Chapter 68: With Money, Everything Can Be Done

  Li Qin rode his horse ahead, and was the first to enter the city gate. At this time, Tang Jie had already climbed down from the city wall and was waiting by the side of the road. Li Qin dismounted his horse and said loudly: "Your subordinate Li Qin is grateful for Lord Tang's help!"

  Tang Jie looked at Li Qin and let out a long sigh, saying: "Li Lang, it's this official who should be thanking you!" He was referring to the disaster relief matter, without explicitly stating it, but he and Li Qin understood each other tacitly.

  Li Qin wanted to let Tang Jie ride the horse, but Tang Jie shook his head and said: "Don't ride a horse, the road is not far, let's go together!" He asked Li Qin to come over, and then waved his hand at the back, indicating that everyone should not follow too closely.

  Meng Mu just revealed a ferocious appearance, he knew that he had already lost favor and trust in front of Tang Jie, and didn't force it. He fell behind the crowd, found Xu Xiaoni, and spoke to him in a low voice, asking if there was still an empty position at Fu Jiao Fortress, and whether he could be accommodated. Xu Xiaoni hastily introduced him to Jia Xun. Jia Xun listened to Meng Mu's account, this busy matter of course had to be helped, after all, it was for Li Qin that he offended Tang Jie, with a mouthful of agreement, definitely arranging an official position for Meng Mu, ensuring his safety.

  Li Qin followed behind Tang Jie, only half a step back, and heard Tang Jie say: "Li Lang, did you know the origin of this Zhangjiu earlier?"

  Jia Xun told Li Qin the trick to telling big lies, which is to be firm on the overall situation but tedious on the details. In ten sentences, nine are true, and only the most critical one is false, so the listener will have a much higher chance of being deceived.

  Li Qindao said: "In response to Master Tang's words, I didn't know the origin of this matter at first, and I didn't dare offend them when I started. Seeing their majestic appearance, I even wanted to go forward and make friends with them. However, after that child crashed into the carriage, someone in the guard shouted, slandering you, Master Tang. That's when I knew something was wrong. A gentleman dies for a just cause, so I sent someone over to find fault, hoping to help Master Tang avoid disaster."

  "For a gentleman, once he has made friends with someone, he will die for him!"

  Li Qin paused for a moment, then said: "Your Honor, I have already made preparations to escape. If that Zhang Zhongguan is not willing to forgive me, I will flee. Please dispatch someone to chase after me, so as to clear our relationship."

  Tang Jiema suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Qin, saying: "Can you bear to give up that newly built castle?"

  Li Qin's expression turned gloomy, and he shook his head, saying: "I'm reluctant to give up, but one can't have both fish and bear's paw at the same time. In a difficult situation, I'd rather choose righteousness!"

  Tang Jie grasped Li Qin's arm and said with a choked voice, "Li Lang did not wrong me, how can I wrong Li Lang!" Without saying another word, he pulled Li Qin along to the county government office.

  In the county yamen, Zhang Jiuhu was busy dressing himself. The羽林军 he brought with him all rushed over, packing the house inside and out. The team leader shouted: "Zhang Zhongguan, do we want to suppress it first, or just leave the city directly?" Looking at Zhang Jiuhu's appearance, he seemed to be about to escape immediately, but that would be too humiliating.

  Zhang Jiuhu hastily put on his socks and pulled up his pants, then shouted in a shrill voice: "Of course we must go to suppress the rebellion first, you will be in charge of this matter, hurry up!"

  He said: "General Mo still wants to protect you, Zhang Zhongguan. Compared with Li Ze, you are naturally more important. This is not to be doubted. General Mo has already put life and death aside and is determined to fight a bloody battle with Li Ze to the end!"

  In this era, if someone was disliked, they wouldn't be scolded as a son of a bitch or something, but instead, a "thief" character would be added after their surname. For example, Dong Zhuo was called Dong Zei, Cao Cao was called Cao Zei, and Liu Bei's imperial surname couldn't be insulted, so he was called Da Er Zei. Now all these thieves have disappeared, but Li Qian had already been given the name Li Zei before them.

  The team leader turned around, facing his deputy, a sergeant who was usually the most flattering to him, and shouted: "Didn't you hear Zhang Zhongguan's order? Why don't you quickly go and suppress Li Zei, Li Zei is extremely ferocious, only you can do it!"

  "What's going on? Did I get it wrong, why did I end up going?! The superior wouldn't even go, of course he wouldn't go! Turning around, looking at the soldiers of the Feather Forest Army, they all turned their heads away together, and someone even whispered: "The subordinate's father is..."

  "What's all the commotion about?" Shi Chang shouted, "Go tell Tang Jie to send someone to quell the uprising. I think that Tang Biao is quite suitable for the task. Although he looks like a misfit, he's definitely a troublemaker, but troublemakers are just what we need to deal with Li Zei. Let him go and put down the rebellion!"

  Weiqi Lin's army responded in unison, but no one moved. What if someone went out to inform and was caught by Li Ze's men? What would they do then?

  Zhang didn't have the mood to care about the soldiers' thoughts, he put on his shoes, grabbed his hat with one hand and shouted: "You protect our home, go out the back door!" He rushed towards the back door first, but after running a few steps, his shoe fell off. In the chaos, who could still care about these things!

  Yulin Army followed closely behind, rushing towards the back door with a loud whooshing sound.

  Zhang Ji didn't immediately run away after receiving the news. He only abandoned his carriage and treasure to escape when he heard the noise of people outside, confirming that Li Qian had led the "bandits" into the city, and it was too late for him to leave by then.

  They had just rushed to the back door and hadn't even led the horses out yet when they heard footsteps outside the door. Someone shouted, "Is this the back door? Ah, it's here! Keep an eye on the back door, everyone be careful, take up your guns, we look like cornered soldiers! We are elite troops, brave warriors who can take on a hundred!"

  The person speaking outside the door was Shen Yi, who had followed Jia Yu's orders and gone around to the back door to block their way. In fact, he hadn't brought many soldiers with him, but just made a loud noise!

  It was pitch dark, and even if Zhang Jiu and the others had peeped through the door crack, they couldn't see the whole scene. They thought a large group of elite thieves had arrived outside, how dare they go out at this time, didn't they want their lives?

  Outside the gate, seven or eight people were shouting loudly, while inside the gate, fifty or so people were silent as cicadas, no one dared to make a sound, and some of the Imperial Guards even covered their horses' mouths, fearing that the warhorses would make a noise, in case they were discovered by the enemy.

  Zhang Ji slowly turned around, not making a sound, raised his hand and pointed forward, the Youlin Army simultaneously understood, together slowly turning their bodies, and slowly walking forward again, returning to the front, hoping to merge with Tang Jie's troops.

  At this time, on the door gap, there were several pairs of eyes looking inside. Shen Yi and several soldiers tilted their heads together, lying on the door gap to look inside the yard. He whispered: "Great, so many people, not a sound can be made, really well-trained!"

  Several tilted heads nodded in unison, greatly admiring, people from the capital are indeed formidable. Their footsteps were silent, and their voices were imperceptible. I wonder how they cultivated this skill. In winter, walking on snowy ground should leave no footprints, right?

  Zhang Ji and others arrived at the front yard, but found no one in front of them, the gate was closed tightly, and when they listened carefully with their ears to the side, there seemed to be no sound outside the door either. Zhang Ji turned his head, nodded to Yu Lin's soldiers, then shook his head, and pointed to the gate. He meant that Tang Jie had suppressed Li Qin, and there was no danger outside, so let's go through the gate!

  The Imperial Guards nodded together, but they all thought to themselves that it was unnecessary to make a sound, and besides, there was no one blocking the back door! The Imperial Guards charged forward together, kicking open the large gate with a loud crash, and Zhang Ju was the first to rush out!

  Just as he rushed out of the gate, Zhang was so frightened that he almost collapsed, and saw countless people standing outside, blocking the entire entrance of the county government office.

  The soldiers of the Feathered Forest were following him out, but when they saw someone outside, they quickly jumped back together. At this critical moment, they once again "trained" and simultaneously forgot Zhang Jiu, no one pulled him back inside!

  Zhang stood alone on the steps outside the door, in a state of panic, not knowing whether to kneel down and beg for mercy or turn around and escape. However, among the countless people at the entrance, a young man walked out and asked loudly: "May I ask if you are the angel from the capital city, Lord Zhang?"

  Zhang was taken aback. "Is that me you're calling?" he asked. Many people called him Zhang Zhongguan, but no one had ever addressed him as Zhang Daren before!

  Another person emerged from the crowd, and it was Tang Jie. Seeing Zhang Ji's disheveled appearance and not responding, he said: "This is Zhang Zhongguan."

  The young man who asked the question was Li Qin. Li Qin turned around, opened his arms and shouted: "This is Zhang Tian Shi, Lord Zhang!"

  As soon as the voice fell, a burst of cheers erupted from the crowd, and the people shouted in unison: "Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!" A simple sentence, no need to practice, shouting twice, it was very neat and loud.

  Zhang was taken aback, thinking to himself: "What's going on? They're not here to kill me, but to welcome me?" He looked at Tang Jie and saw that his expression hadn't changed, so he slightly put his mind at ease. Just as he was about to ask why, the young man strode up to him, grabbed his hand, and shook it vigorously.

  Li Qin's face lit up with joy, and he exclaimed: "Brother Zhang, do you still remember me? I'm Li Qin from Fu Jiao Village! My ancestors were the Flying General, and we have a deep connection with your ancestors. We met when we were young, don't you remember? Take a closer look, it's really me, Li Qin! I haven't changed much!"

  Zhang was puzzled in his heart, wasn't this the person who ordered the giant to crash into me? He is Li Qin, right? Hmm, it must be him, he even shouted it out loud. But why did he call me Brother Zhang and say that our ancestors had a relationship? My ancestors didn't have the surname Zhang, I only changed my surname to Zhang after entering the palace and acknowledging an adopted father...

  Li Qin's voice suddenly turned small and said: "Brother Zhang, I brought a gift. There are many people outside, it's not convenient to talk. Let's go inside and discuss. You understand!"

  Zhang nodded, staring at Li Qin, looking him up and down several times, then turned to Tang Jie, seeing the smile on his face, he hummed in agreement. He looked again at the cheering crowd, suddenly pleased, and finally nodded, saying: "Understood, if it's like this, our family wouldn't have understood long ago!"

  Li Qin smiled and said: "It's all because of Brother Zhang's fault. Brother Zhang can wait for a moment, I have something precious to give you!"

  Zhang's eyelid twitched, and he thought to himself: "I was just panicked earlier. Actually, I don't have to be afraid of Li Qin at all - it's the other way around!" As soon as he figured this out, he straightened up and said: "Then let's go into the mansion and talk things over!"

  Li QIN turned around and gave a signal with his eyes, the two soldiers holding trays immediately followed up, the tray was covered with red cloth, apparently it was a gift.

  Jia Xi looked at Tang Jie, made a please gesture, Tang Jie forced out a smile, but in his heart he thought that money can make ghosts grind mills, this eunuch is not even as good as a ghost!

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