Chapter 722: Delivered to the Door Actively
"What's written on it?"
"Why don't you tell me quickly? Why are you still standing there? Is there something you don't recognize?"
The other cooks gathered in a circle, urging him curiously.
The young man took two deep breaths, suppressed his shock, and looked at everyone, "This... this is a letter of surrender from the court..."
"What? Let us surrender?!"
"Yes, it says that as long as we can capture Gu Pingzhi and hand over all the children of the Gu family to them, they must be brought to justice alive or dead with their bodies intact, the court will pardon the rest of us."
"The note also said that the court knows that some of us were forcibly conscripted and did not rebel voluntarily."
"So after surrendering, not only will we not be punished, but we will also be helped to cure the blood plague, and given a sum of money to send us back home..." When the young man finished speaking, his voice was already trembling.
Everyone was shocked. They had never expected that the imperial court would give them a way out at this critical moment.
However, as low-level cooks, their knowledge was limited. They
had never dealt with the imperial court.
So, they looked at each other with hesitation and doubt.
"Could this be fake? They are trying to trick us into falling for it, and then turn their backs on it?" An older man asked.
Others licked their lips and sighed, "The head of the family said that the imperial master is the most cruel and murderous. If we work for him, there is no turning back. Will the imperial master really let us go?"
Although everyone was suspicious, they all had desire on their faces, and they were obviously tempted.
After all, now that the Gu army has reached a dead end.
Even if they do not surrender, what awaits them ahead is only death in a foreign land.
If they believe the court's words, even if they are deceived, the outcome will not be worse.
But what if the above guarantee will be fulfilled?
Looking at the sunshine and red leaves in the distance, they suddenly remembered that the autumn scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is also so beautiful.
Tears flashed in the eyes of the cooks. They really missed home.
At this time, the sound of boots rubbing against the ground came. It was the son of the Gu family coming over.
The cooks tacitly separated in a hurry. One of them even stuffed a paper ball into his mouth and forced it to swallow.
"Why are you so slow? Haven't you plucked the chicken feathers yet? Are you deliberately slacking off because you can't eat chicken!"
The son of the Gu family stared and kicked him twice.
The cook clenched his fists and pretended nothing happened, but the anger in his heart deepened.
Soon, the big pot was bubbling, and the chicken soup and stewed chicken were ready.
In the dilapidated camp, the long-lost aroma of meat wafted, making everyone drool.
This meal was the most sumptuous meal in the Gu army this month.
However, it was only enjoyed by a few people.
Gu Pingzhi held the chopsticks tightly and clamped the chicken leg viciously. He was a pampered man, and it was rare for him to show his greedy eating habits.
Murong Qing picked up the chicken feet and chicken necks that he didn't want and gnawed them, and his hands were also full of oil.
As for the Gu family members outside, although they had no meat to eat, they drank chicken soup with cornmeal cakes and ate a full stomach.
The other private soldiers swallowed their saliva, sat on the wasteland not far away, and stared at them with red eyes.
When the Gu family members finished eating, they burped, stretched their waists one by one, and talked and laughed.
But the other Gu soldiers were hungry.
It has been almost two months since they touched oily food.
At this moment, the grease on the mouths of the Gu family members was so dazzling in the sun that it burned people's eyes!
At this moment, hunger became a catalyst for anger, and the endless despair was the paving stone for everyone to go to extremes.
Wait until night falls.
The eyes of the cooks during the day were frighteningly bright, and no one could sleep.
The note they saw when catching the chicken made their hearts restless, and they could not forget it for a moment.
Finally, the bravest one among them did not want to endure it anymore, so he turned over and woke up the others.
Why do they have to do all the dirty and tiring work?
In the end, they were not even allowed to have a mouthful of meat soup.
Since the Gu family did not treat them as human beings, they should resist. It would be better to use these people as a token of surrender and send them directly to the court in exchange for a way out!
This matter was spread by word of mouth, and soon everyone in the army knew about it.
Everyone was shocked when they heard it at first, but soon, they all nodded vigorously and were determined to go all out.
So, under the cover of night.
Several hundred of the best private soldiers picked up ropes and stones and rushed into the farmhouse where the Gu family members lived.
Amid the roars and screams, more than a hundred Gu family members stared with their eyes wide open, and were ridden on and strangled by their hands and necks while they were sleeping.
These Gu family members who relied on reincarnation were usually neglected in training and had no fighting ability at all.
They were pinned down with almost no effort, and some were subdued before they even crawled out of the quilt.
Among them, a few who resisted fiercely were immediately strangled to death by the anger of the crowd.
"Be careful when you take action, the imperial court only wants whole bodies."
"If it weren't for the imperial court saying that, I really want to tear them into pieces, this is their retribution!"
The remaining children of the Gu family were tied up tightly with hemp ropes, their mouths were stuffed with socks, and they were thrown together like a pile of Arhats.
The commotion lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour.
Gu Pingzhi frowned and was awakened from his sleep.
At first, when he heard the fighting and shouting, he thought that the people below were fighting over wild vegetables again.
But soon, Gu Pingzhi realized that something was wrong and immediately threw off the quilt and got up.
After pushing open the window with torn window paper, he saw a huge fire on the barracks of the Gu family children.
Nearly a thousand people gathered there, cheering and rejoicing.
There were dozens of other people holding broadswords, walking towards the house where he lived with righteous momentum.
Oh no!
Gu Pingzhi's expression changed drastically, and veins popped out from his hands that were grabbing the window frame.
Something has changed in the army! These damn things!
He tried to breathe steadily, and glanced at Murong Qing who was sleeping soundly next to him. His expression darkened, and he immediately replaced Murong Qing with his own position, and covered her head and feet with a quilt.
Afterwards, Gu Pingzhi opened the back door, and while there was no one behind him to surround him, he quickly fled towards the mountain...
...
On the second day, when it was bright.
Yang Er, who was guarding here, yawned and was awakened by the sound of footsteps.
As soon as he stood up, he saw several hundred Gu soldiers, escorting the children of the Gu family, walking towards them.
Looking at those tied up people, all wearing copper plastrons, Yang Er's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed!
"It works, the letter of surrender is really useful!"
"Haha, come quickly, inform the national teacher and uncle, and tell them that the treasure map of the Gu family has been delivered to their door!"
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