Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 468 Brothers, Follow Me
Hangzhou City, by the West Lake, Zhu Houzhao's residence.

Sitting on the chair with no expression on his face, looking at the magnificent lake, Zhu Houzhao reached out and tapped the armrest of the chair gently, listening to Liu Jin reporting the situation of Hangzhou City to himself.

"His Royal Highness, many big households in Hangzhou City have chosen to escape from the city." Liu Jin said, and at the same time glanced at Zhu Houzhao worriedly. He felt that His Royal Highness might be angry because of this matter.

But Zhu Houzhao's expression didn't change much.

In fact, he wasn't angry at all.It is also reasonable for these people to escape. If it were me, I would definitely escape, and I would definitely not have any other thoughts.

After all, so many people have been killed and captured in the city, who knows if he will be caught next?

You must know that these rich people are basically not very clean.

Picking up the tea on the table and taking a sip, Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly: "Don't worry about them anymore, our attention is no longer on them now. Tell Zhang Xi to cheer up his people. "

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Jin quickly agreed.

Hangzhou City, Shunchang Cloth Store.

Wang Huai was also listening to Zhou Er Er reporting to himself.

After hearing that Hangzhou City was completely unblocked, Wang Huai's face obviously flashed with surprise, and then he said with a smile: "This is really beyond my expectation. I thought that under such circumstances, this The prince may continue to blockade Hangzhou City and adopt a high-pressure posture."

"I didn't expect him to unravel Hangzhou City like this. It seems that our prince really has confidence, or I was underestimated." When he said this, the smile on Wang Huai's face eased. Slowly restraining himself, he turned his head to look at Zhou Laoer and said, "Are our people ready? Tell them that if there is any movement from Jinshan, they are ready to attack at any time."

"I killed Liao Zhong as soon as I took the shot, and then completely controlled Hangzhou Wei. At the same time, I sent people to attack the Governor's Yamen and the Zhifu Yamen, and killed all these wine bags and rice bags. When the time comes, the whole of Hangzhou will be messed up. I think Can our prince still sit still?"

"As long as he sends out soldiers, we can concentrate our elite forces to kill him in one fell swoop. As long as the crown prince dies in Hangzhou City, the whole south of the Yangtze River will be in chaos, and it will be our chance."

"Sir, don't worry, we have already arranged it." Zhou Laoer said quickly, with an excited look on his face.

He had waited too long for this day, and now he didn't want to wait any longer.

Jinshanwei, in the 19th year of Hongwu, built a city and guard station in Xiaoguan Town (also known as Xiaoguan Town) in Huating County to defend against Japanese pirates at sea.

Because it is opposite to the big and small Jinshan Mountains in the adjacent sea, it is named Jinshanwei.The city is square, with a circumference of 6 kilometers. It is a coastal defense fortress with heavy troops stationed there.

As a barrier to defend Nanjing, Jinshanwei thus developed into the largest town in the vicinity.

In Jinshan Town, Jinshan Commander Yamen is definitely the top priority.No one here dares to offend Jinshan Commander Li Zhong.

However, Li Zhong, the commanding officer of Jinshan who was originally imposing, was sitting on a chair like a bereaved dog, with a decadent look on his face.

This is a man in his 40s. At this moment, his beard is full of beards and he looks very embarrassed. There is no blood on his face, and he seems to be about to collapse at any time.

Standing beside him was a man in his thirties, with a very calm expression, playing with a short blade in his hand, looking up at Li Zhong from time to time, his eyes were full of mockery, and finally said: "It's all here Do you still hesitate when it's time?"

"Now the incident in Zhejiang has been released. If there is no accident, we will find out here soon. All the food in Zhejiang is transported from Jinshanwei. The things that Jinshanwei has done in these years have never been seen in the light. You I also benefited a lot from this, and we treat you well."

"Jinshanwei goes up and down, won't someone take money from here? How much money did your people take? You know it yourself. I took your money from you, but I also made it easy for you. This is a deal Ah! But what do you want me to do now? You actually want me to rebel, this is a business of pinning your head on your belt! If the matter fails, you will kill everyone! And beat His Royal Highness, what are you doing? Kill me!" Li Zhong stood up and said a little excitedly.

The man sneered, and said mockingly in his tone: "You also know how the imperial court stipulates the sea ban. What's more, you are not a sea ban, you are Tongwo. You should know better than me what the crime of Tongwo is. .”

"Even if you don't rebel, can you survive?" The man asked back: "From the day you started doing this, you should know that you will end up today. If you are willing to join us, you still have a way to survive .Once we succeed, you will be the hero of Conglong, and it will be a trivial matter to be appointed as a marquis and prime minister."

"You also know that we are following King Ning, and this time we are on the side of King Qing. Think about King Yan back then, how did he become successful? Then think about those people who followed King Yan back then, how did they do it? What? Look at yourself, it’s already at this point, don’t you even have the courage? Anyway, you’re dead anyway, and you’re dead if you don’t, why don’t you give it a go?”

Li Zhong stood up abruptly, staring at Zhou Laosan with blood-red eyes, and said loudly: "Zhou Laosan, I was forced to this road by you."

Although he said such a harsh word, Li Zhong's body did not stop.He walked outside quickly, and then said to his personal guard: "Go and find me all of them."

Seeing what Li Zhong did, Zhou Laosan showed a smile on his face.

He is not surprised at Li Zhong's choice.Because at this point today, Li Zhong actually has no other choice.

As for the other people in Jinshanwei, the truth is actually the same, they have no other choice.Apart from rebelling with themselves, they are all dead ends.

Soon everyone was gathered.

Li Zhong looked at them with a sullen face, and said loudly: "Today I have something to tell you. It is about our life and death. I, Li Zhong, will not stop you. But if you are willing to follow me, Li Zhong, I can assure you that I will share wealth with my brothers!"

Then Li Zhong told them about the matter. When they heard that Zhu Houzhao had killed someone in Suocheng, Hangzhou, everyone's expressions became very ugly.

Everyone understands that things have been brought to light.

They know what they do.Once the matter is revealed, their situation will not be very good, and if they fail, they will be ransacked and executed, especially His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In the past few years, there have been rumors about His Royal Highness in Jiangnan. Everyone knows that His Royal Highness kills people without blinking an eye.

For people like them, His Royal Highness will definitely not let them go.So if they want to stand up, they can only think of other ways.

So when Li Zhong said that he wanted to rebel, not everyone felt strange, but many people's eyes flickered and they didn't know how to choose.

"This time we are following His Royal Highness King Ning, and we are on the side of the Qing Emperor." Li Zhong said loudly: "Once the matter is completed, we will all be heroes, and we will all be able to become marquises and worship ministers. Anyway, we will die if we rebel. , If you don’t rebel, you will die, so I’m just waiting for a word from my brothers.”

"Those who are willing to follow me, Li Zhong, stand on the right; those who don't want to follow me, Li Zhong, stand on the left. Brothers, you can rest assured, everyone should know my character, Li Zhong, and I will not lie to you at such a time. If Any brother who doesn't want to follow me, the door is over there, and I, Li Zhong, will never stop it."

The people below looked at each other, but soon someone stood to the right, which meant that they were going to follow Li Zhong.

Now that someone has moved, others quickly follow him; but there are also people who have been standing still, so they are on the left side.

Most people chose to follow Li Zhongqian, only four or five people still stood in place.

"Okay." Li Zhong said with a smile on his face: "Since so many brothers are willing to follow me, Li Zhong, then Li Zhong thank you all."

At the same time, he turned his head to look at the few people standing there, slowly put away the smile on his face, and said with a serious face: "Although you brothers don't want to follow me, Li Zhongqian, but let's get together less and stay apart. Right there, everyone please."

Several people originally thought that Li Zhong would turn his back on him, but they didn't expect him to let them go.

Smiles suddenly appeared on the faces of several people, and they quickly cupped fists at Li Zhong, then turned around and walked out.

Some people also said a few words on the scene before turning around and leaving.

It's just that they just walked out of the house when the sound of bowstrings sounded outside.

Then there were several screams, and the smell of blood permeated the room instantly.

Li Zhong suddenly became angry, and rushed out of the room, only to see Zhou Laosan leading someone to make up the knife.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhong pulled out the knife from his waist, pointed at Zhou Laosan and said, "Zhou Laosan, do you want to trap me, Li Zhongyu?"

Zhou Laosan didn't take it seriously, turned to look at Li Zhong and said, "You, Li Zhong, chose to be a brother. But you should also understand that when these people leave, they will immediately inform you, which will be detrimental to King Ning's cause. , I will absolutely not allow them to do this. Since you don't want to do anything, then I will fulfill your loyalty."

Zhou Laosan saw the people around Li Zhong, and said slowly: "This time it's a business of killing people's heads. If it doesn't work, it will be all over the house. If we fail, none of us will survive. I will never No risk was allowed, so I killed these people."

"At the same time, brothers, if you want to continue working with us, you'd better keep your nomination certificates. These people are lying on the ground now, you cut off their heads one by one, and use their heads to sacrifice the flag. If you can't do it At this point, I have reason to suspect that your hearts are not sincere."

Hearing Zhou Laosan's words, Li Zhong rushed towards him with a knife in his hand, and said loudly: "Zhou Laosan, you don't take me seriously at all. The brothers behind me are all Those who follow me through life and death, you actually doubt them? Today I will kill you first, in the name of all brothers!"

Several people standing behind Li Zhong glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

If they still can't see that this is Li Zhong and Zhou Laosan acting, then they don't have to mess around anymore.

So several people rushed up to stop Li Zhong, and tried to persuade him: "General General, what brother Zhou said is indeed reasonable, and we brothers should show our determination. When they became sworn brothers, they formed an alliance with blood, let alone our brothers If we want to do great things together, we will naturally need to sacrifice the flag. Since they have a suitable candidate, then let's do it."

After finishing speaking, the man pulled out the knife in his hand, and with a single stroke, he chopped off the head of a man who was still twitching on the ground.

Others followed quickly.

Li Zhong shouted at this time: "Brothers don't have to be like this, we brothers can't be angry with him today, we must explain the truth to this Zhou Laosan."

"General, general, let's not be like this." The man said while pulling Li Zhong to comfort him.

After everyone had submitted their nomination certificates, Li Zhong stopped struggling, but pointed at Zhou Laosan with a sullen face and said, "Today, for the sake of my brother, I won't be as familiar with you anymore. If there is another time, I will definitely kill you to comfort our brother."

After saying this, Li Zhong returned to the room surrounded by this brother.

They have to go back and re-discuss how to rebel, after all, rebellion is a big deal.

Zhou Laosan looked at Li Zhong's back with a sneer of disdain, and then waved to the people behind him.

The people behind him quickly walked up and dragged away all the corpses on the ground, and a group of people quickly disappeared in place.

Their purpose has been achieved, there is no need to stay here too much.

After another comfort in the room, Li Zhong calmed down his anger.

Looking across the faces of the people present, Li Zhong said slowly: "This time, we brothers are conspiring to get rich together, so we have to plan carefully, how can we win this rich and honor."

A man named Yang Ming below said: "General, we are going to do this, but we can't let that surnamed Zhou get rid of us. This is a matter of losing our heads. If we are played by them, Our lives are gone. So we must be careful, what did they say, did they tell us what to do?"

Li Zhong glanced at Yang Ming, nodded with a serious face and said: "They do have something for us to do over there. They asked us to raise troops to attack Hangzhou. They said that we can cooperate with us inside and outside to kill the crown prince outside of Hangzhou." Occupy Hangzhou."

(End of this chapter)