During this period, Chen Jianming was suffering from great mental torture.

Those who suffer from gains and losses all day long sigh and sigh, entangled in whether it was right or wrong to approve the dispatch of troops in the first place?

On the one hand, they feel sorry for the people and don't want to cause a military disaster that harms the people. On the other hand, there are fears of bandits. It's a possibility.

But now there is no news or any military reports, and all this time all Zhou Xuan seems to be a kind of secret war.

"Newspaper—"

A herald soldier quickly ran into the yamen and knelt on the ground and said: "Report the verdict of the minister, Huaixi to suppress bandits...... It's a big victory. ”

Hearing the great victory, Lao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but in a blink of an eye, he got up worriedly and said, "How many people did Wang Yan kill?" ”

Xiao Bing said embarrassedly: "It's not too much...... Less than a thousand. ”

Lao Chen was so shocked that the tea bowl was removed, and he took the whip to whip the little soldier to jump his feet, and reprimanded angrily: "Less than a thousand? You dare to say this in front of the parish. ”

"The report is fair, there are really bandits in this battle, but only a few dozen suspected bandits have been exterminated, and the rest are ...... It is a forbidden army of inaction. The soldier said again.

At this point, Chen Jianming was fluted.

Lao Chen didn't trust Wang Yan all, but there was an advantage in the Great Song Dynasty: as long as there was a reason, in fact, the problem of killing the army was not as big as the sky. But if it is a soldier who kills the "people" on a large scale, it must be a thunderous event.

It is for this reason that some bandits will also act like the people, so the bureaucrats are cautious about "suppressing bandits" and cannot be more cautious.

Of course, killing the army is also a problem, but to put it bluntly, the army is strong, and the words of the army killing the army have not been considered "massacres" since ancient times, they are battles. The reason is that it is illegal for a certain hero to chase Zhanzhao to kill, but no one really hates them. But as long as a good man kills a small child, that is what a thousand people are referring to.

So when he heard the news now, Chen Jianming, a bureaucrat, was most concerned about controversy, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Yan exterminated so many people in the Wuwei Army, is there a reason and credentials?" ”

"Yes." Xiaobing reported: "When our unit marched deep into the Wuwei Military Region, the fifth battalion of the Lu'an Army changed its civilian uniform to march due to tactical needs, but was attacked by two battalions of the Wuwei Army and killed many people. ”

Chen Jianming clenched his hand violently, then let go and frowned and said, "Ruthless enough." So can there be a witness for this battle? ”

The herald replied simply: "Yes, in addition to the survivors of the fifth battalion, there are many ordinary people in Zongyang Town who can prove that those two battalions are rebels, and at the same time, all the auxiliary battalions of Ma Jinxi's headquarters can testify. ”

Lao Chen is basically relieved now. Ma Jinxi is an auxiliary soldier, and even if he is a citizen. It was useless to just testify from the fifth battalion, but with so many "people" participating in the testimony, of course, it was the political correctness of the Great Song Dynasty.

So Chen Jianming didn't care much about anything else, as long as Wang Yan was correct, then Huaixi Shuaisi's authorization to send troops would be just and meritorious.

Thinking of this, Chen Jianming was in a better mood and continued to ask: "Can you have any property after exterminating the copycat bandits?" ”

"Yes, there are still a lot, but they have been sealed by Liu Tuisi, the Wuwei Army." The little soldier said.

Chen Jianming couldn't help but be furious and said: "Bold, this is the action of Huaixi Shuaisi, Liu Tuiguan dares to grab merit and money, this Wang Yan doesn't know what to eat, and the meat in his hand has been taken away, which is a shame for my Shuaisi." ”

"Well, but Yanai invaded Ye Zhijun's house in Wuwei County, Ye Zhijun's whole family has been killed, and now there is countless wealth at the scene of the crime, more than Qingliu Cottage, and it has been sealed by Yanai with the honor of Huaixi Shuaisi. Yanai was afraid of variables, so he sent the villain to come day and night to ask the master to be the master immediately. The soldier said.

"Good!" Chen Jianming was happy again, and praised Wang Yan's surprise again and again, and then ordered: "Prepare the horse immediately, master, I will personally go to Wuwei Army to check the case." ”

And then we set off.

Thanks. Chen Jianming was really excited this time, Wuwei Jun knew that the army was killed, it was really a big case. Of course, a big case means a great achievement. As long as I find out that Wang Yan has no obvious mistakes, just take some money, I don't have to wait for a year, my old Chen Xing may immediately turn to the right and directly know the state, because the transfer of troops will be meritorious in taking charge of the Huaixi Shuaisi......

The people of Wuwei County are very timid, and most of them are still cautiously hiding at home. The good thing about this war disaster is that no one comes to harass the house.

Otherwise, what about the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, the bandits usually robbed the big families after entering the city, but after the army of the rebellion was stationed, it was a short-term "military disaster", and the army did not dare to offend the nobles, but usually after driving out the bandits, they would take something, and they would harass the people in the case of lax moderation.

Chen Jianming was very efficient, and rushed to Wuwei County day and night.

The gates were wide open, there were traces of battle, and there were also scenes where the messengers guarding the gates were killed.

Chen Jianming is a real bureaucrat, anyway, Ye Zhijun's house is full of corpses, and he will not come back to life if he goes. So Chen Jianming was most concerned about whether Wang Yan was messing around. He immediately ordered that the messenger who was on duty at the city gate at that time be called to inquire about the situation.

The head of the security capital of Wuwei County is a butcher-like bald head, called the whole of Berlin.

At that time, there was indeed a fierce battle at the city gate, the county government was weak on duty, and after killing a lot of bad people, it seemed that they could not hold it, so the whole Berlin ran away with a few bad people, and Lao Quan ran away with his belongings and his wife and children after returning home, and ran to the people's houses to hide. Because his house looks okay, there is a chance that he will be attacked.

Although these are also considered deserters, they are not considered military establishments. In view of the fact that they had indeed fought, even if Quan Berlin's eyes were a little crooked and not very pleasing to the eye, Chen Jianming also promised not to pursue Quan Berlin, and only collected confessions for judgment.

So he came to the conclusion that it was indeed the group of bandits who attacked the county seat, not Wang Yan's suspicious formation.

Before coming, Chen Jianming really had such worries. At that time, the case in Taihu County was very strange because Wang Yan was there. It's just that there is no evidence and Zhang Fangping is pressed again, and no one says it anymore.

Walking along the traces of battle, there were blood stains everywhere, and there were many corpses of people.

According to everyone's confessions, the situation at that time was restored: after the bandits broke the city, although there were not many people who didn't have time to run on this road, there were some, and many were killed easily.

As far as the eye could see, more than a dozen corpses were lying there, one of them was a child and three were old people.

"These mad thieves! It's a pity that they were exterminated too late! In this case, Ye Liangchen of Wuwei Zhijun is hard to escape the blame, what is he doing in this Wuwei Army! ”

With red eyes and bureaucratic complaints, Lao Chen continued to walk. What makes people depressed is that he really doesn't pretend to be forced but feels it, this guy is a sympathetic person.

All the way to the Ye family manor, only the periphery of the manor is full of corpses, looking at the clothes are the courtyard, so you can imagine how fierce the offensive and defensive battles of Yejiazhuang were at that time.

After entering, Chen Jianming's eyes were red, God, there was blood everywhere and corpses everywhere, countless old people, children, women and so on, there was no living mouth.

Although from a bureaucratic standpoint, the more corpses there are, the bigger the case and the greater the credit, Chen Jianming really had tears in his eyes at this moment, and he didn't think about any credit.

Finally, in a dead corner of the courtyard, I saw the scene of queuing up to be shot, and dozens of bandits were forced to kill them with crossbows in this corner.

"Is that what they did!" Lao Chen pointed with red eyes at the bandits who were nailed to the wall.

Before following Wang Yan and Mu Guiying beside him, he planned to report.

But for the first time in his life, Chen Jianming took out his official authority and drank coldly: "Shut up!" I will listen to others, not you. If you have a trace of frustration in this case, I, Chen Jianming, don't want to wear an official hat, and I won't let you go! ”

So Wang Yan didn't dare to pull the calf, it was very unscientific, Lao Chen went crazy after seeing the blood?

After fighting for a few rounds near the city gate, all of them came over with a few sent people, as well as a few people from Wuwei County who had really witnessed it, and then they knelt down and cried together: "Master Hui, it is indeed these thieves, they are the ones who broke through the city gate after the defense of Wuwei County was empty, and they are the ones they killed. ”

After hearing this, Chen Jianming's complexion slowed down slightly, and his frenzied state cooled down.

Then Chen Jianming asked all of them uneasily: "I see that your eyes are a little crooked, do you see clearly, can you be wrong?" ”

Immediately, the common people came out to prove the vision of the head of the capital, and an old man with tears in his eyes said: "Master Qingtian Mingjian, in my Wuwei County, the head of the capital is known for its accurate vision." So he judged quite accurately that he couldn't hold it, so he fled with people. And he is quite experienced, he brought his belongings and his wife and children, and ran to the people's houses to hide. It turns out that he is right again, his house is next to Yejiazhuang, and there are really bandits entering. It's just that I pity my grandson, if they all carry it more, my grandson will not be killed. ”

All of them knelt on the ground in embarrassment and thought: Old fool, your grandson is fate, my mother-in-law and doll are not fate, and you have to carry it more, do you think my boss is Zhanzhao?