Chapter 80: Pleasure

The north of the city is the gate.

Zhao Xin climbed up to the watchtower and raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, you all listen to me. The salary allocated by the court has made Zhao Santai, a dog thief, greedy, but the general has already found a way to raise 100,000 taels of silver. The general said that he would use this silver to first send the pension of the fallen brothers to let their families survive this winter."

"The general also said that these brothers died in battle for the Ming Dynasty. We cannot let these brothers go to the nine fountains and cry for the sake of their families' lack of food and clothing, and we cannot let them die with their eyes closed!"

The tens of thousands of soldiers from the border inside and outside the gate were silent, and no one questioned this!

These soldiers are all rough people, and they can't tell or understand any great principles. But they are all human beings, and their hearts are full of flesh. They can't not think about it. What if they die one day, what will happen to their families? Therefore, they have no objection to Wang Pu's decision, but they also have their own difficulties.

Zhao Xin continued, "I know you have difficulties, and your family can't eat and have no money to keep warm. However, the general has agreed to find a way. Now Tang Sheng is already picking people to make money with the general. You can't believe me, can you still not believe the general?"

"We can trust the general!"

"Yes, we believe him!"

"General, he will definitely have a solution."

"The general will never leave his brothers alone!"

The soldiers responded one after another.

Zhao Xin shouted loudly: "Okay, since everyone can trust the general, then go back to the camp and wait for news. He Laoliu, you can take two hundred people teams with me to get the money away. The other brothers have all dispersed, they have dispersed."

Datong Town is guarding the eunuch's mansion. A side hall.

Zhao Santai trembled and picked up the poison left by Zhang Zi'an, looking sad. He didn't want to die, but he had no choice!

As Zhang Zi'an said, the mutiny in Datong Town has become a big deal, and it is impossible to suppress this matter and not let the superiors know it. In this way, Zhao Santai, Zhang Zi'an, together with several deputy generals and generals, and the guerrilla greed for money, can no longer be concealed. Zhang Zi'an, as the eunuch in Datong Town, must give a statement to Emperor Long Sui, and the soldiers of the border soldiers in the troubled areas must also give them an explanation, otherwise it will be difficult to settle the matter.

Zhao Santai was very angry. He was not the only one who was greedy for food and money, and the one who was greedy the most was clearly Zhang Zi'an's old castrated product, but he had no choice!

Zhang Zi'an is a man in the palace, and to put it bluntly, he is the one of the Long Live Master. Although he is just a military supervisor in name, he actually holds the power of life and death against Zhao Santai and other foreign generals! Zhang Zi'an is not a Buddha, so he cannot give up himself and protect Zhao Santai. As for those deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, etc., they are not qualified to be scapegoats.

The matter is obvious. The only scapegoat is Zhao Santai.

Zhao Santai can refuse to accept his fate, but he can't compete for Zhang Zi'an! And he knows that the result of fighting with Zhang Zi'an will be even worse. Not to mention that he can't save his life, I'm afraid that even his family will not have a good end! If Zhao Santai accepts his fate and commits suicide, at least he can protect his family.

On this point, Zhao Santai believed that Zhang Zi'an would not lie to him. Zhang Zi'an said that he would properly place his family. This was not Zhang Zi'an's loyalty, nor was it Zhang Zi'an's conscience discovery. To put it bluntly, this was just an unspoken rule in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Zhao Santai died of the crime for Zhang Zi'an and his group. If Zhang Zi'an didn't want others to be disappointed, if he still wanted others to continue to do things for him in the future, he would have to do this.

"Forget..."

Zhao Santai closed his eyes cruelly and poured the poison from the small bottle into his mouth.

Half an hour later, several deputy generals, generals and guerrilla generals from Datong Town were invited to Zhang Zi'an's mansion. Like Zhao Santai and Zhang Zi'an, these people had more or less divided the benefits from the money allocated by Emperor Chongzhen from the treasury. None of them had a clean butt.

With the rapid and chaotic footsteps, Zhang Zian turned out from behind the screen surrounded by two small eunuchs. The deputy generals, the guerrilla generals and the guerrilla generals stood up in unison. He looked at the eunuch who held the power to seize life and death with fear!

Zhang Zian waved his hand, and the two little eunuchs retreated respectfully, and even brought the door with them.

Several deputy generals, generals and guerrillas were in a thunderous heart, and soon they realized that something was wrong. Zhao Santai, the deputy general in charge, had not arrived yet, but Zhang Zian seemed not to want to wait for him.

"Sit all." Zhang Zi'an waved his hand and said sinisterly, "You don't have to wait for Deputy General Zhao. He won't come, nor can you come. Our family won't hide it from you. Just half an hour ago, Deputy General Zhao committed suicide by taking poison because of the greed for ink and food and pay."

"ah?"

"this……"

"General Zhao..."

Several deputy generals, generals and guerrillas looked at each other in a glance.

"You don't have to panic, let alone be afraid." Zhang Zi'an said in a dark voice, "Zhao Santai's greed for food and food is his business, and it has nothing to do with you. Even if you want to investigate this matter, you can't find it."

"My father-in-law is wise."

"It's better for my father-in-law to be kind to you."

"My father-in-law is really ignorant. Zhao Santai's greed for food and food has nothing to do with us."

Several generals from the border town quickly flattered them. Zhang Zi'an's words made them completely relieved. With Zhang Zi'an's words, even if the capital sent someone to investigate, they would never find out that they were on their heads, because Zhao Santai had committed suicide by taking poison. They could do their best to put all the blame on him, and the dead would not speak up for themselves.

"But..." Zhang Zi settled down and continued, "Zhao Santai is greedy for food and food, but his family is innocent. You and Zhao Santai are also colleagues. This person should always be concerned about old love. No matter what you should do, we don't need to teach you, right?"

"The low-ranking level understands."

"He has squandered all the money Zhao Santai has squandered, and we have not copied any money in his mansion."

Several generals from the border town quickly understood what Zhang Zi'an meant. Things like Zhao Santai had happened before, but they would not be missing in the future. Such a handling is just an old rule.

"There is another thing." Zhang Zi'an continued, "Our family will be open to you first. The prince-consort has already gone to the camp in the north of the city to appease the soldiers of the border soldiers in the mutiny. The prince-consort has also promised to help solve the court's arrears of money. So you don't have to go to the camp in the north of the city to stay at home in the past few days."

Several generals from the border town said in confusion: "But my father-in-law, the prince-in-law..."

Zhang Zian interrupted sinisterly: "Don't you understand what we say?"

Several generals from the border town were silent and whispered: "I understand. I will never step into the camp in the next few days."

The camp in the north of the city, the general's headquarters.

Wang Pu said to Xiaoqi who came with him: "Xiaoqi, Madam must be waiting urgently at home. You should go back to the Wang family courtyard immediately and tell her that in order to appease the mutiny of the border soldiers, I have lived in the military camp and not returned home in the past few days. Let the bearded man and Scarface bring two hundred brothers to the camp immediately, and Mr. Zhen will come together!"

"yes."

Xiaoqi responded and took the order.

Wang Family Courtyard. Wang Pu Warm Pavilion.

Chen Yuanyuan was sitting in the pit embroidery, but the window was open on the cold weather, because through the window, you could see the gatehouse of the Wang family courtyard. She was hoping that the door would suddenly open, and then the familiar figure would strode in. The young lady came in from the side door with a plate of snacks, walked to Chen Yuanyuan and looked at it, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckled.

Chen Yuanyuan said angrily: "Damn girl, why are you laughing at?"

The young lady pointed at Chen Yuanyuan's embroidered and slapped her in her hand. She smiled and said, "Madam, you've almost embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks into a pheasant, Princess."

Chen Yuanyuan looked down at the mandarin ducks she embroidered, and couldn't help but smile.

Just now, I was just worried about Wang Pu. I was distracted. Isn’t it just that the good mandarin ducks were embroidered into pheasants with hairs?

"Oh..." Chen Yuanyuan smiled twice before stopping laughing, sighing, "I don't know what happened to the border army's mutiny. Why haven't I ever had a letter yet?"

"Madam, don't worry." Neng Niang advised, "The general has even destroyed Jiannu's nest, and the Jiannu's old chief has also been captured by him. Now the general's prestige is very high. When those mutiny soldiers heard that the general has arrived, why don't they obediently put down their weapons and wait for the general's condemnation?"

Chen Yuanyuan said: "After that being said, I am still feeling ups and downs and not at ease."

"My maid understands." The young lady covered her mouth and smiled secretly. "Madam, this is called care and confusion. You are so loving the general."

"Go." Chen Yuanyuan said, "Little girl movie, do you know what love is?"

The master and servant were having a fuss, and Xiaoqi's voice suddenly came from outside the main entrance of the warm pavilion: "Madam, the general asked the villain to bring you a message. The general said that in order to appease the mutiny soldiers, he has stayed in the camp and refused to go home in the past few days. Madam, the villain will go to the camp immediately. Do you have any words to let the villain bring to the general?"

"Xiao Qi, wait a moment." Chen Yuanyuan quickly put down the needlework in her hand, stood up and said to Neng Niang, "Neng Niang, hurry up and bring the general's big cloak and the quilt, which was sent by his grandmother in the morning, and asked Xiao Qi to take it to the general's camp."

"Why."

The young lady responded crisply and took out Wang Pudi's tiger-clothed cloak.

Two hours later, Xiaoqi returned to the north camp of the city, and two big cars were accompanied by him, as well as Zhen Youcai, bearded man, scarfaced face and a total of two hundred trusted servants.

Seeing Xiaoqi bringing a tiger-skinned cloak, a few brocade quilts, and some common household items into the headquarters, Wang Pu was stunned and said, "Xiaoqi, what are you doing? Are you moving? Who asked you to move these things? This is a big camp. What do you want to do?"

Xiaoqi smiled bitterly and said, "This is all told by the wife. Isn't there no way for the villain to do this?"

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Didn't you tell your wife that these things are not needed in the military camp?"

"I said it." Xiaoqi scratched his head, "But Madam doesn't listen."

Zhen Youcai smiled and advised: "General, Madam, this is also concerned about you, so stay."

"Okay, then." Wang Pu said helplessly, "Let's leave the things first."

Zhen Youcai pulled Wang Pu into the corner of the tent, lowered his voice and said, "General, there is news again on the other side of Kamchi Mountain."

"Oh?" Wang Pu whispered, "Speak quickly."

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain has already found out. The person who came to the slaughterhouse to sell horses that day was named Zhang Monk. He lived in Zhangjiatun for the past and was a bachelor. According to the villagers in Zhangjiatun, Zhang Monk worked as a monk in Shaolin Temple when he was young. He was very skilled in martial arts. More than a dozen ordinary strong men could not get close to him. The villagers also said that this monk Zhang was usually honest and was not good to the villagers, but he would disappear from time to time for a while."

"It's interesting." Wang Pu whispered, "This monk Zhang is indeed a bit famous."

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain also found out something."

Wang Pu said: "Tell me."

Zhen Youcai said: "This monk Zhang has a good friend. He is a widow in Xujiatun. According to people from Xujiatun, the widow married several men, but none of them lived for a long time, but left two children. People said that she was the life of a husband, and no one dared to marry her again. Only Mr. Zhang did not believe in this evil. He brought something to the widow's house every now and then threatened to marry her."

"There is a way to do this." Wang Pu pondered for a moment, turned around and said to the bearded man, "Big bearded man, scar face."

The bearded man and scarface stepped forward and responded proudly: "What are the general's instructions?"

Wang Pu said: "You go and choose a few brothers with great martial arts skills and go with me to Xujiatun overnight."

"yes."
Chapter completed!