Jia Zhennan is also a native of Gui'an County, and has been eating in the public gate for generations, like other fast catchers, although Ping Suli has a lot of respect for gentlemen like Zhuang Yuncheng and Zhu Youming, he doesn't have much contact. And as an unimportant little catcher, the dealer and the Zhu family did not buy Jia Zhennan when they inquired about the news, so today he and the other catchers were full of joy to arrest Zhuang Yuncheng's brothers, father and son. In the past, when I saw the old man and young master of the banker, I must say hello to each other in a low manner, and the other party will also love to ignore it, but in today's situation, the other party's family will definitely stuff a thick red envelope on each catcher, please look at the imprisoned master differently.

Jia Zhennan also knew that the maids in these big families were different from ordinary peasant women, their clean faces were still painted with rouge, and their clothes were also colorful, "You have to take a good look at it for a while, well, at this time, you just star, and the other party can't scold or beat people." When his companion went to call the door, Jia Zhennan shouted behind him while thinking about this idea in his heart. Then I saw a whole row of Zhuang Ding emerge from the wall, and then a guy who looked like the king of the mountain shouted.

"Aim? Are they holding bows and arrows? After hearing the shout, Jia Zhennan glanced blankly at the Zhuang Ding on the wall, and the thing they were holding in their hands seemed to be wrought iron rods. Don't say that Jia Zhennan is confused, even the head catcher who leads the team doesn't know the flintlock pistol, but the head catcher feels that what he sees seems to be a bit similar to a bird gun, but the barrel in front is much longer than the bird gun - if it is a gun barrel, because there is obviously no lit fire rope, the miniature should not be a bird gun. The head catcher suspects that a wooden tray has been added, and it looks a bit like a bird's wrought iron rod.

Today, in addition to the iron chain and iron cable, Jia Zhennan and the others are holding water and fire sticks, and the head catcher and deputy catcher are holding iron rulers. It's just that it stands to reason that the other party doesn't dare to have the intention of arresting, after all, there are still green battalion garrisons in the county, and those troops have spears, steel knives, armor and horses.

But before Jia Zhennan could sort out these thoughts, the "Mountain King" let out another loud shout, the reason why he suspected that Zheng Yaojun was the Mountain King was because Jia Zhennan felt that the other party seemed to have a murderous aura that only a bandit could have-he was not afraid when he faced the officials, but he was like a tiger that saw its prey.

The leader of the team fell to the ground, and after the dense gunfire, more than 30 catchers had already fallen down, and then the second group of strong men climbed the wall and continued to shoot at the officials in front of the door. Jia Zhennan stood dumbfounded, completely unaware of what was happening, lead bullet whistling in his ears, and his companions were also standing in a pool of blood, until they were hit by lead bullet, they let out a scream and fell to the ground convulsing.

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More than 100 Zhuang Ding who were preparing for the war successively divided into two rows to shoot on the wall, the third wave of people who went up did not continue to shoot, but pointed a gun at the door, commanding this batch of Zhuang Ding is Zhuang Yuncheng's son Zhuang Tingyue, in Deng Ming's previous life, he and his uncle and younger brother were all executed by the Qing court Ling Chi. Now Zhuang Tingyue remained vigilant, and at the same time turned around and shouted at Zhuang Nei: "Sergeant Zheng, there is still one standing left, what should I do?" Kill him? ”

Negotiator Zheng Yaojun did not answer, but looked at Zhuang Yuncheng.

"Keep one." Zhuang Yuncheng let out a wry smile, and now there is only one thing to do, two endlessly, although he has long had a plan and plan to arrest him, but in the end it was Zheng Yaojun's first shot that helped him make up his mind: "Bring in all the injured, these are all people from Gui'an County, and we still have to try to save their lives." ”

After loading their weapons, the dealer returned to the wall, and they all looked at the last lone figure in front of the door with complicated eyes. Although he knew that the weapon in his hand was very powerful, and after more than a month of continuous practice, every Zhuang Ding understood that their rifle was far superior to the killing weapon of the big knife and the spear, but before today, Zhuang Ding's rifle had never been aimed at a living person, and no matter how much straw and wood people fought, it could not compare to the shock when shooting at people with a rifle for the first time.

The village gate was pushed open by two Zhuang Ding with guns on their backs, and after seeing the dead and wounded everywhere in front of the gate, Zhu Youming, who had never visited the flintlock rifle drill, was also dumbfounded, staring at the killing field and muttering to Zhuang Yuncheng: "Little forty catch fast, this is all killed?" Is there a half-pillar of incense in this? ”

Definitely not, that is, a few breaths, the first row fired and then went down to the wall to reload, the second row went up the wall and fired, and the battle was over, and there was only one enemy left in front of Zhuang Ding, who went up in the third row, still standing.

Half of them lay motionless on the ground, the ground greedily sucking their blood, and some rolled on the ground with their injured legs and feet, shouting "help" or "spare their lives". And the last one standing there was still holding his chest straight, and the water and fire stick in his hand stood straight towards the dealer's door.

When he saw the door open, Jia Zhennan tried to shout, but he only let out a muffled whimper, not only his legs seemed to be filled with lead, but his shoulders and arms were completely stiff. So many people died in the blink of an eye, Jia Zhennan saw that on the surrounding walls, countless Zhuang Ding pointed at himself with "wrought iron rods", so that he didn't dare to move, and he couldn't move at all, and at the same time that he didn't dare to steal a mouthful in the atmosphere, Jia Zhennan's fingers couldn't let go, and he forgot that he should throw down the water and fire sticks first to show harmlessness.

Zhuang Ding, who opened the door, did not come out, but stood silently by the door and watched Jia Zhennan, and the bandit leader who showed his face just now walked out alone. When the other party stepped out of the village gate, Jia Zhennan came to his senses, he threw the water and fire stick out, and lay on the ground: "A good man spares his life!" ”

"I'm not a good guy." Zheng Yaojun shook his head and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhuang was wronged, he wanted to ask this eldest brother to go back to the county to bring a message, that book is not an anti-book, Mr. Zhuang dared to ask the county to be clear." ”

After saying this, Zheng Yaojun did not continue to speak, but looked back at the door, waiting for a person's final decision.

"And me." After a while, Zhu Youming's shouts came out of the door, and after seeing the dealer's self-defense ability, Zhu Youming finally embarked on the road of no return to kill officials and rebel, he was thinking about sneaking a bag of poison into it, and if he saw that the situation was not good, he would commit suicide - this is what Zhu Youming did in Deng Ming's previous life. But this time, Zhu Youming chose a completely different path.

After hearing this, the negotiator turned his head and looked at Jia Zhennan again: "Zhu Youming and Zhu Daguan said that that book has nothing to do with him, and he was also wronged, and I want to ask the county to investigate this." ”

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After Jia Zhennan returned to Gui'an County, he trembled in front of the official Li Huan, and brought the words of Zhuang Yuncheng and Zhu Youming, but Li Huan was stunned for a while and couldn't speak.

After listening to the entire narrative, Li Huan's first reaction was not anger, but admiration, the order of the governor Yamen was very ambiguous, and the officials of Anxian County were also required to "make meritorious contributions" in this great rebellion case, and the criminals who were taken in custody were not allowed to be detained locally or in Huzhou, but were to be escorted to the provincial capital Hangzhou. Since it is not allowed to be detained in the county or the prefecture, it means that the prefecture and county may be held accountable, and now the prefecture and county are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they don't know what kind of punishment they will receive -- after all, in the past two years, they have all received the bank's money, but it is said that the province has also suffered it, and even the general of the Eight Banners of Housing has suffered, and Liang Huafeng, the governor of the neighboring province, has also openly supported the banker in the southeast officialdom, and has released a saying that this book is not a matter at all.

Although Li Huan knew that the big thing was not good, he couldn't give birth to the idea of resisting at all, and after hearing that the dealer and the Zhu family dared to resist arrest, the first thought that flashed through him was: "Good man!" ”

However, this admiration flashed, and what followed was a normal anger, and the banker's actions were contempt for the county, and also contained the meaning of looking down on the prefect, the magistrate, and the county order, and it would lead to the case not ending. After a brief discussion with the county order, Li Huan, who was ordered to come to get people, ordered to convene the green camp and order all the soldiers and horses to go to the dealer to get people.

"Do you need to report to the house?"

"No need." Li Huan replied that the worries of the county order were not worth mentioning in his opinion, and Zhu Youming and Zhuang Yuncheng could probably mobilize hundreds of Zhuang Ding, and there was no need to mobilize the generals and battalions under the control of the Huzhou Prefecture to deal with them.

"The dealer doesn't know where to get some three-eyes." After listening to Jia Zhennan's description, Li Huan, who knew something about firearms, made a judgment that if there is no firelight, it should not be a bird gun, and the bird gun thing is not only rare, but it is difficult for soldiers to master, so it must be the three eyes: "The three eyes are very effective against the officials, but as long as the green battalion soldiers raise their shields and wear armor, they are useless." ”

Li Huan's statement was agreed by the officers of the Green Battalion, who felt that the banker's three eyes would not be too many, and it would be good to have a ten. Jia Zhennan's frightened young man's words can't be taken seriously at all, if he listens to him, the dealer is not holding a fire gun at all, but Lei Gong's thunderbolt. However, even if the dealer has a few more three-eyed firearms, the officers of the green battalion feel that it is not a big deal, because the other party is still Zhuang Ding in the final analysis, and the army is dispatched to attack a rich manor, and the green battalion is full of belief in victory from the top to the west. After the order was issued, the officers and men of the green battalion were thunderous with joy, and now all they were thinking about from top to bottom was how to rush into the dealer's house to get a sum of money, and then grab a beautiful girl to go, relying on a small number of three-eyed people could not stop such a strong army with a rainbow of morale.

"I could have allowed my family to live a few more days, so why bother?" Li Huan watched the green camp leave the city in a hurry, and taunted Zhuang Jiadao in his heart, since he knew that the governor Yamen wanted him to send the Zhuang family and other prisoners to the military camp in Hangzhou to be detained, he knew that the criminals this time were in a catastrophe.

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