Facing the man with the tiger-shaped flag who stopped the convoy, Zhang Zhiji behaved very respectfully.
If anyone had dared to tell him half a year ago that he would be so groveling in front of a traitor, he would have dared to sew his mouth shut. If the servants told him, he would have killed him and thrown him into the wild in a mass grave outside the city. dog.
The situation was stronger than the others. In just half a year, the prince of his country had to humble himself in front of the traitor he once talked about.
"Order from above." The leader of the tiger-character flag said expressionlessly.
Zhang Zhiji's mouth twitched when he heard this.
There is no difference between this and not saying anything.
But when he was angry, he didn't even dare to show any signs of it, and said with an apologetic smile on his face: "I'm afraid it was the Shangguan who said it. Can it be convenient for you? Your boss Liu and several generals have agreed to let go." Let’s leave, you see there must be some misunderstanding here.”
As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant from his waist and respectfully presented his hands to the leader of the Tiger Flag detachment in front of him.
"The order I got is to stop you. I don't know about other things. If nothing happens, just wait here!" The leader of the tiger-character flag did not pick up the opponent's jade pendant, but gave an explanation and then went to He took a few steps back and distanced himself from Zhang Zhiji.
Zhang Zhiji, who did not send the jade pendant away, retracted his hand and hung the jade pendant back on his waist again.
"Shibo, it seems that the people with the tiger character flag are going to regret it." Zhang Zhiji came to the side of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, and whispered.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, nodded.
The Tiger Flag sent troops and horses to intercept their noble convoy. He already felt that something was wrong, and now this feeling became stronger.
"How about we force our way through?" Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen whispered.
After hearing this, Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, distanced himself directly from him and said disgustedly: "If you want to die, don't get involved with us."
Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen smiled sarcastically.
He just said casually that he was not crazy, so how could he really do such a stupid thing as forcefully break into the military camp in front of tens of thousands of Tiger Flag troops.
"In my nephew's opinion, we should wait for the person who can make the decision on the Tiger Flag to come forward. I think there must be some misunderstanding here." Zhang Zhiji said, looking at the two people in front of him.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, hesitated for a moment and said, "This is the only way to go."
If you can't run away, you can only wait for the other party's people to come over.
They were not kept waiting for too long, and soon a dozen riders approached from a distance.
One of the leaders, accompanied by the previous captain of the tiger-character flag, Cheng Guogong and others came over.
"The person who should be in charge of the Tiger Character Flag is here." After Zhang Zhiji noticed the incoming person, he reminded the other two people around him, and then walked towards the incoming person.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, and Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, also walked over with them.
About ten steps away from the convoy, three people met the people with the tiger flag.
"This is our Deputy Commander Zhang." The leader of the Tiger Flag detachment was the first to introduce the three people.
After hearing this, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, held his hands in greeting with a smile on his face and said: "It turns out that it is Deputy Zhang Shizheng. He is young and promising. He will definitely achieve great things in the future."
"Then I'll borrow Duke Cheng's kind words." Assistant Master Zhang Hongtu responded with a smile.
Zhang Zhiji, the youngest of the three, interjected at this time: "I dare to ask Assistant Master Zheng, why do you want to block our way? We have completed the previous agreement, and your Dongzhu Liu promised to let us leave the capital and go there. Nandu.”
"I know." Zhang Hongtu nodded.
Zhang Zhiji said: "If that's the case, then why are you blocking our way?"
"This must be Prince Zhang of the British Duke's Palace!" Zhang Hongtu did not answer his words, but instead guessed Zhang Zhiji's identity.
Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo on the side, said: "Assistant Master Zhang has the right insight. This nephew of mine is the eldest son of the British Duke, and the person next to me is Duke Dingguo."
"Assistant Master Zhang." Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, cupped his hands.
Zhang Hongtu said with a smile: "These are the white jade pillars that stand beside Chongzhen and the purple golden beams of the sea. Now that I have seen them, I deeply agree with them. It is a pity that I have not been able to meet the old man in England."
"My father is no longer here." Mentioning the British Duke Zhang Weixian, Zhang Zhiji looked sad.
Next to him, Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen and Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen looked embarrassed.
Different from the martyrdom of the British Duke Zhang Weixian, although the two of them were both Dukes of the Ming Dynasty with the British Duke, they chose to live an ignoble life.
"My condolences." Zhang Hongtu consoled Zhang Zhiji.
Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen was unwilling to get entangled with the British Duke's issue, and asked directly: "Assistant Zhang, we have an agreement with Dongzhu Liu. I think you stopped the convoy, and you must not have known about this. Now there is a misunderstanding." Now that the explanation is clear, should we be allowed to leave?"
"Can't leave." Zhang Hongtu shook his head.
However, as soon as these words came out, the faces of Cheng Guogong and others changed color.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, said with an ugly face: "So you want to go back on your word, aren't you afraid that the matter will be spread out, and no one will believe your tiger-character flag in the future?"
"Guys, look at your motorcade. You can't even see the end of it!" Zhang Hongtu raised his hand and pointed at the long motorcade in front of him, which occupied the entire road, and the other end of the motorcade extended into the city.
Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen looked back and said immediately: "Captain of the car, it's because there are so many people. Not only our three families are here, but almost all the lords and their servants in the city are leaving together. It seems that there are more cars."
"Yes, we have more people. You can't go back on your word just because there are so many people!" Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, supported him.
Hearing this, Zhang Hongtu chuckled lightly and said, "I think there are not only many people, but also a lot of wealth."
Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen's expression changed.
Some people understood why the Tiger Flag people intercepted their Lord's convoy. It turned out that they came for the goods they were carrying.
I cursed secretly in my heart, these traitors have a bad nature that is hard to change. They are jealous when they see property and have no faith at all.
However, these belongings are the capital for them to live as a family in Nandu and make a comeback, and they cannot give them away.
Thinking of this, he said: "Each family brought some valuable things with them on the road, but these are all to make life more comfortable, and what they brought with them on the road were all the little things accumulated by generations of each family. You won’t even want to take away this little thing.”
"This is nothing." Zhang Hongtu said with a touch of sarcasm on his lips, "How dare you guarantee that you or your ancestors have never oppressed the people or taken anything from them? If you can guarantee that nothing like this has happened , I can make the decision to let you go now, but if you have done something similar and asked me to find out, none of you will be able to leave today."
He almost yelled out the next two sentences.
(End of chapter)
