Chapter 13: Sincerity

"Hahaha, ouch!" Guan Shengyun had never seen how spectacular the scene of five thousand taels of silver piled together in his life was—well, he hadn't even seen five hundred taels—and just laughed, there was a sharp pain in his leg bones, and he couldn't help but cry out.

Master Luo kicked him fiercely, so that he quickly regained consciousness, and in order to hide his gaffe, he slapped the unlucky broken table again: "Bah! Vulture thief! Dare to underestimate this handsome man so much, you can't send it to Hanako? ”

Several battalion officers looked at each other for a moment, and they all secretly wondered: "Hey, why did the marshal say that?" Aren't we called Hanako? ”

Feng Jixiang, who had been lying on the ground, couldn't see the expressions of these people, and when he heard the laughter, he thought it was Guan Shengyun who was angry and happy, and said with a garlic-pounding pause: "The handsome man is angry, the handsome is angry!" Governor Xiao said, it's easy to discuss, everything is negotiable! ”

Master Luo gave Guan Shengyun a look, and said pretendingly: "Shuai, the student thinks that since Governor Xiao sent an envoy to deliver the letter, it should be some sincerity......

Feng Jixiang hurriedly said: "What Mr. said is what Mr. said, what Mr. said!" ”

Luo Yonghao interrupted Feng Jixiang's echo: "However, this number is inevitably too small, obviously, the sincerity of Governor Xiao is not enough......"

Guan Shengyun borrowed the slope to get off the donkey: "Hmph! Of course not enough, far from enough! At the same time, I was nervously calculating: how much is enough? Six thousand taels? Seven thousand taels? Don't...... Can you ask for eight thousand taels?

Although I haven't seen so much money for a long time, before Master Luo was demoted to Shenmu County, after all, he had seen a big scene, and he was afraid that Guan Shengyun would show his feet, so he glared at him fiercely, turned his head and continued to say to Feng Jixiang quietly: "Mr. Feng, you said that you are the master of the official residence, but you are wearing the official uniform of Qipinzhi County, you said that Yulin Mansion intends to sacrifice the army, and in addition to the whole article of criticism in the war book, there is no mention of this matter." How do you make us believe you, not to get out of the way, and to open up the river in a hurry? ”

Feng Jixiang was stunned when he heard this.

From the moment he stepped into the thief camp, he was scared, and entered the handsome tent (well, the broken tent), and he was even more trembling, and at this moment, he felt that this voice was a little familiar, and he couldn't help but peek at it, and couldn't help but be taken aback - although there are few contacts in the poor countryside of Shenmu County, but the two places are really not far away, a seven-grade county and a nine-grade master, and they have to meet a few times over the years, and the two grassroots officials can still recognize each other.

Luo Yonghao grinned at Feng Jixiang: "Master Feng, do you recognize it?" ”

Feng Jixiang's brain was running rapidly: I said that I recognized it, can I help me intercede? No way! One is that he has no friendship, Shenmu County asked Yulin Mansion for money, and he made it difficult, and second, the court ordered officials to follow thieves is a big crime to raid the house and destroy the door, and they will definitely kill people!

"Unrecognizable, unrecognizable! The student has always had a visual disease, and the objects in front of him are vague, and the facial features are difficult to distinguish when he sees people...... "Feng Jixiang fell to the ground and didn't dare to raise his head anymore.

"Well, you should always be able to hear the voices below, right?"

"Can't hear it, can't hear it! Recently, the student has been invaded by cold and evil spirits, his pulse is hot and dry, and he is deaf in both ears, and he is almost deaf! ”

"Hahaha, Master Feng, don't be afraid, it's Luo Yonghao of the original Shenmu Zhi County."

"Wow!" Feng Jixiang finally cried, and while crying, he covered his ears with his hands and begged for mercy: "The villain can't hear, the villain can't see, the villain really can't recognize it, oh, I don't recognize Luo Yong...... Oh, I don't recognize Lord Luo, Lord Luo don't play villa......ins anymore."

The more Guan Shengyun and his staff watched, the more fun they felt, and it was more interesting than the singing that they couldn't catch up with in three or five years, and they laughed backwards and forwards.

Luo Yonghao is not joking, he is a scholar in the end, he understands the urgency of the matter, and pats Feng Jixiang on the shoulder: "Master Feng, if you want to live, speak well, Luo Mou will protect your life!" Otherwise, you don't blame Luo for being weak! ”

Feng Jixiang raised his muddy and tearful face, and said blankly, "Luo...... Really? ”

Luo Yonghao said: "Luo can swear by the sky." But, you have to answer truthfully. ”

Feng Jixiang hurriedly responded: "The villain also swears, the villain's words are true!" If the villain tells the story of Lord Luo, he will be damned! ”

Luo Yonghao glanced at Guan Shengyun, saw the latter nodded, cleared his throat, and also straightened out his thoughts by the way: "Governor Xiao is really sincere?" ”

"Of course, of course! Otherwise, even if the villain eats the leopard's gall, he won't dare to go out of the city! These two", Feng Jixiang pointed back at the two Xiao Changhua's guards who had already knelt at the door of the tent behind him, "They are Lord Xiao's people." ”

……

After a stick of incense, everyone finally understood the ins and outs of the matter: not long ago, Yulin Mansion almost caused a mutiny, and Xiao Changhua and others were worried that the arrival of their gang would make the chaos that had just been quelled resurgent out of control, so they wanted to break the bank and avoid disasters.

Guan Shengyun stopped everyone's laughter with his eyes, at this moment he didn't know how to open his mouth and knock a stroke, and he was afraid that a mouth would scare away the fat sheep, so he asked Luo Yonghao pretendly: "Master, what do you think?" ”

Luo Yonghao winked at Guan Shengyun to express his understanding, and then twisted the beard under his chin and pretended to be embarrassed: "According to the student, Governor Xiao may indeed have good intentions, and this matter is not negotiable...... However, the sons and daughters have been preparing for so long, five thousand taels, it must be impossible to break it! ”

Feng Jixiang felt that his life could be saved for the time being, so he became a little bolder, and whispered: "Master Qiqi, Lord Luo." Lord Xiao told the villain that he said two thousand taels at first, and then slowly added it again, five thousand taels is the limit that Lord Xiao told the villain that he could agree! In order to show sincerity, the villain directly said five thousand taels as soon as he came up! ”

Guan Luo and the two of them knew that Feng Jixiang showed his hole cards as soon as he opened his mouth, and the sincerity in his mouth was actually scared out, and they looked at each other and smiled. Guan Shengyun slammed the table again with a feigned anger: "Fart!" Ben Shuai, these five thousand tiger and wolf athletes have spent so much effort, which one is impatient to talk to you again! Order, step up the construction of siege equipment, and attack the city tomorrow! Fight down, not all the things in the city are mine! ”

Liu Jianlin clenched his fists and said loudly: "Order!" "I couldn't help but mutter: siege equipment? What's there? What does it look like? How? was hesitating whether to go out and go out to find someone to give an order, but Luo Yonghao raised his hand to stop him: "General Liu, slow down." ”

Liu Jianlin was stunned: I am just a guard, when did I become a general? was glared at by Luo Yonghao, and responded weakly: "Yes." "Stand aside.

Luo Yonghao turned to Feng Jixiang and smiled bitterly: "Master Feng, you have also seen that Luo has done his best. First, the important position of respecting the driver is only in the ninth grade, and the weight is indeed lighter. The second one, it's all unfounded, I don't know if it's Governor Xiao's delaying tactics? I am afraid that this proposal will not be successful. Forgiveness of sins, forgiveness of sins. ”

Feng Jixiang was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks: "This is indeed the case!" Why don't you go back and persuade Lord Xiao again? ”

Luo Yonghao said: "I'm sure you want to go back." However, this matter is very important, and if it is not conveyed clearly enough, I am afraid that it will be a mistake. Alas, the only way is to borrow the head of the driver. Let the two deputy envoys bring your head back, and then pass on a word by the way, Lord Xiao will definitely be able to understand the meaning of my family's handsomeness. ”

"That's right! Come! Guan Shengyun, who gradually entered the state, played the role of praise just right.

"Don't!" Feng Jixiang hugged Luo Yonghao's thigh, "Lord Luo! Spare your life! The little one must persuade Lord Xiao to give you 50,000 taels, not 100,000 taels......"

Luo Yonghao knew that Yulin Mansion must have money, but there would never be so much money. Feng Jixiang was already frightened and began to talk nonsense. At this time, in order to survive, he could agree to a million taels.

So he smiled slightly: "Master Feng is not in a hurry. Luo has another way. Since the price of Governor Xiao is 5,000 taels, he must have made all preparations. Otherwise, in order to prove Lord Xiao's sincerity, he will first send over what he promised, and Luo promised that as long as he receives Lord Xiao's sincerity, he will never use troops tomorrow! How is it? ”

Feng Jixiang had a bitter face: "Lord Luo, even if you send these, even if your army doesn't attack tomorrow, what about the day after tomorrow?" What about the day after tomorrow? Day after day, asking for excessively, Lord Xiao will not expect this layer, and he will definitely not agree! ”

Luo Yonghao said with a straight face: "What Master Feng said is very true, you can listen to Luo's speech." We only need Governor Xiao to show the sincerity of the negotiation. Before nightfall today, he sent 2,000 taels of official silver, 50 stone of military rations, and a number of pigs and sheep, and our army believed in the sincerity of Governor Xiao. In order to reflect our sincerity, Luo can return to the city with your deputy envoy as a hostage. If our army breaches the contract and attacks the city tomorrow, Luo can be disposed of by Xiao Zhifu. What do you think? ”

Without waiting for Feng Jixiang to answer, Guan Shengyun, who was puffing, hurriedly stopped: "Absolutely not!" Mr. is Guan's right-hand man, Mr. must not leave the handsome, the handsome day can not be without Mr.! Don't mention this again! Guan Shengyun can be regarded as knowing Luo Yonghao's ability this time, and thought, if Master Luo enters Yulin Mansion as a hostage, then he will talk about a fart in the future? His own benevolent father, who was a well-informed and genuine general, died lightly in the hands of the civil officials of the seventh grade, and the opponent in front of him was the prefect of the fourth grade, and his illiterate old man who was rectum was killed by the dog officials who were full of crooked stomachs before he could blink an eye!

Liu Jianlin, who had just been stopped by Luo Yonghao, was young and vigorous, hugged his fists and said: "Handsome, the villain is willing to go!" ”

Luo Yonghao recalled the virtue of these guys salivating when they heard five thousand taels just now, and felt that he really couldn't leave, otherwise, not only would it be impossible for these guys to talk about anything, but they might really talk nonsense and smash the pot. After a little thought, I had an idea: "It's okay." In that case, we sent General Liu and the dog Luo Shifan as hostages, and the matter was settled. It's not early, Master Feng, please repair the book as soon as possible, and you have to be temporarily wronged for a while, and after receiving the sincerity of Governor Xiao, Luo will send Zunjia back to the city."

Guan Shengyun said: "Very good! Jianlin, you were an orphan, and Ben Shuai will accept you as a righteous son today! The surname Feng, listen well, if Luo Gongzi and Ben Shuai's righteous son are missing a hair, Lao Tzu will cook you alive and eat it! Write these words down to Lao Tzu! ”

sent Luo Shifan and Liu Jianlin back to the city with two entourages to deliver the letter, and settled Feng Jixiang, and everyone in the tent was still immersed in the sweet dream of a windfall from the sky. Guan Shengyun smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, stretched out his hands and praised with big fingers: "Master!" Thank you so much today! So what, um, you, how much do you think we can get? ”

"I don't know." Luo Yonghao smiled slightly, "This kind of thing, just like the big marshal attacking the city, before the defeat is down, no one can say how much you can gain." Let's talk about it, now the initiative is in our hands. ”

Gao Tengdou replied with a smile: "Whatever! Anyway, let's have a beautiful meal tonight! ”

Luo Yonghao said with a straight face: "Marshal, generals, do you know why Luo asked them to send some silver and food first?" ”

Everyone thought to themselves, "What's so strange about this?" Hungry for many days, hungry! You Futian said: "Didn't you say the beans, eat first and then talk about the rest!" ”

Luo Yonghao's expression was correct: "Wrong! Everyone, imagine if we directly agreed to them, whether it was 5,000 taels or 10,000 taels, what would happen in the future? They will put their minds at first, and then what? ”

Guan Shengyunqi said: "And then? Sir, let's say quickly, we are all rough people, don't teach me to wait for random guessing. ”

Luo Yonghao said: "As long as we promise to come down, they will definitely make it bad!" Today they will say, 'I can't make it up for the time being, you can take these first,' and tomorrow they will say, 'I can't help it, so I will give you a few more days'...... It's going to drag on forever! Send a little bit every time, and take the opportunity to talk to your brothers. Then, let's sit and eat the sky, and they can calmly deploy troops! Once we discover our reality, we will immediately die without a place to bury! How many days do you think you can hide from the men you brought with you? ”

A sentence stunned the bandits!

Guan Shengyun hurriedly said: "What should I do?" ”

Luo Yonghao smiled slightly: "It's okay." Now it's become that we're leading them by the nose! I didn't ask for much, and they couldn't say they didn't have it anyway. We are not in a hurry, they are in a hurry now. Let's ask for a little today, a little tomorrow, always keep the pressure, eyeing the outside of the city, every time the money and grain swindled out is used to train the troops, the more we want the team to be stronger, the more they pay, the more afraid they are, and after a while, they will take the initiative to take out a large amount of food and beg us to leave, and then we will know how much our harvest is! ”

There was a heartfelt sound of praise in the tent.

Luo Yonghao's expression was solemn again, "Don't be in a hurry to speak next time, if you can trust it, how about handing over this negotiation to Luo?" Speaking to the generals in his mouth, his eyes looked at Guan Shengyun.

"Trustworthy, trustworthy!" Guan Shengyun hurriedly said, "Mr. Everything has the final say, what to do, how to say it, all listen to Mr.!" Which nonsense again, Guan killed him! As he spoke, he slapped the broken table again.

Luo Yonghao smiled with relief. He knew that from now on, he had become indispensable in this team: "You should know what to do, right? Fight hard, actively prepare for war, and let the sons and daughters work hard! We said we wouldn't fight, but we didn't say we wouldn't prepare for war, right? The more lively we are here, the more afraid they are, and the more things they can ask for! ”。

The generals should be booming.

Crash.

The broken table could barely stand, but it was slapped so many times by Guan Shengyun, whether real or fake, and finally fell apart.

……

In the evening, an ox cart appeared in everyone's field of vision. Well, it was the labor army transport team that Yulin Mansion sent supplies to the soldiers of the border army, and was dazzled by the afternoon sun, "lost", and strayed into the camp of the thieves......

The camp was brightly lit, everyone was sweating like rain and working in full swing, and Guan Shengyun, who was full of food and drink, and the battalion officers and team officers were inspecting the construction site in high spirits, and their eyes were like torches. The deep and wide trenches, the wooden fences that are strong enough to withstand the impact of a crash, the wet mud that has been meticulously smeared on the outside for fire prevention, the lookouts, the rejection of horses, and the dense stakes in front of the trenches...... The construction of this camp is so solid that even the most discerning auxiliary battalion officers in Beijing will be amazed when they see it!