Kong Quanbin's envoy arrived as scheduled, and Liang Shizheng and Yang San went out of the camp to greet each other as if they had already surrendered to the official army. The messenger was very arrogant, and he didn't even look at Liang and Yang, who were flattering. Liang and Yang didn't care about making the low and small, and surrounded the messenger into the big tent that had already set up the banquet.

The tent was brightly lit, and Hu Jiusi had already sat on the main seat. He looked very bad as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and when he saw the messenger enter, he only nodded politely and said hello. The messenger had been informed earlier, and knew that Hu Jiusi could not be the master, so he ignored him and took the seat himself.

Liang Shizheng greeted him warmly, but he couldn't get a response from the messenger, so he was bored, so he clapped his hands three times and announced the start of the banquet. The barren forests and villages, and the hardships of the army, the impoverished Tsing Yi Army used to rely on Zhao Ying's assistance to barely survive, where is there anything to show at this banquet now? The wine is as light as water, the silk and bamboo orchestra is the trumpeter who was robbed in the nearby village fort for red and white ceremonies, and several groups of so-called dancing girls are just coarse peasant women in the camp, driving ducks to stand on the shelf and cowering in the banquet, and they don't know what to do.

The messenger was tasteless and disgusted, and his mood suddenly fell considerably, revealing a slight look of disgust. Yang San saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, so he didn't wait for Liang Shizheng to speak, and said to the messenger first: "My lord, they are all coarse embryos, and they can't get into the eyes of your old man's law, so I hope to forgive me." At the same time, he clapped his hands and beckoned, "Don't be stunned, don't hurry up and bring the gift." ”

As soon as he heard the gift, the messenger's brows stretched a little, and Liang Shizheng saw that Yang San had robbed him of the limelight, so he was not angry, and immediately asked someone to take his gift.

When the gift arrived, Yang San's side was fifty taels of silver and two pieces of white cloth, and the messenger saw it, obviously disappointed. At the same time, Liang Shizheng is a big Dongzhu and a pair of cowhide boots. Needless to say, Dongzhu has already had Dongzhu with good quality to compare with each other; Cowhide boots are also good, today's officials and gentry, down to the peddlers and pawns, generally wear cloth shoes, straw sandals, only in some more formal ceremonial meetings are willing to take boots to wear, this envoy today on the envoy wore a pair of boots, but because of the old quite some damage. Liang Shizheng's two gifts, one cherished and the other practical, undoubtedly won the messenger's heart more than Yang San's.

Yang San was compared, and his expression immediately dimmed, on the other hand, Liang Shizheng was smug at this time. But Yang San was never a master who was willing to suffer, as soon as his temper came up, he beckoned to the henchmen behind him: "Go and bring Sanniang and Jiuniang out to offer to adults!" In a hurry, he didn't have anything to do, he actually thought of his wives, and casually pointed to the two outstanding ones, and he didn't hesitate to pick them.

The messenger had seen the "Qunfang" on the table, and he had a good idea of Yang San's aesthetics, so he immediately interrupted: "No need, I think the gifts of the two are enough." This official is here to negotiate, not to receive gifts. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Yang San listened to his words as if he were listening to a holy decree, and shouted to stop his henchman who had only taken two steps, "Turtle son, come back!" ”

The messenger held his head high, waited for his attendants to take away the gifts, looked around the tent, and said to the two men: "Master Kong's meaning, the matter of surrendering tonight needs to be decided. You can see how many rogues want to surrender, but there is no way to enter. Confucius Bodhisattva has a heart, and he can't bear to kill you, so don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With that, the two swarthy nostrils were facing the sky, one after the other.

Liang Shizheng nodded again and again: "The villain can save it, the villain can save it." Now the whole battalion is ready, just waiting for Master Kong to take over. ”

"Co-optation?" The messenger's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and he crooked his mouth and said sharply, "It's beautiful." With Master Kong, stay and wait for a way, and you have to eat and drink well to provide for you? ”

Liang Shizheng and Yang San saw that his words angered him, and they were very alarmed, and they didn't know how to respond, so they could only defend themselves without thinking: "The adults are wrong, we don't mean that!" ”

"Hmph, the first point of being a man is to have self-knowledge and correct one's position. Rebelling against the imperial court, you have already taken a wrong step, and Master Kong has the virtue of a good life, giving you the opportunity to change your evil and return to the right. If you are well-behaved, don't be an inch, and behave in a proper manner. ”

Liang and Yang said this to him, which can be regarded as understanding what Kong Quanbin meant. That Kong Quanbin wants to control himself, but he can expect him to provide himself with a little benefit, I am afraid that it will be difficult to climb to the sky, and he will have to be exploited a lot in the future. At the moment, the two of them muttered in their hearts, but they were helpless. Things have come to this point, and they can't beat Kong Quanbin, the other party is willing to give a way out, how can they have room for bargaining?

In fact, Kong Quanbin is also constrained by objective conditions in doing this. He is just a deputy commander-in-chief, who can only lead the troops to fight and recruit small-scale rogues, but if he brazenly issues a "recruitment order" to thousands of rogues without the consent of his superiors, it is a job to lose his head. His predecessors Yang He and Chen Qiyu were all set on fire because they tolerated the Liukou, and at the same time, he was also able to be appreciated and promoted to the top by the DPRK because he had persisted in killing and achieving remarkable results. Generals like Cao Bianjiao, who are not in harmony with the Liukou, are very popular under him, but on the contrary, He Renlong, who often makes peace with the Liukou, is often suppressed.

has been in Shaanxi and under Hong Chengchou for so long, Kong Quanbin still has this eyesight. He had neither the right to recruit the Tsing Yi Army, nor the courage to challenge Hong Chengchou's authority. So all he can do is give the Tsing Yi Army a "verbal warning": if you want to surrender, you can. But I don't have the energy to find a regular background for you, so it is impossible for you to be incorporated into the regular army of the imperial court, and your identity can only be regarded as a green forest. But I can add a protective shield to your identity, that is, with my own ability, Kong Quanbin, I will reach an agreement with you in private not to attack each other, and at the same time tell the surrounding officials and soldiers to turn a blind eye to you.

Although such an agreement is informal, and there is no official order of the imperial court, it is the most common unspoken rule at present, and whether it is reliable or not depends entirely on the officialdom energy, connections, and character of the official and military general who put forward the conditions.

What kind of person Kong Quanbin is, Liang Shizheng and Yang San are completely unclear. But they know that according to the current situation of the Tsing Yi Army, it is not cost-effective to confront the official army again. They did not fight to the death, and the determination to find the main force of Zhao Ying—in the final analysis, they had no sense of belonging to Zhao Ying—they rushed to the hospital when they were sick, believing that defecting to the official army was the most reliable way at present.

The matter has come to this point, Liang and Yang have no way out, Liang Shizheng frowned slightly, and still said: "Master Kong's words, the villain will remember it." As long as you are given a way to live, only Lord Kong will be the first to look forward to the future. ”

He said so, and Yang San had no choice but to echo it.

"Well, that's good." The messenger smiled with rare satisfaction, but it was fleeting, "It's just ......"

"Master Kong's side still has concerns? But it doesn't hurt to say that. "Now that they have made up their minds to go all the way to the black and die Kong Quanbin, Liang Shizheng and Yang San hope that things will be settled as soon as possible, for fear that something will go wrong.

The messenger shook his head lightly and said, "It's not that I'm worried, it's that I lack a rule. ”

"Rules?"

When the messenger said this, he squinted his eyes and glanced at Hu Jiusi, who was sitting not far away, drinking stuffy wine with a numb face, Zhao Liang Shizheng and Yang San leaned over and whispered: "Master Kong wants you two to kill Hu Jiusi." ”

"What!" Liang Shizheng and Yang San raised their heads almost at the same time, their surprises attracted Hu Jiusi's attention, and they hurriedly withdrew their surprised expressions.

To tell the truth, after all, I have been following Hu Jiusi's "entrepreneurship" for many years, and I have also hated the same enemy before, and in the face of strong opponents such as Yuan Tao and Hou Liangzhu, it is impossible to say that there is no friendship at all. The previous plan of the two of them was only to seize Hu Jiusi's military power and put him under house arrest, but they never had the idea of harming his life. Now that the messenger said this, it naturally made the two of them look at each other and hesitate.

"This, this ......" Liang Shizheng rubbed his hands with Yang San, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't dare to speak first. In ancient times, rebellion was a major event, even if they belonged to "abandoning the dark and turning to the light", it was reasonable for Kong Quanbin to take precautions. It's just that they guessed what kind of harsh conditions Kong Quanbin would propose, but they didn't expect that Kong Quanbin would ask him to kill his brother who had been friends for many years.

"Why, why are you hesitating?" Seeing that the two of them were hesitating, the messenger turned his face blank and returned to his previous cold and arrogant posture, "Tell you the truth, tonight is the deadline, and there is no such shop in this village after that." Killed Hu Jiusi, Master Kong greeted him in the north; If you don't kill Hu Jiusi, the soldiers will be killed in the future, and you won't be able to escape! ”

The messenger's words were full of threats, but they were a true portrayal of Liang Shizheng and Yang San. Thinking of the fact that they would die under the encirclement and suppression of the officials and soldiers without a place to be buried, they were terrified for a while, but then they thought of killing Hu Jiusi, who was like a brother and sister to them, and they felt a sense of sadness in their hearts.

Just when the two of them were in a dilemma and couldn't make up their minds, a soldier suddenly ran in outside, didn't care about Jiusi, and went straight to Liang Shizheng and the others.

"What?" It was when they were in a difficult situation, and they were inserted by the soldier, Liang Shizheng and Yang San actually had a sense of temporary relief, and hurriedly asked.

The soldier glanced at the messenger, Liang Shizheng gave him a look and signaled that he didn't have to scruple, and the soldier said, "Mao'an is here." ”

"Mao'an Dong? What did he come to do? Liang Shizheng and Yang San were both suspicious when they heard this. Mao Andong is the number one general under Hu Jiusi, it can be said that Hu Jiusi can support for so long, confront Yuan Tao and others, and suppress himself under his subordinates, this person "has made great contributions", for this person, the two of them have always been jealous, and they have long been ready to find an opportunity to get rid of him after surrendering to Kong Quanbin.

"He escorted the people from the right battalion of the first army, saying that these people wanted to do wrong, and they were all tied up, and now they are waiting outside the tent to wait for their fate."

"Let's ask for someone from the right camp first......" Liang Shizheng recited these words, and looked at Yang San at the same time, "It's the group surnamed Yang and the surname Cui." If you want to do wrong, what is wrong......"

As he was talking, he suddenly found that Yang San's eyes were shining, and he suddenly thought of another section. But before the words could be spoken, Yang San preemptively said to the messenger: "My lord, the villain has a proposal, I don't know what you think." ”

"What proposal? Say. The messenger was still wondering, and replied without thinking.

"Recently, a group of troops from the Zhao camp was defeated near Pengxi, and several remnants of the defeated soldiers fled to our camp to seek refuge. One of them is called Yang Zhaofeng, and the other is Cui Shuqiang, both of whom are famous thieves, and they are also the confidants of Zhao Thief. ”

"And such a thing?" The envoy listened and thought about it, he knew that Hu Jiusi and the others had only taken refuge in the past after Zhao Ying entered Sichuan, and they were not considered cronies. But if he really killed the people in Zhao Ying's old camp, Liang and Yang's attitude of drawing a clear line with Zhao Ying would undoubtedly be clearer than killing Hu Jiusi.

(End of chapter)

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