I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Jiang Zuo led his men to the gate of Guangning City and found that there was no one in front of the gate, and no one was repairing it.

Pan Hou had already crawled out of the dog hole and brought Jiang Zuo to the city gate. He smiled and said, "Envoy Jiang, the city gate is indeed broken and cannot be opened."

As he spoke, he winked at his followers.

The followers came to the city gate and pushed forward with all their strength.

The city gate remained motionless.

Pan Hou added, "There was a flood in Guangning some time ago, and this city gate has been soaked in water for years. I don't know why it suddenly got stuck and can't be pushed open at all. In addition, the previous iron lock has rusted, and the key can't open it. Envoy Jiang, please forgive me."

"Your Guangning City only has one city gate?"

Jiangzuo.

"Envoy Jiang, the same situation applies to the other city gate."

Pan Hou replied.

It seemed that no matter what, the people of Chen wanted the Yan State delegation from Jiangzuo to go through a dog hole so that they could humiliate Yan State in the future.

"What a coincidence..." Jiang Zuo smiled faintly, "It's really hard for you Chen people to go in and out of the dog hole every day."

"Envoy Jiang is joking."

Pan Hou still smiled apologetically.

"Sir, it's better not to enter this ruined city."

Situ Hua stepped forward and said.

He had long been dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the Chen people. If His Majesty had not ordered not to cause trouble, Situ Hua would have made some arrangements for this group of Chen people.

Jiang Zuo waved his hand, also showing a peaceful smile, and said: "Since you can't open it, then as a guest, I will choose to help you."

"Help us?"

Pan Hou frowned slightly, not knowing what Jiang Zuo was going to do.

Jiang Zuo walked forward and hammered hard on the city gate, then turned around and ordered, "Master Guo, bring something and help these friends from the State of Chen open the city gate."

Master Guo walked forward slowly and asked in confusion, "Sir, what is that?"

Jiang Zuo whispered, "Explosives."

"Oh? Sir, there's no need for that. Why are you doing such a big thing right after you get here?"

Master Guo was a little worried.

"What are you afraid of? I will bear all consequences."

Jiang Zuo whispered.

Master Guo was still a little hesitant. After all, they were now in the territory of Chen State, which was different from Anding County.

"Envoy Jiang, what exactly are you going to do?"

Pan Hou looked at Jiang Zuo with a smile on his face, thinking: "It seems that this Yan countryman is not so easy to humiliate. Well, I will see what you want to do."

Before this, he had already ordered people to lock the city gates tightly with rusty iron locks.

This time, the Yan State delegation had to crawl through the dog hole.

"Master Guo, go quickly, just take a small packet." Jiang Zuo ordered.

Before this, he specifically ordered all the gunpowder to be prepared and sent south for use in case of emergency.

Master Guo nodded and went to look for the luggage in the convoy.

"Prefect Pan, it's time to replace the old gates of your Guangning City. I also know that your Chen State is short of money. Since we are guests, let us help you."

Jiang Zuo said calmly, and then took the explosive pack handed to him by Master Guo.

"Just this thing, can it open the city gate?"

Pan Hou stared at the thing in Jiang Zuo's hand, and the smile on his face was filled with suspicion and a little ridicule.

"If I can't get it open, I'll just crawl through that dog hole."

Jiang Zuo said.

Hearing this, the group of Chen people all showed mocking smiles.

"Sir, why don't we go back to Yan State to make some repairs first? When they have repaired the city gate, we will come back."

At this time, Situ Hua stepped forward and persuaded.

He didn't want Jiang Zuo to really fall into that hole and be laughed at by the people of Chen.

After all, this concerns the reputation of the State of Yan, not just Jiang Zuo's business.

"Yes, Envoy Jiang, don't force it."

Pan Hou also said this at this time.

Jiang Zuo ignored it, just found an angle and loaded the explosives in his hand.

"Everyone, retreat fifty steps."

Jiang Zuo ordered loudly.

Pan Hou and his followers were still standing in front of the city gate, looking confused.

"Prefect Pan, please stay away to avoid accidentally hurting you."

Jiang Zuo persuaded.

The smile on Pan Hou's face was gone, and he was rather puzzled as to what Jiang Zuo was going to do.

Everyone moved away from the city gate, waiting for what would happen next.

I saw a man from Yan holding a stick of incense, tiptoeing to the city gate and seemed to light something.

Then the man ran away quickly, covering his ears with his hands.

"Prefect Pan, you'd better cover your ears, otherwise you'll get scared."

Jiang Zuo laughed.

Pan Hou's face was wrinkled. He had no idea what Jiang Zuo and the others were going to do. He did not listen to Jiang Zuo's words and only said, "How could I be scared..."

Boom!

Before Pan Hou could finish his words, there was a loud bang, causing the dust in front of the city wall to fly.

Pan Hou's body shook and his legs almost went limp.

"what happens?"

Pan Hou was quite confused.

Jiang Zuo led everyone to the city gate.

After the smoke and dust cleared, it was seen that a large hole had been blown out in the city gate, which was completely large enough for people to pass through.

The people from the Chen State were stunned at this moment.

Such a big city gate was destroyed just like that?

"What on earth were those things just now?!"

Pan Hou couldn't help but be surprised.

The followers behind him also spoke up: "As soon as you arrived, you destroyed the gate of our Guangning City. Are you..."

"Is there anything wrong with just helping you repair the city gate?

Jiang Zuo interrupted the man without any fear on his face.

Anyway, the two countries will have a war in the future, and the delegation's visit to negotiate is just a matter of courtesy before force.

All the Chen people present were speechless at this moment.

"Prefect Pan, please come in."

Jiang Zuo took the initiative and invited Pan Hou to walk into the broken door.

Pan Hou stepped in with great doubts.

At this moment, he was a little panicked. If those things were used by the Yan army to deal with the Chen State, the consequences would be disastrous...

This rusty gate has been destroyed.

Everyone pushed open the dilapidated city gate, and the Yan State delegation was able to enter Guangning City through the main gate.

The gift that the people of Chen wanted to give to the Yan delegation had already been destroyed by Jiangzuo.

Jiang Zuo entered Guangning City with a proud step.

At this moment, both sides of Guangning City Avenue were filled with civilians from the State of Chen.

When they heard that the envoys from the State of Yan were coming to visit, they came to watch spontaneously.

The loud noise from the city gate just now attracted their attention.

"What happened just now?"

Someone asked doubtfully.

"Those people seem to be the envoys from the State of Yan."

"Could it be that this group of swallow dogs is responsible?"

There were occasional wars on the border between Yan and Chen. The two countries had long been hostile to each other, and even the people hated each other.

The appearance of Jiang Zuo and his group at this moment naturally did not receive a good welcome.

"What are these swallow dogs doing here?"

Someone shouted loudly, afraid that Jiang Zuo and the others couldn't hear him.