Stampede, bursts of dense footsteps, and sharp blades reflected the frightened faces of the group of patriarchs, they didn't know what was happening, and a group of black-clothed people appeared at the door.

The triangular-eyed patriarch had surprise on his face, and stood up angrily and said, "You are talking nonsense, my Zhang family has been loyal and good for generations!" How to get a thief! Don't talk nonsense! ”

"Yes, how can you frame Zhongliang indiscriminately, Zhang Lao just gave you a donation to the army and donated his own January rations, you are really crazy"

"We're going to impeach you, you treacherous villain!"

Xiaochuan smiled coldly, the white crane on the side took out a piece of white paper, the words densely written on it, the cool breeze at night blew in from outside, blowing the paper with a loud sound, all the patriarchs looked over, some people stood up to see, after reading it, they all looked shocked, did not believe, and a few people looked as usual, only their heads broke out in cold sweat, and they were restless.

"Isn't that Zhang Lao's handwriting, he actually exchanged letters with Zhang Xianzhong, saying that he would secretly open the city gate, my God" The other patriarchs covered their mouths in surprise.

The king of Tang on the main seat covered his mouth, looking at the old man with disgust and shock in his eyes, but he didn't know that this person was really a thief, he looked at the old man with disbelief, he still didn't believe it.

The triangular-eyed patriarch's face was full of disbelief, and he muttered: "Impossible, unwilling, I clearly hide this letter so well, how can it be in your hands!" "His face was as dead as ashes.

His face randomly feigned anger, and said, "You framed, framed, I don't know what this is, I don't know what this is!" He shouted angrily, he wanted to deny this evidence in black and white, as long as he denied it, he would find a way to secretly destroy the evidence and find someone to operate in the court! Especially the King of Tang, he and the King of Tang are good friends on weekdays, and the vassal king guarantees him, and this evidence can be denied.

A black-clothed man on the side whispered in the ear of the Tang King, the Tang King thought about it, his face was solemn, and after a while, he stood up, with a smile on his face, and said, "Hehe, Zhang Lao, you will admit it as a thief."

Like a thunderbolt from the sky, Old Zhang's head was blank, looking at King Tang in disbelief, his face was like ashes, and the arrogance just now, his body trembled like chaff, and said: "Lord Wang, I don't give you gifts on weekdays, you... He was already a little speechless at the moment.

Hearing him say this kind of thing directly, King Tang's face immediately looked bad, and the servant on the side said coldly: "Quickly bring this thief down, how can King Tang accept a gift from a thief like you."

The two black-clothed men on the side immediately took off the old Zhang who was so soft.

"You can't, His Royal Highness King Tang, you can't" There were bursts of desperate cries outside the door, and when the patriarch in the house heard the voice, most of them were afraid, and a few people were trembling all over, their faces were covered with cold sweat, and their bodies couldn't stop trembling.

Xiao Chuan clapped his hands again, and more than a dozen black-clothed people came out with plates, and the patriarchs in the room were all frightened and trembling at the moment, they were not afraid that Xiao Chuan had captured the old patriarch, but King Tang, this vassal king, actually fell directly to the man in front of him.

"There was a small episode just now" Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Okay, continue to raise military funds, everyone, you don't have any thieves" The tone of his words was cold, and all the patriarchs felt a deep chill and fear in their hearts.

King Tang on the main seat had a hint of hope in his eyes, as if he still hoped that someone would be a thief and look at the patriarchs in the house

A man in black whispered in the ear of one of them, and the old man stood up tremblingly and said, "My Liu family, the Liu family pays 50,000 taels, 50,000 taels!" He sat down on the bench with a hint of joy for the rest of his life.

All the patriarchs were sideways, and they were shocked to see that the patriarch, who was known for slamming the door, actually took out half of his family wealth at once, and said in their hearts that this old man was not crazy, and he actually took out his ordinary family property, and then they looked at the black-clothed man with the plate, and they all saw that they were raising money.

"My Wang family, the Wang family paid 20,000 yuan."

"The Chen family, pay 30,000 yuan"

"The Zhou family, pay 9,000"

All the patriarchs were trembling, and they were bloodied, and the accounts were put in front of Xiaochuan, these patriarchs who had just eaten a meal of meat one by one, and their families were poor, and these more than fifty patriarchs had a total of 630,000 taels of silver, and they were surprised in their hearts, this is a huge amount of money that is more terrifying, looking at these patriarchs, they bled together, which is enough for a year's military expenses for a major town in the nine sides, of course, the gold-swallowing giant beast of the Guan Ning Army is not counted in it.

After getting the money, everyone left, leaving only the patriarch who was at a loss, and of course, a few people with relaxed expressions, as if they were the rest of their lives.

Walking on the road, looking at the bill in his hand, but this money is not much, when the Qing army entered the customs, Yangzhou City was a random figure with a head and a face, and his net worth was a year's military expenses of the imperial court, how much money these people should have, no one knows.

Six hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver, just used to recruit the Huns is enough to summon more than 10,000 people by himself, but this is not enough, the richest Tang King still did not bleed.

It was dark outside, and there was a coldness in the air, Xiang Yi asked strangely: "What happened to the Tang King just now, why did you suddenly say that the patriarch of the family was rebellious, aren't they?" ”

"Hehe, because I agree, after this person raided his house, all his fields and shops were merged under the command of this Tang King" Xiao Chuan pursed his lips and said: "Although this Tang King is not stupid after all, he naturally understands that my evidence will naturally have a backhand, even if he is on the side of these people?" At that time, the charge of thief will not be settled by him with a word, and in the end, it is better to take the money and food! This is these royal relatives, for the sake of interests, they can turn their faces if they say that they can turn their faces"

"But I didn't expect that fat man to have such a decisive ability" Xiangyi nodded strangely, and said, "What about the patriarch?" Why did you suddenly stand up and donate 50,000 yuan" This time I was able to get so much money, thanks to the first person who donated half of his family wealth at once, and with his drive, the patriarch behind was in a mess to be able to take out so much money.

"Hehe, there is more than one of these family thieves!" Xiao Chuan pouted and said, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "If he doesn't give 50,000, I'll take 100,000 from his family!" ”

"Luo Luo" Xiangyi covered her mouth and chuckled, "I didn't expect it to be like this, but you have to be careful, they will definitely impeach you in the future." ”

Impeach? Hehe, he is not as good as the Tang King, the Tang King is okay to do anything, but he is sure that he will be impeached by these patriarchs in retaliation, but what is it, what dynasty is it now, or the Wanli Dynasty that was dismissed because of impeachment? said: "Thinking too much, even if Chongzhen's study room is full of folds, he won't do anything to me!" "The last years of Chongzhen are also the most bizarre of all dynasties, and the literati who lead the troops are extremely strict, but the warriors.

The Battle of Songshan, Wu Sangui and Wang Pudao were the first to go to Ningyuan to withdraw their troops after the Qing army attacked the grain and grass, which led to the defeat of the Ming army, plus Wu Sangui, whose family and even his grandfather had rebelled, did not descend but rose to become the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, not to mention that the four towns in Jiangbei were unmanaged, and He Renlong was unwilling to send troops after getting food and salary, and the court was helpless.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chuan's heart became even brighter, and how much money Tang Wang could dig out was what he had to do next.

At night, outside the city***********

All the generals in the brightly lit tent were dumbfounded, Zhang Xianzhong, who was the first seat, unconsciously clenched the handle of the chair with one hand, creaking sound, and his cloudy eyes looked at him with an unbelievable color.

On the ground in front of him, there were corpses on the ground, the hideous thieves, at this moment, their eyes were empty, there was a smell of corpses in the battle, and there were terrifying holes on their bodies, and some of them were exposed with intestines.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Xianzhong swallowed his saliva, looked at the corpse on the ground, and said, "What's the matter?" What's going on? Can anyone tell me what's going on? My sentry team, sentry team, has not been defeated in ten years! My foot thieves have been defeated, horse thieves have been defeated, that is, the sentinel team has not tasted defeat, has not tasted defeat! Even if the Ming army is a sharp whistle, the most elite Ming army is not an opponent if it does not collect at night! What's going on, what's going on? ”

Zhang Xianzhong was frightened, what he was most frightened about was not that his sentry was defeated, but that he had observed, the weapons of his sentry team were only a dozen people's weapons with blood, and there were no corpses of the Ming army nearby, blood stains were observed, proving that in this battle, the Ming army was killed and wounded at most a dozen people, and his sentry team was defeated, which was what surprised him the most. The sentry team that he was proud of only killed a dozen Ming soldiers before they were completely wiped out by the opponent! That's what shocked him the most.

Li Dingguo on the side stepped forward, he didn't cover his nose for the stench, but just observed carefully, while Sun Kewang pinched his nose on the side.

Li Dingguo inspected the corpse, got up and clenched his fists, and said, "Father-in-law, I see, our sentry team should have been ambushed by the Ming army!" ”

Ambush! Zhang Xianzhong was even more shocked, how could it be, this is a sentry team! The Sentinel was ambushed! This?

"I guess it's an ambush by five hundred musketeers!" Li Dingguo said that he had made a budget, and if he could kill this group of sentinels without close combat, there would definitely be no less than five hundred firefighters.

"Maybe it's hunting?" Li Dingguo said, his eyes were strange?

Zhang Xianzhong thought carefully, although there were many doubts, he thought that his sentry team liked a game called hunting, although he stopped it many times, but he also appreciated this bloody game, so he didn't care, at this moment, it seems that eighty percent of the sentry team was ambushed because of this game, he shouted angrily, slapped the chair, and said: "Tomorrow, the whole army will be pressed, I will break the city in half a day, and slaughter the city for three days!" There was a chill in his voice.

The generals and adopted sons all shivered unconsciously.

Only Li Dingguo, he stared blankly at the dead corpses on the ground, I don't know why, there was an indescribable chill in his heart!