When they returned to the county office, they heard the righteous army guarding the gate say that Wang Xiaobo was in the office, so Li Shun and Wang Ran went in to prepare to report to Wang Xiaobo. Stepping on the bluestone paved Danqi, through the county gate, Wang Ran saw that about 20 steps away from the gate, there is a hall, I think it is the hall where the county and the county lieutenant and others do things on weekdays, there is a stone tablet on the left in front of the hall door, Wang Xiaobo is standing in front of the stele, the original straight back, but at the moment it is a little bent, as if he is carrying a heavy burden, his eyes are slightly closed, the whole person is indescribably tired, Li Shun and Wang Ran glanced at each other, and then waited for the time being, not to disturb.

He was originally a businessman, he has always been obedient and law-abiding, filial piety to his parents, wife and children, how did he become the leader of the righteous army in an instant, and the thief in the mouth of the government? Wang Xiaobo is helpless, am I wrong? But if I don't do this, how can my family and relatives be saved, and I will really be willing to run away for the rest of my life, and I won't be able to live a peaceful day? I'm not wrong, it's the dog official Shi Zanshan who is wrong, it's the ministers in the temples in Tokyo who are wrong, it's the way of the world that is wrong, I'm a simple and good people, if there is a peaceful birthday, how can I lift my head and stand up? At this point, it is impossible to turn back, it is better to stride forward, and see if I can clear up the injustice in the world and step out of a peaceful world. Thinking so, Wang Xiaobo's back straightened again, his eyes opened, his eyes were blazing, and his fighting spirit was high. Catching a glimpse of Li Shun and Wang Ran standing at the entrance of the yamen, he called out and said, "How?" Did you catch up with Shi Zanshan and the others? ”

Li Shun and Wang Ran walked forward quickly, and Li Shun said: "The chase is to catch up, but the dog officer was escorted by the guards and ran to the city gate and escaped from the city on horseback." ”

"It's okay, it's fortunate that our family members have nothing to do, then Shi Zanshan forced the people to rebel, even if he fled to Chengdu Mansion, he would not have good fruits to eat in the future." Wang Xiaobo said indifferently.

"By the way, brother-in-law, when we pursued Shi Zanshan and others, we saw that he didn't bring his family." Li Shun suddenly remembered that Shi Zanshan's hometown was far away from here, and his wife and children also lived in Qingcheng County, and they used to live in the inner house behind the county government.

"Yes, just now when I sent someone to search this county office, I caught his wife and children in the back house, and I asked them to be detained for the time being."

"This Shi Zanshan is really a wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, who only cares about his own life and even cares about his wife and children. What is the brother-in-law going to do with them? Li Shun asked, although he is very disdainful of Shi Zanshan's kindness, but his insiders are indeed from a beautiful background, well-known and polite, kind and amiable, and the children have always been well-behaved and cute, and they are only seven or eight years old, so Li Shun wants to ask for a favor for them.

"Shi Zan is good and unjust, but our righteous army must not be unkind, weak wives and young children, and they are not entrusted to people. I guess it's better to give them a car tomorrow and let them out of town, what do you think? "Wang Xiaobo is not a ruthless person, and he doesn't want to harm his family like that Shi Zanshan.

"Brother-in-law repays grievances with virtue, which is really noble." Li Shun was convinced.

"How's the rest going? Troublesome? When I returned, I heard that there was still resistance on the side of the camp in the city. Li Shun said worriedly.

"It's just a bluff, they are all old and weak soldiers, there is no fighting spirit at all, otherwise we can't take the county so easily, they don't surrender at this time, they just want to bargain with us, ask for some benefits, I let Wu Liwei lead people to surround the camp gate, hang them first, and then deal with them tomorrow." Wang Xiaobo said: "I have ordered Wang Yuyi to take people to arrest the county lieutenant, the chief officer, and others to come over for interrogation, you have a little rest, and tomorrow morning you take people out of the city to invite all the county Lizheng household chiefs and others to come over to discuss matters, and appeasing the people at the moment is the top priority." Wang Xiaobo continued to command.

Suddenly, a righteous soldier ran in quickly to report: "General Wang, there is an accident in the mansion of Master Ding in the south of the city, and our brother rushed into his house to kill people and steal money. ”

Wang Xiaobo and the others were shocked and hurried to check. In front of the gate of Xu Mansion in the south of the city, I saw that the original magnificent vermilion lacquer gate was full of footprints and knife marks, it seemed that it was forcibly broken into, screams and screams came from time to time in the courtyard, Wang Xiaobo and others hurriedly rushed into the house, only to see five people dressed as family members lying behind the gate, all of them were blurred flesh and blood, two of them were still a little angry, moaning intermittently, and the other three were lying or lying on the ground, not moving at all, and it seemed that they had been dead for a long time.

Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun and others hurriedly ran to the main hall house, only to see Xu Quanyou, the richest landlord in Qingcheng County, lying on the ground with angry eyes at this time, no longer lifeless, a bloody long mouth on the chest, it seems that it should be killed by a knife, a pair of mother and son are lying on Xu Quanyou's cold corpse crying and dying, the back of the main hall house should be the area of the inner house, and there are constantly beatings and scolding and screams. Wang Xiaobo hurriedly ordered: "Li Shun, Li Jun, you take people to escort out the few people who did evil." ”

Li Shun, Li Jun and others took the order, and in less than half a cup of tea, they pressed five people out, and sure enough, they were all the righteous soldiers who swore to follow Wang Xiaobo's actions in Xichun Garden that day, Wang Xiaobo looked at the five people, and said bitterly: "Zhang Xiaoqing, Song Wei, why did you break into Xu's mansion and rob them?" ”

Zhang Xiaoqing wiped the blood splashed on his face, and said nonchalantly: "Isn't General Wang going to lead us to eliminate injustice, and to be rich and poor?" This Xu Quanyou is the richest one in our county, with thousands of acres of fertile land in his hands and countless treasures in his family, who will we rob if we don't rob him? ”

"We want to be rich and poor, but we don't want to kill innocents indiscriminately." Wang Xiaobo said sharply.

"This Xu Quanyou is innocent." Song Wei spat at the mouth: "He calls the county lieutenant a brother and a brother on weekdays, let's make a side household for his family, and give some rotten vegetables to eat every day, and the money we give us is not enough to pay taxes to the government, let's go to him together and ask for more wages, so he asked the government to send someone to arrest us, saying that we are lazy and lazy, not working well, and stealing his food, and my brother's leg was broken in prison." Of course we want to seek revenge on him. ”

"Yes, my family's land was forced by this Xu Quanyou and the government to sell it to him, and he deserves to die better than those officials." At the end of the Song Dynasty, he should be in harmony.

Wang Xiaobo had no choice but to ask Li Shun to take these people back to the county government first and take care of them.

Zhang Xiaoqing and the others were unconvinced: "General Wang, you take us to do something, aren't you just doing this, you can't be untrustworthy, it chills our hearts." ”

"Yes, is it possible to drive those dog officials away, and you also want to be an official?"

Li Shun and others had no choice but to forcibly escort the five people away.

Looking at the Xu Mansion where the family was ruined, and the questioning and cursing of Zhang Xiaoqing and others came from his ears, Wang Xiaobo said helplessly, am I wrong? I want to lead everyone to find a way to live, but I don't want others to have no life!

Wang Ran saw Wang Xiaobo's spine, and instantly bent down again. The group returned to the county government with a heavy heart, and after a while, the rebels came to report, and several large households were broken by the rebels, rushed into the house to kill people and set fires, and there was chaos.

The group had to go to quell the chaos again, and the chaos lasted all night, and the sky would shine in the early morning, and the tranquility of the past would come back to Qingshen County.

Wang Xiaobo stood in the back hall of the county ya, looking at the twenty or thirty rebels who were locked up in the hall at this time and took advantage of the chaos last night, and couldn't help but sigh again, Li Shun, Wang Ran and others had a kinship. What is the difference between such a rebel army and a robber and bandit?

Next, Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun had to deal with the negotiations with the military camp in the city, and also appeased the head of the Lizheng household in the county to ensure that the situation in Qingcheng County could be stabilized. Walking on the street, looking at the people hiding behind the cracks in the row doors, staring at the people on the street who didn't dare to close their red eyes all night to check the situation, Wang Ran was worried in his heart, the rebels rose up to save the people from fire and water, but for these people, they didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Back at the inn, the shopkeeper saw the white cloth tied on Wang Ran's arm, and the idea of inquiring about the outside situation with Wang Ran was swallowed again, and he hurriedly went back to his house to hide, Wang Ran sighed, returned to the house and fell on the bed, although his head was heavy, he could not fall asleep.