Bazhou, Zhizhou Yamen Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne of Zhizhou, and as for the unlucky Lord Zhizhou, he was covered in injuries and knelt under the hall...... Outside the yamen, countless people gathered around the square in front of the yamen, quietly waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to announce the disposition of this Zhizhou.

It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong broke the officers and soldiers in the mountains, they took advantage of the situation to break through Bazhou and captured a group of officials in the Zhizhou Yamen, and they were dealing with the question of the whereabouts and stays of these officials at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was to stay as a court official as much as possible, and wait for him to transfer someone from Xi'an, and then take back his authority. But before he could deal with it after he caught Zhizhou, he found that the people had gathered around from all directions, and they were all gathered outside the yamen, waiting to hear the results of Zhu Yuanzhang's treatment.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little surprised, the thief army broke the city, according to past experience, the people must hide at home and dare not come out, but I didn't expect the people here to be so bold, they didn't care about the butcher's knife that was afraid of the thieves and came to see how they dealt with Lord Zhizhou, could it be that this Zhizhou is a Qing official, and they all have to protect him?

Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly vigilant in his heart, don't issue a wrong order, causing all these people to rebel, then it will be troublesome. He sat still, refusing to give orders to dispose of it easily, and Lord Zhizhou, who knelt in the hall, trembled all over, not knowing what kind of fate would greet him.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this Zhizhou carefully, and saw that he had a Chinese face, three long beards, clear eyes, and a very upright gaze. Although he kneels on the ground, his waist is straight, and he looks a bit like a good person. Although his body is shaking, it doesn't mean that he is a harlequin, because anyone who trembles in such a situation is excusable.

Standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiaotian, Wang Er and others also felt that this person didn't look bad, Wang Er couldn't help but come to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, this person ...... It's hard to be a clean official, and he is deeply loved by the people. Let's let him go. Give him another big official, otherwise those people outside will pour in to rebel, and we will not be able to kill them all, but it will be a trouble. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted. But he didn't speak. In the long life of his previous life. I have seen countless seemingly loyal and honest villains, and I have also seen countless good people with big bellies, each of whom wore a mask and performed in front of him, the emperor. And even with his wisdom, he does not dare to easily assert whether a person is a good person or a bad person, how can such a thing be seen from appearances?

He said to Ma Xiaotian without a trace: "Tell a dozen brothers dressed in tatters to mix in the crowd and eavesdrop on their conversations......"

Ma Xiaotian nodded and retreated, and after a while, more than a dozen henchmen put on tattered linen clothes and blended into the crowd from the side, they couldn't speak Sichuan, they could only listen reluctantly, so they didn't dare to speak, for fear of revealing their identities, so they had to listen carefully with their ears pricked up.

At this time, there are about one or two thousand people gathered in front of the yamen, and there are many people in the distance who are rushing here.

And Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to make a decision easily, for fear of making a wrong judgment, so he sat upright and motionless. This also surprised the people, more than 1,000 people were quiet at first, holding their breath, but now they are a little unable to hold their breath and begin to talk to each other.

A soldier of the Zhu Army, disguised as a civilian, saw two young men talking in a low voice not far away, so he quietly moved over and stood behind the two young men. I only heard one of the young men say: "I don't know how this Zhenxi general is going to make a cold verdict, I am very panicked." ”

The other young man continued: "Funny, I am also very panicked, if General Zhenxi does not give us a convincing verdict, I will go back to the house and get a hoe to fight with him." ”

First a young man said: "Do you want him to die cold?" ”

The latter said: "Of course, the more miserable the death, the better, the dog days have ruined my sister-in-law, if it weren't for the mother and the old man in the way, Lao Tzu would have fought with him a long time ago." ”

The former also said: "It turns out that your sister ...... I'm fucking him for a dog's day, and my sister ...... too."

When the soldiers of Zhu Jun who were eavesdropping on the side heard this, they were secretly shocked in their hearts: I didn't expect this Zhizhou to look like a talent, but he was actually such a person.

The soldiers listened around again, and the people all complained, it turned out that this Zhizhou not only had the bad habit of adulterous wives and daughters, but also encroached on good land, bullied the villagers, and used the fierceness of the Sichuan people to make it impossible for such an official to sit quietly, but Bazhou happened to have a garrison of the imperial court, and thousands of soldiers were pressed here, although the Sichuan people were brave, but they were not stupid, and they would not send them to death inexplicably, so they had been forcibly suppressing their dissatisfaction.

It wasn't until Zhu Jun entered the city to deal with the original court officials that these Sichuan people became nervous again, and they all gathered here to watch the fate of this dog official.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is deceived by his appearance and keeps him for his own use, he is afraid that he will immediately arouse the anger of the masses, although these people may not immediately make trouble, but after all, it will not be beneficial to Zhu Jun, and it will hinder Zhu Jun from accepting people's hearts. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was calm enough, sat quietly in the hall for an hour, didn't say what he thought, and patiently asked the soldiers in his heart to collect intelligence, until the intelligence collection was complete enough and he mastered the minds of most of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and said to the left and right: "Drag this dog official out, peel the skin in front of the leather field temple, and stuff the grass!" ”

As soon as this verdict came out, the people outside the hall suddenly cheered, because Zhu Yuanzhang's voice did not spread far, only the front heard it, and the people in the back row hurriedly stretched out their hands to pull the corners of the clothes of the people in front of them, and asked in a low voice: "Cold?" General Zhenxi was coldly sentenced? ”

The person in front replied: "Sentence him to peel the skin and stuff the grass!" ”

"Wow! I want it! ”

After a while, more than 1,000 people in front of the yaqian all knew about it, and many people from the periphery ran out into the street, shouting as they ran: "Brothers, come out to see, the governor of Gui'er has been sentenced to peel and stuff grass." ”

As soon as this roar went out, the small city of Bazhou instantly burst out with a burst of vitality, and the people in the city thundered with joy, and some people even took out firecrackers to set off, as if the city was not occupied by thieves at all.

Several of Zhu Jun's executioners walked out and dragged Zhizhou to Pichang Temple, only to hear a terrible scream, and then the cheers of the people sounded around: "Peel, skin this turtle, kill him...... No, don't tease it to death, but take it slowly...... Hahaha...... It's been a long time since I've been so happy. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the hall and didn't move, but he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, it seems that the matter of collecting the hearts of the people of Luoba Prefecture will be extremely simple to do, and the corruption of the imperial court has derived this kind of exaggerated and outrageous Lord Zhizhou, which is undoubtedly helping the rebel army...... Could this Zhizhou be a self-destructive way to help the peasant rebel army overthrow the Ming Dynasty?

He was both happy and angry at the incident, and he really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

At this moment, a soldier ran in and whispered: "General, Zhang Xianzhong led the army to the outside of Beicheng, and he said that Bazhou City also has his share, and he wants us to divide the gold and silver treasures in the city into 30% for him......"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and slowly stood up: "Let's go, go to the North City Gate to meet Zhang Xianzhong." ”

The last time I saw Zhang Xianzhong, it was already at the Xingyang Conference in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and now I see him again, but I see Zhang Xianzhong's face a little more fierce. Tens of thousands of thieves lined up behind him, and he only led a small group of people to the open space outside the city gate, wearing a Wenshan armor, but the armor was not red, but revealed a stream of black, it seems that he deliberately soaked the armor in black oil. There was a big red cloak on the outside of the armor, which was very powerful behind him, and he did not wear a helmet on his head, but a red hood, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang appear outside the city gate, he grinned and laughed: "Brother Baishui Zhu, I haven't seen you for some years!" ”

Next to Zhang Xianzhong was Cao Cao Luo Rucai, who was good at making peace with the mud, with a smile on his face, and arched his hand at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "I knew that Brother Zhu was out, and Bazhou would definitely be easily attacked, and it was really so...... Hehe...... Congratulations. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a calm face.

Zhang Xianzhong laughed a few more times, and then said: "Not long ago, there was a chaos in the mountains, you fought the general Fang Guoan, the general Luo Yuxin, Lao Tzu beat the general Zhao Guangyuan, He Renlong, Li Guoqi, and Luo Rucai's brothers also fought a Bazhou guard Zhang Zuokai, this battle, you can't say that Lao Tzu and I didn't contribute, right?" "It's okay when he says less, but when he says more, the smell of rough ruffians comes to his face, and there are many Lao Tzu in one sentence, which makes people very uncomfortable to hear.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

Zhang Xianzhong continued: "Lao Tzu likes to open the skylight and say bright words, don't talk nonsense, since you have entered the city, the valuable things in Bazhou City must have fallen into your hands, Lao Tzu wants thirty percent, Luo Rucai also has thirty percent, and you yourself account for forty percent, this is not a loss to you, right?" As he spoke, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and at the same time pressed his right hand on the hilt of the knife on his waist, full of threat.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh, tens of thousands of people actually dared to threaten me? In my previous life, Chen Youliang's hundreds of thousands of troops didn't do anything to me, just by you, it seems that Chen Youliang is still far behind.

He lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "I helped you repel the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, and I saved your lives, but you are still embarrassed to come to me to share the property in Bazhou City?" (To be continued.) )