Text Chapter 408 Covering the Hands and Raining
In the golden light of the morning sun, the dew drops on the grass tips on both sides of the avenue shone with crystal light, and a neat team on the avenue came from the morning sun, so shocked that the merchants and people who went to the county town avoided the roadside one after another.
"Where are the officers and soldiers, who look in good spirits. The general who led the team was really mighty. ”
"It's not like a government soldier, shouldn't it be that the soldiers of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate have something to do, I haven't heard of a war at the border recently."
The voice reached Jiang Ming's ears, and his body on the horse straightened up, making a majestic appearance with a straight face, but he was already smiling in his heart. Last night's surprise trial had already yielded results, and after a few whips, Sun Yumin honestly confessed that his father had purchased the repeating crossbow, and there were still a few at home.
Da Zheng attaches equal importance to civil and military affairs, allowing the people to hold swords and swords, and even Jiang Anyi has a dream of traveling with swords. However, the military equipment developed by the capital instrument supervisor is a forbidden object, and the crossbow is among them, and the law clearly states that it is only allowed to be assembled in the army, and it is strictly forbidden for people to possess it, and it is strictly punished for violating the prohibition. During the reign of Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan, the law was lax, and the people were well known for possessing prohibited instruments. The loss of the winch crossbow and the newly-made repeater crossbow made Shi Fangzhen very annoyed, and he was responsible for the strict investigation of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the Dragon Guard, and ordered that those who provided clues be rewarded.
Jiang Ming was in the army, and he was very clear about the content of the reward, providing useful clues and rewarding him with a thousand taels of silver, and the person who was found to be stealing and selling was promoted to three levels with a reward of two hundred taels. If you can open a breakthrough from the Sun family and find out who stole and sold the ordnance, then you will have to change from a captain to a real general.
The officers and soldiers behind him had breakfast in Yantou Village, and they were in good spirits. Jiang Ming was excited when he learned the news of the repeater crossbow from Sun Yucheng, and announced that each soldier would be rewarded with one or two taels of silver, which made the officers and soldiers more and more energetic.
With the support of Yu Guanghua, the whole village was mobilized to make a breakfast for more than 300 people, although it was not hearty enough, but it did its best. Of course, Jiang Anyi would not make it difficult for Yu Guanghua, and took out twenty taels of silver tickets for Yu Guanghua to distribute to the villagers. Yu Guanghua did not refuse, he had heard that Jiang Thorn History was a gold hand, and twenty taels of silver was a huge amount of money to Yantou Village, and it was nothing to Jiang Thorn History. The villagers took out all the grain stockpiles, and their families were going to be hungry, and with these twenty taels of silver, everyone would be happy.
Although the breakfast was small, it was not easy for more than 300 people to eat, and Yu Guanghua arranged it in an orderly manner, so that Jiang Anyi could take a high look at him. When returning to Wuyun County, Jiang Anyi thought of asking for a few witnesses, and mentioned them to Yu Guanghua and Tian Laohan, and both of them were happy to go.
In the village, he found an ox cart to follow the team, Yu Guanghua and Tian Laohan were chatting around alone, Yu Guanghua's heart was happy, it seemed that Jiang Tingshi admired him very much, and he wanted to run it from time to time, and good days were waiting in front.
There was also an ox cart in the middle of the procession, surrounded by officers and soldiers, and Sun Yumin and Du Qiuguang sat on it in frustration. Sun Yumin's clothes were in tatters, and Jiang Ming's several whips on his head and face left several blood marks on his body, and now the blood marks have coagulated, sticking to his clothes and sticking to his body, and the slightest movement is like a needle prick.
Sun Yumin's eyes were full of panic, he had already learned Jiang Anyi's identity from Jiang Ming's mouth, the Sun family and the Liu family were in-laws, and they were among the most wealthy families in Huazhou, but if they offended the Thorn History, there was no good fruit to eat, not to mention that the crossbow fell into his hands. Sun Yumin knew that Long Wei was investigating the case of the loss of the ordnance, and when his father handed over the crossbow to him for self-defense, he also told him not to use it until it was absolutely necessary, how should it end now?
Du Qiuguang also knew Jiang Anyi's identity, and he was eager to explain to Jiang Tingshi that he was just acting on orders, not intending to offend adults. Jiang Anyi had a good impression of him when he first met, but now seeing that he couldn't say a complete sentence in the future, Jiang Anyi was disgusted, and waved his hand to let him put him on the ox cart to be Sun Yumin's company.
Jiang Anyi rode charcoal and followed the team unhurriedly, this trip to the dark clouds he originally just wanted to see if Wen Qi would handle the case impartially, but unexpectedly involved the Sun family's private possession of weapons, Bai County's order for corruption and perversion of the law, and Wen Qi's insinuations against himself, how should he deal with these things after returning to the city.
Jiang Anyi has always been not good at trying cases, whether it is the punishment of Zhang Putian and the Su family in Fuluo County, or the human trafficking case of Huazheng in Huazhou Town, strictly speaking, they all ended in failure, which made Jiang Anyi have a shadow in his heart. Zhang Keji and Shi Qingjian are not around,
As for the Liu family behind the Sun family, that is a matter of the future, he will be entrusted to the son of tomorrow, the son of heaven will definitely support him, the son of heaven intends to weaken the power of the family, and he should be happy to see his report.
As for Wen Qi just being a grass on the wall, he originally wanted to take out his record and join the army, but he was just a clown who jumped off the beam, so he didn't have to worry about it.
The really difficult thing to do is the Wuyun County Ling Bai Zhiguang, although he has heard a lot of rumors about Bai Zhiguang's corruption, but there is no evidence, and no one has reported it, and the handling of Tian Laohan's case is also decent, and he can't find anything wrong on the bright side, even if he is caught Yin Fengyang and deducted the wages of the Salesian Institute, he can't be punished.
If Bai Zhiguang is let go so easily, Jiang Anyi will be unwilling, and if Bai Zhiguang is let go this time, it will be even more difficult to deal with him again. Riding on a horse, Jiang Anyi had the heart to ride a tiger.
The county government, Sun Fucheng and Bai Zhiguang waited for the news that Jiang Ming led troops to arrest people. Seeing that the sky was gradually brightening, Sun Fucheng began to fidget, got up from time to time to look out, and muttered: "It's almost time to come back, why haven't you seen any movement, there shouldn't be anything." ”
Bai Zhiguang was shaken by him, and he smiled bitterly and comforted: "Brother Sun, sit down, General Jiang brought hundreds of people to meet Ling Lang, and he will definitely be rescued." When it was dawn, you and I would go to have breakfast first, and General Chiang would come back almost after breakfast. Wen joined the army and was going to return today, so he happened to be traveling with him. ”
Bai Zhiguang and Sun Fucheng came to the post house in front of the county government, Wen Qi had already gotten up, and yesterday he said that he would return to Huiye Mansion after breakfast, so Wen Qi politely refused the woman sent by Bai County to accompany him. After eating breakfast and listening to Bai Zhiguang talk about last night's events, Wen Qi knew that many things had happened in his sleep. Where can Sun Fucheng eat, if he didn't care about his face, he would have wanted to go out of the South City Gate to see it in person, and even went to Yantou Village to greet him.
General Jiang didn't come, Wen joined the army and was leaving, the sun had already risen, Wen Qi thought that he would report to Lord Assassin Shi after he went back, and he would have to find Zhang Bei to ventilate at night, and if he left late, he would have to stay in the wilderness for one night when the city gate was closed, which was unbearable.
Sent to the gate of the county ya, everyone waved at each other, Wen Qi was about to get into the carriage, and a government official came from afar, panting and reported: "Lord Bai, General Jiang has entered the south gate with the officers and soldiers." ”
Sun Fucheng was overjoyed and asked, "Can you see my son?" ”
The official who reported the news knew Sun Yumin, the leading young master in Wuyun City, and he had also benefited from others. Immediately smiled and said: "See, Young Master Sun and County Lieutenant Du are sitting on an ox cart." ”
Sun Fucheng's heart finally settled down, a smile appeared on his face, he took out a silver ticket from his arms and stuffed it, and said with a smile: "You have reported the news." ”
Five taels of silver, the official smiled and stuffed the silver ticket into his arms, in fact, he saw that Sun Yumin and County Lieutenant Du were escorted by officers and soldiers, and those brothers of the county government were caught in the team, and they also seemed to have lost their freedom, but these words could not be said by their own mouths, otherwise the five taels of silver would be gone.
Bai Zhiguang said with a smile: "I'll just say that General Jiang is out of the horse, and everything will be fine." Brother Wen, it's better to take a step back, and we will meet General Jiang. ”
As he spoke, Bai Zhiguang had already seen Jiang Ming riding on a tall horse, and the sun shone on the bright light armor on his body, dazzling his eyes, like a rooster proudly showing off its feathers. The people on both sides of the street were talking to each other, wondering where this formidable looking officer and soldier came from.
Wen Qi stood beside Bai Zhiguang, smiling casually, he and Jiang Ming had met twice, and even heard privately that this Jiang general had offended the history of Jiang Assassin and was not welcomed in the garrison, so he was sent out from afar to drill the team.
The queue gradually approached, Wen Qi's eyes suddenly widened, he reached out and rubbed it vigorously, hell, how can someone look so much like Jiang Tingshi, no, that black horse is Jiang Tingshi's mount, called Charcoal, I saw Jiang Tingshi's younger brother ride. How could Jiang Thorn Shi be here? Wen Qi was stunned, did what he said in the lobby yesterday let Jiang Tingshi listen to it, Wen Qi couldn't wait to reach out and pull his mouth.
Bai Zhiguang also saw Jiang Anyi at this time, his mind was also "buzzing", his face became pale, he knew his own affairs, and the first thing he thought of was that Jiang Tingshi got the news and came to investigate and punish him, this time I am afraid that he will lose his official position and resign. He was thoughtful, and after a little thought, he calmed down a lot, Lord Assassin Shi wants to investigate and punish officials, and he will not come alone, and this Wen soldier next to him will definitely accompany him. Bai Zhiguang glanced at Wen Qi, and saw that Wen Qi was full of horror, and he was obviously frightened.
Since he didn't make a special trip to investigate and deal with himself, he came to check the handling of Old Man Tian's complaint, Bai Zhiguang's heart calmed down a lot, and he quickly recalled his verdict, there should be no mistakes, Jiang Zhishi couldn't find his mistakes. Looking at Jiang Anyi on the horse, Bai Zhiguang remembered that everyone in private was talking about this master of the assassin history as a martial arts master, and he was the one who dealt with the Sun family.
Bai Zhiguang scolded Sun Yumin hatefully in his heart, greeted "Brother Wen, Lord Jiang is here, let's go and greet him", and calmly walked forward.
When Wen and Bai were frightened inexplicably, Sun Fucheng had already trotted forward, although he heard the messenger say that his son was fine, seeing was believing. Sun Fucheng saw his son sitting on the ox cart at a glance, his body curled up, and there seemed to be whip marks on his body, Sun Fucheng was angry, and he dared to beat my son, I must not spare this thief.
"Min'er, it doesn't matter to you." Sun Fucheng shouted loudly and went straight to the ox cart. The soldier outside the ox cart raised his spear to stop him and shouted, "Someone, stay back, don't get close to the prisoner, otherwise you will be unkind." ”
Sun Fucheng was stunned, the prisoner, his son became a prisoner, and just wanted to be angry, Sun Yumin raised his head, called "Dad" with a bitter face, and stopped talking. Jiang Ming came over with the horse, and it was this Uncle Sun who paid for the bail county order to invite him out of the horse last night, of course he knew Sun Fucheng. Sun Fucheng raised his head and asked, "General Jiang, what's going on?" ”
Jiang Mingpi said with a smile: "Ling Lang used a repeater to shoot Jiang Tingshi, but was captured by Lord Jiang. Listen to Ling Lang, you still have a repeating crossbow in your home, Sun Yuanwai, I don't know if it's true? ”
Sun Fucheng was stunned by thunder.
Bai Zhiguang came to Jiang Anyi's horse, and said without arrogance or humility: "When will Lord Jiang come to Wuyun County, the lower officials have missed the distance, and I hope that the Lord will forgive his sins." ”
Wen Qi on the other side squeezed out a smile, and when he saw Jiang Anyi's stern gaze falling on his face, he couldn't help but soften his feet, "plopped" and fell to the ground, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, please meet your lord." ”
Jiang Anyi was stunned by Wen Qi's kneeling, looked at Wen Qi lying on the ground, and suddenly had an idea to deal with Bai Zhiguang.