Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 22 Please Don't Doubt Me

"Should we kill him, and then encourage the people to rush into the government office and completely muddy the water in Tongzhou City..." In the crowd, several people shrank their heads to discuss, and one of them said in a cold voice with a ruthless expression.

These people shrank their heads one after another, for fear of being noticed, many people quickly objected: "If he dies, the red army will be completely chaotic, and the officers and soldiers will be able to deal with us with all their strength. The gains outweigh the losses, and if I do something in this city, I'm afraid I won't have a chance!"

The man gave them a cold look, and said in a vicious voice: "I think you are just cowardly and afraid of death, hum! If you don't do it, I will do it myself."

"Wait a minute! Let's see how he handles the affairs of these people. What happened in this city is weird! Maybe we don't need to do it..." One person quickly grabbed him, patted him on the shoulder, and pointed Some other people mixed in the crowd.

There are many different people mixed in the crowd. These people will shout a few words from time to time, look left and right for a while, and then quickly change their positions. They look suspicious and cautious. Not easy to spot.

"Could it be that these people are just inciting the people to make troubles! I don't think these people are simple to incite people in such a short period of time! They are even better than our White Lotus Sect."

The impatient person immediately sneered with disdain: "The people they incite are far inferior to us. We are created out of nothing, but they are coercing the people, relying on their strength."

At this time, Zhu Qian glanced past the dark crowd, and he couldn't see anything strange at all. The only thing he can do now is to try his best to appease these people. If these people are really hopeless, then he can only take the last resort. means.

Looking forward to brilliance!Not only because of the mighty Mingguang armor, but also because of Zhu Gan's courage to face everyone, he said coldly: "Please don't doubt me, I think I am not a good person, there is no need to do good things at all, and I think I am a ruthless person." People can be ruthless to themselves, and even more ruthless to the enemy. You can either be a commoner or my enemy. Believe me, as a commoner, I can give you everything you want now, but as an enemy, you will get more, but I swear, that's not what you want..."

The brief introduction of Zhu Qian's words did not have much threatening meaning, but they were extremely penetrating, and made people feel chills in their hearts. Maybe they were used to threats and had already become numb, but Zhu Gan's words made them feel chills in their hearts. Already frightened, thinking about whether it was a mistake to come to see the excitement and make a fuss.

"Don't be afraid, kill this dog thief, he can't do anything to us."

"Don't be afraid of him, step forward, let him see our courage, we have many people, kill him..."

"Kill him, go, let's go together..."

The sound of clamor suddenly spread among the people, and the people who didn't understand the reason also started to make noise one after another. This is the so-called herd mentality, and of course it was a fluke.

Seeing the throbbing crowd below, it looks like a raging flood. As long as there is a fester, the flood will pour down with all its strength, no matter how strong the embankment is, it can't resist it. Immediately took a deep breath, and said almost roaring: " Is this what you want? Don’t regret anyone, just take a step forward, you are my enemy.”

The noisy voice suddenly subsided, the people in front heard Zhu Gan's words clearly, and seemed hesitant, while the people behind, for some reason, just looked ahead suspiciously, waiting for their decision.

For such a strange scene, the silence quickly turned into whispers, and then someone shouted loudly: "Dare to threaten us, you die!"

A stone was thrown out from nowhere, and it hit Zhu Gan on the forehead, blood immediately flowed down his cheek, and after Zhu Gan's face was stained with blood, his expression gradually became ferocious: "I'm stubborn, I've already given it to you!" Your chance has passed, but you have wasted it in vain, so see you on the battlefield!"

Turning around and shouting to the left and right: "Close the door!"

After speaking, he stepped into the state office, the heavy wooden door began to creak shut, and the people below, who did not know who took the lead, began to attack the state office crazily. Seeing that they were about to rush in, Zhu Qian turned around and pointed his flint gun at the door , with a loud bang, hot iron sand was shot out head-on, and the person who ran in the front was beaten into a hornet's nest at that time, and the sound also shocked the people who came, but after such a stagnation, the door closed again.

"Close all the door bars, and don't leave anyone in the yamen. We will go out from whichever door is less crowded." The last thing Zhu Qian wanted to happen happened, but he is not a man of paper. He has a bottom line. But first of all, others should not touch his bottom line.

This matter has completely exploded in the Yamen of the State Department, but the news has not yet spread to the back door. Although there are also people besieging, Zhu Gan's subordinates are all armed with firecrackers and waist knives, and they dare not stop them. go.

No one dared to climb over the wall to enter the state office, maybe no one wanted to be the first bird!They smashed open the gate of the yamen together, but there was no one inside, but these people are already crazy, they need to vent, and the best way to vent is to destroy. If you grab it easily, if you all like it, you have to fight, and whoever wins belongs to whoever wins.

The dilapidated state government office was quickly smashed into dilapidation. After the smashing here, the people are in high spirits. They don't want to pack up their things and go home to wash and sleep. Spread, whether it is government offices or shops, or even private houses, smashed and looted, all that is left in the end is a mess.

The Governor’s Yamen of Cangchang is not in the center of the city, but in the north of Xincheng, close to the inner city of the center. There is a river leading directly to the Yamen of Cangchang. After entering the city, Zhu Qian immediately sent people to occupy the Yamen of Cangchang. Some bad debts are almost all from the Wanli period, but Chongzhen has not had a single word in these years.

Looking at the tall granary, Zhu Qian was excited. With grain, there will be fame, and with money, there will be soldiers. Today, he can see that his reputation will reach one step, or how much money can be. .

Looking at the impatient subordinates, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Open the warehouse and see if there is a mountain of grain."

The seal was lifted, the big lock was smashed with a hammer, and the heavy wooden door was slowly pushed open with the strength of a few people. Sure enough, there was a mountain of grain. How could it be piled up to such a high level? To what extent, Zhu Gan thought happily in his heart at this moment.

Grabbing a handful of rice casually, Zhu Gan's complexion changed drastically when he glanced at it. When he took a closer look, his complexion suddenly became terribly gloomy. No wonder all the officials in Tongzhou City surrendered, but only the Governor of Cangchang was missing. I don't know how many empty husks are mixed in the rice.

Immediately, he grabbed Gao Qiang and asked loudly, "Look at what these things are. Did they find anything unusual when they occupied this place?"

Gao Qiang was staggered by Zhu Gan, although it was a bit sudden and made him unprepared, but this panic was enough to show how angry Zhu Gan was, and his strength made him so fierce.

Gao Qiang grabbed a handful, spread it out, and immediately his expression changed. Out of ten grains, only one or two were full, and the rest were all empty shells, which meant that the grain in the granary might be less than [-]% But the official warehouse, not the righteous warehouse!

He murmured blankly: "Where did the food go? With so much food, how could it be...impossible. The people I sent to guard the warehouse are all rigorous people, and it is absolutely impossible..."

Zhu Gan's face was heavy. Even though he had entered the city, he still felt a huge stagnant force obstructing his progress step by step. If he could be a little bit more ruthless, he would not be forced to He retreated, but he had to hold on to the bottom line in his heart, the bottom line of never killing civilians.

Seeing that Zhu Gan's face was serious, but the fact is too big now, a red-clothed soldier who was in charge of guarding the warehouse came out and reported: "Return to my lord, there are a few people sneaking around here in front, and later because of We acted quickly, took over and occupied all the checkpoints here, and those people left, and the humble officials sent people to pursue them, but they were not familiar with the terrain, and those people escaped."

Connecting all the details, Zhu Qian suddenly realized that those people are probably the Governor of Cangchang!He was about to set fire to burn it all down, and when the time came, it would be all over, and the court couldn't investigate, and neither could he, so those silverfishes would be cheap for nothing.

But this person didn't know that they showed a flaw, that is, they had a lot of time to burn the official warehouse to nothing, but they wandered here and were found by their own people, which means they Very greedy, reluctant to burn the remaining food, and at that time someone was secretly smuggling it, but why was it not discovered by his own people.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Forget about this granary, all of us will leave, take all the gunpowder and drag them out of the city, hum! It's not theirs, how much they eat, I want them to spit it out twice as much. "

Looking at Zhu Gan's confident and wise appearance, Gao Qiang felt anxious. Looking at the mountain of granaries, who knew that there was not much rice left here, but leaving like this made him reluctant and eager, but Zhu Gan They all left so decisively, he couldn't wait any longer.

But Zhu Gan didn't explain anything, he just called someone, gave some instructions in a low voice, and then asked someone to close the door again, lock it and seal it, and just waved his sleeves like this, without taking a single grain of rice.

Tongzhou City without the Red Army was completely in chaos. No official came out to preside over the situation, and none of the officers and soldiers took to the streets to perform duties. At this time, the people realized that at least the Red Army never taxed them. , and maintained the discipline of Tongzhou City.

If you really comprehend that sentence, you will know how precious it is when you lose it.