Those people in Zouping City who were originally awakened by the sound of gongs and wanted to scare away the "ringing horse thieves" with their momentum will all hide in their homes trembling, blocking the door with cabinets, tables and other objects, and letting their wives and daughters hide under the bed or in the box, lest the ringing horse thieves break into their homes, and now they are just praying that the ringing horse thieves can leave quickly.

This horse thief is too powerful.

Not only was the magistrate killed, but even those old men were arrested. One by one, they were all locked up in the county government, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

Sacrifice silver to redeem your life!

For Zhang Dahu and the others kneeling in the yatang, there is only one thought left in their minds now.

That's life!

Especially Zhang Dahu, Zhang Wenyuan was even more furious in his heart, looking at those ringing horses wearing helmets and armor, there was only one thought in his heart.

This damn ringing horse thief is too powerful. It looks more powerful than the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

However, it seems that the horse thieves have always been more powerful than the official army.

But the ringing horse thieves wearing armor have never seen them, especially since these ringing horse thieves are not only wearing armor, but also wearing iron masks, which is rare.

Zhu Guoqiang, who was in the study of the Yamen, looked at the bookshelves and other objects in the study, picked up a vase and looked at it.

"Jiajing Year System".

"Yo, this is an old thing, this bottle rack seems to be mahogany, good, not bad......"

Not only is it good, the array in this study alone is worth tens of millions of dollars!

Without thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang took all these things away - and took them to a rented warehouse in another world. In addition to the bookshelves, of course, there is no shortage of books inside, and even along with the paintings on the wall, a picture of a lady painted by an unknown artist, is also put away.

It wasn't until the study was cleaned that Zhu Guoqiang left the back office and went to the front office.

"I've seen the big boss!"

When he walked into the yatang, Zhu Guoqiang didn't even look at these people kneeling on the ground, and asked directly.

"Where is the magistrate?"

"If you go back to the big boss, the dog officer has already died in the battle."

Zhu led the brothers into the city, but instead of surrendering, Nazhi County dared to resist. Cut off his head and hang it outside the door......"

The murderous words fell on everyone's ears, making everyone tremble, especially Zhang Dahu, who only felt that as soon as his crotch was wet, feces and urine flowed out......

Zhu Guoqiang, who wants this effect, has a straight face...... Actually, no one else can see it, after all, he wears an iron mask. In the Ming Dynasty, it was common for generals to wear iron masks to protect their faces(1), but this was done to prevent their appearance from being seen by others.

Zhu Guoqiang, who was depicted with an iron face like a demon, shouted in a deep voice when he came to the hall.

"That Ding Zhuang was recruited by you."

"The king spares his life, the king spares his life......"

The crowd of people all kowtowed and begged for mercy, and for them, the only thought now was to survive.

"Do you want to live?"

"I want to live, I want to live."

"Since you want to live, why did you resist Zhu when Zhu led the brothers into the city!"

You are horse thieves, can you not resist!

"Damn it, damn it...... little ones"

What you think in your heart is very different from what you say.

The few of them spoke, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"Damn! You all deserve to die! ”

They trembled like people sifting chaff. Zhu Guoqiang said loudly.

"I was originally a good citizen, but I was forced to have no way to live by you corrupt officials and gentry, so I was forced to fall into the grass as a thief, this time Zhu went down the mountain, one is not for money, and the other is not for sex, just for the way of heaven!"

Again, Zhu Guoqiang said the words "for heaven", and then asked loudly.

"Tell me, What is the sin of the people, that they toil all day long, and have no bread for their stomachs?"

"What is the sin of the people? Where is the cultivated field all the land owned? ”

"What is the sin of the people? Race for the warmth, shelter ......"

Staring at them, Zhu Guoqiang's words intensified.

"How can you wait, you can eat and drink?"

"What are you waiting for? Can wives and concubines be in groups? ”

"What kind of virtuous are you, can you have slaves everywhere?"

"What you eat and use is just to squeeze what my people get, the sky is unfair, people are fair, people are unfair, I will make it public for the people of the world! Today, if you want to live, although I am not a good person to kill, I can't let you and other wicked people live, come and cut them all down! ”

The successive questions made Zhu Guoqiang's voice more and more cold, and the atmosphere here became more and more tense, and the gentry who were kneeling on the ground were all pale and trembling and begging for mercy......

"The king spares his life!"

"Spare your life......"

In the midst of the crowd's pleas for mercy, Sun Qiang and the others, who had been ordered, could only harden their hearts and drag these people outside the yamen, and then grabbed the big knife with both hands and chopped it down, but cut off the person's head with a knife.

"Spare ......"

The blood on the necks of Zhang Dahu and others, who had their heads cut off, spurted out like fireworks, drenching the people next to them with blood.

But it was only a moment's effort, and there were more than a dozen headless corpses in front of the yamen. Staring at those corpses, Zhu Guoqiang's heart did not have the slightest wave.

Dead person!

He had seen too much in the past few months, and from the first day of the crossing, he had started killing.

To live!

Sometimes, even if you are reluctant, you have to do something, but who are these people?

It's a gentry with fine clothes and fine food!

It's a local tyrant with a group of wives and concubines!

Hit them is ...... Fight local tyrants!

Well, that's fighting local tyrants!

As for the innocent?

Not to mention anything else, in this turmoil of China's land sinking, who cares about the innocent?

When the Manchu knife came, he would not ask who the gentry were and who the common people were. Ask who is not innocent?

"Hang their heads in front of the yamen and tell everyone that this is the fate of those who dare to be enemies of our "Taishan Righteousness"! From beginning to end, Zhu Guoqiang did not look directly at the local gentry who were killed, for to him, these people were just dead people...... At most, they died a few years earlier, and a few years later, they either died at the hands of the rogue or at the hands of the Qing army.

Anyway, they are all dead people, and instead of dying in a few years, it is better to play a role now. At least for now, their deaths are worth it, at least ...... They will not become, as in history, the witnesses of the "great military might" of the so-called "Manchurian soldiers". At that time, their death will only make the cowardly fear the butcher's knife of the Manchus, and then kneel to the ground and submit to the Manchus!

Rather than this, it is better to use them to prove the consequences of being an enemy of "Taishan Righteousness"!

(1) In the Ming Dynasty military book "Essentials of Armament", it is recorded that the iron mask used to protect the face, and a throat guard to protect the throat is also added under the mask.