The one who came to preach the holy decree was the deputy governor of Longwei Mansion in Lizhou. The Son of Heaven had an edict to recover the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Governor of the Governor through the edict of Longwei, and Han Zhi, the commander of the Longwei Mansion, did not transmit it immediately after receiving the edict of the eunuch, but delayed it to the next day on the grounds that it was late. The next day, King Ning had something to do with Han Zhi, and he was delayed for another day, and it was not until the third day that the edict was issued. Of course, the Son of Heaven will not know these things.

When the edict arrived in Jingyang Mansion, it was already the afternoon of September 4, the general name of Lizhou Prefecture was Du Jitao, who was over 50 years old, and this person began to serve in Longwei at the age of 20.

After receiving the edict, Du Jitao immediately convened Qi Li, ordered him to rush to Fuluo County to deliver the decree, temporarily not allowed to punish Jiang Anyi, and let Wang Yongqing and Wang Xingren wait for trial together. When Qi Li left, Du Jitao sent someone to find Shi Qingle, the observation envoy of the Yushitai, Shi Qingle's whereabouts were not clear in Lizhou Mansion, but Long Wei knew it, because according to the system, after the observation envoy arrived at the place, he had to get in touch with Longwei Mansion, and Longwei Mansion sent two Long Wei to protect him.

By the time Du Jitao and Shi Qingle arrived in Fuluo County, it was the eighth day of September, the case was very clear, Shi Qingle had investigated it very clearly in advance, and the two sides of the lobby were distinguished, and then a witness was found to confirm that Wang Yongqing bowed his head and confessed that he was instigated by Yan Kaichen and intended to frame Jiang Anyi, but he admitted all the guilt and did not implicate He Rui. Wang Yongqing knows very well that only by saving He Rui can he save his life and the safety of his family.

Wang Xingren was even more unbearable, and when he saw Du Jitao's black face sank, he confessed that he had been bewitched by Yan Kaichen, and secretly instructed the Zhang and Su families to sue and collude with Wang Yongqing, intending to trap him for communicating with the mountain bandits and extorting money.

Unlike the state government, which has no authority to dispose of officials, Long Wei also has the duty of supervising hundreds of officials, and officials below the fourth rank can be arrested first. Therefore, Du Jitao ordered that the two kings be taken down first, and the righteous officials of Jiang An were reinstated, and as for how to deal with them in the end, they naturally reported to the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials through the state capital.

Jiang Anyi was able to clear the fog, changed back into his official uniform, and invited Du and Shi to the flower hall to talk, and solemnly thanked the two for their hand-in-hand. Shi Qingle said with a smile: "Master Jiang doesn't need to be polite, you and I don't know each other, but I am friends with Shiben, and I heard him talk about Lord Jiang." Shi can clear the grievances of a clean and capable official like Mr. Jiang, which is a happy thing in public and private, and in affection and reason. ”

Du Jitao was not good at cold noise, and said: "Long live the will to let Du Mou assist in investigating this case, now that the case is clear, Du still has important matters, he will not stay longer, it is too late today, and early tomorrow morning, Du will leave." The officers and soldiers brought by Wang Yongqing were brought back by Du Mou. ”

Jiang Anyi has been in contact with Long Weizhong, not to mention his wife Xinfei and Siyu and others, but Qin Ziyan and the Xiang brothers have a very good feeling for him, so he does not talk about Long Wei like other officials. Regarding Du Jitao's taciturnity, Jiang Anyi didn't care at all, but smiled and said: "Lord Du, Lord Shi, you saved Jiang from fire and water, and saved me from the humiliation of cane punishment, Jiang will definitely be rewarded." ”

Shi Qingle was a little annoyed, and said: "Lord Jiang, Shi knows that you are rich, but what Shi has done is out of public interest, and there is no need for Lord Jiang to thank you." ”

Du Jitao also said with a dark face: "Blatantly bribing officials, according to the usual case, should be punished." ”

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Don't worry, two adults, Jiang doesn't dare to pollute the virtues of the two with copper stench, and the reward Jiang said refers to the merit of suppressing bandits." ”

Du Jitao and Shi Qingle were in high spirits when they heard this, and Dazheng officials are normally polished every three years, and they can be promoted in the middle and upper grades in the performance appraisal, and they can also be promoted. But there are too many levels of officials, below the fourth grade, the first level is divided into four grades, from the lower grade, from the upper grade, from the genuine grade, from the genuine grade, from the seventh grade under the county order to the fifth grade of the official theoretically takes thirty-six years, and the thirty-six years of life will come to an end, so the vast majority of officials stop at the fifth or sixth grade.

Those officials who can achieve more than four grades, if they don't have a big backer behind them, they have all made great contributions or have outstanding political achievements and have been promoted exceptionally, as for entering the third grade, they are important ministers of the court, and there are only dozens of people in the Qu Index. If you want to go up, you will be the prime minister, and as for a product, it is mostly fictitious, and it cannot be obtained by the prince.

The greatest merit in the officialdom is military merit, not only can you be promoted to an official position, but you can even get a knighthood, the court title is not lightly allowed, and the big Zheng Jue is divided into five ranks: the prince and the boy, even if it is the lowest baron, it is also a prominent existence, and the assassin history of the state capital must also come to visit during the New Year's holidays.

In officialdom, it is almost impossible to find people who are not interested in promotion, Jiang Anyi is like this, and Du Jitao and Shi Qingle are naturally the same. Shi Qingle first changed his face and said, "I have to listen to this." Du Jitao put down the tea cup in his hand, stood upright, and stared straight at Jiang Anyi.

"Two, you already knew when you asked about the case, a few days ago, the mountain bandits from Huangyang Village went down the mountain to attack Fuluo County, and they were caught." Jiang Anyi was embarrassed to say that he was caught by himself.

Shi Qingle immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Lord Jiang means that Huangyang Village suppresses bandits. ”

Du Jitao's eyes lit up, he was more informed than Shi Qingle, knowing that now that the war in Huazhou was in a stalemate, the former Anxi capital protector Zhu Zhipu was transferred back to Kyoto, and Yang Xiangliang, who took over, was unable to hold on to the Western Regions Alliance, and the main reason was that the Western Regions Alliance Army had the remnants of the Yuantian Sect in Qingshan Water Village as internal responses. The court attached great importance to the bandits in various places, and the government affairs hall clearly ordered all localities to eliminate the bandits, but the mountain bandits and water bandits were mostly familiar with the terrain, and when the army went to clear and suppress, they often fled when they heard the news, and then they prospered, and the government worked hard and lost money to no avail.

Du Jitao secretly investigated and knew that there were more than 500 bandits on the mountain, but the Huangyangzhai mountain was steep and the road was rugged, which was not suitable for officers and soldiers to enter and suppress, and it was the responsibility of the state government to clear and suppress, and Du Jitao could not exceed his authority. Hearing Jiang Anyi mention it today, it seems that Jiang Anyi has a way, Du Jitao asked: "Lord Jiang, do you have a way to exterminate this gang of mountain bandits?" ”

"Two adults, I have interrogated the thieves, a total of 100 people went down the mountain this time, 83 mountain bandits were captured, 7 people were killed, and the king on the road captured 6 more people, and in the past two days, the county lieutenant of Qin County took the officials to capture four people hiding in the county seat, and the number is 100 people."

Jiang Anyi was confident, and said eloquently: "In this way, the news that the mountain bandits were arrested has not yet reached Huangyang Village, I asked the thieves, they went down the mountain to grab food. Didn't Wang Yongqing bring more than 100 officers and soldiers, if we can let a small number of thieves lead the team, and the officers and soldiers behind them disguise themselves and go up the mountain, we are very likely to exterminate the bandits in Huangyangzhai in one fell swoop. ”

Shi Qingle was angry, and when he heard it, he said: "This plan is very good, Shi likes to read military books, and there is a plan in the art of war to 'hide from the sky and cross the sea', which is in line with Lord Jiang." ”

Du Jitao pondered for a moment and asked, "There should not be too many officers and soldiers going up the mountain, otherwise flaws will be exposed." There are still hundreds of bandits on the mountain, will they be outnumbered but destroyed by the bandits after going up the mountain? ”

Jiang Anyi smiled and said: "I asked those mountain bandits, the leader of the bandits, Lei Yihong, was originally a bully in Ningping County, similar to Xu Mingyuan, several big leaders on the mountain are just some bad backgrounds, and what they rely on is nothing more than the terrain. If we can enter the cottage, instead of Jiang boasting, Jiang and Lord Du and a few brothers of Long Wei can directly take down Lei Yihong, as for the other rabble, as long as they don't die, I believe that they will definitely fall to the wind. ”

Du Jitao had heard that Jiang Anyi was good at martial arts, and after thinking about it, it was indeed feasible, so he nodded in agreement immediately.

The next day, Du Jitao took six of his subordinates, dressed up as mountain bandits with Jiang Anyi, and escorted dozens of truckloads of grain to Huangyang Village. Jiang Anyi made a pact with the mountain bandits who led the team that as long as they could bring the officers and soldiers into the cottage, they would be pardoned for their crimes. There were 50 selected officers and men in the ranks, and the two lieutenants, Li and Ma, were among them, and this was an opportunity for meritorious service, and the two did not want to miss it. As for the grain, it was just sacks stuffed with straw, and the procession marched very fast. Ten miles behind them, Qin Ziyan followed with the remaining seventy soldiers and soldiers and the officials of the county government, ready to respond.

After walking for two days for a distance of one hundred and twenty miles, Jiang Anyi and his family deliberately rested by the cottage until it was dark, and then they went to the cottage under the guidance of the mountain bandits. Enter Huangyang Mountain, but see that the mountain is majestic and dangerous, the river is naturally guarded, the sky is dark, the mountains and forests on both sides are dark shadows, there seem to be countless ambushes.

Walk until the sky is completely dark, there is a ravine in front, the two sides of the high mountains are sandwiched, the ditch is about three zhang wide, and at the end is a stone wall. Zhang Guang, the mountain bandit who led the team, was the little leader in the village, and stopped and said to Jiang Anyi beside him: "My lord, the head road of Huangyang Village is closed in front." ”

Jiang Anyi stared at the walled gate, and with the light of the torches on the wall, Jiang Anyi saw that the walled wall was about five zhang high, and it was made of boulders of the same color, and it seemed that the thickness was not under the wall of Fuluo County. There is an arrow tower built on the head of the city, there are minions patrolling, the city gate is closed, the drawbridge is provoked, and it seems that there is a mountain stream in front of the city gate.

At this moment, the minions at the head of the city spotted the team under the city and shouted, "Who, stand still, and let go further than the arrows." ”

Jiang Anyi poked Zhang Guang beside him and motioned for him to step forward to answer. Zhang Guang took a few steps forward, held a torch to his face, and replied loudly: "It's Ma Laosi above, why don't you even know your Zhang Ye, open the door quickly, let's come back." ”

The people on the city wall recognized Zhang Guang and said with a smile: "It's really Zhang Ye, Ma Ye, it seems that the harvest is good, so I will open the city gate for you." ”

The city gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and Jiang Anyi motioned for Zhang Guang to lead the team to go inside. Just after passing the city gate, the fourth horse greeted him from the city wall and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, Lei Dangjia still asked you today, He Sanye came back yesterday, but I didn't find much food, you are okay." ”

Zhang Guang didn't have the heart to answer him, and replied casually: "It's okay, in addition to food, we also grabbed some gold and silver, and we are going to give it to Lei Dang's family." ”

The team passed by Ma Laosi silently, it was already dark, Ma Laosi saw many familiar faces, and he did not suspect him, just like that, Jiang Anyi and they easily entered the cottage.