"This Xu Lequn didn't stay well in Fu'an, so he actually came to Taizhou." Han Xiufeng touched the corners of his mouth and muttered: "Not only did he come to Taizhou, but he also wanted to kill me, he wanted to borrow Xu Ying's hand to hold me in Taizhou City, and then borrow the hand of the Taiping bandits to kill me." This is a lot of money, but is my Han Xiufeng's life so valuable? ”

"Young Master, of course our lives are worth it!"

"Yes, yes, our lives are not cheap."

"So we must not let him succeed, young master, think of a way. Xu Tongzhi has to donate if you donate, then donate, we can earn it again if the silver is gone, but it is definitely not possible to defend the city, we are old and young, and we can't die with him. ”

Xu Lequn had a bad stomach, so he quietly made a conspiracy and set up a nirvana, but Li Xiucai was not a good thing, Han Xiufeng didn't want Li Xiucai to know what to do next, and said helplessly: "What can you do, what else can you do?" Although Xu Ying is only a five-grade acquaintance, in Taizhou, he is no different from the minister who can cut first and then play. Whoever dares to disobey his orders will not want to live. ”

"But if you listen to his orders, you won't be able to live!" Pan Er said eagerly.

"Not necessarily."

"Not necessarily, the Taiping bandits are not joking, those bandits kill officials!"

"If the bandits don't come to attack Taizhou, why can't we survive if the bandits don't come?"

"Young Master, do you really plan to help the old ghost surnamed Xu defend the city?"

"It's not that I don't plan to fight, but I don't have a choice." Han Xiufeng didn't want to stay up late, so he stood up and bowed to Li Xiucai: "Thank you Mr. Li for mentioning it, Rong Xiufeng will report this situation in the future." ”

"Master Han, what are you doing here?"

"Yes, adversity sees the truth, adversity sees the truth!"

Li Xiucai didn't want Han Xiufeng to owe him any favors, so he knelt down in front of Han Xiufeng with a puff, crying and begging: "Master Han, Master Han, please save Wansheng's life for the sake of your efforts!" ”

"Why did Mr. Li say that?"

"Master Han, the surname Xu knows that it was the late birth that ruined him, and he will definitely not let the late birth go. If he doesn't go out of the city in his later life, even if he doesn't die in the hands of the Taiping bandits, he will die in the hands of the surnamed Xu! Please be merciful and merciful, give the late born a way to live, and give the whole family a way to live......"

"Get up, Mr. Li, don't do this, don't do this."

"If Master Han doesn't agree, he won't be able to afford to be born late."

"Mr. Li, you don't know what kind of person we Han Xiufeng are, with the friendship between you and me, if you can help, how can you not help, but Xiufeng is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself!"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, we don't know what to do!" Pan Er was so anxious that he couldn't wait to go over the wall and get out of the city immediately.

"But ......"

"Mr. Li, this is Taizhou, not Hai'an, Xiufeng really wants to help you, but he is powerless."

In Li Xiucai's opinion, this is the only chance to live, how could he miss this life-saving straw, wiped away his tears and took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve: "Master Han, this is three thousand taels, this is the late life to honor you." You must have a way, please. ”

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that now he knew what it meant to have a life to make money and not to spend it, and was hesitating whether to make money or not, when a crying sound suddenly came from the room. Li Xiucai looked back, gritted his teeth, and then raised his head and said: "Master Han, the late life will not embarrass you, and the late life will not leave, I just ask you to help the late life send the inner life and the child out of the city!" ”

No matter how bad a person is, he has a good side, thinking of Qin'er in his hometown in Ba County and the baby he has never seen, Han Xiufeng's heart softened, took the silver ticket and asked: "Mr. Li, didn't you just say that you can go out of the city as long as you pledge and admit defeat?" You have so much silver, why don't you go to Master Xu to donate a crown? ”

"It's useless to donate, Old Ghost Xu spoke, as long as he is on an errand in the yamen, he can't leave, saying that this case will shake the hearts of the army and the people as soon as the meeting is held." At the mention of Xu Ying, Li Xiucai gritted his teeth.

Xu Lequn engaged in a conspiracy, and such a certain death situation shows that he has guessed how the more than 20 boats of illicit salt were seized by Zhang Guangcheng.

In other words, it's useless to keep Li Xiucai.

Thinking that it would be no good to let Li Xiucai fend for himself, and saving Li Xiucai's life would instead give Xu Lequn and the salt merchants behind Xu Lequn licking and blocking, Han Xiufeng handed the silver ticket to Pan Er, and then helped Li Xiucai up with both hands: "Mr. Li, Xiufeng will accept the silver ticket first, and he will try his best to take your family out of the city, but whether this matter can be done or not, Xiufeng does not dare to guarantee the ticket." ”

"Thank you Master Han for your rescue, and I am waiting for your good news from Master Han." So far, Li Xiucai can only gamble.

"Let's go first, you can pack your bags first, and whether you can get out of the city depends on tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll clean it up later."

……

Leaving the courtyard rented by Li Xiucai, smashing open the door of the inn and letting the guy find an upper room to live in, Han Xiufeng told Pan Er his next plan. Confirming that he would not be trapped in the city, Pan Er also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fourth brother, so we want to train some more villagers?"

"There shouldn't be any variables when you go out of the city, I don't know if you want to train some more villagers, after all, this involves food." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "Old Ghost Xu is determined to defend it, and he will definitely make preparations for holding it for two or three months or even a year and a half, how can he keep it if he has no food, so he will not give us food easily." ”

"Regardless of him, it doesn't matter if you want to train the village bravery, as long as you don't go into the city."

"What I'm worried about now is whether Old Ghost Xu will change his hexagram!"

"Fourth brother, didn't you say that there shouldn't be any variables?"

"If he wants to transfer the three regiments of Xiangyong we have trained into the city, he has to let us go back to Hai'an. What I mean by hexagram is that he won't just let us go back to Hai'an, and will most likely send his family to go with us and be our prison guard. ”

"He doesn't believe you, he's going to send someone to keep an eye on us?"

"He even gambled the lives of his whole family, how could he easily trust others." Han Xiufeng pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "If the bandits attack, we will find all kinds of excuses not to enter the city. Even if he dies, his family will definitely sue us for not saving him. When the time comes, let alone dismissal, I'm afraid I will be prosecuted. ”

"Fourth brother, it's important to save your life. Besides, if the bandits really come to besiege Taizhou, it won't be easy to shut up his family? In the chaos of war, it is normal for a few people to die. ”

"Let's talk about this later, let's take one step at a time. The top priority is Xu Lequn, his turtle son can make a bad thing twice behind our backs, especially at this juncture, he is the biggest variable. I knew that he was so cunning and so bad, and he shouldn't have been soft-hearted in the first place. ”

"Get rid of him!" Pan Er's face is hideous.

"How? Since he dared to swagger into the state government, he must be ready and not afraid of us coming to Yin. If we act recklessly, we will fall into his trap. ”

"What then?"

"I can only take one step at a time," Han Xiufeng sighed, clenched his fists and sighed: Damn, there are no good people in Taizhou City! ”