It's easy to chase people during the day, and it's hard to chase people at night, not to mention that the people who want to chase are not only like frightened birds, they don't dare to take the big road at all, they only dare to run to the small road, and look at the few people who want to chase and want to flee separately! Han Bo and Wang Qianli didn't want to go to the Fairy Temple, let alone chase them, but when they saw that Liu Liangju and the others wanted to flee separately, they immediately led the villagers to surround them.

Liu Liangju and Dan Minglun, who were going to Gaoyou, thought that they were surrounded by the rout who could do anything, and they were so frightened that they couldn't give up until Wang Qianli revealed their identities, and the two of them and Zhang Tingrui, the prefect of Yangzhou, Lu Wuzeng, the prefect of Jiangdu County, and Liang Yuandi, the prefect of Ganquan County, who were about to go to the fairy temple for temporary refuge, were slightly relieved.

However, as soon as the stone hanging in his heart fell, it was soon hung again, and this group of villagers from Taizhou not only did not listen to their orders, but also put on a posture of wanting to take people, and they couldn't drive them away, so they were deadlocked in this broken temple by the river until late at night.

Liu Liangju, as a dignified envoy of the two Huai salts, couldn't let go of his body to beg for help even if he ran for his life. Wang Qianli and Han Bo ignored his family with gloomy faces, and Lu Wuzeng, the county governor of Jiangdu, and Liang Yuandi, the county governor of Ganquan, could only say good things to Wang Qianli and Han Bo.

"Brother Wang, the bandits have arrived in Yangzhou, and this is less than twenty miles away from Yangzhou, it is really not a place to stay for a long time! You are a regimental training, not an officer or soldier, so you don't need to throw your life here. Listen to Lu's advice and go back early. ”

"Master Lu, if you go back like this, when you see Master Xu, how can you let the late life deal with Master Xu?"

"Even if you don't see us, what's the bad deal?"

"No, no, no, there is a shortage of soldiers outside, if you leave like this, what will Lord Liu, Lord Dan and Zhang Futai do?" Wang Qianli glanced back at Liu Liangju and the others who were eating dry food, and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Before I came, Master Xu explained that if Yangzhou City is not broken, let Wansheng serve under Lord Liu, Lord Dan and Zhang Futai, and live and die with Fucheng!" Now that the city is broken, but the late born is alive, just go back like this, Master Xu will definitely cure the sin of the late life, maybe he will really cut off the head of the late life. ”

"Master Lu, we really can't just go back!" Han Bo took over the conversation and said vigorously: "As soon as Master Xu moved to Taizhou, he recruited young people and trained the township bravery, and as soon as he made a little eyebrows, he ordered me and Brother Wang to be the pioneers, and first led a sentry township to help Yangzhou. Count the days, our Taizhou Prefecture and the brigade led by Master Han are about to arrive in Jiangdu at this time, if the city is not lost, it will be recovered, and the city will have to be recovered if it is lost, how can we escape without firing a shot! ”

One moment he said that he would defend the city, and the other time he said that he wanted to recover it, and he said that the city was in the people.

Lu Wuzeng's old face was hot when he heard it, and he didn't know how to continue, when Liang Yuandi suddenly got up, pointed in the direction of Yangzhou and asked angrily: "Do you know how many bandits have come?" ”

"How much?" Wang Qianli asked quietly.

"Thirty thousand, a whole thirty thousand, and all of them are brave and warlike old thieves in Guangxi! Yangzhou has only a few hundred soldiers, let Lord Liu, but how can the adults guard. Now that the city has been occupied by bandits, how can you recover those hundreds of villagers in Taizhou? ”

Wang Qianli thought to himself that you were all high-ranking officials before, and you couldn't even stammer, but now that feng shui is turning, not only are you no longer high-ranking officials, but you will soon become criminals who want to be arrested and punished by the imperial court, so you don't bother to save face for them, so you simply got up and stared at him and said: "Master Liang, you don't like to hear what you say in your later life!" ”

"Why don't you like to hear it?"

"As the magistrate of Ganquan County, you have the responsibility to defend the land, how can you abandon the city and flee for your life because the bandits are powerful! You should live and die with Ganquan, but you have the emperor's grace and the people below. Our Master Xu actually thought that you were a loyal minister, and ordered me and Brother Han to lead the township to rush to the aid of the starry night, which is really ridiculous and hateful! ”

"You...... How dare you do this! ”

"The surname is Liang, and my Wang Qianli is also a seven-grade top, and I really can't talk about the following crimes. What's more, for a person like you who is greedy for life and afraid of death, can I be polite to Wang Qianli? Even if this lawsuit goes to the capital, I, Wang Qianli, am not afraid! ”

Han Bo also realized that if they didn't give them some color, they wouldn't give in easily, so he stood up and said coldly: "Master Liang, Master Lu, since you two have talked about this, then Brother Wang and I have nothing to say, so we can only escort you to Taizhou." ”

Go to Taizhou, what a joke!

Thinking of Xu Ying, who didn't eat hard and soft, Lu Wuzeng and Liang Yuandi's scalps were numb. Liu Liangju, Dan Minglun and Zhang Tingrui didn't dare to go, and hurriedly gave the two of them a look.

"Brother Wang, dissipate your anger." Lu Wu had reacted and hurriedly started a round: "The enemy is now, I have something to say." ”

"There's nothing to say, Lord Liu, Lord Dan, Yang Futai, Wansheng has already sent someone to find the ship, and the three of them pack their luggage, and we will set off as soon as the ship arrives."

Liu Liangju had no way to retreat, so he could only say stupidly: "Brother Wang, your kindness is appreciated by the official, and the official is on official business, and Taizhou really can't go." ”

"The Yunsi Yamen is in Yangzhou, and Lord Liu should go to Yangzhou even if he has official business."

"Isn't Yangzhou occupied by bandits?"

"Yangzhou is occupied by bandits, and it may not be recovered for a while, but Lord Liu, you can't go too far, so let's go to Taizhou with Wansheng."

As soon as Wang Qianli's words fell, Han Bo lost no time in saying: "Lord Liu, Lord Dan, Yang Futai, I am still waiting for the three of you to lead us to recover Yangzhou." ”

Zhang Tingrui's face was pale, he hated Xu Ying who was far away in Taizhou, and thought that he knew that Xu Ying would fall into the well, and he should have been allowed to move to Yizhen at that time, but now it is too late to regret it, so he can only stubbornly say: "Brother Wang, we will definitely not go to Taizhou." ”

"This can't help you, the bandits may have already divided their troops to Gaoyou, and you can't let a few of you fall into the hands of the bandits, for the safety of your few, even if you are kidnapped, you will have to tie up a few of you to Taizhou."

"You dare!"

"Late life obeys orders, what is there not to dare?" Wang Qianli turned around suddenly: "Brothers, listen to the order, and escort a few adults on board as soon as the boat arrives!" ”

"Yes!"

"Brother Wang, do you have something to say," Lu Wuzeng begged with a bitter face while signaling his family to stop Xiangyong in Taizhou: "Brother Wang, Brother Han, give us a happy word, how can you let us go?" ”

"Master Lu, where did you say this, although I Wang Qianli donated a seven-grade top, but in the end he is still a child, please don't embarrass Wang, how can there be a reason to let Wang let you let a few of you go."

Lu Wu suddenly realized that there were too many people in the broken temple, and it was not easy to say good words, so he immediately proposed: "Brother Wang, why don't we go out and breathe?" ”

"It's okay, Master Lu, please."

"Brother Wang, please."

……

Han Bo looked at Liu Liangju and the others, and also followed out with an oxtail knife in his hand.

The more Liu Liangju thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, clenching his fists and saying hatefully: "A mere child dares to speak wildly, it is really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs!" ”

"Lord Liu is angry, in my opinion, he is a dog fighting a man."

"Xu Ying,, we treated him like that, he treated us like this, it's really hateful."

"He must have wanted to change us for a top, and he shouldn't have let him move to Taizhou today!"

"What's the use of talking about that now?" Liu Liangju glared at Zhang Tingrui fiercely, and Zhang Tingrui was about to explain when Lu Wuzeng hurriedly walked in.

"What did the guy with the surname Wang say?" But Minglun asked eagerly.

"What else can I say, ask for money."

"How much does he want?"

"Seventy thousand taels, not one or two less."

"If you want 70,000 taels, he dares to open his mouth!"

Lu Wuzeng said with a bitter face: "Lord Liu, people have clearly marked the price for us, you, Lord Dan and Yang Futai are 20,000 taels each, and Brother Liang and I are 10,000 taels each." They were fearless, saying that when the ship arrived, we would not be able to take out the silver, so they would tie us up in Taizhou and hand it over to Xu Ying. ”

"The price is clearly marked, aren't they robbing?"

"But my lord, what do they dare not dare to do in this chaos, if they don't listen to anything, even if they kill us all in this wilderness, no one will know, maybe even the court will not ask."

Thinking that once the imperial court knew about the redemption of the city, it would definitely send a messenger to investigate, Liu Liangju said solemnly: "You go to discuss with him again, just say that we came out in a hurry, and we didn't have much money on us, see if we can do less." ”

"Okay, I'll talk to them again."