Qiu Yi thought to herself: If I reveal my identity and discernment, I am afraid that you will be scared to death, but she said: "So, do you agree with the reinforcements from outside the city to enter the city?" ”

Tang Fatzi immediately laughed and said, "Agree, agree, of course agree." Lord Qiu's command must be the division of tigers and wolves, and after entering the city, the little ones will naturally have to pool money to treat them well. ”

Qiu Yizhi is such a smart person, listening to the meaning of this fat man's words, it is clear that except for more than 200 of his own men, the rest of the soldiers outside the city cannot enter the city - this is unacceptable to Qiu Yizhi.

So he sneered and said bluntly: "Do you fat man think I'm a three-year-old child?" Let me tell you, not only my soldiers, but all the soldiers outside the city must enter the city to rest, and enter the city in three or five batches in turn, which is the final bottom line. If you only let my subordinates in, do you want Liu Jiedu to leave a relationship and have another notoriety? As he spoke, he turned his head and glared fiercely at Liu Qing, who had been silent for a long time.

Liu Qingfang had just been taken aback by Qiu Yizhi, and as soon as his eyes made eye contact with Qiu Yizhi's gaze, he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, but he didn't know what to say.

When the fat man saw it, his face was embarrassed, and he didn't distinguish anything from Qiu Yizhi, but squeezed his eyebrows vigorously at He Jiugong.

He Jiugong is also a good at observing words and feelings, knowing that this Tang fat man has something to say to himself, so he smiled and arched his hand at Qiu Yizhi and said: "Don't be anxious, the old man will go down and listen to what they have to say, and he will not disappoint the son." ”

With that, He Jiugong walked among the merchants and discussed and argued.

After about a cup of tea, he saw He Jiugong with a sad face and said, "Son, this matter is very difficult." Childe knows that our Zhou officials are not the superiors of these people, and these people don't have to listen to the orders of the officials, but the officials are thoughtful and measured in their words and actions to convince them. ”

"Jiugong means that you can't say it?" Qiu Yizhi said coldly.

He Jiu said fairly: "This matter is really difficult to do, there is a way to 'cut off people's wealth, like killing parents', more than 10,000 people outside the city come in, no one can keep it in order, if something happens, Zhou Daguan's prestige in the Jiangnan shopping mall will be swept away......"

Qiu Yizhi's face was already full of clouds when he heard this, and said: "If your words reach the ears of the soldiers outside the city, I don't know how they will hate you, maybe the thoughts that they didn't have in the first place will be aroused by you!" Don't blame me for my lack of moderation. ”

"What? What did you say? Are you going to plunder? Suddenly, there was a sharp rebuke from the hall.

Qiu Yizhi turned his head to look, but saw that Qian Feng, the assassin of Jiangnan Province, twisted a thin face a little deformed, and said with bared teeth: "Okay, you Qiu Yizhi, you dare to support the army and threaten the good people, do you know your guilt?" ”

Qiu Yizhi turned his head to look, but saw that Qian Feng, the assassin of Jiangnan Province, twisted a thin face a little deformed, and said with bared teeth: "Okay, you Qiu Yizhi, you dare to support the army and threaten the good people, do you know your guilt?" ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned by Qian Feng's words, and was stunned for a long time before he recalled that he had just said a few words, and indeed intentionally or unintentionally brought some threats, so he hurriedly made a gesture and explained: "Lord Qian, my subordinates are just in a hurry, please forgive me." ”

"Forgive me? That's easy for you to say! Everyone heard the words you just said, and it was clear that you wanted to set up arson and plunder the good people, and you had committed a big crime, even if the official intended to protect him, he was afraid that he would be ruthless and the law of the country would be ruthless! Qian Feng said mercilessly, "Also, since the beginning of the party, you have occupied the magpie's nest above my lobby, and you have no respect for the elders, where will you put your official and the court?" It's a mortal sin! ”

Qiu Yizhi was enlightened when he heard this, and thought: It turned out that he didn't take into account his boss when he was in a hurry, so that he lost face and didn't get a lot, so he was picky in the egg, and wanted to make a fuss about his own sin with just a few words.

Qiu Yi Zhiyuan is a person who never admits defeat and shows weakness in words, and when he encounters such an injustice, he naturally has to refute a few words with irony, and with his position in front of the emperor, it doesn't matter if someone accuses him of rebellion. However, he already tasted a trace of suspicion from the handwritten letter given to him by the emperor before, if Qian Feng sued at this juncture, although the emperor would not punish himself for this, but over time, it was difficult to ensure that the emperor had any thoughts about him.

Thinking about this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly said: "My lord, this is all to blame for the young and ignorant and open-mouthed lower officials, and the lower officials admit their mistakes first." As he spoke, he took a deep soak, got up and said, "But the lower official is really unintentional, and I hope that the lord will forgive the sin!" ”

Qian Feng listened to Qiu Yizhi's loose mouth and begged for mercy, and he was more and more proud, and said: "It's that the official has the intention to let you go, but if you just said it, so many businessmen in the hall have heard it, so why should you deal with it?" ”

As he spoke, Qian Feng raised his head and asked the merchants in the hall: "Lord Fang Caiqiu's threats to you, you have all listened to it, but you have to leave a witness." ”

But he didn't expect that as soon as Qian Feng's words fell, he heard He Jiugong say: "What Lord Qiu just said, we didn't hear anything!" ”

This time it was Qian Feng's turn to be stunned, seeing that He Jiugong was full of white hair and innocent and honest, and he thought that he was old and ear-back, he really didn't hear Qiu Yizhi's words clearly, so he asked loudly again: "Lord Fang Caiqiu's words are convincing, can you all hear clearly?" Tell me the truth! ”

He Jiugong immediately said: "You didn't hear Lord Qiu's words clearly, but you always heard Lord Qian's words clearly, right?" If you have anything to say, you have to think about it and tell the truth, if anyone is untrustworthy, my old nine can't spare him! ”

After listening to He Jiugong's powerful lesson, the dozen or twenty businessmen in the hall were as quiet as cicadas, and none of them dared to speak as a bird.

Seeing this, He Jiugong smiled with satisfaction, knelt down in front of Qian Feng with a "poof", and said, "Lord Hui, what Lord Qiu just said, no one seems to have heard it!" ”

Qian Feng is also a person who has been up and down in the sea for decades, of course, it can be seen that it is He Jiugong who suppresses the businessmen and does not let them speak, but this old man is extremely humble in his attitude and words, so that Qian Feng can't find the slightest fault.

Just as Qian Feng blew his beard and stared, he was so angry that he couldn't say half a word, but he saw a soldier stumbling in outside the door, knelt down in front of Liu Qing, the envoy of the festival, and said: "General, general, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!" ”

Liu Qing's bribery of businessmen had just been exposed, and when he was upset, he heard the soldier's impatient tone, and he didn't want to think about it, so he said angrily: "What are you panicking about? Don't you see we're on the table? What big deal can be? Don't let me go down yet! ”

The soldier said "yes" but did not get up and exit the hall, but said: "It is an urgent military situation, the Japanese are attacking, there are about seven or eight hundred people, and please ask the general to decide!" ”

Liu Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and thought to himself: The news I heard before said that the Japanese were sparse and sparse, and there were only four or five hundred people in total, how could there be so many seven or eight hundred? But after all, this Liu Qing is a long-time battle-hardened person, knowing the news obtained by ordinary detectives, it is very rare to be half reliable, if it is really as reported by this soldier, there are nearly a thousand Japanese people attacking Jinling, it is a big thing.

So Liu Qing said to the kneeling herald: "Where are the seven or eight hundred widows? Don't talk about hearsay, if casual nonsense shakes the morale of the army, see how I punish you! ”

The herald hurriedly said: "How dare the villain say nonsense, if the general doesn't believe it, go to the head of Dongcheng City to take a look, the widows have gathered into a large pile, and they can count them!" ”

"What? All the pirates were killed under Jinling City? Liu Qing secretly exclaimed, and was just about to run to the east of the city wall, when he suddenly remembered that there was an emperor standing beside him, so he gave a military salute to Qiu Yizhi and said, "My lord, why don't we go to the city to see the situation?" ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded, then led Lin Shuhan and galloped towards Jinling with Liu Qing. After following Qiu Yizhi into the lobby of the mansion, the two lieutenant generals who had not spoken a word like a scarecrow also followed out.

The Jinling city wall is built very elegantly and neatly, not only the bricks of the city wall are made of the top number of green bricks, but even the brick joints are filled with glutinous rice sauce, so this city wall that is nearly two hundred years longer than the Han Guozuo has been in the past four hundred years, and how many wars and attacks have been received in these four hundred years, even the bricks have not been loosened.

Such a strong city wall, according to legend, was built by a wealthy merchant in the previous dynasty, but his fart was slapped on the horse's feet, so the rich and rival country's financial resources committed a holy taboo, the city wall was built soon after the emperor found a reason, not only the family property was confiscated, but he was also exiled for 3,000 miles, and finally died in a foreign land.

Starting from that wealthy businessman, no matter how rich the businessman is, he must always have an official position up and down to be at ease, otherwise if the government is more serious, he will become a piggy bank of the imperial court.

Despite this, the city wall of Jinling City is still reassuring enough, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Qing stood on the city wall of Jiangnan Province, and saw that although there were many Japanese invaders, they did not see any siege equipment they carried, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Qiu Yizhi beside him: "My lord, the Japanese have no ladder artillery carts, it seems that there is no plan to attack the city, my lord, don't worry." ”

"Rest assured, what is assured?" Qiu Yizhi said angrily, "Do you know that there are nearly 10,000 reinforcements outside in Jinling City, don't you see that there are nearly 10,000 reinforcements outside?" This group of people has not yet rested, their morale is not high, and their combat strength is limited, how can they resist the attack of the Japanese invaders? Quick, you quickly organize the officials and troops in the city, then go out of the city to face the battle, and kill the Japanese invaders first. ”

Liu Qing said: "My lord, you have to listen to me in this matter." You think, this Jinling City is related to half of the south of the Yangtze River, if something goes wrong, it will shake the world, anyway, my head can't afford it......"

He pointed to the city again and said: "My lord, look again, although there are many Japanese robbers, there are less than a thousand people, but there are nearly 10,000 reinforcements from outside the city, and one person who soaked urine also smoked the Japanese to death, so you can rest assured." ”

Qiu Yizhi heard Liu Qing say the truth, but he knew in his heart: The Japanese are extremely strong in individual combat, if ordinary people and others confront them for the first time, five or six people may not be able to get close to them, so often a small group of seven or eight people can defeat hundreds of officers and soldiers, not to mention that there are nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers gathered under Jinling City now?

While he was thinking about it, the soldiers defending the city in Jinling City had already climbed the city wall one after another with bows, arrows and spears, and stood at the head of the city. They moved quite quickly and orderly, and they were obviously much stronger than the Jiangnan officers and troops that Qiu Yizhi had dealt with in Shanyin County before.

Suddenly, a soldier at the head of the city stretched out his hand and pointed to the city, and shouted loudly: "Look, the Japanese are attacking." There was some trepidation in his tone.