Chapter 38 Extortion
Zhou Wentong had just got angry when his housekeeper Zhou Fu hurriedly ran in and said in shock: "Master, is there something big happening?"
Zhou Wentong regarded herself as a scholar, and always emphasized that Mount Tai collapsed before her face remained unchanged. He put down the book and said very dissatisfiedly: "Why are you panicked? What kind of system is it that is shocked?"
The butler Zhou Fu's face looked pale. He said in a panic: "Sir, I'm not good. I don't know if it's soldiers or robbers who have entered the county town, and they have entered the county government."
Zhou Wentong finally couldn't calm down. He looked pale and asked with his feet trembling, "What does this mean? Do you not understand whether a robber or a soldier?"
The housekeeper said: "There are many people, and they have already attacked the county government and arrested them whenever they see them. They claim to be heroes from Jufeng Mountain."
Zhou Wentong was shocked. Jufeng Mountain was so far away that they actually came here. He immediately said, "Escape quickly."
Zhou Wentong ran away, but as soon as he escaped from the study, he discovered that as the imperial court officer, he was responsible for guarding one side and defending the territory. If he escaped, the imperial court would definitely catch him and would also kill him. What should we do?
Zhou Wentong had no choice but to say loudly: "Hurry up and call the constable and servants to prepare to resist. I, Zhou Wentong, are a scholar and are dedicated to integrity. Today I will die with the thief."
Zhou Wentong was talking when he saw several servants running here with knives. He thought they were from the hospital guards and came to protect him. He was brave enough to strengthen his courage.
However, before these servants could reach his sight, a large number of enemy soldiers rushed into the other end of the yard. The other party picked up the bow and arrow and shot the servants directly.
Seeing a few servants dying in front of him, Zhou Wentong was shocked and almost fell to the ground. Zhou Wentong shouted: "Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, I am the county magistrate Zhou Wentong."
"Here?" Liu Ning cheered and ran over and put the knife on Zhou Wentong's neck. Liu Ning was a small person. Zhou Wentong didn't know him, so he didn't put on makeup. However, Liu Zhongyong and Zhou Wentong had seen him, so they put on makeup. He hid somewhere else.
Liu Ning saw Zhou Wentong wearing a green official uniform, and then he sneered and said, "Mr. Zhou! Let me be easy to find."
Zhou Wentong said in a trembling voice: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Liu Ning sneered and said, "We are a hero on Jufeng Mountain. We have heard of Master Zhou's reputation on the mountain for a long time. We came to borrow some food and grass from Master Zhou. Master Zhou has always been generous and will definitely not disappoint us."
After hearing the other party's explanation, Zhou Wentong was so scared that she poured cold water down. As the county magistrate of the court, the guards of the herds side, let the robbers attack the city, and it was difficult for others to protect their heads.
Zhou Wentong said: "Hero, you are short of money. You can speak like me. Why do you have to go into the county? If you make such a fuss, it is hard for me to step down!"
Liu Ning said: "This is your business. Anyway, we are here today, just raising food and grass, and we need money but not life. If you insist on not giving money, we have to get it ourselves."
Zhou Wentong said: "It's easy to say if you want money, but you can't wait to kill innocent people here."
Liu Ning said: "Okay! Well said, we are asking for money but not life. If you cooperate, we will get the food and retreat immediately. If you dare to use tricks on two sides, it will not be a big deal to slaughter Jimo City."
Zhou Wentong felt relieved when she heard that the other party wanted money and only recognized the money. It was easy to say that she wanted money and food. If the other party wanted his life and massacres in the city, he would not be able to be the county magistrate.
Liu Ning said: "Our requirements are not high. As long as you give 150,000 taels of silver and 50,000 s of grain, we will go back. When nothing happened, we will not kill your people again."
Zhou Wentong was shocked and said, "Where did I get so much money? So much food."
Liu Ning said very toughly: "It's your business if you don't have money. Who doesn't know that Jimo is a rich county and has money. If you don't raise these things within a day, we will kill ten people every half an hour, starting from the county government."
At first, Zhou Wentong heard that he had murdered people, and there was nothing to worry about, because he always didn't care about the lives of the people, but when he heard that the other party started killing from the county government, that is, killing the people around him and his relatives, he couldn't calm down and said with a frown: "Good man, where did you ask me to raise so much money and food in such a short time?"
Liu Ning said: "This is your business. Anyway, you just raise the money as quickly as possible to us. You can get out safely. Otherwise, we will stay here and start killing people. And the news leaks out and spreads to the outside. Others also know that you, as a county magistrate, have actually lost the county town. Do you know what the consequences are? The court will definitely pull you to the entrance of Caishi and cut you into pieces to thank the world."
After Liu Bu said this, Zhou Wentong was even more worried. He said, "Can you reduce it? I can raise 100,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stones of grain for you in one day."
Liu Ning said: "I still want to negotiate the price. Do you think this is a transaction? I don't accept the price reduction. If you are willing to accept the price, hurry up and execute it. If you don't accept it, we will go out and search it yourself, and you can do it yourself."
Zhou Wentong had no choice but to be so tough. He has always been a man who bullies good and is afraid of evil. Seeing that this man is a vicious person, he always holds a knife and waves it in front of him at any time. He is so scared that he is very scared.
Zhou Wentong begged: "Several heroes, I have to ask my official to call my official over so that I can arrange for them to raise money. I want my official to be in charge of the master, servants, and the cavalry to help."
Liu Ning said: "It's easy to say, is this going to be promoted to the church, right? These people were detained in the lobby of the county government and took the county magistrate to take a look."
This group of them successfully controlled the entire county government office, blocked the front and back doors, and then sent people to start plundering gold, silver and treasures in the county government office.
If the other party's servants dare to resist, they will be killed with one knife. If they cooperate, they will be tied up and locked up in a woodshed. However, they are very disciplined and do not take the opportunity to rape or tease women.
Liu Ning and the others took the knife to take the magistrate Zhou Wentong to the lobby of the county government. He sat in the current magistrate's position without hesitation, then slapped the gavel and said, "Get to the hall."
Under the plaque with a high mirror, forty or fifty people squeezed, all with swords and guns. Those surrounded by the yamen runners and constables who had already put down their weapons, as well as some servants in the county yamen, were all tied up. When they saw the magistrate Zhou Wentong coming out, they knelt down one after another and said, "Save me, please help me."
Zhou Wentong complained secretly, "You guys tell me that this is useless. Now I am also a prisoner at the ranks, and I am also a master."
Liu Ning took the initiative to let the thorns take the position of the county magistrate, which also made him feel good about the officials. He sat on the position of the magistrate and smashed the gavel hard and said, "Who is kneeling down? Sign up!" This was learned in the play.
This surprised everyone a little. It is not a trial now, and the yamen runners and servants don’t know what to say for a while.
When Liu Ning saw that no one responded, he felt a little tricky. He coughed dryly and said, "I am a hero from Jufeng Mountain. I have passed by Guidi today and waited for some food and grass. If you cooperate well, I can guarantee that I will be fine. If you dare to act against my Jufeng Mountain hero and hostile to my Jufeng Mountain hero, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Li Xiaoqiang, the county magistrate, asked in surprise: "Sir, this?"
It was really hard for him to speak out. The robbers robbed the county government and even robbed the county magistrate. His face was swollen and cruel.
Zhou Wentong also felt very ashamed and ashamed. He just wanted to find a place to get in, but there was no way, and there was still two knives next to him? He had to say, "This is a hero from Jufeng Mountain. When I come to our place, I just want some money and food. They promised me that I would retreat as long as I get money and food, and I would not harm the people. I am based on the principle of people-oriented. If the money is gone, I can earn it again. If the person is gone, I will have no life to pay. So I decided to order you to raise money and food for these heroes."
Zhou Wentong said these words almost shyly and humiliatedly.
The master shouted: "Sir, how much money do these heroes need?"
Li Ning said directly: "150,000 taels of silver and 50,000 shi of grain."
The master was startled and said, "Isn't this a robbery? How did Jimo raise so much money and grain?"
Liu Ning said: "I just ask you if you can raise it. If you can't raise it, I will change to a group of people who can raise it."
His tone was threatening, of course, it was not that you wouldn't have to make up for it, but that you would just cut you off when you didn't want to do it, and then you would change to someone who was willing to be obedient, and then cut them off again until you were obedient.
The master said, "No! No! Job is the student who refuses to cooperate with the hero's actions. However, there is not so much money in the county government's inventory, nor so much food and grass. In a short while, where will the students be asked to raise the money?"
Liu Ning pulled out the knife and placed it on the table. This was a bright and scattered knife, extremely sharp. If you cut it over with one knife, everyone's head would be cut off. He said directly: "Tell me to my brother, see if he agrees?"
When the master saw the shaky knife, he looked at the county magistrate with help. Zhou Wentong lowered his head as if he hadn't seen it.
But Zhou Wentong wanted to be a turtle bastard, but Liu Ning didn't want him to be a turtle bastard, so he winked at his subordinates. The subordinate kicked him directly and said, "You are the county magistrate, you are fart!"
Zhou Wentong couldn't hide, so she had to say, "Now people are the slaughter and I am the fish. There is no way. The people do good. Please do your best to raise the money."
Chapter completed!