Chapter 17 Bidding Life and Death
After inquiring along the way, Taishici quickly confirmed that Chen Feng and his group fled to the Lin family in the county.
The Lin family is the richest man in Laoshan County. He owns thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the city. He has done business in various places in Laoshan County, and even has business dealings with other prefectures and counties, making him rich.
Relying on his strong financial capabilities, the Lin family supported 5,000 servants, and they were all as strong as cows. They were not only unable to pay food and wages for several months, but were used to protect the Lin family's huge property. In addition, there were 5,000 land-protecting people outside the city. Such a wealth and mighty power, even the county magistrate Chen Feng had to give him three points. Chen Feng visited Lin Lin, the patriarch of the Lin family during festivals. Over time, the two colluded together, and the two families had a stronger position in Laoshan County.
In the Lin family courtyard, Chen Feng led five gentry to Lin Lin and said sadly: "Brother Lin, the county town was broken by chaos, and all four city gates were occupied. We are here to escape. I just hope that Brother Lin will save our lives in view of the past."
Lin Lin pondered for a moment, held his hand and said, "Don't worry, with our friendship for more than ten years, if I don't help you, you can rest first, eat something to suppress your shock."
Chen Feng and several gentry thanked happily.
Looking at the backs of several people, Lin Lin said angrily: "You bastards, there are 8,000 soldiers in the chaos, and they are all well-equipped. It seems that you will not give up until you push my Lin family into the abyss of destruction!"
He called a housekeeper and whispered a few words in his ear, then walked to the bookshelf, stunned for a while, sighed, and finally pressed the switch on the bookshelf and walked in.
Chen Feng and others were eating and drinking at the dining table. They never thought that Lin Lin would betray him because they knew a lot of illegal and criminal matters of the Lin family and kept relevant evidence. Of course, the Lin family also had many of their evidences in their hands. Both parties seized each other's handle to get along peacefully. They were involved in each other, prospering and losing both.
"Mr. Chen, where will we go after we escape this difficulty?" a gentry asked worriedly.
Chen Feng took a big bite of the chicken leg and said happily: "Don't worry, our big deal has been shipped. It is placed in Dongping Village. Dongping Village has a radius of more than 300 square kilometers. It will definitely be able to hold them. Moreover, Dongping Village has 10,000 people. As long as we escape, Laoshan County will still be our world!"
At this moment, the door of the room was kicked open, and the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion led a few strong servants to come in quickly, "Everyone, I'm sorry, our master can only aggrieved you for the safety of the Lin Mansion. Don't worry, my master will definitely burn more paper money for you after you go."
Looking at the frightened people, Chen Feng slowly stood up and laughed and said, "I didn't expect Lin Lin to be such a timid and afraid of things. I really misread him."
Several servants quickly moved forward and tied up Chen Feng and others.
When Taishici came to the gate of the Lin family, thousands of people surrounded the Lin Mansion with iron tools in their forehands to defend. Taishici looked at all this excitedly, thinking that he could finally kill a lot and vent his anger in his heart these days.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to order the army to attack, he heard a general running over and shouting: "General Taishi, the lord told me to try not to kill anyone."
Taishici walked forward, and the spear in his hand penetrated into the ground, shouting: "I am the Taishici in Donglai. He is ordered by the general to capture the county magistrate Chen Feng and his group of people. Who is not convinced? You can compete with me."
The servants around Lin's mansion were shocked by Taishi Ci's momentum, and their hands holding the weapon were frightened and sweating. No one dared to come forward to accept the challenge.
The door of the Lin family slowly opened, and the housekeeper quickly ran to Taishici, knelt down on the ground, and said respectfully: "General, my master said that as long as the general does not cause trouble for my Lin family in the future, Chen Feng and others can hand it over to the general, and the master is willing to give the general a few precious things. I wonder what the general thinks?"
Looking at the murderous Lin family servants ahead, Taishi Ci thought that although they could easily destroy them, now that they are now occupying Laoshan County, they are his people after all, so it is better to leave them to him for disposal. Now, as long as Chen Feng is arrested, his mission is completed, and it is better not to cause trouble.
Taishici agreed to his request and escorted Chen Feng and others back to the county garrison.
The county magistrate looked at Chen Feng and the six people kneeling on the ground. Tianxing smiled and said, "I wonder how many of them want to die?"
Chen Feng laughed and said, "Just kill me! Someone will avenge me in less than 30 days. Then we will go to the underworld together, so we will have a companion and not be alone."
The other five people cried and begged Tianxing to let them go, and were willing to give him all their wealth, just to spare their lives.
Chen Feng stood up, looked at the people behind him, and said angrily: "I was really blind at the beginning. I actually asked you to make a big deal. If I had known this, I would have been better than you even if I found a few pigs."
Tianxing instructed several soldiers to take Chen Feng down and take care of him first, wiped the weapons in his hand, and said carelessly: "Several, I have ordered the soldiers to search all the wealthy families in the county. Your property has long fallen into my hands. How can you buy your life if you have any wealth?"
When the few people heard that they had hope of survival, they shouted: "As long as the general releases us, we are willing to hand over the money buried underground to the general."
Tianxing knew that the ancients, especially the rich people of the Han Dynasty, liked to hide their money underground in different places to prevent being stolen or robbed openly. Looking at the five people who were anxious to survive, Tianxing thought for a while and said with a smile: "Everyone, I just occupied Laoshan County. I originally wanted to kill you all to calm the people's hearts, but forcing someone to live is better than building a seven-level pagoda, so I decided to let three of you survive."
The five people shouted in unison: "General, let me survive, general, let me survive..."
Seeing that the time was ripe, he smiled and said, "Actually it is not difficult to survive. Now that our army is first established, we need a lot of money in urgent need. I wonder everyone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gentry exclaimed excitedly: "General, I am willing to provide 500 gold coins to the general."
Another gentry said louder: "General, I will give 600."
“I’m 700.”
“I’m 800.”
“I’m 1000.”
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Several people fought and started fighting. Everyone wanted to win in momentum and money, so as to get the chance to survive.
Looking at the increasingly chaotic scene, Tianxing inserted the weapon in his hand into the ground and shouted: "Okay, stop arguing, let's do it! I will send 100 soldiers to follow you to get money. In the end, the top three players with the highest total wealth value will get a chance to survive, and the remaining two people will beheaded directly." After saying that, he left with a domineering attitude.
Chapter completed!