Chapter Seventy-One: Xu Chai Lao (II)
Ah Biao rode out of the city with four of his men, and the tower followed closely behind, these people had all seen in the restaurant, and the guy who was wrapped like a dumpling was the guy who had been repaired by himself.
"Let a group of thieves manage the restaurant, what is it strange to have a business? Fortunately, I didn't eat there, maybe I ate human meat buns, I don't care, Zheng He will definitely not be able to stand it. Thinking to himself, the tower followed them for twenty or thirty miles, and after passing the fork in the official road, he turned into a mountain road, and in a short time came to a precipitous mountain.
Ah Biao flicked his whip and rode his horse to the mountain. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, dozens of thieves swarmed out from the deserted mountain temple in the middle of the mountain, and greeted them warmly one by one after seeing Ah Biao: "Second king, you are back, come and drink." ”
"I don't drink anymore." Ah Biao waved his hand, "I drank a lot today, so let's go outside to blow the wind and sober up first." ”
"Second king, when will you take us out to have fun?" A bandit smirked.
Ah Biao laughed and scolded, "You bastards, there is wine and meat in the mountains and you can gamble for money, aren't you still satisfied?" ”
The thieves laughed and scattered, and when they entered the temple, they began to drink and drink meat in large gulps, and there was a lot of noise about guessing and fisting, and it didn't take long for the noise to subside, and then there was a snoring sound that shook the sky.
"I've only been down the mountain for a few days, and they've been slacking off like this, and it seems that they are going to be strictly managed." Ah Biao sighed, feeling very ashamed, "Big brother said that money can corrode a person's will, this sentence is really true, I think he took me to live in a cold cave back then, gnawing on dry steamed buns, didn't he still lay a good foundation?" Thinking of this, a rather proud smile appeared on his face.
The evening breeze was blowing softly, and Ah Biao was full of wine, yawning and saying, "It's better to go to the treasure cave first, otherwise you won't be able to sleep well." As he spoke, he staggered towards the temple.
The bandits fell asleep in all directions, and the floor was full of broken jars and cups, and everywhere was in shambles. Ah Biao walked straight up the hill through the back door, and after a while he came to the edge of an overgrown cliff, pushed away a large pile of dry firewood, and unloaded a few wooden planks, and a cave appeared in front of him.
The cave was full of gold, silver, jewelry, and jade, and Ah Biao's eyes lit up with excitement, holding a pile of gold and muttering to himself: "With so much money, I can't spend it in my life!" ”
"I'm afraid you won't have a chance to spend money in your life." Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind him.
"Who...... Who's talking? Ah Biao was taken aback, and when he looked back and saw a giant bull standing outside the cave, he was so frightened that he woke up a lot, and secretly cried out in his heart: "Isn't this the cow I saw yesterday?" How did he end up here? This guy is really his nemesis, he was scared during the day, and he was awakened several times when he slept at night. Thinking of this, he only felt a cold flutter on his neck, his body collapsed on the ground like a lump of mud, and he begged bitterly: "Don't kill me, I'll give you all this money." ”
The tower lowered its head, crashed into half of the hole and rushed in, first shaking the dust off his body, and then laughing: "If you are obedient, of course I will not kill you." ”
Ah Biao was overjoyed, what the eldest brother said was indeed right, money can make ghosts grind, no one in this world doesn't like money, and even the buffalo is no exception. He said with a smiling face: "I promise to listen to you, just like yesterday, what do you tell me to do this time?" ”
"I know you're very obedient, so I haven't hit you until now." Tie Ta's tone was very gentle, "This time the matter is very simple, you write down every bad thing that Amu and yourself have done. ”
Ah Biao was stunned, although his head was not very bright, but he was not hopelessly stupid, if these crimes were known by the people, he would definitely die without a place to bury.
Tieta smiled and said, "I hate violence very much, and if you don't obey, I'll have to do it." The more sincere he smiled, the more frightened Ah Biao became, and said with a sad face: "Don't hit me, I'll just write, but how can I write without pen and paper?" ”
"That's easy!" Tie Ta coldly grabbed his right hand and threw it on the ground, Ah Biao screamed miserably, and the skin of his five fingers was open and bloody. Tie Ta ripped off the moon-white silk robe from his body and mocked, "Don't you like to use your eldest brother's words as a mantra? He also taught you to use your brain to do things just now, why did you forget it so quickly? Fortunately, I am prepared, and now that I have paper and pen, hurry up and write! ”
The eldest brother has never said this sentence Ah Biao has no heart to think about it, he secretly glanced at this fierce buffalo, and quickly wrote on his clothes with a trembling hand, I don't know if it was a pain in his hand or fear in his heart, he was sweating profusely after writing a few words, and his body was trembling.
Tie Ta watched coldly, and there was an indescribable joy in his heart, as the saying goes, the wicked still need the wicked to grind, and you can't be polite to people like him.
Scribbled a few lines, Ah Biao handed the clothes to the iron tower, and said pitifully: "I wrote it, in fact, we are not as bad as you think, only occasionally do one or two things wrong." ”
The tower looked at it casually, all of them were innocuous little things, it seemed that he didn't give up until he reached the Yellow River! He grabbed his hand and hammered it on the ground very rudely, and said solemnly, "Your pen is out of ink, and I will add a little to it." ”
"The finger must be broken." Ah Biao knew very well in his heart, and he said that ten fingers were connected to the heart, which turned out to be true. Although the pain in his hand was unbearable, but he didn't dare to scream, he didn't even dare to hum, this buffalo likes to play cards out of common sense, in case he gets angry, it is himself who suffers.
Iron Tower shouted, "Do you think you can fool me by writing something? I have long found out the details of you, killing the governor, impersonating him, and extorting money...... The crimes are too numerous to write, rewrite for me! If you dare to hide a word, I will kill you immediately. ”
Ah Biao is really stupid this time, he doesn't know what these things are doing, how does he know? Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, let's be honest!
Tie Ta sat on Erlang's legs to supervise, and from time to time he helped him add some ink, and wrote for most of the hour, and the clothes more than one meter long were all full of words, and this time it was really written in detail, and even the thing about him peeking at others taking a bath when he was a child was written.
"Is that how you write?" "I've written down all the bad things I've done since I was five years old. ”
Tie Ta snorted coldly, "It's written in detail enough, but the words are too ugly." Look at the way you look, you haven't read a book for a few years, forget it! Don't embarrass you. ”
"Haha, second master, I finally got out." The excitement in Ah Biao's heart was beyond words, and he asked cautiously: "Then can I go?" ”
"Let's go? Where to go? Did I let you go? Tower's eyes widened.
It felt very bad to be fooled, Ah Biao finally turned his fear into anger, and shouted hysterically: "Didn't you promise me just now that as long as I write down the guilt, you won't kill me?" You liar, why do you want to bully me, an honest man? Two lines of tears streamed down his fat face.
The tower said seriously: "I never lie, so I will never kill you." I will hand you over to the people of Luzon and let them judge you. A slap knocked him out.
Back on the treasure ship, the tower threw Ah Biao on the deck and told him what he had discovered.
"The soldiers are fast, let's act now." Zheng He said excitedly, "I'll take people to the mountains to suppress bandits, and you go to arrest that fake governor." ”
At this time, Amu was drinking alone and drinking, for some reason, since Abiao left, he felt restless, and seemed to have a premonition that something bad was happening. "I know, it must be because Zheng He came to ask Xu Chai yesterday. This Zheng He really likes to be nosy, but he has to pretend to be smiling to deal with him. Alas! If you are not as strong as a person, you can only pretend to be a grandson, as long as you hold on until he leaves Luzon, it will be fine. His mood unconsciously brightened again, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
With a bang, the door was kicked open from the outside, followed by the sound of "ping-pong" swords slashing at each other, and the intruder and the guards of the governor's palace exchanged hands. After a while, all the sounds died down, and the surroundings were calm again.
"Dare to break into the Governor's Mansion at night, is it too long?" Amu sneered, for more than a year, there have always been a few guys who don't have long eyes to make trouble, and without exception, they were all taken down by the guards, and finally died in prison.
The sound of neat and rapid footsteps came from far and near, and a large group of heavily armed Chinese sailors surrounded Xiaolou, led by a mighty buffalo.
Amu was shocked, "You...... You trespassed into my mansion without permission, it's so unreasonable, is Huaxia only bullying? ”
Tie Ta threw the accusation written by Ah Biao in his face, and said majestically: "You know what you have done, this is written by your own brother, will he still slander you out of nothing?" ”
Amu's eyes showed a fierce light, and his expression became hideous. "I'm not going to sit still, as long as I break out of this room, I can continue to be the king of the mountain at ease, but there are so many of them, how can they get out of the way?" He kept thinking in his heart, and finally made up his mind, "Wealth is in danger, it seems that the only way to take the risk is to take risks." ”
"This is all done by Ah Biao alone, and it has nothing to do with me." Amu raised his hands and said impassionedly, "I surrender for the time being, but I reserve the right to appeal to the Emperor of China." ”
"Tie me up!" The tower said coldly, "It has nothing to do with you? Fool it! ”
Four sailors with big shoulders and round waists walked up with iron chains, grabbed Amu's hand and prepared to lock it. Suddenly, Amu broke free from their iron fists with all his might, pulled out the dagger in his sleeve and threw himself at a sailor, trying to take him hostage.
"If you can get away with this, then I might as well hit my head and die." The tower rushed up with a heavy punch, and Amu flew out of the window without snorting, and fell into the lake with a "plop".
Alas! This guy is really a scourge, it's a pity to pollute such a pure lake when he dies, Tie Ta couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
The sound of a rooster crowing could be heard in the distance, and it was finally dawn! A new sun rises in the east, driving away the darkness from the ground.
Zheng He also returned triumphantly, not only capturing more than 50 bandits, but also seizing a large number of thieves.
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On the treasure ship, Zheng He sent two boxes of gold to Xu Chailao, "This was snatched from you by Amu, and now it is returned to the original owner." When your injuries heal, reopen the restaurant and cook more delicacies for everyone to eat. ”
Xu Chai Lao was first overjoyed, and then shook his head and said, "My family property is not so much, I only get back the part I deserve." Lord Zheng, I beg you for one thing, I hope you will return all the property of the overseas Chinese to them. ”
Tie Ta and Zheng He looked at each other and smiled, appreciating his actions, not greedy for money, caring, and a righteous gentleman.
"Don't worry, even if you don't say it, I'll pay them back." Zheng He smiled, "You should take this gold!" The superfluous should be regarded as compensation for your unjust imprisonment. ”
Xu Chai Lao said excitedly: "With the strong motherland as the backing, we overseas travelers can finally raise our eyebrows." Suddenly, he became dejected again, "Now that hateful governor is finally dead, but I don't know what kind of person the next governor will be, and if we are as greedy and cruel as Amu, then we will suffer again." ”
Zheng He also fell into deep thought, Xu Chailao's words are not unreasonable, it is impossible for the Ming sailor to stay in Luzon forever, how can we ensure that the interests of overseas Chinese are not harmed?
"It's very simple, you will be the governor of Luzon, and all the problems will be solved." ”
Zheng He also suddenly realized, "That's right! How did I not think of it? ”
"I'm going to be the governor? I am a Chinese, will the people of Luzon agree? Xu Chai looked shocked.
"In fact, no matter what country you are in, the common people are the most lovely group of people, and their requirements are very simple, as long as they have food and clothing, they will be satisfied." "It doesn't matter who is the governor of Luzon, what matters is to improve people's livelihood and let the people live a good life." Amu was a native of Luzon, but what did he bring to the people? You don't have a burden of thought, just have a heart to serve the people, and I believe they will support you. If someone has ill intentions and dares to deliberately make things difficult for you, don't be afraid, just remember one sentence: 'No matter where you are, the powerful Huaxia Fleet will always be your strong backing', let it go! ”
Hearing the sonorous and powerful words of the Iron Tower, Xu Chai Lao suddenly became arrogant, "King of the Iron Tower, Lord Zheng, I accept this appointment." You can rest assured, I will definitely be a good public servant of the people of Luzon, and I will never let any overseas Chinese be bullied again. ”
Zheng He said with a smile: "Okay, I will fly the pigeon to pass the book back to the capital now, and you will temporarily take over the position of governor and clean up the mess left by Amu." ”
Surrounded by Chinese sailors, Xu Chai Lao stepped into the Governor's Mansion in high spirits. His work was arranged in an orderly manner, and the first thing he did after taking office was to publicize Amu's crimes to the whole country, and then behead all the bandits such as Ah Biao, and then return their ill-gotten gains to their original owners. He also ordered the reduction of taxes, the development of production, and the construction of water conservancy, a series of policies that won the support of the people of Luzon, who sincerely supported him as governor.
On this day, Xu Chai Lao sent a few boxes of gold and silver to the treasure ship, and said sincerely: "The overseas Chinese have all got their own money, and the rest of them cannot find the owner, so I will give them to the king of the tower on my own initiative, because he has the greatest credit." ”
Tie Ta accepted it unceremoniously, although he was not interested in money, but he was still quite interested in bringing it back to Huaxia to enrich the treasury.
Xu Chai Lao brought out a few more exquisite jars, and as soon as he opened the lid of the altars, a strong fragrance filled the entire room.
Zheng He exclaimed in surprise: "It's Fu Shouquan!" It's finally time to feast on today. ”
The iron tower sandwiched a piece and tasted it carefully, the color and flavor were complete, and it really lived up to its name.
The emperor's decree finally came, and he officially appointed Xu Chai Lao as the governor of Luzon, overseeing all the power of military administration and finance. Xu Chai Lao also lived up to expectations, governed Luzon in an orderly manner, worked enthusiastically in this post for 20 years, and won the love of the Luzon people.