Chapter 134 Rules
After solving Caosi, Zhang Chong and others rushed to the arsenal without stopping.
The arsenal is in the northeast corner of the city, directly on an independent dock wall, which is heavily guarded and defended.
At this moment, the arsenal door was closed tightly, and the arsenal officer who was left behind looked at the group of people below nervously, and asked tremblingly from upstairs:
"Who are you?"
Zhang Chong said loudly below:
"The thieves entered the city. The Lord of Fu ordered me to quickly gather the arsenal to suppress the thieves. This is the official seal of the Lord of Fu."
The arsenal officials upstairs were suspicious, and they said to the treasurer:
"Everything is a symbol of the Lord's government. Why did you send the official seal?"
Just as the treasurer was about to speak, a knowledgeable arsenal officer over there said:
"This further shows how urgent the Lord is now and how difficult the situation is."
These words were said so bluntly that the arsenal commander nodded frequently.
In fact, do you think the arsenal chief suspected the following group of people? That must be suspicion! He's not really stupid.
But the arsenal chief knew what he was thinking.
If the person below is true, it is definitely correct to open the door. But if he does not open the door, it is a serious crime, because there are obviously procedures, but he fails to follow them, and that is a crime. If the time comes and the military situation is delayed, he will definitely be punished by Fu Junming.
And if the person below is fake and he doesn't open, then they will definitely attack, and then he may lose his life. And what about him driving? Afterwards, the entire arsenal was looted, and he was not responsible at all. Why? Because he is acting according to the regulations.
As subordinates like them, we should not use our brains to do things, but use rules.
The arsenal chief's way of being an official was not something he figured out by himself, but was told to him by his arsenal chief when he was an official.
He still remembered what the old arsenal chief said:
"There is a story during the reign of Emperor Guangwu. It was the thirteenth year of Jianwu's reign, and the country, which had already become the emperor, went out hunting, but did not return to the city until midnight. At that time, the country planned to return from the east city gate, but at that time the guard on the upper east gate The gatekeeper is Zhi Yun. This man is famous for his uprightness and toughness. Originally, the country wants to enter the city gate, so just let him go.
But guess what, no matter what the country says, this guy just won’t open the door. The state had no choice but to ask the people below to go to the other side of the city gate and let Zhi Yun pick up the crack in the door to identify the person. It stands to reason that the country would be very respectful to this tough guy, but what did this guy say? He said it was too dark to see clearly, and then refused to let him go. In the end, Guo Guo still couldn't enter through the east gate, so he took a long circuit and entered the city through the east middle gate. You said this is not a bull.
What became even more impressive later was that the country didn't find any trouble with Zhi Yun the next day and just regarded the matter as a matter of course. However, the Tietou himself wrote a letter to remonstrate. It is said that the country is still out hunting so late at night, which is not a blessing to the country. Guess what happens next? The country not only rewarded him with a hundred pieces of iron-headed cloth, but also distributed the prince who let him into the city last night. ”
Finally, the old arsenal official said to him meaningfully:
"Understood, as long as you act according to the rules, you can't make mistakes."
Emperor Guangwu probably never dreamed that he thought he was commending Zhi Yun for his devotion to duty, but that he would be interpreted this way by his subordinates.
After that, a hanging basket was put down on the arsenal. Zhang Chong asked someone to put the official seal in and waited with a calm expression.
In less than a moment, the arsenal door opened wide, and all the arsenal officials, led by the treasurer, came out to meet Zhang Chong and others.
Zhang Chong and others just straddled their horses and put them into the warehouse without any fear at all. They also directed the people in the arsenal to help load the armored soldiers into the vehicles.
The commander of the arsenal saw these people coming in and being polite, so he thought it must be true. Just as he was about to come up to talk to Zhang Chong, he saw Zhang Chong taking a piece of bamboo from his bag, and then said to the storekeepers in the arsenal:
"Which of you has a pen? Go and get a pen quickly."
Seeing no one move, Zhang Chong's face immediately dropped.
Or the arsenal commander saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he immediately kicked the person next to him and asked him to find a pen quickly.
As soon as the pen arrived, Zhang Chong leaned on his horse and swung the pen, writing an order on the bamboo piece. Then he threw the bamboo piece to the arsenal chief and said:
"This is a new order. You go and bring me all the craftsmen from the nearby workshops. The thieves need them to repair their armor, and they also need to take care of the baggage."
But who would have thought that the arsenal commander lowered his head, and his feet felt like they were stuck, unable to move.
Zhang Chong snorted coldly, raised his riding whip and placed it on the arsenal commander's military weapon, and said coldly:
"Didn't you hear?"
Even with his head lowered, the arsenal chief could feel the strong murderous intent behind these words. His hands were shaking all the time. Suddenly, he raised his chest and head, looked directly at Zhang Chong, pushed the bamboo slip to Zhang Chong, and returned the favor. Right words:
"I heard it, but it doesn't work because the order is not sealed."
Zhang Chong was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully from head to toe, and suddenly showed his face:
"What a strong point. He is a good official. Yes, unprinted talismans are useless. He knows the rules."
With that said, Zhang Chong took out the Jinan Prime Minister's Seal, stamped it on the bamboo slips with the original thin mud.
Just like that, a sealed talisman came into effect. When Zhang Chong threw the talisman to the arsenal chief again, he clearly saw that the man breathed a sigh of relief. Then the arsenal chief didn't say much and hurriedly asked people to gather the craftsmen nearby and act in accordance with the order.
The arsenal officials who gathered the craftsmen did not receive specific instructions from the treasurer, so they made their own decisions and deployed various talents. Anyway, it's just to escort a piece of armor, anyone with enough strength will do.
Therefore, the bamboo craftsmen, masons, knife makers, armor makers, needle pullers, and carpenters were all grouped together and came to the arsenal to help Zhang Chong's people load armor.
Time passed little by little, and seeing these people continuing to move, the arsenal chief became a little anxious.
He moved to Zhang Chong's side and muttered:
"Sir, how many armors are needed for this? We can't move this anymore. There are no cars. How tired the brothers will be behind!"
The arsenal officials behind him were ashamed to see their treasurer being so cowardly. But they soon became alarmed because they saw the man on the horse opposite had already drawn his knife and put it on the neck of the arsenal chief.
At this moment, Wen Ku Chang stopped shaking and could hold the opposite knife steadily. If he shook again, he would have a bloody hole in his neck. He smiled and said:
"My lord, what's going on? Why did you use the knife? Put it down, put it down quickly."
As he spoke, he raised his hand to push away the knife on his neck, but the knife stood firmly on his neck. Now the arsenal chief became angry. Just as he was about to reprimand, he saw the knife in Zhang Chong's hand. , retreated and stretched out, and then the arsenal chief's head was chopped off.
Now the arsenal officials all knew what was going on, but no one dared to resist because they were already surrounded by these cavalry.
Zhang Chong shook the blood stains on the knife and said only:
"We tied each other up and blindfolded each other, and then started spinning in circles. Whoever dares to stop will die."
There was a commotion among the arsenal officials, and one of them boldly asked in a low voice:
"This leader, we don't have any cloth or strings, so we can't tie him up."
The person next to him happened to be Xi Shen. He laughed, swung his knife and tore off his clothes. Then Xi Shen pointed at the cloth on the ground and said with a smile:
"Isn't this what it is?"
In the end, these arsenal officials were stripped into naked pigs, their hands were tied, their eyes were blindfolded, and they began to circle around. It wasn't until the sound of wheels stopped that they fainted and fell to the ground, taking a long breath.
After all, one life was saved. After all, the arsenal commander resisted everything.
Just when they reached out to take off their blindfolds, a cough sounded, and everyone froze. Until a long, long time, no one dared to take off their blindfolds.
Later, when there was still enough time, Zhang Chong went to Hucao again and robbed the money that was to be counted this year. They didn't count the exact amount, but there were sixty boxes full of gold, silver, and copper.
Then Zhang Chong also built a grain depot and allowed the Guizhou chiefs nearby to move it as they pleased, but he could not take away these things.
Finally, under the dew of the morning light, Zhang Chong took 300 carts and more than 600 craftsmen, under the banner of Dongpingling, and returned to Mount Tai along the straight road.
Because of the official seal of the Prime Minister of Jinan, Zhang Chong continued to dispatch cattle, horses, carts and heavy civilians along the way, treating this as a marching exercise.
And it was not that no one suspected Zhang Chong along the way. Some careful village officials knew that the thing inside must be gold when they saw the deep ruts.
But just because everyone was smart, they kept silent and just assumed it was the arrangement from above. But when Zhang Chong led the team to a hill in the east of Tugu County, they finally encountered someone who was not smart.
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Among the dead people, Xun Yu slowly woke up. He pushed open the dead bodies lying on his body and breathed air quickly.
After a while, Xun Yu climbed up with difficulty. His whole body hurt now, as if the three horses had hit himself instead of the city gate.
He looked around him and tried to remember, but he only felt a splitting headache. He had no choice but to wander out of the city gate. The dazzling sunlight suddenly shone in, making him dizzy for a short time.
It took him a while before he regained his sight, but this sight stunned him.
At this moment, dead bodies were everywhere on East Street, and flags and weapons could be seen everywhere. From the houses on both sides of the street, cries could be heard from time to time, and rioters and thieves could be seen coming in and out from time to time. In the distance, in the direction of Caosi, he could still see curls of black smoke. His heart tightened, thinking of his father who was studying in the building.
Xun Yu saw a group of soldiers wearing Fu clan uniforms coming from the south of the city. He hurried forward and was about to bow when he saw that the leader of this group of soldiers was the aide he hired for his father, King Xiu of Beihai. .
Wang Xiu was also shocked when he saw Xun Yu's behavior at this moment, and then remained silent.
When Xun Yu asked what happened, Wang Xiu didn't reply for a long time. He just bowed deeply to Xun Yu and lamented:
"Mr. Xun, please show me your condolences!"
After that, Xun Yu became paralyzed, and the whole world began to shake. He saw that Wang Xiu was saying a lot more, but Xun Yu couldn't hear clearly. He only had one thought now.
From now on, he Xun Yu has no father.
Then with a snap, he fell to the ground.
(End of chapter)