Chapter 119 Shocking Sound

After half an hour, Wang Shouren walked into the west living room of the governor's government gate and saw a 35- or six-year-old white-skinned and decent man sitting there, accompanied by staff Long Guang and Xiao Yu. The government official shouted loudly, "Admiral, come!"

The man hurriedly stood up, walked to Wang Shouren, knelt down on his knees and said, "Jitou Guiyi Xiaomin Chi Zhong'an knocked to see the governor." After saying that, he kowtowed three times in a regular manner.

Wang Shouren said kindly, "Are you Chi Zhong'an? Flat body. Please sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Admiral."

Wang Shouren said, "I heard that you are willing to obey the court and be the people of Anhua, right?"

"Exact, my lord." Chi Zhong'an replied respectfully.

"So, are you willing to disarm, unarm and return to farming?"

"Of course I will. I'm just willing to ask adults to follow the example of Lechang's golden nest and give us a grace period of about half a year.

"Why the grace period of about half a year?"

"One is that my eldest brother has a large number of people and a wide range of people from all over the world. If it is disbanded rashly, I'm afraid it will provoke mutiny; secondly..."

"If there is any secret, you might as well talk about it."

"My eldest brother used to form a relationship with Lu Ke and Zheng Zhigao of Xinfeng, and regarded each other as enemies. Recently, although Lu Ke has returned to the government, he has never forgotten his old hatred. He returned to his hometown Longchuan with more than a thousand subordinates and stared at us. We were very afraid that he would take revenge. Recently, he has condoned his subordinates to rob us of heavy grain and grass, and killed and injured more than 20 of our brothers. Therefore, if we disarm immediately, it is easy to become the meat on other people's cutting board. Please forgive me for this."

"Oh? Lu Ke's troops are so rampant that they are still robbing and robbing?"

"Yes, now he has been recruited and often sweeps the countryside and show off his power in the name of officers and soldiers. People in the green forest are very afraid of him."

"Hmm! What kind of officer is he?" Wang Shouren said dissatisfiedly, and then pulled out an order arrow, "Come on, Lu Ke from Longchuan to come to Ganzhou Prefecture for deliberation. There must be no mistake." Lei Ji, a middle officer, took the arrow and went out to send a messenger.

"Lord Governor, why did you transfer Lu Ke here?" Chi Zhong'an asked cautiously.

"I will transfer it, one is to see if I can mediate the conflict for you; the other is to investigate this matter. If the thieves who have been recruited are still evil to the people, then he is not a real naturalized person. Such a thief should be strictly dealt with. I supervised him and showed it to other submissives. Wang Shouren said solemnly.

"Your Excellency is clear, and Xiaomin admires it." Chi Zhong'an bowed his hand to salute.

Wang Shouren said: "As long as you sincerely submit, it doesn't matter if you disarm in a few days. Chi Zhong'an, you can freely travel between Litou and Ganzhou City in this half month and act as a messenger between your king and the government. Tell you that I have the virtue of living. After fighting for almost a year, I saw that the end of the year is coming. I don't want to use swords and soldiers anymore, hoping to let the people rest and recuperate, so I am particularly lenient to you. As long as you sincerely surrender, I am also willing to treat them as editors.

"Thank you for your trust, Xiaomin is very grateful." Chi Zhong'an knelt down and kowtowed again.

"However, you must come again in half a month. By that time, Lu Ke has arrived. Do you dare to face him in court?"

"Dare, dare, Xiaomin must be present, waiting for the adults to make it clear."

"Well, you can interview and negotiate with Lei Zhongjun, Counsellor Long, Mr. Xiao and others on specific security matters. I don't need to ask these trivial matters. Go back to the post to have a rest.

"Thank you for your kindness."

"Wend off!" Wang Shouren shook his hand and turned around and left first.

A few days later; in the Juyi Hall of Litou Cottage. Chi Zhongrong, who is about 40 years old and has only one eye, sat in the middle, surrounded by a group of bandit chiefs. They are listening to Chi Zhong'an report on the results of the Ganzhou negotiations.

Chi Zhongrong asked, "Second brother, so, the government promised us not to disarm within half a year?"

Chi Zhong'an said, "Yes, big brother. Wang Shouren said this to me in person. He said that as long as he sincerely submits, it doesn't matter if he disarms in a few days.

Chi Zhongrong laughed and said, "Half a year? I have been strong and strong for a long time. In three months at most, we have also built the second largest village in Jiulian Mountain. At that time, we can attack and retreat. At that time, it was not Wang Shouren who recruited us, but we surrendered him.

The bandits laughed proudly.

Chi Zhong'an asked, "Brother, do I have to go to Ganzhou in ten days?" Wang Shouren said that he wanted me to meet Lu Ke in court. I don't know if I should go or not?"

Chi Zhongrong said, "Of course I will go. We should take more brothers, disguised as ordinary people, and go there to sue Lu Ke and Zheng Zhigao, saying that they were harassing the people and harming one side. In a word, the more you mix the water, the better.

Gao Feijia, the bandit leader, asked, "Brother, what if Wang Shouren finds that we falsely accuse Lu Ke?"

Chi Zhongrong said, "How is that possible? In such a short time, even if he sent someone to investigate the original story, four or five or five hundred miles from Longchuan to Ganzhou, five or six round trips, no one or two he couldn't figure out. As long as we get the time, we will win. Just deal with all the trivial matters with him first.

Chen Huozhen, the head of the bandits, said thoughtfully, "At the beginning, the officers and soldiers sent 30,000 people to attack us, but they did not hurt us any hair. In my opinion, Wang Shouren has been fighting for a year, and the veterans of the division are tired, so they simply push the boat along the water and prepare to recruit us. Let's push the boat along the water and gain the trust of the government first. The eldest brother is right. Whether the government is sincere or not, let's respond first.

Chi Zhongrong nodded and said, "It's still Lao Chen who knows my mind. I said, third brother, you must build it in the big village of Jiulian Mountain. That's our spare nest.

Another fierce bandit, Chi Zhongning, said, "Don't worry, big brother. I estimate that the Jiulianshan Village can be built before the spring rain comes. Tomorrow I will go back to urge my brothers to rush to work, and there will be no rest during the Spring Festival.

Chi Zhongrong said, "That's good. Dear leaders, according to the plan we have set, we will perform their respective duties after we go back and train soldiers. In the future, we will conquer Ganzhou Prefecture and Nan'an Prefecture one after another, and turn the land of southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong into the world of our brothers.

"Everything is at the command of the eldest brother." (( To be continued)

Ten days later; the lobby of the governor's office of Ganzhou Prefecture. Lu Ke, the leader of the surrendered volunteers, came to Wang Shouren's lobby and bowed his hand to salute: "Lu Ke, a righteous official, see the governor."

When Wang Shouren saw it, he nod and motioned, "Oh." He asked with concern, "Lu Ke, if you leave the camp for a month, will your subordinates not see you?"

Lu Ke said with confidence, "No, my lord. I have left Zheng Zhigao in the camp to guard. Zhigao is very stable. With him, it doesn't matter if I leave for half a year.

Wang Shouren listened and nodded and said, "Okay." Then he raised his face and asked, "Lu Ke, do you know the crime?"

Lu Ke asked in surprise, "Your Excellency, what is the crime of the general? I really don't know."

Wang Shouren said seriously, "Do you dare to deny that you allow the soldiers to rob and rob the grain and fodder of Litou Chi Zhongrong's department, which has been returned to the court, and killed more than 20 people?"

When Lu Ke heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Excellency is clear. What kind of food does Chi Zhongrong have? Will he open up wasteland and farm? His food and fodder went down the mountain to rob the people. It happened that my soldiers passed by and saw the unevenness on the road, so they took action to grab the food back. For this reason, more than a dozen soldiers of my subordinates were also killed and injured.

Wang Shouren said, "So, what about the food recovered?"

Lu Ke said, "It has been returned to the people who were robbed. I didn't know in advance that the adults wanted to ask about this matter. If I knew, I would invite the local chief and father to testify here.

Wang Shouren said, "You don't have to invite me. They have come." After saying that, he said to the middle officer Lei Ji, "Please come to the court."

Lei Ji got off the lobby and took more than 20 people of different ages in a short time. Wang Shouren said kindly, "Fathers, if you have any grievances, please tell the truth. I will make the decision for you."

This group of people began to cry. An old man in his 60s said, "Your excellency, Xiaomin was originally a kind people in Xinheling, Longchuan County. Last month, as soon as we collected late rice, Lu Ke's subordinates went into the village to rob and robbed. Not to mention that they took away all the grain and burned more than a dozen houses. The most hateful thing is that they ruined my little daughter who hasn't come out of the cabinet, um..."

Another man in his forties howled and said, "Your Excellency, Xiaomin is a citizen of Matou Village in Longchuan County. Half a month ago, Lu Ke's thieves rushed into the village. My son happened to get married. They smashed the wedding banquet and killed my son and the daughter-in-law who had just worshipped. It's so miserable, my lord, please make the decision for Xiaomin.

Other people cried one after another and complained about the heinous crimes committed by Lu Ke's subordinates. Wang Shouren was a little impatient. He patted the wood and said, "Don't cry anymore!" He asked Lu Ke harshly, "Lu Ke, what else can you say?"

Lu Ke said nervously, "Your Excellency, I don't know these people at all. Who knows where they came from? Since his return to righteousness, the last general has governed the army very strictly. If you want to talk about stealing chickens and dogs, maybe I don't know. The subordinates robbed, robbed the villagers, and killed the people. The last general dared to use his head to guarantee that there would never be such a thing!"

Wang Shouren shouted, " Shut up! Where did these people come from? Can't you hear their authentic Longchuan accent? This governor hates the things that harm the people the most. I can also investigate and mediate the entanglement between you and Chi Zhongrong, but if you condone your subordinates to harm the people, I can never tolerate it. Come on! Drag Lu Ke down and blame the 30 boards!"

"Yes!" Several servists rushed up, knocked Lu Ke down, and dragged him down to the hall. Lu Ke shouted, "Your Excellency, the last general will be wronged! The last general is wronged!"