In Pingliang Province, after a truce between the official army and the thieves for nearly a month, the war finally started again. The cavalry battalion and the vanguard battalion of the Liang army, totaling more than 7,000 people, launched a continuous attack on the bandits entrenched near Longde and Zhuanglang, and the Pingliang guerrilla general Dai Feng and the Liang army's deputy general Xing Zhongshan each led 3,000 Liang troops as side responses, and the four-way army and the rogue troops won successive battles in just half a month.

After half a month of fighting, the thieves from all walks of life were completely disabled, and the phobia of the Liang army had been formed. For a time, the number of thieves wandering in Pingliang Mansion was greatly reduced, and Pingliang ushered in a short period of tranquility.

Pingliang City is full of joy, along the main street of Pingliang City, along the road with lights, the vast number of Pingliang people welcome the triumphant return of the Liang army.

Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, is also very happy today, no matter what, Liang Jun was able to purge thieves from all over the country in a big way, no matter how he said it, his contribution was indispensable.

The report was sent to the capital overnight last night.

Governor Zhang glanced at Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang, who was also half a step behind him and smiled and groaned, and was very satisfied with Xu Liang's humble expression today. Governor Zhang's mansion waved cordially to the people on both sides of the street, and led a group of officials from the Yamen of Pingliang Mansion to the east gate, facing the Liang army array lined up outside the city, Zhang Zhifu proudly made an impassioned welcome speech on behalf of the court to the returning Liang army officers and soldiers, and congratulated the Liang army on its important achievements.

Pingliang and the prefect Liang took the lead in applauding when Governor Zhang's voice just fell, and all the officials and Liang soldiers applauded vigorously when they saw Lord Xu there. Clapped their palms together, although they didn't necessarily know why Lord Xu, who had always been on the wrong side of Governor Zhang, took the lead in applauding. But whatever, what does Lord Xu do. As long as you follow it, it will be done, as long as Lord Xu is satisfied, it will be done.

Liang Jun and the officials applauded, and the ordinary people who were watching also applauded vigorously, and for a while, the applause outside the gate of Pingliang East City was like thunder, and it lasted for a long time.

Seeing this, Governor Zhang couldn't help but feel a sense of pride from the soles of his feet to the door of his head, and suddenly felt that every pore on his body was extremely comfortable.

Governor Zhang was immersed in this atmosphere and closed his eyes slightly. The face was full of intoxication.

Seeing this, Xu Liang continued to clap his hands again, the smile on his face was extremely sincere and kind, at this time, no one could see that Xu Liang would have a dislike with Governor Zhang, and most of the people who didn't know would think that Lord Xu was a close confidant of Governor Zhang, look at how sincere this meeting is!

Everyone can see that Xu Liang is complimenting Governor Zhang.

For customers who are willing to pay for themselves. Xu Liang has always been very respectful, and he should be supportive, and he is not ambiguous at all. On the way to the front, Xu Liang looked at Governor Zhang, who was walking in the front. What I saw in my eyes was no longer a life-and-death opponent, but a white flower.

Xu Liang recalled that half a month ago, Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, who had always been on the wrong path with Xu Liang, suddenly visited Xu's mansion for the first time. After a polite conversation with Xu Liang, he finally pointed out his intention. actually wanted to invite the Liang army to go out to exterminate the thieves. The condition is to count by the head. Two taels each......

After Xu Liang heard the intention of Zhang Zhifu, he was stunned for half an hour, and then, after confirming that Zhang Zhifu was not joking, Xu Liang became stern, and after pondering for a while, he felt that this transaction could be done, but the price was floating by half, that is, three taels of silver per head.

After some difficult bargaining, Xu Liang and Zhang Zhifu finally reached a consensus, Xu Liang also took the trouble to take a pen and paper, and wrote down the terms and conditions of Zhang's prefect's conscription of Liang's army, army command, logistics support, etc., and the two sides confirmed that they were correct, and each took out the official seal they carried with them, and each printed a flower seal. Then, Xu Liangxi diligently accepted the deposit of 20,000 taels of silver tickets handed over by Governor Zhang, and enthusiastically sent Governor Zhang out.

The two came to the edge of the low forest on the outskirts of the city, and there were a lot of hidden trees in the woods, Xu Liang suddenly smiled, and led Zhang Zhifu to a cleared grass, only a few piles of tall cone-shaped objects, which were covered by Liang's military white cloth. The soldiers of the Liang army lifted the white cloth covering it, and Zhang Zhifu was shocked when he landed, and he stepped back several steps, pointing at Xu Liangyu without turns: "Lord Xu, this, what does this mean?" ”

Xu Liang smiled, met Governor Zhang's slightly frightened gaze, and smiled very sincerely, "Lord Zhang is really a noble person who forgets things, your oath of cooperation to the lower officials is still in your ears, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, Lord Zhang will forget everything." ”

When Governor Zhang heard this, he was a little relieved, and said with a forced smile: "Lord Xu invited this mansion out of the city, originally to ask this mansion to check the head of the thief. ”

"Hehe, Lord Zhang, please take a look." Xu Liang smiled and waved his hand towards the middle of the field, and the Liang soldiers who were waiting in the forest saw the gesture, brushed the ground together, and lifted the white cloth covering the pile of cone-shaped bulges, and immediately revealed the objects below.

Heads, countless heads! Stacked neatly, neatly stacked heads! The heads were large and small, old and young, male and female, and from a distance, the blood on them was still there, and the grass was soaked in dark red with dripping blood. As far as the eye can see, the entire grove has almost become a sea of countless human heads, front, back, left and right, in all directions, there are piles of human heads. The wind stirred the trees, bringing with them a whining sound that sounded eerie.

Governor Zhang only opened his eyes and glanced at it, then he closed his eyes in fright, staggered and fell, but fortunately, the official of the prefect's yamen next to him saw the opportunity quickly and dared to hurriedly support Governor Zhang.

I saw that Governor Zhang's face was blue, his lips were purple, and he was trembling all over, and he opened his eyes slightly and groped in the direction where Xu Liang was standing, and said tremblingly: "Xu, Lord Xu, you, you will kill the enemy if you kill the enemy, and bring back these many bloody human heads to do, what are you doing?" ”

Xu Liang saw that Governor Zhang was frightened like this, and he was very satisfied with the effect of the formation specially placed in the forest, and his heart was secretly refreshed, but his face was full of surprise, and he said in surprise: "What did Zhang Futai say?" Isn't this official having a contract with Lord Zhang, the previous Liang army went out on a large expedition and killed nearly 36,000 thieves, the official was afraid that Lord Zhang would suspect that the Liang army had falsely reported the number and deceit, so he specially explained to the generals who went out before the expedition, and he must bring back the head of the thieves and give it to Lord Zhang to see in person. ”

Hearing this, Governor Zhang looked depressed, and waved his hand again and again: "Why is Lord Xu like this, you are in the same palace, don't you even have this trust in each other before?" Quick, cover these scary things. ”

"Uh, you don't count?"

"No, no! Lord Xu, quickly order someone to put it away, this mansion has a headache when he looks at these scary things. Governor Zhang said.

Xu Liang nodded, waved his hand happily again, and the soldiers of the Liang army listened to the order and covered the white cloth back again, covering those terrifying objects.

Governor Zhang stroked his heart for a long time, and after a long time, when his heartbeat was normal, he wiped the cold sweat on his face, and said to the left and right officials: "Quick, drive the carriage over." Benfu's legs are weak......"

Xu Liang approached Governor Zhang's Mansion with a smile, rubbing his hands and smiling with a profiteer's face, "Zhang Futai, you have also seen this goods, when will this silver be paid to this official?" ”

Governor Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly said: "Well, this matter, when I go back to this mansion, I will order someone to present the silver ticket to your mansion...... How many heads did you just say? ”

Xu Liang smiled, "Actually, there aren't many, a total of 35,462, not even 36,000." Well, this ...... Zhang Futai and this official are also cooperating for the first time, and the official can't be too careful, the official has just calculated, we don't distinguish the price according to the thief's soldiers and leaders, and they are all calculated according to the price of three taels of silver, a total of more than 107,000 taels of silver, and Zhang Futai and the official are the first time to do business, and the official will give you a 20% discount, let's add 5 to 21, and you will give an integer of 80,000 taels. In addition to the 20,000 taels of deposit paid in advance by the government, you also have to give the official 60,000 taels of silver. ”

Xu Liang pulled his fingers, calculated Liang Jun's labor remuneration clearly, and gave a 20% discount, and then looked at Governor Zhang's mansion with anticipation.

Governor Zhang trembled when he heard this, almost didn't jump up, and exclaimed: "Sixty thousand taels?!" How could there be so many?! ”

When Xu Liang heard this, his face was not very good-looking, he pointed to the piles of white human heads around him, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Futai, if you say this, it will be boring." Who doesn't know that I Xu Liang is the most fair and just to do business with people, and Tong Su is not bullied. If you can't trust the official, then let's uncover the white cloth again, and let's count them one by one! ”

Governor Zhang was shocked again, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, Lord Xu, this is not what this mansion meant. ”

"What does that futai mean?" Xu Liang asked angrily.

"I ......" Governor Zhang was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Xu Liang's face full of unhappiness and his eyes were cold. Governor Zhang's heart was full of excitement, he looked at the surrounding environment, and saw that there were several officials of the Pingliang Mansion beside him, and in addition to the heads of the city, there were Liang soldiers with guns and knives.

It is located in the suburbs of Pingliang, remote and deserted, and few people come and go. And Xu Liang is definitely not a good man and a woman in the heart of Zhang Zhifu, if he has any bad intentions, he will click on the spot with those few officials, and the horseman will add a few fresh heads to the pile of more than 30,000 heads, and then dig a sinkhole, fill in the soil and bury it, and he will not even be able to find the bones after his death......

"Alas, Lord Xu misunderstood," Governor Zhang hurriedly corrected his tone and said: "This mansion is not worried about money, but at first glance, when I heard that the soldiers of the Liang army had just set out on the expedition, they had won such a rich and huge surprise, and blurted out a gaffe. 60,000 taels ...... Heaven and heaven! This government rushed back to Pingliang to raise silver taels and say goodbye! (To be continued......)