Lanchun Garden and smiled at Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji only glanced at him and said nothing. He just shouted directly to the sentry who rushed in and was also from Jinwei Town: "Close the garden gate!"
At the same time, Zhou Yuji had already put his knife at Huang Zunyi's throat.
Huang Zunyi looked at the tip of the knife under his jaw, not daring to move anymore, thinking: "If I had known these people were so unafraid of death, I shouldn't have appeared!"
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