The night was peaceful. The villagers of the village watched the bustle outside the camp of the Kanyu camp for a while, and finally they were no longer tired and tired, so they all went back to sleep. The soldiers of the Survey Battalion guarded the camp closely, not letting any suspicious people get any closer.

The next morning, about nine or ten o'clock in the future, a group of people came to the road outside the village. The soldier in charge of the guard stepped forward to negotiate with those people for a few words, and then rushed to the Chinese military tent and reported to Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong:

"reported to General Deng and Zhang Guerrilla, a group of people came outside, and the leader claimed to be a local county official."

"County magistrate?" Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong glanced at each other, both feeling a little incredible. Didn't it say that the Spaniards had occupied Luzon and had already destroyed the local government, so why did a county magistrate pop up? Before the Spanish occupation of Luzon, Luzon was a subject state of the Ming Dynasty, and many regulations were imitated by the Ming Dynasty, but there was indeed the term county officials.

Zhang Yunlong asked, "Did they say what they came here for?" ”

The sentry said, "Yes, they said they came to see our general, and they said that they had something to discuss. ”

Zhang Yunlong glanced at Deng Kui, then nodded and said, "Then invite them in." ”

The sentry hesitated for a moment and asked, "Guerrilla Zhang, do you need to search them?" ”

Zhang Yunlong smiled: "No need. Since he claims to be a county official, then save him some face, you just bring him in, and forgive him can't hurt General Deng and the general. ”

The sentry said yes and withdrew, and after a while he came in with a lean, yellow-skinned man in a faded official robe. The sentry pointed at Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong with his hand, and said to the Luzon people: "County official Chen, these two are my family Deng Shen General and Zhang Guerrilla, if you have anything to say, you can tell them." ”

Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong sat on the top seats, silent. The county magistrate stood at the bottom and hesitated for a while. Only then did he bow to Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong, and said, "The local county commander Chen Guiqi will meet General Deng and General Zhang." ”

Deng Kui raised his hand and said, "Chen County's order is exempt, come here, take a seat." ”

said that it was a seat, but in fact, it was just a small horse carried by the army. Chen Guiqi saw that Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong were also sitting on foldable canvas chairs, so he was not picky, he collected his clothes and sat down on the pony. Then he said: "The county commander heard that the Ming officers and soldiers came to the county border. I came to inquire. When your army arrives in the local area, what is the official business? ”

"Oh, we're here to fight the Hongyi." Deng Kui replied lightly.

"Excuse me, who asked you to come?" Chen Guiqi asked again.

Questions like this. This is not the first time Deng Kui has answered. He vaguely told Chen Guiqi about the dispatch of troops, which roughly meant that the Spaniards had caused a bloody case in Luzon, and the local officials in Luzon went to Daming for help, so Daming sent troops to Luzon.

"I see." Chen Guiqi nodded, "Your army is not easy to come by, but since you have reached the ground in Luzon, you must abide by the legal system of Luzon." Your army came to this county, but did not report it to the county officials. There is a violation system. ”

"You still have a county office?" Zhang Yunlong asked curiously, "Didn't I hear that after the Hongyi people came, you yamen were all shut down by the Hongyi people?" ”

Chen Guiqi's face was red and blue for a while, and he was dumb for a while before he said, "Where did General Zhang start with this?" Although the county has suffered some Hongyi...... Interference, but the county order is still there, how can it be said that the yamen has been shut down? General Zhang, please see, this is the big seal of the county order, and if there is a big seal, it means that the yamen is still there. ”

As he spoke, he took out an egg-sized seal from his arms and shook it at Zhang Yunlong as if he were showing off. The soldiers next to him looked at what Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong meant, and saw that they didn't want to take the seal over to inspect it, so they didn't pay attention to Chen Guiqi.

"Oh, in this way, Chen Xianling has always been in power...... I don't know who sealed this county order of Chen County. Deng Kui asked.

Chen Guiqi replied proudly: "This is the seal of my King Luzon. ”

Zhang Yunlong said: "According to a certain family, the king of Luzon has been defeated as early as the Longqing period of our dynasty...... It has been more than 20 years since he died, and the Chen County Order is the county order more than 20 years ago. ”

"Exactly." Chen Guiqi replied.

"Okay, Chen County Order, we don't doubt your identity, just tell me, you came to our army camp, what are you doing." Deng Kui didn't bother to talk to this guy anymore, he asked bluntly.

Chen Guiqi said: "According to the regulations, when your army enters our county, it must report to the county government and pay the security fee at the same time. If your army camps in our county and tramples on the seedlings, you will also have to pay the compensation fee for the seedlings. Just now, when the county commander came in, I saw that your soldiers were using the cut branches to make a fire for cooking, and this tree cutting thing needs to be approved by the county government, otherwise it will ......."

"You're going to lose money, too, aren't you?" Zhang Yunlong spoke it out for him.

"Yes, yes." Chen Guiqi actually dragged a sentence, it is estimated that being a county official in Luzon also has to read some scriptures, so he has some cultural skills.

Deng Kui almost made Chen Guiqi laugh angrily, he was worried that his improper handling would have some adverse effects on Su Hao's strategy, and he wanted people to drag Chen Guiqi out and beat him up at that time. Don't say that this is in a foreign land, even in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, a small county official would not dare to drag it like this in front of him, the staff will be a martial art equivalent to the fourth grade, and a small seven-rank county official would dare to be so unscrupulous?

Just when Deng Kui didn't know how to deal with this guy, a report came from outside the tent: "Cheng Du has arrived!" ”

"Great, Cheng Dong, this little guy is here." Deng Kui's eyes lit up, and he shouted outside, "Hurry up, please." ”

As soon as the door curtain was raised, Cheng Dong walked in quickly, and bowed to Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong: "Cheng Dong meets General Deng and General Zhang!" ”

"Bangji, you're welcome, please take a seat." Zhang Yunlong stood up, pointed to a canvas chair beside him, and gave Cheng Dong a seat.

Cheng Dong's identity is the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he is only a seventh-rank rank, but he is Su Hao's brother-in-law, and this identity is enough to make Deng and Zhang polite to him. Cheng Yi has been in the public opinion camp for a long time, and she has some popularity, and she will ask everyone to take care of her younger brother on various occasions, which is also a reason why Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong look at Cheng Dong differently.

Cheng Dong thanked Zhang Yunlong and sat down beside Zhang Yunlong. He looked at Chen Guiqi, who was sitting at the bottom, and asked Zhang Yunlong, "General Zhang, is this ......?"

"He claimed to be a local magistrate." Zhang Yunlong said.

"Nonsense!" Cheng Dong said unceremoniously, "Mr. Su said. This place is a Spanish colony, and the officials are all Spaniards, so there is no reason why the local Luzon should be a county commander. ”

"Of course I'm the local county magistrate!" Chen Guiqi was anxious, took out the seal he had just taken back from his arms, shook it in his hand, and said to Cheng Dong: "This is the big seal of this county order, if you don't believe it, you can take a look." ”

"Really?" Cheng Dong smiled and made a gesture to Deng Kui's personal soldiers next to him. The soldiers stepped forward, took the seal from Chen Guiqi's hand, and handed it to Cheng Dong's hand.

Cheng Dong took the seal. Casually looked at it. Then put it to the side. said: "This county magistrate, whether your seal is true or false, I don't know anything, and I am not interested in knowing." But. I can tell you that Luzon will be under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty from now on, and the great seal issued by the King of Luzon will no longer work. ”

"What?" Chen Guiqi's eyes widened, "Do you Ming want to encroach on our Luzon?" ”

Cheng Dong said with a smile: "What is embezzlement, it's just escrow." The Hongyi people have occupied Luzon for so many years, making Luzon devastated, and our Ming Dynasty, as the suzerainty of Luzon, should govern it in the future. ”

Chen Guiqi stood up and said angrily: "You guys just want to encroach on our Luzon. This is an unrighteous act, and you are not afraid that the millions of our people in Luzon will revolt? ”

Cheng Dong said: "This is strange, Hongyi occupies Luzon Island, and I don't see you resisting." We Daming drove away Hongyi and returned Luzon to Lang Lang. Why did the people of Luzon resist? ”

"You are doing something unjust, we Luzon people will never agree to it, and the people of the world will condemn you Ming!" Chen Guiqi said loudly.

In Chen Guiqi's impression, Daming is a country that is very polite and righteous. In the past, there were often some contacts between the Ming Dynasty and Luzon, such as Luzon people going to Daming to do business, or Ming people going to Luzon to become overseas Chinese. In the process of various negotiations with the Ming officials, the Luzon officials knew that the officials of the Ming Dynasty had always been very forbearing, and peace was the most important thing in everything, which was also the reason why Chen Guiqi dared to make a mistake in front of Deng Kui and others.

Hearing that the army was going to take over Luzon, Chen Guiqi's first reaction was to oppose it. He did not object to the Ming army coming to drive the Spaniards away, but according to his idea, after the Ming army drove the Spaniards away, they should also evacuate, and Luzon would have to be handed over to their old officials. Cheng Dong said that Daming was going to take over Luzon, which was equivalent to moving the cheese of Luzon officials, and he naturally subconsciously wanted to protest.

"This man is crazy, General Deng, let people take him out to cool off." Cheng Dong turned his head and said to Deng Kui.

Deng Kui asked: "Bangzhi, is this what General Su meant?" ”

According to Deng Kui's temper, he had long wanted to get Chen Guiqi out, and Cheng Dong's request was actually exactly what he wanted. But Deng Kui didn't know if Cheng Dong's move was his own juvenile nature, or whether it was approved by Su Hao. This kind of thing of going abroad to fight a war is very sensitive in terms of policy grasp, and Deng Kui is also in a high position now, so he naturally does not dare to act at will.

Cheng Dong nodded slightly and said, "General Deng, rest assured, Cheng Mou was instructed by General Su and Deputy Li to deal with these matters. Mr. Su said, this side of the matter can be handled by Cheng Mou. ”

"Good!" Deng Kui was in a good mood, and he shouted loudly outside: "Someone, please ask Chen County to go out and cool off!" ”

Several soldiers arrived in response and immediately controlled Chen Guiqi. The little flag officer in the lead asked Deng Kui for instructions: "General, how to be cool, please also ask the general to show me." ”

Deng Kui pretended to reprimand: "Do you still need to ask about this kind of thing?" You see where the wind is the strongest, let Chen County Order blow it. ”

"Order!" The soldiers understood and dragged Chen Guiqi out.

"You can't do this, Chen is an official of the imperial court! You can't treat me like this......" Chen Guiqi didn't expect such a reversal, he shouted loudly, trying to save something.

The soldiers of the survey battalion are all well-trained, one has a strong physique, and a few people drag such a scrawny county order, it is as easy as an eagle catching a chicken. Before Chen Guiqi's shouting stopped, the people had already been dragged out of the camp. The little flag officer looked left and right, looked up again, and said, "Come on, the general has an order, please ask Chen County to stay in the coolest place." A certain family sees that the top of this tree is the coolest, so please ask Chen County to order the tree. ”

The soldiers were also on fire before, and now that they have such an opportunity, how can they let it go. Several people stepped forward and tied Chen Guiqi into a zongzi with a rope, and then threw the rope to a high branch, and then pulled the rope head, Chen Guiqi was hoisted to the sky in a leisurely manner.

"Help!" Chen Guiqi was tied, but his mouth was not blocked, and at this time, he could only shout for help like killing a pig.