"I am a Juren, how dare you touch the children of the saints without mercy?"

"I will report to the Lord to tear you into pieces."

"Sir, please spare me, sir."

"Sir, we are all loyal to the court and to Your Majesty."

The atmosphere at the gate of the city was joyful and welcoming the king's army, and in an instant, the changing situation changed to a pig-killing conference. The originally joyful squire looked at it in disbelief and smiled grimly. The officers and soldiers who rushed over knelt on the ground, kowtowed, cried bitterly, and shouted at the top of their lungs.

However, their statements did not bring any effect. From the shelter of the people to the wild beasts who were extremely killing and bloodthirsty, the time spent by these officers and soldiers was only a moment.

The demons rushed forward, waved their swords, and cut off the heads of the gentry who were still robbing the ground and shouting for injustice. The heads that rolled to the ground, their eyes were still opening and closing, as if they were telling their unwillingness.

After dealing with the gentry at the city gate, the officers and soldiers rushed into the open city gate. As soon as they walked into the city gate, the officers and soldiers were shocked by the prosperous scene in front of them. There was such a prosperous place in this world, even the legendary Jiangnan, which was probably just like this. For a moment, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but be stunned.

In the city, there were crowds of people coming and going on the streets and small stall vendors setting up stalls on the roadside. When they saw a group of bright red officers and soldiers who were bright red, like devils who had just crawled out of hell, were still dripping bright red blood from the blades of their raised long swords.

The people were stunned at first, and then there was chaos. The people threw the things in their hands into the sky, and their feet jumped up, screaming, and running around. The vendors on the street didn't even want stalls, and put aside the customers who were bargaining with them and hurriedly ran towards their homes. The shops on both sides of the street also closed the windows and locked the doors, looking like they were in trouble.

Seeing this scene in front of them, the officers and soldiers who rushed in seemed even more excited. The panicked crowd aroused the extremely perverted desire deep in their hearts, and they rushed towards the crowd with a grim smile. The entire Xia County almost instantly fell into the Avici Hell.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean? Why did you let your troops enter the city and kill innocent people?" After receiving the news, Lu Xiangsheng hurried over. Seeing Zhang Zongheng's first face, he asked sternly, completely forgetting the insurmountable status differences between them, like a natural barrier.

"Mr. Lu, what do you mean? When will I enlist troops into the city and when will I kill the people?" Zhang Zongheng wanted to pretend to be stupid and fool Lu Xiangsheng.

But Lu Xiangsheng, who was born in a Jinshi, was not so easy to fool. Although he was honest, he was also a very smart person. He immediately said bluntly: "You did not lead troops into the city to kill the people. Whose officers and soldiers in the city are? Don't say that you don't know them."

"Oh. So you are talking about those people." Zhang Zongheng seemed to have suddenly reacted, and said with a long voice, "I just received the order, saying that some soldiers under him were unable to receive military pay for a long time, and they were burning, killing and looting in the city. Unfortunately, I was about to send troops into the city and capture them all, and I was punishing them so much. Lord Lu, why should I join together?"

"You..." Lu Xiangsheng never expected that the dignified Governor Xuanda, a second-rank official in the court, would be so shameless. Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that his old face turned red, and he could not say a word when pointing at Zhang Zongheng. In terms of shamelessness, ten Lu Xiangshengs could not compare to one Zhang Zongheng, and the two were not people of the same magnitude at all.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng who was already obviously extremely angry, Zhang Zongheng couldn't help feeling relieved. You know, Lu Xiangsheng is different from Cao Wenzhao. Cao Wenzhao is a military general. Even if he makes trouble in the court, the court will almost fully support him.

Lu Xiangsheng was different. Lu Xiangsheng's courtesy name was Jiandou, and he was from Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili (now Yixing, Jiangsu). He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He was like himself. If Lu Xiangsheng wrote a memorial and participated in the emperor's place, Chongzhen would not be able to hold his face, and his future would be greatly worrying. Unless he had to be honest, peace would be the most important.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zongheng's tone suddenly softened, and he ordered the minor official behind him: "Come on, carry everything up and let Lord Lu see it."

The minor official took the order and left. After a while, dozens of strong men carried boxes of heavy boxes and walked in. With a touch, they put the boxes heavily on an open space in the tent. Then, one person stepped forward and opened the boxes one by one.

As the box opened, things shining with a silver-white luster were exposed. It turned out that the box was filled with ingots of silver ingots. Fifty taels of silver ingots were shining with this seductive luster. The people in the tent were breathing significantly faster.

Zhang Zongheng pointed to these silver ingots and smiled at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Mr. Lu. I heard that your Tianxiong Army has not paid military salaries for nearly a year. The soldiers are in trouble. They follow Lord Lu to fight south and north, but they can't even have a full meal. If they can't eat, how can they fight? How can they contribute to the country?

A loyal and patriotic army like the noble army should not endure hunger. These are the dirty silver I seized from the rebels in the city. Today, I, Zhang Zongheng, made the decision to give all of this silver to your Tianxiong Army, reimburse the previous wages, and improve the lives of the soldiers, so that they can eat and wear warmth."

After Zhang Zongheng finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng with a smile, as if he was determined. However, Lu Xiangsheng was stunned at first, then his eyes seemed to spit out of fire, as if he was greatly insulted. He stared at Zhang Zongheng with his eyes tightly, and squeezed out a few words from his teeth word by word.

"You despicable and shameless person, even if you starve to death, you will never use the ill-gotten wealth of robbing the people. I want to report this to the court and let everyone know about your Zhang Zongheng's face." Then, Lu Xiangsheng snorted heavily and then left with his sleeves.

Zhang Zongheng's face turned pale and he watched Lu Xiangsheng go further and further without saying a word. His right hand unconsciously clenched into a fist, and blue veins bulged.

"Sir, Lu Manzi is not jealous, why should he be aware of him? Since Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want these silver, we will send them to the capital. With these silver, let's take some money. Why don't Lu Xiangsheng go home to farm obediently?" The tiny official next to Zhang Zongheng said flatteringly.

"Shut up!" Zhang Zongheng suddenly let out a loud shout, scaring the stinger and trembling. He thought he had flattered the horse's hooves and was trying every means to remedy it.

But Zhang Zongheng shook his sleeves and walked towards the inside. When he arrived at the door, Zhang Zongheng suddenly stopped and ordered the minor official behind him without looking back: "You can do this matter yourself, clean your hands and feet, and don't show any flaws."

The little official was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed and said, "Yes. Don't worry, sir, the villain must do it properly."

Zhang Zongheng ignored him and walked quickly towards the inner room.
Chapter completed!