"Ying Zheng, let him go back?" Jia Shenwu asked Xiao Wu.
The middle-aged man's expectant eyes fell on Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a clicking sound.
And every time the click sounded, the middle-aged man's heart trembled.
Whether they can leave the rebel camp alive depends on the other party's thoughts.
"If he can't get 50,000 taels of silver, wouldn't it be a big loss to just let him go like this?" Xiao Wu said to Jia Shenwu.
After hearing this, the middle-aged man's heart sank, and he immediately spoke to save himself: "Don't worry, two generals, I am the most familiar with the land in Kaifeng Mansion. As long as I return to the city, I will definitely be able to persuade the governor and the big families in the city to pay this amount." silver."
After saying that, he looked expectantly at Xiao Wu and Jia Shenwu in front of him.
He was afraid that these two men would forcibly detain him in the rebel camp.
"We really can't let him leave like this." Jia Shenwu ignored the middle-aged man's words, but nodded to Xiao Wu, and then said, "Ying Zheng, do you think this will work? Let him sign the paperwork. If he is not old Obtain the money honestly and publicize the documents he signed."
The middle-aged man's face immediately turned pale when he heard this.
He didn't need to read the document that the other party asked him to sign. He knew that it must be related to the bandit. If he really signed this document, he would definitely become a bandit even if he had not done anything to commit the bandit.
Xiao Wudao on the side said: "Just do as you say!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man swayed uncontrollably, staggering and looking like he was about to fall to the ground.
Jia Shenwu ignored it.
Ask someone to prepare a document related to middle-aged people, and the contents of the document are ready-made.
The other party's condition was that 50,000 taels of silver would prevent the Tiger-Character Banner's army from continuing to besiege Kaifeng Fucheng. The document was directly changed to collude with the Tiger-Character Banner to defraud the city of 50,000 taels of silver.
"Let's make a bet!"
After the document was written, Jia Shenwu asked someone to hand it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man read the contents of the document and felt extremely reluctant, but he did not dare not to sign.
If he didn't sign, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get out of the rebel camp.
With a sudden change of heart, he picked up the pen, signed his name on it, bit his finger and made a bright red fingerprint.
"Two generals, I can go now!" The middle-aged man looked at the documents he took away from his eyes and turned to Xiao Wu and Jia Shenwu.
Xiao Wu glanced at the signature and fingerprints on the document, handed it to Jia Shenwu who was standing aside, and nodded slightly.
Jia Shenwu, who took the document, glanced at it and immediately said to the middle-aged man: "We keep our word. As long as you can send 50,000 taels of silver, this document will not appear."
"What about the retreat?" The middle-aged man did not forget his purpose.
Jia Shenwu casually put the document on the table and said, "When the money arrives, you can say anything, but let me remind you, if you never see the money, there is no guarantee where the document will appear."
"Don't worry, generals. When I get back, I'll have someone deliver the money as soon as possible." The middle-aged man promised again and again.
Hearing this, Jia Shenwu nodded with satisfaction and said, "You two, send him out of the camp and watch him enter Kaifeng City."
"yes."
The two soldiers who were guarding the middle-aged man took over the task and escorted the middle-aged man out of the tent.
After the man was taken away, Xiao Wu said to Jia Shenwu: "You want the money. When the time comes to collect the money, you can handle it yourself. I will not retreat."
It was Chen Xunping's order to leave him and the Second Battle Barracks to continue besieging Kaifeng Fucheng. Without the permission of Chen Xunping, the military commander, Kaifeng Fucheng would not retreat even if he spent 500,000 taels of silver.
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. How can I really retreat? Anyway, there is a vassal king and a big family in the city. If you don't need that little money, you don't want this money to be in vain." Jia Shenwu said.
Xiao Wu laughed when he heard this and said: "You also want to play the Jin Kingdom and besiege Kaifeng of the Song Dynasty. First you want money, then women, and then you can break the city after sucking out the bones and marrow of the people in the city."
"There are some who are as stupid as Huizong of the Song Dynasty." Jia Shenwu said with a smile, "I just wanted to get more money from the city. Anyway, I won't attack the city for a while, so why not accompany the officials in the city? Let’s pass the time and give them a little hope so that they don’t have to plot against us all day long.”
Xiao Wu smiled and said, "It's up to you."
"It's time, and the artillery team hasn't fired yet. I'll go over and have a look." As he said that, Jia Shenwu stood up from the bench, raised his legs and walked across the bench towards the outside of the tent.
Xiao Wu, who was sitting at the table, shouted to Jia Shenwu's back: "You promise to accept money from others, but you will shoot people in the head!"
"We'll talk after we collect the money." Jia Shenwu waved his hand with his back to Xiao Wu and walked out of the tent.
The middle-aged man who left the tent first has now been taken out of the camp.
Outside the camp, he met the county government officer who had gone out of the city with him.
The two people were sent to the city gate of Kaifeng Fucheng, and the tiger-character flag soldiers escorting them returned to the camp.
"Master, those bandits didn't do anything to you!" It wasn't until the Tiger Flag people left that the police officer dared to come forward and care about the middle-aged man's safety.
The middle-aged man would not talk about his ugly appearance in the rebel tent, so he said impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense, go and shout to the city, and say that I am back."
The officer didn't dare to say anything and ran to the city to call for help.
Soon, a bamboo basket was put down at the corner of the city wall, and the two people sat in the bamboo basket, and then the people on the top of the city pulled the two people up the city wall.
As soon as the bamboo basket was put on the city wall, Kaifeng Tongyan Yu Anran, who had been guarding here, immediately stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, please refer to the general judgment." The middle-aged man who came down from the bamboo basket came forward and saluted Yu Anran.
Yu Anran held the middle-aged man's arms with both hands and asked eagerly: "How is it? Has the rebel general agreed to our conditions?"
The middle-aged man shook his head.
Seeing this, Yu Anran's expression darkened.
"Although the thieves outside the city didn't agree anyway, they agreed that as long as we come up with the money, they will lift the siege of Kaifeng City." The middle-aged man said.
After hearing this, Yu Anran's eyes immediately changed and he asked hurriedly: "Okay, okay, okay, Magistrate Chen, you did a good job. It's just five thousand taels of silver. As long as they retreat, give it all to them."
Five thousand taels of silver was the bottom line that the officials discussed together.
In the eyes of these officials, the rebels outside the city were just a bunch of bastards, and five thousand taels of silver was enough to dazzle the rebel generals.
"It's not five thousand taels." The middle-aged man, County Magistrate Chen, reminded him in a low voice.
After hearing this, Yu Anran became even happier and said with a smile: "Don't worry, no matter how much money I have, I will give it to you at the rate of five thousand taels. The rest of the money is yours, and it is regarded as a reward for your meritorious service."
