Not long after, the prison guard walked to the cell door.
Knowing that he could not escape, Li Xiucheng shook the cell door and shouted: "Where is Li Zhen? Let Li Zhen come see me."
The officer's eyes were cold and he said in a deep voice: "You are already a prisoner, and you are still so arrogant. A bandit like you doesn't even know how you died." The officer raised his hand and waved, and six soldiers came behind him. Two of them
Someone opened the cell door and escorted Li Xiucheng out. Four other soldiers stood aside with guns in hand, obviously to prevent Li Xiucheng from escaping.
"What are you doing?"
When Li Xiucheng saw the soldiers guarding him, he thought they were going to kill him.
At this moment, Li Xiucheng's heart felt gray.
The yamen servant said loudly: "Are you afraid? If you are afraid, don't be arrogant. If Master Daotai wants to see you, get out of here. You stay in the cell that I'm guarding, which makes me feel bad." The yamen servant escorted Li Xiucheng.
The soldiers nodded, and the soldiers escorted Li Xiucheng out of the prison and went straight to the county government hall.
Li Zhen was sitting in the lobby of the county government office, and Lan Weiwen was sitting below.
Li Xiucheng was escorted in by soldiers, holding his head high and chest out, looking like he would rather die than surrender.
"Kneel down!"
The escorting soldiers shouted.
Li Xiucheng snorted coldly and shouted: "How can a general of the Celestial Dynasty kneel down to Qing Gou? It's impossible." Li Xiucheng's eyes were like daggers, his expression was fierce, and he glared fiercely at the soldiers beside him.
Li Xiucheng refused to cooperate, and a cruel look appeared on the soldier's face. He raised the gun in his hand and hit Li Xiucheng's legs. At the critical moment, Li Zhen said: "If you don't kneel, you won't kneel. Get down."
"yes!"
The soldier stopped and left with the other soldiers.
Li Xiucheng looked at Li Zhen and frowned.
He glanced at Li Zhen just now, but felt nothing. Now he looked carefully and found that Li Zhen's face was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Li Xiucheng kept thinking about it, and the impression in his mind suddenly settled on Yang Banhou
When the leader met him, Li Zhen was in the army at that time, pretending to be a small officer.
"Hi! His!"
Li Xiucheng gasped and realized that Li Zhen was among the army.
Li Xiucheng said loudly: "Li Zhen, since I have been caught by you, I will kill or behead you as you wish. When my general Zhang kills the foreigners, he will definitely lead his army to break through Shanghai and avenge me."
Zhang Sha??
Li Zhenxiao asked: "Is the bandit general who led the army to fight the foreigners Zhang Sha?"
When Li Xiucheng heard this, he suddenly felt something bad in his heart. Listening to Li Zhen's tone, it seemed that he was not worried about Zhang Sha coming with his troops, and there was also a joking tone in his tone.
Li Zhen flicked his sleeves and continued: "Zhang Sha has been killed, so you can stop thinking about it. Although Zhang Sha defeated the foreigners according to your plan, my army appeared on the battlefield and won the victory.
."
"you you……"
Li Xiucheng pointed at Li Zhen, showing endless surprise.
Li Xiucheng's troops divided into two groups to capture the officers and foreigners, but Li Zhen used his plan to defeat the foreigners and his army. Li Xiucheng looked lonely and said lightly: "I worked hard to come up with the two-way interception method.
There was no way, but you easily used the trick and not only defeated the foreigners, but also defeated my army. It's amazing, it's really amazing."
At this moment, Li Xiucheng felt that he was the clown singing on stage.
No matter how active you are, it is useless.
Li Zhen said: "It's not that I'm powerful, it's that I have powerful advisers who have seen through your plan. You wanted to capture the foreigners and the officers and soldiers outside the city, but you didn't expect that my advisers figured out where you had laid an ambush. So, you
None of the chess pieces are gone, whether it is the location of the Bazikou or the ambush in Half Moon Bay, they have all been removed."
Li Xiucheng said helplessly: "If you are defeated unjustly, please kill me."
Li Zhendao: "What if I don't kill you?"
Li Xiucheng sneered twice and said with a firm look on his face: "I will not surrender. If you have such thoughts, give up as soon as possible and waste your time for free."
Lan Weiwen rolled her eyes and suddenly interrupted: "Li Xiucheng, your condescension to recruit me is a tribute to your merits in your previous life. If you are wise, surrender immediately, otherwise you will die without a burial place."
Li Xiucheng sneered: "I am determined to die, am I still afraid of being killed?"
Lan Weiwen was still about to speak, but heard Li Zhen snort coldly. He turned around and saw Li Zhen's face was ashen, and quickly shut up.
Li Zhen said: "I won't kill you!"
"You, you, you...don't kill me?"
Li Xiucheng stared at Li Zhen, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes. The officers and soldiers and the Taiping Army were incompatible and could not coexist. If Li Xiucheng had captured Li Zhen, he would have killed him quickly. When he thought of the positions of both sides,
, Li Xiucheng believed that Li Zhen must have other conspiracies, otherwise it would be impossible to let him go.
Li Xiucheng curled his lips and said, "Don't think of any tricks, I won't give in."
Li Zhen said to himself: "Come here, bring the book."
After the words fell, a soldier came up with a plate. There were four books neatly placed on the plate. When Li Xiucheng saw it, his mouth opened wide and he immediately froze.
Especially when I saw the words on the cover, my eyes dazzled.
Li Xiucheng murmured: "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms was published in the Renwu year of Jiajing, the "New Journal Criticizing the Three Kingdoms" published in the Wanli Period, "Mr. Li Zhuowu Criticizing the Three Kingdoms" published by Wu Guanming in the Wanli Period, Mao Lun, Mao Zonggang and his son in the Kangxi Period
The revised "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is really complete."
Li Zhenxiao said: "Although you come from a poor family, you love reading, especially your brain is flexible, and you are a talented general. I heard from the soldiers under your command that you loved reading about the Three Kingdoms, so I had these books collected.
gave it to you."
Li Xiucheng became vigilant and said coldly: "What is your purpose?"
Li Zhen shrugged and said: "You are just a pawn sent by Yang Xiuqing and Hong Xiuquan to attack Shanghai. What value can you use? Whether I kill you or not has little impact on me. I will give you a few books.
It’s just because you have some ability and you are a talent that can be made. When the bandits are wiped out in the future, it won’t be too late for you to surrender to me if you have nowhere to go.”
Li Xiucheng retorted: "The Celestial Empire will not be destroyed. Only the Qing demons and the Qing dog Tatars will be destroyed."
Li Zhen shook his head and said, "I won't argue with you. You can take the book and leave Shanghai now."
"Really let me go?" Li Xiucheng asked again.
Li Zhen nodded and waved his hand to signal Li Xiucheng to leave.
Li Xiucheng said loudly: "Today you spare my life, and I will lead the army to conquer Shanghai tomorrow, and I will spare your life." After that, Li Xiucheng put away various versions of the Book of the Three Kingdoms and strode out of the county government office.
Lan Weiwen said: "Sir, if you let Li Xiucheng leave, you will definitely let the tiger return to the mountain?"
Li Zhen said: "I have my own plan for this matter!"
After saying that, Li Zhen stood up and left the county government, returning to Daotai Mansion.
After returning to the study, Li Zhen called Liu Taiping to discuss writing a memorial. After all, Li Zhen released Li Xiucheng privately, and he had to report it to Xianfeng, otherwise other officials and generals would participate in the memorial, which would easily lead to criticism. Li Zhenrang
When Liu Taiping wrote the memorial, he had to polish it a bit, saying that letting Li Xiucheng go was done deliberately to drive a wedge between the bandits.
After Liu Taiping finished writing the memorial, Li Zhen had it sent back to Beijing.
Before Li Zhen could take a breath, another soldier came to report that Adams and Rachel wanted to see him.
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