Sterling looked coldly at Illinin's smug smile and said, "You come with me." Turning around, he walked first to the hallway outside the dining room.

Ilyinin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up to follow.

There was no one in the hallway.

Sterling stood still: "The mutiny you instigated?" he asked Ilyinin, who was following behind, without looking back.

Yi Linning was shocked, and hurriedly defended: "My lord, this has nothing to do with the lower official! How can the lower official be regarded as a family official, how can he do such a rebellious thing? What's more, the soldiers are all Gu Lan's subordinates, how can I command it? Not to mention ......?"

As if he hadn't heard Ilinin's argument at all, Sterling turned around and asked with a smile, "Why did you do such a thing because of the mutiny you planned?"

"My lord, the lower official just happened to know that Gu Lan's troops were unstable, and he guessed casually, and he couldn't be the ......."

"Coincidentally?" Sterling smiled: "You "coincidentally" sat next to me, and when others spoke, they "coincidentally" laughed so that I "coincidentally" saw it, and "accidentally" said a lot of things to me-what a "coincidence" was, you know everything about them very well - and even more "coincidentally" it was that Gu Lan's troops were about to mutiny, and he didn't know it, but you didn't serve the prophet!"

Stirling smiled, "Your Excellency the Governor, my friend Dilin has said something to me, which I always remember very clearly: once by chance, twice by coincidence, and the third time was—" He leaned close to Ilyinin's ear and whispered, "Something malicious!"

"Now, Your Excellency Governor Irinin, who planned the malicious incident, what exactly are your plans, you can now tell. ”

Ilyinin's face was pale: "My lord, the lower official really has no malicious intent, the lower official just wants to ......"

"You just think: first: there were originally three deputy commanders in the Far East, but after Lei Hong rebelled, there was a vacancy; second: the deputy commanders have always been promoted from the red-clothed banner, and among the twenty-three provinces in the Far East, only the Ilia Province guarded by you and the Deya Province guarded by Gulan Town did not fall, and the credit is the greatest, and the two of you are the most qualified to run for the position of deputy commander; third: if Gu Lan's subordinates carry out a mutiny, even if it is quelled, it will inevitably make me unhappy, and he will also lose the qualification to compete with you, so the fat shortage of the position of deputy commander of the Far East will fall into your hands- Is that what you think? Your Excellency Governor Irinin?"

Sterling still had a gentle smile on his face, but his words were harsh. Ilyinning threw him into a big mess, and then he realized that this young commander, who always had a kind smile, seemed to only know about war, and was very confused about politics, had such insightful judgment. The phrase "a gentleman can be bullied" does not apply to him at all. Ilynin has always prided himself on being strong and strong, but when he stood in front of Sterling, he felt like a **naked baby, and he was seen through by the other party in less than a second, and he was ridiculous that he was still complacent, thinking that he had mastered this "fledgling hairy boy" in applause.

In front of such an opponent, the only and best way is to be honest.

"My lord, the lower official admits that you did have such an idea when you said that you wanted to be promoted to the deputy commander of the Far East. ”

Sterling's tone softened: "The water flows down, people climb up, you are already a red-clothed banner, and it is human nature to want to go to the next level, you have a great contribution to the death of the family alone and protect the safety of millions of people! But you should not use this method to frame your colleagues, or even incite the troops to mutiny......

"Your Excellency," Ilynn interrupted him, "do you think what I just said is slander?"

Sterling looked at him silently.

"My lord, I confess that my motives are indeed filthy, I want to be promoted and rich, I want to deliberately show that you will pay attention to me and remember me, and I want you to mention a sentence or two at the meeting of the Command Office: "I think that Irinin is a good man, and he deserves to be a deputy commander!" - I confess that I am inferior to the deceased Far Eastern Commander Ge Yingxing, who is incorruptible and upright, and I am not as good as Governor Lin Wei who defended the city in Minsk and was martyred. I admit that I also have some empty salary, and I probably falsely report the quota of fifteen soldiers, otherwise the salary of the red-clothed banner book is too small to cover the entertainment expenses; I am also greedy for life and afraid of death, and when I am fighting, I always hide behind the soldiers and shout: "Brothers, rush forward!"

"But," Ilyinin gritted his teeth and hated him: "Compared to the group of scum in the house, Lao Tzu is a hundred times cleaner than them even if he shits!"

"My lord, don't you believe it? You asked me for evidence? Simple, this group of bastards sitting there by themselves is evidence in itself! It is evidence that they have abandoned the people, abandoned the army, abandoned their territory and fled! Governor Lin Wei is dead, the commander of the crusading army, Li Qi, is dead, 300,000 soldiers of the Far Eastern Army are dead, and millions of innocent people are dead, but why are they still alive and happy here? They are the culprits who caused this qiē!"

"They usually expropriate and expropriate, and the orcs are so poor that they can't even put on their pants, and they hold a bark to cover their shame -- that's it, they still have to be taxed! If they can't pay it, they will scream and cry! They are simply -- brutes!-- yes, they are brutes! As you have just seen, eating human brains alive is nothing new to this group of scum, and some things are creepy just to listen to, so I won't say it, lest I dirty my mouth and scare you, my lord!"

"Well, when they provoked the anger of the people everywhere, and the wolf smoke was everywhere, and every orc was so hated that we humans gritted their teeth, they saw that the momentum was not right, and they hurried to run - in a light carriage, with the guards, with a million net worth, with their wives - and left the common people who had no ability to resist at all, and killed the rebels to vent their anger! They did evil, but let the ordinary people and soldiers bear it! There are several provinces and regions in the Far East, which were originally the most prosperous and densely populated areas, but now you can go and see, you can't even find a fart except for dead people's skeletons!"

Sterling listened quietly to Irinin's excited speech, but waves swirled in his heart. Combined with what he had seen and heard along the way, he knew that what Irinin said was the truth. In fact, just looking at Ilyinin's angry red face, he also knew that what this person was saying now could not be a lie.

He said calmly: "There are still good officials." In addition to Governor Lin Wei, didn't Governor Gulan also stick to his post and didn't flee?"

"Ha, ha" Eliinin smiled exaggeratedly: "Gu Lan?!He is even more shameless than those above! If he is really so "loyal to his duty", his subordinates are full of food and support the mutiny?"

Ilyinin then told Sù Stirling that after the rebellion in the Far East, Gu Lan panicked and gave an absurd order: to kill all the non-human races in the province of De Yaxing, for fear that they would become the rebels' internal response. The commander of a division in the garrison, who was usually very popular, led everyone to resist and refused to carry out this order, and told Sù Gulan: If this is really done, I am afraid that before the rebels outside have come in, the inside will revolt first!

Sterling smiled, "Well said. What's the name of this division commander?"

Ilyinin replied: "His name is Garcia, and he is a flag book. He continued: "Then came the bad news of the defeat of the royal master at Chishuitan, Gu Lan was so frightened that his hands and feet were weak, and he packed up his family property overnight and prepared to flee to Valen Fortress. The commander of that division, Garcia knew that if the governor Gu Lan really ran away, then the entire province would be disheartened and collapse without a fight. He made a quick decision and led people to arrest Gu Lan overnight, put him under house arrest in his governor's palace, and prevented him from contacting outsiders. In his capacity as the Governor's agent, he issued an order to recruit the people's army and call on the whole province to unite as one. He also took out all the property of Gu Lan for military expenses, and finally formed an army of nearly 100,000 or so to repel the rebels who would commit crimes, and even came to the rescue of my Ilia Province at a critical moment. ”

Sterling exclaimed, "Courage and knowledge!" Where is this man, is he here tonight? Ilinning shook his head: "My lord, he is dead." ”

Sterling was surprised: "Killed fighting with the rebels?"

"No, kill Gu Lan secretly. Ilyinning sighed: "As soon as the crisis passed, Gu Lan put on the posture of the governor again, summoned Garcia to the governor's palace, and said that he would be awarded a medal and promoted. Chen Yin happily brought a few meritorious officers over to receive the honor, but let Gu Lan's ambushed guards capture and kill all of them - Gu Lan wants to take revenge and vent his anger, and he is also afraid that Garcia will report his scandal to you. As for the deeds of the lone army and turning the tide, I'm sorry, it's all the credit of the Governor of Gulan. ”

"It's a secret, and it's not known yet. Now the garrison outside is Garth's subordinates, who have come to Gulan to ask for their old commander - I'll see what Gulan has to say to them!?"

Sterling was silent for a long time, and then asked the most crucial question: "How do you know?"

"My lord, before Gu Lan set out to kill Garcia, he asked me if I wanted to send some men over to help him - he didn't dare to use his own garrison. I didn't say yes. Before the garrison mutinied, they also contacted my troops, wanting to work together with the garrisons of the two provinces, and make a greater noise. Probably I didn't treat my subordinates very badly, and my subordinates didn't agree, and sued me. ”

"You knew that Gu Lan's troops were going to mutiny without informing him?"

"My lord, I'm not Gu Lan's father, and he's not my son, why should I inform him? My lord, don't worry, this mutiny is completely against Gu Lan alone, as long as you show your identity, those soldiers will never dare to offend you, you can rest assured that you can go back to the camp, no one dares to block your way." ”

Stirling stared deeply at Irinin and asked one last question: "Why are you talking to me so much, aren't you like them, the governor of the Far East?"

Facing Stirling's eyes as sharp as substance, Ilinkin did not shy away from it, and replied frankly: "My lord, in addition to the governor, I have a human conscience. ”

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The gate opened, and the mutinous soldiers saw a group of people come out, the leader of the group was of medium height, slightly tired, and looked at it with a kind of unangry and mighty temperament, which made people dare not face it, and the most conspicuous thing was a shining golden eagle badge on his shoulder, which was worn by only three people in the entire Far East, and now in the region of the province of Deya, there was only one person.

The soldiers automatically saluted: "Salute, Lord Sterling!"

Raheem Sterling returned the salute: "Good work, guys. ”

A leading officer stood up and said, "Where are you going?"

Sterling said calmly, "I don't think I'm obligated to explain it to Your Excellency, right?"

The officer was momentarily speechless. He thought for a moment and said, "My lord, we have no intention of making you an enemy. We just want Gulan to hand over our chief, Garcia. We apologize for your rudeness and that of your subordinates. He turned around and waved, "Make way for Lord Sterling!"

The soldiers behind all brushed out of the way, and the officer bowed down in a "please" motion. The officers of the zhōngyāng army who followed Stirling breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay, you can finally go.

But Stirling stopped: "I want to know, what are you doing here?" (a group of zhōngyāng army officers were so anxious that they stamped their feet in the back: When is it, it's still so wordy if you don't leave!)

The officer raised his voice slightly: "My lord, this has nothing to do with you, right? You better leave quickly, while we can still restrain our subordinates ......."

Stirling cut him off: "I am a member of the command office and a member of the Supreme Military Commission, so I can say that I have the right to intervene in what is happening in the family - is the province of Morphia no longer the territory of the Zichuan family?

The officer frowned, and the soldiers behind him also stirred uneasy: they were just dissatisfied with Gu Lan's behavior, but they had no intention of rebelling.

The officer said helplessly: "My lord, the subordinate has already reported to you: we are waiting for Gu Lan to hand over our commander Garcia's flag book - you better leave quickly, my lord, this is because we respect you very much, and we don't want anyone to offend your lordship......

Sterling cut him off again: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for your kindness, but I, Sterling, am just an ordinary soldier in the family, and I can't talk about any 'daughter'." - I would like to ask what you are going to do if Gu Lan refuses to hand over your chief?"

The officer said firmly, "Then we'll keep waiting!" until he wills!"

Stirling was shocked: the Garcia banner he had never met had such a charisma that even after his death, his men were still so loyal to him that they did not hesitate to launch a mutiny to rescue him......!

Sterling sighed and said, "Garcia Banner is dead. ”

The audience was shocked, and the soldiers buzzed into discussion. Ilyinin pulled his hair from behind: How could this news be told at this time! Once the angry soldier gets out of control, the consequences ......

The officer was so surprised that he couldn't believe it: "How is it possible? How can it be that such a good person as Lord Garcia can ......" Seeing Sterling's solemn face, he understood: this is true. The five big and three rough men actually squatted down and hugged their heads and cried, while the soldiers whimpered and said, "Lord Garcia is gone, what will we do in the future? Who will lead us? Who will defend the province of Deya?... Hateful Gu Lan!"

Someone shouted: "Pull Gu Lan out and kill him!"

As soon as he shouted, he immediately responded: "Yes, rush in, slaughter Gu Lan!" The soldiers were so angry that they drew their knives and were about to rush inside.

"Stop!" a loud shout was like thunder and rage, and everyone was calmed!

Sterling's figure stood like a mountain in front of the gate: "Do you know what you're doing? You're rebelling!

"You have lost your respectable and amiable commanders, and your family has lost good officers -- we are grieving as well! I understand your feelings, soldiers, but do you know what you are doing? When you rush in, once your sword is stained with blood, you are a traitor! Shameless traitor!"

"We are all soldiers, and we are not afraid of death! But there are more things in the world than death! If you die in battle, your relatives in distant places will be sad, will shed tears for you, and will miss you, but they will also offer holy flowers at your grave every year, and proudly say: "My good husband, my good son, he sacrificed his life for the country, facing God and the motherland, with a clear conscience!"

"But if you die as traitors, who will remember you? Who will grieve for you? Your corpse is not even allowed to be buried in the cemetery, but can only be thrown into the wilderness to feed wild dogs! Your name will bring shame on your whole family, and your family will be ashamed to face their neighbors and relatives, and will not dare to raise their heads! Soldiers, think carefully and restrain yourself!"

Stirling's words thundered loudly, and the mutinous soldiers all stopped and listened. One of the soldiers shouted, "Then Garcia's revenge cannot be avenged?

Stirling solemnly: "May the heroic spirit of Lord Garcia live forever! Soldiers, I hereby assure you: those who do wrongs will perish themselves! Zuona, a promise from the commander of the zhōngyāng army to you!"

"Garcia's banner was originally a national garrison, but unfortunately he was killed, and I posthumously recognized his second-level promotion on behalf of the command office and served as the deputy commander!" "Soldiers, follow me and listen to my orders! I represent the Zichuan family! Go back to your barracks, believe me, I will give you an explanation!"

The soldiers hesitated, but at last the weeping officer stood up and said to Sterling, "My lord, you promised us!?"

Sterling replied without hesitation: "Yes! I will give you an explanation! This is my promise!"

"Yes, we believe in Master Stirling, not an untrustworthy man!" The officer turned and shouted the slogan: "All in line! Turn left! Start and go!" The soldiers obeyed one by one, and the men and horses of the brigade walked back, gradually disappearing, only to hear the rhythmic pace of "click", which became smaller and smaller......

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Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no bloodshed on the spot. Tang Ping's army officer stepped forward to complain that Sterling was too reckless, what should he do if something happened......

Sterling smiled and said it would be fine, he understood the mentality and feelings of the soldiers.

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Irinin looked at Stirling blankly, his eyes straightened: just now Stirling was alone to block a large group of soldiers, and at that moment, Stirling's heroic figure, awe-inspiring momentum, and temperament without anger and authority had been deeply engraved in his mind.

Mu Ranjian. A thought popped into Ilyinin's mind: "This man will surely stand above ten thousand!"

Sterling's smile suddenly stiffened: a group of officials from the Far East came out of the hiding place behind the door, led by Gu Lan, who had been missing and could not be found just now!

He approached quickly with a smirk on his face, and said loudly: "Oh! Lord Stirling, it was too thrilling just now, but fortunately, my lord, you are righteous and awe-inspiring, and you have overwhelmed those nasty hills and eight in terms of momentum, and I really have blood boiling when I see it, and I can't wait to come out and fight side by side with you! It's a pity that I came out a little late, and my lord drove them away with the strength of one person, which is really brave and heroic! Xiaguan has opened his eyes today!"

The group of people in the back said: Yes, yes, what the number one warrior today!"

The officers of the zhōngyāng army exchanged disdainful glances: Where did you all hide just now? Now they all come out and brag about it!

Sterling smiled unconcernedly.

Ilyinin couldn't stand their shamelessness, and said sarcastically: "The time for you to come out is just right!"

Gu Lantian said cheekily: "The lower official originally wanted to come out early and fight side by side with Lord Stirling - but this stomach is not angry, just now it was bad, so I had to go to the thatched house - when I came out, fortunately Lord Stirling was brave, and I was ...... a thousand enemies" Before he finished speaking, a large number of troops appeared at the end of the long street.

Gu Lan's face turned pale: "It's not good, my stomach, ouch ouch, something is wrong again-sir, sir, you wait, I'm here to ......" turned around and fled, and was clamped by Sterling's powerful big hand on the shoulder, and he couldn't move for a while.

Sterling smiled and said, "Governor Gulan don't panic, see the banner clearly: that's my team coming!"

Although Gu Lan was thick-skinned, he only had a "hehe" smile and was speechless.

Qin Lu, the deputy commander of the zhōngyāng army, came over with a division of infantry, and he said to Stirling with a smile: "I heard just now that some unstable soldiers surrounded the governor's palace, so I brought people over to take a look. It's all good now, it seems that I'm coming for nothing. ”

Sterling also smiled: "Who said you came in vain? Let me introduce you: this is Gu Lan, the governor of Deya Province, this is the governor Liu Zifeng, this is the governor of Luo Linshuang, this is the governor Lu Hai, this is the governor Tang Guo, and this is a famous nobleman......" He smiled and introduced those people to Qin Lu one by one, and the other party was flattered with a smile on his face and hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands.

In the end, Sterling still smiled and said: "These are all famous families and high-ranking officials in our Far East, and they are the jīng Hua of our Far East! Qin Lu, can you recognize it clearly?"

Qin Lu didn't understand what Sterling meant, and said honestly: "Yes, I recognize it clearly." ”

"Okay!" Sterling smiled, and his eyebrows showed a murderous aura: "Take down all of them for me!"

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A dozen or so high-ranking officials were arrested at once, but Sterling was a little unsure of what to do. Asking for the opinions of his subordinates, there were different opinions, and Sterling himself was a little confused. He wrote to ask for the opinion of Di Lin and Zi Chuan Xiu.

Zichuan Xiu was taken aback when he heard this, he knew that Gu Lan and these people did not have any talents themselves, but the forces they represented were not trivial, and it would be very troublesome to provoke them Sterling.

He hurriedly wrote back to Stirling, proposing that there were only two solutions: one: let them all go immediately, and Sterling would apologize to them, even if it didn't happen (Sterling shook his head);

Sterling was very dissatisfied with Zichuan Xiu's opinion: Gu Lan and others are indeed guilty, but some people are not guilty to death, besides, they should also have the right to a fair trial, and they should go through a legal judicial trial, establish the crime, and clearly prove the punishment, so as to convince the people of the world. How can he reflect justice by killing him so secretly? What is the difference between Gu Lan sneaking and killing Garcia?

Stirling's approach was very appreciated by Stirling: Dilling officially sent a military judge with a brigade of gendarmes to ask Stirling to hand over all the prisoners to them.

Sterling was delighted with their arrival, and handed the military judge a complaint, which he had spent so much effort to gather evidence, witness testimony, and had not slept for several nights, and said: "Your Excellency, I have written that the separate charges against each of them are: desertion, embezzlement, murder, dereliction of duty, etc., and I beg you to show them to the judge at trial and read them out before the court." ”

The military judge politely said: "Please rest assured, the Judge Advocate Advocate General's Office will definitely give them a formal trial in accordance with the law, and will definitely be fair and just, so that they can get the punishment they deserve!"

He politely took his leave, took the prisoners away, and hanged Gu Lan and the others in the first grove at the first turn out of the province.

Seeing Gu Lan's feet swaying around in mid-air, Gopra, a part-time military judge whose real identity is the captain of Dillin's personal guard, took out Stirling's complaint and lit it on fire, and asked his subordinates: "Who smokes and wants fire?"

Then Gopra rushed to the Valen Fortress at full speed, and asked to see Commander Fang Jin as the Inspector General's messenger, and was immediately received. The two discussed in the secret room for a while, Gopla said goodbye and quietly left, and the accompanying gendarmes were left as death squads and sent to the forefront by Fang Jin.

The next day, Fang Jin drafted a report: "The two provinces of Deya and Ilia were attacked by unknown rebels, and all the soldiers and civilians worked together to fight bravely and finally repelled the rebels! Thirteen high-ranking officials, including Gu Lan, governor of Deya Province, Liu Zifeng, governor of the province, Garcia, commander of the garrison division, and Luo Linshuang, governor of Ilia Province, took the lead in the battle. The General Office of the Establishment of Yì posthumously recognizes and commends the above meritorious personnel!

Attached: A list of meritorious personnel who died in battle and the process of sacrifice. ”

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The report was sent, and Luo Minghai quickly sent it to Zichuan Shenxing for reading.

Zichuan Shenxing sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Who said that my Zichuan family officials are greedy for life and afraid of death? Who said that my family no longer has heroic figures? This is a clear proof! Although the times are difficult, as long as our family officials still retain this heroic and righteous spirit, and as long as we still have such heroic heroes, there is no mountain that cannot be crossed, and there is no river that cannot be crossed! These are all rare outstanding officials, and we must reward them heavily, and encourage those who come after them to show justice! The word "righteousness" is the foundation of our Zichuan family's country. Dillin, what is your opinion?" he turned his head to Dillin, and when the report arrived, the latter happened to be reporting to him on the work of the Supervision Office.

Di Lin humbly lowered his head: "Great holy words, Your Highness sees clearly! so that good deeds can be revealed, and evil people will be rewarded, this is the justice served!"

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