This time, the prefect finally knew what it was to be afraid, and nervously shrunk his neck, although he was already fat and had no neck.

He stammered: "You, you, you are so bold, dare to hijack the prefect!" ”

"Prefect?" Meng Qiqi calmed down, walked up and down in front of the prefect, looked up and down with disdain, and chuckled: "Start now, no!" ”

Although Meng Qiqi disguised herself as a man and hid her identity, she had good manners and outstanding temperament.

The prefect read countless people, and instantly knew that this person was not an ordinary person, and suddenly thought of the official document of the imperial court he received a few days ago, he chuckled in his heart, and secretly said Oh no, he wouldn't really be so unlucky!

"Who the hell are you?"

Meng Qiqi naturally didn't miss the prefect's changed expression, and said with a smile: "Didn't you already guess it?" ”

Now the prefect is really weak, he raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Meng Qiqi and said, "You, you, were sent by the imperial court to suppress bandits, General Yan?" ”

In order to ensure the safety of the princes, when the local officials were notified this time, they only said that General Yan led troops to suppress the bandits, and did not mention that several princes and princesses would also go, so the news received by the prefect was the same.

He didn't know that there were two heroic men standing in front of him, one was the sixth prince and the other was the seventh princess.

Meng Qiqi pursed his lips, shook his head mischievously, raised his eyebrows again, and signaled that the one behind him was the real General Yan.

The prefect knew that this time he was kicked on the iron plate, and now he wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but the knife was on his neck, and he was afraid that he would cry and cry for mercy as soon as he moved: "Yan, General Yan, the lower official pleaded guilty, begged General Yan to spare the life of the lower official, the lower official is willing to help General Yan exterminate the bandits, beg General Yan to spare his life!" ”

Meng Qiqi waved his hand, and asked people to tie up the shopkeeper of the inn, as well as the people brought by the prefect, and take them down to wait for the fate.

There was only a pig tied up in the house to be slaughtered, as if it was thrown to the ground, looking at Yan Fei, Meng Qiqi and Meng Li who were sitting on it, trembling.

"Yan, General Yan, Xia Guan has been sending people to wait for the army outside the city, but I didn't expect General Yan to disguise himself as a caravan and enter the city first, it was Xia Guan who missed the distance." The prefect had a pair of rat eyes floating between the three of them, and he could see that in addition to Yan Fei's accident, the other two were also extraordinary, but he really didn't know the identities of these two people if he wanted to break his head.

Meng Qiqi and Meng Li glanced at each other, the identities of the two of them should not be exposed, so the next matter was handed over to Yan Fei to deal with.

Yan Fei's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and the prefect was upset.

"If General Ben came with great fanfare, how could he see it, how did Ningchuan's parents and officials 'love the people like sons'?" Yan Fei looked disdainful, if it weren't for the sake of sparing his life and leading the way into the mountains to suppress bandits, he couldn't wait to immediately divide the five horses of this prefect.

The prefect lowered his head in embarrassment, he couldn't hear Yan Fei's sarcasm, and stiffened his head and replied: "This, this is what the lower officials should do." ”

"Okay, what have you done, General Ben knows it, you still want this life, just explain the matter of the thieves clearly, you have to remember that whether you can keep this life or not, it depends on the contents of your stomach, whether you vomit enough and are clean!"

The prefect was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, because he knew that Yan Fei was not joking.

With Yan Fei's right, even if he is killed immediately, the emperor will not ask a word, and will praise him for his decision to kill.

His life was at stake, so he had to explain the bandits' affairs clearly.

The bandits that appeared in Ningchuan City were originally just rogues who came from nowhere, causing chaos outside the city.

A few years ago, the prefect had suppressed bandits many times, but because Ningchuan City was the border between Meng and Xiao, the Liukou were very cunning, and every time the court suppressed bandits, they fled into the mountains, and once the mountain was turned over, it was within the boundaries of Xiao State, and they could no longer cross the border to arrest people.

However, they didn't make trouble in Xiao Guo's territory, so Xiao Guo had no reason to arrest them.

In this way, every time the group of rogues committed an incident in the territory of Meng and was pursued, they fled into Xiao State, and when the wind was not so tight, they returned to the territory of Meng to make trouble, and the cycle began again and again, making the soldiers very frustrated, and gradually the momentum of suppressing bandits faded, and even later suppressed bandits, it was just a symbolic pursuit, and when they were chased to the mountains, they went back to the government to hand over their errands.

As the years passed, the scale of the rogue grew larger and larger, entrenched in the mountains.

Until one night two years ago, the prefect went to the countryside to visit the villagers on the way back to the city, and was caught by the bandit leader.

The leader of the bandits threatened the prefect's life and induced the prefect to provide information by sharing the spoils together.

When the imperial court wanted to send people to suppress the bandits, notify them in advance, and they disappeared in time.

And if there is a caravan going to Ningchuan City, just like tonight, those bandits arrange for people to come to steal and rob, and if the caravan reports to the official, the prefect will come forward to deal with it, and half of the stolen goods will be distributed to the government.

Yan Fei and Meng Qiqi glanced at each other, and the confession that the prefect said was basically consistent with what they guessed.

Yan Fei stood up, her back straight, and said, "Tomorrow's raid on the bandits' cottage, you lead the way!" ”

After that, he asked the prefect to be tied up and locked up with the shopkeeper.

Meng Li picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, still having some doubts in her heart: "However, how did you know that this shopkeeper would notify the prefect?" ”

Meng Qiqi sighed, and said with a bit of regret that the mud couldn't support the wall: "Sixth brother, think about it, when we come, are there other inns?" ”

Meng Li shook his head, indeed not, logically speaking, Ningchuan City, as a border town, has many business travelers, and inns shouldn't be so few!

"In the entire Ningchuan, there is only this inn, there is only one reason, the government only lets this inn open!"

Meng Li suddenly realized that the doors of the shops on the whole street were closed, and they couldn't avoid them, only this inn received them, and the shopkeeper also said that there were no other inns in the city.

If the environment is really so bad that the inn can't survive, why can this inn still stand well in Ningchuan City.

There is only one reason, and that is that the people behind this inn can ensure that the inn is not harassed by bandits.

As for other businesses and people, do they know? It must be known, otherwise how could they see strangers and turn them away, forcing them to stay in this inn?

Just think about it, Meng Li is very pathetic, in order to survive, even if the people know everything in their hearts, they can only turn a deaf ear, regard themselves as blind and deaf, and push others into the abyss.

Meng Li's heart was shaken by this truth, and while hating the bandits and the prefect, he was extremely heartbroken for the people here: "Qiqi, after the bandits are suppressed, what should the people in this city do?" ”

Meng Qiqi patted him on the shoulder, and was about to comfort him, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the door, and a soldier excitedly knocked on the door and reported: "General Yan, Lord Li is back!" ”