Niu Ji returned to his residence, and he always remembered the look in his mind when the handsome man looked at him when he left, and after thinking about it, he always felt that the handsome look was wrong, and the handsome didn't look at people like that before.

Niu Ji called Wu Peng to the room again, and asked him very seriously: "Are you sure, you really didn't let people find out?" ”

Wu Peng felt that he was a little scared in his heart, these four boxes of silver were greedy, what was the use of being afraid at this time.

Wu Peng hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, all the people who moved things at that time were people from our pro-army team, and they were all trustworthy brothers, and I guarantee that no one else knows about this." ”

As soon as Niu Ji heard this, the panic in his heart dissipated a little.

But as soon as Wu Peng left, he suddenly thought that there was another important person who also knew the inside story.

He hurriedly called Wu Peng back and said to him: "It's not good, we forgot the most important person!" ”

Wu Peng hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

"Zhu Changwei, the king of Fengcheng, he was sent to Qingjiang by us, how much property the palace has, he knows much better than us!"

When Wu Peng heard this, he was immediately stunned, he made a lot of calculations, and forgot to include the master of the palace.

Niu Ji was also panicked at this time, he kept walking back and forth in the hall, patting his head in annoyance and regretting: "I'm really stupid, how could I listen to your words to be greedy for that silver, once the big handsome sees the king of Fengcheng, how much silver we embezzle will be known by the big boss immediately, and then you and I will inevitably be stabbed on the head!" ”

"The marshal is strict in governing the army, and there has been a clear order, if you embezzle one or two pieces of silver, you will be beheaded, we are not greedy for one or two, it is tens of thousands of taels, so much silver, it is not enough to chop us up!"

Wu Peng only realized the seriousness of the matter at this time, his eyes rolled slightly, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind.

He immediately grabbed Niu Ji's arm and said, "General, I have a way, we may be able to live!" ”

"What's the solution?" Niu Ji was like a drowning child at this time, and he had to hold on to a straw tightly.

"Let's go to the army!"

When Niu Ji heard this, he was stunned, he looked at Wu Peng in surprise and said, "What? You asked me to betray the commander and join the army? ”

Wu Peng sighed: "General, how can we survive besides?" Now that the king of Fengcheng has been escorted to Qingjiang, this corruption will be known by the marshal sooner or later, and we will still inevitably die at that time, if we want to live, we can only go to the official army, general, we can't hesitate! ”

Niu Ji also began to struggle at this time, he was a little reluctant to give up his hard-earned results over the years, thinking that he was just a farmer, if it wasn't for a few martial arts, where would he be like today.

"But my wife and children are in Yichun, if we go to join the official army, what will they do?"

Wu Peng saw that his leader was at this time, and he was still thinking about his wife and children in his hometown, and suddenly said angrily: "General, we have money and people, are you afraid that we will not have wives and children in the future?" Besides, in this war, our commander may not be able to win the official army, I think that Liu Liangzuo's subordinates are not weak, and it is difficult to say whether the commander will lose in his hands.

We were originally anti-thieves, and now you lead the team to join the imperial court, as long as you follow the imperial army to eliminate the marshal, then you are not a thief, but a hero of the imperial court. ”

As soon as Niu Ji heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened.

He pulled out his sword, cut off a corner of the table with a sword, and said, "Hmph, the eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under the people for a long time!" You immediately send someone north to contact the official army camp, and say that I want to surrender and ask them if they are willing to accept it! ”

"Yes!"

........

Mo Qian returned with the captive Zhu Changwei, and after returning to the county seat, Mo Qian met this rich prince.

Zhu Changwei is not very old, he is less than thirty years old this year, his long eyebrows are clear and beautiful, as soon as he saw Mo Qian, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "The king spares his life, the king spares his life!" ”

Mo Qian looked at Zhu Changwei, who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and asked with a smile: "You say, why should I spare you?" ”

Zhu Changwei thought for a while and said, "I am willing to give all my family wealth to the righteous army as a military salary, and I am also willing to give my wife and concubine to the king to enjoy." ”

Mo Qian sneered: "I can take what you said myself, your family wealth has long been copied by my subordinates, and your wives and concubines have now become prisoners of the righteous army and are imprisoned, these things are not your bargaining chips now." ”

Zhu Changwei panicked when he heard this, the only thing he could think of to save his life was his woman and property, if these two things didn't work, then what else could he use?

At this time, a personal soldier walked in, he whispered a word in Mo Qian's ear, Mo Qian frowned after hearing it, and asked, "What you said is true?" ”

The soldier replied: "Dashuai, a brother from the same village is in General Niu's pro-soldier team, he witnessed everything with his own eyes last night, Dashuai doesn't believe it, you can ask this prince." ”

Mo Qian nodded, he turned his head and asked Zhu Changwei, who was kneeling on the ground, "King Fengcheng, Ben Shuai has a question for you." ”

Zhu Changwei hurriedly said: "Although the king asks, I will answer truthfully." ”

"Ben Shuai asked you how many chests of gold and silver treasures are in the treasure cabinet in your mansion."

Zhu Changwei thought for a while and replied: "All I use at home are excellent extra-large wooden boxes, including seven boxes of silver, totaling about 70,000 taels, one box of gold, about 20,000 taels, and some rare jewelry, about three or four boxes. ”

Mo Qian nodded after hearing this, and sent someone to take Zhu Changwei down.

He called Cheng Zhidun, who was in charge of logistics in the city, and asked him, "How many things did the Third Brigade send over today?" ”

When Cheng Zhidun heard this, he hurriedly asked someone to bring the account book, and after finding it, he said to Mo Qian: "Dashuai, a total of 5,000 stone of rice, 30,000 taels of silver, 15,000 taels of gold, and four boxes of rare treasures, these things have not yet been calculated, I don't know how much they are worth!" ”

Mo Qian's face instantly darkened after hearing this, and he slapped the table angrily and scolded: "Kill!" ”

Cheng Zhidun knew that the matter was big at a glance, and the handsome man rarely got so angry, Cheng Zhidun asked cautiously: "Dashuai, what's wrong?" ”

Mo Qian said: "Just now King Fengcheng said that he had 70,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of gold in his house, and the gold and silver sent by Niu Ji were only half. ”

Cheng Zhidun was also taken aback when he heard it.

"What? Cow ginseng will actually be corrupt? ”

Mo Qian glanced at him and said: "Hmph, it's not just corruption, but also big greed, if these moths are not killed, how can I lead the troops, come to someone, immediately tie up Niu Ji and his personal army for me, and send the order to Qian Dayou, immediately lead the troops to Zhangshu to take over the post of general of the Third Brigade." ”

After receiving the order, Qian Dayou immediately led three hundred soldiers to the east by boat, and arrived outside Zhangshu Town in less than half an hour.

As soon as Qian Da arrived, he immediately shouted to the soldiers guarding the city: "I am Qian Xiao, the deputy chief soldier of the second battalion, open the city gate immediately!" ”

As soon as the soldiers defending the city heard that it was the deputy chief soldier coming, they did not dare to delay, and immediately reported the matter to the general Niu Ji.

Not long after Niu Jicai sent people to the official army camp, he heard that the deputy chief soldier was coming, and he was immediately frightened half to death.

He called Wu Peng and asked, "The deputy chief soldier is here, it must be the East Window incident, what should we do?" ”

Wu Peng gritted his teeth and said: "What else can I do, I can't open the city gate, as soon as I open the city gate, we will be finished!" ”

Niu Ji was right when he thought about it, and immediately ordered: "Don't open the door, whoever dares to open the door, I will kill him!" ”

Qian Dayou waited outside the west gate for a long time, but he didn't see the city gate open, so he hurriedly called someone to shout again.

After a while, several heads appeared on the city wall and shouted to the city: "Niu Ginseng will have an order, not to open the city gate!" ”

Qian Dayou's nose was crooked when he heard it, and he pointed to the city head and scolded: "His grandmother's, Lao Tzu is the deputy chief soldier of the second battalion, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you don't even listen to the military orders of your superiors, right, believe it or not, I slaughtered you?" ”

The soldiers defending the city were really in a dilemma at this time, and behind him stood the pro-army team of General Niu Shen, and the knives were directly behind his back.

At the gate of the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city had already been transferred, and the guards at the gate were all Niu Ji's personal soldiers, these people were all strong men selected by Niu Ji from the captives, and they were all tall and big.

Niu Ji transferred them to the pro-soldier team, and another person gave twenty taels of silver, and the gang immediately swore allegiance to Niu Ji.

The Third Brigade was originally the one with the most prisoners, and no matter how strict Qian Dayou's orders were, there was no money or threats.

Qian Dayou saw that he couldn't open the city gate, so he had a bad premonition in his heart.

He turned his head to his subordinates and said, "Turn around and go back to Qingjiang immediately, you can't stay here!" ”

The soldiers under him also realized that something was wrong, and one of the hundred households asked, "Deputy Chief Soldier, is General Niu Shen going to rebel?" ”

"How dare he? If he dares to rebel, I will be the first to kill him!" Qian Dayou said this, but he had already begun to beat the drum in his heart.

Qian Dayou immediately returned to Qingjiang by boat and told Mo Qian that everything was wrong with Niu Ji.

When Mo Qian heard this, he was furious, "It's really hard wings, hmph, prepare a boat for me, Ben Shuai will go to Zhangshu in person!" ”

When the handsome man went out, there were naturally not a few people with him, and Qian Dayou directly transferred 2,000 people to follow Mo Qian and set off.

These two thousand people are all veterans of the First Brigade, and their combat effectiveness is more than two grades higher than that of the prisoners of the Third Brigade.

Mo Qian came directly to the outside of Zhangshu City with two thousand soldiers and horses, and asked his subordinates to shout to the city wall: "The marshal is here in person, Niu Ji should not hurry up and get out to greet him!" ”

The soldiers defending the city were really dumbfounded, the deputy chief soldier left, and the marshal came in person.

Niu Ji thought that Qian Da would leave, and at least he would have to wait for half a day before the marshal would send a second wave of people, but he didn't expect that after such a while, the marshal actually came directly with two thousand people.

This speed was so fast that Niu Ji didn't have time to react at all, and when Niu Ji was about to run away with the gold and silver, Mo Qian had already led a large group of men and horses to block him directly at the East City Gate.

Looking at the big box loaded in the carriage, Mo Qian's face was black and black.

"Old Niu, this is what you did?"

When Niu Ji looked at Mo Qian standing in front of him, his legs suddenly weakened, and he fell to his knees and cried: "Dashuai spares his life...."

The next day, Mo Qian held a special ceremony in Linjiang Mansion to observe the execution, and he was to publicly execute thirty-three people.

These thirty-three people, except for Niu Ji, the general of the Third Brigade, the rest are all Niu Ji's personal army.

The charge of the execution was very straightforward, embezzlement!