The corner tower beat the drum, and the messenger who guarded the gate of the state city yawned to open the gate, and was startled by the scene outside the city when he was halfway open.

Looking at the scar-faced man outside the door, the half-beaten yawn was stuck there, he quickly closed the door, and shouted inside, "Come on." ”

"Wait."

A navy blue sleeve came out of the door, revealing the face of the Dark Guard.

"We patrolled yesterday and captured a bunch of thieves hiding outside Qingcheng, and I went to the state city to hand over to Lord Zhizhou for disposal on the order of the marquis."

The messenger paused for several moments before he figured out "a thief outside Qingcheng = a lonely ghost". Mom, that's a lonely ghost who is famous in this state, and he was caught like this?

Look at those scar-faced men again, their faces are full of fierce and vicious, and they look like good people. His legs trembled even more, and his voice suddenly rose an octave.

"The lonely ghost has been caught!"

A loud shout full of excitement broke the quiet of the early morning in the state city, and immediately the messenger of the organic spirit went to the yamen to report to the lord of Zhizhou. Pan Chengdong is diligent in government and loves the people, and he has finished breakfast at this hour and is ready to go to the government office. As soon as the sedan chair arrived at the door, he heard about it, and while calling the chief to go to the government office to mobilize manpower, he changed direction and walked towards the city gate.

It's no wonder that he is so anxious, "lonely ghost" is a piece of his heart disease for many years, and it is not difficult to solve, Wu Youliang, who is in charge of military affairs in Benzhou, does not deal with him, and the problem involving troops between the two sides has not been solved.

Bandits are difficult to cure, this is the consensus of the imperial court for many years, even if Wu Youliang is not powerful, he can't do anything about him.

Recalling the bitter process of many battles of wits and courage over the years, Pan Chengdong has come to the city gate. After seeing the secret guard, he heard that the number of people he reported was slightly compared with the government archives, and he found that the number of these lonely ghosts present was not much different from those in the archives.

Little Hou Ye, is this to wipe out those lonely ghosts?

The surprise came too quickly, and for a while Pan Zhizhou was a little unacceptable, and he was excited in front of everyone, but he didn't care about the majestic image of the past.

"Thieves have been ravaging the mountains for many years, for the sake of the disaster, the official has been lamenting all night for this, Hou Ye's move has really helped the official a lot, benefiting the people of this state, Pan is here to thank Hou Ye."

Long to the ground, Pan Chengdong was full of Chicheng and gratitude. Before he could stand up, another group of people came behind, and the leader was Wu Youliang.

"This official is in charge of local security, and he has been suppressing bandits for many years, but unfortunately he has had little effect, this time thanks to Lord Hou. Come on, why don't you hurry up and put these evil thieves into prison and interrogate them strictly! ”

At the sound of an order, the armor soldiers who came behind him stepped forward in unison.

Seeing that the soldiers were about to walk to the lonely ghost, Pan Chengdong took the lead in blocking the front, "Lord Wu, what do you mean?" ”

"It is the duty of the subordinate to suppress bandits."

"Duties?" Pan Chengdong smiled sarcastically, "Lord Tongzhi is really conscientious!" ”

Wu Tongzhi's face did not change, and he hugged his fists and said: "This is the accusation of this official, and I don't know that the state lord praises me." What are you doing there, why don't you bring people back quickly? ”

The soldiers continued to approach forward, with some hesitation in their steps. Seeing this, Wu Youliang stepped forward in person, and when he saw that he was about to step past Pan Chengdong, two voices came at the same time.

"Wait."

The one who continued to speak was the secret guard who sent people from behind, "Before the subordinates set off, the Hou Ye had instructed that the matter of the thieves was related to the safety of the state, and it should be interrogated by the Lord Zhizhou himself. ”

"It's not in order."

The dark guard nodded, and the words changed: "Master Hou ordered this, and I hope that Lord Tongzhi will not make it difficult for his subordinates." ”

If it weren't for the little marquis's order not to startle the snake, the secret guard would really want to throw him facelessly. Although he didn't know what the specific situation of Qingcheng's bandits was, he had personally dealt with this gang of bandits last night and personally understood their strength. With the strength of the five scum of the war, the local officials would have done a little bit of dedication, and they would have been wiped out long ago.

is because he doesn't have a good impression of Wu Tongzhi, no matter how tightly he bites the rules, a little marquis's hat is pressed down, and he can't do anything.

Pan Chengdong is not a vegetarian either, the secret guard oppresses the little marquis, and he directly starts with the criminal law of Great Xia.

"Wu Tongzhi, which Great Xia criminal law is written, and Zhizhou can't ask about bandits in this state? Even if you are responsible for this matter, why didn't you make any achievements in the previous years when you should have been in charge? ”

Wu Youliang's face was completely black, not only black but also hideous, as if a person who hadn't slept for three days and three nights was constipated.

The secret guard doesn't care about his mood, this kind of official who puts the safety of the common people at risk in order to gain power, even if he is a rough person who eats with kung fu, he is also contemptuous in his heart.

"Hand it over to Lord Zhizhou."

Commanding a secret guard to follow, he handed the belt in his hand to Pan Chengdong.

The belt was untied from the thief's waist, and after he caught someone in the valley last night, the escort became a problem. Prisoners who were usually exiled to the south, south, west, and northwest were tied with hemp rope to form a string, but this time they did not carry hemp rope. So the dark guard exerted his subjective initiative and found another way to tie the thief's trouser belt to the waistband, tie a knot at the front and back and tie it into a long rope, so as to replace the hemp rope.

Pity these thieves, they are all singles who have no wives, no one to help with household chores, and their clothes are dirty and ill-fitting. As soon as the belt of the trousers was untied, many people's pants slipped straight down. Along the way, the untied hand was all used to lift his pants, and he didn't have the heart to think about running away.

After entering the city, they had to take care of their trouser belts, and they were handed over to the state city guards by the secret guards, and they were still very well-behaved with their pants.

This move made Wu Tongzhi even more depressed, most of the troops in Benzhou were in his hands, and he planned to watch from the wall to let the people in the governor's capital make a mess and embarrass themselves in front of the people of the state capital. But he didn't expect that the thief, who had always been fierce and vicious, was now so obedient, not only did not make Pan Chengdong embarrassed, but earned him enough face.

Not only will this have face, but when the thieves are publicly executed after the interrogation, they will definitely be very happy, and then all the credit will be credited to Pan Chengdong.

He has raised these thieves for many years, and he has raised them to be famous in neighboring states and counties, and has the effect of stopping children's crying, for what? In addition to taking advantage of this to control the military power, it is still to earn a great contribution to the future eradication. But I didn't expect that after many years of hard work in planting peaches, when it came to fruition, they were picked by others.

waited until he returned to the same prefect's mansion, and the gloom on his face did not dissipate. As soon as I sat down in the house, before I could pick up the teacup, something more depressing came.

The secret guard who sent down the thief came to the door again and handed him a lump of fat.

"This gang of thieves is so bold that they dare to kidnap His Royal Highness King Ping. Hou Ye asked Wu Tongzhi to be friendly with His Royal Highness King Ping, and you are in charge of the military power of the state and have public security duties, so after many weighings, he ordered his subordinates to secretly hand over people to you. ”

Not to mention the kidnapping of King Ping, he also pointed out his relationship with King Ping, and finally secretly handed it over to him...... The interrogation of thieves and thieves can earn both military merit and the hearts of the people will be handed over to Pan Chengdong, and if King Ping has an accident, he will offend the above and thankless things, and he will not be so bullied.

But just now in front of the city gate, he emphasized the duty of knowing many times, and his words are still in his ears, which will be a deliberate shirk and cannot find a reason. Sensing that he had completely fallen into the enemy's full set, Wu Youliang could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, and respectfully accepted the matter.

After sending off the secret guard, he ordered his subordinates to invite Lang Zhong to heal King Ping, and his face was clouded. The front foot received a secret letter from Enhou to save the king of Ping, and the little marquis on the back foot sent people over, what does this mean?

A bad premonition rose in his heart, and for a moment Wu Youliang wanted to stop. But in an instant, he extinguished this thought, the world is bustling for profit, there is no silver to buy food and drink, and you can't ask for glory and wealth, how many people will be willing to die for you?

"Can you figure out Shen Moci's manpower?"

After listening to the report of his subordinates, he felt a little relieved. This girl from the Shen family has such a scheming, and the manpower arranged has the taste of several layers of arrangement.

"Let them act as strikers, and our men will follow. Remember, silver is important. ”

The silver that Wu had a conscience in the state city was lying quietly under Ah Yao.

Tomorrow is about to leave, and on the last day before leaving, all the silver taels have been packed, and Lu Jingyuan took Ayao to the ship. In the slightly dark cabin, the Shen family's treasury has accumulated for hundreds of years and is piled up there like a hill, and the number is so large that there is no place to put your feet.

Picking up the flat place where the two silver boxes were placed, the little marquis laid the tiger skin felt and lay on it side by side with Ah Yao. Seeing the girl's bright apricot eyes, a smile rose at the corner of his lips.

"I'm going to leave tomorrow, you ......"

After a pause, looking at her innocent side face, he finally swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

That's it, in order to open a shop, this girl is already busy enough, and she doesn't see more than two taels of meat on her body in such a tonic. There are some things that he can shelter her from, so he doesn't have to say it to make her worry.

Isn't it just a little acquaintance, in his previous life, he was even able to clean up the emperor, how could he be afraid of this thing if he lived another life?

"I will write to Brother Jing."

"Well, write more." Stroking her cheek, he said a little stiffly: "Tell me what you do every day, and if you encounter any troubles that can't be solved, you have to say it, and you will hand it over to Lu Ping when you write it." ”

Ah Yao's eyes slowly moistened, "Brother Jing too, you carry so much silver, you are easy to be coveted by Xiaoxiao, be careful along the way." ”

Lying in the cabin to finish what should be said, A-Yao did not go to the pier to see him off the next day. It's not that she can't get up, but she's afraid that she won't be willing to do something jaw-dropping.

But soon she regretted it, and every half day after Brother Jing left, she fell into depression. Lying in the babu bed for a nap, his eyes stared at the pair of jade rings on the golden hook without blinking, his mind was full of that dark color, and his thoughts were full of concern for him.

Where is Brother Jing? It has become a word that she must ask countless times every day, and even with his food, clothing, housing and transportation, she has asked countless times.

Missing is true, on the other hand, she always feels that Brother Jing is very dangerous.

Sure enough, her sixth sense was not wrong, a few days after Brother Jing left, the news came from the front, and the Linjun water bandits went out to rob the Dingbei Hou on the way back. All the ships were burned, and the whereabouts of the group were unknown.