After solving Caosi, Zhang Chong and others rushed to the arsenal without stopping.
The arsenal is in the northeast corner of the city, directly on an independent dock wall, which is heavily guarded and well-defended.
At this moment, the door of the arsenal was closed tightly. The arsenal officer who was left behind looked nervously at the group of people below, and asked tremblingly from upstairs:
"Who are you?"
Zhang Chong said loudly below:
"The thieves entered the city, and the Lord of Fu ordered me to quickly gather the arsenal to suppress the thieves. This is the official seal of the Lord of Fu."
The arsenal officials upstairs were suspicious, so they said to the treasurer:
"Everything comes from Fu Jun's talisman. Why did he send the official seal?"
Just as the treasurer was about to speak, a knowledgeable arsenal officer over there said:
"This further illustrates how urgent the government is now and how difficult the situation is."
These words were said so bluntly that the arsenal commander nodded frequently.
In fact, do you think the arsenal chief has doubts about the following people? That must be suspicion! He is not really stupid.
But the commander of the arsenal has a good idea, and he cares about it this way.
If the person below is true, it is definitely correct to open the door, but if he does not open the door, it is a serious crime, because there are clearly procedures, but he fails to follow them, and that is a crime. When the time comes, plus the delay in military intelligence, he will definitely be punished by the government.
Punishment.
And if the person below is fake and he doesn't open it, then they will definitely attack, and he may lose his life by then. And what if he does? Afterwards, the entire arsenal was looted, and he has no responsibility at all.
.Why? Because he is acting according to the regulations.
As subordinates like them, we should not use our brains to do things, but use the rules to do things.
The arsenal chief's way of serving as an official was not something he figured out by himself, but was told to him by his arsenal chief when he was an official.
He still remembered what the old arsenal chief said:
"When Emperor Guangwu was Emperor Guangwu, there was a story. It was the thirteenth year of Jianwu's reign. The country who had already become the emperor went out hunting, but did not return to the city until midnight. At that time, the country planned to return from the East Gate, but at that time the guard on the East Gate
The gatekeeper is Zhi Yun. This man is famous for being upright and upright, with a strong head. Originally, the country wants to enter the city gate, so you can let it go if you want.
But guess what, no matter how the country shouted, Zhi Tietou would not open the door. The country had no choice but to ask people to go to the other side of the city gate and let Zhi Yun pick up the crack in the door to identify people. Logically speaking, the country was very proud of this Tietou.
Well, what did this person say? He said it was too dark to see clearly, and then refused to let him in. In the end, the country still couldn't enter through the east gate, so he went around in the dark and entered the city through the east middle gate. What do you mean?
Is this Zhi Tietou a bull?
What was even more impressive later was that the country did not find any trouble the next day, so it was treated as a matter of course. However, the Tietou himself wrote a letter to remonstrate, saying that it was not a blessing for the country that the country was out hunting so late at night.
Guess what happened next? Not only did the country reward him with a hundred pieces of iron-headed cloth, but he also gave away the prince who let him into the city last night."
Finally, the old arsenal official said to him meaningfully:
"Understood, as long as you act according to the rules, you can't make mistakes."
Emperor Guangwu probably never dreamed that he thought he was commending Zhi Yun for his devotion to duty, but that he would be interpreted this way by his subordinates.
After that, a hanging basket was put down on the arsenal. Zhang Chong asked someone to put the official seal in it, and then waited calmly.
In less than a moment, the arsenal door opened wide, and all the arsenal officials, led by the treasurer, came out to meet Zhang Chong and others.
Zhang Chong and others just straddled their horses and entered the warehouse without any fear. They also directed the people in the arsenal to help load the armored troops into the vehicles.
The commander of the arsenal saw these people coming in politely, and he thought it must be true. Just as he was about to come up to talk to Zhang Chong, he saw Zhang Chong taking a piece of bamboo from his bag, and then he said to the arsenal officials:
explain:
"Which of you has a pen? Go and get a pen quickly."
Seeing no one move, Zhang Chong's face immediately dropped.
Or the arsenal commander saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he immediately kicked the person next to him and asked him to find a pen quickly.
As soon as the pen arrived, Zhang Chong leaned on his horse and wrote an order on the bamboo piece. Then he threw the bamboo piece to the arsenal chief and said:
"This is a new order. Go and bring me all the craftsmen from the nearby workshops. The thieves need them to repair their armor, and they also need to take care of the baggage."
But who would have thought that the arsenal commander lowered his head, and his feet felt like they were stuck, unable to move.
Zhang Chong snorted coldly, raised his riding whip, placed it on the arsenal commander's military weapon, and said coldly:
"Didn't you hear that?"
Even with his head lowered, the arsenal commander could feel the strong murderous intention behind these words. His hands were shaking all the time. Suddenly, he raised his chest and head, looked directly at Zhang Chong, pushed the bamboo slip to Zhang Chong, and returned the favor.
Rightly said:
"I heard it, but it doesn't work because the order is not sealed."
Zhang Chong was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully from head to toe, and suddenly showed his face:
"What a strong point. He is a good official. Yes, unprinted talismans are useless. He knows the rules."
With that said, Zhang Chong took out the Jinan Prime Minister's Seal, stamped it on the bamboo slips with the original thin mud.
Just like that, a sealed talisman came into effect.
When Zhang Chong threw the talisman to the arsenal chief again, he clearly saw that the man breathed a sigh of relief. Then the arsenal chief didn't say anything more and hurriedly asked people to gather the craftsmen nearby and act in accordance with the order.
The arsenal officials who assembled the craftsmen did not receive any specific instructions from the treasurer, so they made their own decisions and deployed all kinds of people. Anyway, they were just escorting a piece of armor, and anyone with the strength would do.
Therefore, the bamboo craftsmen, masons, knife makers, armor makers, needle pullers, and carpenters were all grouped together and came to the arsenal to help Zhang Chong's people load armor.
Time passed little by little, and seeing these people continuing to move, the arsenal commander became a little anxious.
He moved to Zhang Chong's side and muttered:
"Sir, how many armors are needed for this? We can't move it any more. We don't have a car anymore. We are so tired of our brothers behind!"
The arsenal officials behind him were shocked to see their treasure chief being so cowardly. But they soon became shuddering because they saw the man on the horse opposite had already drawn a knife and put it on the arsenal chief's neck.
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At this moment, the arsenal was no longer shaking, and he could hold the opposite knife steadily. If he shook again, he would have a bloody hole on his neck. He smiled and said:
"My dear sir, what's going on? Why did you use the knife? Put it down, put it down quickly."
As he spoke, he raised his hand to push away the knife on his neck, but the knife stood firmly on his neck. Now the arsenal chief became angry. Just as he was about to reprimand, he saw the knife in Zhang Chong's hand.
, retreated and stretched out, and then the head of the arsenal leader was chopped off.
Now all the arsenal officials knew what was going on, but no one dared to resist because they were already surrounded by these cavalry.
Zhang Chong shook off the blood stains on the knife and said only:
"They tied each other up and blindfolded each other, and then they started spinning in circles. Whoever dared to stop would die."
There was a commotion among the arsenal officials, and one of them boldly asked in a low voice:
"Qui, we don't have any cloth or strings, so we can't tie him up."
The person next to him happened to be Xi Shen. He laughed, swung his knife and tore off his clothes. Then Xi Shen pointed at the cloth on the ground and said with a smile:
"Isn't that what it is?"
In the end, these arsenal officials were stripped into naked pigs, their hands were bound, their eyes were blindfolded, and they began to spin in circles. It was not until the sound of the wheels stopped that they fainted on the ground and took a long breath.
After all, one life was saved. After all, the commander of the arsenal resisted everything.
Just when they reached out to take off their blindfolds, a cough sounded, and everyone froze there. Until a long, long time, no one dared to take off the blindfolds.
Later, when there was still enough time, Zhang Chong went to Hucao again and robbed the money that was to be counted this year. They didn't count the exact amount, but there were sixty boxes full of gold, silver, and copper.
Then Zhang Chong also built a grain depot and allowed the Guizhou chiefs in nearby houses to move it as they pleased, but he could not take away these things.
Finally, in the dew of the morning light, Zhang Chong took 300 carts and more than 600 craftsmen, under the banner of Dongpingling, and returned to Mount Tai along the straight road.
Because of the official seal of the Prime Minister of Jinan, Zhang Chong kept dispatching cattle, horses, carts and heavy civilians along the way, treating this as a marching exercise.
And it was not that no one suspected Zhang Chong along the way. Some careful village officials knew that the thing inside must be gold when they saw the deep ruts.
But just because everyone was smart, they all kept silent and just assumed that it was arranged by the superiors. But when Zhang Chong led the team to a hill in the east of Tugu County, they finally met someone who was not smart.
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In the pile of dead people, Xun Yu slowly woke up. He pushed open the dead bodies lying on his body and breathed in the air quickly.
After a while, Xun Yu climbed up with difficulty. His whole body hurt now, as if the three horses had hit himself instead of the city gate.
He looked around him and tried to remember, but he only felt a splitting headache. He had no choice but to wander out of the city gate, and the dazzling sunlight suddenly shone in, making him dizzy for a short time.
It took him a while before he regained his sight, but this sight stunned him.
At this moment, dead bodies are everywhere on the East Street, and flags and weapons can be seen everywhere. From the houses on both sides of the street, cries can be heard from time to time, and rioters and thieves can be seen coming in and out from time to time. In the distance, in the direction of Caosi Temple, there are still
He could see the black smoke, and his heart tightened, thinking about his father who was studying in the building.
Xun Yu saw a group of soldiers wearing Fu clan uniforms coming from the south of the city. He hurried forward and was about to bow when he saw that the leader of this group of soldiers was the aide he hired for his father, King Xiu of Beihai.
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Wang Xiu was also shocked when he saw Xun Yu's behavior at this moment, and then remained silent.
When Xun Yu asked what happened, Wang Xiu didn't reply for a long time. He just bowed deeply to Xun Yu and lamented:
"Jun Xun, please show me your condolences!"
After that, Xun Yu became paralyzed, and the whole world began to shake. He saw that Wang Xiu was saying a lot more, but Xun Yu couldn't hear clearly. He only had one thought now.