"The eldest prince spares his life, the little one is wrong, and the little one doesn't dare anymore." The soldier's face turned pale with fright, and as soon as his legs and feet went limp, he fell to his knees in the mud, crying and begging for mercy.

Liu Feng's expression was resolute, and he said coldly: "I, Liu Feng, have always had clear rewards and punishments, you have committed a capital crime, how can you serve the public if you don't kill." You can go with confidence, and I will treat them well with your family. ”

He didn't want to say more, turned around and waved his hand, and the accompanying pro-army rushed forward, dragged the soldier to the street, and cut off the soldier's head with a knife in front of everyone present.

The human head fell to the ground, and the blood and muddy water sprayed out together, forming a large black and red patch. Such a scene could not help but terrify the armies left and right, and even the ordinary people peeping in the cracks of the door were terrified.

After beheading the soldier, Liu Feng turned over his horse and ordered with a heavy expression: "Bury his bones well, and in addition, allocate a sum of money from my money and give it to his family every month as a pension." ”

After the admonition, Liu Feng rode away, and in the hazy rain and mist, no one could notice a smile flashing at the corner of his mouth.

In fact, how could things be so coincidental, everything that happened was just a good show directed by Liu Feng's whim.

The so-called criminal was just a death row prisoner in the prison, and he was already guilty of a crime, and Liu Feng privately negotiated with the death row prisoner on the terms, as long as he was willing to act in this play, Liu Feng would take out a sum of money to support his family. The death row prisoner will inevitably die anyway, and before he dies, he will leave some benefits as a family member, so he naturally agrees.

Liu Feng's performance of this play, although it has the meaning of shocking military discipline, but the main intention is to subdue people's hearts in the shortest possible time.

In the past, after Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes to attack Jingzhou, he used this same trick to quickly buy the hearts of Jingzhou's people, which made Guan Yu's subordinates fall apart.

The incident of the day quickly spread throughout the city, and the people of the city were impressed by Liu Feng's love for the people, and after that, the powerful surnames in the city were connected with each other, and invited each other to visit Liu Feng in the Taishou Mansion, and clearly expressed their support for Liu Feng and supported Uncle Liu Huang. Taking advantage of this wind, Liu Feng immediately led the scholars of a city to personally hold a grand funeral for Han Xuan.

After these few means, within a few days, the entire Linxiang City was convinced by Liu Feng, and under Liu Feng's grace and power, the rest of the counties sent people to Linxiang to show Liu Feng's allegiance to Liu Feng, and to Liu Feng into the local special gifts as filial piety.

Liu Feng set up a banquet in the Taishou Mansion to entertain the officials sent by the counties, and it was also used as a celebration banquet for winning Changsha County.

"After you go back, you can tell the county magistrate and the county order, as long as you are attached to the people, you can settle the old position, although the general took over Changsha County, but the people and the government are all important things, but also rely on your concerted efforts, come, this cup I respect you." After some reassuring words, Liu Feng raised his glass and drank it all.

The officials were naturally very pleased, and praised Liu Feng's benevolence one after another, and at the same time generously expressed their loyalty.

After a few rounds of drinking, Liu Feng moved closer to Huang Zhong, who was seated, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Old general, I didn't expect that we met in arms a few days ago, and now we can share it together. ”

Huang Zhong is not only a good general who can use soldiers, but also a local hero in Changsha County, with fame and strength, and is the pillar of talent that Liu Feng needs after he becomes self-reliant.

"The eldest prince's daughter, how can I, an old man, have a friendship with the eldest prince." Huang Zhong looked very polite, and seemed to be a little respectful of Liu Feng.

Liu Feng knew that there was still a knot in his heart that had not been untied.

At this moment, Ma Yan, who was on duty outside, hurriedly entered, still holding a silk book in his hand, he looked nervous and approached Liu Feng, and almost whispered: "Eldest prince, I just received a reply from the lord." ”

'God help me, the timing is just right. ’

Liu Feng was secretly proud in his heart, but said casually: "I think it's a letter of comfort written by my father to all the officials present, so you can read it out in front of everyone." ”

"Eldest son, do you really want to read it?" Ma Yan was secretly glancing at Liu Feng, as if he had already understood the content of the letter, and it was not suitable for reading it in public.

"Of course, read it quickly, louder so that everyone can hear it clearly." Liu Feng pretended to be a little drunk and ignored Ma Yan's hints.

As soon as everyone present heard that Uncle Liu, their new top boss, had something to announce to them, they immediately fell silent and pricked up their ears to listen.

Of course, Ma Jian couldn't understand Liu Feng's true intentions, although he felt that it was inappropriate, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to cough a few times, unfold the silk book, and read out the contents of the letter word by word with an unnatural expression.

Everyone felt that something was wrong when they listened to it, and their faces, which were originally a little expectant, gradually became embarrassed, and their eyes invariably looked at Liu Feng.

That letter was not a letter of comfort in their image, but a private letter written by Liu Bei to his son Liu Feng, more precisely, a letter of reprimand.

A few days ago, in order to fulfill the promise made to Huang Zhong in the Single Horse Club, Liu Feng specially wrote a letter, euphemistically expressing whether he could temporarily withdraw from the army and not attack Changsha County. Liu Bei is now desperate to get a foothold in Nansi County, and Liu Feng knew that this was the case and wrote such a "stupid" letter, which was purely scolding in Ma Yan's opinion.

Sure enough, in this reply letter, Liu Bei unabashedly denounced Liu Feng's excuses of "benevolence and righteousness" and "love for the people" as "naïve", regarded Han Xuan and other Changsha officials as extremely disdainful, and claimed that Changsha County was a large number of people and a vast land, and it was an important base for him to supply food and troops in the future, and asked Liu Feng to immediately send troops to attack, and if he dared to delay any longer, he would immediately recall him to his side, and then send another person to take Changsha in the future.

There are some things that everyone knows, so they pretend not to know, but if they say it clearly, it will hurt people. Liu Bei's letter did not hurt Liu Feng, but it chilled the hearts of the county officials present.

The atmosphere of the banquet, which was originally a lively banquet, suddenly became deserted, at a glance, most of them looked a little depressed, but it was Huang Zhong, his mood improved, his tightly knit brows gradually dispersed, and a relieved expression appeared on his face.

Liu Feng wanted this effect, he wanted the soldiers of a county in Changsha to recognize Liu Bei's face and be disappointed in him. And he risked being scolded, and he couldn't bear to hurt the interests of the people of Changsha, which would make the officials feel a little more grateful to him. More importantly, through this letter, Liu Feng proved to Huang Zhong that he had kept his promise to him, which was what made Huang Zhong feel relieved.

Now it seems that Liu Feng's goals have all been achieved.

When he was smiling in his heart, suddenly the soldiers guarding the city came to report, saying that it was a person who claimed to be named Wei Yan, who came with hundreds of parts, claiming to enter the city to see Liu Feng.