Chapter Eighty-Four: Heading to Quell the Rebellion
When Han Ming received the edict, he was touring the scenery of Cliff City with Kuang Yue and the others.
On the same day, after Han Ming arrested Pei Xian, he found a large amount of evidence of Pei Xian's corruption and dereliction of duty in the city guard mansion, so he beheaded Pei Xian at the entrance of the vegetable market on the second day without waiting for the decision of the imperial court.
On the day of the beheading, the people who came to watch crowded the entrance of the vegetable market, and when Pei Xian was beheaded, everyone was very fascinated, which was enough to see how unpopular Pei Xian usually was.
After that, Han Ming removed all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes set up by the city guard's mansion, and reduced the taxes paid here for one year.
When the locals heard about this, they were greatly moved, and worshiped Han Ming as the savior of the blue sky, chanted Han Ming's merits day and night, and sent him to worship.
Cliff City, the wall stands thousands of miles, one side is the majestic avenue, the other side is the abyss.
On the cliff was built a wall, which had little military value, because no one could climb up from such a smooth cliff.
When this wall was built, it was more to protect visitors from falling into the abyss because they were shocked and carried away.
When Han Ming saw the cliff for the first time, he was also shocked, the cliff was so high that it was as if it had been slashed by a knife. I never thought that there was such a powerful force in this world. Han Ming preferred to believe that this was a natural formation, but it was unlikely that a natural formation could be so smooth.
"Swing your chest to give birth to Zeng Yun, and decide to enter the bird, and will be at the top of the mountain, looking at the mountains. “
When Han Ming saw the scenery in front of him, he couldn't help but chant out the ancient poems he had memorized before.
"What do you mean by that?"
Kuang Yue was next to Han Ming, and when she heard Han Ming's poem, she felt majestic, but she didn't know anything about the meaning.
Han Ming breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's just that when I see this situation, I can't suppress the excitement in my heart." ”
When Kuang Yue heard this, she gave Han Ming a blank look.
At this moment, a secret guard quietly leaned up from the crowd and handed Han Ming a note.
This series of movements, no one around noticed. Kuang Yue also wanted to ask Han Ming the meaning of the poem, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she saw that Han Ming didn't know where to get a note, and looked at it silently, and when she was curious, Han Ming suddenly spoke.
"Our trip has to be terminated, there is a riot in the two counties of Henghe and Pingyuan in Western Chu, Your Majesty has summoned me back to quell the chaos, do you want to go back with us, or continue to play?" Han Ming turned his head and asked Kuang Yue.
Kuang Yue knew that there was a riot in Pingyuan County, and she was not in the mood to continue playing, so she went home with Han Ming.
When the people heard that Han Ming and the others were leaving, they escorted them one after another.
"My lord, stay here. The old woman beside the road looked at Han Ming with hopeful eyes.
"Yes, please stay. ”
"Stay, sir. ”
......
One person spoke, and the people behind him begged one after another.
Han Ming looked at the people who were full of affection, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart.
"Everyone, please rest assured, I will report to the imperial court, and I will definitely send you a good official who is the master of the people. ”
After speaking, Han Ming no longer paid attention to the crowd, waved his horsewhip, and accelerated away from Cliff City.
Kuang Yue and the others were also afraid of being infected by the emotions of the people, so they followed closely behind Han Ming and quickly rushed towards Shangjing.
The group hurried up and hurried all the way back, and when they were halfway there, Han Ming suddenly said to Ye Die: "Xiao Ye, you send the county lord back to Shangjing." “
"Eh, what about you, son?" Ye Die asked in surprise.
"Your Majesty asked me to go directly to Pingyuan County and cooperate with the local Black Flag Army to pacify the rebels. ”
"Then I'm going too. Kuang Yue said beside her.
"Nonsense, I'm going to quell the chaos this time, not to play, such a dangerous place, it's not for you to go. Han Ming said with a straight face.
"Don't you have some kind of secret guard, with them, you're afraid of any danger. Kuang Yue said stubbornly.
Han Ming's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "It's not okay to say anything, this time you will honestly go back to Shangjing, and after I finish the chaos, I will come back to play with you." ”
When Kuang Yue heard what he said, she pouted and said, "You won't let me go, right?" Okay, then I'll go secretly, you can't control me anyway." ”
Han Ming listened to Kuang Yue's words, and a black line suddenly appeared on his head.
"You...... Okay, it's okay to follow me, but you have to listen to me, if you don't listen, then I won't promise you anyway, even if it's tied up at that time, I'll tie you back. ”
As soon as Kuang Yue heard Han Ming's relief, she nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I'll listen to you whatever you do." ”
This Kuang Yue also made Han Ming's brain hurt, turned his head to look at Ye Die, and took out a letter from his arms.
"You go back to Beijing, and then hand over this letter to Han Yu of the city defense battalion, you have seen him, you should know him, this matter is very important, you must do it, okay?"
Ye Die nodded, originally she also wanted to follow Han Ming, but since Han Ming had a task assigned to her, she also knew the general situation, and knew that she couldn't be willful now, and when the time came, she would come back to him after handing over the letter to Han Yu.
After making up his mind, Ye Die handed over the Ming Sword to Han Ming, then turned around and rushed to Beijing.
Han Ming took the sword, looked at Ye Die's distant back, raised his hand, and made a half-fist gesture in Ye Die's direction.
Then there were a few sounds around him, and several figures disappeared in a flash.
After Ye Die, Han Ming took Kuang Yue and Liu Han and rushed to Pingyuan County.
The crowd galloped all the way without stopping, and finally arrived at the boundary of Plains County on the scheduled date.
Along the way, there are thousands of miles of red fields, water and grass do not grow, and there are messes everywhere.
A few people walked on the official road, and there were few pedestrians, and occasionally they saw one or two corpses lying on the side of the road, which can be said to be extremely desolate.
Han Ming met the Black Flag Army in Qiancheng, which was a small city with 10,000 Black Flag troops in a place the size of his thumb.
There was originally a small river on the edge of Qiancheng, but because of the drought, it was almost cut off.
The one in charge of the Black Flag Army was a rough middle-aged man, named Zuo Jiao, on the left side of his face, with a scar, oblique, looking very wild.
Han Ming had heard this name when he was in Linlun Town, and today was the first time he saw Zuo Di, and he felt that this was an upright man.
This is indeed the case, when communicating with Zuo Ming, there are not so many twists and turns, and after a while, he and Han Ming are brothers.
"Brother Han, Your Majesty asked you to help me this time, do you have any important instructions. You must know that these rebellious people are not opponents of the regular army at all, and they can be quelled by casually charging and killing twice. However, although I am rough-looking, but my brother and I are not rough-hearted, if it is so simple, Your Majesty has no need to send you over, and ordered me to stand still, but I don't quite understand what Your Majesty's purpose is, I hope Brother Han will tell me. ”
Han Ming was surprised by Zuo Di's words, but he didn't expect that this person was not as simple as he imagined, and he was not at all the image of the five big and three rough ones shown on the outside.
"Brother Zuo is right this time, the main purpose of Your Majesty asking me to assist you is not to eliminate the mob, but to resolve this riot in a peaceful way. The reason why Brother Zuo was sent over was mainly to borrow the deterrent power of the regular army, so as to make the mob feel afraid. If you can not use force, it is better not to move, after all, no matter how you say it, they are still the people of Zhongchu. His Majesty loves the people like a son, so naturally he doesn't want to do too many fearless casualties. ”
"Oh, if that's the case, then I really can't do it, I'm a rough man, let me charge into battle, let me pacify the rebellious people. In my opinion, it's better to cut it directly with a knife. If Your Majesty doesn't arrange for Brother Han to come over, then brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty. Zuo Di said.
When Han Ming heard this, he slandered in his heart: If you are a rough person, then there will be no rough people in this world.
However, he still gave up and humbly said: "Where the eldest brother said, the main work is still done by the eldest brother Zuo, and the younger brother will come to deal with the aftermath, just move his mouth and persuade these chaotic people, I will listen to the eldest brother Zuo in everything." When the time comes, the credit will definitely belong to the eldest brother, and the younger brother will never take the credit. ”
"Eh, what the brother said, when the time comes, everyone will share the credit equally, regardless of you and me, if you say this again, you just don't treat me as a brother. ”
"Okay, then at that time, the credit for quelling the riot, my two brothers are one and a half, the eldest brother Zuo uses force, and the younger brother I use tactics, and the two will be matched to clean up this gang of traitors. ”
"Haha, okay, brother said it well, we are both literate and martial, and I'm afraid we won't be able to clean up this mob. Today the brother just came, go, today make an exception, drink and go. Zuo Yi hugged Han Ming and said.
Han Ming was hugged by Zuo Di, a little unaccustomed to it, and struggled.
"It's not good, it's still a barracks. ”
"Out of the way, out of the way, let's go, let's go outside and drink. ”
Before Han Ming could finish his words, Zuo Jian interrupted him, and then hugged Han Ming out of the big tent.