"Our leader said, let your officials come in and speak!"

The pawn came to the gate and shouted through it.

"You guys wait here, I'll go in and have a look!"

Feng Qi dismounted and waited for him outside.

"Governor, be careful of deception, I think it's still the big guys rushing in and destroying them all!"

The subordinate whispered in Feng Qi's ear.

No one dares to guarantee that this is not a trap, if you deliberately trick the governor into going in, and then close the door and beat the dog, the governor will suffer!

Just don't do it, just say that these slang households are unrepentant and have to fight against the imperial court, and finally have to exterminate them all, and give him a death without proof, who can say anything?

Feng Qi didn't know this, if he didn't enter the tiger's den, he wouldn't even have this courage as the governor, how would he govern Lingnan in the future.

Besides, the slang people have been tamed for a long time, and they actually hope to live a peaceful life, and few are willing to make a living licking blood with a knife.

The most important thing is that Feng Qi has confidence in himself, even if he goes in alone, he can still get out of the way!

"We are here to appease them at the will of the saints, not to exterminate them, and besides, if these slang households are dead, who will bear the blame of the saints?"

"You just wait here, you can't move without my orders, and after two hours, if I don't come out, you will lead someone to attack!"

Feng Qi instructed.

"Yes!"

Shi Ling, the governor of the governor's mansion, shouted inside: "Listen, the people inside, my governor is coming in, hurry up and open the door!"

As soon as the words fell, the door opened a crack, and Feng Qi stepped forward and waved his hand to let his soldiers retreat.

The soldier took a few steps back before stopping.

The door slowly opened, Feng Qi raised his feet and walked in, and the door then closed.

"Follow me!"

The little pawn took Feng Qi to the lobby of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate.

"You are the official sent by the imperial court to recruit An?"

Li Sishen looked Feng Qi up and down.

"To be exact, it's a thief!"

Feng Qi walked to the capital guard position and sat down, and said.

"What do you mean?"

Li Sishen was a little confused!

"Originally, you rebelled, and you should have been exterminated according to the law, but the saint was merciful and couldn't bear to let your slang households suffer misery, so he changed the suppression to recruitment, and now the governor of Pontus asks you, are you willing to accept the court's recruitment?"

Feng Qi said.

No superfluous nonsense, straightforward explanation.

"The court wants to recruit us, but what good is it?"

Li Sishen's subordinate asked.

Can't you open your mouth, say Zhao'an, we will accept it obediently! Anyway, they have rebelled now, and they have long pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and they want to recruit them without giving benefits, which is a pipe dream!

It's a big deal that they took their clansmen and fought with the officials and soldiers, and they are still good men eighteen years later!

"The benefits? What do you want? ”

Feng Qi laughed.

"We don't want much, as long as the court can promise us a few conditions, we are willing to accept the court's recruitment!"

Li Sishen's subordinates said.

"That's what you mean?"

Feng Qi looked at Li Sishen.

"It's the meaning of all our slang, we rebel and kill Duhu, it's not our intention, but we are too protective of people, we have to fight back, if we can't agree to our request, we can't feel at ease!"

Li Sishen said.

I thought that things had come to this point, and there was no room for maneuver, and I was ready to fight to the end with the officers and soldiers.

Even if it is death in the end, it is better to die in dignity than to live in humiliation.

It's just that they didn't expect that what they were waiting for was not the encirclement and suppression of the official army, but the recruitment of the imperial court.

In order not to happen again when Liu Yanyou oppressed them, conditions must be put forward, as long as the imperial court can agree, they are willing to continue to be obedient citizens of the Tang Dynasty.

If they can't agree, then they can only take up arms to defend the dignity and interests of the slang!

"What conditions do you have? Speak up and listen. ”

Feng Qi asked.

Li Sishen's subordinates immediately took out the paper on which the conditions had been written long ago and put it in front of Feng Qi.

After Feng Qi picked it up and read it, he said, "I can't give you an answer to these conditions, only the saint has the right to decide, and I don't agree with your conditions!"

"Since you can't give us an answer, then go back and tell the emperor, we are waiting for your reply here, when will we agree, when will we accept Zhao'an!"

Li Sishen said.

"Are you threatening the court?"

Feng Qi sneered.

"No, we're protecting ourselves!"

Li Sishen shook his head, he knew in his heart that they would not be able to bargain for anything against the imperial court.

But they are not easy to bully, they don't agree to their conditions, they would rather die than accept the court's recruitment!

"Okay, but you have to go back with me!"

Feng Qi said to Li Sishen.

He came this time to bring Li Sishen back for questioning, for the conditions they proposed, whether the emperor agreed or not had nothing to do with him, as long as he brought Li Sishen back, he would complete the task!

What to do with the slang households next, it depends on the emperor's intentions, whether to appease or exterminate, that is not a matter of the emperor's words.

"No! Until the emperor agrees to our conditions, our leader will not go anywhere. ”

Li Sishen's subordinates were the first to object, who knows if this is the other party deliberately tricking them, their leader went to see the emperor with the other party, it is very likely that there will be more bad luck!

For the sake of safety, they must not agree to the other party's request, and unless they agree to their conditions first, they cannot say anything to make their leader leave with the other party.

"Shouldn't you give an explanation for what happened because of you? His Majesty the Emperor is not a flood beast, can he still eat you? ”

"You are willing to accept Zhao'an, shouldn't you show some sincerity? Let's sit down and talk, and we will solve all the problems!"

Feng Qi sneered.

If you want to put forward conditions with the emperor, shouldn't you mention them in person to have sincerity?

If you let others do it for you like this, how do you know that others will not deliberately slander you in the emperor's ear and let others do it for you, where there is an effect if you take the initiative to do it.

"No! We can't trust you officials!"

Li Sishen's subordinates shouted.

The officials always oppress them, especially Liu Yanyou, the dog official, who doesn't treat them as human beings at all, and they don't live as well as a dog.

They have experienced it once, and they will never believe what the officials say.

Feng Qi knew in his heart that these people didn't believe in the officials, but he was ordered to bring the thief head back, if they didn't want to, then they had to be rude, even if they were tied up, they would be tied back.

Before making a rough move, he could persuade Li Sishen to go with him as much as possible, and it was a big deal to draw a big cake for Li Sishen, so that Li Sishen could follow him with peace of mind.

Feng Qi turned on the mouth escape mode and analyzed them from several aspects, only by going to the face saint could they get more of what they wanted.

Under Feng Qi's flickering, Li Sishen and the others began to waver!

Feng Qi saw it in his heart and knew that there was a play.

"How to choose, you can do it yourself! I'm doing this for your sake, you have to think clearly! I know you don't want to rebel. ”

"It's all forced to be helpless, His Majesty the Emperor also understands this, so he sent me to recruit you, I represent His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor is so sincere, shouldn't you show sincerity?"

Feng Qi doesn't urge either, the more you urge this kind of thing, the easier it is to backfire!

Li Sishen frowned, they felt that what Feng Qi said made sense.

"Let's discuss!"

Li Sishen said.

"Yes! But as soon as possible, I told my people that if I didn't get out within an hour, they would storm in! ”

Feng Qi kindly reminded.

Li Sishen nodded, and led his subordinates to discuss whether to go or not.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Sishen returned to the lobby.

"How's the discussion going?"

Feng Qi asked.

"We have discussed, I will go with the Governor to see His Majesty the Emperor, but the Governor must promise not to harm my people."

After discussion, Li Sishen finally decided to go with Feng Qi to see Li Jing.

"Don't worry, as long as you go with the Pontus to face the saint, the Pontus Governor will naturally not embarrass your people, if you don't worry, the Pontus Governor can withdraw the soldiers and horses out of the city."

Feng Qi said.

As long as Li Sishen goes back with him, everything else is easy to say, a group of rogue thieves, even if they give up the city to them, with the ability of the official army, it is not easy to take it back!

He just didn't want to make a fuss, so it would also make them let their guard down, and when it really came time to get tense, it would be much easier to clean them up.

"Thank you, Governor, let's go!"

Li Sishen was very grateful.

Feng Qi didn't talk nonsense with him, got up and walked towards the outside of the Duhu Mansion, and motioned for Li Sishen to follow.

Outside the Metropolitan Protectorate, Feng Qi's soldiers and horses were waiting very anxiously, and in one minute, the agreed time was about to arrive, but their Governor had not come out yet!

"The governor hasn't come out yet, I'm afraid it's too bad luck, I think it's better to rush in now!"

Someone suggested.

"No, wait, the agreed time hasn't come yet, there is still a minute, and when this minute is over, it's not too late to rush in!"

The lieutenant shook his head, and rushed in before the time was up, in case the governor was coming out of it, they would force the slang dog to jump over the wall in a hurry, and the governor would be dead at that time.

Just as they were anxiously waiting, seeing that the appointed time was about to come, the closed door was slowly opened!

Their governor walked out of it, followed by the thief leader Li Sishen.

"Governor, are you alright?"

The adjutant general greeted him and asked.

"What can I do, I will take him to face the saint now, and you will withdraw your soldiers and horses outside the city, so as not to disturb the people of the city."

Feng Qi instructed.

"Yes!"

The deputy general answered, and asked people to bring two fast horses for Feng Qi and Li Sishen to ride.

After seeing them leave, the lieutenant general ordered all the soldiers and horses to withdraw outside the city, just in case, leaving a team of soldiers and horses to control the city gate, if the slang family dared to mess around, they could enter the city at any time to quell the rebellion!