第一章 秋分 (七 中)
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王二毛命人将他们一并带上大堂,笑着讥讽道:“张郡守给你们碗粥吃,你们就感激得恨不得将命都卖给他。老子给你们每人二百斤粮食,让你们一家大小活过这个灾年,你们是不是也跟老子表示表示?”
众闲汉们羞得脸红脖子粗,嚅嗫了半天,终于有人带头回应道:“张大人肯施粥放粮,这黎阳城内不知道多少人都靠着每天两碗粥才得以活命。我等受了他恩,自然不能看着他稀里糊涂的被杀。大王你敢把黎阳仓开了赈济城中父老,我等当然也欠了您的人情。日后只要您吩咐一句,无论做什么,哪怕是去挡刀子,挡箭,我等也绝不皱一下眉头!”
“算你们这些泼货有良心!”王二毛笑着咧嘴,“来人,把他们身上的绳子全解了吧。给他们每人一根棍子,到街上去帮忙维持秩序。”
立刻有亲兵上前,用刀子割断绳索。众闲汉活动活动被捆麻了的手臂,又伏下身子,叩头施礼,“谢大王不跟我们几个计较!我等无以为报,只是有一句话告诉大王,不知道……”
王二毛做了个请的手势,“说吧,我听着呢!”
“黎阳城四周无险要可守,非常容易受到攻击。大王若是能早走一步……”众闲汉互相看了看,非常仗义地告诫。
“这个,本官知晓!”王二毛很承情地拱手,“你等去维持秩序吧,拿着衙门里的水火棍去,也好当个凭据!朱老根儿,你先给他们当两天头儿。遇到敢惹事的,甭管他是谁,都给我往死里打。”
正乐呵呵看着王二毛审案的亲兵伙长朱老根儿听到任务,赶紧出列,冲着上面抱拳,“得令咧!保证不给您丢脸!”
“去吧!”王二毛笑着起身,送朱老根儿和仗义的闲汉们离开。然后又往下看了看,现堂前跪着的人已经寥寥无几,笑了笑,大声问道:“剩下平时都是干什么的,给老子报上名来,免得老子一一招呼你们!”
审了近一个时辰案子,没有任何人被推出去杀掉。被俘的黎阳官员们心里已经不再像先前那般恐慌,听见王二毛问,互相看了看,按照平素形成的说话习惯依次自报家门。
黎阳城去年曾经遭受过一回兵祸,所以此刻官员配置比较精炼。除了被俘的郡守张文琪,战死的郡丞高慎之外。如今还叫得上字号的官员有光初主簿曹开济、市曹主簿王起贤、司库韩守志等十余人。并且其中大部分都是去年黎阳城被李旭收复后才上任的,还没来得及为非作歹。
王二毛本意就不是为了杀人立威,所以也没有仔细去寻找这些官员的过错。先板起脸来吓唬了一番,然后叹了口气,和颜悦色地说道:“我张家军一向不杀无罪之人,以往你等听到的传言,十有是人编造出来的。既然你们这个狗官还没做过什么坏事,今天老子就一并饶了你们……”
“谢大王,谢大王不杀之恩!”众官员们可不像张文琪那样有骨气,赶紧跪倒拜谢。
“起来吧,别跟磕头虫一般!”王二毛摆了摆手,笑着命令。“本官既然放了你们,你们就得替本官做些事情。这城中的富户谁有钱,谁没钱,估计只有你们最清楚!”
“大,大王如果需要募集资金,尽管包在我等身上!”众官吏大包大揽,唯恐王二毛是一时冲动,热情过后便立即改口。
“我不募集资金。我需要募集大牲口。骡子,马,个头大的驴子也将就。几位大人马上分头去富户家跟他们商量,就说老子拿粮食跟他们换牲口。多少石米一头牲口,价格随便他们开。”说到这,王二毛板起脸来,阴恻恻地强调,“但是有一条,谁都甭想着跟老子藏私。如果有大牲口不肯卖给老子,却被老子听见了牲口叫唤。老子就派人直接杀进去,男女老幼,一个不留!”
死里逃生的众官吏们哪敢说个“不”字,硬着头皮将这个任务接了下来。为了避免他们不尽力,王二毛特意从麾下弟兄们中挑选出一批比较精细的,一个配一个,押着众官吏们前去执行。见到低矮的茅草房子,全部绕开。见到高墙大院,直接上前拍门。
城内的富户们几曾见过这种阵仗,听官员们将命令传达了,不敢狮子大开口,随便说了个数字便将家中的大牲口牵了出来。也有个别人不开眼,偷偷将骡马藏了起来。张猪皮带人在后半夜又补搜了一回,凡是敢私藏牲畜不卖,当真是堵住家门,杀了个干干净净。
整整一夜,黎阳城都被折腾得鸡飞狗跳。到了第二天上午巳时,搜检和杀戮方才结束。毕竟此地乃一郡治所,城中富豪较多。所有牲口加起来,居然凑够了七千之数。王二毛很讲“道理”,果真命人黎阳仓内抬出粮食,通知富户们前来领取,童叟无欺,绝不短斤少两。在兑现给富户们骡马报酬的同时,大开仓门,将精米、麦子、谷物流水般分给了城中百姓。
这一下,黎阳百姓可算过了年,高兴得连空气中的血腥味道都忽略了。扶老携幼前来领粮,唯恐自家短报了一口人,少领到二百斤粮食。班头赵拐子也抖擞精神,尽力维持秩序。现有贪心不足,领完一回又前来冒领的地痞无赖,立刻揪出来,交给“好汉”们落。众“好汉”根本不懂什么刑罚轻重,凡是抓到这些贪婪家伙,只要证据属实,当头就是一刀。十几颗血淋淋的脑袋砍了下来后,再无人敢以身试法,整支领粮的队伍井然有序。
泼水般散了一日夜,黎阳仓的粮食不过减少了一成。第二天早上,连居住在黎阳城周围三十里内百姓都被惊动了,扶老携幼结队而来。没得到王二毛的命令,赵拐子等人不敢拒绝,本着做善事的原则,凡来领粮的都给装满口袋。如是,城内城外的气氛愈热闹,几乎是处处透着喜庆,只盼官军永远别到,让“好汉爷”们永远守着粮仓才如意。
高兴的日子过得总是嫌快,放粮行动一直持续了四整天,到了第五天头上,探马和百姓同时送来了黄河对面出现大批官军的消息。与此同时,另外一支打着武阳郡兵旗号的队伍也赶到了汤阴,距离黎阳城不足五十里。
王二毛闻讯,立刻命人停止放粮。募集城中壮士,将黎阳仓中的精米细麦捡好的装袋,驮到了富户们“义卖”来的牲口背上。随即从大牢中提出张文琪,将官袍、印信连同这几天放粮支出的账本一并交给了他,让他留着跟朝廷交差。
“你开黎阳仓放粮,救了数万饥民,也是一桩义举!”在大牢里冻了几天,张文琪早已没了当初的硬骨头,叹了口气,低声感慨。“但张某的性命,也为你的义举而葬送了。还要这印信何用?不如你在官军到来前给张某一刀,也让张某跟家人有个交代!”
“我说你这人怎么这般死性呢?”恢复了一身流寇装束的王二毛说话的语调也跟着恢复了本来面目,“也没人看见,你不会说暗中召集部属,趁我不防备,重新将黎阳城抢回来的?别说你从来没骗过上头,要是不会欺上瞒下,你也不可能当得了这个郡守!”
“你,你……”张文琪被问得说不出话来,结巴了半天,跺了跺脚,转身回了衙门。王二毛冲着他的背影笑了笑,翻身上马,率领部众,赶着牲口,浩浩荡荡,直奔西门。
出了西门口,黎阳城和黎阳仓就等于又还给官军了。张猪皮心中有些不舍,回头望了望,低声问道,“二毛兄弟,咱们真的不放火?那么多粮食留给朝廷的人,可够他们吃上好几年的!”
王二毛苦笑着摇摇头,低声回应,“你没听狗官说么,杨玄感没烧,李旭没烧。如果咱俩一把火把黎阳仓烧了,回到巨鹿泽中,那些曾经在土里刨过食儿的弟兄们当面说咱们干的痛快,背地里,说不定怎么戳咱们的脊梁骨呢!”
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