He Laosan and Zhou Chongde followed the officials to the city tower with their own hearts, and Wang Kezong was standing there shouting something below. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He Laosan and Zhou Chongde knelt down together: "See Lord Zhizhou." ”

"Excuse me." Wang Kezong turned around and waved his hand, "Inspector He, what the hell is going on, didn't you say that Yulin Bay went to ban illicit salt, why did these people come to say that you killed their people?" ”

"Slander, this is absolutely slander." He Laosan hurriedly replied, "The lowly duty is indeed to go to Yulin Bay to check and ban the illegal salt, and the leader below is the illegal salt dealer Li Shuang, they colluded with the demons and used the demon method, and the lowly duty went to vain." Those dead bodies were not Li Shuang's people, but their subordinates. My lord, Lord Zhou can testify for his humble duties. ”

"Really?" Wang Kezong turned his head to Zhou Chongde, "Zhou Qianhu, but that's the case?" ”

Zhou Chongde rolled his eyes and said, "That's true, what Inspector He said is indeed the truth." ”

"I see." Wang Kezong turned around and pointed towards the city, "Boldly Diao people Li Shuang, this official has now found out that you and others colluded with demons and resisted the imperial court, and they are not forgiven." Gu Nianer and other first-time offenders, the official will not be held accountable, and you will retreat on your own, and you must not cause any more trouble. ”

"Your Excellency." Li Shuang was about to speak, but was held down by Xu Lang who came from behind.

"Lord Zhizhou." Xu Lang raised his head and said, "As an official of the Ming Dynasty, my lord has read the books of sages and sages, and he should do his best to report to the court and appease the people. We are waiting for the human and material evidence to be there now, but the adults ignore it, just based on He Laosan's few words, he will draw conclusions in vain, and dare to ask the adults, is this Ming law so decided? ”

Xu Lang's words were loud and clear, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Your Excellency." Seeing that Wang Kezong didn't speak, Xu Lang continued to say loudly, "Your Excellency decides the case like this, and cares about people's lives, how can you convince the public." Once the people are provoked, they don't know how to explain to the court. ”

"It's the opposite, it's the opposite, it's the people, it's the people." Wang Kezong patted the battlement again and again, and he didn't know that his hands hurt, "Come on, come on, take down all these Diao people with me." ”

"Slow down, adult." Xu Lang rushed up and arched his hand, "Since the adults said that we colluded with the demons, how about changing a trick for the adults?" ”

Without waiting for Wang Kezong's reaction, Xu Lang turned around and blew a long whistle at the back of the crowd. After the crowd, there was a "whoosh", and a firework flew into the sky, "bumping" and exploding in mid-air, emitting a dazzling light.

Wang Kezong was a little confused, "What kind of trick is this, isn't this just the fireworks set off during the New Year?" ”

Before Wang Kezong could understand from his doubts, suddenly, a loud noise came from a high ground in front of the left side of the city wall, and in an instant, the flames were everywhere, and the rubble flew wildly. A few seconds later, there was another loud bang in the woods in front of the right, and more than a dozen small trees were cut off at the waist, igniting a raging fire. Received a signal, the 37-mm gun fired 2 guns in a row.

Wang Kezong only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he was completely stupid: "Zhou Qianhu, Zhou Qianhu, what is this?" ”

Zhou Chongde is now even more stupid than Wang Zhizhou, and spit out a few words with his mouth open for a long time: "Cannon, cannon, red-clothed cannon." ”

After a while, Xu Lang gave a deep salute to Wang Kezong, who was still stupid on the city wall: "Lord Zhizhou, dare to ask if this Yazhou City can stop this red-clothed cannon?" ”

"I can't stop it, I can't stop it." Wang Kezong's mind was blank, he didn't think about it, and subconsciously answered Xu Lang's question.

"My lord, my lord has decided the case like this, once the civil unrest is provoked and Yazhou falls, I don't know where my lord will go?" Xu Lang knew the regulations of the Ming Dynasty that once the city fell, as the highest civil official of a city, he could not escape a dead word left and right.

Xu Lang smiled lightly, and shouted at the city: "Chen Muyou, can you go out of the city and talk to you next, if you have something to say, please tell the state lord." After Li Shuang's identification just now, Xu Lang knew that the person standing next to Wang Kezong was Master Chen Mincheng.

"Huh?!" Chen Mincheng almost didn't fall off the city wall, how can this target me, I didn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone.

Wang Kezong's mind gradually returned to normal, "Old master." ”

"Your Excellency." Chen Mincheng fell to his knees with a thud, "My lord Mingjian, the students really have nothing to do with these gangsters. ”

"Why should the old master be like this?" Wang Kezong pulled up Chen Mincheng, "The official didn't say that you have anything to do with these people, but since they asked you to negotiate by name, I think it's better to bother the old master to go on a trip." ”

"I think so. Their red-coated cannons did not directly bombard the city wall, which means that they didn't want to kill the officials and rebel, we still have room for negotiation, the old gentleman should make a hard trip. Zhou Chongde, who couldn't read a single word, didn't know why he suddenly became smarter.

"Lord Wang." Xu Lang shouted under the city again, "Since Chen Muyou is unwilling to go out of the city to negotiate with him, how about we talk at the city gate when the next person passes?" ”

"Xu Lang." Han Wantao hurriedly ran over from behind and grabbed Xu Lang, "You can't go, it's too dangerous." ”

"It's fine." Xu Lang pulled Han Wantao's hand away and patted his back again, "I won't risk my life with a pistol." Now is the most critical juncture, it must be taken, I will not enter the city gate, you let Li Fuqiang prepare, if something is wrong, shoot immediately, I don't want to die yet. ”

"Brother Xu, I'll go with you." Li Shuang now admires Xu Lang more and more.

"Not necessarily. I'll do it myself, and you're optimistic about your people. After Xu Lang finished speaking, he patted Li Shuang and Han Wantao, turned around and walked towards the city gate.

The two heavy gates slowly opened a crack, squeezing out four officials with knives. Chen Mincheng trembled and stretched his head out of the crack in the door, and seeing that Xu Lang was really standing in front of the door empty-handed, Chen Mincheng slowly squeezed out of his body.

Xu Lang made a gesture at Chen Mincheng: "Under Xu Lang, I have seen the old gentleman." ”

Chen Mincheng hurriedly replied: "Gongzi Xu, we haven't met yet." ”

Xu Lang smiled: "It's okay, can the old gentleman take a step to speak?" ”

"No, no." Chen Mincheng waved his hand again and again, "These are the henchmen of Lord Zhizhou, it's okay, if you have something to say, please tell me in person." ”

"Okay, I'll tell the truth below, and I hope that the old gentleman will truthfully inform the state adults of the next words."

Xu Lang immediately told He Laoliu about taking people to attack Yulin Bay, and told Chen Mincheng the requirements of Yulin Bay truthfully, and did not hide that Li Shuang was a smuggler and his relationship with Yulin Bay.

The more Chen Mincheng listened, the bigger his eyes became, this matter was involved, there were not only the He family brothers, but also the thousands of adults, and there were actually Tushe Li soldiers.

"Li Gongzi, do you mean to only pursue He Laosan's family, and everything else can be asked?" Chen Mincheng didn't believe what Xu Lang said, and Yulin Bay, where several families jointly attacked, only pursued He Laosan's family, why was He Laosan so unlucky.

"Of course." Xu Lang said, "This He Laosan robbed us of the salt of our three boats, and killed and injured our people, this person must not be let go." As for other families, not only will we not pursue them, but we can still bear their losses and the bereaved compensation of the deceased this time. In addition, as long as Lord Zhizhou can help Li Shuang get this position of inspection, we can double the filial piety of He Laosan in the past, and naturally the old gentleman's share is indispensable. ”

"Just 。。。。。。" Chen Mincheng swallowed back the words that followed, is there so much money in this Yulin Bay, don't be empty and white-toothed.

"Old gentleman, are you worried about my financial resources in Yulin Bay?" Xu Lang could clearly see what Chen Mincheng was thinking.

"Where, where." Chen Mincheng hurriedly covered up.

"Don't hide it from the old man." Xu Lang decided to reassure this master, "My Yulin Bay produces millions of catties of refined salt a year, and there are other items that can be produced. We will take care of the He family's power in Yazhou, and we don't need to bother with Lord Zhizhou. Also, we will be a family in the future, and my old man in the red-clothed cannon in Yulin Bay has also seen it just now, and I promise someone that there will be no pirates and bandits harassing the place in the future, and Lord Zhizhou can sit back and relax. I am afraid that the appeasement of this place will also be of great benefit to the evaluation of the people of Zhizhou. ”

"In this case, please wait a while, and I will inform the state lord."

"Wait a minute, old gentleman." Xu Lang stopped Chen Mincheng, "Lord Zhizhou is the Lang Lang Qingtian of Yazhou, and he will find out the cause of the corrupt officials who oppress the people in the township like He Laosan, and promote them to a public trial, so as to correct the law." This umbrella for all people is naturally indispensable. ”

Chen Mincheng squeezed back through the crack in the door again, hurriedly ran up to the city tower, and whispered in Wang Kezong's ear. Wang Kezong listened quietly, nodding and shaking his head constantly, and He Laosan and Zhou Chongde scratched their ears and cheeks anxiously.

After listening to Chen Mincheng's story, Wang Kezong paced back and forth on the city wall with his hands behind his back, completely devoid of the tension and anger just now. Chen Mincheng followed closely behind, without saying a word. After pacing for a while, Wang Kezong turned around and whispered a few words to Chen Mincheng, who nodded again and again.

He Laosan is in a hurry, what did Chen Mincheng say to Li Shuang and those people when he went down, how do you know that Lord Zhou is suddenly not nervous at all now. was thinking about it, but saw Chen Mincheng walking towards him and Zhou Chongde.

"Old gentleman." He Laosan gave a salute first, "I don't know what Lord Wang has to teach?"

Chen Mincheng ignored him, but arched his hand at Zhou Chongde: "Zhou Qianhu, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"It's over, it's over." He Laosan's legs trembled, "Didn't Wang Kezong sell me?" ”

He Laosan stared at Zhou Chongde who walked aside, but saw Zhou Chongde nodding constantly, his eyes narrowed and thinned, but his mouth became bigger and bigger, and he was almost grinning to the root of his ears.

He Laosan secretly touched the dagger hidden in his sleeve: "Wang Kezong, if you are really unkind, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust, it's a big deal." ”

After Chen Mincheng finished speaking, he walked to Wang Kezong's side with Zhou Chongde, standing on the left and right.

"Someone!" Wang Kezong suddenly shouted, which scared He Laosan into a tremble, "Take down He Fei, the Yazhou Inspection Division of the Greedy Mo Mansion in this fish and meat township!" Although he was skeptical of Li Shuang and Xu Lang's promise, Wang Kezong could not afford the crime of losing the city, and after thinking about it, Wang Zhizhou decided to sacrifice the He family brothers and keep this Yazhou city first.

"Wang Kezong, my grandmother!" He Laosan shouted, drew his dagger and threw himself at Wang Kezong.

But before he could get close, Zhou Chongde flew up and kicked the dagger in his hand directly. Immediately afterwards, He Laosan's legs and back were firmly hit with 2 sticks, He Laosan collapsed to the ground at once, and 4 or 5 hands came up to hold him down.

"Okay, you are He Laosan, you still dare to assassinate this official." Wang Kezong was shocked, pointed at He Laosan and scolded, and tidied up his clothes a little, "Come on, go back to the state office, and go to the court to ask about the case!" ”