"Take the defendant to court!" Zhou Yunshan patted the startling wood lightly, for fear that the sound would be too loud to scare the noble prince next to him.

Sun Qian and a group of people walked in, and as soon as the woman came in, she shouted "Dad!" Mother! You died so unjustly! Father! Mother! What a miserable death you have had! ”

Seeing one person crying, the rest of the women also howled, and for a while the county government and the mourning team had a fight.

"Bang Bang!" Zhou Yunshan didn't care about Shang Qing at the moment, knocked a few times in succession, and shouted silence.

It was easy for the crowd to stop.

"If you have any grievances, take your time, and this official will surely seek justice for you." Saying that, Zhou Yunshan peeked at Shang Qing.

The county commander was very bitter in his heart, knowing that he couldn't do it if these people wanted to suppress the bandits, and he couldn't refuse.

Sun Qian knelt in the middle, handed over the paper and told the story of their slaughtered village, crying: "Please let the eldest master call the shots of our Sun clan, and ask the eldest master to send troops to suppress the bandits!" ”

Zhou Yunshan looked at Sun Qian, who was crying even more than a girl, and wanted to give him a hundred kills, if she hadn't attracted the Nine Emperors, how could she be now!

"The slaughter of the Sun clan is strictly investigated, and the bandits will never be spared!" Before Sun Qian could say anything, Zhou Yunshan hurriedly said, "What's the next person's grievances?" ”

"The slave family's mother is from Pingyuan Village, and I heard Sun Qian's cousin talk about the tragic death of my parents and brothers, and I beg the eldest master to avenge my father's mother!"

The next dozen or so were survivors of eight slaughtered villages, begging the county magistrate to avenge their families.

Sun Qian cried and begged loudly when he saw that everyone had finished speaking: "Please send troops to suppress the bandits!" ”

The others who were kneeling also followed and begged, "Please send troops to suppress the bandits!" ”

The people standing at the entrance of the yamen were infected and joined in.

"Bandits!"

"Bandits!"

The bandits don't have a good thing, they want everyone to get it, and they are happy to be able to kill all the bandits.

"Yo! What does this do? What a momentum! ”

Meng Hongyuan rode a tall horse and stood outside the crowd, looking at the indignant people, and asked out loud.

Meng Hongyuan and Meng Deyi and his entourage were all wearing the clothes of the local army, riding with a high head and a big man, which was very imposing, and the onlookers hurriedly hid to the side and stayed away from them.

Seeing that no one answered, Meng Hongyuan was not angry. He turned over and dismounted, carried a horsewhip, and entered the court.

"Why did Meng join the army here?" Zhou Yunshan saw that the person was busy standing up with a fat belly, if it weren't for Shang Qing watching coldly beside him, it was likely that Zhou Yunshan would enthusiastically pounce over and pat his ass.

Meng Hongyuan ignored him, walked straight to Shang Qing and bowed: "Hongxing Mansion Wuzhou joined the army Meng Hongyuan to meet His Royal Highness the Nine, His Highness is a thousand years old!" ”

Shangqiang nodded, with an expressionless chin on his face, "Meng joins the army, please." ”

Meng Hongyuan was quickly arranged to sit down opposite Shang Qing, and looked curiously at the group of people who were still kneeling in the public hall.

Sun Qian saw that the people in charge of the army were really coming, and then shouted injustice: "Ask the master to call the shots for us, nearly 10,000 lives!" Ask the lord to send troops to suppress the bandits! ”

Meng Hongyuan heard that nearly 10,000 lives were killed, and he raised his head and asked puzzledly, "What's the matter?" What nearly 10,000 lives? ”

Sun Qian hurriedly told the grievances at home.

Meng Hongyuan patted the table when he listened. scolded in his mouth: "What lawlessness! Today, Ben joined the army here to uphold justice for you and give an explanation to all the deceased! After speaking, in the thanks of Sun Qian and others and the admiration of the people, Meng Hongyuan pointed the finger at Zhou Yunshan. Why didn't Zhou County report such a big thing that happened under your rule? If His Royal Highness the Ninth is not here today, do you still have to cover up this matter? ”

Zhou Yunshan was about to cry, why did the war burn him.

"Meng joined the army not because the officials knew about it and didn't report it, but in fact, those bandits and rogues all killed people at night and quickly hid in the mountains, and we couldn't find anyone for so many days. I didn't know where to arrest people, so I didn't dare to report it. ”

This is also in the past.

Meng Hongyuan glanced at the county order who was kneeling on the ground and shouting grievances, but didn't say anything.

None of the bandits could find it. Not to mention the bandits.

In the end, the case was closed.

Meng Hongyuan was stationed directly outside the city with the 20,000 people he could command, and since the day he came, he has never left Zhouxiang for the purpose of suppressing bandits. Unfortunately, after a few days, no trace of the bandits was found. Even the yamen had offered high bounties to seek information about the bandits. It's a pity that a few days have passed and nothing has been found.

"My lord, Sun Qian of the original plain village asks to see you." Afraid that Meng Hongyuan didn't know who Sun Qian was, Xiao Xiao added: "Sun Qian is the young man who asked for the suppression of bandits on the day he came." ”

Meng Hong nodded and gestured to bring people over.

Sun Qian's leg was soaked in the water for too long and the treatment was delayed, and he could only walk on crutches from then on. Seeing Meng Hongyuan and Meng Deyi, he plucked up the courage and said, "My lord." I have something to say about banditry. ”

"Oh?" Meng Hongyuan and Meng Deyi looked at each other and smiled, and said softly, "How do you say this?" ”

Sun Qian lowered his head and looked at the floor, and said uncertainly: "My lord, only a few days after our plain village was destroyed, someone came to live in our place. I've inquired that the new arrivals aren't locals. When the bandits killed my people, they always asked us for the title deed, and then some people settled in the plain village. I suspect that those people colluded with the county order bandits to plot my family's land! ”

Meng Hongyuan and Meng Deyi didn't know Sun Qian's obsession with their village's land, and he watched those people kill people for silver and land deeds, so he felt that those people were all for his family's land.

"Okay, I know, I'll pay attention to you going down and resting first." After Meng Hongyuan asked Sun Qian to be sent out, he discussed the authenticity of this matter with Meng Deyi.

Meng Hongyuan finally said: "Please come over with the order of Zhou County." ”

Zhou Yunshan came over with a bitter face, wailing in his heart, he hadn't slept well for several days.

Waiting for Zhou Yunshan to come over, Meng Hongyuan didn't talk nonsense and asked directly: "Why were those villages that were slaughtered by bandits so quickly arranged new villagers?" Why aren't these new movers locals? Where did they come from? ”

Zhou Yunshan knelt down with sweat on his head and said, "Meng joins the army, don't misunderstand that I have nothing to do with those bandits!" Seeing that Meng Hongyuan seemed to be smiling, Zhou Yunshan hurriedly continued: "Xia Guan is guilty!" The lower officials are guilty! The people in those villages said that their life was too hard, and that they were thinking of settling down in the nearby villages, so they gave me the money, and said, "If you can let them settle down in these villages, give me a hundred acres of fertile land." ”

Zhou Yunshan trembled and continued: "Those people have suffered a disaster in their homes, and their hometowns are completely destroyed, so they want to settle in Zhouxiang, they definitely have nothing to do with bandits." ”

He's just greedy for some money and wants to save some money for his sons, but he really doesn't want to get involved with bandits!

Who would have thought that those bandits would kill people in front of them, and the bandits' families would live in them later? Are they not afraid of retribution?

(To be continued.) )