Chapter 15 Deals

After reading the book, Xiao Changhua called the guerrilla general Lu Youde and asked the master to take fifty or sixty taels of broken silver and hand it to the latter: "You are only allowed to lose, not to win!" You can't lose too fast, everything is here today, and you have to pay for it yourself! Then, Zhou Zhizheng, whose voice was almost hoarse at the gambling table, took over.

In line with the golden rule of the Ming officialdom that I have to enjoy alone and be in trouble together, Xiao Changhua pulled Zhou Zhizheng and called the deputy general Wu Duogui and the general Li Changfa over, and read Feng Jixiang's letter again (Wu and Li listened to it), and several big eyes stared at each other, and no one opened their mouths for a while.

Seeing that no one came forward, Xiao Changhua cleared his throat and analyzed for everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the horse's footsteps, the side report signed by you should be sent to Beijing in the next two days. There is no trivial matter in the border town, and the general administration will not delay and stop such a situation. As he spoke, he bowed his hand to the east, "The Holy One will definitely know." Director Jia just came here a few days ago, and the government guessed that although the military department would try its best to protect the Yu Mansion, the adults of the various departments should also wait and see for a few days, waiting for the good news of our big thief! If it is handled properly, one is that everyone can live up to the grace of God and the painstaking cultivation of adults, and the other is that it is my duty to be loyal to the country and share the worries of the saints. As he spoke, his face turned solemn, "But! If this thing is not done well, not to mention that no one will survive if Yulin Mansion is broken by thieves, even if they escape their lives by luck, the mouths of the old men of the imperial history capital will not be able to be stopped! Everyone knows in their hearts that adults will only add icing on the cake, and at that time, the adults in all departments will no longer have anyone to speak for you and me, and the fate of a few of us is not much better than falling into the hands of thieves! This government thinks that we only have three or two days at most, and this good news ......" Xiao Changhua deliberately paused and strengthened these two words. "This good news should be sent urgently in six hundred miles! At present, how to break the situation, let's discuss. ”

Li Changfa whispered with a bitter face: "Lord Xiao, I'm afraid the two battalions of the last general are not very useful. A while ago, I was afraid that the death row prisoners would be in trouble, and the last general had already put away all the swords and guns, and now they haven't been sent out, and they have even sent a team of soldiers to watch in the camp...... Although the general doesn't know the situation of the other battalions, I'm afraid it's about the same......" said and looked at Wu Duogui pitifully.

Wu Duogui glared at Li Changfa: "Rammer, shut up Lao Tzu!" Ladies and gentlemen, where is your turn to squirt manure! ”

Then he turned to Xiao Erren and said with a smile: "Lord Xiao, Lord Zhou, the last general and others are all rough people who don't understand anything, and everything is at the command of the two adults." ”

Xiao and Erren looked at each other, and Zhou Zhizheng said slowly: "Lord Futai, I think that this matter still has a great chance to be done." The thief left Master Feng's book, definitely not to be a hostage, and he also knew that the life of a nine-rank official was not worth a few dollars. The lowly office felt that the main thing was the intention of being a messenger—the lowly office pondered, the thief should know, and the news coming out of his mouth was obviously more credible in our opinion. But the weight of the nine products is indeed lighter, even if they promise something indiscriminately, the thief will not believe it. As he spoke, he smiled bitterly, "Let's take a humble trip." It's just that the adults have to give a bottom to the lowly job, so as not to let the thief and lion open their mouths, and the lowly duty also has a sense of proportion. Long pain is better than short pain, and everyone can rest assured that this file will be done as soon as possible. Moreover, it is best to bother which general will accompany the lowly on a trip, both civil and martial, not only can he win the trust of the thief, but also the court will be able to explain it in the future......" As he spoke, he glanced at the two military attachés.

Wu Duogui hurriedly got up and clenched his fists: "Lord Zhou is right. The last general has no way to govern the army first, and the thieves are coming, and they have to bother Lord Zhou to go out, and then they will have to be cut by a thousand knives if they are a turtle with a shrunken head! The last general will accompany Lord Zhou for a while, cough cough. As he spoke, he coughed twice, intentionally or unintentionally.

Li Changfa can't fight, but he is not stupid in other aspects, he knows that it is time to go on his own, and shouts "I can't do it!" Plop down to his knees: "The deputy marshal must not!" The deputy marshal is the backbone of the army, and thousands of children are counting on you! The end will go with you, and the end will go with the Lord Zhou! ”

Xiao Changhua let out a sigh of relief, nodded to the two military attachés Li and Wu, got up and left his seat: "In this way, the mansion will rest assured." It's just that there is Lord Lao Zhou", as he spoke, he was about to give up his hand to Zhou Zhizheng. Zhou Zhizheng hurriedly avoided it with a dexterous flash, and at the same time slammed it to the ground: "The matter within the division, Lord Futai has killed the lowly position." That one...... Please also ask the people of Futai to make it clear......"

Xiao Changhua sighed and said with a wry smile: "How many families do you have in Yulin Mansion, don't you know yet, brother?" Brother has full discretion, I will count on you for my brother. Oh, take those two with you. Saying that, he pouted to the West Flower Hall, "It's two bastard outlaws!" If there is an accident, it is useless to kill it; Staying here in case of a bit of a mess will be even more troublesome. The house listened to them whispering in their ears all day long, and it was also troublesome. ”

Guan Jianlin was extremely reluctant to leave Fucheng like this. There is food and drink, not to mention, in two days I have earned more than 100 taels of silver for nothing, and every time I shout and pull the "winning" silver in front of me, I will proudly think that although I don't even know who my father is, but what is absolutely wrong is that from my grandfather to my father's generation, I have not had so much money, and I can be regarded as making a fortune - as for the fact that I am a hostage who can't talk about the two sides and want to move at any time, people haven't thought about it at all! said that he was leaving, no matter how Luo Shifan persuaded him, he hummed and "come back to the last one", and finally Zhou Zhizheng took out a small ingot, and stuffed it into his arms along with the remaining scattered silver of Lu Youde: "The young general is in good spirits, these are all your wins", and dragged him out of the city half-pulled and half-dragged.

As soon as he got out of the city gate, Guan Jianlin suddenly remembered that he hadn't visited Yulin Mansion City yet—well, except for Shenmu County, well, if that broken place could be considered a "city"—he really hadn't entered any other "city" until now. Seeing that he was going to regret it again, he was coaxed by Luo Shifan and Li Changfa to "come back tomorrow", and each of them was dragged across the suspension bridge with one arm.

From a distance on the camp wall, Zhou Zhizheng, who was wearing a six-grade official uniform, walked closer, and also brought back Luo Shifan Guan Jianlin, Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao knew that they had won this round.

After getting off the wall, Guan Shengyun went straight into the handsome tent and waited, while Luo Yonghao went to find Feng Jixiang, took out two ingots of fifty taels (sent by Yulin Mansion in the first day) and offered them with a smile: "Hard work Brother Feng, a little heart, please smile." Luo's hospitality is not good, and Brother Feng has a lot of Haihan".

Although Feng Jixiang, who was under house arrest, didn't see Zhou Zhizheng and the others, he immediately understood the general situation, and was sure that he would definitely not be stewed.

Rao is Luo Yonghao's thousands of instructions, Guan Shengyun is already familiar with singing with a black face, but he is addicted to slapping the table and playing majestic. No, seeing that the conversation was almost over, he suddenly threw out a jaw-dropping request: "I also have to prepare 2,000 swords and guns for this commander, armor and 2,000 collars!" ”

Hearing this, Luo Yonghao was almost scared to death! In my heart, I greeted all the female relatives of Guan Dashuai: Why don't you just tell this surnamed Zhou, "I only have less than 2,000 unarmed stinky Hanako here, and all the weapons are hanging on these guys who greet you, oh, by the way, there are also a total of six knives snatched from the guards who were put back, you can come and cut us with confidence!"

Zhou Zhi was holding the broken bowl of the teacup, and was pouting and pretending to blow the tea leaves that had never existed in the clear water, and when he heard the words, his heart moved, as if he had vaguely caught something, so he sipped while pondering.

Master Luo glared at Guan Shengyun viciously, and pretended to echo easily: "It's still a comprehensive consideration of the big handsome." Lord Zhou, you have always said that Yulin Mansion is sincere, but ...... It's not that I can't believe adults, that's ...... As the saying goes, no matter what the heart is, don't look at us and other sabre-rattling, this is a last resort! Our hearts are full of sincerity to the court! As the saying goes, if you send all the weapons of the Yulin guards, what better way to reflect your mansion's infinite yearning for peace than this? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhizheng squirted out a mouthful of water, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, choking, choking, cough." "I thought to myself: When it comes to you gang of openly rebellious thieves, you don't care about your deeds, and when it comes to our government, you don't care about his deeds? Anyway, the words are blocked by you at both ends, surnamed Luo, why didn't I see your talent earlier? If I knew this, I must not leave this bastard in that ghost place of Shenmu and wait for death! Let this goods write official documents, and I can't imagine that everyone's silver can be more than doubled!

Li Changfa hadn't interjected since he entered the camp, and suddenly found that the resourceful Lord Zhou was choked by such a simple question, this is a performance opportunity that can only be caught with great difficulty, and he must show his intelligence! Immediately argued with reason: "The handsome man can't ask for a sky-high price!" I have just collected two battalions of weapons, a total of only two or three hundred knives and guns, and I can't even get ten pairs of iron armor. After speaking, he glanced at Zhou Zhizheng triumphantly, waiting for the adult's praise to overflow.

Burst!

Zhou Zhizheng, who had just taken another sip of water and wanted to press it to calm his mind, was "choked" again.

"Nonsense! The border troops of the two battalions only have this equipment, you deceived others, but you can't hide it from Guan Mou! ”

"It's true! How can Li be such a villain who lies all over the world! ”

"Hmph, Guan Mou saw that you were clearly lying, and said that you were not a villain!"

"Hey, hey! Li swears to God, there is really only these! ”

"Hugh is to talk in vain! Do you dare to talk about it, where do you swear? ”

"Who wouldn't dare? Li swore to heaven that if there was half a lie, his children would be thieves and prostitutes! ”

"Children are thieves? How dare you accuse Sang and scold Huai and say that I am your son? ”

……

Zhou Zhizheng's train of thought was completely interrupted and deviated.

He slammed the broken bowl on the table, sighed, and decided:

1. No more water.

2, no longer deal with these two muddy people.

Zhou Tongju looked at Luo Yonghao softly, and said firmly: "Mr. Luo, this request, forgive me. ”

Luo Yonghao, who was in a hurry and couldn't interject, was unexpectedly relieved, and hurriedly borrowed the slope to get off the donkey: "What's this...... Alas, Lord Zhou's concerns are indeed justified. Turning his head and glaring at Guan Shengyun without blinking, "Dashuai." The contemptible people think that Lord Zhou is indeed sincere, otherwise, let's talk about the grain and grass......"

Guan Shengyun was infinitely proud of his on-the-spot performance, and was glared at by Luo Fuzi's eyes that were almost bursting with fire, although he didn't know what mistakes he made, but he could be sure that he was 100% wrong - Luo Yonghao had become his backbone in the past few days, and his momentum suddenly deflated, and he laughed forcefully: "Okay, okay, Master Luo has the final say." ”

After some verbal and sword-based bargaining, in the end, Yulin Mansion was defrauded of 30,000 taels of silver, 5,000 stone of rice beans, plus a number of pigs and sheep clothes were shoveled and shoveled.

In addition, Luo Yonghao also received a guarantee from Zhou Zhizheng that he would take good care of the old and weak who stayed in Shenmu County. With Zhou Zhizheng's acquiescence, Li Changfa bowed to Gu Baihua, patted his chest and said: "Brother, don't worry, Master Luo, the old and young in Shenmu County can't eat much, and it's enough for me to report the establishment of one more battalion!" Master Zhou, no problem, right? As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Tongju. Zhou Zhizheng, who couldn't play haha anymore, could only smile and nod viciously.

The smart Li Changfa was a little confused, scratched his head, and pondered, "Didn't you just promise to come down in person?" It's clear that I'm helping you, why do you think of me like this? After thinking about it for a long time, I came to the conclusion that "Mr. Zhou's illness is not completely cured", so I was relieved.

When parting, Luo Yonghao took out a box and gave it to Zhou Zhizheng: "Trouble Brother Zhou, a little heart, please smile." ”

Zhou Zhizheng never expected that Master Luo would lift the offering table and pick up a fruit offering to the Buddha, crying and laughing, and waved his hand again and again.

Luo Yonghao said sincerely: "Lord Zhou, I hope you can help cover up the matter at your convenience, if you repeatedly refuse, it will inevitably be uneasy ...... below."

Zhou Zhizheng thought about it: Anyway, don't be in vain. Moreover, the imperial court ordered officials to follow the thief's business, after all, it happened under the rule of Yulin Mansion, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat if it really bursts out. As long as you "don't recognize it", it won't be too difficult to cover it up. In this way, we can make friends with each other, and we really don't know when we will deal with each other again in the future...... So he was ashamed and thanked him.

Gu Baihua also secretly stuffed Li Changfa with a burden.

Almost at the same time that Yulin Mansion sent a six-hundred-mile urgent report to the imperial court, Guan Shengyun led this high-spirited and powerful army and civilized army to the southeast and went straight to Yan'an Mansion.

Although all these black-box transactions were carried out in secret, they were easily discovered by Yang Mingzhen, the official secretary of Nanzhili thousands of miles away.