Chapter 214: The Letter of Attendance (Thanks to the book friends who like mini and Ye Xiaomei for the reward!)

Guo Zhiping was not a stupid person. When he heard what Ye Mingsheng said, he suddenly realized it and said directly:

"Your Excellency means a letter of surrender?"

Ye Mingsheng nodded with a smile and said, "Since Guo Zhuangshi's brothers are willing to follow me, Ye, then I should naturally take care of everyone's family affairs. I am willing to pay 1,500 taels as a settlement fee for the brothers!"

"In addition, I am willing to take out another five hundred taels of silver and give it to Mr. Guo and your father as a reward for your hard work..."

When he heard the additional offer from Ye Mingsheng, even though he never attached much importance to money, his eyes couldn't help but sparkle with surprise.

Although the resettlement fee was 1,000 taels of silver, Guo Zhiping didn't really think that Ye Mingsheng would give him 1,000 taels of silver.
Therefore, he actually left room for Ye Mingsheng to bargain with this price. In fact, the price he had in mind was only five hundred taels of silver.

Guo Zhiping never expected that Ye Mingsheng was so wealthy that not only did he not bargain with him on the price of one thousand taels, but he actually doubled the price.

However, Ye Mingsheng's offer was so high, and what they were asked to do must not be an easy task. Thinking of this, Guo Zhiping couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then asked Ye Mingsheng very seriously:

"I wonder what kind of pledge of allegiance Lord Ye wants us brothers to present?"

"It's not a big deal. I heard that Mr. Guo and Mr. Wang from Erlang Mountain in Guangning Prefecture have some grievances?" Ye Mingsheng said lightly:
"Sir, his own brother died in my hands..."

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, but Guo Zhiping still told him everything:

"I want to kill him, and I need Mr. Guo to do me a little favor..." Now that he had said it out loud, Ye Mingsheng no longer concealed it and directly revealed his plan to Guo Zhiping.

After a cup of tea, Guo Zhiping considered the feasibility of Ye Mingsheng's plan. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He stood up and clasped his fists towards Ye Mingsheng and said:

"I am willing to serve you at my utmost!"

"Very good!" Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction. As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Mingsheng took out a stack of banknotes from the drawer of the desk and handed it to Guo Zhiping.

"This is one thousand taels of silver! Take it back and do your business first. I'll wait for your good news!"

Seeing the banknotes so close, Guo Zhiping's eyes showed a strange look. He first bent over to take the banknotes, then hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask Ye Mingsheng:

"Since you trust me so much, I am not afraid of any unexpected event..."

Under Guo Zhiping's gaze, Ye Mingsheng smiled and said lightly:
"Nothing, I know the principle of trusting people when you employ them, and don't employ people if you don't trust them. Besides, I'm not that easy to cheat out of my money!"

Feeling the strong confidence emerging from Ye Mingsheng's words, Guo Zhiping's expression became stern. He bowed deeply to Ye Mingsheng again and said in a very firm voice: "Don't worry, sir. Guo Zhiping will not disappoint you!"

After discussing the main issues, Ye Mingsheng and Guo Zhiping discussed the specific details, and then let the confident Guo Zhiping go to work.

"Master, what method did you use to subdue Guo Zhiping?"

Not long after Guo Zhiping left, Ye Tie walked into the study and said to Ye Mingsheng with admiration:
Ye Tie, who was appointed by Ye Mingsheng to negotiate with Guo Zhiping, was played around by Guo Zhiping during this period and suffered a lot...

Ye Tie, who felt that his IQ was being rubbed to the ground by Guo Zhiping, was really curious as to how Ye Mingsheng could defeat Guo Zhiping so easily.

In response to Ye Tie's question, Ye Mingsheng showed a mysterious smile on his face, but he smiled without saying anything.

He would not tell Ye Tie that he had leaked the news of Guo Zhiping's acceptance of the amnesty to Xing Dalin's spies in Fengshan County, thereby inducing Xing Dalin, who hated him to the core, to prepare to attack Jiukongya Stronghold.

Xing Dalin, this guy, can't do anything to me now, so I can only pick on the weak ones...
Guo Zhiping was also well-informed. After hearing rumors that Xing Dalin was planning to harm him, he had no choice but to lower his demands and reach an agreement with Ye Mingsheng to obtain the identity of the Zhenwu Army.

This is also the reason why, when answering Guo Zhiping's first condition, Ye Mingsheng deliberately emphasized that after accepting the amnesty, if there are still people who want to harm Jiukongya Stronghold, he and even Chen Dechang will step forward to resolve the issue!
"Have you found out why Guo Zhiping wants to accept the amnesty?" Ye Mingsheng asked calmly:

Ye Tie nodded and explained:
"Young Master has found out everything. Five years ago, the Shiwei tribe rioted and attacked Liuhe County. Guo Zhiping happened to rescue a daughter of the Gongsun family there. The two fell in love at first sight and wanted to get married secretly."

"But the Gongsun family is a noble family. They despise Guo Zhiping because he is a bandit and has a lowly background, so they want to break up the couple. They just throw some silver to Guo Zhiping and are ready to settle the matter."

"Then he planned to take the young lady back home and marry her to someone else, but he never expected that the girl from the Gongsun family was also a person of strong character, and she committed suicide with a three-foot white silk scarf."

“It is said that Guo Zhiping was deeply traumatized by this incident, and he made a solemn vow to change his life and not let what happened to him happen again to his descendants…”

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this. He had never thought that Guo Zhiping had such a past. However, this was a reasonable explanation, which could explain why Guo Zhiping wanted to be recruited.

But since it happened five years ago, if Guo Zhiping wanted to be recruited, why did he wait until now to be recruited by himself?
As if seeing the confusion in Ye Mingsheng's expression, Ye Tie said with some pride:
"Guo Zhiping is very tight-lipped, and I couldn't get anything out of him. But I went to Jiukong Cliff some time ago and had a drink with his father Guo Zhanshan. During the banquet, I got some information from Brother Guo."

"Five years ago, when the incident first happened, Guo Zhiping wanted to be recruited, but at that time, Brother Guo had just gradually transferred power to him, and Guo Zhiping had too little say in the village."

"Moreover, the most important thing is that the brothers in Jiukongya Mountain Stronghold have been fighting against the Liaoyang government troops for decades. I don't know how many brothers have died at the hands of the government troops. In addition, Brother Guo was ostracized after accepting the amnesty. Therefore, Guo Zhiping's suggestion was unanimously rejected by the brothers in the mountain as soon as it was put forward."

(End of this chapter)