The more these officials in Bocheng County analyzed, the more they felt that this case was actually not a big deal.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this case is just a group of ringing horses defrauding a group of landlords and old money, what else can happen?

But they discussed for a while, and one of the officials said: "If it's just such a small matter, then of course there is nothing to worry about, but there is also a Wu Penghui here, he is definitely not the real Wu County Order, the real Wu County Order should have been killed by him, this is a big deal, killing the court officials, isn't this a slap in the face of the court, I don't think this is a trivial matter!" ”

Tang Baoen said: "This matter can also be suppressed temporarily, let's just say that Wu Penghui and Wu County Ling died of a sudden illness, isn't this just a problem, who will really be able to investigate?" As long as you can get past the Zen Ceremony, the things that happen after that can be turned into small things and small things can still be solved. ”

All the officials nodded one after another, and until this time, their opinions were unified, and Tang Baoen went to the back hall to report the results to Li Rizhi.

At this time, Li Rizhi had already woken up, he asked Tang Baoen to come in, and after listening to what Tang Baoen said, he asked: "How far is that fox tail ditch from here, if you gather soldiers to suppress the bandits now, what are the odds of victory?" ”

Tang Boen felt that his throat was a little dry, he barely swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said: "Back to the words of the envoy, if you want to say that the odds of winning, there are five or six points, although the horses are arrogant, but they have already got the money, so they may not be desperate, Xia Guan estimates that this time to suppress the bandits, we will definitely win, but to what extent, Xia Guan is not clear." ”

Li Rizhi said: "Then you go out first, explain the matter, go and gather the strong men and the errand soldiers, all of them are reliable people, you go out first and order this matter, let's start to do it, wait for the people to gather in this county office, and then everyone set off together." ”

Tang Baoen hurriedly agreed, went out to explain the matter, and after a while, he came back again, and then he told Li Rizhi about the situation of the local rich man.

Li Rizhi was noncommittal after hearing this, he thought about what should be done in this matter, in fact, it is not difficult to appease those rich and rich people, don't they just want to see the emperor and the empress, this thing is not difficult to do.

After the emperor and empress came to Bocheng County, because this is the starting point of the departure to Mount Tai, then the emperor and empress naturally want to meet with the representatives of the local fathers and villagers, so arrange these rich and rich people, let them kneel on the ground and shout long live, it is okay, do they still dare to pick and choose.

After a short while, three or four hundred people gathered in the yamen, all of whom were young and strong people from Bocheng County, and they were all trustworthy people, at least people worthy of the trust of the officials.

Tang Baoen asked anxiously: "Lord Inspector, now that the manpower has been recruited, do you want us to go out of the city immediately and go to Huweigou now, maybe we can block those ringing horses, those ringing horses are taking the goods, they may not be able to go fast, let's go faster, maybe we can catch up with them!" ”

Li Rizhi said: "Are you sure that the fox tail ditch is the most suitable place for the horses to meet?" ”

Tang Baoen said: "I can't think of other places, if you want to say that it is the most suitable, that is, where is the fox tail ditch, should we set off immediately?" ”

Li Ri said: "Don't worry, let everyone eat first, and then set off when everyone is full." ”

Tang Baoen was taken aback, this was already a lot of delay, and he even said that he was not in a hurry, if he didn't rush to it, maybe the horses would really have to run back to Liangshan.

But since Li Rizhi said so, then he has nothing to do, he can't force the inspector from Chang'an to go and catch the thief with them, in case the inspector is impatient, then he will turn his face, and the last unlucky person is not the big and small officials of Bocheng County!

Tang Baoen had no choice but to come out and order everyone to eat immediately, and not to cook and eat in the county office, just go to the street to buy it, as long as you can eat as quickly as possible.

The big and small officials waiting outside were all surprised when they heard this, and they all came forward to ask Tang Bao'en, since the manpower has been gathered, and a lot of time has been wasted, then why can't you go out immediately to catch up with the horse, but still have to eat, everyone get some dry food, and deal with it on the road, isn't it okay, eating is not a big deal, why waste time.

Tang Baoen said: "I have already said it, but the Inspector insisted on doing so, he came from Chang'an, that is the Shangguan we are waiting for, his orders, we are not good to disobey, he asked us to eat, then let's eat, this meal is not just to eat in our own stomachs, and there is no cheap others." ”

Some officials sighed and said in a low voice: "This inspector has become such a high-ranking official at a young age, he must be a person with a very good background, and local officials like us may not be seen by people at all, so they don't care about our safety." ”

Some officials casually chimed in and said: "Yes, you see that his entourage is all extremely rich, even he rewards people with money, and the reward to the person who reports the news is also rewarded with gold, you can imagine how rich his background is, he must be a wealthy nobleman!" ”

The officials talked a lot, and they were dissatisfied, of course, they would say it, they were not people who could hide their words, nor were they people who were deep in the city, if they really had some city government and some ability, then they would not be locked up in a prison cell, generally speaking, after something went wrong, they had no other ability than to complain.

Naturally, there were servants who brought in food for Li Rizhi and Chen Yingying, all of which were fresh and hot meals, and Li Rizhi and them were sweating profusely, which could be regarded as a good replenishment of their physical strength.

This meal was eaten for half an hour, and after eating, Li Rizhi called into the soup to repay his kindness and said: "Let's go, let's go now, although the official of the fox tail ditch has not been there, but he studied the map just now, it is not far from here, we will definitely be able to arrive before sunset!" ”

Tang Baoen nodded, he was a local, of course he knew how far away Huweigou was from here, and how big Bocheng County was, so he hurriedly ran out and asked everyone to get ready and set off immediately.

Li Rizhi took this large group of people out of the county seat and went straight to Huweigou, and sure enough, he arrived here before sunset.

But Li Rizhi did not let the team go in directly, but let everyone hide in the big woods on the side of the road.

The terrain of the fox tail ditch is very complicated, there are a few that say that the height is not high, the low is not low of the rocky mountain, the surrounding of the rocky mountain is full of woods, and there are several small streams, the creek is full of stones and pebbles, along these streams, there are many paths branched out, twists and turns, if it is a person who is not familiar with the terrain after entering the fox tail ditch, it is easy to get lost.

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