The two walked into the big thatched hut, this thatched hut was very spacious, there was almost no furniture in it, only a row of shoddy wooden benches, it seemed that the rogues did their own work, Zheng Yanfu frowned and sat on the chair in the middle, this chair was actually covered with a fox skin, it seems that there are good hunters in the rogues.

Zheng Yanfu also had a few subordinates by his side, and everyone's expressions were very strange, some of them frowned, as depressed as Zheng Yanfu, and some of them were full of strange joy, especially when they watched Wang Er and Zhu Yuanzhang walk in, the joy was even greater.

Wang Er walked in front, Zhu Yuanzhang shrunk his body, most of it was blocked behind Wang Er, because Wang Er was tall and big, most of Zhu Yuanzhang's body was covered, so Zheng Yanfu didn't notice his figure at all.

"This is Chengcheng Zheng Yanfu?" Wang Er asked with a big grin.

"Yes, I am Zheng Yanfu!" Zheng Yanfu looked directly at Wang Er and asked, "You are Zhu Baihu and Wang Zongqi who came to persuade him to surrender?" ”

"Hmm!" Wang Er took out the momentum according to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu is Wang Zongqi, and this one behind him is Lord Zhu Baihu." ”

He speaks without an official tone, nor does he have the kind of sleek people in the officialdom, with a fierce attitude, this is a surname that can't be learned, and can't be changed, and it is used to cooperate with the identity of the general flag arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang for him, but it is barely suitable, which makes people not feel suspicious at all.

Wang Er said loudly: "Zheng Yanfu, now that Zhu Baihu and I go up the mountain, I will come to ask you, will you descend or not?" If you want to surrender, lay down your arms early, go down the mountain and be appeased, our Lord Yang Qianhu has already said that we can pardon you for the crime of killing officials and rebelling, and also seal you to do it in one hundred households. ”

In fact, with the authority of a thousand household officials, he is not qualified to pardon the big crime of killing officials and rebelling, nor is he qualified to appoint officials at the level of a hundred households, Zhu Yuanzhang dared to let Wang Er say this, that is, he saw that Zheng Yanfu and his gang were stupid and did not understand the rules of officialdom.

Zheng Yanfu frowned, and before he could speak, a man with a big forehead next to him said happily: "How many officials are hundreds of households?" ”

Wang Er's head is blocked, how many products are 100 households? Bugs Zhu didn't teach me this question just now.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang reminded him in a low voice: "Zheng Liupin military attaché."

Wang Er hurriedly said loudly: "Baihu is the military attache of the sixth grade. ”

"What? It's six products...... What a big official! A few men next to Zheng Yanfu suddenly became excited: "The county master is only seven grades, and one hundred households are directly six grades, which is too powerful...... Brother Zheng Yanfu, this can be considered...... If you become a sixth-grade official, you will all promote us to the seventh-grade county order! ”

This group of countrymen didn't understand the official system of the imperial court at all, and thought that the sixth-rank officials could appoint the seventh-rank officials......

In fact, the military attache of the sixth grade is a head lower than the county order of the seventh grade! The Ming Dynasty used civil power to control the military, and the military attache couldn't raise his head in front of the civil official, although the hundred households were six ranks, they had to salute three points when they met the county order, and it was impossible to ride to the head of the county order, let alone promote their subordinates to be the county order, which was completely a joke.

But the rural rogues don't understand the court at all, and the biggest official they can usually see is the county magistrate with seven sesame seeds, who looks very majestic when sitting in the yamen. So when I heard that Zheng Yanfu surrendered and could be a six-rank official, I became excited!

"Big brother, you can descend!"

"Sixth-grade official, worth it!"

"If you want to be an official, kill people and set fires to be recruited, this sentence is really not a lie."

Wang Er continued to follow Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions: "Our Lord Qianhu also said that Zheng Yanfu has become a six-rank official, and the most capable people under him can also be appointed as seventh-rank officials, eighth-rank officials, and ninth-rank officials, as long as they are willing to surrender to the imperial court, we can discuss everything." ”

"Big brother...... Let's drop! ”

"It's a good deal!"

In the midst of persuasion, there were also a few opposing voices, and two rough men said loudly: "Can't surrender, are you fools?" Do you believe what you say? The government likes to deceive people the most. ”

"Yes, we can't surrender, kill officials and rebel, what we want to kill is officials, how can we be officials?"

These rough men don't know how to hide their thoughts, they can say whatever they want, and they quarrel in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er.

"Shut up! Don't make any noise! Zheng Yanfu finally couldn't help it, he jumped up violently from the fox skin chair, and said loudly: "Don't make trouble, you're talking about some nonsense." ”

When the crowd heard him speak, they quickly stopped talking, and everyone was nervously waiting for him to make a decision.

The muscles on Zheng Yanfu's face twitched twice, and he turned his head to Wang Er and said: "Wang Zongqi, I, Zheng Yanfu, came out to kill officials and rebel, not because I want to be a big official myself, but because I want to follow Shuibo Liangshan, rob the rich and help the poor, do the right thing for heaven, kill all the corrupt officials in the world, and let the people live a good life." If I surrender and become an official of a hundred households, how can I be worthy of the brothers who came together for the blood alliance to act for the heavens? Please go back, I will not descend. ”

When several men next to him heard this, their expressions were different, and someone shouted: "Big brother, I didn't misunderstand you, you are really a big brother worth following." ”

Some people also shouted: "Big brother, it's not right for you to say that." Aren't those of us who want to accept Zhao'an your brothers? Are you worthy of us? ”

Someone shouted: "Don't rush to catch Zhu Baihu and Mr. Wang up the mountain, please let them stay first......"

The two groups began to quarrel again, and the house was in chaos.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a gesture to Wang Er, Wang Er understood, and said loudly: "Seeing that you can't get a result for a while, so let's do it, Zhu Baihu and I will rest on the top of this mountain, give you three days to think about it, and you will quarrel with yourself first." ”

Zheng Yanfu wanted to object, but the big-fronted man who spoke and asked Baihu how many officials he was just now leaned over and said with a smile: "Two officials, please come to my house for a few nights, and we will consider surrendering." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the chaotic situation in the house, and he already understood a little in his heart, it seemed that he ...... This cottage is not Zheng Yanfu alone, he is the nominal leader of the group, but there are also many forces among the Liukou, this big forehead is one of them, he obviously does not sell Zheng Yanfu's account. When Zheng Yanfu decided to drive them away, this big forehead actually dared to keep guests, obviously he was also a talkative person.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a gesture to Wang Er, Wang Er nodded, smiled at the big forehead: "Okay, let's go to your house for two days first, don't think too long, if you haven't made up your mind in a few days, our officers and soldiers will come to attack the mountain again." ”

"We are not afraid of officers and soldiers attacking the mountain, and yesterday's attack on the mountain was repelled by us!" A diehard of Zheng Yanfu scolded loudly.

"Do you think the total number of officers and soldiers is only 500?" The big forehead scolded: "This time there are five hundred, if you can't attack the mountain, next time you will come a thousand, and next time you will come ten thousand, how long can you last?" ”

Several rogues quarreled again, Zhu Yuanzhang silently wrote down in his heart which people supported surrender and which people firmly did not surrender, and imprinted every face in his mind, and then walked out of the hall with a big forehead, and the last time before going out, he saw Zheng Yanfu's bitter expression.

The big forehead accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er all the way to greet Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er, and after his own introduction, he knew that this person's name was Zhao Yu, who was originally a rogue, he was an old robber who had fallen into the grass since the year before last, and gathered a hundred minions to wander in the mountains and forests at the junction of Chengcheng and Baishui.

After Zheng Yanfu killed Zhang Douyao and led the crowd to flee to the mountains, Zhao Yu took the initiative to meet him, joined Zheng Yanfu and his gang, and then instigated Zheng Yanfu not to go to Huanglong Mountain.

This big forehead believes in an old saying: "If you want to be an official, kill people and set fires to be recruited!" So he has been waiting for the government to recruit his own group, and now the government has finally come to recruit him, but Zheng Yanfu disagreed, and he was so anxious that he couldn't do it, so his subordinates quarreled directly with Zheng Yanfu's subordinates in the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang just kept this information in his mind quietly, and didn't say much nonsense. Zhao Yu arranged for the two of them to live in their own house temporarily, a spacious thatched hut with no furniture in it, not even a bed, and could only lay on the ground.

After settling down, Wang Er looked and saw that there were people watching around the house, but the people who were watching were far away. Only then did he come to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, I think Zheng Yanfu is indeed a good man, and he has no heart to surrender. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "He really didn't lower his heart, and I can already see it!" ”

"Then we should help him." Wang Er said seriously: "You have a good brain, think of a way." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said in a low voice: "You have also seen the current situation of the cottage, Zheng Yanfu and Zhao Yu and his group are still fighting, and there will be no outbreak in a short time, I think, we still have two or three days." ”

"Will the officers and soldiers under the mountain attack it? As long as the officers and soldiers attack the mountain, the fact that the two of us are false envoys will be exposed. Wang Er was a little worried.

"No, it won't! With the morale of the officers and soldiers, after the failure of attacking the mountain once, even if Yang Hong gave the order to die, they would not listen, and they would not attack the mountain again until the frustration of the previous failure of the mountain attack disappeared! At least three to five days later. Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "I still have a few questions to ask him personally, if I don't ask clearly, I don't know if he is worth saving, wait until the evening, I will create an opportunity to meet him at night, and I will make a decision when I ask these questions in person." ”

Wang Er glanced at him curiously: "What exactly do you want to ask him?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly and didn't explain, what he was thinking in his heart was: I want to ask him, why don't you listen to me, eliminate the unstable elements, and take the least number of people to Huanglongshan, why do you want to get involved with an undetermined guy like Zhao Yu...... If he can't give me an answer that satisfies me, then I have to give up.