Jinling, North City Gate.

Zhang Junlin was holding a newly hammered sickle, standing on the city tower, looking at the endless stream of motorcades approaching, and sneered silently.

"There are actually three to four hundred thousand stones of grain hidden in this small city of Jinling, which is enough to feed the entire South Vietnam country for a year and a half."

At this time, there is no harvest, so these grains must have been stocked up long ago.

"Sure enough, powerful families can know when war will break out far better than the royal family."

Dong You, who was standing nearby, wanted to retort by saying, "The Dong family didn't know about the siege of Jinling."

Then I thought about the fact that the Dong family was of the lowest rank and had no power of persuasion, so I could only hold up the silk in my wide sleeves.

Although the silk is light, its value is more important than his life.

"Grand Master, according to the list sent by the eldest sister, there are almost all the powerful and aristocratic families in Jinling City who can store food. You can go down."

Two hours have passed since he ordered the city gate to be closed and searched for Xichu Xizuo.

If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid someone will get suspicious and go back.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Take these prisoners to help you."

Zhang Junlin explained seriously.

"Who dares to disobey you and not give them food for a while?"

"..."

"..."

Among the one hundred and eight warriors, the third-level generals dared not speak out about being used as coolies.

Who is Zhang Junlin? Not only is his force terrifying, his ears and eyes are also very sharp.

In addition, they had not found the high-level secret guard so far, and they had not eaten dinner, so they had to work as cattle and horses for the South Vietnamese.

"Your Highness, won't you go down?"

Dong You felt guilty as he thought about what was about to happen soon.

I feel that His Highness is better able to control those servants.

"Don't worry, I will appear at the most critical moment."

Zhang Junlin's eyes passed over the heads of the unlucky people below the city.

He wants to pick the most unlucky one.

Choose the most appropriate time to appear and achieve his ultimate goal.

A purpose that even Dong You didn’t tell you!

"Then... I will take the first step."

Dong You took out the silk from his sleeves, raised his hands to his chest, and walked down the tower with an upright posture as if he were offering sacrifices to the sky.

Under the castle tower.

The servants of various families escorting the food convoys felt that more and more refugees were gathering around them as they waited for a long time. Thinking of the Chen family being robbed of food, they became increasingly panicked.

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

They did not dare to express their dissatisfaction with the refugees, so they could only vent their anger on the soldiers guarding the city gate.

"The city gate has been closed for two hours. Could it be that Xi Chu Xizuo can't find out, so he won't open the city gate?"

"The slaves brought the government-stamped road guide for the purpose of escorting the Xia family to transport food out of the city. They will not be released until they have verified their identity. When the Eighth Prince and Concubine Jin return to Jinling, you will be punished with death!"

"The same goes for the slaves. I came from the Jin family of the state leader. Concubine Jin is now the most favored imperial concubine in front of His Majesty. If you don't let me go, I will let Concubine Jin go to your Majesty to complain!"

Servants from powerful families like to fight against others' power.

In the past, the soldiers guarding the city would have been a little more scrupulous.

But thinking about the powerful and aristocratic families who abandoned the city and fled, they hoarded tens of thousands of stones because of the lack of food in the city, and were unwilling to share some with the soldiers and people guarding the city.

There was a fire burning in the hearts of the soldiers, and they were naturally not afraid of the accusations and threats from the slaves of various families.

"Young men, please obey His Highness the Crown Prince's instructions. If anyone has any dissatisfaction, please go to His Highness to reason with us. We will just do the work as ordered!"

The soldiers who defended the city pushed back the slave cart that tried to break through the checkpoint.

Several slaves sat down on the ground, raised their fists in anger and rushed over.

"Don't use chicken feathers as ceremonial arrows. I'm afraid you want to collude with thieves and collect tolls to steal our food, right?"

"There are only a few of them, rush out! When the time comes, the rice will be cooked, and the law will not punish everyone, even if the prince comes, there will be nothing you can do!"

Taking advantage of the friction, the leading slaves called out.

The remaining twenty or so households of slaves gathered together five to six hundred people, and they crowded in a dark crowd towards the few soldiers guarding the city.

Outnumbered, the soldiers could only retreat step by step, and were about to retreat into the cave of the tower. A real murderous intention made both sides stop in their tracks.

They all looked in the direction of the corridor.

"Are you dissatisfied with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's oral instructions or His Majesty's decree that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervise the country?"

Dong You walked down with the silk in his hand, followed by the generals of Xi Chu who were covered with scars.

They followed Zhang Junlin's instructions and silently stared at the slaves who had made trouble.

The slaves were so frightened that they backed away.

"Who wants to break into the city gate?"

No one dared to answer Dong You's question.

The slaves who just now dared to point at and curse the soldiers who defended the city turned into quails at this time.

He didn't even dare to look at those Xichu generals, for fear that one look would make them... die.

On the tower.

Zhang Junlin sighed secretly when he saw that Dong Taishi, who was originally an upright and direct minister, had now learned to pull the skin of a tiger and take advantage of others.

“The world really forces good people to become ‘evil’.”

Of course.

He did not forget that he was also one of the people who forced Dong You to become "evil".

But there is no way, why can't this world tolerate good and honest people?

"Master Dong, it's not that the slaves want to break into the city gate, but the nobles who are going north are waiting for food from home, so we can't delay any longer."

"Yes, Grand Master Dong. You have come in person. Doesn't it mean that the detailed investigation is almost complete?"

Dong You, who had never even looked at the Chen family's slaves before, now had a completely different image in the eyes of these slaves.

Nowadays, everyone in Jinling City is panting for food. Who doesn’t know that Dong You led the officers, soldiers and refugees to rob and rob the Chen family’s 60,000 shi of food?

Be more polite.

There was no question whether the food in their car could be carried out of the city.

"Well, I checked it out."

When Dong You answered the servants' questions, he still maintained the posture of holding up the silk in his hand.

It made many people cast curious glances.

But they were more concerned about leaving the city.

"Now that you have found out, why don't you order the city gates to be opened to let us out of the city?"

"Yes, yes, what is written on this silk should be the list of craftsmen. Is there any craftsmanship between us?"

"No."

Dong Youyan's concise and concise answer made all the servants breathe a sigh of relief.

Since he didn't use the excuse of "Xi Zuo" to keep them, it means that he really just wanted to check "Xi Zuo".

Just when they were relieved, they saw Dong You slowly unfolding the roll of silk in his hand.

"Where is the Jin family in Chu County?"

"exist."

A middle-aged servant who had just taken the lead in breaking through the checkpoint crept forward, staring at the silk silk with his eyes rolling around.

"I wonder what's wrong with Master Dong?"

"I just sent someone to do an inventory, and the Jin family in Chu County still has more than 30,000 shi of food left... This is His Majesty's IOU, take a look."

Dong You couldn't help but pick up a piece of silk and put it respectfully into the hands of the Jin family servant.

ha?!

Jin Er took the silk in confusion, and when he saw the IOU written on it, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
To be continued...