Tan Lun, the governor of Taizhou, could be said to have gained nothing from this unannounced visit to Jingnan and Taiping, or he could be said to have gained a great deal.
No gain, because this unannounced visit, and did not find that Zhu Pingan has killed good and good behaviour.
It was also because this unannounced visit did not find that Zhu Ping An had killed Liang and taken credit for it. This further confirmed the authenticity of Zhu Pingan’s monstrous achievement of defending Jingnan and capturing seven hundred and ninety-five Japanese heads and restoring Taiping and capturing twenty-nine Japanese heads. If Zhu Pingan’s great achievement was true, then the loss of Taizhou Province from this Japanese invasion would be reduced by nearly half, and two more great achievements would be added to the list. In this way, one’s political career was preserved. In this way, it is not a great gain!
After Tan Lun and his party returned to Taizhou Prefecture, he received a report from the following people that Jingnan County had sent the heads of more than 800 captured Japanese pirates to the Taizhou Prefecture government office, and at the same time, he also sent two war reports with the seal of the Jingnan governor, a request for tax relief and a request for a silver reward for the first merit.
After Tan Lun received the news, he took Zuo Zhen and went to check the Japanese heads sent by Jingnan without saying anything.
More than 800 heads of Japanese invaders is not a small amount, the government officials received the heads of Japanese invaders sent by Jingnan, worried about where to store them, and finally placed them in the courtyard outside the prison, which was densely packed with a courtyard.
There were so many Japanese heads in the courtyard that there wasn’t much ground to put them on.
Anyone who enters the courtyard and sees this scene will have goosebumps all over his body. If they were timid, they would probably go limp.
Tan Lun, governor of Taizhou, first entered the courtyard, saw this courtyard of the Japanese head, but also could not help but be excited for a moment, took a deep breath before restoring the calm and quiet appearance, slowly walked into the courtyard.
Behind Tan Lun Zuo Zhen, despite being a military officer, at this moment can not help but goosebumps are up.
The two pallbearers of the government office are examining the head of the Japanese invaders in the courtyard, each holding a head of the Japanese invaders, the head still retains the hideous appearance of the Japanese invaders before their deaths, the pallbearers are not concerned about it, as if they were looking at antiques, carefully examining the hideous head in their hands, checking the traces of hair stubble in the head’s hairstyle, the mouth of the teeth and the ears of the five organs and other places.
In addition to the two pallbearers in the courtyard, there were five government officials giving the pallbearers a hand, and there was also an angsty man dressed as a constable from the Jingnan County Yamen, who was big and rough, a standard brown man, but his eyes were very sharp, and he paid attention to the Japanese heads in the courtyard without blinking, as well as everyone who touched the heads of the Japanese.
“Greetings, Prefectural Honour.”
The government servants in the courtyard were the first to see Tan Lun and his party, and they were busy going forward to salute.
“Greetings, Prefect.”
The two pallbearers only realised that Governor Tan Lun had arrived after hearing the officers salute, and hurriedly followed suit.
The two pallbearers saluted in a hurry, and when they saluted, they were still holding the head of the Japanese pirate that they had just examined in their hands, so this image is not to be mentioned.
The sheriff of Jingnan County Office also followed to salute.
“No need, checking the head is important, there’s no such thing as a false salute.”Tan Lun smiled and waved his hand, signalling to continue checking the head.
As a result, the coroner and the others went back to examining the heads. More than eight hundred heads was not a small number, they had been checking for more than half an hour and had only checked less than a hundred heads.
“General Zuo, look at these Japanese heads, are there any problems?”Tan Lun also led Zuo Zhen and the others to inspect the Japanese heads in the courtyard, and after about a tea time, Tan Lun asked Zuo Zhen.
“Back to Your Excellency, I have carefully examined the ten Japanese chiefs in this near area, three of them are real Japanese chiefs and the remaining seven are fake Japanese chiefs, all of them are in their 30s and 40s and strong, and I have not found any problems.”
Zuo Zhen was crouching down to look at the Japanese chiefs, and after hearing Tan Lun’s question, he took his eyes off the Japanese chiefs and got up to cupped his fists and replied.
Zuo Zhen was no stranger to the Japanese pirates, before he was transferred to Taizhou Prefecture, he had once served as the chief flag and deputy general in Ningbo Prefecture, and had fought against the Japanese pirates many times, and had handled more than ten Japanese heads, so he knew more about the real Japanese and the fake Japanese than the average person.
After he entered the courtyard, he carefully checked the ten Japanese chiefs, three of these ten Japanese chiefs were real and seven were fake, there was no problem with either real or fake Japanese, needless to say for real Japanese, there was a big difference between real Japanese and the people of Daming, so they couldn’t be faked, and as for the stubble on the buns of the heads of the seven fake Japanese, there were traces of them for several months, and they weren’t shaved off hastily, so naturally, it couldn’t have been a result of killing a Liang and risking his own success.
“Hmph, of course there can’t be a problem, these Japanese heads were all chopped by us from the heads of the Japanese now, so what problem can there be.”
Beside him, the Jingnan constable who had been paying attention to the movements of the people in the courtyard couldn’t help but grunt at this moment, muttering in dissatisfaction. These Japanese heads are all the ones that Gongzi led us all to fight and kill in blood, I didn’t think that we would be suspected of having a problem. Problems? We personally chopped the Japanese head can have what problem?
Although he was muttering, but he was big and bold and his voice was loud, even if he was muttering, it could be heard clearly in the courtyard.
“What a hanyou, who are you?”
Hear the muttering of the man, Taizhou governor Tan Lun only then noticed Jingnan this escorted the head, inch by inch, the constable, this person is big and thick, angsty and stout, all the muscles of the body to support the clothes are bulging, a pugnacious gas overflowing, can not help but sigh with emotion, and asked with great interest.
“Back to the lord, small person is Jingnan County constable Liu Dazhou, it is my family’s son, no, it is the governor’s great lord ordered me to escort the head to the government office to report the merit and ask for reward.”The hanyou cupped his fists and returned with a loud voice.
“Since the chief has already been delivered, don’t go down to rest, why are you still here?”Zuo Zhen asked.
“Before I came, my home county magistrate carefully instructed, want me to not move an inch away from these Japanese chiefs, until the government office acceptance, investigation is completed, received acceptance receipt, I can leave the Japanese chiefs.”
Liu Dazhou urned back.
“Not moving an inch, huh, so many Japanese chiefs, from the time you came to the present you have been guarding without moving an inch?”Zuo Zhen asked.
“Of course.”
Liu Dazhou nodded his head vigorously, all the way here, no matter what he eats, drinks, sleeps, he ensures that the Japanese chiefs are within his sight.
“Guard these Japanese chiefs without moving an inch, aren’t you afraid?”Zuo Zhen asked.
“Scared? Hahaha, I wasn’t even afraid of these Japanese pirates when they were alive, how can I be afraid when they are dead? Even if they are afraid, it is they who are afraid of me. Of those ten heads you just inspected, those three true Japanese heads were all chopped by my own hands.”
Liu Dazhou grinned, a mouthful of white teeth glistening in the sunlight, reaching out and pointing at the Japanese heads at Zuo Zhen’s feet.
