The crowd was silent, perhaps because they were worried, or maybe they didn't know where to start for a while.

Yang Congyi continued: "Regarding the pursuit of fugitives, everyone can speak freely. Behind closed doors, how to pursue is up to the government office, that is, we have the final say on the arrest, and the final credit is naturally ours. The soldiers in the back are just here to fill the façade and press the field, and they will not let them make a move, so naturally they will not have their credit. ”

A catcher said: "Although we don't know the specific situation in Tianzhu Mountain, we also know that there are many bandits in it, and almost all of them are bandits. Where the fugitives are, we have no way of knowing. ”

"Even if we know where the fugitives are, how do we go about arresting them? Will they obediently send people here? If not, what can we do, hard grab? The other catcher directly pointed out another difficult problem to solve.

"Very good, that's how it should be, if you have any questions, ask them directly, as long as we grasp the problem, we can find a way to solve it, and our task can be completed. If you have any questions, you can ask them. Yang Congyi saw that someone had pointed out the most difficult problem, and he was very happy, this is the attitude to solve the problem.

"Can we act autonomously? To tell you the truth, I don't believe any county lieutenants, the last time we came, we suffered a big loss, and several shrewd and capable brothers died. If he commands us this time, we will have to find a way to save our lives, and we don't think about chasing the fugitives. "Susong County's head catcher looked serious, last time their losses were very large, and they were naturally unhappy.

"I was also about to talk about this matter, the last time I came to assist, I lost so many brothers, Huaining didn't compensate for anything, and put the responsibility on the brothers, this time I asked us to help, what do you want!" Yuexi County was very emotional, and their losses last time were also very large.

Tong'an County Catcher couldn't sit still, and said loudly: "This matter must be made clear, we also lost six brothers last time, and we didn't give an explanation." ”

Wangjiang County's head catcher was quite calm, but he shook his head and continued: "You only lost six, so let's go back to two and find someone to reason." ”

Zhang Zhutou saw that everyone was emotional, and Yang Congyi couldn't hold his face, so he came out and said: "I said don't be excited, last time I came, Yang Zhutou was still the head catcher of Taihu County, what does the damage in the counties have to do with Yang Zhutou last time, and if you have grievances, you can't spread it on Yang Zhutou." ”

"Zhang Zhutou, these fugitives are all from your Taihu County. In addition, I heard that there were nearly 30 people in Taihu County last time, and only two or three were lost. Wangjiang County's head-catching tone was weird.

"Don't say I forgot, this group of fugitives are all murderers who committed bloody crimes in Taihu County, and most of them are from Taihu County. Zhang Zhutou has been working in Taihu County for a long time, so he shouldn't know him, shouldn't he explain to us. Wangjiang County said meaningfully.

"Zhang Zhutou, you better explain it to everyone. The former head catcher in your Taihu County Yamen is secretly colluding with this gang of fugitives, but it is not a secret matter, so don't hide it. As soon as the Susong County headcatcher released this information, it immediately made the county headcatcher think about it.

Originally, they were just a little puzzled by Zhang Zhutou, but now they almost thought that Taihu County was still in touch with the fugitives, so they killed their brothers, and their faces changed abruptly.

Zhang Zhutou was angry when he heard it, and he was about to have a seizure, but in the end he held back his anger. I only heard him reply: "There were indeed scum in the Yamen of Taihu County in the past, who were in the same stream as the bandits, but when the criminal lord solved the bloody case in Taihu County, he had already arrested the traitor and punished him, and he had also investigated many times internally, and there was no one who had anything to do with the bandits." ”

Then the conversation changed: "The last time I came to Huaining to hunt down fugitives, more than 20 arresters in Taihu County were led by Yang Zhutou, and we also had to be cautious and cautious, otherwise we would be the same as everyone." Don't be afraid to say your jokes, last time I was careless in the hands of bandits when I entered the mountain, and I lost three brothers, if it wasn't for Yang Zhutou taking the risk to help, I would have confessed there. ”

Yang Congyi didn't expect things to develop like this, let everyone speak freely, originally wanted to solve the problem of how to arrest fugitives, but now he brought up the matter of entering the mountain last time, and pulled Zhang Zhutou and him in, and began to suspect that the loss of manpower in the counties last time had something to do with them, which he never expected. But at present, it seems that everyone's attention to this issue is obviously greater, and they need to give an explanation, otherwise they don't talk about other things.

Yang Congyi's mind turned straight, and the headhunters looked like they were separated, it turned out that they all had knots, and they couldn't be honest with each other, if they couldn't form a joint force and entered the mountain, it was estimated that it would be the same ending as last time. But what happened last time, judging from what happened in the future, Lord Chen's original guess was right, but these things can't be said, otherwise the county heads will have to find the county lieutenant He to theorize on the spot, and if it is not good, it will have to make a big fuss, and it is really difficult to say how it will develop in the future. How to give an explanation to the county catchers in front of him, this stumped Yang Congyi.

"Zhang Zhutou, what you said is not the truth." Susong County Catcher retorted with a smile, and then continued: "As far as I know, Yang Zhutou also has a lot to do with these fugitives, isn't Yang Zhutou unjustly imprisoned because he has a relationship with these fugitives?" ”

Another bombshell news was released, and the unwitting headhunters looked at each other.

"What's going on here? Zhang Zhutou, you should explain to the big guy. ”

"You guys are making trouble!" Zhang Zhutou was furious.

"Zhang Zhutou, it should be us who should be angry, we have died so many people, so you will come back well."

"It's better to explain to everyone what the hell is going on."

"What's not clear? Didn't Zhang mention the sentence to rehabilitate Yang Zhutou and arrest all the murderers? That's not clear enough? Yang Zhutou has nothing to do with the fugitives. It was he who rescued Lord Mo's father and daughter from the fugitives, but because no witness was found, he was regarded as a suspect. Now that Lord Mo is alive and well, and Lord Mo personally testifies, what do you still suspect? ”

"Okay, we don't doubt Yang Zhutou. But you have to tell us clearly, why you were able to come out of the mountain last time, why we were so unlucky and died so many people! ”

"You're unlucky, what's our business."

"Fart! The fugitives are all from your Taihu County, and last time you had the least deaths, and said that it had nothing to do with you, so the ghost believes it. ”

"Okay, don't quarrel with all the headhunters, let's be calm and answer one question at a time." Yang Congyi saw that the smell was getting stronger and stronger, and if he continued to quarrel, he would start to move, which intensified the contradiction and couldn't solve the problem, so he hurriedly stopped it.

Only then did everyone shut up, quiet down, and see what Yang Congyi said.

"Let's talk about the first question first, you have lost so many brothers, it does have something to do with us and our Taihu County, and I won't shirk this. Because more than 20 of these fugitives are from Taihu County, if it weren't for the pursuit of them, you wouldn't have come to Huaining. But why they should be hunted down, the question has to be said. ”

Yang Congyi stopped, looked at everyone, and then continued: "They were originally on death row, why do they want everyone to hunt them down?" It's because they ran away. How can you escape if you are on death row? This has to ask the previous Huaining Mansion, which is a problem with their control. Therefore, the fugitives have something to do with our Taihu County, but it has nothing to do with us to let you catch the head and lose your brothers, what really has to do with it should be the Huaining Mansion that does not strictly guard the death row prisoners, and the death row prisoners escaped from prison, so that the counties can assist in the pursuit. I don't know this fact, do you deny it or not? ”

The crowd hunted heads, thoughtfully, and no one objected.

Yang Congyi continued: "Then I'll talk about the second question, why did Taihu County catch the last time it entered the mountain, and the loss was smaller. Although we arrived a few days earlier than the other counties, we were from the east to the west through sparsely populated valleys and dense forests, and there were almost no roads in the mountains, and the situation was unknown, so we were very careful at the beginning. To tell you the truth, we passed through a village before entering the mountain, and some villagers reminded us that we could not go to the place west of Hutou Rock, and that no one who had been in for decades could come out. We didn't dare to be careless, listened to it in our ears, kept it in our hearts, stopped when we arrived at Hutou Rock, camped on the spot, searched with Hutou Rock as the center, and did not recklessly go west and enter the core area of Tianzhu Mountain. And at the beginning of entering the mountain, we were besieged by wolves, and we suffered losses, and we didn't take a step behind, so we were more careful. Therefore, our small losses are due to the fact that we act cautiously and cautiously, do not rush forward, do not strive for merit, and do not seize merit. I don't think you would have lost so many brothers if you were like us. Do you say yes, heads-catchers? ”

After Yang Congyi explained, there was still no one to refute the crowd, and they needed time to digest and understand it to see if Taihu County could really clear up the relationship. Thinking about it carefully, what Yang Congyi said seems to make sense, it seems to be the case, they died so many people, what does it have to do with the head hunting in Taihu County.

If it has nothing to do with Zhang Zhutou and Yang Zhutou, then who does it have to do with it?

So someone asked: "Yang Zhutou, you say so, so many of our brothers are looking for death by themselves, and it has nothing to do with anyone?" ”

Yang Congyi said: "I didn't say that. Last time, the direction and route of our entry into the mountain were arranged by the Huaining Mansion, and we all came to assist the Huaining Mansion to catch the fugitives. Isn't it enough that Lord Li has been dismissed from office and has already assumed responsibility? ”

"I don't care, I'll just ask you, is this time into the mountain still under the command of Lieutenant He, if it's still him, I advise everyone to rest as soon as possible."

"I don't believe him either, I have to listen to him for everything, and if something goes wrong, he pushes it on us."

"I'm the same, if I still listen to him, I'd rather take my brothers to the back to carry grain and grass and do chores."

"Don't be angry. I can tell you responsibly that this time I entered the mountain, I am in charge of all the actions to catch fast, and I don't need to listen to the orders of Lieutenant He, this is what Lord Chen said to me personally. I can assure you here that this operation is completely up to everyone, and all matters are collectively discussed and decided by the heads of our counties. What do you think? "Yang Congyi's purpose is very clear, to strengthen the distrust of the catchers in He County, to completely pull the power of the counties to their side, and use the mechanism of collective decision-making to tie everyone together.

"Since that's the case, then we'll listen to Yang Zhutou." When the county leaders heard that they could get rid of He County Lieutenant and make their own decisions when they entered the mountains this time, they naturally gladly agreed.