Chapter 163 Is this the prince of the Ming Dynasty?

Author: Demon Dao Ben Yao

Chapter 163 Is this the prince of the Ming Dynasty?

Hengyang City is a pioneer city.

As an advanced outpost guarding the capital of Jinling, when a large army came to attack Jinling, it was almost the last buffer line of defense.

At this time, outside the Hengyang County Government Office, after receiving a handwritten letter from the prince from the capital.

Zhou Wang Zhu Ju directly handed it to the Hengyang County Magistrate who was sitting aside with the old god present.

"County magistrate, this is a handwritten letter from the capital, His Highness the Crown Prince, and it has the Crown Prince's seal as proof! What's up? Can I lead the troops out now?"

When he saw the other party taking the handwritten letter, Zhu Zhu directly took the sword that came from the ground as he spoke.

The smile on his lips was not concealed at all.

Early this morning, the people outside Hengyang City Government Office were completely surrounded.

Zhu Rui's first reaction after learning about this was to directly lead his troops to surround these people.

However, after the county magistrate of Hengyang City heard about this, he hurriedly came to Zhu Ju's mansion and threatened him with death.

If Zhu Ru dared to lead troops to suppress the people, he would die directly in front of Zhu Ru.

He has seen Zhu Ju's methods of suppressing others.

Fire guns and sharp knives can attack everything wherever they go, and almost all those who resist will be defeated.

If Zhu Xi were to lead his troops to suppress the people, there would be a river of blood flowing outside the Hengyang government office.

The Hengyang County Magistrate was also a real person. In order to fulfill his duties, he threatened his own life and blocked Zhu Zhu in his mansion for a whole morning.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou, although there is a handwritten letter from the prince, I still have to remind you that the old officials in the village have no control over your suppression of the bullies, but those are innocent people, and they have not done anything beyond their bounds. If His Highness insists on a bloodbath, then

If an old minister makes a mistake in governing, he should be the first to be punished!"

"Your Highness, please think twice!"

The old county magistrate originally thought that after reporting the matter, the court would step in to stop King Zhou's atrocities!

But when he saw the handwritten letter sent by the prince, he found that it actually contained the words "Let him do whatever he wants" written on it.

His old face, which was originally calm and calm, suddenly showed a heavy look.

He never dreamed that the reply from the capital would be in such four big characters.

This was really beyond his expectation.

"Don't worry, old county magistrate. I, Zhu Ju, am not a murderous person. I have explained it very clearly to you. I am not going to suppress the people. Why don't you believe me?"

Zhu Ju looked at this extremely stubborn old man. He just wanted to open his Tianling Cap and let him see what was in his mind.

Ever since he heard that people had surrounded the Hengyang government office in the morning, he had been thinking about bringing people to deal with the matter.

As a result, I was dragged away all morning by the old county magistrate.

He also didn't want to think about what if he, Zhu Ru, was really a cruel and murderous person.

Can he still hold himself back?

If he wants to die, just let him die.

As for saying so much to him?

"His Royal Highness King Zhou, I don't know whether you are murderous or not, but you do things without any rules. This is an indisputable fact!"

After hearing Zhu Zhu's explanation for his behavior, the old county magistrate still just shook his head contemptuously.

After Zhu Zhu came to Hengyang City, he led his people to kill them in a furious manner.

There were many people whose homes were ransacked and their property confiscated by him.

The temporarily requisitioned warehouses in Prince Zhou's residence were already filled with all kinds of money, silver, and silk fabrics.

Many of them have even been moved to guest rooms for temporary storage.

The grain he collected during this period filled three granaries.

The prison was almost completely packed with people.

However, nine out of ten people who were imprisoned and whose homes were ransacked were directly captured by Zhu Ru without any examination.

How could the old county magistrate not be worried about such a method that goes beyond the law?

If he went to face those people and was slightly contradicted by someone, he would behead them on the spot.

Then the entire Hengyang City should not immediately turn into a mess?

"Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Hey, forget it, come with me. You will understand later."

Zhu Ju actually admired this old county magistrate of Hengyang City quite a bit.

After he arrived in Hengyang, the first thing he did was to check the family situation of the Hengyang County Magistrate.

With a low salary, he not only supported the government officials, but also sometimes had to help poor neighbors around him.

A man is old but has no children.

I heard that my children and wives all starved to death in the famine.

For this kind of old man, Zhu Ru admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, he will be coerced by the other party's threats.

When Zhu Zhu left the mansion, the fire gun army, infantry guard and cavalry guard all moved directly after him.

When they saw King Zhou's guards leaving again, the people and business travelers along the way were so frightened that they quickly moved out of the way.

Since King Zhou arrived in Hengyang, almost everyone in the city knew what he had done.

It's just that after he arrived, he was busy ransacking homes and arresting various village bullies and villains.

This also left him unable to clear his name for a while.

But Zhu Rui didn't care about this at this time.

Because he knew very well that he was just doing cleaning work now.

Once the mess is cleaned up, everything will gradually get better.

"Surround everyone up!"

When Zhu Zhu led his people outside the government office in Hengyang City, looking at the people kneeling on the ground, he directly ordered the guards to surround everyone.

And those people who originally came just to complain about injustice saw the bright spears and black blazing guns of Zhu Ju's guards.

Hundreds of people couldn't help but become commotion for a while.

But before they could make any move, Zhu Rui had already jumped off the horse.

Then, he took over a wooden loudspeaker from the attendant's hand.

This thing was also prepared for him by Chu Ze in advance.

"Everyone, fellow citizens! Don't get excited yet. With so many people gathered together, it is easy for a stampede to occur. Everyone listen to my order, get up slowly, and then squat down on the spot!"

"Now, I will count to three, and then everyone will stand up together. I am Zhou Wang Zhu Ju of the Ming Dynasty. I am definitely not here to cause trouble for you, but to solve your problems!"

"All soldiers, put away their weapons and do not accidentally injure civilians. All civilians must not cause riots. Now: one, two, three, stand up!"

With the blessing of a loudspeaker, Zhu's already loud voice, coupled with the shining weapons in the hands of the surrounding soldiers, instantly became the best tool to maintain order.

As Zhu Ru's slogans rang out, the people who had come to express their grievances slowly stood up from the ground under Zhu Ru's command.

After seeing this, Zhu Xi couldn't help but reveal a slight smile.

"Now, everyone listen to my order and squat down slowly. Now that there are so many of you crowded together, if a commotion breaks out, some innocent people will be trampled to death. So remember, this is for your safety. Without my order

, do not get up without authorization, otherwise for the safety of most people, I will order him to be shot!"

"Remember, I'm not kidding you!"

The scene that was originally quiet due to the sudden appearance of the soldiers suddenly became a bit turbulent again because of Zhu Ru's sentence of "shooting."

However, after discovering this sign, Zhu Ru quickly picked up the loudspeaker again and shouted.

"Anyone who doesn't want to die, please leave me alone!"

This angry rebuke immediately made all the people shut up in unison.

Everyone looked at Zhu Ru with horror on their faces.

The reputation of this Zhou king for his cruelty has now been completely spread in Hengyang City.

Killing without blinking is no longer enough to describe him.

But at this time, after hearing that Zhu Ru suddenly got angry, these common people who had never seen the world dared to move again.

They were all trembling as they looked at the armor that had surrounded them.

His face was full of regret and horror.
To be continued...