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103 Guilty

Cui Hanzhi was the first to walk down from the springboard. At this time, he was wearing a scarlet official robe, followed by more than ten followers of the staff. When he saw Zhong Yangui, he smiled slightly and helped him up two steps, saying, "Zhong Liuzhou, please get up!" Then he said to the other civil and military officials on both sides: "Thank you for your hard work in guarding Sanxiang, please get up!"

Zhong Yangui stood up. At this time, his anxiety was a little better. He was finally released from his own side and was alone, but wars broke out in the jurisdiction and lost his troops. If he followed the military rules, he would be afraid that he would not be able to take advantage of it. However, looking at the appearance of the successor, it should be because Lu Fang spared this time because of his sister's face.

Zhong Yangui was thinking, and Cui Hanzhi nodded to everyone with a smile and comforted him. He was a family member with a long-lasting conversation. After a few words, everyone was like a spring breeze. The generals were originally ready to be punished. At this time, seeing the new angel in appearance, I felt relieved and flattered them all to do my best. For a moment, the atmosphere at the dock was very harmonious.

"I guess it's been hard for the angels all the way. Zhong Liuzhao has already prepared a banquet in the mansion to wash the angels. It's getting late, so why not invite the angels into the city!" Cheng Rentai squeezed out of everyone and said to Cui Hanzhi. He is now doing well under Zhong Yangui's hands. The business he has made is rich and he can almost be half of Zhong Yangui's family. This person's character is not only good, but his sense of politics is quite extraordinary. At the moment of chaos in Hunan, he also felt that the big tree he had leaned on was a little loose. When he learned that the envoy who came this time was extraordinary, he was the future father-in-law of Prince Lu Wu, and people like this naturally cannot be let go. Therefore, Cheng Rentai put a lot of effort into this welcome banquet and vowed to hold this thicker and longer thigh tightly to make Cheng Taiji's business even more profound.

"Oh! I'm sorry to stay!" Cui Hanzhi turned around and bowed to Zhong Yangui. Zhong Yangui quickly smiled and said, "It's just a little wine, just a little wine!" As he spoke, Zhong Yangui was going to lead Yangui, and the group got a horse and came all the way into the city.

When the group entered the mansion, Cui Hanzhi frowned slightly. As soon as he entered the mansion, a layer of red brocade felt was laid on the ground, and the fences on both sides were covered with purple gauze, which was extremely luxurious. Zhong Yangui smiled and said, "Mr. Cui came from the high gate, and Zhong Mingduo, and Jianye was a place where the glorious and beautiful place was located. Tanzhou is not comparable. We carefully rectified it. If there are any shortcomings, please ask Cui Duke Haihan!"

"I dare not!" Cui Hanzhi did not attack in public because of Zhong Yangui's identity. He just walked towards the mansion. The group came to the hall and saw the treasures in the hall, with the fragrance of fine wine and the bright candle shining. Dozens of beautiful maids stood with smiles on both sides. Zhong Yangui reached out and bowed and invited: "Mr. Cui, please sit down!"

Cui Hanzhi did not move. He glanced at the smiling people and suddenly asked, "Zhong Liuzhou, who arranged this banquet? Can you recommend it to me!"

"How to get the word "recommendation!" Zhong Yangui reached out to call Cheng Rentai and smiled, "This banquet was arranged by this person. His surname was Cheng Rentai. He was the chief of the yamen. He was in charge of Jingu affairs. He was very diligent in his daily work!" At this point, Zhong Yangui turned around and shouted to Cheng Rentai, "Cheng Gong, Gong Cui is in the position of the middle sacrificial servant, and he is the most trustworthy person around the king. Why don't you come here to pay a visit!"

Cheng Rentai hurriedly knelt down in front of Cui Hanzhi, and said flatteringly: "The officials have met Mr. Cui. Tanzhou is a remote place, and the officials are shallow in their knowledge. If there is any unsatisfactory placement of this banquet, please ask Mr. Cui to give me some advice. The officials should improve their own future tomorrow!"

"Oh? There is still tomorrow?" Cui Hanzhi frowned slightly and asked casually.

"That's natural!" Cheng Rentai then raised his head and smiled: "The villain is humble and has no blessing to see the beauty. Duke Cui is an important minister around the king. If the villain sees Duke Cui today, it will be like seeing the king. Naturally, he must do his best! As long as Duke Cui stays in Tanzhou for a day, the villain will have to do his best. I hope that Duke Cui will understand this bloody sincerity!"

When everyone around heard Cheng Rentai's flattery, they cursed him for being shameless, but they had to admire his ability to climb the dragon. No wonder they had climbed to the position of the promoter in a short time. Everyone was not willing to fall behind and flattered in unison. However, although their voices were loud, their tricks were far less than Cheng Rentai.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Cui Hanzhi suddenly smiled, walked to a few desks, picked up a wine glass, drank it all, and chanted in a sing: "The golden cup is a good wine, and the jade plate is a good ointment. When the candle tears fall, the people's tears fall, and the singing is high and the complaints are high!"

The people in the hall didn't know how to get over it at first, but when Cui Hanzhi chanted the third and fourth sentences, he felt something was wrong. He was shocked and surprised to see that Cui Hanzhi threw the hollow cup in his hand to the ground and shouted sternly: "Come on, take down Cheng Rentai for me!"

Cheng Rentai didn't know what was going on, so he was pressed to the ground by two wolves and tiger servants, knocked down on his head, and knelt on the ground with disheveled hair. Then he shouted in shock: "The villain is not guilty, the villain is not guilty, Mr. Zhong saves me, Mr. Zhong saves me!"

The sudden incident made Zhong Yangui fall into a fog in the mist. He thought that Cheng Rentai had offended Cui Hanzhi somewhere, so he hurriedly pleaded for him and said, "Mr. Cui, although this guy is rude, he still has some ability in financial management. I hope Mr. Cui will spare this guy this time because of his family's face!"

Cui Hanzhi smiled slightly, walked to Cheng Rentai, pointed at the guy's head and smiled, "Zhong Liuzhou, do you think I want to kill him?"

Zhong Yangui was stunned when he heard this and asked hesitantly: "Who is going to kill him?"

"It is the people of Sanxiang who want to kill him! It is the king who wants to kill him!" Cui Hanzhi said sternly: "This person is rushing to charge intensive taxes in Sanxiang and setting up a name to make people live in poverty, the people are displaced, the heavens are angry and people are resentful, so the three Hunan people have not rained for many days and the grains are not harvested, which makes this situation. All the people of Sanxiang who want to eat their flesh and sleep with their skin. If they don't kill him, how can they convince the public? When I came here, the king said that the rioters only killed the thief leader, and never asked about it, nor were they involved. However, all such corrupt people will be destroyed by all the clans, peeling them into their skin, hanging their heads and showing them to the public, and swearing them for later generations!"

After Cui Hanzhi said this, everyone suddenly calmed down. There was only a clang. However, Cheng Rentai heard that it was Lu Fang who had said he wanted to kill him. His whole body became soft and he had collapsed on the ground, like mud. Zhong Yangui's face was pale. 30% of the property that Cheng Rentai plundered was transported to the army, and 30% of the property he had been to his family and other merchants, while the rest was to Zhong Yangui himself. His cheap brother-in-law sent Cui Hanzhi, a big headscarf that was not eaten, and he wanted to deal with it with him!

While Zhong Yangui was hesitating, he had already heard Cui Hanzhi's chanting the imperial edict. When he heard Lu Fang's punishment of his salary for several months and was transferred back to Jianye, his heart couldn't help but relax. It seemed that Lu Fang had let him go lightly because of his sister's share. Zhong Yangui thought of this and quickly smiled at Cui Hanzhi: "The subordinates are incompetent, blinded by the traitor and caused the political affairs to be corrupted. I am really ashamed!"

"General Zhong doesn't have to do this!" Since the imperial edict has been announced, Cui Hanzhi no longer called Zhong Yangui as a stay-at-home, and said with a smile: "No one is perfect without a sage! When the general returns to Jianye, naturally, the king has another important task, so there is no need to worry. However, in the case of quelling the rebellion in the three Hunan provinces, please give the general more attention to state affairs and give more suggestions!"

"That's nature! That's nature!" Zhong Yangui replied quickly. Although he had 20,000 troops in his hand at this time, the guest army was not enough to deal with the local civil unrest in Hunan. How could he dare to stand on his own? Cui Hanzhi brought hundreds of people to easily seize power, but he did not dare to be angry at all.

Two days later, after Zhong Yangui was deprived of all military power, he took a fast ship and entered the Yangtze River from Yuezhou to return to Jianye. Cheng Rentai and the merchants who cooperated with him to exploit the people were captured that night, and all their property was confiscated, and he was beheaded and displayed in public. Cui Hanzhi issued a manifesto in the name of Lu Fang himself, listing the crimes of these people, declaring his unclear mistakes in employing people, and announcing: Ma Yin himself is still in Jianye, and all of them were deceived by the traitors.

If the refugees who do not know the truth put down their weapons and return to their hometowns, the government will not pursue any crime. Due to the drought, those who belong to the eight prefectures of the Three Hunan Provinces belonging to Lu Wu will be given three years of rebate. If any refugees kill the rebel leader and fight back, they will also have a heavy reward. A list was listed at the end of the imperial edict. The content mainly stated that the main leaders of the democratic forces of the rebels who broke through Hengzhou in his army, Shang Jinzhong, Song Erlang and others were all included.

The governor's mansion in Hengzhou has been around for more than a month, but from the bullet marks and fire marks everywhere, you can still vaguely see the traces left by the fierce battle a month ago. This most solid fortress in southeastern Hunan has now fallen into the hands of the refugee army and has become the shogunate of the refugee army. During this period, although the refugee army has been constantly making strategies everywhere and seized many prefectures and counties from the Luwu army, their base camp has never moved. Shang Jinzhong, the soul of the refugee army, has always stayed here, using a large amount of armed and trained refugee people to make it an army.

"Turn left, pass left, turn right, turn back, turn back!"
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