The sun shone brightly, pouring out golden splendour, crowning the world, not being thick or thin, and everything glittered.
“You guys did a great job, this official will ask for credit for you from the Duke of Wei.”Zhu Pingan, draped in the golden splendour of the blazing sun, smiled and nodded to the meat shield proctors, stepping into the marshal tent amidst a sea of admiration from them.
“Xian Nephew is truly a man of God, such a crisis, a mutiny and rebellion was actually dissolved by you.”
“They all abused Squire Huang, open bow no turning back arrows, did not expect to be your three-inch tongue to persuade to put down their weapons, disbanded their respective back to the camp, virtuous nephew, how did you do it?!”
“Little Lord Zhu, you are really something! Since ancient times, heroes come out of youths, this pair of strokes of my family really did not look at the wrong person.”
As soon as Zhu Pingan walked into the marshal tent, Duke Wei, Marquis Linhuai and Eunuch He excitedly flocked over, one rubbed Zhu Pingan’s hair, one gave Zhu Pingan a punch on the shoulder, and one pointed Zhu Pingan’s chest with an orchid finger, the three people’s faces were filled with ecstatic excitement and curiosity, which was hard to express.
For a while, Zhu Pingan had a sense of empathy for the Venerable Master Yan Sen who was molested by a group of monkeys in front of Emei Mountain.
“Xian Nephew, how did you do it?!”
“Xian nephew, how did you convince them?!”
“Little Lord Zhu, quickly tell me, what kind of spiritual magic did you use?!Solved more than three thousand chaotic soldiers!”
Duke Wei and the three of them clustered around Zhu Pingan with curious faces, unable to resist asking him over and over again.
“It’s really nothing, I gave them five things to say and they put down their weapons and disbanded back to camp.”
Zhu Pingan smiled faintly and explained with a relaxed face.
“Five things? Which five things? Quickly tell us ……”Duke Wei’s and their curious hearts were scratched like a cat, their hearts itching to the point where they couldn’t help themselves.
“The first thing, I’ll give them that Servant Huang fell off his horse and died on his own, it has nothing to do with them, and I won’t incriminate them for the crime of killing a court official, much less defame them for the crime of rebellion ……”
Zhu Pingan said gently.
“What? Servant Huang he fell off his horse and died by himself?!”
“Xian Nephew, you are mistaken! Servant Huang was clearly hacked to death by the chaos, how did he fall off his horse and die?!”
“How can it be, I came with Huang, he did not ride a horse, how can fall dead, I personally saw him by the soldiers chopped a flesh and blood, that is a miserable ah …….”
Duke of Wei listened to Zhu Pingan’s glib words, such as being shocked by thunder, stunned, but could not help but exclaim out in a row.
“No, I’m not mistaken, Servant Huang he just fell off his horse and died.”Zhu Pingan returned with a serious face.
“Xian nephew, you are talking nonsense with your eyes open.”
“Little Lord Zhu, you are talking nonsense ah, my family watched with their own eyes as Squire Huang was hacked to death by the chaotic soldiers.”
When Duke Wei and the others saw that Zhu Pingan insisted that Servant Huang had fallen off his horse and died on his own, they could not help but correct him in a loud voice.
“Uncle, Duke He. Servant Huang he was, and could only be, killed by his own fall from his horse ……”Zhu Pingan’s pair of dark, ink-like eyes burned as he looked at Duke Wei and the others, saying meaningfully.
“Hm?!”
Duke Wei and the others were stunned for a moment, thoughtfully chewing on Zhu Pingan’s words for a moment before suddenly widening their eyes. They were all old foxes, and after being reminded by Zhu Pingan, how could they not understand the deeper meaning.
“Well well well, not bad, heh heh heh, Xian nephew didn’t get it wrong, it was us who got it wrong, Servant Huang he did fall off his horse and die on his own.”
“The miscellaneous family has long reminded Squire Huang to be careful when riding a horse, not too fast, he did not listen, the result of the fall of the horse fell to death ……”
Duke Wei, Marquis Linhuai and also Eunuch He nodded vigorously, reached out and patted his mouth, snorted and said.
The premise of quelling this mutiny is that Servant Huang fell off his horse and died on his own, and has nothing to do with the chaotic soldiers, so that the chaotic soldiers have a way to retreat and live, and the mutiny also has the possibility of being quelled. Anyway, Squire Huang deserved to die on his own! Being killed by the chaotic soldiers is also a death, falling off the horse and dying is also a death, waiting for death, why not have it.
Zhu Pingan glowed in their eyes ……Worthy of being a scholar, no wonder it can be valued by the saint to reward the secret folding distinction, this thinking is really a gazelle, very human, can think of using this way to break the situation!
“However, virtuous nephew, say so, can they believe? After all, it’s them ……”Duke Wei raised a doubt.
Servant Huang was killed by the hands of the chaotic soldiers, we say that Servant Huang fell to his death from his own horse, despite the fact that it’s in their favour, won’t they suspect that it’s a delaying tactic on our part? Can believe us?
Both Marquis Linhuai and Eunuch He also looked at Zhu Pingan and waited for his answer, they had also thought of this question.
“They don’t believe it, but they still believe it.”Zhu Pingan’s words were a bit roundabout.
“What do you mean?”Duke Wei was instantly confused.
“It comes down to the second thing, the second thing I told them was to issue them with a death exemption scroll.”Zhu Pingan softly explained, “It’s the death exemption scrolls that you, Uncle and Eunuch He, wrote. With the death exemption scrolls, they will believe it.”
Duke Wei and the others thought about it for a little while and immediately understood. If the first thing was spoken without proof, and they were worried about being liquidated later, then the death exemption scroll was the real deal, written by our own hands, and stamped with a bright red great seal, with this one death exemption scroll, they dared to believe, and believed, in Zhu Pingan’s words.
“But Xian Nephew, even though Lord Huang’s death has nothing to do with them, this alone cannot make them put down their weapons and disband back to the camp, right?”
Duke Wei raised another question.
“The reason why they mutinied boils down to the issue of folded silver, wives’ food, and the soldiers’ pay.”
Zhu Pingan said softly.
“Well, yes.”Marquis Linhuai, Eunuch He and the others nodded vigorously, knowing this only too well.
“How will this problem be solved?!”Duke Wei and the others all looked at Zhu Pingan.
“Simple. I told them that the discounted silver and wife’s food will be restored as before, and then an extra one tael will be issued to make up for the discounted silver, and the soldier’s pay will be issued in place tomorrow. ……”Zhu Pingan smiled faintly and returned with a glib face.
“What? Discounted silver, wife and food restored as before? An extra one or two to make up for the discounted silver, and the soldiers’ pay will be issued in place tomorrow? Xian nephew, you’re crazy, send soldier’s pay is just a matter, we work hard, we can still pad it! It’s not a big deal to give out an extra tael of discounted silver! But we can’t make the decision to reinstate the discounted silver and the wives’ food. We need a letter from the Ministry of War! The Ministry of War has not yet spoken, how can you take the liberty of promising them? You’re smart and confused, you’re fooling them now, but when they realise that the silver and food have not been restored, they’ll rebel again, and the gods won’t be able to stop them. Xian nephew ah Xian nephew, you ah, how can this be good …….”
Duke of Wei heard the words, alarmed, trembling with fear, his back instantly rose a layer of cold sweat, patting his thighs hard and complaining.
Marquis Linhuai and Eunuch He heard the words, were also equally terrified and worried, they have stepped into this muddy water, in two days if Zhenwu Battalion rebels again, they also can’t eat it ……
“Uncle, Eunuch He, there is absolutely no need to worry. The Ministry of War will soon be tomorrow, or as late as three or five days, and will definitely restore the folded silver and wives’ food as before.”
Zhu Pingan calmly looked at Duke Wei and the three of them, smiled slightly, and said with a certainty.
