"But..." The fifth man below finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to interrupt.
"But today, it is not the officials in Tokyo who are preventing the people around Liangshan Lake from living in peace, but the Jin people from the north!" Zhang Rong's voice was stern, like a roar. "Why can't you figure it out? How could you forget who used the people of Jeju as targets to practice archery in the south of Shuibo two years ago? Who was it that massacred more than a dozen towns in Jingxi last year in the east of Shuibo? Even if they have never been to Jingxi, so many brothers from Hebei say that the Jin people treat Hebei people as livestock and give them to the Meng'an and Mouke as private slaves. Are they all lying? If the Jin people cross the Yellow River again, and we hide in Shuibo, what will happen to so many folks in Dongping Prefecture? You can hide, but I, the big leader and pacification envoy, dare not hide again! At this time, what should I do if I don't go to Tokyo to accept the amnesty?!"
The whole camp was in complete silence.
By this point, Zhang Rong had already shouted out his long and somewhat illogical speech. By this point, he was already hoarse and his veins were exposed, but he was still indignant.
The man pulled off his silk waistcoat, put away the knife in front of him, and walked out with his black arms bare. When he reached the door, he couldn't help but turned back and added:
"What a bunch of thieves!"
After saying this angrily, he went out alone in the rain.
Zhang Rong had been the chief of Liangshanpo for many years. In another time and space, the Jin people completely controlled Jingdong. He simply led his entire gang to protect countless Liangshanpo fishermen and went south along the Sishui River, and forcibly moved the entire Liangshanpo to the Huainan area. What kind of prestige did this mean?
Therefore, since the chieftain was really angry and left, all the chiefs and officers in the tent were embarrassed. No one dared to move for half a day, but they only looked at the scholar You. The scholar You was helpless and hesitated for a while before he carefully got up and chased after him.
When he went out to ask, he found that the chieftain had actually left the central army camp and went to the place where Liu Lin was captured before. When he chased him, he found that he was actually holding a crisp melon and enjoying it in the rain with his bare arms. He even broke it off and took the initiative to give a piece to his own scholar when he saw him chasing after him:
"Is everything alright?"
"It's peaceful." The scholar also followed his leader's example and squatted under the car, eating melons in the rain.
"I will go to Jingdong, and the scholar will take them to listen to General Yue for a while..." Zhang Rong had obviously calmed down, but he was eating melons while giving orders. "General Yue has been with us for a long time, and he is a trustworthy person, but as long as I am not back, you must control the people for me. Don't let General Yue win their hearts, and don't let these people mess around and cause trouble."
"Yes." The scholar nodded, holding the melon. "Brother, you must be careful too. First, be careful that Liu Lin might cause trouble on the road. Second, be careful that the officials in Tokyo are not good people. Don't harm your brother."
"I'm not afraid of the first one. What I just said in the tent was all from my heart. How could he deceive me?" Zhang Rong shook his head repeatedly. "But if the second one really wants to harm me in Tokyo, I can only say that it depends on fate!"
You Xuejiu sighed: "I didn't dare to say this in the tent just now. If I say it, something bad will definitely happen."
Zhang Rong continued to shake his head: "So I am unwilling to give in... I still want to see the sincerity of the government troops."
"Brother, what do you mean...?"
"I'll wait one more day before setting off to see if Yue Pengju can come to see me in person." Zhang Rong finished eating half a melon, sucked his fingers, and then answered calmly in the rain. "Of course I know it's a bit unreasonable to think this way, but Yue Pengju dared to come to my tent alone to see me, which can make me feel a little relieved, right? However, even if he doesn't come, we can't do anything about it."
You Xuejiu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
Just as Zhang Rong was about to take out the second melon from under the car, he suddenly heard the ground shaking slightly. Then, there was a sound of chaos at the location of the back door of Liu Lin's rear camp, which was now the front door of the front camp... It seemed that they were attacked at night and the situation was really chaotic.
Fortunately, it was not a night attack. After a while, someone came to report that the commander-in-chief of the front army of the Song Dynasty Imperial Camp, his old friend Yue Pengju, came to see him.
Zhang Rong and You Xuejiu looked at each other, speechless for a moment... Then, Zhang Rong went to the front to greet them, while You Xuejiu went back to the central army tent to tidy up the filth and mess.
However, after finally tidying up the situation, the two big men did not come to the tent to drink. Helpless, You Xuejiu went to look for them again, but he still saw Zhang Rong at the melon cart that turned the rear camp into the front camp... The latter was just squatting on the ground eating melons as before. If it weren't for the reflection of the brazier in the tent on one side, which showed a bloody head in the mud beside the big leader, Xuejiu almost thought he had just had hysterics.
"So?" the scholar asked earnestly.
"Since you're here, what can I say?" Zhang Rong didn't care, and seemed to be in a good mood. He spit some melon seeds at the head of the person at his feet before continuing. "Xiao Yue is still kind. He came in person. The Beiwei Army stopped outside, and he entered the camp alone. He held my hand and said some honest words. He also sent Kong Yanzhou's head to me and asked me to send it to Tokyo so that I could explain to those officials in Tokyo..."
"Of course that's great." You Xuejiu had already guessed that the head belonged to Kong Yanzhou, but he couldn't ask any more questions. "The key is, when we go to Tokyo, does General Yue have any other explanation?"
"Yes!" Zhang Rong stood up and threw away the melon he had only taken two or three bites of, but he looked a little strange. "He said that when we get to Tokyo, we should not go to the capital or the Privy Council, but first go to find Mr. Xiaolin, who said that this person was my guarantor when I was the governor, and he is also a powerful person. If Mr. Xiaolin directly meets the emperor, everything will be fine..."
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