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Chapter 109: Procrastination

A group of eight people retreated to the alley and were about to find a place to hide. Suddenly, the gate of a nearby yard opened, and a dozen men wearing Chen Jiajun clothes walked out.

The two sides suddenly met and looked at each other, stunned.

"What kind of luck is this!!" Pei Ren was the first to react and sincerely sighed for his good luck.

Cang clang!
Both sides drew their weapons at the same time.

But Zhu Guang and Wen Ping both showed desperate looks in their eyes.

Because this group of Chen Jiajun not only has more people than our own, but also has hand crossbows.

"Put down your weapons, it's not worth dying in vain." Pei Ren took a step closer with a long knife.

"Officials, you go first, we four queens." Those who were able to protect the two of them were loyal people who did not give up in this desperate situation.

Whoosh!Whoosh! !

Two crossbow arrows hit the guard who spoke.

Because of his reminder, Pei Ren finally confirmed that the people guarded by the four people were none other than Zhizhou Zhu Guang and Tongpan Wenping, whom he had met several times on the street before.

"Put down your weapons." The crossbow arrows completely silenced the resistance of the two men, and Zhu Guang ordered the remaining three guards.

……

In Guangzhou Zhizhou Yamen, Chen Xun was sitting in the hall, while Zhu Guang, Wen Ping and Yang Dong (the general manager of Guangnan East Road) stood in the audience.

Looking at these three heavyweight Song Ting officials, Chen Xun finally felt that he had enough cards in his hand to implement the next plan.

There was no hope of catching Zhu Guang and Wen Ping. Such high-ranking officials are generally rats and slippery.

The original plan was to capture a large number of seventh- and eighth-grade officials and then negotiate with Song Ting.

Now that we have these three, we can start early.

"Show it to the three officials." He motioned to his subordinates to hand over the article they had prepared in advance.

None of the three were tied up, and their freedom of movement was not restricted. They all took three pieces of white paper filled with words for no apparent reason.

Browsing through the articles on the paper, they are all full of scandals, shortcomings, and curses about the emperors of the Song Dynasty. A small part of them at the end are praising Chen Jiazhuang, which is very exaggerated praise.

Zhu Guang couldn't help but throw the paper on the ground when he saw it halfway, and cursed angrily: "It's insulting to gentlemen."

Wen Ping and Yang Dong were more knowledgeable and read it patiently, then waited for Chen Xun's next chapter.

Both of them knew that the chance of survival for themselves and others rested on this piece of paper, so they couldn't be reckless.

"I believe all three of you know Wang Si? He is the son of Wang Boyan." Chen Xun said.

"I know, Guangzhou Sihu joined the army." Among the three, only Wen Ping responded.

Chen Xun was very satisfied with his attitude and knew that the other two people were listening, so he continued:
"We in Chenjiazhuang are all good and law-abiding people. We pay taxes according to regulations and live in harmony with our neighbors. We go overseas to spread Song family civilization and make some money to make ends meet." Chen Xun's ability to tell lies with his eyes open can be considered a skill.

The three people in the audience looked at Chen Xun's performance, and they all didn't understand what the routine was.

"But this lake seems to be left behind by the wind and plucked by geese. It is profit-seeking and greedy. It has taken a fancy to the meager oil and water in Chenjiazhuang. In the end, it became like this. We are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off."

On the surface, Zhu Guang was upright, but underneath he was listening carefully to Chen Xun's words, trying to figure out his intentions. He almost understood what he said in just two sentences.

"You want to be recruited?"

"Zhu Zhizhou is worthy of being a talented man named on the gold list. He understands the minds of ordinary people like us very clearly." Chen Xun immediately answered: "If you can sit down and eat, who would be willing to stand on the tip of a knife?"

"Actually, there is no need to recruit or not, as long as we can return Chenjiazhuang to the stable days before." Chenjiazhuang now occupies Dongguan and Guangzhou City. Guangzhou City's neighboring counties include Nanhai County and Panyu County, that is, It is said that it has taken the territory of three counties in its mouth, and will also take Xin'an County and Zengcheng County in the future, and there may be other counties in the future.

With Chenjiazhuang’s current manpower, it will take time to digest these sites.

Chen Xun didn't really want to recruit troops, he just wanted to stop being harassed by officers and soldiers in the six months before the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is just that: a delaying tactic.

"It's impossible. Since the imperial army surrounded Kaifeng in the first month, the new officials have been very 'harsh' towards internal affairs. Even Li Gang, the top leader of Kaifeng, was dismissed once. Now if you want the officials to recruit you, let's not worry about it. With the new official's temperament, it is impossible." Zhu Guang shook his head.

Chen Xun had been paying attention to Zhu Guang's expression when he spoke. His expression was strange when he said "harsh". He probably intended to use a more unpleasant word, such as "mean" or something like that.

"I heard that after the people of Kaifeng demanded that Li Gang be reinstated, didn't he return to his post? And didn't the Jin soldiers return to the north?" Chen Xun asked. This was the information sent back by the Kaifeng intelligence station.

Kaifeng was in chaos, and Chenjiazhuang was having a hard time conducting intelligence investigations into this war-torn land.

"What's the use of reinstating the officials? There were more than 20 rescue volunteers around Kaifeng at that time, but the officials were unwilling to fight, so how could they win?" Wen Ping added: "In the middle of the first month, the officials asked Jinying Sending pledges and calling them nephews, Jin Juncai returned to the north with his troops."

It turns out that there is such a thing. Chen Xun just found out that in history, the Song Dynasty called the Jin Kingdom their nephews starting in the first month of this year.

Chen Xun didn't know much about this period of history and thought it was Li Gang who defeated the Jin army and then called him his nephew after the Song Dynasty moved south.

This Zhao Huan is really a coward.

"It doesn't matter, we can wait, and this matter is not a matter of urgency. Now that the Jin army has returned to the north, the officials must have freed up their hands to deal with these mundane affairs." The plan must be implemented, otherwise Cui Junru, who is currently in Guangxi, will not be able to do anything. If 10,000+ troops are sent here, Chenjiazhuang will not be able to hold on.

"Are you going to let us go?" Zhu Guang asked.

"Of course, this is the sincerity of our Chenjiazhuang." Chen Xun nodded.

"Okay, after we go back, we will definitely tell the officials the truth about the admiration of the Song Dynasty." Zhu Guang's face was filled with joy.

"Then I would like to thank you all the officials first." Chen Xun looked at the three of them kindly and pointed at the paper, ink, pen and inkstone given by his subordinates: "I'd like to trouble you three officials to read the contents on the three pieces of paper. Polish an article and stay with me as a pledge, and I really believe that the three high-ranking officials are serious about being the middlemen."

This is a conspiracy.

For Chen Xun, the lives of the three people were not valuable. They did not plot against Chenjiazhuang from the beginning like Wang Si. They just responded normally according to their responsibilities after the Chenjiazhuang incident.

Each is the master, and each performs its duties.

Chen Xun has no grudge against the three of them.

We can use the three of them to gain a certain amount of development time, so what's the harm in letting them go temporarily?
"No need, we've made it this far. The word letter has been engraved in my heart. Since I promised you, I will definitely do what I said." Zhu Guang's face was a little embarrassed, and he finally understood what the piece of paper was for just now. .

This is a "letter of surrender". If this article is written, Chen Xun will have a fatal grip on the three of them.

"I also don't want the three of them to be in trouble. Since ancient times, 'loyalty and trust are hard to have both'. If the three of them are having a hard time choosing between loyalty and trustworthiness in the future, thinking about what they have done today, it will be an easy choice." Chen Xun changed an idiom. , but it is very appropriate to use here.

Seeing Zhu Guang secretly gritting his teeth, he was probably scolding him again for being "insulting to gentlemen".

"Please, three of you, you can leave Guangzhou City when you finish writing." After Chen Xun finished speaking, he walked out of the lobby. Later, military officials would check the articles they had written, and they would also add the articles that Chen Xun had prepared. The recruitment conditions were explained to them.

All the conditions will make Song Ting a little uncomfortable, but they are not too excessive.

Everything is to delay time.

The three of them were extremely entangled in the lobby, and they were unwilling to hand over their future fate to the rebel surnamed Chen.

But they are rebels. If they don't obey today, they may be sacrificed tomorrow. Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years and worked hard in the officialdom for more than ten years. It is not worth dying like this.

In the end, Wen Ping picked up the pen first and started writing, and the other two had no choice but to follow.

(End of this chapter)