Chapter 161: Confrontation
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A young descendant stood in front of Lu Xiangsheng without humility or arrogance, quietly looking at Lu Xiangsheng and looking at the letter he handed over to Lu Xiangsheng, standing straight at the waist, although he was dressed as a trader, but for a clear-eyed person like Lu Xiangsheng, it could be seen at a glance that he was a strictly trained soldier.
Lu Xiangsheng read the letter silently, the expression on his face changed many times in a row, and he almost tore the letter off twice, but in the end he couldn't help but read it down.
It wasn't until Lu Xiangsheng read the letter that he sat silently on the chair, closed his eyes and was expressionless for a long time, and suddenly opened his eyes again, staring at the young man in front of him like electricity.
And this young man still looked at Lu Xiangsheng calmly, as if this life did not belong to him at all, and calmly looked at Lu Xiangsheng.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at him for a long time before asking, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" ”
This descendant smiled indifferently and said, "Since I dare to come, then I am not afraid that adults will kill me!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng then asked him: "I want to know what Xiao Tianjian gave you, so that you are so loyal to him, even risking your life to do things for him?" ”
After hearing this, this poster's expression became serious, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Our handsome man didn't give me anything, but he gave me dignity!" Here's what he told us! He said that no matter what you do, you must live with dignity! So I believe him, and he does give us dignity! He is the only one in the world who is truly good for us people! So I'm willing to give my life to him! Is that enough? ”
Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a while, and then said: "This official does not deny that your boss has indeed done some things right, but you are still the people of the Ming Dynasty, can you not serve the court and do your part for the court?" ”
This descendant suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "The people of the Ming Dynasty? Are we the people of the Ming Dynasty? Ha ha! Ridiculous! My lord! Then I want to ask you, my lord, if according to what you said, we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, then what did the imperial court give us? But are we a people?
When our family was hit by a great drought, did the court reduce our taxes? Can the imperial court give us any relief? When my father and mother starved to death, did the imperial court help us when we were their people? When the official sent someone to snatch my sister and said that he was going to sell her for tax deductions, did we ever be the people?
When the errand broke my arm, did you ever think that I was a citizen of the Ming Dynasty? They threw me into the ditch like a dead dog, and told me to wait for death, have you ever been a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?
But when I climbed to the side of the road and was about to die, when a few hungry people wanted to kill me and eat my meat, they met our handsome, and our handsome man treated me as a human being, let me feed me water, feed me, and helped me tie the broken arm that was broken by the servants, taught me to read, and let me live like a person, I knew that we people are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, we are not even a dog in the eyes of the court and some officials! Only know how to squeeze the last blood from us! As for whether we live or not, it's none of their business!
But the adults said that we are the people of the Ming Dynasty and want to do things for the court! The court treats us people like this, but wants us to be unconditionally loyal to it, haha! Don't adults think it's ridiculous? ”
Lu Xiangsheng's forehead was bruised, and he suddenly slapped the table hard, and even the pen stand on the table was shaken to the ground by his palm, and he shouted angrily: "Shut up!" ……”
But when Lu Xiangsheng finished drinking, he sat back in the chair, showed a painful expression, and closed his eyes hard.
Although this descendant's words are too rebellious, Lu Xiangsheng knows that his words are not made up, he can see from the eyes of this descendant that everything he says is true, he is not lying, and he also knows that this kind of thing is not only happening to him alone, but such things are happening all over the Ming Dynasty.
When Lu Xiangsheng opened his eyes again, he regained his composure and no longer discussed these issues with this descendant, but picked up the letter on the table and asked him, "Can I believe your so-called Xiao Dashuai's words?" ”
Hou Sheng replied proudly: "Our marshal has always been a man of his word, and he has done what he says, and our marshal once said to Zaixia, in this world, there are not many people he admires, and your lord, but it is one of them He often said that there are few officials in the court today who really cherish the people, and there are few people who think about the people, and the adults are precisely among them, but the adults are not trusted by the saints today, if the saints can hand over the power of the world to people like adults, So how could there be a rebellion among us?
Therefore, this is also the reason why our marshal stopped expanding in Shanxi after the adults moved to Xuanda, and preferred to go south to Henan Jingluo, because he respected important people and didn't want to be enemies with you!
And this time, if it weren't for the fact that the adults were ordered to send troops to attack us, our marshal would not have come back to sit in Jinnan and conquer Lu'an Mansion, which can be regarded as rude!
So as long as the adults no longer send troops to attack us, then our marshal said, as long as you are still in charge of Xuanda and in charge of Shanxi's military affairs, then our marshal will promise your lord that he will never expand his territory in Shanxi from now on!
Even our marshal also said that we are all members of the Han family, we should not kill each other, we should try our best to resist the construction of slaves outside the Guan, but it is a pity that most of the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty today are not enough to hold, and there is a set of internal killings.
The reason why our marshal rebelled is that he clearly saw that the current court is no longer enough to protect the family and defend the country, so sooner or later, if the official army can't stop the Tartars and can't take on the responsibility of protecting the family and defending the country, then our marshal will lead us to the top and exterminate Jiannu!
If your Excellency is in the Kou, when there are no soldiers available, our Xingtian Army is willing to help you and defend against foreign insults! ”
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng was angry and funny, and couldn't help but laugh angrily, pointing at this offspring and saying, "Joke! It's really a big joke, I'm an official, you're a thief, this world is the world of the Ming Dynasty, what right do you have to negotiate with me? It is my business to send troops to suppress you or not, how can this officer compromise with you! What a joke! As long as this official is still alive, you thieves will never be allowed to harm the world! Sooner or later, this official will still destroy you! ”
"Hahahaha! Joke! Adults are talking about jokes! Are we a disgrace to the world? I'm afraid that we are only responsible for those corrupt officials and magnates who are unkind to the rich! This world is the world of all the people, is there more common people, or are there more powerful people? Along the way, I also saw that on the ground where the government is in charge, what kind of life are the common people living? The people are struggling to make a living, starving everywhere, and we, the so-called thief army, have fed millions of displaced people, so that they have food and clothing, who is the cause of the disaster? I'm afraid Lord Lu himself knows it! As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's words fell, this descendant also laughed, and even refuted it.
Lu Xiangsheng was choked by this posterity, because what this posterity said was not false at all, he had also been to the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, and it was true that the common people lived in peace and contentment, but in the territory controlled by other governments, the common people were worse off than death, and the people in many places in the world were now secretly talking about it, wishing that the Xingtian Army would quickly hit their place, they would rather be the obedient people of the Xingtian Army, and never want to be managed by the current court and government anymore.
It is said that where Henan has passed, the people can be said to be looking for the wind, which can also be said to be the desire of the people!
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be angry and angry, stood up, and pulled out the sword on his waist with a sudden stab at the throat of the descendant standing in front of his desk, and the descendant didn't move, just with a mocking sneer, watching Lu Xiangsheng's sword stab at his throat, without blinking his eyelids.
Just when Lu Xiangsheng's sword was about to pierce the throat of this descendant, Lu Xiangsheng stopped his hand vigorously, and the sharp sword almost stuck to the throat of this descendant, and the three-foot Qingfeng trembled slightly, but this descendant still didn't move.
"Are you really not afraid of death?" Lu Xiangsheng glared angrily at this descendant.
And this Hou Sheng sneered: "My lord is still forgetful, I have already said it just now, if I am afraid of death, I will not come!" What our marshal should say to the adult, the letter has been written clearly, whether the adult is willing or not, it is the adult's own business, I should have said everything, if you want to kill, you have to scrape the adult, please poop! ”
Lu Xiangsheng withdrew the sword in his hand, put the sword into the sheath, and sneered: "I won't kill you!" The two armies are fighting without slashing, so that this official still knows this truth!
However, Xiao Xingtian didn't tell the truth, on the surface he said that the two of us would not fight, but in fact, he secretly did something! So let me ask you, a gust of wind in the river meander, and the two gang of horse thieves in Yingxian County, are they from your Xingtian Army? Or is it not under the jurisdiction of his Xiao Xingtian? Don't tell me they have nothing to do with you! Otherwise, there is nothing to say! ”
After seeing Lu Xiangsheng take back the sword, the clenched fists behind his back gradually relaxed, and after listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, he hesitated, but immediately nodded and said, "Not bad!" It seems that Master Lu is really a clear-eyed person! A gust of wind and the black wolf are indeed our people! But adults are sitting in Xuanda, and they must also know their style of acting! What they are doing must be very clear to adults!
They were mainly Mongols who went out of the customs to plunder the customs, and at the same time, they also robbed and killed some caravans of unscrupulous merchants who colluded with the Jiannu Tartars outside the customs. And most of the food and things they looted were distributed to the people in the Xuanda area, but have they ever harmed the people of our Ming Dynasty? Besides, since your Excellency came here, have they ever caused your Excellency too much trouble?
Now that the adults have seen it, then we have nothing to hide, the two teams of Gust of Wind and the Black Wolf were not arranged by our marshal for the lords, they had already been sent here by our marshals before the adults went here, so that one day, they could become the vanguard of our Xingtian army against the Tartars here! And before the adults came here to take up their posts, our marshal also personally summoned them back to Yangcheng, and personally told them that after the adults came to take office, they should not be enemies of the adults, let alone cause chaos to the adults, and once the Tartars entered the army, they would secretly cooperate with the adults and attack the Tartars!
If it weren't for the adults who sent troops and horses south to suppress us this time, they would not have attacked Xinzhou, Ningwu, Dingxiang and other places this time, and restrained the adults from sending the border troops south! We can't be blamed for anything!
As long as the adults agree to our marshal's conditions, these two groups will retreat to the original ground, and they will never cause any trouble for the adults! I can guarantee that the well water of them and adults will not interfere with the river water, so please rest assured! ”
Lu Xiangsheng sat back on the chair again and nodded slightly, because as far as he knew, the two horse thieves, a gust of wind and the black wolf, were indeed as this descendant said, although they were active in the Xuanda area, but they did not do anything to harm the people, but often went out to the territory of the Mongols to plunder, and also went far to the Zhangjiakou area, robbing and killing a large number of caravans selling grain, salt and other goods to the slaves outside the customs, and the goods obtained were also scattered to the people in the Xuanda area, and they were called righteous thieves in the Xuanda area. The common people are secretly more colluded than they are.
And these two groups of people, it is true that after Lu Xiangsheng took office at Xuanda, they did not fill in too much trouble for Lu Xiangsheng, but Lu Xiangsheng used troops against them several times in order to pacify the jurisdiction, and they did not choose to directly confront Lu Xiangsheng, but chose to take the initiative to retreat, and the two sides did not have too fierce fighting, now it seems that this Xiao Xingtian is indeed not lying, this person is ambitious, not like ordinary thieves, just thinking about grabbing land and sitting on the ground to be king, But he really regards Jiannu Tartar as the enemy of the people of the Central Plains, but it is a pity that he is a thief, and he is a member of the imperial court, if there is no such identity, Lu Xiangsheng really admires this Xiao Tianjian very much, and wants to make friends with him.
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