Yao Ying paced back and forth in his barracks, and he got feedback from the front, and the long-haired pine cannon seemed to be back to its previous situation, firing at full power every day. This means that the gunpowder of the long-haired has been replenished, "but where did they get the gunpowder?" Yao Ying never understood this.

"Have you found anyone in Wuzhou who has no approval to buy gunpowder?" Yao Ying summoned the spies he had placed in the Wuzhou Commercial Bank back to inquire.

"Back to my lord, I didn't find it." The leader of the spies replied.

"Really?" Yao Ying couldn't believe it, if Changmao didn't get the gunpowder from Wuzhou, then where did their gunpowder come from?

"The little ones don't dare to be lazy, they eat and live in a few big trading houses, and they never leave half a step. It is true that no one does not buy gunpowder without a slip. The leader of the spies replied.

"Is there anything else out of the ordinary?" Yao Ying then asked.

The leader of the spies was silent for a while, and as if he remembered something, he replied: "There is something that is a little strange, one day several outsiders came to the Dajin firm, but they didn't ask for gunpowder, and suddenly made an excuse to leave. One of us went to keep an eye on it, but unfortunately we lost it. ”

"It's possible that this is long hair, did they give up Wuzhou and buy it elsewhere?" Yao Ying guessed in her heart, "But apart from Wuzhou, where can they buy such a large amount of gunpowder?" Yao Ying was puzzled.

"Good news for your lordship." A guard suddenly walked in.

"Oh? What good news, say it quickly! Yao Ying was irritated by the gunpowder incident, and immediately became energetic when she heard the good news.

"The prisoner captured by Jiangzhi County, the long-haired military marshal Zhou Xineng has spoken!" The guard replied.

"Oh? Did he agree to take refuge in the imperial court? Yao Ying said excitedly, for this to make this long-haired military marshal turn back, he made people move a lot of punishments, so many days that Zhou Xineng didn't say a word, I didn't expect to open his mouth today.

"That's not it, but he said he wanted to meet Lord and Sai Shousuke." The guard replied.

When Yao Ying heard it, she felt that there should be a drama, "You ask someone to bring him to Sai Shoufu, and I'll go to Sai Shoufu." ”

Yao Ying excitedly went to Sai Shoufu's tent.

"Elder Yao seems to be happy." Sai Shoufu saw Yao Ying walk in with a smile.

"Lord Shoufu, there is indeed a happy event, and the long-haired military marshal Zhou Xineng seems to be unable to endure the punishment. When he opened his mouth to see us today, it seems that he intended to surrender. Yao Ying replied.

"Oh, that's great, that's good news. The military marshal is considered a high-ranking officer in Changmaoli, and if he is willing to serve the imperial court, he can indeed become a great help to us, and there is great hope for breaking through Yong'an. Sai Shoufu smiled happily, and there could be new content in the report to the emperor.

"The inner should be on the periphery of the long hair, which is of limited use. But this Zhou can break into their core for us. We must seize this opportunity to convince this Zhou Xineng and let him do things for us. Yao Ying felt that Zhou Xi could play a big role in turning the situation around.

"Old Yao, you say, do you have any good suggestions?" Sai Shousuke listened and felt very reasonable, and asked.

"When that Zhou Xi can come, we'd better give him the steps down and convince him with some soft words. and then promise a certain official position to induce. I think he'll promise us. This Zhou Xineng has endured a lot of hardships in prison, and he must not be able to survive, so as long as we give him a decent step and a reason for him to convince himself, I think there will be a great chance of success. "Yao Ying is very well versed in people's hearts.

"Okay, just according to Yao Lao's meaning." Sai Shousuke nodded and immediately agreed.

"Let's go! Let me in! The prison guards holding Zhou Xineng kicked him hard in the back and kicked him into the camp.

"Don't be rude!" Yao Ying immediately stopped.

"Yes, sir." The prison guards were at a loss for what to do and hurriedly saluted.

"Don't hurry up and untie this strong man!" Yao Ying said sharply.

"This 。。。。。。。" The prison guard was a little puzzled, and his eyes looked at Sai Shousuke.

"Why don't you untie it quickly, what are you doing in a daze?" Sai Shoufu also said loudly.

The prison guards were full of questions, but they didn't dare to ask, so they had to untie the ropes on Zhou Xineng's body.

"You guys go down first. This strong man, please sit here. Yao Ying was very polite and gave a gesture of invitation.

Zhou Xineng was also a little puzzled, he saw that Yao Ying didn't seem to be joking with himself, since he asked him to sit, he also sat down.

"It's Marshal Zhou. I've been suffering you for the past few days, and if you let go early, won't you suffer less? Sai Shousuke said.

Zhou Xineng snorted and did not reply.

Yao Ying shook her head again and again in her heart, "Why don't you open which pot to mention." He hurriedly said: "Actually, I can understand your rebellion, those corrupt officials are really too bitter to harm the people." The government forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel, and you have your reasons to rebel. But today, the saint is still sympathetic to the people, and has also dealt with many corrupt officials. Do you think I'm right? ”

Zhou Xineng looked at Yao Ying a little strangely, he didn't expect him to say such a thing, and muttered: "Anyway, if you don't eat it, it's a death or not, it's better to come out and fight." ”

"And what are you trying to do? As far as your people are trapped in Yong'an, and you are surrounded by tens of thousands of army regiments of the imperial court, do you think you can succeed in your rebellion? Even if you can succeed and fight all the way to Beijing and win the world, how many battles will there be in between, can you guarantee that you will survive every battle? Yao Ying continued.

"We have God blessed." Zhou Xineng's tone was very light, and it seemed that his belief had been shaken.

"God forbid? That commander Zhou is now in prison, has God come to save you? Yao Ying then asked.

Zhou Xineng didn't speak, silent.

"It's better to rely on God than on yourself, and now Shousuke-sama is here. As long as you are willing to serve the imperial court, the imperial court will naturally not treat you badly, Lord Shoufu, don't you say? Yao Ying gave Sai Shoufu a look.

"The old man is the head of a hundred officials, and he is full of words. I can promise you now, if you are willing to repent, I will keep you a position as a general soldier. Sai Shousuke promised.

"You see Sai Shoufu said so, this chief soldier is a big official of the second grade. What are you rebelling for, it's not for the glory of your ancestors, promotion and wealth. You see, now that your chance has come, you don't have to take so many risks, as long as you can assist the court to eliminate the thieves this time, your good days will come. This is a rare opportunity, and you must take it. Yao Ying then persuaded.

"I 。。。。。。。 I'm going to think about it a little more. Zhou Xineng's heart was very confused, he really couldn't stand the pain and wanted to surrender, but after all, he had been in the Church of God for a long time, and he had fears, worries and fears, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, and there were still some obstacles in his heart.

"Arrange a good room for this Zhou Zhuang to rest." Yao Ying instructed his subordinates.

Zhou Xineng was taken down, and Sai Shoufu couldn't wait to ask: "Old Yao, do you look at Zhou Xineng and will turn back?" ”

Yao Ying nodded, and said with confidence: "Lord Shoufu, please ask someone to send him a suit and a box of silver to his room, I think he will naturally understand how to choose." ”

Sure enough, the next day Zhou Xineng took refuge in the Qing court, and returned to Yong'an with two other traitors, Chen Wu and Zhu Ba, to prepare to carry out Yao Ying's secret plan.