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Chapter 66 Rebellion
Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui did not speak, and looked at Zhu Yousong beside him from the corner of their eyes, hoping to get some hint from their master.Zhu Yousong's face was still calm, not angry at all.

The two are not reckless people. Thinking of today's special mission, Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui are not easy to get angry, so they have to keep this account in their hearts for Huang Degong.

But if you don't say a few words to the surname Huang, not to mention ourselves, the emperor will not be able to face it, so Li Guofu's fat face smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome, our family is sent by His Majesty, and Zheng The general came from the capital specially to deliver food and pay for Lord Hou, our family has been waiting outside the city for a long time, and we have just seen his true colors, Lord Hou is really a busy man."

Li Guofu's words were obviously challenging and mocking, Huang Degong's face became hot, and he thought to himself, are you still challenging?To put it nicely, where is the food and salary?Alright, since you say that, if you won't see the food and pay for a while, Huang won't be spoiled by you gang of dog servants!
"Father-in-law was joking. I was just now practicing troops in the school's military field. I heard that the mission is coming, so I dare not delay. After closing the team, I took a bath and changed clothes, so this is a step late. I hope the mission will be fine."

"Ha, easy to talk about."

"Please come to the errand."

"Please."

After a few unharmonious greetings, Huang Degong led two or three hundred soldiers and generals to open the way ahead. Surrounded by all the soldiers, Zhu Yousong and others entered the city, waiting for all the 3000 Beijing soldiers to enter. After the city, it was time to close the city. The city gates were closed and the drawbridge was pulled up.

There are few people on the street. I have seen the team, and the common people hide far away. Some of the front shops on both sides of the street have been locked, and some are busy closing. Only a few are still doing business. There have been troops on the street. The sound caught their attention, and they hurriedly closed the store door in panic. If it was too late, people hid far away.

There is already smoke rising from the alleys in Chuzhou.The chaotic sound of horseshoes broke the silence before nightfall.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Yousong and others entered Huang Degong's barracks.

Zhu Yousong saw that Huang Degong's barracks were luxurious and grand, and it was said that there were [-] Huang Degong's troops stationed in Chuzhou City alone.Zhu Yousong knew that for [-] against [-], the only way to win is to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, otherwise there is no chance of winning.

Night had fallen, but wind lamps and burning torches lit up the surroundings.

Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui were let into the Chinese army by Huang Degong. Only Zhu Yousong and Zu Hai and other more than a dozen generals followed up with the Chinese army as two lieutenants. Li Quan was in charge of the command and was arranged to wait outside the account by a general.

At this time, Li Guofu saw that there were eight general soldiers around Huang Degong, and a large group of deputy generals, generals, side generals, and sub generals behind him. These people can be distinguished from their clothes. Of course he knows the soldiers.

Seeing them all with swords and daggers, looking fierce and vicious, Li Guofu couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He thought to himself, if these murderous demon kings are turned upside down today, can we take advantage of our little manpower, and hope that reinforcements will come to attack the city and rescue Cucumber The dishes are cold, you should know that you should find an excuse not to come to this tiger and wolf den.

But when he saw that the emperor beside him was still calm and composed, he also forced himself to calm down, no matter what, the evil does not overpower the righteous, he is an angel official, and the emperor is dealing with Zheng Du Si Zuqian and the three thousand imperial forest troops. No matter how arrogant and domineering Huang Degong is, would he dare to rebel blatantly?
Zheng Hongkui is much stronger than him. After all, he is a real man. He was born as a pirate and has martial arts skills. As a general, Zu Hai has also experienced many battles. He doesn't care about this at all. The two of them are just a little worried about the emperor's safety.But what they admire is that their emperor is as stable as Mount Tai, just like in Miyagi.

After taking his seat, Huang Degong saw that this Eunuch Li still had no intention of reading the imperial decree. In fact, he completely misunderstood that this Eunuch Li did not have an imperial edict on him, and Huang Degong was ready to receive the decree at any time, but this Eunuch Li went to that one like a mud tire As if, Huang Degong secretly thought, why are you here? Where is the food and salary you promised to give me? You are not visiting Chuzhou, are you?

Huang Degong finally couldn't bear it any longer, he cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Li just said that this trip to Chuzhou was to escort the food and payment under the order of the emperor, but I don't know where the imperial decree is and where is the food and payment?"

"Ah... Lord Hou is still impatient." Li Guofu squeezed a little smile on his fleshy face, and glanced at Zhu Yousong inadvertently. He reluctantly took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and he must know this. Taking out the piece of paper made Huang Degong lose his face, but he couldn't do without it, "Master Hou, the rations have arrived. Here is the list of rations, please have a look."

Some soldiers took it over and gave it to Huang Degong.As soon as Li Guofu stretched out his hand, someone handed over a small bundle of one hundred taels of silver, and Li Guofu put it on the small table.

Huang Degong looked at the small bag and Li Guofu's face and couldn't read it. Looking again, there was only 100 taels of silver written on the paper, and there was no more words. Huang Degong's son's face froze, and his slender eyes immediately Round, with a sullen face, "Are you playing tricks on Mr. Huang?" As he spoke, he tore the list to shreds.

Several generals, lieutenants and generals around Huang Degong also saw clearly that only 100 taels of food was listed on the huge list at this time. half.

Li Guofu shrank his neck in fright and inadvertently looked at Zheng Hongkui and Zhu Yousong in the crowd.

Zheng Hongkui, Zu Hai and the others had already prepared to escort them. As generals, they said little and only listened to orders.But at this time, he was also very angry. He tore up the list made by the emperor himself in front of the imperial envoy, and even drew his sword and raised his eyebrows.But because the emperor was present, no one dared to make a mistake without instructions. They just stared at each other, pressed the sword with their hands, and paid attention to Zhu Yousong's eyes. The atmosphere of the scene changed suddenly.

Zhu Yousong was still as stable as Mount Tai, and there was no hint on his face.

Li Guofu calmed down, the emperor and Zheng Hongkui didn't speak, he had to continue singing, and said with a smirk: "Master Hou, where do you start with this? Although the salary is small, it comes from the emperor's internal funds , Daming is located in the southeast, the national crisis is at stake, the treasury cannot make ends meet, and the four towns need food, where does the food come from? The emperor can pay the money from the internal funds, and he thinks of the Marquis first, what an honor! You and others reacted like this , don’t you intend to express your gratitude to the mighty kindness of the emperor?”

Although Li Guofu didn't say the word "rebellion", that's what he actually meant. Although Huang Degong is rude, he has one advantage, that is, he will listen to what you say is reasonable. But he didn't dare to wear it, so he blushed, "Ah... this?... I don't dare, sorry for my gaffe, I thank the emperor for his kindness."

With that said, Huang Degong got up and was about to kowtow.

"Marshal, let me say a few words about my lowly position!" At this moment, a man stood up next to him. It was Ma Degong, the commander-in-chief, and said with a sneer, "Eunuch Li's words are too unsatisfactory. No matter how difficult the Ming Dynasty is, no matter how poor the treasury is, Your Majesty wouldn't just give so many of us a hundred grains and salaries, would it be okay if you didn't give them? Is this just sending beggars off? I remember that the Emperor promised in plain text that one soldier, one soldier, one tael, one penny would not be owed money, but now you are making a fool of yourself. The 100 taels of silver came to pretend to be food and salary, and it was called it came from internal money, and the royal dignity was used to top the vat. It is clear that someone pocketed the money and deducted the food and salary. This is playing us like monkeys, which is tolerable!"

Ma Degong's words were sharp and pointed at Li Guofu. The implication was that Li Guofu, Zheng Hongkui and others had tampered with and deducted their pay, which was very instigating. Therefore, he took the lead and the crowd was excited, especially that Tian Xiong was very loud, " Chop them up and kill the moths around the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)