Chapter 218: Deterrence
In this way, Zhu Gui successfully used psychological tactics to 'attack' Ma Renjie's psychological defense line and let the other party use it for him.
It's just that at present, his ability to Ma Renjie is only based on the means that the other party has shown before, and he can be said to not know how much talent the other party has.
This is enough to show Zhu Gui's love for talent.
When Zhu Gui arranged all this, turned around and left the room and was about to tell Liao Qinghai to send someone to take good care of Ma Renjie, he saw the other party coming over with a blue face.
"Lord Wang, it's a big deal, those Diao people actually want to rush the county guard, the situation is urgent, you better leave through the back door with the lower officials."
Liao Qinghai said anxiously.
"Oh? How so? How did you become a county guard? ”
Zhu Gui didn't expect things to come to this point, originally the primary goal of his trip to Taiyuan was to eradicate these local 'tumors', but he didn't expect that in the end it was these people who caused him a lot of trouble.
"At present, it seems that it is caused by the fact that the prince saved Ma Renjie, but Xia Guan feels that this matter is not so simple, and it is likely that someone is behind the scenes."
Liao Qinghai analyzed.
Zhu Gui nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but now, who else dares to do this, and has the ability to do this?" ”
It stands to reason that the opposition forces in Taiyuan have almost been swept away, and the remaining family forces have all taken refuge in the three major families.
Could it be that the three major families have other ideas? But how dare they do this when they all know Zhu Gui's identity?
And do they really think that just by virtue of these people, they can really do what to Zhu Gui?
But no matter what the truth of this matter is, the mob that has stormed the county guard is still to be dealt with at the moment.
There was already a dense sound of footsteps from far and near, and it seemed that the officers and soldiers of the county guard had been lost.
Soon, a group of civilians with various 'weapons' rushed to the courtyard.
Seeing this, Liao Qinghai hurriedly protected Zhu Gui behind him, and also shouted: "Lord Wang, go quickly, I'll drag them down." ”
In a panic, he inadvertently revealed Zhu Gui's identity.
But now is not the time to pay attention to this, and the mob on the other side doesn't care about it at all.
"Dare to make a fool of the people, you dare to rush into the county guard's mansion, what do you want to do?" Liao Qinghai shouted loudly.
When the people at the front heard Liao Qinghai's words, they seemed to be sober up and wanted to stop.
But there were people behind them who kept pushing them, so the courtyard soon crowded in with nearly a hundred people.
"Liao Qinghai, you harbor the murderer, and you are not worthy of being a local county guard."
"That's right, when those gangs were rampant, you didn't pay attention to them at all, and now that they have fallen, you still cover them, it's really an unforgivable sin."
Several voices could be heard in the crowd, but no one was to speak.
But it succeeded in stirring up the emotions of this group of people.
"Catch Liao Qinghai and bring down the corrupt officials."
"Catch Liao Qinghai and bring down the corrupt officials."
For a while, the crowd was excited, and these instigated people surrounded them with red eyes.
But Liao Qinghai was hard to argue, so he could only protect Zhu Gui behind him and retreat step by step.
"Okay, Liao Junshou, it's already obvious that someone is indeed making waves, leave it to me now."
Zhu Gui said.
"But, the prince ......" Liao Qinghai wanted to say something, but when he saw that there was suddenly an extra cannon beside Zhu Gui, he was immediately dumbfounded.
Zhu Gui didn't want to bombard civilians, he just wanted to scare these people.
But he forgot one thing, that is, not many people in this era have never seen cannons, let alone Shenwu cannons that have not yet appeared in history.
As a result, although these ordinary people were startled by the sudden appearance of the Shenwu cannon, they were about to rush over again.
Zhu Gui finally realized the problem, but now, he can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he raised the angle of the Shenwu cannon, and then lit the fuse.
With a loud bang, the ground shook a little.
The people closest to the Shenwu cannon were all dizzy, and the people on the opposite side who were caught off guard were even more frightened and fell to the ground.
But this was not over, after the shells of the Shenwu cannon directly penetrated the courtyard wall behind them, they blew a big crater in the ground.
Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise there would be no bones left.
But the power of this cannon still succeeded in intimidating everyone present.
They looked at Zhu Gui in amazement, or at least at the steel monster next to him.
Seeing that these people had finally 'calmed down', Liao Qinghai hurriedly remobilized the officers and soldiers who had already been dispersed.
Once again, a situation of confrontation between the two sides has formed.
Liao Qinghai shouted to everyone: "Please don't be impulsive, although Ma Renjie is the leader of the bandits, he still needs to be tried by the county guard for his crimes before he can be convicted." ”
His words finally reminded them of the purpose of their trip.
"Lord County Guard, most of us here have been bullied by those gangs, and now that they have finally gotten the fate they deserve, we all applauded, and now we only hope that you can hand over Ma Renjie."
"That's right, not killing Ma Renjie is not enough to make people angry."
"Kill Ma Renjie."
Everyone began to shout slogans, but due to the 'threat' of the Shenwu cannon, they were no longer as excited as before, but wanted to put pressure on Liao Qinghai.
Zhu Gui looked at the scene in front of him a little speechlessly, this Taiyuan City is really magical enough, even these clans are everyone, even the temper of the people here is so hot, it is too easy to be fanned.
However, he also noticed that several people in the crowd were talking to each other, as if they were plotting something.
Although I don't know if it's the person who led public opinion before, these people must also be one of the driving forces behind the scenes.
So Zhu Gui asked Liao Qinghai to mobilize officers and soldiers to arrest people, and he himself spoke a few words on his behalf.
"Listen to me, the destruction of many gangs in Taiyuan City this time is actually the credit of Liao Junshou, otherwise who do you think has the ability to do something to cover up?"
"Moreover, no matter what crime Ma Renjie committed, it should be handed over to the government and the court to deal with it in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a crime for you to use the death penalty."
Zhu Gui's words made everyone in the courtyard silent again, and their faces were very responsible.
They didn't know Zhu Gui's identity, but the other party had a cannon in his hand, so it was impossible to despise the other party's words.
But just then, another sharp voice rang out in the crowd: "Who are you?" Is it your turn to speak here? I see that you are in the same group as Ma Renjie, and you just want to delay time and let him escape, right? ”