After a while, the guards of the prison walked to the door of the cell.

Li Xiucheng knew that he couldn't escape, shook the cell door, and yelled: "What about Li Zhen? Let Li Zhen come and see me. ”

The officer's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "They are already prisoners, and they are still so arrogant." A bandit like you doesn't even know how to die. The official raised his hand and waved, and six soldiers walked behind him. Two of them opened the door of the cell and escorted Li Xiucheng out, while the other four soldiers stood aside with guns, apparently to prevent Li Xiucheng from escaping.

"What are you doing?"

Li Xiucheng saw that the soldiers were holding him and thought they were going to kill him.

At this moment, Li Xiucheng's heart was like ashes.

The official said loudly: "Are you afraid? Don't be arrogant if you're afraid. Lord Daotai wants to see you, so get out of here. You stayed in the cell guarded by Lao Tzu, which made Lao Tzu feel bad. The official nodded to the soldiers who were escorting Li Xiucheng, and the soldiers escorted Li Xiucheng out of the prison and went straight to the county hall of the government.

Li Zhen sat in the lobby of the county government, and Lan Weiwen sat below.

Li Xiucheng was escorted in by the soldiers, raising his head and chest, with a look of unyielding expression.

"Get on your knees!"

The escorting soldier shouted.

Li Xiucheng snorted coldly and shouted: "The generals of the Heavenly Empire, how can they kneel to Qinggou, it is impossible. Li Xiucheng's eyes were like knives, his expression was fierce, and he glared at the soldiers beside him viciously.

Li Xiucheng did not cooperate, and a fierce look appeared on the soldier's face, and he raised the gun in his hand and hit Li Xiucheng's legs. At the critical moment, Li Zhen said: "If you don't kneel, don't kneel, go down." ”

"Yes!"

The soldier withdrew and left with the rest of the soldiers.

Li Xiucheng looked at Li Zhen and frowned.

He glanced at Li Zhen just now, but he didn't feel anything, but now he looked carefully and found that Li Zhen's face was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Li Xiucheng kept recalling, and the impression in his mind suddenly froze when Yang Banhou led people to join him, when Li Zhen was in the army, pretending to be a small officer.

"Shhh Hiss! ”

Li Xiucheng gasped, only to know that Li Zhen was mixed in the army.

Li Xiucheng said loudly: "Li Zhen, since you have been caught, if you want to kill or chop, you can dispose of it." When my general, Zhang, kills the foreigners, he will definitely lead the army to break through Shanghai and avenge me. ”

Zhang killing??

Li Zhen smiled and asked: "Is the bandit general who led the army to fight with the foreigners Zhang Kill?" ”

When Li Xiucheng heard this, he suddenly felt a little bad in his heart. Listening to Li Zhen's tone, he didn't seem to be worried about Zhang Zhen leading his troops to kill, and there was a joke in his tone.

Li Zhen flicked his sleeves and continued: "Zhang Shu has been killed, so you should break this thought." Although Zhang Shu defeated the foreigners according to your strategy, my army appeared on the battlefield and won the victory. ”

"You, you ......"

Li Xiucheng pointed at Li Zhen, revealing endless surprise.

Li Xiucheng's troops tried to take down the officers and soldiers and the foreigners in two ways, but Li Zhen did everything he could, and in turn defeated the foreigners and his army. Li Xiucheng looked lonely, and said lightly: "I tried my best to come up with a two-way way to intercept and kill, but you easily calculated and not only cleaned up the foreigners, but also defeated my army." Awesome, really awesome. ”

At this moment, Li Xiucheng felt that he was a clown singing on stage.

No matter how positive the jump is, it is useless.

Li Zhen said: "It's not that I'm powerful, it's that I have a powerful strategist who has insight into your plan. You wanted to take down the foreigners and the officers and soldiers outside the city, but you didn't expect my advisors to calculate the location of your ambush. Therefore, you don't have any chess pieces, whether it is the location of the Bazikou or the ambush in Half Moon Bay, they have all been pulled out. ”

Li Xiucheng said helplessly: "If you are not wronged, kill me." ”

Li Zhendao: "What if I don't kill you? ”

Li Xiucheng sneered twice, with a firm expression, and said: "I will not surrender, if you have such a mind, dispel it early and waste your time for free." ”

Lan Weiwen's eyes rolled, and she suddenly interjected and shouted: "Li Xiucheng, the condescending solicitation of adults is your last life's accumulation of virtue. If you know each other, surrender immediately, or you will die without a place to be buried. ”

Li Xiucheng sneered: "I am determined to die, am I still afraid of being killed?" ”

Lan Weiwen still wanted to speak, but she heard Li Zhen snort coldly. He turned around and saw Li Zhen's face pale, and hurriedly shut up.

Li Zhen said: "I won't kill you!" ”

"You, you, you...... Don't kill me? ”

Li Xiucheng stared at Li Zhen, his eyes flashing with disbelief. The officers and soldiers and the Taiping Army vowed not to be at odds, and it was impossible for them to coexist. If Li Xiucheng catches Li Zhen, he must kill him quickly. Thinking of the positions of the two sides, Li Xiucheng thought that Li Zhen must have other conspiracy, otherwise it would be impossible to let him go.

Li Xiucheng pursed his lips and said, "If you don't want to use tricks, I won't give in." ”

Li Zhen said to himself: "Come on, bring the book." ”

As the words fell, a soldier walked up with a plate. There were four books neatly placed on the plate, and when Li Xiucheng saw it, he opened his mouth wide and immediately froze.

Especially when I saw the words on the cover, my eyes lit up.

Li Xiucheng muttered: "The "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" engraved in the Jiajing Renwu year, the "New Magazine Criticizes the Three Kingdoms according to Jianquanxiang" in the Wanli period, the "Mr. Li Zhuowu Criticizes the Three Kingdoms" published by Wu Guanming in the Wanli period, and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" revised by Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang and his son during the Kangxi period, are really complete. ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "Although you are from a poor family, you love to read, especially with a flexible brain, and you are a general." I heard from the soldiers under your command that you love to read the Three Kingdoms, so I asked people to collect these books and give them to you. ”

Li Xiucheng became vigilant and said coldly: "What is your purpose?" ”

Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders and said, "You are just a pawn sent by Yang Xiuqing and Hong Xiuquan to attack Shanghai, what use can you have?" Killing you or not, it doesn't affect me much. Sending you a few books is nothing more than seeing that you have some ability, and you are a material that can be made. When the bandits are exterminated in the future, it will not be too late for you to go and submit to me. ”

Li Xiucheng retorted: "The Celestial Empire will not be destroyed, only the Qing Demon will be destroyed, and only the Qing Dog Tartar will be destroyed." ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "I won't argue with you, you can leave Shanghai with the book now." ”

"Really let me go?" Li Xiucheng asked again.

Li Zhen nodded and waved his hand to signal Li Xiucheng to leave.

Li Xiucheng said loudly: "Today you surround my life, and I will lead the army to break through Shanghai in another day, and I will spare you death." With that, Li Xiucheng put away various versions of the Three Kingdoms Book and strode out of the county office.

Lan Weiwen said: "My lord, if you let Li Xiucheng leave, you will definitely let the tiger return to the mountain?" ”

Li Zhen said: "I have my own plans for this matter! ”

After speaking, Li Zhen got up and left the county government and returned to Daotai Mansion.

After returning to the study, Li Zhen brought Liu Taiping to discuss the matter of writing a recital. After all, Li Zhen released Li Xiucheng privately, and he must report it to Xianfeng to know, otherwise he will be played by the rest of the officials and generals, and it will be easy to be attacked. Li Zhen asked Liu Taiping to write a recital, and he must embellish it, saying that letting Li Xiucheng go was deliberate, in order to drive a wedge between the internal relations of the bandits.

After Liu Taiping finished writing the recital, Li Zhen asked people to send the recital back to Beijing.

Before Li Zhen could take a breath, another soldier came to report that Adams and Rawell wanted to see him.

ps: Four more complete, the finishing bird. Thank you for your support.