Chapter 349 From the beginning
Everyone looked around the town, and the villagers in the town looked at Zhao Zhen and his party with fear. No one dared to come forward to talk to him. Zhao Zhen lost interest when he saw him.
A dozen or so sergeants were left to guard several houses, and everyone went to the military camp outside the town to spend the night. Zhao Zhen released seven people, Shi Kuo, Shi Yue, Liu Mu, Xu Tan and his son, Sun Guang, and Wei An, and asked them to come back to the camp at noon tomorrow to obey orders.
The tour of the camp was arranged, the sergeants took off their armor, and the horses were saddled and saddled. Although alcohol was prohibited in the camp, a lot of pigs and sheep collected from Zhang and Qi were slaughtered and served with rice. The sergeants were all smiles.
At night, when Zhao Zhen was about to take a rest, Sun Guang, who had been released during the day, brought four villagers and escorted a short and sturdy man to the military camp.
After meeting Zhao Zhen, Sun Guang kowtowed and pointed to the man with his hands tied behind his back and said: "General, this guy's name is Fan Shi. The eldest son of Fan Ying in Fanzhuang is engaged in marriage to the second daughter of Zhang Gai in Zhang Gaili. Today. A householder from Zhanggai village fled to Fanzhuang to report that this guy came to my house at night to rob the camp at midnight. He asked me to pretend to entertain him, and he was taken down by someone at the table and sent to the general to report him immediately. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Sun Li is very serious. Let's record the credit for now. I won't treat you badly when I kill the people who retreated from the robber camp."
Sun Guang didn't dare to say anything after hearing this. .
Having someone take out the walnuts from Fan Shi's mouth, Fan Shi yelled: "Sun Guang, don't forget, your son is married to the eldest daughter of the Zhang family. You betrayed me today and you can't save your father-in-law's family. There will be no peace in your family from now on." He spat at Sun Guang.
“Huh, you married a daughter of the Zhang family and you still want to stay out of it. Who will dare to use your son in the future?”
Zhu Wu said on the side: "Officials, at dinner today we were talking about who should be appointed as the township chief here. Sun Guang has made the first announcement today. It is better to appoint Sun Lizheng as the township chief to reward him."
Zhao Zhen looked at Sun Guang who looked worried and said: "The military advisor is right. Sun Lizheng deserves to be rewarded for his contribution. Once the county has cleared the land and population, the appointment will be announced. As for the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, she has already married into the Sun family. , Naturally, he is from the Sun family, so he doesn’t pursue Sun Li’s face.”
After hearing this, Sun Guang thanked him repeatedly.
Zhao Zhen winked, Zhu Wu understood, and went down to prepare.
Zhao Zhen then said: "Sun Lizheng, you go back now and pretend to gather the heroes from the countryside. If there are still people who want to contact you, they will be detained at the village."
After hearing this, Sun Guang took several farmers back to Sunzhuang.
After taking Fan Shi down, Zhao Zhen also went to wear it, waiting for the third watch to ambush and fight.
After the third watch, there was still no sound. Zhao Zhen thought that Fanzhuang only had fifty households, and the sergeant was tired after another day of running around. He whispered to Zhu Wu on the side: "Brother, I'm afraid that Fan Shi has an agreement with the village. He has never gone back. I'm afraid that the other side knows that the matter has been exposed, and I'm afraid he won't come tonight."
Zhu Wudao: "It's better to be careful. Only a hundred people are left on guard. The rest of the sergeants have gone to rest. The armor will stay with you tonight. I will go to Fanzhuang for a walk tomorrow."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen arranged for the sergeants to Return to camp and rest.
One night passed, and no one from Fanzhuang came to rob the camp. After replacing the sergeant on night duty, Zhao Zhen sent someone to bring Fan Shi and shouted: "Why, you are the only good man in Fanzhuang?"
Fan Shi sneered and did not reply.
Zhao Zhen was not angry and said: "Is it funny? Because of you, I will send troops to attack Fanzhuang today. I'll see if you can still laugh when I take Fanzhuang. "
Fan Shi heard this and said angrily: "Everyone is responsible for what he does, and Fan Zhuang didn't provoke you."
"Why, aren't you coming to rob the camp?"
"I lied to Sun Guang." Fan Shi said quickly. Seeing Zhao Zhen staring at him, Fan Shi said: "The second daughter of the Zhang family and I got engaged this year and will get married next month. Yesterday I heard that the general captured this place, and also found out that the general wanted to allocate the Zhang family's female relatives to the sergeants. I begged My father came to the rescue. My father didn't want to, so I ran out secretly. Thinking that Sun Guang's son had married the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, I wanted to encourage him to send troops. When the time came, I secretly took Lanxiang and ran back to Fanzhuang. I didn't expect Sun Guang to be timid and tied me up." He said in a low tone.
Zhao Zhen and Zhu Wu looked at each other. Who would have thought that a night of precaution would turn out to be an error.
After hearing this, Guanghui went up and kicked Fan Shi in the head, and said angrily: "Damn, I've been tormenting the Sa family all night. Sir, I will take the lead today and must wipe out the Fan family."< br>
Fan Shi was heartbroken after hearing this.
Zhu Wu comforted him: "Master, please calm down. It's human nature for children to love each other." How about giving little brother Fan Shi a chance to put his merits back?"
Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Fan Shi endured the pain and said, "Yes, yes, let him go." I will go back and persuade my father to save the general from the trouble."
Zhao Zhen said: "If you can persuade your father to surrender, how about I promise to return the second daughter of the Zhang family?"
< br>Fan Shi nodded repeatedly: "General, don't worry, my father only has me as his son, and he will not ignore me."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Before noon today, I will see your father coming to surrender. After noon, I will raise troops to attack Fanzhuang. Don't even think about the second daughter of the Zhang family."
said Then, someone loosened Fan Shi's bonds and drove him out of the military camp. Before leaving, Fan Shi took a look at Zhang Gai's daughter.
Not to mention how Fan Shi returned to Fanzhuang to persuade Fan Ying to surrender, but just said that at the time of signing, the brothers Shi Kuo and Shi Yue who were released yesterday, Liu Mu, Xu Tan, Xu Qing and his son, Sun Seven people from Guang and Wei An, each with a farmer, escorted three to five carts of grain and grass, and drove pigs, cattle, and sheep to work in the army.
Everyone was happy to see each other in the military camp. Yesterday, they agreed to come to the camp at noon, but they all came early. Fortunately, they were careful, otherwise General Zhao would not have had a bad impression of being disrespectful.
Zhao Zhen invited a few people to enter the tent. After seeing the ceremony, he asked everyone to sit down. Zhao Zhen said: "Sun Guang came to report last night. Although it was a false alarm, it also showed Sun Guang's loyalty. From now on, Jingmen Town will station a The battalion sergeant is here to guard the boundaries of this place. When the land and population are cleared, Sun Guang will take over the post of township chief. Shi Kuo said that he has made great achievements in surrendering to Liuzhuang, and he will choose one of you and others. The two who have made the greatest contributions will hold the posts of township elders, township cadres, and travellers. The remaining township clerks will be transferred from the county to assist you in handling official documents with the county. The deputy chief of each village manages village affairs together with the chief. ”
After hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Guang, complimenting them on their faces, but cursing in their hearts: "This guy is so lucky."
"Zhang and Qi only punished the first culprit, and did not pursue the rest. From now on, those who instigate trouble will be rewarded by the county for their merits. From now on, the main duties of the village leaders will be to collect and supervise the two taxes and assist the county in collecting corvees. There will also be no lynchings in the army. The brave leader of the village. "
" Today, Xiaoxian Cheng is leading the people to clean up the land. Please cooperate with me. If you have anything to hide, once it is found out, you will not be lenient. "
Everyone listened. , no matter what you think in your heart, you always say yes.
“I will buy the grain, grass, cattle, sheep, and pigs sent to me at the market price. The money will go to whose family I collected it from, and no corruption is allowed.”
After everyone heard this, they didn't even dare to say anything.
Here Zhu Wu had people weigh the grain and grass, guard each village household, and deliver the full amount of money to the chiefs of each village. When the villagers saw it, they all said that Zhao Zhen and his gang were benevolent and righteous.
At noon, the spies came to report. In the fog, twenty or thirty people rushed out and rushed to the military camp.
(End of this chapter)