When Xing Honglang heard this, his face turned red with anger, he stood up and shouted: "General Shao Liu, you... you actually betrayed the owner of this village!"
In the morning, Xing Honglang took people to Qingyang Town to rob. He asked Liu Zongmin to go with him because the south gate of Huaiqing was guarded by people from Biluo Mountain. Without a commander-in-chief, he could not lead troops out of the city at will. Liu Zongmin was able to do so. Accommodating Kaicheng. Originally, the two of them had agreed that Xing Honglang and his soldiers would do the looting, and Liu Zongmin had to "intervene". The looted property would be divided into 37%, and Liu Zongmin would get 30%.
Unexpectedly, due to the obstruction of Hua Bushi and the "Evil Dog Sect", Xing Honglang and his party grabbed too little, which was far from what was originally expected. Liu Zongmin was defeated by Yang Jiangyi and was disgraced. After returning to the city, Xing Honglang did not divide the property as previously agreed, and Liu Zongmin did not ask for it. I thought the matter would be settled, but unexpectedly at this juncture, Liu Zongmin actually jumped out to testify and bit Xing Honglang hard.
At this time, Xing Honglang could no longer deny it, and said loudly: "Yes, the leader of the village did take the brothers out of the city this morning and went to Qingyang Town to rob, but so what? This Which of your families has not been robbed in the city in the past few days? The shops on the street and the money and silver of the wealthy families in the city have been robbed by someone! Eight Kings, didn't you rob? And you, Cao Cao. , you Lao Huihui, you sweep the floor, you the monkey in the sky, haven’t you snatched them away..."
Except for Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's troops, probably no one of the Eighteenth Route Rebels in Huaiqing City had ever robbed shops and wealthy households' property in the city. They just robbed them, but no one wanted to admit it at this time. Xing Hong Before the wolf finished speaking, several people immediately shouted.[
"Xing Honglang, don't talk nonsense!"
"He's a bear, does he want to slander this king?"
"Xing Xing, shut up!"
"Don't blame me for being rude if you keep saying "nonsense"!"
There was a burst of noise in the lobby, and it gradually became quiet until Gao Yingxiang shouted: "Everyone, please stop making noise!"
After the noise died down, Hua Bushi said, "Commander Gao, I don't know what the culpability of being a general should be if he intentionally disobeys the commander's orders?"
Gao Yingxiang said: "According to military regulations, he must be executed immediately!"
Hua Bushi turned to look at Xing Honglang and shouted: "Master Xingzhai, you heard it too. Less than three days after Marshal Gao issued the command, you blatantly violated the order, and the evidence is conclusive, but you have nothing to say." Bar?"
Although the Thirty-sixth Battalion is just an alliance of various rebels, it is also an army in name. It is reasonable to say that those who violate the commander's orders must be dealt with according to military regulations. However, before this, hundreds of people who violated military regulations were pointed out. There was no investigation, and the incident happened to Xing Honglang, who was caught by Hua Bushi. With Liu Zongmin as witness, he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to. This can only be said to be a bad luck.
Xing Honglang's face turned green and red, and he snorted suddenly and said: "So what if the leader of the village violated the military regulations? At worst, our brothers will no longer be in the 36th Battalion. Let's go back to the Jin Kingdom together." !" He waved his hand, flicked his robe, raised his feet and walked out the door.
However, before he could even take two steps, he heard Li Zicheng shouting sternly: "Disobeying the commander's orders will be punished by death. How can it be so easy to escape? Come on, take down the criminal red wolf!"
Before he finished speaking, a group of soldiers rushed in from outside the gate, each armed with swords, axes and ropes, and rushed towards Xing Honglang. As the leader of a village, Xing Honglang can be regarded as a fierce general. But there were more than ten soldiers who rushed in, all of them were strong men. In terms of physical strength, they were not inferior to him. When everyone gathered together, they couldn't tolerate Xing Red Wolf's resistance. They immediately restrained him and tied him with ropes. He was tied up tightly and pressed down to his knees on the ground.
Everyone looked out the door and discovered that in the courtyard outside the lobby of the General Military Mansion, at some point, more than a hundred fully armed soldiers, each holding weapons, had appeared, surrounding the entire lobby. The clothes and armor are all from Biluo Mountain.
As soon as the battle came out, everyone was shocked. It was only then that Xing Honglang realized that his situation was very bad, and he was afraid that he was really doomed. His face was pale, and he had lost all color. ’, but after all, he is brave by nature, and he shouted in his mouth: "You Li Zicheng, you colluded with the pretty boy named Shi to harm me, even if I, the red wolf, become a ghost, I will not let you go!"
Hua Bushi walked up to Xing Honglang in a few steps, looked down at him and said: "Master Xingzhai, you are dead now, but do you feel that you are unjust? Do you think that so many people have violated the commander's orders and robbed people's property? Is it unfair to just arrest you?"
Xing Honglang said: "That's it! Everyone of them violated the command, why did you only arrest me!"
Hua Bushi said: "Okay, then I'll give you a chance! You just need to identify all the people who have violated the order. Even if you are guilty, I can plead with the commander to give you leniency." How about fate?"
As soon as these words came out, the hall was noisy again, and everyone yelled at Xing Honglang not to talk nonsense. But at this point, Xing Honglang couldn't care less, and said loudly: "Okay, I'll put them Identify them all! Mr. Shi, you must keep your word!"
Hua Bushi smiled and said, "I always keep my word."[
At this time, everyone in the hall made another objection, and Li Zicheng yelled: "Shut up, everyone! You don't dare to let him identify you, are you guilty of being a thief?"
The roar was deafening, and the hall suddenly became silent. Li Zicheng said: "Tian Jianxiu, record the person Xing Honglang identified!"
Among the various rebel armies, except for Gao Yingxiang's men, the remaining seventeen groups all plundered the people's property in the city. The only difference was that they robbed more or less things. Xing Honglang was honest this time, and actually He counted all the rebel leaders one by one, and Tian Mixiu also wrote down the names of sixteen on the paper one by one.
Seeing this situation, except for Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and several other powerful subordinates with deep scheming intentions, most of the rebel leaders in the hall changed their faces. As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone, everyone is on the list, Gao Yingxiang It would be fine if they were not investigated, but if they were seriously investigated, violating the commander's orders would be a capital crime, so being killed like this would not be considered unjust.
Xing Honglang had quickly finished identifying the names of the leaders of the sixteen rebel armies, and placed them in front of Gao Yingxiang on the main table. Gao Yingxiang looked at them with a solemn face, and suddenly heard someone say: "Xing Honglang is trying to save his life." He wanted to save his own life, so he randomly accused and accused all the brothers. He said that there was absolutely evidence that we had robbed people's property, and the commander could not believe it. Now he is the only one with conclusive evidence of violating military orders, and he should be killed immediately! "
The person who spoke was Liu Guoneng, who was known as "Chuang Taotian" and was also one of the more powerful rebels.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately received support from the leaders of all the families. Everyone agreed and agreed to chop off Xing Honglang's head immediately. Unfortunately, Xing Honglang was tied and pressed to the ground, and his mouth was nowhere to be seen.
Can you argue with so many people in the hall?
Hua Bushi walked to the table, suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped it on the table, saying: "Do you really think you can't find evidence for plundering the people's property in the city?"
Liu Guoneng said: "If there is any evidence, please show it and take a look!"
Hua Bushi smiled slightly, reached out and took out a roll of paper from his arms, which was exactly what Chu Yiyi had given him before entering the door.
He unfolded the paper and read loudly: "'Crossing the Tuotian' Liu Guoneng, at 3:00 noon on September 15th, led his troops to rob the silk and satin shop 'Qingyunzhai' on Shunyuan Street, and obtained two to seven hundred silver and fifty pieces of various silks and satins.
On September 15th, at Shen Shi, the house of Liu Jinzhong, a wealthy man in the east of the city, was robbed, and he got two hundred and nine hundred pieces of silver and dozens of pieces of jewelry..."
The eldest young master read it out one by one, and it turned out that it was all a list of looting a house or a shop on a certain day. He read fifty-eight items in total. Not only Liu Guoneng, who was "invading the sky", but also Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Lao
Hui Hui, King Sweeper, and all the rebel leaders present here are actually quite a few.
Before Yuan Hua Bushi came to find Li Zicheng from Qingyang Town, he ordered Chu Yiyi to collect specific information about the various rebels robbing people's property in the city. "Qianhuafang" had already had spies among the rebels, so she wanted to complete this matter.
It doesn't take much effort.
After reading all the fifty-eight items, Hua Bushi said loudly: "Although these acts are not all the acts of plundering people's property that you have committed in the past few days, I think they are a large part. If you want evidence,
, I can join the army to find these people who were robbed, and I can find witnesses immediately."
This young master’s behavior was undoubtedly proof that all the rebel leaders had violated the commander’s orders. Those fifty-eight items were all true in everyone’s ears, but one of them was false. Suddenly, everyone in the hall
Dozens of people looked at each other in confusion, but one person could speak out to argue.
In normal times, they could have dispersed and returned to their own barracks, and Gao Yingxiang could not do anything to them. But now the outside of the hall has been surrounded by hundreds of soldiers from Biluo Mountain. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Mr. Shi
Joining the army had obviously planned this situation in advance. He had learned the lesson from the punishment of Red Wolf. If he forced his way out, he would definitely be captured. No one wanted to try it again.
After a long while, Zhang Xianzhong laughed dryly "hahaha" a few times. Suddenly his face sank and he shouted: "Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, you invited us all to the General Military Mansion today, not to have a drink, but to question the troops."
Yes! Even if you capture and kill us all, can you handle the tens of thousands of people in Huaiqing City?"
Among the 30,000 rebels in the city, Gao Yingxiang only had 7,000 troops, and the remaining more than 20,000 people belonged to various leaders. If they really turned against each other and fought hard, Gao Yingxiang would not be able to get a good deal after all, as his troops were limited.