"How can this be? How can this be?" In the Governor's Mansion of Yunnan Province, all the officials of Yunnan Province had gathered.
There was no other reason other than the fact that they did not look like officials at all.
The entire Yunnan City was about to turn into hell.
One by one, the commoners were dragged out of their homes. All the provisions in their homes had been taken away.
Since the commoners had no way to survive, they naturally went to look for the local officials. Some of the officials were filled with righteous indignation and were beaten up by the Qiu Ba soldiers.
The others were also filled with complaints. Huang Jian and Jiang Hua were simply killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Although they would squeeze the commoners dry, they would at least leave some food for the commoners. They would not go overboard.
However, the two of them were different. The commoners had no way to survive and were already dead. How could they squeeze them dry in the future?
Zhang Jin's face was ashen as he listened to the complaints of the officials below him.
"Sir, Sir, it's not good. It's not good!" While Zhang Jin was still listening, a small official from the Governor's Mansion ran in.
He was panting as he entered the hall and immediately knelt in front of Zhang Jin.
"How can you be so flustered?" Zhang Jin frowned and said.
"Hey, aren't you Registrar Chen's subordinate?" One of the officials seemed to recognize the small official and asked.
"Yes, Sir. I am a small official under Registrar Chen!" The small official nodded and said.
"Where is your Sir?" Zhang Jin asked angrily.
This Registrar Chen was already late, but he still made a small official under him to make a fool of himself. This was simply outrageous.
"Our Sir, our Sir! Our Lord is surrounded by those soldiers! "The minor official cried and shouted.
"What? What happened? " The Registrar Chen was not an ordinary commoner. He was an official of Yunnan City. How could he be surrounded?
The minor official rambled on and on.
It turned out that this Registrar Chen was kind and charitable, but he was also a straightforward person.
After knowing that Huang Jian and Jiang Hua allowed their men to rob the commoners' rations, how could they bear it? Therefore, the commoners who were on the same street as Registrar Chen did not have their rations robbed by the Qiu Ba. The reason was that Registrar Chen led his men to stop the Qiu Ba.
Taking advantage of their numbers, they even beat him up violently. Only then did he let them go.
If Registrar Chen had killed the entire team, it would have been fine. It would have been four or five.
But Registrar Chen let him go.
Now, this small group of people directly went back to complain.
When one of Huang Jian's thousand men heard that someone dared to bully his men, he immediately ordered his men to go to Registrar Chen's residence.
When this small official left, the thousand soldiers had already pulled out their swords and surrounded him. Registrar Chen had already surrounded him.
Only then did this minor official hurriedly come forward to report.
"How can this happen? What do these Qiu Ba want to do?" One by one, they were filled with righteous indignation. They did not sympathize with Registrar Chen. In the past, they did not get along with Registrar Chen. Because this person did not wallow in the mire with them, he was naturally excluded by them.
But now, all of them were full of fighting spirit.
Because they were now in the same interest group.
"Go, lead the way!" Zhang Jin's face was gloomy. He wanted to see who dared to block the way of Zhang Jin's secretary.
"Yes." This minor official's face showed joy. This meant that his Registrar Chen could be saved.
"No need!" Another official came in.
"Captain Gao?" Everyone also saw the person who came in. This person was Wang Cheng's subordinate. Like Qian Xiao, he was also a thousand soldier.
But now, this person was stained with blood.
"Commandant Gao, you're injured?" Commandant Gao was now the only representative of the civil officials' faction.
"I'm not injured. It's Brother Qiwu's blood!" Captain Gao said in a low voice.
"Registrar Chen?!" This Brother Qiwu's name was Registrar Chen.
"What's wrong with Registrar Chen?" Zhang Jin's heart thumped. He felt that something bad was going to happen.
"Brother Qiwu, he, he is dead!" Captain Gao directly knelt on the ground and cried.
This Captain Gao was a man. But now, he was crying like a child. Men do not cry easily.
The Brother Qiwu that Commandant Gao mentioned was a brother of Commandant Gao.
He had arrived late today. After Registrar Chen was besieged by Huang Jian's men, he had sent someone to inform him. That person was Zhang Jin's Governor's Office and Commandant Gao of the barracks.
This Captain Gao whipped his horse, but he was still a step too late.
His brother, Registrar Chen, had fallen in a pool of blood and his body had become cold.
Huang Jian's team of a thousand soldiers also left.
Captain Gao had no choice but to take Registrar Chen's body to the governor's office.
"This, this, this!" These civil officials were dumbfounded. Even if these Qiu Ba robbed the people of their rations and forced them to do so, they would only shout. They wouldn't be able to risk their lives to do so.
But now, someone was really dead.
"Huang Jian, Jiang Hua! You've gone too far! " Zhang Jin could not help it. He was originally an old master, so he should have a good temperament. But now, he could not hold it anymore.
Immediately, Zhang Jin got up to find Huang Jian and Jiang Hua to settle accounts.
If it was before, when Registrar Chen's murder case had not happened, these civil officials would have instigated Zhang Jin to find trouble with these two people.
But now, they were afraid and also terrified.
Previously, they were sharp-tongued for their own interests.
However, after seeing the corpse, for the sake of Su Ming, they still felt guilty.
Those people had nothing to do with them. So what if they died? They robbed the people's rations. At most, next year or the year after, they would be less oppressed.
But at least they were still alive.
If Zhang Jin went now and angered Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, Zhang Jin would be in trouble.
Registrar Chen's example would be tragic in the end.
"Governor, don't be rash, Sir!" One by one, the civil officials rushed forward and grabbed Zhang Jin, not allowing him to move at all.
What a joke. Zhang Jin was dead. What if they were implicated?
How could Zhang Jin be a match for a group of people?
So he was stopped.
"Governor, if you don't go and seek justice for Brother Qiwu, then I'll go myself!" Commandant Gao said angrily when he saw this.
"Come back here!" Zhang Jin was also angry.
"If you don't go, I will personally lead the troops. I want them to pay with their blood!" Commandant Gao said with red eyes.
"Come back here!" Zhang Jin shouted at Commandant Gao. "From now on, you are no longer the Commander-in-Chief Of City Gates. You can't mobilize any troops!"
"If there are no troops, then I will go myself!" Commandant Gao was still stubborn.
"Men, take Gao Qiu down!" Zhang Jin shouted to his subordinates.
"What?!" Everyone was also hesitant. This Commandant Gao was Zhang Jin's confidante.
"What? Are you not going to listen to me?" Zhang Jin said angrily.
"Yes! Commandant Gao, sorry for offending you! "One by one, the soldiers of the Governor's Office pressed down on Gao Qiu.
Although Gao Qiu was unwilling, two fists were no match for four hands.
Moreover, he couldn't use his sword. In the end, he was pressed down by Zhang Jin's subordinates.
Seeing that the governor seemed to have dismissed the idea of going to Huang Jian and Jiang Hua to reason with them.
One by one, they loosened their arms.
"All of you can go back!" Zhang Jin waved his hand and said tiredly. As a superior, how could he not know what these people were thinking? None of them cared about the matter as if it didn't concern them.
They were good at talking, but in reality, they didn't do anything.
They were afraid that they would implicate themselves.
"In that case, Governor, we will take our leave!" The civil officials left one by one, as if there was wind under their feet. They were afraid that if they left, they would have to go back and tell their families that they were not allowed to go out.
They couldn't afford to have conflicts with other people.
They couldn't bear to give up the glory and wealth they had obtained. In their hearts, Registrar Chen was a fool.
Zhang Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head. He left a sentence and left the hall. "Bring Gao Qiu to my study!"
In the study of the Governor's Office, Zhang Jin had already tied Gao Qiu up in the study.
"Let go of me, all of you let go of me!" Gao Qiu's struggling voice was still heard.
"Zhang Jin, you coward! I must have been blind to have followed you! Coward! "Gao Qiu cursed as he struggled again and again.
Zhang Jin's subordinates were about to beat Gao Qiu up to shut him up, but Zhang Jin stopped them.
"Scold, continue scolding! Let him scold all of you! "Zhang Jin said indifferently.
He sat in front of the study table and picked up a book from the bookshelf to read.
The book was made of paper, and the layout was very regular.
It didn't look like the hand-copied works of this era at all. Instead, it looked like it was printed by a machine.
That's right, these were the printed books that were bought from Yangzhou.
Ordinary people might not be able to get these books, but they couldn't stop Zhang Jin.
After all, he was the governor of Yunnan.
Liu Mang didn't deliberately stop the circulation of the books.
Zhang Jin sat down. His book of the Analects of Confucius was already densely packed with the words of little flies.
This showed that Zhang Jin had annotated this book.
Zhang Jin couldn't help but admire the King of Han, Liu Mang, who was thousands of miles away.
You said that this book was published by him. The punctuation marks on the book were even more amazing.
Without these punctuation marks, he, Zhang Jin, would have to spend a lot of time punctuating sentences before he could continue reading.
He looked at Zhang Jin, who was reading the book with great interest.
Gao Qiu was also tired. He knew that it was useless for him to continue scolding.
After all, scolding couldn't make others less. If you took it seriously, you would be angering yourself. If you didn't take it seriously, then these scolding words were like farts.
Even a fart would have a smell.
Which side did Gao Qiu stop cursing?! Only then did Zhang Jin stop reading the book in his hand and look at Gao Qiu with a smile. "What's wrong? You're not scolding anymore? Are you tired of scolding? If you're thirsty, just say it! Come, serve tea to our Commandant Gao! "
Zhang Jin's considerate look made Gao Qiu gnash his teeth in anger.
Someone really brought tea in from outside the door.
"Come, untie our Commandant Gao!" Zhang Jin waved his hand and said.
Soon, Gao Qiu was put down.
Gao Qiu grabbed the tea on the table and drank it in one gulp. He was really tired and thirsty from scolding, so he felt so uncomfortable.
After drinking the tea, Gao Qiu walked directly to the door.
"Where are you going?" Zhang Jin asked.
"Revenge!" Gao Qiu answered straightforwardly.
Zhang Jin didn't say anything, but Gao Qiu couldn't get out of the study because Zhang Jin's subordinates hadn't left yet.
"Zhang Jin, what do you mean?!" Gao Qiu was angry.
"Nothing, I'm just afraid of death!" Zhang Jin said indifferently.
"You, Zhang Jin, are afraid of death, but it doesn't mean that everyone is afraid of death!" Gao Qiu said angrily.
"I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that your death won't have any value. Maybe you'll die as soon as you walk out of this door before you can even see the face of that thousand-man general! "Zhang Jin spread out his hands and said.
"Then give me back my troops! I must avenge Brother Qiwu! "Gao Qiu roared.
"Hehe, what? You're not happy enough alone, so you want to drag those thousand men to die with you! "Zhang Jin said with a sneer.
"Zhang Jin, what do you want?" Gao Qiu was helpless now.
"It's not what I want! It's what you want! "Zhang Jin said." Chen Qiwu is considered a good official. Such a person can't die a hundred times! "
En? Gao Qiu frowned and looked at Zhang Jin.
"You want revenge, but do you think I, Zhang Jin, don't want revenge?!" Zhang Jin also stared at Gao Qiu. "This Chen Qiwu is your brother, but he is also my subordinate! How can I just watch him die? "
"What do you mean?!"
"Revenge is fine, but not now!" Zhang Jin shook his head.
Zhang Jin only had a thousand men in his hands. If all of them died, Zhang Jin would really have no capital left. Then, Yunnan City would be completely finished.
"Then what should we do? Sit and wait for death?! "Gao Qiu held his head and said painfully.
"Since Huang Jian and Jiang Hua don't want Yunnan City, then we might as well give it to someone else!" Zhang Jin suddenly said something irrelevant.
"Give it to someone else?!" Who else could it be given to? Second Young Master Zhao Yi? Right now, Zhao Yi couldn't even protect himself, so how could he have the time to take Yunnan City?
Could it be?! Zhang Jin's eyes widened.
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