Chapter 165: Officials are not as good as bandits
"Set five hundred dollars first!" The old man of the county snorted angrily and said: "If someone would rather pay the money than pass, then the price will rise again until they can't pay the toll, as the parent official of this county, I can't watch the people go to the Evil Wolf Ridge to die, this is their love!" ”
After finishing speaking, he continued to write his petition, asking the prefect who had just taken over here to allocate more silver taels to deal with the seven thousand robbers on the Evil Wolf Ridge---- this is not to blame him, after the prefect took over, he wrote the number seven thousand in the first report with a slip of the pen, and now he has to use this number, he originally wanted to write seventy thousand.
The head of the hunt received the order, and went out to give an order to the leader of the errand service: "If someone wants to cross the ridge and collect a thousand dollars, we have to register them and make a register, and the loss of this ink must also be calculated!" ”
The errand leader ordered three errand officers: "Zhao Liu, Wu Er, Liu Lao Wu, the three of you go to guard the intersection, and charge 3,000 yuan for crossing the ridge, and our labor must also be calculated!" ”
So, the three officers came here reluctantly, and they decided to charge seven thousand dollars for each person who crossed the ridge, knowing that they were risking their lives.
In order to make the robbers retreat, the three of them lit a bonfire, so that the robbers could see from a distance that there were people defending it, so that they would not come here and dance with the three of them.
But they forgot that if anyone was going down the mountain, they had to pass through this road, especially for a person who was being hunted and could only choose the most convenient place to walk, and unfortunately the lone wolf was being hunted down right now.
The lone wolf saw the fire from a long distance, and he knew what it was. A few years ago, this was a sentry post, guarding against their wolves, every time they went down the mountain, the sentry officers held weapons and shouted loudly, until they bypassed the sentry to rob the house, but this sentry has not been set up for several years, and now it has been set up again, and it is in the middle of the road leading to the bottom of the mountain, he can't avoid it.
He did not slow down, and rushed all the way to the fire, but he hesitated in his heart, and now his trouble was that if he rushed down the mountain, a few errand officers did not have to think about it, but the problem was that he would not get help from the common people, who were eager to eat him alive, but if he did not go down the mountain, he would now have no way to escape.
But he only hesitated for a moment, and then, he stopped hesitating, never had to hesitate again.
There was a scream, and Wei Qing's overlord bow shot out with an arrow.
The arrow pierced the lone wolf's body, piercing a hole the size of a fist, and the lone wolf staggered into the fire, which immediately set his clothes on fire.
The three officers were scurrying around in fright.
Zhao Yue was tired and bent over and panting.
Wei Qing also stopped, sat on the ground and couldn't move anymore, he consumed more than Zhao Yueru.
In the distance, the three servants slowly rubbed forward.
Liu Lao Wu was the leader of these three people, he mustered up his courage and shouted at Zhao Yueru and Wei Qing from seventeen or eighteen zhang away: "Bold bandits, dare to attack the official mansion, we are errand soldiers, guarding here, no money and no silver, what are you doing here?" The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, the farther away he was from Zhao Yueru and Wei Qing, and later he had a trilling voice in his words.
Wei Qing sighed, with such an official errand, it is really a miracle among miracles for the people to be happy: "We are not robbers, we are robbers, this is the last robber in Evil Wolf Ridge!" He shouted at a distance of twenty feet, and if he did not shout, the officers would not hear it.
Several of the officers were suspicious and cautiously approached, ready to flee at any time.
"You ,,, kill all the robbers!" Liu Lao Wu has his own ability to become the leader of the three, and he heard from Wei Qing's words that it seems that they have killed more than one robber.
"Of course!" Wei Qing replied: "You can remove this sentry, there will be no robbers on the Evil Wolf Ridge from now on, everyone can leave with peace of mind!" Wei Qing's words were full of pride, and at the same time, he was thinking in his heart, how to avoid the grand awards of the government, the cheers of the people, and the charming eyes of the beautiful girls.
"You really killed them all, and none of them were left!" Liu Lao Wu didn't believe it at all.
Zhao Yueru pointed at the scorched lone wolf in the fire: "This is the lone wolf, the bandit leader of the Evil Wolf Ridge, if you go down the mountain road, you can find the other three, they are all dead!" ”
Of course, Liu Lao Wu will not go up the mountain to verify, but he believes these two people, because he has seen a lone wolf, more than once, he has seen a lone wolf with a silver wolf robbing the treasury of the government, and he has also seen a lone wolf with a fierce wolf on the street to kill people for pleasure without asking for any reason, and he has not been too far from the lone wolf on those occasions, and the farthest is only half a street away.
His face turned from white to red, his breath was short, and he was angry.
"Lock them up and take them to the yamen to see the county master!" Liu Laowu's speech was a little broken: "Now Diao Min is getting bolder and bolder, and he dares to kill people casually!" ”
Half an hour later, Zhao Yueru and Wei Qing stood in the yamen lobby with chains around their necks, they were not unable to run, nor could they beat these errand soldiers, they were curious.
What kind of powerful logic is this to make the officers think of them as criminals? It became a crime to kill the robbers who were killing the people on the Evil Wolf Ridge, and they were determined to see if the servants were really crazy or fake.
Bao Xianling's hand was trembling. Although it was only a short time in autumn, he felt that his body was cold, and he couldn't believe that there were still such Diao people, who dared to openly kill people, especially, he actually killed four people in a row.
Just this morning, he sent away an official document requesting the allocation of silver taels, requesting that 50,000 taels of silver be allocated for the purpose of arresting the robbers. Although the number of requests is a little smaller, Bao Xianling has always been iron-faced and will never show favoritism, and he swore in the official document that at this time when the country is in difficulty, he will definitely be able to find a way to solve the other gap, even if he pays out of his own pocket, he will never ask the country for one or two more silver.
Three days ago, for the first time, he did not have to ask Jin Jun for instructions, but ordered the whole city to be announced on his own, and each household was levied on a per capita basis for security fees, inspection fees, anti-theft fees, regimental training fees, and urban construction fees. Although there are more names, all of them are absolutely necessary, and joint security, day and night patrols, guarding against enemy and thieves, organizing militia groups, and strengthening city defenses are not necessary measures to prevent robbers.
A month ago, he privately funded the Ping An Inn just opened, the guests from the south to the north did not dare to mess with the Evil Wolf Ridge for a while to live in his inn, several other inns or because of incomplete procedures, or because of poor health conditions and other reasons have been ordered by him to close down for rectification, his inn this month business is booming.
Yesterday, he just thought of the reason to re-set up the sentry at the entrance of the Evil Wolf Ridge, his subordinates finally have a source of income, and he has more filial piety, the sentry set up a few years ago is angry and resentful, if it weren't for those two unlucky people who were captured by the robbers, he really didn't dare to re-set it up, and now, this sentry has only been re-established for a day.
He is even planning to spend a huge amount of money to build a village in order to find a place for the people who have migrated from the foot of the mountain, and of course, this money will need the help of the superiors and the people to raise funds.
It's all because there are robbers on Wolf Ridge.
But now, the robbers were all killed, and they were all killed in one day.
Is there anything more infuriating in the world?
But he can't get angry yet, there should be room for negotiation in the matter, and there should be a turning point.
He slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked the two people below in a gentle tone: "Did you kill the robbers of Evil Wolf Ridge?" ”
"Yes!"
"You killed all the robbers!"
"Yes!"
"How many robbers have you killed!"
"Four!"
Bao Xian Ling smiled, and he slapped the shocked wood: "There are hundreds of robbers on the Evil Wolf Ridge, and you only kill four robbers, you dare to say that you have killed all the robbers!" ”
Wei Qing looked at Zhao Yueru, Zhao Yueru looked at Wei Qing, and their eyes were full of question marks.
They can't be blamed for not being smart enough, they really can't think of the twists and turns in the middle.
"My lord, that's a misinformation, there are indeed only four robbers on Evil Wolf Ridge!" Wei Qing told Bao Xianling the truth with great patience.
Bao Xianling was secretly annoyed in his heart, why were these two people so stupid.
"Lock them up!" Bao County's order ordered: "It is good to kill robbers bravely, but it is not worth encouraging to take the risk of merit!" ”
Several officers immediately praised the county magistrate's clear investigation, thinking that Bao County's order was the reincarnation of Bao Gong, and he judged the case like a god.
Wei Qing sneered: "You might as well write it down, my name is Wei Qing, and I worship the position of General Chang of the Han Army, I want to see how long you will detain me!" ”
Bao Xianling's face immediately turned pale, he hurriedly stood up, and said again and again: "The lower officials don't know, the lower officials don't know, please don't blame the general!" Speaking of this, he found that Wei Qing and Zhao Yueru were still wearing chains, and hurriedly shouted to the messenger on the side: "Don't untie the chains quickly!" ”
Wei Qing coldly watched Bao Xian Ling's performance change his face, but he sighed in his heart, they worked desperately, with countless casualties, and finally recovered the country, for such an official to manage the people?
"Please two of you will rest for the night in Xiaguan's burrow tonight!" Bao Xianling was very considerate: "It's a little late now, no matter what urgency the two of you have, you always have to rest this night!" ”
Zhao Yueru was about to speak, but Wei Qing had already taken over: "No need!" Wei Qing said: "We will find a place to live, but early tomorrow morning, we will ask the county commander to send a few people to the Evil Wolf Ridge to see if there are any robbers!" ”
"This nature, this nature!" Bao Zhixian nodded again and again.
Wei Qing took Zhao Yueru out of the county office, and Bao Zhixian sent him all the way.
As soon as Wei Qing's figure disappeared, Bao Xianling's face immediately changed, becoming very gloomy.
He beckoned to Liu Lao Wu.
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