Hou Xu smiled bitterly. He thought everything was safe, but he didn't expect that his home would be ransacked.
Chen Mu raised his hands and saluted: "Puyin Chen Mu."
"Qu Nihou?"
"Ancestor of Mu."
"oh."
Hou Xu nodded: "Are you Zhang Rang's man?"
Chen Mu thought for a while, then smiled and said nothing.
He couldn't answer this question. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he followed the eunuchs all the way to the dark side. That would be suicide.
Why did Cao Cao kill so many famous people in Yanzhou and turn against Chen Gong?
Wasn't it because he came from a eunuch family and had an unclean status, which led to criticism?
As a result, after the killing, he saw that all the aristocratic families were avoiding him, so he had no choice but to issue a recruitment order.
There are many people here with mixed opinions. If you admit it, your reputation will be bad. If you deny it, Zhang Rang will have opinions, so he remains silent. If he explains later, he will have room for maneuver.
"Zhang Rang found a good dog."
Seeing that he didn't speak, Hou Xu thought he had acquiesced, and said rather angrily.
Chen Mu was not angry and replied with a smile: "You are a rebel Taiping Dao. I am an officer and soldiers. It is natural for officers and soldiers to catch thieves."
"what on earth do you want."
Hou Xu's face became stern.
"You stay, and everyone else, including your relatives, can leave."
Chen Mu said.
Hou Xu sneered: "Is there a way to survive if I stay?"
"Probably...should..."
Chen Mu pretended to be deep in thought and whetted his appetite before finally saying: "No."
"Then why should I follow you?"
"good question."
Chen Mu turned back to Hu Ping and said, "Kill one first."
Hu Ping raised his knife and hacked to death a confidant sent by Hou Xu to protect his relatives.
The head fell to the ground and blood flowed into the river.
The expressions of Hou Xu and hundreds of yellow scarves behind him suddenly changed.
No one would feel uneasy when meeting such a cruel and ruthless master.
Although they are not good people, they are traitors who killed officials and rebelled.
But if there is a way to survive, who doesn’t want to continue living?
"I think that if you sacrifice one person and save hundreds of people, this deal should be a good deal."
Chen Mu said with a smile.
This is moral kidnapping. No one wants to die, so sacrificing you can save so many of us. Why don't you make a sacrifice?
After he said this, the eyes of hundreds of people behind him changed. Originally, Hou Xu was the most generous leader second only to Ma Yuanyi, but now that the Sili Yellow Turbans were destroyed before the uprising, Hou Xu's prestige was not as high as Ma Yuanyi's, so naturally he could not convince everyone.
.
Hou Xu looked back and screamed in his heart that it was not good. This person was so good at playing tricks on his mind. With just a few words, his team was scattered. If he continued to talk, he was afraid that the people behind him would be distracted.
The crowd was about to be persuaded by him to grab him directly and twist him over.
At this time, the sound of galloping horses suddenly came from the distance. Five generals were riding horses, followed by dozens of people.
Hou Xu was overjoyed. This was his confidant who arranged to protect his family. These war horses were also obtained by Ma Fen. They were his last resort. With these men and horses, he immediately felt confident in his heart. He shouted coldly: "With these few words of yours,
Ten people? There are hundreds of us here, trying to destroy my family and destroy you, but also to crush you into ashes!"
"I'm so scared, there are so many people."
Chen Mu had a scared expression on his face, as panicked and uneasy as a little white rabbit.
Although Hou Xu vaguely felt that something was wrong, because Chen Mu's expression was very frightened, but his tone was very calm, but the arrow was on the string and had to be fired, so he could only continue to shout: "Since you are afraid, let my people go, I will take it as my own responsibility."
Let you live."
"hehe."
Chen Mu laughed and clapped his hands.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Countless archers stood among the basil bushes on the river bank, bows and arrows pointing at the Yellow Turban ambush on the river bank and the boats moored on the river.
After catching the person, Chen Mu had already sent people back to the city to call for people. He used Zhang Rang's palace card to summon the soldiers of the city gate captain, waiting to ambush Hou Xu here. This back-up plan made him unable to
No room for escape.
Chen Mu even patted his chest and said happily: "Fortunately, I have a lot of people."
Everyone was extremely horrified. The people who had originally abandoned the shore ignored Hou Xu's family members and those captured companions. It was not that they could not run away.
Now in an instant, people are fighting for their swords and others are fighting for their lives. Even if I want to, I can't run away. The boat is fluttering and the arrow is not as fast as it is.
The moment Hou Xu saw the archer, he knew that everything was over. He seemed to have aged twenty years. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You win, I will go with you."
In fact, when Chen Mu appeared, he knew that things were not good.
Because since the government has found his traces, no matter whether he travels by water or land, he will be hunted by various states, counties and counties. Even if he escapes today, taking his family and hundreds of people with him, the target is too big, and it is impossible to
He couldn't escape the wanted documents of the Han Dynasty.
Even a man as powerful as Zhu Anshi could not escape the trap of the whole country. What's more, Hou Xu was just an ordinary person. He didn't have strong force, and he didn't have the reputation of being a loner like Zhang Jian. The only way to end was to be arrested.
So when Hou Xu saw the men he had sent out come back, the most he could do was try to resist and think about running away first. Unexpectedly, they also had backup plans and wouldn't give him a chance to escape at all.
"This is so true."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "I don't really like hurting innocent people, and I don't really like committing murders. You can come here alone. After I tie you up, your people can leave, including you.
family and relatives.”
Hou Xu was speechless and said: "I don't like committing murders very much? I heard that during Changshe, there was a man named Chen Mu who burned hundreds of thousands of people and killed and injured tens of thousands? Is it the same name?"
"That's all an exaggeration."
Chen Mu coughed, the slap in the face came so quickly.
"You rock."
Hou Xu turned to his younger brother and said, "Second brother, take good care of your sister-in-law and a pair of nephews. I'll leave them all to you."
"Brother!"
Hou Xu's brother held him in tears, and the brotherly love was deeply touching.
Hou Xu smiled, patted him on the shoulder, then rowed the boat to the shore, walked up to Chen Mu with his head held high, and said, "I'm here, let him go."
"Tie him up and let him go."
Chen Mu waved his hand, and the people around him went over to tie up Hou Xu and take control of him.
The ambush soldiers in the basil grass behind them lowered their bows and arrows, but did not draw them back. They still watched the people below with vigilance. If they found something wrong, they could shoot arrows immediately.
Hou Xu's family and confidants were put down. His wife and children cried and were forcibly taken aboard by Hou Xu's brother.
When the ship sailed towards the center of the river and slowly started to leave, Hou Xuhu asked: "Marquis Qu Ni will probably not break his promise in the future. Let's send people to hunt him down later."
Chen Mu smiled and said, "It's enough to catch you. There's no benefit in catching your family and your men, so I'm too lazy to waste the effort."
In fact, there are benefits, there are still three million dollars on board.
However, we are not short of money now, and we probably won’t be short of money in the future. There is no need to do this just to get a reputation of being unfaithful for this small amount of money.