Qin Rong raised his hand and made a stop motion.
"Tell me, what else does the person who sent you have to tell you?"
The tied man turned his wrist twice to make himself more comfortable, and said: "Our master hopes that the general will not target him after he enters the city. The Jinan Mansion has always been made by Governor Fu, and he only obeys orders. "
"Okay, I understand. Go back and tell him that you can spare his life." Qin Rong said with an indifferent expression.
For a local official of the Ming Dynasty, it didn't matter whether he killed them or not. For him, what he really had to deal with were the lords and the rural gentry in the city.
As for the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture, he was just an official in a different place, so he let him go as long as he let him go. When the tiger-shaped flag comes to his hometown one day, it won't be too late to deal with it.
"No, that's not what I mean." The kidnapped man said with a slight stutter, "Our master hopes to stay and serve the general and help him rectify Jinan Mansion."
"Do you still want to stay as an official?" Wang Lin laughed at the side.
Qin Rong tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Go back and tell your master that if Jinan Mansion doesn't take the initiative to open the city gate and surrender before noon tomorrow, he will be the first to sacrifice his flag when my army enters the city."
Hearing this, the tied man turned pale with fright.
"Take him away." Qin Rong waved his hand to the people below.
It's not that easy to stay in Tiger Banner and serve as an official. Don't say that he can't make the decision in this matter. Even if he can make the decision, he will not leave a former Ming official to continue to be the prefect of Jinan Prefecture.
The kidnapped man was taken out.
"These officials of the Ming Dynasty are all thinking about good things. Why do they think that if they sacrifice Jinan City, we will keep him and continue to serve as officials in Jinan City!" Wang Lin smiled contemptuously.
In his opinion, the other party's surrender was not even the icing on the cake.
Qin Rong said with a look of approval: "These officials of the Ming Dynasty are not even just outsiders. They will do any shameless thing to survive. Don't even think about surrendering to us today. If we meet someone more powerful tomorrow, they will do the same." Betray us and join others."
"Then what do you plan to do with this person?" Wang Lin asked.
Qin Rong said smoothly: "After taking over Jinan City from him, tell him to get lost."
"The magistrate of Jinan Prefecture is an official in Jinan Prefecture. I am afraid he has saved a lot of people's wealth, so he just let him go?" Wang Lin asked unwillingly.
Qin Rong, who heard this, glanced at him and said: "There is no such a good thing. People can leave. Those people who support and support people must stay. It's good to be able to save his life."
In a few words, the two people decided on the fate of the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture.
On the other side, the men who came out of the Tiger Character Banner Camp rushed all the way back to Jinan City.
His departure from the city was arranged, and people were left at the city wall to wait for his return.
It was impossible to open the city gate, so people on the wall used hanging baskets to bring people into the city.
"I have been on tenterhooks ever since you left the city, brother. Now that I see you coming back, brother Zhou, I feel relieved." The guard on the city wall personally helped the man out of the hanging basket.
"The tiger thieves are not man-eating tigers. They can still eat me. Okay, you continue to defend the city. I have to go back and report to the great master."
With that said, he was about to leave.
But as soon as he raised his leg, he was immediately grabbed by the guard on the side.
"Brother Zhou, don't leave in a hurry. Let me tell you what the tiger thief said first, so that I can know what's going on."
"It's hard to say. It depends on what the big master decides."
After saying that, he broke away from the guard and left quickly.
The guards on the city wall did not stop people from leaving this time.
Although the other party didn't say everything clearly, he could already guess some of it.
At this time, the government offices of Jinan Prefecture were brightly lit.
In a room in the back office, the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture occupied the first place, and besides him, there were several other people sitting on the seats in the room.
Except for one of these people who is a general judge of Jinan Prefecture, the others are all from famous and wealthy families in the city.
"How long has this person been gone? Why hasn't he come back yet?" The speaker was the Tongpan of Jinan Mansion.
Although he is not as high-ranking as the prefect of Jinan Prefecture, he is still quite powerful in Jinan Prefecture. Even the prefect does not dare to say that he is the one under control. Many matters need to be discussed with him as the general magistrate.
"Hold on, if the tiger thief wants to successfully take over Jinan Prefecture, he will need our help." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture looked confident.
However, the sweat on his palms proved that he was also not calm at this time.
When the tea in the cup was brewed for the third time, a servant walked in from outside the house, saluted the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture, and said, "Sir, I'm back."
"Quickly, bring people here." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture said hurriedly.
After a short time, the man who was sent to the Tiger Flag camp was brought into the room.
"The young one has met the great master."
"No need to be polite, tell me quickly, what do the tiger thieves say? Do you agree to my conditions?" Jinan Prefecture magistrate asked one after another.
At this time, everyone else in the room was also staring at the person who came back.
"Reporting to the master, the other party agreed, but not all."
"Don't show off here, tell me quickly." The judge from Jinan Prefecture, who was also sitting in the seat, couldn't help but asked Cui.
"The other party promised to let you go, sir." The man surnamed Zhou secretly glanced at the prefect of Jinan Prefecture on the throne and said, "But he did not promise to let you stay as an official."
"Asshole, aren't they afraid that I will stick to the end?" The prefect of Jinan slapped his hand on the table in annoyance.
He was a Jinshi, and in his opinion, being able to stay and take the initiative to serve as an official for Hu Zi Qi was giving Hu Zi Qi face, and the other party actually dared not agree.
"Yes, the other party said that if Jinan City does not take the initiative to open the city gate and surrender before noon tomorrow, wait, wait until they enter the city, they will take your life, sir."
After speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head.
However, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture did not get angry when he heard this. Instead, one of his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Let's open the city gate!" the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture said, not forgetting to look at the prefect on the throne.
The prefect of Jinan Prefecture did not answer the call.
I was scared and at the same time unwilling to lose my official position like this.
As for staying in the Ming Dynasty and serving as an official, he didn't think about it. Once Jinan Mansion was lost, he would be responsible for losing his land. It would be better if he died, but he would definitely be punished if he were alive.
"You can't open the city gate."
A local squire sitting on the seat spoke up.
The prefect of Jinan Prefecture looked unhappy after hearing this, but still asked: "I don't want to let the tiger thieves go to the capital, but has Zhang Yuanwai thought about how to block the army of tiger thieves outside the city?"
"This!" Zhang Yuanwai choked.
Even the governor of Shandong and the most capable Ming army general in Jinan City were scared away. How could he, a local squire, have the ability to stop the army of the Tiger Flag?
(End of chapter)
