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Chapter 26: The Zhu Family of Lu
A warehouse is larger than a granary. It is a two-story warehouse with double eaves, five rooms wide, with a simple flat seat between the upper and lower floors, and steps in front of the door. The bottom of the warehouse is much higher than the ground to prevent the corn in the warehouse from getting damp.

The rammed earth foundation of the house is about a hundred steps long.

Guo Jie looked at the huge millet warehouse, which was about one hundred meters long, and became more and more anxious. He did not want to attract the soldiers from the government temple, and he did not want the millet he used to buy the title and atone for his sins to be burned.

"You must have heard of my reputation for loyalty and trustworthiness."

Guo Jie said in a deep voice, "I did not come here tonight to kill anyone, nor would I dare to kill anyone in Chang'an, where the emperor stands. I simply came here to seek wealth and honor with my brothers. If you lay down your swords and surrender, I will let you go tonight."

No one was around.

Even if you do something that goes against your promise, who would know?

The worst thing to do is to cut the grass without removing the roots.

It was decided that he would be tattooed to death!

Guo Jie was known for his trustworthiness and loyalty. He once spared the enemy who had killed his nephew because of the two words "trustworthiness". Just like when he tricked Yuan Tu into accepting his death, it also made Yuan Ying hesitate.

Yuan Ying thought to himself: Guo Jie and I have no deep hatred for killing blood relatives. I can forgive someone who kills my nephew, let alone a person who has no hatred against me. Besides, it was Guo Jie who killed my clansmen. He has a grudge against me, not me.

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Yuan Ying hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "You need to tell the society. Only if you swear an oath can we trust your promise to let me go."

All production, conquest, and disasters must be reported to the community.

Tell the ancestral god of the temple and pray for blessings.

In the Western Han Dynasty, where people believed in ghosts and gods, no one dared to break the oath of the Gaoshe Society.

Guo Jie laughed in his heart. Not to mention sueing the gods, even if he swore by the Luo River, it would not prevent him from being beheaded and tattooed. After all, the Luo River Oath that Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu endorsed as the Son of Heaven was turned into farting by the Sima family.

No third person will know what happened tonight.

If you kill, kill.

Just as Guo Jie was about to swear an oath to report the incident, he keenly noticed something wrong. Yuan Ying's eyes kept looking at the column base of the millet warehouse, and it seemed that a group of Ju Zhang soldiers were ambushed in the millet warehouse.

On the rammed earth of the millet warehouse, there are neatly arranged column bases. These are hard stones placed under the beams and columns to support the floor of the warehouse. There are logs on the column bases to raise the foundation of the millet warehouse.

Under a bright moon, one could vaguely see a small door on the upper level that was turned upside down, and a glimmer of the black and shiny arrowhead of a crossbow passed by.

The millet warehouse is built with a sloping staircase. When storing corn, people climb up the stairs to the upper level of the millet warehouse and pour the corn into the warehouse from the small door on the upper level. The rice outlet is the big door below, which is usually blocked with wooden boards.

The small door on the upper floor gleamed with the glossy black wrought iron.

Most likely, someone was hiding in the granary, waiting for Guo Jie to kneel down and worship the altar god, and offer sacrifices to the altar god. When he was caught off guard, they would immediately shoot with their bows and crossbows.

Yuan Ying waited for a moment, but still saw Guo Jie not kneeling before the altar. He said anxiously, "It's not long until daybreak. Tell the altar as soon as possible. We will both leave and have no further ties. After all, you are both heroes of the county. It's really annoying to be so slow."

Guo Jie took a few steps back and stood near the door at the entrance of the warehouse. He was no longer in a hurry to kill people. He waited quietly for Zhang Qian to kill all the members of the Yuan clan and bring the knights in crimson clothes to besiege Yuan Ying.

Compared to a warehouse of corn, your own life is more important.

If he set fire to the warehouse and attracted officials from the government offices in Chang'an, he could only use the excuse that he was passing through the neighborhood and taking guards to put out the fire.

What a pity for the whole warehouse of corn.

Seeing that he was not fooled, Yuan Ying frowned and stopped urging him. He also stood in the yard of the warehouse and waited quietly.

This once again aroused Guo Jie's vigilance, and a feeling of unease arose in his heart.

I am waiting for Zhang Qian. What is Yuan Ying waiting for? Is he waiting for death?

"Take it."

The gate of the village was suddenly opened, and all the knights in red robes from the bullet room were blocked inside. The door was full of spears shining with cold light. The knights in red robes holding two-foot swords would be stabbed with holes all over their bodies before they could even get close to the door.

The leader's attire was quite similar to that of a military officer.

Civil officials wore a Jinxian crown with a Jieli under it, while military officials wore a Wu crown with a Pingshangli under it.

The uniform of a civil official is worn by a Jiefu, and the uniform of a military officer is worn by a Pingshang.

"Zhu Wei."

An official said, "The several Gaojie guards outside Hongmen are Guo Jie's trusted confidants stationed in Gaojie. We have been unable to capture them. Please ask Zhu Wei to personally step forward and disperse them, clearing the way for us to enter the inner lane."

The leader was none other than Zhu Anshi, another Chang'an Wei from the Chang'an official temple.

Zhu Anshi's face was displeased. Dozens of men were unable to capture a few guards. Wearing red silk and fish-scale armor, he stepped forward personally and said, "I am Zhu Anshi, the Chang'an Wei. Please open the gate of the alley. Please forgive your offense. Otherwise, you will lose your heads."

Compared to Guo Jie, who was only violent in one county.

Zhu Anshi is the most famous hero after Ju Meng. The knights in dozens of counties in Guandong all admire Zhu Anshi from the Zhu family of Lu. He is also the hero most likely to become the second Ju Meng.

The people of Lu all followed Confucianism. The Zhu family was famous for their chivalry, and they kept hundreds of brave men. The rest of the mediocre people were too numerous to mention.

From the east of the Guan Pass, everyone is stretching their necks to make friends.

The Zhu family of Lu is as famous as the Kong family of Lu.

According to past practice, as long as Zhu Anshi gave his name, the knight would show a look of admiration, be willing to drive for him, and immediately open the gate leading to the alley.

The ordinary knights guarding Hongmen in Chen County would behave just as the officials expected. When Zhu Anshi gave his name, several knights near Hongmen immediately retreated.

Unfortunately, the knight in crimson clothes was a assassin hired by Guo Jie'en.

Zhu Anshi looked at the guard who didn't give way, waved his hand and said, "Push aside. Don't hurt the guard in official uniform. After all, he is an official of the government."

A dozen or so prisoners holding red-painted double-arc shields strode forward. They used their hard shields to push the body of the knight in crimson clothes aside, clearing the way to Hongmen.

Prisoners were prisoners who were forced to do various kinds of forced labor. Most of the soldiers in the government offices of Chang'an were prisoners who were only given food to do for free.

Zhu Anshi led dozens of prisoners into the alleys, and separated a dozen of them to guard the main gate of the house, while the rest went to the warehouse that Yuan Ying had agreed on in advance.

Outside the rammed earth wall of the warehouse, a large number of prisoners appeared. The burly Chang'an Wei Zhu Anshi walked in front, blocking all of Guo Jie's retreat routes.

"Haha."

Yuan Ying was overjoyed. "Zhu Changli has finally arrived. Guo Jie, you can't save your head today. I anticipated you'd attack at night, so I spent a hundred gold coins in advance to buy your head. That's a full hundred gold coins, the wealth of ten middle-class families, enough to buy the head of the Chang'an Ling. I'm really honoring you."

He was insidious and cunning. Ten gold coins were enough to buy the head of a capital chief, but he did not hesitate to give away a hundred gold coins.

Several people in the granary came out, threw away their bows and crossbows, and carried out a large earthenware cauldron filled with golden cakes.

Guo Jie was caught in a deadly dilemma.

(End of this chapter)