Zhu Yuanzhang waited outside the city for a long time, and finally scared the people in the city into wanting to negotiate. A small crack opened in the city gate. A middle-aged man in a scribe's shirt squeezed out of the crack in the city gate, this man looked to be about forty years old, with three long beards, and his face was full of culture, and he felt very learned by looking at his face.

Ma Xiaotian pointed at this person and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, look, there is a scholar who looks like a big official." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes and said with a smile: "What big official?" Although this person is full of style, he has no official flavor on him, he is just a master! ”

"Official? What does that smell like? "Ma Xiaotian is wonderful.

"Hmm...... What is this...... The more exposure you have, you'll understand. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said nothing.

I saw the middle-aged man in a scribe's shirt walking slowly from the city gate towards Zhu Yuanzhang's army, he walked steadily, his legs did not flash at all, and the expression on his face was also very calm, he didn't look afraid of the thieves in front of him at all, but ...... He had just walked out of the city gate five or six steps away, when suddenly there was a "bump" sound behind him, and the city gate was closed!

This is also a helpless thing, and the soldiers in the city are also afraid, what if the thieves take advantage of him to go out of the city? So the soldiers of the city waited for him to walk out of the gate with his front foot, and then closed the gate with his hind legs.

The sound of the door closing reached his ears, and the master's heart trembled, and the composure he had pretended to collapse half of it at once, and the expression on his face changed from calm to crying and laughing. Zhu Yuanzhang watched the scene from a distance and couldn't help laughing.

Hundreds of steps away, the master walked for a long time, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient, this guy finally came halfway. Subsequently, the master first made a gesture according to the etiquette of the literati, and thought about it, the bandits might not eat this set, so he put on a posture and hugged his fist.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiaotian and others were all happy.

"Master, what are you doing when you go out of the city?" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"Huh? How do you know that I am a master? The master was stunned, and then hurriedly said: "That's right, I am the master Chen Xi invited by the Chengcheng County Zun, this time I went out of the city and said a few words to you on behalf of the county lord." ”

"Too much nonsense, go straight!" Zhu Yuanzhang usually speaks very gently to his own people, but at this time, facing this master, he deliberately put on an impatient look: "What are you doing when you come out to look for death?" Say it! Don't delay my time. ”

Chen Xi was taken aback, but the scholar was still a little arrogant, and he would not easily show his cowardice in front of the enemy, he struggled to support the courage that was about to collapse, and said loudly: "Baishui Zhuba, how happy are you in Huanglong Mountain?" Why bother to run to the county town to toss, you see...... There are officers and soldiers stationed in this city, and there are county lords sitting in the town, not a place for thieves to scatter wild, so I advise you to quickly return to the cottage...... Of course, the county lord considers that it is not easy for you to live in the mountains, if you have any requirements, you can put them forward for discussion, and if we can do it, we can also think a little about helping you solve it. ”

This call, the front sounds powerful, it seems to be very remarkable, but when it comes to the second half, it is soft...... Even an uneducated person like Ma Xiaotian heard it, the government was afraid, this is to lay a low stake for Huanglong Cottage, as long as he doesn't attack his city, any request is easy to say and discuss.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer him, and the expression on his face didn't move, but he said coldly: "This guy is so rude to talk, the children listen to me, my lord is not happy after listening to his words, attack the city!" ”

"Yes!"

"Siege!"

"Siege!"

With Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the order to siege the city was passed out one by one by the heralds, and soon, there was a "dong" drum sound in the military band, the so-called drumming march...... As soon as the drum sounded, the officers and soldiers and officials at the head of the city fell in fright.

The master named Chen Xi was standing proudly in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, when he heard the order to "siege the city" and the sound of drums, he was suddenly frightened, oh my God! If you don't attack sooner or later, you will start attacking when I come out and say a word, isn't this clear that I can't get off the stage?

He quickly shouted, "Hey...... Don't attack...... Don't attack! King, you have something to discuss! Hero, stop......"

"You always use the title of 'king' earlier, don't 'you' come over and 'you' pass, I don't have to be so angry." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Stop the siege!" ”

With a wave of his hand, the order was heard, and the drumming suddenly stopped! Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and the sweat on his forehead flowed downward: God, this Baishui Zhuba is not easy to deal with, and if you don't agree with each other, you have to do it...... I'm going to have to be careful.

Chen Xi's mind turned around for a while, and he made a long time of choosing words and sentences, and this time he was much more careful when he spoke: "King, if you have any requirements, just put them forward, as long as we can do it, we will definitely be satisfied, please raise your noble hand, let Chengcheng go, we will miss your great kindness and virtue in this life." ”

"Hah!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud, this is the effect he wants, if you want to take the officials in the city for your own use, you must first subdue them, with such a foundation, you will be able to control it in the future: "Then the master said politely......"

Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately paused, so that Chen Xi could stretch his neck and listen: "Open the city gate and surrender immediately, don't let me bother more, hand over Chengcheng to me obediently, and I will spare you from killing ......"

"This ......" Chen Xi's face suddenly turned bitter melon color.

"Don't cry!" Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "As long as you are obedient, I will let your county commander continue to be his county commander, and you, the master, will continue to be your master, and I will keep your position unchanged for all the personnel in the county yamen!" ”

"Huh? This is...... What do you mean? "Chen Xi doesn't understand a little, he has lived for more than forty years in his life, and he has never said that the bandits have laid down the city and do not take the sacrificial flag of being an official.

"Let's be clear!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "If I take away your city, the court will send a large army to fight me, and I may not be able to defend it, but I will kill you in vain and dirty my hands, and there will be no benefit at all." Let's better change the method, from now on, the biggest official in Chengcheng is my eighth king of Zhu, the second largest county order, master, you, continue to be his master, you just work in the yamen, and you can communicate with the court as usual...... In a word, you are still officials of the imperial court, I will not force you to die, nor will I force you to get out......"

"And such a good thing?" Chen Xi was almost going crazy, this should definitely not be the words he heard from the mouth of a thief.

"But ......" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "For you, my order is more important than Chongzhen's order, you can listen to him openly, but you have to listen to me secretly, otherwise, I will slaughter this city and kill all of you......"

When Chen Xi heard this, he only felt a chill in the back of his neck, it turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang released a few traces of domineering while saying this, especially the words "kill all of you", which was really murderous.

Chen Xi's Han water began to flow down both sides of his cheeks again: "This is the ...... The late birth can't be the master, and the late life is allowed to report to the * county lord. ”

"Go ahead! I know you can't be the master! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Remember to tell him a sentence when you pass the word, if he says half a word, just wait for the head to fall to the ground, if he agrees well, I will keep him safe in the next day." ”

Chen Xi sighed secretly in his heart, with his understanding of the county commander Xin Lancheng, he would definitely agree to this condition put forward by Zhu Ba. Because from any direction, this condition seems very tempting, not to kill them, but to let them continue to be officials...... You just need to listen to his orders, who can pick up this kind of good thing? You must know that throughout the ages, after all the rebel bandits invaded the city, without exception, they would kill all the officials in the yamen.

Chen Xi just couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in this Mountain King gourd, so he plucked up the courage to ask, "King, aren't you kidding me?" Want to cheat our city? ”

"Trick the city?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Just this broken city, two hundred guards, do I need to cheat?" Hahaha! Go back and spread the word, and if you talk nonsense again, I'll cut off your dog's head and sacrifice the flag first, and then start the siege. ”

Chen Xi was startled, turned around and ran, ran back to the city gate as soon as he slipped away, stretched out his hand and pounded the city gate hard: "Open the door!" It's me back! ”

The city gate moved a small crack again, and Chen Yu swooped in, and then ran up to the city with a clatter.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiaotian and the others raised their heads together, looking at the situation on the city wall, only to see Chen Xi running to a bunch of officials and scribes, and a large group of squires and landlords also joined in, and they discussed it with flying mouths...... After a long time, they seem to have finally come to an agreement...... A man dressed in a prefectural uniform walked to the city gate, as if to give something to the city guards, and then the city gate slowly opened......

This time, instead of opening only one crack, it opened wider and wider, completely opening to both sides, and a large group of officials and officials, led by the prefectural commander, all stood by the city gate, divided into two rows, and put on a posture to welcome guests.

The county order was very interesting, he actually walked out of the city, looking like it was a bit like there would be a high-ranking official of the imperial court visiting this small city soon, and the head snake hurried out of the city to greet him.

"People are this thing, once you make up your mind to surrender, you can really pose in any pose!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly, turned around and waved his hand: "Come and follow the three teams into the city, and the others will be led by Miao Mei and stationed outside the city." ”