Geng Dunru snorted coldly: "How much?" How much is your own life worth? How much is the life of our Geng family's thousands worth? What you have taken all these years should also go to diplomacy. Let's not talk about uselessness, each family will prepare good wine, meat and fine grains for me, and when the Qincha comes, kill pigs and dogs, and fill the stomachs of the Qincha's guards. Then hire a good cook from the city to prepare the feast, don't be afraid to spend money, the food and wine should be the best. If we serve the Qin mission well this time, not only will it not damage the wealth of my Geng family, but maybe, we can also be blessed by misfortune. By the way, don't stop the blacksmith furnace, then build a military blade, and step up patrols every day on the fence, don't be ambushed, then you won't be able to find the gate if you cry. ”

When he had finished his orders, he drove them out of the city, squinting his eyes and calculating for himself. It's hard to say whether others are a blessing or a curse this time, and your own family must not suffer. He sent his youngest son to Lu to find out the news of Qi Laohu's fight against the Japanese invaders. He had already thought about it, and when the Qin messenger came, he would be entertained with good wine and meat, and he would inquire about the news. If Qi Laohu wins, he will wait for Qin Cha to be satisfied, let him raise his noble hand, and let himself go. If Qi Laohu is defeated, then I'm sorry, I will entertain you with wine and meat here, secretly send henchmen to seduce the Japanese Invaders to come over, destroy the Qin Cha and his attachés, and then lead the Japanese Invaders to wash the surrounding dozen villages in blood, bloody the entire Taizhou, and kill none of them. When the time comes, the dead will have no right trick in their mouths, and all the sins will be pushed on the heads of the widows, and no one will be able to climb them, and there will be no need to worry about anything.

Of course, this is based on the friendship between the Chin Cha and himself. What if this Qincha turns his face and doesn't recognize people? Then there are still hundreds of strong men in my clan, and they are not rabbits that can be manipulated by others, so they will fight with you. Not necessarily who lives or dies!

Patriarch Geng has set a general policy of left and right. Yan Hongna is also ready to eat big households. It is not too late for the so-called gentleman to take revenge for ten years. The villain takes revenge from morning till night. Yan Hong naturally has nothing to do with the gentleman, Geng Shaoquan spread his rumors, ruined his reputation, and led troops to hack him to death, how could he not retaliate? Now Geng Shaoquan has been arrested, but even if this guy is cut with a thousand knives, what actual benefit does it have for Yan Hong? What's more, this guy is now a boneless dog, and it's no fun to torture and kill him. I heard that your Geng family has benefited a lot. According to the confession, he Geng Dalang seems to have a mother-in-law who is like a flower? It's more practical to make up for it from here.

Therefore, Yan Hong wantonly ordered troops. He left the local Jinyi guards and some guards to guard Taizhou City, and Yun Chuqi was the counselor of the military aircraft, which was expected to suppress the scattered remnants, or to prevent the sneak attack of the Japanese invaders, which was enough. The remaining fifty Zhejiang soldiers, as well as the Jinyi guards in Beijing and Hangzhou, plus some people in the guard station who could barely see it, gathered together one hundred and fifty to serve as guards. These people were all changed into the costumes of Zhejiang soldiers. Even in terms of weapons, they deliberately simulated Zhejiang soldiers. There are also wolf rakes, boring rakes and other things, which look no different from the Zhejiang soldiers. Twelve mandarin duck arrays are arranged, front and back, and they are majestic. Of course, only four of them are genuine. At the front of the team was the Hangzhou Jinyi Guard led by Jiang An, followed by Yan Hong and the Beijing Jinyi Guard, two hundred households, Ye Zhengfei, Yan Feng, Yan Fu and other left and right guards. Behind is the Zhejiang army led by Wu Weizhong, which is the core combat strength of the whole army. As for the dozens of miscellaneous soldiers in the guard, they followed behind the most and were led by Jia Yu, the chief banner.

The brigade went out of Taizhou and traveled for a long time, only a few trumpets were heard on the opposite side, and then the sound of gongs and drums sounded. Jiang'an's expression changed, and he drew a knife in his hand and said, "It's not good, is there an ambush?" "Command his subordinates Hangzhou Jinyi Wei Yan'er to line up.

At this moment, I saw a few people running from the opposite side, and when they came to the front of the team, they knelt down far away and said: "The grass people are late to welcome the master of Qincha, and they hope to forgive their sins." Today, in my Geng clan, all the clan elders led the clan people to greet the master of Qincha, and in order to avoid misunderstanding, the villain came to report. ”

Jiang An shouted: "A few rural rich people, it's a big shelf!" Tell them to hurry over and meet the chincha! With that, he waved his hand and asked the Jinyi guard team to get out of the way.

After a while, Geng Dunru and more than 20 others arrived one after another, walked through the team, came to Yan Hongma, knelt down and kowtowed. They took the opportunity to peek and saw that Qin was only in his early twenties, very handsome, and the bullfighting suit on his body, in the eyes of these villagers, was no different from the dragon robe. Geng Dunru thought to himself: This Yan Ge Lao is really hard, his grandson actually dares to wear a dragon robe, isn't he afraid of losing his head? He also saw that although there were not many guards around this Qin Cha, everyone had a murderous look on their faces, and at first glance they were characters from the sea of corpses and blood. Although there are many descendants in his clan, now there are no ruthless people who fight hard, and if they really want to fight hard, I am afraid that they will suffer losses.

Yan Hong was kind, first clasped his hands and asked him to get up and speak, and then said: "Geng is rebellious and chaotic, the crime is too late, the old patriarch is very old, and it is really difficult for the official to feel uneasy." ”

Geng Dunru hurriedly smiled: "Don't dare, don't dare, Qin Chagui stepped on cheap land, coming to a small place like my Geng's village is the blessing of my Geng family's ancestors, and the little old man can see you, and he can live for ten more years." If you want to talk about uneasiness, it is also the little old man who is uneasy. Come, I'll lead the horse with Chincha. ”

Yan Hong exchanged a few words with him, followed him forward, and saw that in front of him, hundreds of Ding Zhuang of the Geng family were waiting in line. Seeing those Ding Zhuang holding weapons in their hands, Jiang An sank his face and said: "Bold, don't you want to assassinate when you wait for the open fire to fight?" ”

Geng Dunru hurriedly said: "This general, misunderstanding, misunderstanding. The local people are fierce, and the surrounding villages are very strong, and they will gather people to make trouble at every turn and forcibly seize the land of my Geng family. In order to protect my own fields, I have to fight with each other, and in the battle, deaths and injuries are inevitable, and there are casualties on both sides, and this hatred accumulates deeper and deeper. Recently, those villages, it is said that they colluded with some Jiangyang thieves and planned misdeeds, and I am afraid that there are rats who have disturbed the Qincha, so I prepared weapons just for self-defense. ”

Yan Hong didn't have a seizure, just nodded and said: "I see, these Geng family men look physically strong, but they are the seedlings of a group of good soldiers, with their protection, there is nothing to do." ”

The group had walked less than a mile when they heard the sound of noise and noise in the distance, as well as the sound of gongs and drums. Geng Dunru's face changed, and he hurriedly sent someone to investigate, and after a while, the person who inquired replied in embarrassment: "Oh no, the robbers from the surrounding villages have joined forces, gathered more than a thousand people, and are coming to this side, I am afraid that they will be assassinated." ”

Geng Dunru said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, these thieves dare to violate the Qincha Tiger Driver, and there will be no royal law?" Hurry back to the village, ring the bell and beat the drum, gather the old and young masters of our Geng family, and fight to the death with these robbers, but you can't let them hurt Qincha. ”

Yan Hong looked at Geng Dunru's face, but his face was as usual, and he ordered: "Come on, go and invite the heads of those villages and let them talk back immediately." I want to see, who is bold enough to attack the imperial court, is it all tired of life? ”

Tao Zhi hugged his fists and said: "Obey!" "With two Beijing Jinyi guards, Pegasus came out. After a while, he let the horse run back and said, "Qincha, someone brought it." I saw more than a dozen people, trotting all the way to the horse, and without waiting to see the appearance, they all knelt on the ground and said: "The grass people knock on the big lord of Qincha, the big lord Gaohou Wandai, and the sun is rising." ”

When Yan Hong took a closer look, the older of these people was sixty or seventy years old, and the younger ones were forty or fifty years old, and they all seemed to be the heads of a village and a village, so he asked: "I heard that the head of the Geng family said that you are very strong in Pingsuri, and now you are gathering clansmen and gathering with weapons, do you want to kill officials and rebel?" ”

Those people hurriedly said: "The old man is gracious, he is wronged." Xiaomin and the others heard that the eldest master had come here, and they knew that Geng Shaoquan, the thief, had attempted a mutiny and was taken to prison. I was afraid that the Geng family would harbor evil intentions, premeditate to rescue the thief, and assassinate Qincha, so I summoned the young and strong people in their respective clans to come to guard, and the master will check clearly. ”

Geng Dunru said angrily: "Nonsense, the old man has always been law-abiding, but he is a first-class good citizen, how could he do such a rebellious thing as assassinating Qincha." ”

"Phew! Old killer, do you still have the face to say that you have always been law-abiding? More than 100 acres of land in my Li family were taken by your Geng family, and my poor third son was killed, and now in front of the Qin Cha, this account must be settled with you! ”

"Yes, Geng Dunru! At the beginning, Geng Shaoquan went to my family's mill, if you don't hand over the mill today, we will fight to the death with you! ”

"Master, the Geng family grabs water every year, and they rely on brute force to oppress us and others, I don't know how many lives we have lost, and please ask the master to be the master."

Yan Hong saw that these people were arguing in a mess, and he was happy in his heart, you people bite each other here, and this official just profites from it. But he said with an angry look on his face: "Duh! Hugh is clamoring, in my opinion, Mr. Geng is kind and kind-eyed, is he the one who does evil? You will follow me to Gengjiazhai, and then you will talk about it in detail, if there is no evidence to slander a good person, this official will never tolerate it! ”

Those patriarchs and village elders said: "Yes, yes, the great lord of Qincha is hanging high, and he naturally knows good and evil, and the small people and others are all in charge of the lord." We will go with the eldest master, and these children will naturally follow to protect the eldest lord Wan'an. ”

Geng Dunru thought to himself, if more than 1,000 strong men from the surrounding villages entered Geng's village, it would be difficult for me to go both ways in advance and retreat, so he said with a bitter face: "How much grain and rice do these people consume every day, my Geng family's property is limited, and I am really afraid that I can't afford it." ”

The dozen or so patriarchs and village elders would not let go of the armed forces they relied on to protect themselves, so they hurriedly said: "Don't bother with Lao Qincha, I will prepare rations a long time ago, and it will not be a problem to stay for six or seven days." "These people have rich experience in the struggle for water and land, and they know that it is normal for a large-scale armed fight to last three or five days, so it is not difficult to carry food with them.

Yan Hong naturally will not drive this new force away, and when he goes to Geng's village, with these anti-Geng people, he will occupy the absolute initiative. If you really turn your face, it's hard to say that this team will beat others, and if you fight Gengjiazhai, you can fight hard without mobilization. Therefore, he sneered: "Patriarch Geng was originally afraid that people would eat too much food, but this is okay. I heard that Geng Shaoquan has a lot of furniture, and when the time comes, he will steal his family's money and grain, and there should still be food for a few meals of this thousand people. If it doesn't work out, if Patriarch Geng is still afraid of being poor, do you want Ben Qin to send a letter to the treasury of Taizhou Mansion and transfer him 100 stone grain and rice out? (To be continued......)