Everyone's reaction seemed to have been expected by Xiao Huang, he immediately took out a piece of white cloth from his sleeve, opened it to everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Look, everyone, this is the blood that my father sent someone to secretly send to me. The imperial edict, it said that the rebellious prince Xiao Jie intended to usurp the court and put him under house arrest regardless of the relationship between father and son, so my father sent someone to send me this blood edict, asking me to raise troops to attack Xiao Jie, but I was concerned about the brotherhood, so I delayed I can't make up my mind, I just hope that Xiao Jie will finally find his way back because of the relationship between father and son. But..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Huang suddenly covered his face and wept bitterly, choked up and said: "But news came from Luoyang a few days ago, unfortunately Xiao Jie knew about the blood edict incident, and he became so angry that he sent someone to poison the emperor to kill his father, just to cover up people's eyes and ears. ... I am so regretful now that I am determined to send troops to attack the rebellious prince Xiao Jie to avenge my father, and I hope that you will join me in this righteous deed and help me."

After saying that, Xiao Huang lowered his head deeply and bent down.

There was an uproar in the restaurant at this time, everyone looked at each other and whispered, of course they understood what Qin Wang Xiao Huang meant by "jointly supporting charity" and "giving him a helping hand", it was clear that they were asking them to help him with money and food Attack Luoyang.

Not to mention whether it is true or not that the prince Xiao Jie poisoned the emperor, but according to the current court statement, the emperor cannot take care of things, and the prince supervises the country. In other words, the prince Xiao Jie represents the court. Rebellion against the court?If they provided money and food to King Qin, wouldn't they also become rebellious officials and thieves?

Although they had thought about bleeding before they came, it was different from Wang Cheng apportioning money and food for them to fight the Qiang people and the Dihu. This time, they wanted to attack Luoyang and fight against the imperial court. It even belongs to the nine clans.

Because of this concern, everyone sat in their seats, and no one dared to take the initiative to express themselves.

Xiao Huang could see everyone's reaction, and he knew that it was impossible to get these people to donate money and food so easily, so he continued to strike while the iron was hot and said, "I know everyone's concerns, but you might as well think about it, now Xiao Jie In order to seek to usurp the throne, he did not hesitate to poison his father, which has already aroused the wrath of both gods and men, and everyone betrayed their relatives. But I, Xiao Huang, hold my father's blood edict, and launch a crusade with righteous soldiers, in order to avenge my father, do justice for the heavens, and fight against injustice with righteousness. Invincible."

"I, Xiao Huang, can assure you that once I capture Luoyang and avenge my father, no matter who will be the emperor of Daning in the future, all of you here will be the ministers who have made great contributions to rebuilding Daning. I will report your names to Xinjun, please give me rewards for meritorious deeds, and also allow righteous men to become officials, have the opportunity to enter the court, and even become marquises and worship ministers."

Everyone was in an uproar again, and some people couldn't help showing their emotions.

After all, for a low-status businessman, it is an irresistible temptation to become an official and a marquis. They are not short of money. The last pursuit in this life is to have the opportunity to get rid of the low status of a businessman and benefit future generations.

Although it is a very risky thing to help King Qin rebel against the court, once King Qin really succeeds in capturing Luoyang, the rewards they can get are extremely huge.

Many people have secretly looked at the blood edict in Xiao Huang's hand, and thinking about the fact that the Liangzhou army is the most elite army in Daning, they are secretly calculating how likely the king of Qin is to win if he really raises troops.

Xiao Huang saw everything in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly sneered.

Of course he knew what these businessmen were thinking. It would be a waste of words to persuade them with righteousness, but if they were tempted to become an official, it would be hard for them not to be moved by it.

At this time, Xiao Huang's soldiers walked among the crowd with books one by one, and began to ask who would donate money and food to the King of Qin.

A businessman with a mustache inadvertently exchanged glances with Xiao Huang's soldiers, then picked up a pen and signed his name on the book, and then wrote down [-] yuan of money and [-] yuan of grain under his name. stone.

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, the mustache businessman showed a wry smile on his face, and after the soldiers walked away, he whispered to his tablemate: "Everyone, do you think you can leave Baishan safely without a little blood today?" Is it a restaurant?"

Everyone suddenly realized, and thinking about the soldiers who surrounded the restaurant downstairs, they couldn't help but look bitter, already thinking about how much food they would have to donate to get out.

Xiao Huang also noticed this mustachioed businessman who was the first to take the lead in donating money, walked up to him slowly, and asked with a smile: "May I ask the gentleman's name?"

The mustache businessman was a little flattered, and hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to be, dare not be, the grass-roots are called Hu Wei."

Xiao Huang nodded: "I have written down the name."

"Hu Shenjia, please accept my worship." Afterwards, Xiao Huang bowed to Hu Wei, and said in a deep voice, "When I conquer Luoyang and reorganize the Daning River and Mountains, the new king must appoint Hu Wei Shenjia is the Marquis of Guannei."

As soon as Xiao Huang's words came out, the restaurant was boiling again, and he couldn't help casting envious eyes on Hu Wei.

Although [-] guan and [-] shi of grain is not a small amount, it is not an unaffordable amount for wealthy businessmen and wealthy households like them. So worth it.

Some people took the lead and reaped the benefits. Many people have already been tempted. Anyway, if you don’t donate today, you won’t be able to leave. Why don’t you take the initiative? Sign your name on the booklet.

But at this moment, an untimely voice suddenly came from the restaurant:

"I guess, the new king His Highness King Qin is talking about is yourself."

As soon as these words came out, the entire restaurant fell silent, and everyone followed the reputation to see who was so bold that he dared to question King Qin in public.

This person did not show any timidity, and slowly stood up from his seat, without fear to meet everyone's eyes.

Xiao Huang didn't expect such a situation to happen, even though he was furious in his heart, he remained calm and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

This person looked at Xiao Huang with a calm expression, and replied calmly: "Jiang Yu, I'm just a small cloth merchant in Guzang City."

"Jiang Yu, why did you insult me?" Xiao Huang's eyes were sharp and his tone became colder.

Jiang Yu was not afraid to meet Xiao Huang's gaze, and said with a faint smile, "Why did His Highness King Qin say this? I just want to know. His Highness King Qin kept saying that the crown prince poisoned the Emperor, and you sent troops to attack Luoyang to avenge your father, but I think I know, if His Highness King Qin really captures Luoyang, who is he going to support as emperor?"

Xiao Huang became more and more annoyed, but he still suppressed his anger and replied: "Naturally, the virtuous live here?"

There was a playful smile on Jiang Yu's face: "How dare you ask His Highness King Qin, who is a virtuous person, is it King Zhao, King Yan, King Wei, King Chu, King Han, King Wu, or you, King Qin?"

"What on earth do you mean?" Xiao Huang's eyes were already filled with murderous intent.

"What do I mean, how can His Highness King Qin not understand?" Jiang Yu was not frightened, but just smiled coldly, "No one in the world knows that you King Qin and King Qi took the throne, and finally the emperor stood up The King of Qi is the crown prince, but you, the King of Qin, refused to accept it. In order to seize the throne, you did not hesitate to frame the crown prince for poisoning the emperor, intending to raise troops to rebel..."

"Enough!" Xiao Huang couldn't restrain the anger in his heart anymore, and asked sharply, "You say I'm hypocritical, but do you have evidence?"

"Your Highness, you said that the prince poisoned the emperor, but do you have evidence?" Jiang Yu sneered, and retorted, "It's not all because of your mouth!"

"Wang Sheng, take this person down!" Xiao Huang couldn't bear it any longer, and sternly shouted at Wang Sheng who was beside him.

"You don't need to bother King Qin's people, I'll do it myself."

Before Wang Sheng moved, a dagger appeared in Jiang Yu's hand at some point, and it stabbed fiercely into his chest. The blood soon stained the front of his chest red.

Jiang Yu leaned on the table, and said to everyone with the last ounce of strength: "Everyone, for his own ambition to become emperor, the King of Qin did not hesitate to cause chaos in the world and raise troops to rebel. It is against the way of heaven, so he will definitely not succeed. If you are obsessed with obsession and help the king For evil, once the King of Qin is defeated in the future, you will be implicated, even if you don’t think about yourself, you should also think about your wives, children and clansmen...uh..."

After saying that, Jiang Yu was breathless and died, and slowly fell to the ground.

Everyone in the restaurant suddenly woke up from the dream of being a marquis and a prime minister as if they were being slapped head-on.

That's right, in the final analysis, no one knows whether the crown prince really poisoned the emperor, but it is a fact that King Qin is coercing them to rebel.

Thinking of this, no one has the idea of ​​donating money or food to support Xiao Huang, after all, as the dead Jiang Yu said, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your wife, children and clansmen.

Xiao Huang's face was terribly gloomy, he never imagined that his good banquet would be ruined by a Jiang Yu who appeared out of nowhere, now looking at the flinching and dodging eyes of these businessmen, how could he not know what they were doing this time? What was thinking in my mind.

Now that the matter has come to an end, he stopped acting, and directly ordered Wang Sheng who was beside him coldly: "If anyone among them does not donate enough [-] guan and [-] shi of grain tonight, none of them will be allowed to go!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left Baishan Restaurant, completely ignoring the wailing and howling of everyone behind him...

Ten days later, relying on the money and grain looted from Liangzhou merchants and rich households, Xiao Huang spread the name of the prince Xiao Jie poisoning his father, spread the word to the world, and formally launched an army to attack Xiao Jie in Liangzhou, and the troops pointed directly at Luoyang.

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