When the words "City Massacre" came out of Zhou Zhuchen's mouth, the other four people present showed deep fear.
However, County Lieutenant Li Tiancheng gritted his teeth and pointed out the exaggeration in Zhou Zhuchen's words: " Zhou Yuanwai, you said there are still 30,000 Tibetans outside the city.
The officer does not believe it.
These days, I and Lieutenant Ma have led people to patrol the city many times.
Although we have suffered a lot of casualties, the casualties of the Tubo people are even worse.
Let alone 30,000 people.
Even if there are less than 20,000 people, we may not be able to hold on."
With a sneer of "chi", Zhou Zhuchen said coldly: "Li County Lieutenant, even if the Tubo people are less than 20,000, they are more than four times the number in the city.
The city wall is already broken beyond repair.
How can that young boy Zhao Ziliang still survive?"
How long can we withstand it?
With so many people gathering in the city for one day, two or three days, the daily food consumption is a terrible figure.
How long can the food in the city be sustained?
Lieutenant Li, a Tubo man Before you came here, you secretly collected bribes to release prohibited materials smuggled into Tubo.
If the higher-ups knew about these things, do you think you could still survive?
And the county magistrate, Mr.
Ma, you and Li Xianwei conspired to kill the former county magistrate.
Mr.
Wu, secretly supports merchants to sell prohibited materials to Tibet, and is lenient in collecting money.
Once these things are known to the court, it will also be a serious crime against the Nine Tribes.
Can you escape?"
Ma Yukun and Li Tiancheng's expressions changed drastically when they heard this.
Ma Yukun said in a sinister tone: "Why does Zhou Yuanwai want to use this to threaten me and others?"
Zhou Zhuchen said with a smile: "Don't dare, I just want you two adults to recognize the reality.
The Tibetan soldiers have been attacking the city for more than ten days now, and the city can only be destroyed in a matter of days.
I, Zhou, don't want to die, let alone Not wanting to lose the property he has worked hard for most of his life, Zhou had to plan for himself, and you should also plan for yourselves.
I have already planned it.
Now if we secretly help the Tibetan army to break the city, we can not only save our lives, but also our property.
However, this matter cannot be done by Zhou alone, and we need the help of two adults and two dear brothers.
Only then can I make it, I don’t know what you two adults and two dear brothers think.”
The matter of colluding with the Tibetan army to break the city was too big.
Even though Ma Yukun and Li Tiancheng had given the green light to smugglers such as Zhou Zhuchen, Liu Chongyang and He Dayou for money, they had never thought of treason, but Now I'm vomiting first The Fan army watched eagerly outside the city and attacked the city for days, so that the city of Panhe was crumbling, and Zhou Zhuochen threatened them with those things.
The two of them fell into deep fear, but they knew that they must do something now Make a choice” Seeing that Ma and Li were weighing and hesitating, Zhou Zhuochen did not press him again and again.
He turned to Liu Chongyang and He Dayou and asked, "Brother Liu, Brother He, what do you two mean?"
Liu Chongyang smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zhou, since we are smuggling prohibited materials to Tibet for money, we have never thought about being loyal ministers to the court.
Of course we want to save our lives and property, but how can we contact Tubo Renren, how can you be so sure that as long as If we help destroy the city, the Tibetans will let us go and let us keep our property."
This is also an issue that Ma Yukun, Li Tiancheng and He Dayou are all concerned about, so all three of them looked at Zhou Zhuchen.
Zhou Zhuchen smiled and took out a note from his large sleeve robe and said: "To be honest, Zhou Zhuochen When a certain person was doing business with the Tubo people, he met the Tibetan army leader Tiejian Xinuo this time.
General Luo is familiar with me.
He sent someone to send a secret letter the day before yesterday.
This is the content of the secret letter.
You can take a look.
General Iron Blade made a promise that as long as we decide to do this, we will do our best to assist the Tibetan army.
The plan to destroy the city, only the Tibetan army will not touch us even if the city is destroyed."
The note circulated among the four people and finally returned to Zhou Zhuchen's hand.
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Zhou Zhuchen put away the note and said with a smile: "You all believe it now, what do you think?"
Ma Yukun looked at Zhou Zhuochen and asked in a deep voice: "If my prediction is correct, Zhou Yuanwai must have been a spy of the Tubo people in Hexi."
Li Tiancheng, Liu Chongyang and He Dayou all looked at Zhou Zhuchen in surprise when they heard this.
Zhou Zhuchen laughed: "Hahaha, I didn't expect Master Ma to see it.
Yes, Zhou has been working for the Tubo people for a long time. , otherwise you wouldn’t be able to save such a big family fortune.
Since everyone already knows Zhou’s true identity, , then you can rest assured now.
As long as you agree to help break the city, after the city is broken, you will not only be able to save your life and property, but also receive generous rewards.
Zhou will recommend Master Ma to Panhe County to General Iron Blade.
According to the order, Mr.
Li will be the county magistrate, Brother Liu will be the chief minister, and Brother He will be the county captain."
The four of them looked at each other.
At this time, they all knew that if they did not agree, they would not be able to leave Zhou's house tonight.
Even if they could go back, their lives would be at risk if their affairs were leaked in the future.
Ma Yukun, as the person with the largest official position and the most say among the four, first expressed his position: "If Zhou Yuanwai promises to give us what we deserve afterwards, I will agree."
Li Tiancheng and three others also expressed their agreement at this time.
Zhou Zhuchen smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, since everyone agrees, then I will make a detailed plan.
Zhou has already thought about this before inviting you to come.
All you need to do is give your full assistance." .
Soon, the five people finished their discussion.
Zhou Zhuochen divided the work for everyone and stood up and said: "Okay, this is the detailed plan.
You all know your tasks.
You can start working on it after you go back.
The day after tomorrow, at night Start on time at Haishi” The four of them stood up and nodded, and walked out of Zhou Zhuchen's study one after another.
After a while, several people came out of Zhou Zhuchen's home and got on the carriage and left one after another.
Zhou Zhuchen looked around before turning back to the gate, which was quickly closed.
Several people appeared in the alley diagonally opposite, led by Ma Lin.
Goudan stood up from the side and asked, "Captain, what should we do now?"
Ma Lin thought for a while and said coldly: "Secretly arrest the county captain Li Tiancheng."
"promise" Ma Lin had carefully considered why he wanted to arrest County Lieutenant Li Tiancheng secretly.
Unlike the other three, County Lieutenant Li Tiancheng had dozens of county soldiers in his hands, who were also his assistants in security patrols and strict investigation of spies.
If Li Tiancheng is not dealt with, it is easy to alert the enemy accidentally.
Li Tiancheng, who was riding a horse, was in a mess on his way home.
He did not expect that Zhou Zhuchen was actually the Tibetan spy in Hexi, and he had been secretly cooperating with this Tibetan spy in these years.
To provide cover for smuggling and inform them, think of these He couldn't help but broke out in a cold sweat, but when things got to this point, it was impossible to escape.
The only way to survive was to continue to collude with Zhou Zhuchen and go all the way to the bottom.
Otherwise, his fortune would be ruined.
If your life is not saved, your relatives will be harmed.
When I walked to the intersection and turned, the lanterns hanging at the entrances of the shops on both sides of the street were extinguished, and the street was very dark.
Suddenly, a few people rushed out from under the big tree next to me.
Li Tiancheng was shocked.
Before he could pull out the sword from his waist, someone pulled him off his horse and threw him to the ground.
Before he could make a sound, a ball of smelly socks was stuffed into his mouth, and his hands were pressed down.
Live, a rope is very flexible and tied him tightly.
Goudan was slightly angry and said to Ma Lin, "Okay."
Ma Lin waved: "Take it away" Several people quickly disappeared into the dark streets.
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Li Tiancheng was taken to a dark house.
After being tied to a wooden pillar, the oil lamp was lit.
Only then did he see clearly that his captor was Ma Lin.
He had been patrolling the streets with Ma Lin these days. , so familiar that it could not be more familiar.
His mouth was blocked by the smelly socks, and he could only open his eyes wide and make a whining sound.
Ma Lin shook her head towards Goudan.
Goudan stepped forward and removed the smelly socks from Li Tiancheng's mouth and stepped aside.
Zhou Tiancheng said angrily: "Captain Ma, what are you doing?
I, Li, have not offended you."
Ah, why did you use this method to deal with Li?"
Ma Lin took a bench and sat down, stared at Li Tiancheng and sneered: "Li County Lieutenant, you have not offended Mr.
Ma.
Mr.
Ma only asks you, you just came out of the home of the wealthy businessman Zhou Zhuchen and you were at Zhou Zhuchen's home."
What did you say?"
Li Tiancheng's face changed drastically when he heard this.
The expression on his face changed constantly.
It changed more than ten times in a few breaths.
He was really an expert in face-changing.
Finally, Li Tiancheng calmed down and said calmly: "Ma Xiaowei must have too much control.
I'm waiting to chat at Yuan Zhou's house.
Doesn't this interfere with Ma Xiaowei's business?"
Ma Lin was stunned, but she didn't expect that at this time, Li Tiancheng actually kept silent.
He said coldly: "Li County Lieutenant, you'd better speak out and tell the truth.
We already have a lot of information about what you are planning."
Evidence, even if you don't tell us, we still know what you are doing, we just want to see your attitude, your attitude directly determines your outcome."
Li Tiancheng laughed: "Hahaha, you are not afraid of trying to scare me, Lieutenant Ma.
Li is not afraid.
If you want to frame me, how can I agree?"
After all, Ma Lin was young and had no experience in interrogation.
She was no match for an old official like Li Tiancheng.
Not only did she not come up with anything useful from the interrogation, she was also fooled around by Li Tiancheng.
Until daybreak, Ma Lin still had no results from the interrogation.
As a last resort, Ma Lin could only temporarily lock up Li Tiancheng.
After breakfast, he went to the south city wall to find Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang was eating steamed buns and drinking porridge when he saw Ma Lin walking over with a haggard look on his face and asked, "Any results?"
Ma Lin looked ashamed, clasped his fists and saluted: "General, my subordinates are incompetent.
Last night, I led people to secretly arrest County Lieutenant Li Tiancheng.
However, this man was extremely cunning.
His subordinates found out nothing from the interrogation and were tricked by him."
Gotta go round and round.”
After listening to Ma Lin's words, Zhao Ziliang gnawed on the steamed bun, turned to look into the distance outside the city, and said: "Yesterday, the Tibetan army suffered heavy losses in the siege of the city and their morale is low.
They should not attack the city today.
So, you will be on my behalf at the city wall."
When I was on duty, I went to meet Li Tiancheng.
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If there was any movement outside the city, I immediately sent someone to inform me."
Ma Lin immediately saluted and said: "No":