Chapter 88: Mu Tiantao looks crazy but is calm inside
To deal with the heroes in Lantian, tears are much easier to use than threats.
Mu Tiantao thought so as he rode back to the city carrying a large bag of grenades and phosphorus fire bombs.
He believed that Lantian would definitely give him what he needed.
For no other reason than if he could consume some of Li Hongji's million-strong army in the capital, it would be of great benefit to Lantian without any harm.
The good guys at the bottom of Lantian have no resistance to any heroic and generous warrior behavior.
For them, you can use this method to impress them. If you use this method on those Lantian senior officials who are as calm as stones, even if you tell the Ming Dynasty, if you talk to Lantian If there is no intersection of interests, they will still treat them coldly.
"There are all bastards in the academy!"
Mu Tiantao looked up to the sky and cursed, and then he galloped towards the city gate.
Two horses are also running, and some of them have bad intentions.
Mu Tiantao looked at the city gate not far away and the people entering and leaving the city. He sighed slightly and speeded up his horse.
Since others don’t care about killing him, the Crown Prince of Guizhou, in broad daylight, then there is no need for him, the Crown Prince of Qian, to worry about killing people in the street.
The two horses were in tandem and did not attack from both sides. When the previous horse approached, Mu Tiantao jumped out. Before the knight next to him could swing his sword, he jumped out. He got into someone's arms. Not only that, at the moment of contact, the iron thorn in his hand stabbed someone's chest and abdomen seven or eight times.
The knight fell down from his horse, and after dragging his feet on the ground for a while with his feet in the stirrups, the other knight, who was separated by Mu Tiantao's horse, turned his horse's head and waved the embroidered spring knife towards him. Mu Tiantao rushed over.
Mu Tiantao, who was already standing on the ground, grabbed the bridle of the war horse with one hand, lowered his head to avoid the Xiuchundao, used one hand to force the horse's neck, and took the opportunity to press down to one side. With a rumble, the war horse rolled to the ground, its heavy body pressing on the knight. Mu Tiantao heard a dense sound of bone breaking.
The one holding the embroidered spring knife is Jin Yiwei.
These ferocious people who used to make people talk about them now can only make a living by selling coolies.
Looking at the Jinyiwei assassin who was spitting blood from his mouth, Mu Tiantao ignored them and just found his own horse, leading one intact and one injured horse straight into the city gate.
It stands to reason that if a murder occurred at the city gate, the defenders at the city gate should intervene anyway.
They didn't seem to notice, and allowed Mu Tiantao to lead three horses into the capital in a swaggering manner.
Mu Tiantao returned to Prince Mu's Mansion and became unattainable again.
However, today is different from the past. There is a guest sitting in his living room.
Mu Tiantao met this personAfter that, he cupped his hands and said: "Junior Mu Tiantao has met Duke Baoguo."
Gong Baoguo Zhu Guobi frowned and said: "What's the point of killing Jiadingbo's housekeeper without permission and not coming to accuse him?" ?"
Mu Tiantao smiled and said: "This junior is dreaming, so I will go to the Jiading uncle's house to apologize."
Zhu Guobi nodded and said, "You can teach me, but that's it. , Uncle Jiading also has his faults. For my sake, can my nephew reconcile with Uncle Jiading and just pretend that this matter never happened?"
Mu Tiantao said with a smile: "Since that's the case? When Duke Bao Guo spoke, there was no reason for my nephew to disobey him. As long as Uncle Jiading returned the 300,000 taels of silver he had taken away, he would not dare to be disrespectful to Uncle Jiading."
"What is thirty thousand taels of silver? "Ten thousand taels?"
"When my brother heard that your majesty was collecting donations in the capital, he remembered the three hundred thousand taels of silver hidden in the central bank in the early years, and took this opportunity to present it to your majesty to reward the soldiers and make up for it.
Unexpectedly, it was taken away by Uncle Jiading. I also asked Duke Baoguo to tell Uncle Jiading that if it were in the past, this batch of money would be gone, but it is different now. Yes, this batch of money is to be handed over to His Majesty for military use.
Not a penny less.
If I don’t see this batch of money within three days, I will give it to you. I will lead people into Jiading Bo's Mansion and search for the money."
"How dare you!"
Zhu Guobi stood up and shouted angrily.
Mu Tiantao Jiejie said with a smile: "This junior heard that when Jiading Bo occupied my Prince Mu's Mansion, Duke Baoguo was also involved. I don't know, I want to ask my uncle to compensate my Prince Mu's Mansion."
Hearing this, Zhu Guobi said grimly: "How much compensation are you going to ask your old uncle to compensate?"
Mu Tiantao laughed and said: "No more, no less, just right. It’s also three hundred thousand taels!”
“Why do you do that?”
Mu Tiantao opened his hands and said: “Since we are all from the Wuxun family, we naturally rely on a pair of fists. "
Zhu Guobi walked away with a puff of sleeves and laughed loudly when he walked to the door: "I want to see how big your fist is."
Mu Tiantao laughed. : "Old uncle, are you ready to leave now?"
Zhu Guobi smiled and said: "Are you still going to keep me?"
Mu Tiantao said with a smile: "That's right. "I mean!"
Just when Zhu Guobi was about to speak, he saw Mu Tiantao approaching him step by step with a long knife in hand. Zhu Guobi, who had never touched a knife or gun in many generations, shouted: "Here comes someone!" "
As soon as he finished speaking, four corpses were thrown in at the gate of the inner house. Zhu Guobi took a closer look and saw that they were the four companions he had brought.
Zhu Guobi's soul emerged, and he saw Mu Tiantao holding a long knife and forcing him towards him with murderous intent. He quickly said: "Good nephew, good nephew, I really don't care about your old uncle's affairs in this matter. Jiadingbo did it alone.
I came here just to be a lobbyist."
Mu Tiantao struck Zhu Guobi on the back with his knife.The collision between his back and his spine caused Zhu Guobi unbearable pain, and he fell to the ground with a thud. He kept sucking in the cold air, just wanting to let this terrible pain go away as soon as possible.
Mu Tiantao knelt down and looked at Zhu Guobi and said: "In the face of national calamity, if you don't pull out a cent, is this the attitude of resigning with the country? Your family has enjoyed all the glory and wealth, why, when you pay outside? Is it so difficult?
I tell you, you will be hanging on the gate of Prince Mu’s mansion soon. If you don’t give me money, I won’t let it go. If you die, it doesn’t matter, I will go to your mansion. I went to search the house and heard that you have many wives and concubines, all of whom are famous beauties in the south of the Yangtze River. If you sell them, I can get three hundred thousand taels of silver!"
Zhu Guobi said tremblingly: "You! This is to make enemies of all nobles."
Mu Tiantao laughed loudly, and then the laughter became even more sad. He put the long knife between Zhu Guobi's eyebrows and said: "The Ming Dynasty is in danger, you. Do you think I care about things that are worse than pigs and dogs like you?
Your Majesty spends all day eating and drinking, and can’t sleep at night. He is a majestic emperor, but he is reluctant to buy more when the sleeves of his dragon robe are torn. After leaving the palace for many years, I couldn’t even bear to use the old ginseng left over from the Wanli Year, so I took it all out and sold it.
When you see this scene, what will you do? Have you ever been heartbroken?
Hahaha, of course you are not heartbroken, but instead instigated your servants to snap up His Majesty’s treasures... Zhu Guobi, I, Mu Tiantao, do not intend to take my life, so I plan to stay here. The capital will live and die with the Ming Dynasty.
I am not afraid of death. Do you think I will care about anything else?
If you want to fight back, as long as I am still alive after I defeat Li Hongji. You come to me to argue again.
Here, hang him up!
If the money doesn’t arrive today, I’ll pour cold water on him tonight.”
Seeing Zhu Guobi, the protector of the country, being hung up by the slaves of Prince Mu's palace, the eunuch Xu Gao, who came to convey the emperor's will and ordered Mu Tiantao not to do anything wrong, dipped his sleeves into the corner of his eyes, lowered his head to glance at the imperial edict in his hand, gritted his teeth, and turned around. Just left.
Seeing Xu Gao leave, Mu Tiantao's steward Xue Zijian came to Mu Tiantao and said: "Your Majesty, Xu Gao is gone."
Mu Tiantao pulled him a little and was Zhu Guobi, who was hanging up, said: "The cruel officials always take the shortcut to the south, such as Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing, and all the cruel officials in the Western Han Dynasty.
This shortcut to the south can allow me to quickly take power. "
Xue Zijian said: "Everyone will oppose the prince."
Mu Tiantao said with a smile: "It is enough for the emperor to support me. Maybe now, the emperor will not completely. The more money I get for him, the more he is ostracized by all the nobles and officials, and the higher the possibility that I will gain power.
Don’t worry, come to the capital. Every step I took before was carefully calculated and measured, and the probability of success was more than 70%."
Xue Zijian said with admiration: "I don't know.Those masters are planning for the Crown Prince, and I admire them greatly. If the Crown Prince can invite these masters to the capital, wouldn't it be a greater certainty? "
Mu Tiantao sighed and said: "We can't afford to invite them, and they are unwilling to come... If all these people come to the capital and are willing to serve the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will soon restore the cleanliness of the Haiyan River... …"
Xu Gao returned to the palace and knelt tremblingly in front of the emperor's desk, holding up the imperial edict without saying a word.
Chongzhen raised his hand from behind the tall document He glanced at Xu Gao and said, "Why, Prince Mu's Mansion no longer accepts my orders? "
Xu Gao kowtowed repeatedly and said: "It's the old slave who doesn't want to declare the decree. "
Chongzhen still had some confidence in Xu Gao. He rubbed his brows and said, "Say.
Xu walked with his knees high and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the prince of Prince Mu has a dispute with the abbot is not because of personal grudges, but to raise military pay for your majesty!" "
"What? Chongzhen stood up suddenly, came to Xu Gao, helped the confidant eunuch up and said, "Speak more carefully." "
With tears in his eyes, Xu Gao told the emperor exactly what he saw in Prince Mu's Mansion.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the abbot has no money, it's that he is unwilling. Take it out. Baoguo Gong has no money, but he is also unwilling to take it out. Your Majesty, I beg you, I beg you, just pretend you didn’t see this.
Let’s see if the Crown Prince of Prince Mu can raise enough military pay for His Majesty. "
The emperor was silent for a long time, and then said with a sad smile: "Okay, okay, let's see if this reckless boy can do what I can't do. "
Xu Gao continued: "The prince of Prince Mu said that he came to the capital this time to be a filial son and grandson of the Ming Dynasty. If he can win, he will work hard to win. If he cannot win, he will die for the country.
Your Majesty, such a son is the result of my three hundred years of raising scholars in the Ming Dynasty.
I beg Your Majesty to entrust this son with important responsibilities, and he will definitely not let Your Majesty down. "
Chongzhen walked twice in the hall and said: "Let's take a look, let's take a look..."