The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 385

Knowing that Shi Jin would be imprisoned if he went here, Mu Xu of course would not let him go, so he persuaded him immediately, "That's not right, the fireworks girls welcome and send them off every day, I don't know how many benefactors there are. You haven't seen her for a long time, if his family reports on you, what should you do?"

Seeing that Shi Jin wanted to say more, Mu Xu persuaded, "Furthermore, there are only old, weak, sick and disabled left in Dongping Mansion. How can it be worthy of our thunderbolt? There is no need for brothers to take risks alone."

Shi Jin couldn't help being a little frustrated when he heard the words, after all, he came up with this idea with great difficulty. He thought that he could make a contribution, but Mu Xu completely denied it when he didn't want to.

Mu Xu sensed that Shi Jin was in a bad mood, and was afraid that his enthusiasm would be dampened, so he found another way, "Brother came at the right time, and I needed someone to take care of something, so I simply left it to my brother."

Shi Jin regained his spirits, and hurriedly responded, "Please tell me, brother, I will definitely do it properly."

"Okay, brother, I'm sure I'm at ease." Mu Xu boasted first, and then said, "Go to the camp and find someone who is similar in appearance and body to Dong Ping. I'll be useful tomorrow."

Shi Jin's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Could it be that brother wants to defraud the city?"

Mu Xu replied, "It's just a try. After all, Dong Ping is a household name in Dongping Mansion, so this plan may not work."

"That brother might as well save Dong Ping's life, isn't it safe to have him in hand?"

How could Mu Xu not have thought of a question that even Shi Jin could figure out?But he still intentionally baited and killed Dong Ping. The reason why he did this was because he really didn't like Dong Ping. If he recruited him, if he wanted to kill him in the future, it would inevitably come true.

Secondly, when sending troops to Zengtou City this time, besides snatching the horses, Mu Xu also planned to use battles to train troops, but he did not think that Zengtou City would not be able to withstand the battle, and he had not gone through a fierce battle at all, and his painstaking efforts were in vain .Therefore, he simply created an opponent by himself, and in this way, Dongping Mansion, which had only a few thousand remnants of soldiers, fell into his eyes.

Of course, if he said this directly, it would appear that Mu Xu didn't care about the lives of the soldiers, so he evaded, "That guy is capricious, and he will probably repent before the battle. How can he be reliable?"

Shi Jinben was just asking casually, but upon hearing this, he stopped talking and resigned.

Although Mu Xu's idea is good, the world can't be as expected.It is said that the next day he took the fake Dong Ping and led more than a thousand horsemen to the west gate of Dongping Mansion, and called down the city gate in Dong Ping's tone, but the city guard only poked his head out for a little look, and then waved his hand and ordered the gate to open .

Seeing such a situation, Mu Xu was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't figure it out, don't they need to send someone to check carefully?Lin Chong, who was at the side, saw that he was a little strange, and hurriedly reminded, "Brother, the city gate is open!"

Now that the matter has come to this point, Mu Xu had no choice but to rush into the city gate first, cut off the iron cables of the suspension bridge first, and led his troops to rush in.There is nothing to say about the next thing, the local soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have been rotten to the bone, and they are almost powerless to fight back, so the Liangshan army successfully occupied the city.

After the follow-up army and horses entered the city one after another, Mu Xu hurriedly sent an order to the general, not to kill the people and set fire to the houses.Afterwards, people were assigned, led by Shi Qian, to occupy the treasury and control those rich and unkind big households.

Mu Xu knew in his heart that since ancient times, those who won the hearts of the people won the world, so after doing these things, it was not enough, and he ordered the soldiers to post notices along the street, telling the people in the city: Liangshan's army is here to do justice for the sky, and anyone who has wronged, But when they come to Fu Yin's Yamen, there are people who will make decisions for them.

At first, the people in the city thought it was rebellious soldiers entering the city, and they were all scared to stay behind closed doors. It wasn't until someone found out that the soldiers were not disturbing the people that they boldly started to take to the streets one by one.

Seeing the notice posted on the street, there was an old man trying to beat the drums to appeal for grievances. Mu Xu received him personally, and learned from the old man that there was a rascal named Li Yong in this city. Pushing the official, he robbed the old man's daughter by force. The old man's daughter couldn't bear the humiliation, and even threw herself into the trap.

Mu Xu hated this kind of oppressive and kind-hearted people the most in his life, so he ordered Li Yong and his brother-in-law who was pushing officials to come to him in court. The two of them argued sophistry at first, but they were refuted by the evidence Mu Xu found one by one. People had to bow their heads and plead guilty.

In front of the people in the city watching the excitement outside the hall, Mu Xu directly sentenced the two to death and confiscated all their property, half of which was used to compensate the old man.

Mu Xu's actions are like Shang Yang's family's establishment of trust. If there is one, there will be two. In the next few days, people with grievances will come to complain every day.

In the process, it is inevitable that some people will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and want to falsely accuse others.For such people, Mu Xu directly implements the same crime as those who framed them, and once found out, he will not tolerate them, and finally avoided many unjust, false and wrong cases.

Returning from the yamen to the back hall that day, Zhu Wu suggested, "Village Master, the major cases in the city have been tried, and the rest are just trivial matters, it's not worth bothering about it anymore, it's time to go back."

Mu Xu nodded, "Alright, can the money and food be settled properly?"

Zhu Wu replied with a wry smile, "There are too many seized this time. If we want to transport them all back to Liangshan, we need to conscript at least [-] civilians. This..."

"No, we are playing the banner of doing justice for the heavens. It is not worth the loss to act like this at the beginning of our career." Mu Xu frowned, thought for a while, and said,
"Transport away all the confiscated gold and silver, transport as much food as you can, and distribute the rest to the people in the city."

"Yes, Xiaosheng will arrange it now." Zhu Wufang was about to resign, but he remembered something again, and asked quickly, "There is one more thing I need to ask the village master. How should those captured officials be dealt with?"

"If there are serious villains on weekdays, they will be pulled out for public trial, and the rest will be released as long as they hand over half of their family assets. By the way, are there any officials who are willing to submit to us?"

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "Of course there are. The first one here is Cheng Wanli, the prefect. Not only is he willing to surrender, he even proposed to offer his daughter to the village master as a concubine. Xiaosheng went to see it. It's really beautiful, does the village master want to see it?"

Mu Xu didn't say yes, but instead asked, "How is Cheng Wanli's official reputation? Has there been any major misdeeds?"

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "Cheng Wanli used to be a magistrate of this state. Last year, he was promoted to governor of Dongping through Tong Guan's connections. Therefore, his bad deeds are not many. Perhaps it is also related to the former governor Chen Wenzhao. The officials are not bad, so except for a few officials, most of them are passable."

"Then accept the officials who are loyal to you. As for the daughter of the Cheng family..." At this point, Mu Xu couldn't help but feel a little headache. He really didn't want to provoke too many women in this life.And now there is Hua Baoyan waiting for him in Liangshan, it is really unreasonable to bring another one back.

At this moment, Mu Xu suddenly caught a glimpse of Wu Song's figure in the distance, he suddenly had an idea, and waved to Wu Song, "Erlang, find me for brother's good business!"

Wu Song came up close and asked in a daze, "What can I do to find my younger brother?"

Mu Xu looked Wu Song up and down, patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Erlang is not too young, has he thought about when he will marry?"

Wu Song's face showed a rare twist, Qiqi Ai said, "My brother is a straightforward man, how can a young lady take a fancy to me?"

"Is there any reason to say that, my virtuous brother is handsome and capable, how can he not be liked by women?"

Mu Xu retorted a few words, and then asked Zhu Wu, "What do you think, the military adviser, is the daughter of the Cheng family worthy of Erlang?"

Naturally, Zhu Wu would not do such an unsightly thing, so he hurriedly said in agreement, "A man with a talent and a woman with a good looks are a natural match."

"Okay, then I will make the decision on this matter, and let the daughter of the Cheng family marry Erlang as his wife."

Wu Song couldn't think of it, but in the blink of an eye, he had an extra marriage, and immediately refused, "No way, there is an elder brother at home, this is without his consent..."

Mu Xu interrupted Wu Song with a wave of his hand, and said categorically, "Erlang doesn't need to say any more. I think your elder brother will only be happy for you when he sees you getting married. How could he object?"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Wu Song and told Zhu Wudao, "Where Cheng Wanli is, the military division will go to propose marriage."

Zhu Wu said confidently, "The village master can rest assured that Cheng Wanli will be satisfied with this marriage."

(End of this chapter)