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Chapter 227 You Are True to Your Name!
In the barracks, the emaciated Tartar had one eye shining all over his face, he opened his mouth and babbled, as if he had been cursed, but he couldn't speak, his hands fluttered and grabbed in front of him anxiously.

Zhang Cheng looked at him at the door, knowing that he hadn't uttered a word for half a year, now he was caught in a hurry, causing a moment of loss of speech, so he said softly: "Man, don't worry, take a few breaths before speaking."

After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, the man's mood eased. He pressed his hands on the ground, panting heavily, and suddenly, he knelt on the ground, and started to cry "Woooo...".

Seeing that the man's mood was still not completely stable, Chen Zhong couldn't help but took a few steps forward and stood in front of Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng sat down on the sleeping couch next to him, and said softly again: "Man, are you feeling better?"

"Dong dong dong..."

The man knelt down in the corner and buckled his head towards Zhang Cheng. Zhang Cheng saw that he buckled heavily on the ground every time, and hurriedly said, "Zhongzi, hold him."

Chen Zhong stepped forward and grabbed the man, he let Chen Zhongti hold his collar and stood up, but as soon as Chen Zhong let go, he knelt back to the corner again, seeing that he didn't kowtow hard anymore, neither did Chen Zhong Ignore him and retreat back to Zhang Cheng.

The man just knelt on the ground like this, looked up at Zhang Cheng, opened his mouth and said, "Slave...slave...thank...thank you for your life...thank you for your life...slave...willing to help master...help master... ...kill the Tartars..."

Zhang Cheng tried not to laugh after hearing the man's incoherent words, but Chen Zhong couldn't help but muttered with a smile: Hiss, the slave helped the master kill the tartar...

Zhang Cheng glanced sideways at Chen Zhong, he stuck out his tongue, and stopped talking, Zhang Cheng continued: "Talk slowly, don't worry, we don't like calling you master here."

The man was stunned for a moment, seemed to have recovered, and after a while, he said: "General...General..."

Having said that, he stopped and looked up at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Yes, just call the general, let's continue."

"My name is Liu Youhao... My family has been farmers in Tongzhou for generations... In the second year of Chongzhen, I was only 17 years old, and I was arrested for the Tartars..."

"...I have been farming well...but my daughter-in-law...and my baby...damn tartar...a tartar who killed a thousand knives..."

"My lord...I want to kill the Tartars...let me stay...as long as I can kill the Tartars, I am not afraid of death!"

Zhang Cheng looked at him and said, "In the second year of Chongzhen, you stayed in Liaodong for nine years?"

Then Liu Youhao raised his finger and counted for a while before answering: "Yes, nine years."

"Well, then you should be very familiar with the situation in Liaodong?"

Liu Youhao was stunned for a moment, and then replied after a while: "My lord, ah, no, general, I just farmed for the Tartars in one place, so I learned the Tartar dialect.
Only this time, it was that Ah Han who was sick, so he brought the villain here, and taking this opportunity, I killed that nasty tartar..."

"Ok."

Zhang Cheng knew that he was in a hurry, what could he know if he was just a coat, but it was good, after all, this person had lived in the Tartars for nine years, so he must know something about the living habits and customs there.

Moreover, this man's Tartar language is also very good, he said: "You just follow this general, there are many ways to kill Tartars, Chen Zhong, let him be in the guards, first teach everyone how to speak Tartars,
Arrange for a few nights without charge, and see if he can survive it! "

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Xuanfu town is known as "Shenjing Pinghan". Anyone who comes to Xuanfu will be amazed by the vastness of the town.

At noon, Zhang Cheng was looking at Xuanfu Town, the "head of the nine towns", from outside the south gate, with Chen Zhong and Lin Fangping guarding him beside him.

Its circumference is 24 miles long, and there are more than 10,000 military households and thousands of civilian households in it, with a population of [-]+. In addition to the guarding general yamen, the governor's yamen, the Wanquandusi and its affiliated yamen, there are also The Valley Palace is also in the city.

Zhang Cheng and others rode their horses into the town from Changping Gate. Countless officials, generals, gentry, and merchants were walking in the street, but Zhang Cheng didn't care to watch. He led Chen Zhong and others all the way to the governor's office on Paidong Street. .

The majesty of the governor's yamen, the tall flagpoles standing in front of the gate, the tall screen wall, especially the rows of guards in front of the gate who are mighty and well-dressed, all show that this is the highest authority of Xuanfu town.

Looking at the strict governor's gate in front of him, Zhang Cheng let out a long breath.

Chen Zhong went up and gave the fat porter five taels of silver, and he asked Zhang Cheng to wait inside the gate building. He even invited Zhang Cheng to wait in the inner gallery, and even served Zhang Cheng a cup of silver. hot tea.

After a while, the concierge returned with a young man who looked like a servant. Zhang Cheng followed the servant and tried to chat with him. He felt that the young man's conversation was a bit unusual.

Then he secretly gave him a silver ingot weighing five taels. Such an excited child, who knows what will happen to him in the future, Zhang Cheng made a bet, but he didn't care much about the result.

These loose money are not all spent in vain, there is always a place to use it in the future.

Follow the young servant all the way through the halls and corridors, and finally come to a lobby in the backyard of the Governor's Yamen.

After entering the inner courtyard, he finally sat down in a side hall on the west side. Another servant came up and filled Zhang Cheng with tea, then turned around and left, leaving Zhang Cheng alone in the hall.

In the incomparable silence, Zhang Cheng waited quietly. About a quarter of an hour, the sound of footsteps came faintly. Zhang Cheng straightened his sitting posture, drank the tea on the table, and saw the governor Liu Yongzha, who was over [-] years old, walking Enter the partial hall.

Zhang Cheng took a closer look, and found that the governor Liu Yongzuo had already removed his official uniform and cap, and changed into a set of casual clothes at home. He saw a scarf on his head, a royal blue straight skirt on his body, and red shoes on his feet.

What's more, Liu Yongzuo is already elegant, with his three long beards fluttering on his chest, and he pays great attention to official appearance and decency in his daily life, at this time he looks like an elegant elder standing on his head.

A feeling of admiration made Zhang Cheng hurriedly stand up and bow down: "Xuanzhen guerrilla Zhang Cheng, see Mr. Liu."

Governor Liu Yongzuo was already sitting firmly on the chair, and he said calmly, "General Zhang, the good general of the country, you are welcome, get up quickly."

After Zhang Cheng got up and sat down again, Liu Yongzha said again: "I heard that Duchen Lu once gave the general a letter, is there such a thing?"

Sitting on the chair, Zhang Cheng replied respectfully: "It is indeed as the governor said, Governor Lu once bestowed loyalty on the humble post!"

"Loyalty!?"

Liu Yongzuo thought for a while, then said: "Good character, loyal to the country, enthusiastic to protect the people, loyal and sincere, you really live up to your name!"

(End of this chapter)