Nie Chen touched his chin and said,
"In this way, Zhou Ping is a man who has a lot of poetry and books, but he is not the kind of useless scholar. On the contrary, he is very capable. He is good at both business and politics and people's livelihood, right?"
"Yes."
"Isn't this the talent we are most in need of right now? We really need such wise men!"
Nie Chen was in great spirits. Someone would give him a pillow when he fell asleep.
Hearing this, Qi Huan smiled bitterly and said,
"My lord, I'm not attacking you, but if I were Zhou Ping, I would definitely not come to seek refuge with you.
First of all, he already has a large family business, has no worries about food and clothing, and has abundant financial resources. Why does he need to work hard for us? Being with you is like being with a tiger. If you make you unhappy, he is afraid of losing his head.
Secondly, from Zhou Ping's point of view, we are just a group of bandit soldiers and cannot become a big trend. Although we are powerful now, King Anton's army may be destroyed at any time when it comes. He can't risk his wealth and life. Come with us into the muddy waters. "
Qi Huan knew Nie Chen's temper and would not blame his subordinates for what they said, so he pointed out the most acute issues without mercy.
Nie Chen shook his head, smiled, and said,
"Didn't you also say that Zhou Ping values family ties the most? Doesn't he care about his younger brother the most? Now that his younger brother is in our hands, are we worried about not being able to control him?"
"Let's go back to the governor's house and wait for Zhou Ping to send money to redeem the person. I have to deal with this Zhou Ping today."
"Hahaha, my lord still has a way. I can't think of these ways."
Qi Huan opened his mouth and flattered.
"Okay, stop saying false things. I only like to hear the truth, no matter how ugly it is.
You just seemed to say that Zhou Ping has three younger brothers? There are only two of them. What is the other one for? "
"Zhou Ping is the eldest, Zhou Long is the third, Zhou Hu is the fourth, and the second is named Zhou An. He left home many years ago, saying that he went to learn martial arts from a master.
Others say that in terms of bravery, Zhou Long and Zhou Hu combined are not as good as their second brother Zhou An. "
"Oh, so powerful? Are you braver than Lao Ma and Lin Guang?"
"Uh... I don't know. I just heard about it and have never met Zhou An."
At this time, Yue Dongwen said leisurely,
"My lord, when you talked about bravery just now, why did you only talk about Lin Guang and Lao Ma? Isn't my Xiaoyue brave in your eyes?"
"Hahaha, you are brave too. One day you can defeat them both, I will make you the number one warrior."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was so lively.
…
On the west side of the county mansion, there is the Zhou family courtyard.
Zhou Ping, who was wearing a white robe, was sitting in the lobby, looking at this quarter's ledger and sighing.
He now understood why Liu Jia ran away.
He had heard about the feud between Liu Jia and Nie Chen before, and he also knew that everyone in the Liu family was killed by Nie Chen. Even the Liu family in the county were assassinated by Nie Chen. .
(In fact, it was Liu Jia who assassinated him and framed it for Nie Chen.)
The reason why Liu Jia ran away was because she learned in advance that the county guard was defeated and King Pingxi's army was coming. She was worried about Nie Chen's revenge, so she hurriedly sold her belongings and ran away.
After getting this information, Nie Chen was equated with cruelty and evil in Zhou Ping's mind.
But now, Nie Chen destroyed the city overnight, and the county city also changed its owner overnight.
This made Zhou Ping worried.
Such a person with a bandit background, now that he has taken over the county, will probably be like those reckless rebels, killing big families and grabbing gold and silver.
It's a pity that Nie Chen broke through the city so quickly that Zhou Ping didn't even have time to run away. He only regretted that he hesitated and didn't follow Liu Jia.
Now, since I can't run away, I can only stay, but I have to warn my family not to provoke this new county guard.
Although Liu Hu is greedy, he is still principled. As long as he gives money, he will not cause trouble and always live in harmony.
But this Nie Chen is a bandit.
What is a bandit? Those who kill people, steal goods, are greedy and cruel are called bandits.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to get along with me in the future.
Zhou Ping was worried. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Before he put it down, he saw a servant running in from outside. As he ran, he shouted,
"Master, it's not good, master, something big has happened!"
"What's going on? You're in a panic."
Zhou Ping frowned.
"Master, it's not good. The third and fourth masters provoked the new county guard Nie Chen in the Fuhua Restaurant, and even wanted to beat the county guard's people. In the end, they were arrested by the county guard. Please go and save people."
"What?!"
Zhou Ping's face turned pale, and he stood up suddenly. The teacup in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
I am really afraid of what will happen!
"These two bastards, Nie Chen just entered the city last night, and they are going to provoke him today. Are they really not going to stop until they poke a hole in the sky?
What should we do? Nie Chen is a bandit, greedy and does all kinds of evil. Anyone who offends him will be skinned and cramped! "
"Yes, sir, before the third and fourth masters are killed, go and save people."
The servants also shouted anxiously.
"You, hurry up and prepare one hundred thousand taels of silver... no, two hundred thousand taels! Pull me up in a car and follow me to the county governor's house!"
"I obey, little one!"
The servant immediately ran out to prepare gold and silver.
Zhou Ping sat down on the chair feebly, feeling like the world was spinning and his whole body was weak.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver was a lot of money, and it was not a small sum for him. It would be very painful to take it out.
But now, he was eager for Nie Chen to accept the money.
As long as he takes the money, it means that he can do things and let Zhou Long and Zhou Hu go. If he doesn't do things after taking the money, no one will give him money again in the future.
But what Zhou Ping is afraid of now is that Nie Chen won't accept his money.
If he doesn't accept it, it means that Nie Chen is really angry. When the time comes, Zhou Long and Zhou Hu will die, and he, Zhou Ping, will not be able to think about it easy. Nie Chen will target him and eat up his property.
In his heart, he begged God, hoping that Nie Chen could accept the money and let the third and fourth brothers live.
Soon, the money was ready, loaded into several large cars, and headed towards the county governor's mansion.
Many people saw this scene and Zhou Ping's anxious expression. Combined with the news about Zhou Long and Zhou Hu beating the county guard, they all guessed that Zhou Ping was going to save people.
Soon, Zhou Ping arrived at the door of the government office in a carriage.
He got off the carriage, hugged the soldiers standing guard in front of the door and said,
"Both brothers, could you please go and report to the county guard that Zhou Ping would like to see you?"
As he spoke, Zhou Ping took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of one of the soldiers.
