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Chapter 55 The Covenant of Gentlemen

"This brave man Yuan, dare to call you Brother Yuan, how can you tell me if you say you can save my life?" Knowing that this burly man surnamed Yuan has no intention of killing him, Lu Haoshan became bolder and asked calmly.

It’s useless now, so it’s better to be generous.

"Your heroes don't dare to be the one who is the seventh-rank county magistrate. Yuan is just a trivial little person. The county magistrate doesn't mind, just call me Yuan San."

Lu Haoshan is best at hitting snakes and sticking on the stick, and immediately said, "It turns out it's the third brother. I don't know what the third brother said just now, what he meant?"

"The entire Jiangyou County Government is the county magistrate, chief clerk, six-house clerk, clerk, and three-team fast yamen. There are less than a hundred people in total. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a mob. There is no need to have many. Only ten cavalry can razend the Jiangyou County Government to the ground." Yuan San said proudly.

Han Yi, this guy wanted to use force, and he spoke as if he was attacking the city. Lu Haoshan did not change his expression when he heard this, but instead asked curiously: "Third Brother, you are the subordinate of Master Yuan. Well, you follow Master Yuan's surname and may be his general."

Yuan San's face turned stern, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at Lu Haoshan like a beast and said, "How did you know?"

Speaking like this, he assumed that he was Yuan Chonghuan's old subordinate. Lu Haoshan was sure and looked admirable on his face and said, "You really guessed it? You are so good. Lu admires you the most, you are the ones who are so strong. Please be worshipped by Lu."

After saying that, he was about to salute Yuan San. Yuan San immediately supported him and said, "Don't dare, you are an official, Yuan San is not even a civilian. Now all the civil and military officials in the court say that Yuan's commander had an affair with the Later Jin Dynasty, and the people hated us to the core. Why? You are saying this now, may you want to beg for mercy?"

"Those people are either jealous or short-sighted. General Yuan has been in Liaodong for many years, defending his country, working hard, Ningyuan's great victory, Ningjin's great victory, and rushing thousands of miles to the capital, fighting the Guangqumen with bloody battles. These immortal achievements are honors exchanged for life, and cannot be erased by rumors. If you really have a different intention, Guanning's Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world, so what is the difficulty of breaking up the soil and becoming king? At the critical moment of national difficulties, General Yuan puts the country first, fulfills the duty of a minister, and is wronged. This is what a real man does, and Lu admires it deeply."

"Does your words come from the heart?"

Lu Haoshan said with a serious expression: "Heaven and earth can be seen."

Upon hearing this, Yuan San's face became much less alert and his eyes softened. He looked at Lu Haoshan and asked strangely: "Mr. County Magistrate, how did you guess that we were the men of General Yuan?"

"This is too simple. General Yuan solved the danger of the capital and used a hanging basket to hang it into the capital alone. Guanning Iron Cavalry returned to Liaodong with blood armor, but Yuan Shuai's private guards have not been eliminated. Lu guessed that General Yuan had a backer and felt that the situation in entering the capital was not good, so he made arrangements early. A few days ago, the Ministry of Justice issued a sequel to the collection of Yuan Shuai's family generals. You have a Liaodong accent and have such thick calluses on your hands. At that time, I guessed that you were from the Liaodong front. Now you claim to be Yuan, I guess you are General Yuan. I didn't expect you to be Yuan. I guess you were General Yuan. I didn't expect you to be the guess."

Yuan San shook his head bitterly: "What's the use? We were chased by the Jinyiwei like a stray dog? We were still secretly arrested a few days ago, and now we have even issued a wanted order. Haha, the cunning rabbit is ready to cook the lackeys before he dies, hahaha."

Hearing this sad laughter, Lu Haoshan suddenly felt inexplicably heartbroken. In the absence of food and wages, he stood on the front line and fought bloody battles with the enemy on the front line. However, he still suffered a lot of criticism and wronged, so many loyal and martyrs died not on the battlefield, but under the internal struggle of their own families.

"San brother, what happened? Which one happened? Kill all the people in Baiyuan Medicinal Materials Store, and the methods were over." Lu Haoshan said with some pain: "Eight lives, even if there is a mistake, it is his own compatriot."

Yuan San was silent for a moment, and saw Lu Haoshan's sincere gaze, and gritted his teeth and said: "As soon as the master entered the capital, he was immediately sent to prison. Although he had tried many hard work, the emperor refused to let him go. There were so many stingy in the court, and the master was afraid that there would be more misfortunes. The old lady and other family members also stayed in the capital as hostages. Fortunately, there was a personal maid named Hongmei next to him. She was pregnant with the master's flesh and blood. The master kept a hand before entering the capital.

Let me wait to escort Hongmei to a safe place. If there is anything wrong with the master, the Yuan family will not be the last one. Unexpectedly, Hongmei will get sick near Jiangyou. She is a weak woman and is pregnant again. She followed us for a long distance, sleeping in the open air. It would be great to support it until now. After looking for a doctor, the medicine prescribed requires wild mountain ginseng as a medicine guide, so there is a matter of selling white tiger skin. You will know if you don’t say anything about it later."

It turned out to be the flesh and blood of his own owner. If Yuan Chonghuan could not escape, his family would probably not be spared. In this way, the child in the maid's belly was probably Yuan Chonghuan's last blood. Now he died at the hands of a greedy little shopkeeper. No wonder he was so murderous. If he were himself, he would probably not show mercy.

Lu Haoshan shook his head and said, "In this way, my third brother scared me just now."

"Scar you?" Yuan San said disapprovingly: "Do you think that just one of you, the 180th person, can you block our impact?"

Those who can become private soldiers around famous generals are all elite soldiers. This team of private soldiers, placed in Guanning Iron Cavalry, also acts as elites of arrows. Yuan San has enough confidence. Although there are twelve people left now, the twelve elite cavalry, with only one charge, can completely defeat them with just one charge.

Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "I believe it, why don't you believe it? But there are three key factors. I'm afraid that Brother Yuan San dare not act rashly."

"Oh, what three points?"

"Although there are only a few dozen people in Jiangyou County, Jiangyou still has a township warrior. Whenever there is something, there will be a garrison stations around him. Once there is something wrong, he will rush to help. A hero will not be able to fight against four hands. I am afraid that Brother Yuan San will not easily escape. This is one of the first things. The second is that we have hostages, that is, those women and children. Although we don't know what it has to do with you, you can't ignore it. Even if you can escape, but if you are exposed, you will be dragged so many women and children, you are afraid that you will not escape. In the end, it is related to General Yuan. Although General Yuan has been in the prison, with his merits and fame, it is not impossible to come out. You are Yuan Shuai's private guards. If you privately break into the county government and rob the prison prisoner, and this matter is spread, then General Yuan in the prison will not be able to wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River. You can't cause trouble for him, right?"

Yuan San was stunned for a moment, and soon gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, otherwise we would have done it long ago, how could we wait until now? However, the county magistrate, those people are innocent, I hope the adults don't force us to go that step."

Now Yuan San has to admire the young county magistrate in front of him. Not only does he have a long-term vision, but he considers everything. He faces himself alone without any fear. The words just now are also very agitated. While admiring them, he also feels regretful: I am too impulsive, it would be great to take revenge after it is transferred. I feel happy in anger, but I also have aroused the constable. The words of the strong dragon cannot beat the local snake are indeed correct. Although those constables are unbeatable, they are very capable of finding people, because they are a foreigner and are particularly eye-catching and are particularly easy to find.

Instead of answering his question, Lu Haoshan asked, "Who are those arrested?"

"One is the master's niece, and Hongmei is dead, and the rest are the families of brothers in the private guards." Yuan San hesitated for a moment and said it.

"Didn't you talk about a bunch of brothers? Why are you the only one?"

"There are a bunch of dogs following behind. I asked them to pull the dogs away, but they will be able to come back here soon."

"Brother San, I have another question. The Ministry of Justice has clearly issued your wanted order. Your name is also included in the wanted order. You offer a reward of 100 taels of silver. Why is the portrait so different from me? If you don't think you are Yuan San, I really can't recognize it." Lu Haoshan asked strangely.

Zhang Wu believed that his eyes were good, and those who had seen it would remember it in his mind. However, he thought about it and then, and did not associate Yuan San with the wanted criminal that day. Now, thinking about it, the characters in the painting were too different from those in reality.

"I don't know this. Maybe the person who provided the portrait did it on purpose. It would be difficult to catch us like this. Although the treacherous parties in the court were rampant, there were still many righteous people in the Ming Dynasty."

Lu Haoshan looked at Yuan San, who was as strong as a tiger. His eyes rolled a few times and soon came up with an idea: "San Brother, the world is not peaceful now, and you have also been ordered to register. There are few people and not taking care of them well. There are many people and it is easy to attract attention. It is also a torture for those women and children. Why not just stay in Jiangyou County? With Lu, you can definitely protect you. You can also take care of these women and children in a place to live. You don't have to work hard or worry every day. I wonder what the third brother thinks?"

"Do you want us to change to your name?" Yuan San refused flatly: "No, we are the master's private guards. How can one servant serve the two masters? This is absolutely not possible."

Although Yuan San was very moved by Lu Haoshan's proposal, they were indeed exhausted in the past few months, especially the woman and the children, who had long wanted to find a place to settle down. On the way, two of them had died on the way because they had not had a good rest and had a good meal. In addition, the master's personal maid had one corpse and two lives, and four people had been deducted. However, his master was still in prison, so how could he vote for his other leader?

Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "You are all iron-clad men and heroes. How can you be my subordinates? That is, you can ask for help. Even if Lu admires General Yuan and takes care of so many brothers for him, it is better for us to make a gentleman's appointment. Third brother, you can help with my work first. No matter what you like, you can do it. If you don't like it, I won't force you to do it. One day Yuan Shuai is released from prison, you can leave at any time. Even if you feel uncomfortable, you can leave at any time. Lu will never stop him. How about it?"

"My Lord, Yuntian, Yuan San thanked Lord for his brothers." This condition was so good that he could not refuse. When he thought of the tired and helpless eyes of the women and children, Yuan San became soft and moved, and immediately expressed his gratitude to Lu Haoshan.

"Brother Yuan San asked him to get up, he really killed Mr. Lu." Lu Haoshan smiled like a fox, and quickly helped Yuan San up.

It is easy to get the three armies, but it is hard to find a general. Those who can get into Yuan Chonghuan's eyes are definitely not mediocre people and those who forget their righteousness when they see profit. As long as they keep them, treat them well, and win over others' hearts, they are still afraid that they will not serve their own lives? If there is no confidence in this, how can they fight for the world? As for the gentleman's appointment, it is obviously a win over others' hearts. Lu Haoshan knew that Yuan Chonghuan could not be imprisoned and would be executed by Lingchi in a few months. In this way, they would not be able to defect to their old masters and sooner or later for themselves.
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