If this is not a thief's lair, but above the public court, or in the place of the legal system of the imperial court, he must have been angry at this group of rude and rough men, with his dignified court officials, patrol envoys, how could this group of civilians be so presumptuous in front of him?

But at this time, he had to suppress his anger, and although he could scold the thief for a while, it would ruin the emperor's plan to appease him, so he had to sink his face and continue to watch coldly.

After the two poodle brothers protested, Ma Xiaotian immediately scolded the two brothers: "Why don't you let me go to Leiya Township?" You occupy the fertile land, should I wait to gnaw at the land in Xigu Village? ”

"No, it's just that our two brothers don't like you!"

"Damn, don't think that if you are in the same village, I have to give face to the two of you, I have long been used to seeing you."

"I'm not convinced!"

"Hit it!"

The three of them grabbed their fists and went up, and the leader next to them hurriedly pounced, pulled the three apart, and then persuaded the fighting, the helpers, and the cottage meeting hall was a mess, and it was not in a proper manner.

Lian Guoshi said to Zhu Yuanzhang next to him: "Zhu Ba, what's the matter with your cottage?" As a leader, you don't know how to manage? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead!" The brothers in our village, from various villages and towns, are not in line with each other, and they usually make trouble over some small things about sesame mung beans, and now when they encounter major events, they will definitely make more trouble, and I, the leader, can't control them. ”

"And what do you say about this?" Lian Guoshi said dissatisfiedly: "Do you still want to accept the court's appeasement?" ”

"Of course!" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be serious and said: "I am looking forward to the court's appeasement all night, and it is precisely because everyone is full of expectations for this matter that I want to arrange it more satisfactorily...... Or...... Lord Yushi, I think so, let the leaders discuss it by themselves today, you go to the guest room in the back mountain to rest first, and I will report to you when they discuss the result. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it, alas!" Lian Guoshi shook his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a look, and Li Chujiu next to him hurriedly greeted him, and walked to the back mountain with Lian Guoshi, where the "guest room" had already been prepared, which was actually a relatively clean cave, specially prepared to deal with the imperial court envoys.

As soon as the people were brought out here, the leaders in the house immediately laughed, but although they had a smile on their faces, they were still scolding each other in their mouths, because the practice of state affairs had not gone far, but he could not let him hear laughter coming from the house, and it would be all a goof, so the leaders held back a smile, but they said all kinds of rough swear words and scolded each other, and the scene was really very weird.

Lian Guoshi took Yang Hong and a group of soldiers and followed Li Chujiu to the back mountain. Lived in the cave prepared in advance, and as soon as he entered the cave, Yang Hong instructed the soldiers: "You go out, guard the entrance of the cave, don't let people in, I have something to say to Lord Yushi." ”

After the soldiers went out to guard the entrance of the cave, Yang Hong lowered his voice and said, "Lord Yushi, what do you think of this group of thieves?" ”

Lian Guoshi snorted: "A group of rat-eyed people, for some trivial things, small profits, quarreling endlessly, it is really unseemly." If it weren't for the fact that this official was carrying the emperor's order, he would have nothing to say to this kind of rough person, and he would have already brushed his sleeves away. ”

Yang Hong shook his head: "I don't think so!" These people are just acting. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Lian Guoshi carefully recalled what he had seen and heard in the council hall, shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, right?" According to what the official ranger saw and heard when he was in all directions, there was already a dirty dispute between the village husbands, and they could also make a big fight for a chicken and an egg, and there was a disagreement between the east and west villages, and fights and brawls were also the norm, why do you think they were deliberately acting? ”

Practicing state affairs is not empty words, it is indeed common practice among the people. You must know that Huanglong Cottage is a big village with thousands of people, not to mention that this kind of big village may not agree with people, even if it is an ordinary small mountain village with only a few dozen residents, there are often examples of villagers fighting and fighting for a little thing.

Not to mention ancient times, even if the quality of the whole people is dozens or hundreds of times higher in later generations, there are examples of villagers and neighbors fighting over a trivial matter, what your dog bites my chicken, the water on your balcony drips onto my balcony, your family throws a napkin from the window and floats into my window, it may become a reason for quarrels.

Lian Guoshi really doesn't think that the quarrel between the leaders in the council hall is acting, but he thinks they are vulgar: "Besides, acting must have a purpose, what's the point of acting in this play?" ”

Yang Hong raised his head and looked at the zenith of the Tiandong for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "I feel that they are deliberately delaying time by acting in this scene, and they want to accept the appeasement as late as possible......

"What's in it for them?" Practicing state affairs is incomprehensible.

"I don't know!" Yang Hong is limited to his own position and has certain limitations, he is not like Zhu Yuanzhang, who can see through at a glance that the 100,000 Zhaofu silver of the imperial court can only last for three months, because it is impossible for a court official like him to understand the mood of the common people who rebel in order to survive, so he can't imagine that the people will rebel again after taking the imperial court's Fufu silver, and because of this, he can't think of a reason why the bandits have to delay time.

"Don't know?" Lian Guoshi was a little dissatisfied, and snorted coldly: "You don't know why they are delaying time, just say that they are delaying time, it's too arbitrary, right?" ”

"It's not arbitrary, it's ...... That's how the last general really felt. "Yang Hong is a military attache after all, this speech is really not clever, it is not easy to say what is in his heart clearly, and he doesn't know how to say it after thinking about it for a long time.

"Humph!" The one who despises the most in practicing state affairs is a military attache like Yang Hong, so he snorted coldly: "If you don't have any ink in your stomach, don't pretend to have a picture of Qiankun in your sleeves, squeak, you can't say why for a long time, a martial artist like you is not suitable for using your brain." When it comes to appeasing the cottage, the official doesn't need your opinion, he just needs to protect the official's safety. ”

"Master Lian, you must believe the last general, this Zhu Ba's heart is not sincere, the leaders in the cottage are acting under his guidance, they must want to delay time...... I don't want to be really cared for at all, and I will be seventy percent sure in the end! Yang Hong said urgently.

"Hugh has to talk about it!" Lian Guoshi turned his head and climbed onto a bed prepared for him in advance, only to see that this bed was made of thatch, soft and clean, and seemed quite sincere. Lian Guoshi pointed to the bed and said: "Look at this bed, although it is simple, but you can see the thoughts, it can be seen that Zhu Ba and his gang are very sincere in welcoming us, if he has no intention of being cared for, how can he be so courteous to us?" ”

"This ...... This is a fake! Yang Hong hurriedly said: "Lord Yushi, this time you must listen to the last general, we should go down the mountain and return to the city overnight, and ask Lord Du to bring troops to suppress it as soon as possible, this is the best policy." If it is delayed, it is the original intention of the mountain thieves to delay time, and they may not be playing some kind of demon moth. ”

Lian Guoshi really wanted to sneer at Yang Hong, but seeing that he said it solemnly and hurriedly, there was not the slightest hypocrisy in his eyes, and he couldn't help but be moved by what he said, and there was a glint of confusion in his eyes, why did Yang Hong have to say that Zhu Ba was insincere? Did he really see something I couldn't see? Could it be that the thieves are really using some kind of trickery?

Just as Lian Guoshi was thinking of this, a soldier who was standing guard outside the cave suddenly ran in and reported: "Lord Lian, General Yang, there is a woman who asks to see him, saying that it is General Yang's old friend. ”

"What?" Yang Hong almost suspected that something was wrong with his ears, where did this old man come from in the thief's nest? And still a woman?

He hurriedly came out of the cave, and he heard strange things about practicing state affairs, and walked out after Yang Hong.

I saw a weak figure standing in front of the cave, it was a young woman, although she was wearing a simple burlap clothes, but the white face, the skin that could be broken by blowing, and the pitiful temperament, let people know at a glance that she was from a rich lady.

This woman is Zhang Yingxian, she smiled at Yang Hong, and said with a smile: "General Yang, do you remember the little girl?" At the beginning, the little woman bought Zheng Yanfu's head from you for a few thousand taels of silver! ”

How could Yang Hong forget this, the battle to exterminate Zheng Yanfu was one of the few glorious deeds in his life, of course, he remembered it vividly, the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, and he smiled: "Of course I remember, huh?" How are you in Huanglong Cottage? ”

The corners of Zhang Yingxian's mouth pulled up a sneer: "General Yang is really a noble man who forgets things...... Last time, you brought a steward of Mafu, named Ma Qianjiu, to encircle and suppress Huanglong Cottage, have you forgotten? Then...... It was the Ma family who paid for you to take my head. ”

"Oh, this thing...... Yes, indeed! Yang Hong replied without thinking about it, he was not afraid to admit it, because admitting this kind of thing was nothing for him to lose.

Zhang Yingxian continued to sneer: "I don't know how much silver you received from the Ma family when you entered the mountain this time, if the village where the little woman is located is appeased, you won't be able to get this silver, you must hope that we don't accept the appeasement now, and have a fight with the officers and soldiers." ”

Yang Hong shook his head, and was about to say: "This time the money will be confiscated......"

But before his words could be spoken, Lian Guoshi, who was standing next to him, had changed his face greatly, and his face was full of anger, and he said angrily: "Wow, Yang Hong!" You tried your best to encourage the official, saying that this Zhu Babao was hiding evil intentions, delaying time in acting, and asking the court to bring troops to suppress it, but it turned out that he had accepted other people's money and wanted to take this woman's head...... For the sake of this small profit, you completely ignored the emperor's plan to appease you......"

Yang Hong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, and shouted in his heart: It's not good, Lao Tzu shouldn't talk nonsense with this woman, this woman was obviously instigated by Zhu Ba, and deliberately said these few nonsense at this time...... Fuck, Lao Tzu fell for Zhu Ba's tricks again!