The next day, Zheng Qing and Qi Lian took the soldiers out of Lulong County and rushed to the nearest village.

The scene that appeared was: more than 100 soldiers and more than 40 young men were confronting; The soldier held his sword, and the young man held his hoe.

These young men looked angry and hateful, as if they were going to preemptively attack the officers and soldiers.

Qi Lian stood behind Zheng Qing, watched this scene, and whispered to Zheng Qing: "Lord Zheng, can you say a few words?" ”

Zheng Qing was suddenly angry in his heart, this Qi Lian just wanted to use him as a shield, and all the dirty work was his!

However, Zheng Qing couldn't refuse, secretly held a breath of anger, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "This official is an official of the imperial court, acting according to the emperor's orders, not a robber who robs the house, are you going to rebel like this?" ”

A young man in the lead snorted coldly: "What kind of court officials are you, you are clearly here to rob our land, I tell you, don't think about it!" ”

Zheng Qing's eyes flickered, he stepped back, and said in a low voice: "These people don't make sense, let's do it directly." ”

This village is the most stubborn, not only refusing to hand over the household registration of the people, but also keeping the fields and acres secretive, and the officials can't enter the village at all!

Qi Lian glanced at Zheng Qing, and was always wary of this one in his heart, and said, "Then the adult will give the order." ”

Zheng Qing's eyes changed slightly, he snorted coldly in his heart, and was silent for a while, and said: "Divide the troops, leave fifty people here, and the others will divide into two ways, enter the village, and go directly to the ancestral hall!" ”

Qi Lian thought that this was a way, summoned the two of them, and commanded in a low voice.

Soon, Qilian's officials were assigned to do three routes, one of which stayed behind, and the other two ways to find other paths into the village.

When the leading man saw it, he was immediately shocked and said, "Keep an eye on them, don't allow them to enter the village!" ”

There were more than 40 of them in total, and soon more than 20 were separated to chase and intercept the officers and men.

Qi Lian saw it, waited for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Forward!" ”

The official in front of him held a knife and walked forward step by step.

The remaining twenty young men on the opposite side watched more than sixty officials slowly approaching, and couldn't help but retreat.

Zheng Qing frowned, but did not speak, followed behind Qi Lian, and moved forward.

The soldiers were pressing forward step by step, and these villagers retreated step by step, not daring to really attack.

And the other two roads also quickly entered the village and directly killed the most important place in the village, the ancestral hall.

The leading young man saw that the official messenger was approaching the edge of the village, his face was full of cruelty, and he said, "Don't deceive people too much!" ”

Qi Lian's face was expressionless, and he continued to push the official messenger forward.

This village is a must-take!

At this time, several old men appeared.

"Patriarch." The leading young man hurriedly saluted.

This old man looked to be seventy years old, with a hunched waist and white hair, but he spoke clearly, he looked at Zheng Qing and said, "My lord, are you going to kill us all?" ”

The young man beside him looked at Zheng Qing and the others with a look of resentment.

Zheng Qing is actually very dissatisfied with Zhou Zheng's approach, be your official well, what kind of corruption do you investigate, what households do you liquidate, what acres of land, make a show, just wait for promotion?

Thinking in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, hesitated for a moment, raised his head, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring voice: "What does it mean to kill everything?" This official came to register the household, is clearing the acres of land to force you to die? If you have a large population and there are not enough acres of land, the inspector will allocate more acres of land for you! If you have a small population and many acres of land, and you don't have time to cultivate, this will naturally give you up, which point will force you to die? ”

The patriarch looked at Zheng Qing and said lightly: "My lord, you don't need to say that it is so righteous and awe-inspiring, I have seen more officials in Yongping Mansion than you." Say, what do you want to do before you give up? Our village is very poor, and we don't have much silver, so I hope that we can make up the amount that the adults want. ”

Zheng Qing looked at this patriarch with a slightly annoyed expression, and said, "We are court officials, not bandits!" As long as you truthfully hand over your village's household book and field book, we don't care about anything else. ”

The patriarch looked at Zheng Qing, and then looked at the dozens of swords and soldiers behind him, silently for a while, took out two account books from his arms, and said, "The first one is a person, including those from this village and those from outside. The second is the acres of fields, all the acres of fields in our Zhangjia Village are ancestral properties. ”

Those young men looked angry, and just as they were about to speak, the patriarch waved his hand.

The young men suddenly looked at the official with red eyes and handed it to Zheng Qing.

Zheng Qing gave it to Qi Lian casually, looked at the patriarch and said, "You won't lie to me, right?" ”

The patriarch said lightly: "Our Zhangjia Village will not rebel, and there are no bandits, and I also ask the adults to withdraw the officials and soldiers who suppressed the bandits." ”

Qi Lian suddenly understood, it should be Zhou Zheng who was worried about something wrong and ordered Cao Bianjiao's army to assist, this patriarch is not afraid of officials, but the officers and soldiers who are eyeing the bandits are already notorious, and they have to be afraid.

Zheng Qing, the Lord of the Right Mansion, was only in name in this operation, listening to the words of the patriarch, he turned his head to look at Qi Lian.

Qi Lian looked through the account books, looked up at the patriarch again, and said, "I want to send someone into the village to investigate." ”

The patriarch was silent, then nodded, and said, "Yes, but please don't arrest anyone, there are many disaster victims from other places and fugitives from Liaodong in our village." ”

Qi Lian said: "The inspector said that he will not arrest anyone, but only liquidate the households and acres." ”

The patriarch obviously didn't believe Qi Lian's words, and said, "That's good." ”

Qi Lian quickly assigned the task and sent more than 20 people into the village, and they waited in place.

After more than two hours, the official came back and whispered to Qi Lian: "My lord, it should be about the same." ”

Qi Lian nodded and said to Zheng Qing: "Lord Zheng, we can go." ”

Zheng Qing and the others were already impatient and said, "Let's go." ”

More than 200 officials quickly disappeared into the village.

The patriarch watched them go, breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly turned around.

The young man who led the leader said dissatisfiedly: "Patriarch, this is for them?" ”

The patriarch said as he walked: "Xiaozhuang Village is hiding bandits, and they were attacked by the official army, and dozens of people died. ”

Qing Zhuang's face changed slightly, and he didn't dare to speak again.

Xiaozhuang Village.

Not only were more than 20 bandits killed, but there were also many villagers in Xiaozhuang Village, who had a close relationship with the bandits, and they did not know who instigated them, but they openly attacked the officials and soldiers.

More than 300 officers and soldiers naturally did not relent, and they entered the village in one fell swoop, occupying the ancestral hall with blood all the way.

Yili knelt on the ground, looked at the general flag that was still bloody, and cried: "Official, we really have nothing to do with the bandits, it's all a misunderstanding......

Zongqi sneered and said, "Misunderstanding? More than 20 bandits went straight into your village, and you didn't react, but the official army came, and you actually attacked the official army, do you want to rebel! ”

The lieutenant kowtowed again and again, and said: "Official, we can't afford the crime of rebellion, Official, spare us once......"

Zongqi also killed more than a dozen soldiers, and he was angry in his heart, and he wanted to kill this group of people, but reason stopped him, and said in a deep voice: "There will be an official messenger soon, you can explain it to them!" ”

His face was full of bitterness and panic.

They don't want to hand over the household and the acres of land, and they also raise a lot of bandits, who knows, the officials and soldiers are so ruthless, they really killed them!

Changli County, Leting Town.

As soon as the official came to the village, he saw a group of people hugging an old man and saying with a smile: "My lord, this is the household and acres you want, we have already prepared it." ”

The leading Changli County criminal book was stunned, and his expression was a little strange, this was the first time to cooperate so much.

The old man smiled on his face, but his heart was dripping blood. There was a group of officers and soldiers who were suppressing bandits, very close to their village, and they had made a posture of entering the village to suppress bandits.

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