After finally listening to Lin Fan's tirade, Gao Wensheng glanced at Lin Fan in surprise, "According to what you say, do you think that the murderer is those robbers in the mountains, so do you know which bandits in the mountains did it?" More importantly, do you have proof? ”

Lin Fan shook his head, "Xia Guan doesn't know which bandit did this heinous case, and there is no evidence in his hands. Everything that Xia Guan said just now is just Xia Guan's inference. ”

Gao Wensheng sneered and said, "There is no evidence!" Lin Patrol, my Lord Lin; Could it be that just a few inferences from you will make this official close the case? You must know that the court has to talk about the law, and everything has to talk about evidence! ”

These words came out of Gao Wensheng's mouth, which always made Lin Fan feel a little ironic.

But he still replied: "Of course, the lower officials know the legal system of the imperial court, and they dare not violate the law, so the lower officials have never thought of letting the adults close the case."

"This case should be investigated, but what I mean is that since the murderers have already committed such a heinous crime, who knows if they will do the same and commit the crime again."

"And when other robbers receive this kind of signal, they will inevitably not have such thoughts, so the top priority now is not even to find out who the murderer is, but to suppress the bandits. The case can be investigated slowly, but the matter of suppressing bandits cannot be delayed for a moment. ”

Gao Wensheng stared at Lin Fan: "You mean to send troops into the mountains to suppress bandits?"

Then he smiled again, and continued, "It seems that you have already prepared for this. That's right, in the past half a year, you have worked hard and actively trained your troops, and now that you have achieved results, how can you not pull it out and try it. ”

"And judging from what you just said, you have already investigated all the forces in the mountain. With such thorough preparation, it seems that today's case is just an introduction, which gives you this opportunity to bring this matter up in front of me. Lord Lin, am I right? ”

In the end, Gao Wensheng obviously aggravated his tone, his expression was not good, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Lin Fan's move.

Lin Fan didn't seem to see it, and arched his hand and said, "My lord is wise, the lower officials have indeed had this intention for a long time. The bandits are in trouble, and the common people are miserable, so they should naturally be suppressed. ”

"Now that the Tian family has been robbed, there is no way to hide it, and it will definitely make a fuss. If the government cannot respond to this matter as soon as possible and give an explanation to the people, the people's hearts will be panicked, and only by suppressing the bandits as soon as possible can the people's hearts be appeased. ”

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Gao Wensheng's face sank directly, and he said in a stiff tone: "Hmph, you said that bandits are raging and the people are miserable? That is to say, under the rule of this official, the people suffered, and the people were struggling to survive. Are you saying that this official is guilty of dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty? ”

Lin Fan seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing and done the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't dare, and the lower officials have no such intentions!"

"It's just that when Xia Guan first came, he was robbed and killed by bandits in the mountains. The adults don't know that the lower official is a cautious eye who will take revenge, and in order to avenge the revenge of that arrow, he found a reason for the adults to agree to suppress the bandits. Just now, the lower official made a momentary mistake, and asked the adults to punish him. ”

Gao Wensheng's expression suddenly softened again, and he smiled: "Hehe, Inspector Lin doesn't have to be so nervous, the official was just joking with you just now, don't take it seriously."

"You want to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, I have no objection. These bandits plundered the people and killed innocents indiscriminately, and no matter which of them did the crime, they would not be sorry to die. But there are hundreds of thieves in the mountains, are you really sure of success? ”

Lin Fan raised his head, "Although there are many thieves, their orders are different, and they are scattered all over the mountain. As long as the method is right, each break can still be done. ”

Gao Wensheng said in a deep voice: "Okay, since you have confidence, then this matter will be left to you."

Lin Fan arched his hand and said: "The inspection department has the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, and the subordinate officials have the responsibility to do so. It's just that after all, the patrol department has limited troops, and it is difficult to support it alone, so I ask my lord to give my lord the authority to mobilize the garrisons of the two banners in the territory in an emergency, I wonder if my lord can agree? ”

Gao Wensheng pondered for a while, and then said: "Okay, then I can let those two banners cooperate with you, and even accept your dispatch, but you don't want to let me down!"

"Yes, sir! The lower official retired and went back to prepare. Lin Fan hurriedly replied.

After receiving Gao Wensheng's signal, Lin Fan slowly retreated.

After Lin Fan left, Gao Wensheng was the only one left in the hall.

He sat silently on the chair, and suddenly sneered: "What a Lin Fan, saying that he is careful and will take revenge, this is dissatisfied with the official taking his credit, is he trying to warn the official not to go too far?" and asking for power from the official, is this a test of the official's bottom line? ”

Since Lin Fan's arrival, a series of measures have been taken, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this person is not a person who has lived under others for a long time. In Gao Wensheng's opinion, he finally has a move now.

Gao Wensheng was actually unwilling to delegate power to Lin Fan like this, but now that such a big case has occurred in his jurisdiction, if he can't solve the case as soon as possible or show some other merits, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction and criticism from above.

If this case is not handled well, he will not only be held accountable by the above for a few words. Even the credits he made before will be in vain, and I am afraid that he will have to wait for the county order to expire and be resigned.

So although Gao Wensheng was unwilling, he had to do it for the sake of this case.

It's just that at this time, Gao Wensheng had already made up his mind in his heart, if Lin Fan could crack this case or make some achievements, it would be fine.

If not, then he is the best scapegoat for this incident, and as long as he is pushed out at that time, I believe that the punishment from above will be much lighter.

Lin Fan hurried back to the Inspection Division, after this temptation, Gao Wensheng was not a generous person.

But judging from his reaction, as long as he can make meritorious contributions to him, he will not embarrass himself, and will even open the door for himself. As for whether he will unload the mill and kill the donkey in the future, this is not something that Lin Fan should consider now.

After returning to the Inspection Division, Lin Fan hurriedly summoned Song Mao, An Ning, Wang Hu and others to the conference hall for a meeting.

Lin Fan spread out a map of Anzhou, and slowly said to them in a declarative tone: "There is going to be a war."

Hearing this, the expressions of several people present were different, some worried and some happy.

An Ning is the most excited one, everyone has been training for so long, isn't it just for today?

He asked with a happy face, "My lord, where to fight?"

Lin Fan pointed to the surroundings of Hengwei Mountain, drew a big circle on the map with his finger, and said, "All."

Don't talk about anyone else this time, even An Ning's expression became solemn.

He asked with some uncertainty: "My lord, are you saying that we will fight all the bandits in the mountains?"

Seeing Lin Fan nodding, Song Mao said with some concern: "My lord, the bandits in the mountains are powerful, and the terrain is complicated, if you want to exterminate so many bandits with the strength of the Inspection Department, I am afraid that it will not be enough." Was that a hasty decision? ”

Seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, Lin Fan said: "I know what you are thinking, it's just that you're worried that our strength is insufficient, and in the end, if we don't succeed in suppressing the bandits, we will lose our troops and generals."

"But have you ever thought about it, the reason why we train so hard is so that one day we can raise our eyebrows and protect the people in the territory."

"If we can't even solve such a little bit of banditry, what are we talking about protecting the territory and the people, what's the point of us continuing to train like this?"

Hearing Lin Fan's words, An Ning's heart suddenly dawned, and he suddenly smiled: "Hahaha, what the adult said is right. Sooner or later, the brothers are going out to fight, and if they choose those good bullies to clean up, it will be boring. Since you want to fight, then pick a big one. ”

Song Mao wanted to say again, "But, let's ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Fan, "Okay, Brother Song, I have made up my mind, don't say it again." I have come to you today not to discuss whether to fight or not, but to discuss the question of who to fight first. ”

Song Mao understood that his persuasion was useless, so he had no choice but to stop talking and turn his head to look at the map on the table.

Although Mt. Yokoo is not too big, there are seven or eight large and small forces intertwined. And the situation is extremely complicated, and if you want to defeat them, it really makes people feel a little nowhere to talk for a while.

After a while, An Ning pointed to a place on the map and said, "My lord, in the Hengwei Mountain, the forces are intertwined, and the size is different."

"I think since we want to fight, let's just start with the biggest, I can lead people to directly raid the strongest Shuanglong Ridge, as long as the biggest one is defeated, the rest will be shocked. Let's take advantage of the power of victory again, and quickly destroy them one by one with the momentum of swallowing whales. ”

Song Mao did not agree with An Ning's opinion, he said: "Of course, it would be good if we could wipe out Shuanglong Ridge in one fell swoop, but you see that the road from us to Shuanglong Ridge is too far, and there are two small hills in between, so it is difficult to take it by surprise."

"If it is a strong attack, the terrain of Shuanglong Ridge is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are more than 100 bandits on the ridge, plus some women and children, the number is still above our inspection department."

"Shuanglongling is such a strong strength, let's not talk about whether we can fight it down, even if it is defeated, the casualties will be very large, and it will be difficult to continue fighting, and it will only outweigh the losses."

"In my opinion, it's better for us to start with small forces, come one by one, and leave Shuanglongling to the end, which is more secure."

An Ning argued with him: "This can't be done, if you start small, the casualties will be smaller."

"But in this way, not only will it not be able to play a deterrent role, but it will also startle the snake, and then other forces will be on guard, so I am afraid that we will not have a chance to eat these mountains again."

"This first battle is the battle of the inspection department, if you can only defeat some small forces, exterminate some small fish and shrimp, but not those big forces, then what is the use? What's the point of fighting this battle? ”