Just when Xiao Tianjian was busy preparing to set off to fight Fanjiabao, in the county town of Wangyang, a sedan chair was escorted by more than a dozen wolf-like Zhuang Ding, and walked quickly towards the county office.

Liu Wencai, the county governor of Huangyang, personally greeted the gate of the county government, stood in front of the door and waited respectfully, until the sedan chair was settled, Liu Wen hurriedly took a few steps forward and walked to the side of the sedan chair.

"Congratulations to Mrs. Li! What is the matter, the old lady actually needs to come to the student in person, if there is something, let the next person pass it on, isn't it done? Liu Zhixian smiled at the old man and saluted.

"Lord Zhixian is polite! Old man, this is nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace! This time, I'm here to report to the official! Although this old man is not an official, his shelf is not small, and he just returned the salute with a slight fist to Liu Zhixian, and then spoke.

This Liu Zhixian was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, "Is there anything else that you old guy can't solve, and you actually came to report to the official in person? It's a thank God that others don't sue you, but what kind of bird official are you coming to report!

But Liu Zhixian didn't dare to show what he thought, and quickly politely let the old man go to the county office, and the Zhuang Ding who came with him were taken to the gatehouse by a few officials to wait, and the old man walked into the county office with the support of a person who seemed to be a housekeeper, Liu Zhixian politely followed aside, and was half a step behind.

"Liu Zhixian is our parent official in Huangyang County! The old man came this time to ask Liu Zhixian to make decisions for the people in our Huangyang area! Just after sitting down to watch the tea, the old man said to Liu Zhixian.

"Oh? I don't know who is so blind-eyed that he actually offended you, Mrs. Li? Mrs. Li has something to say, that is, the students will definitely find a way to deal with it impartially! Liu Zhixian didn't dare to be in the main position, but carefully accompanied the old man.

It looks a little weird, an official has to be so polite to a person who has no official position, this situation is rare, if ordinary people come to the county government to report to the official, it is to kneel and speak to the county magistrate, and this old man is obviously a relatively high status, at least Liu Zhixian can not afford to offend.

"That's the case, recently the old man heard that there is a pole in the local territory, rampaging in the township, killing innocents indiscriminately, and bullying men and women, it can be said that there is no evil!

A few days ago, the old man Zhuang on the two Zhuang Ding suddenly disappeared, after a long period of old man visit, I learned that my two Zhuang Ding was actually killed by this pole, that pole is too arrogant, you must know that the old man is the most affectionate, this Zhuang Ding has an old man a distant relative, this matter Liu Zhixian you can not sit idly by! The old man spoke, as if he was very angry, and paused heavily on the brick floor with his cane.

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Who is the ruler of this pole? He actually did such a hurtful thing! Old lady Li, if you say it, the students will send someone to exterminate them! It's worth it! It's so lawless! Liu Zhixian pretended to be shocked, looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and said loudly.

"Didn't Lord Zhixian hear about the incident of Guzhuang ten days ago? That pole is really too arrogant, not to mention killing people, but also hanging people's heads on the gate of the ancient village, such a scourge is not removed, sooner or later it will become a big disaster! And the old man also heard that this pole has been very rampant recently, not only did the big case of Guzhuang, but also more than 20 officers and soldiers in Zhaojiabao were killed some time ago, and they also did it, so even the thieves who dared to kill the officers and soldiers, if they were not removed as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the Huangyang place!

Now the old man has heard that Lord Chen, the governor of the five provinces, is mobilizing officials and troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress the chaotic people, and strictly ordered all localities to clean up the chaotic people. Don't let this pole make a big fuss! As far as the old man knows, this pole only came to our area during this time, and the leader of the plate is said to be called Xiao Yiaxe, which is very vicious! Liu Zhixian must be guarded against! The old man shook his head and said to Liu Zhixian.

After Liu Wencai listened to the old man's words, he was really surprised, he had already heard about the ancient village, saying that there were two poles in the abandoned ancient village, and as a result, the pole that occupied the ancient village was defeated, and a human head was hung outside the gate of the ancient village, and the ancient village was burned again.

Of course, he also heard about Zhaojiabao, the whole village of Zhaojiabao was slaughtered, and more than 20 officers and soldiers died outside the village, and the one headed by the general was almost chopped into meat sauce, and then the two officers and soldiers escaped with their lives and ran to Huangyang County to report to the official, but they couldn't tell the origin of this pole that killed officers and soldiers, and they couldn't find anyone from Zhaojiabao, so Liu Wen only knew about this matter, and sent someone to check for two days and didn't find out why, and then it was over.

For Guzhuang's killing of the sky, Liu Wencai knows, this killing of the day in the Huangyang area to do evil, cutting the path, tying up the meat ticket, bullying men and women can be said to be a standard scourge, many people ran to the county to report to the official, ask the county to send troops to suppress him, but this killing the sky is very cunning, not to mention the whereabouts, and rarely go to touch the big Zhuangzi, so the squires don't pay much attention to him, Liu Wencai is in the spirit of more things is better than less, so he turned a blind eye to him.

But why did this matter involve this old man Li? How could his Zhuang Ding also die in the ancient village? There's something indescribable here.

In fact, Liu Wencai is also an understanding person, he also knows that the place under his jurisdiction is not quiet, and there are many poles haunted, but behind these poles, they are often more or less related to some gentry, and there is the support of the gentry behind them.

But the matter between the poles, what is your surname Li mixed with! You have the ability, you let your fellow villagers go to find that Xiao Yiaxe to take revenge! Why did you push me here?

Liu Wencai was a little annoyed by this old lady Li, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, after all, this old guy's son is a well-known figure in the capital's officials, and he can't afford to provoke a petty official in this place, once he offends this old guy, his son will not have to wear his official hat as soon as he touches his mouth, and he may not be sent to prison.

So he could only reply respectfully to this old lady Li: "I see! Old lady Li rest assured, the student will arrange for someone to visit the origin of this Xiao Yiaxe, once his traces are found, the student will definitely send troops to kill him!

However, the students are also a little embarrassed here, and I hope the old lady will understand, after all, our Huangyang is a small place, and the students are only more than 70 soldiers in the city at the moment, and the troops are really stretched. ”

Listening to this Liu Zhixian agreed, he didn't ask much, this old bastard surnamed Li was very satisfied, the reason why he wanted to come forward with the government in this matter was that he wanted to use the power of the official, and the other was also famous, and it would be more convenient for him to send his family Ding Xiangyong to come forward, after all, Sha Erbao had helped him a lot in the past two years, and the dead Zhuang Ding was also the son of a distant relative, if he didn't get the field back, he would be too faceless on the ground in the future.

"It's easy to say, it's only natural for us gentry to help the government do things, so this matter has the Lord of Laozhi County! If there is any news, then please let the old man know as soon as possible! The old man also sent the villagers in the village to assist the officers and soldiers to exterminate this bandit! This is a little bit of the old man's heart, and please smile at it! The old fellow said, raising his hand.

The housekeeper who followed him hurriedly asked the people outside to send in a gift box, and after opening it, a plate of silver ingots was revealed, ten taels each, a total of twenty ingots, this is two hundred taels of silver, in this era, two hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, where to put it is a large amount of money, Liu Wencai looked at it, then smiled with his eyebrows, and said in his heart This old bastard seems to be interesting, and knows that it costs money to do things, so after being polite, he put away the silver.

After sending off the old guy surnamed Li, Liu Wencai thought for a while that he couldn't collect money and do nothing, so he sent someone to invite the general manager Zhang who was stationed in Wangyang County to discuss the matter.

After listening to Liu Zhixian's words, this Zhang General frowned and said, "Lord Liu, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do!" This is the first time I have heard the name of Xiao Yiaxe, although the case he committed is really not small, but there are only a few brothers under the lower officials, you know, this person is not enough to garrison the county, how can he have the ability to go out to suppress bandits? What's more, Xiaguan's subordinates haven't seen food and salary for more than half a year, and if they want to go out to suppress bandits, I'm afraid they won't want to!

This suppression of bandits can be regarded as a pull-out, and without the money, it is difficult for the brothers to say where they will be officials! ”

Although under the encirclement and suppression of the official army, large strands such as Gao Yingxiang have run to Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan, and the ground is a little more stable, but there are still many small strands of poles in various places, and after Chen Qiyu took over as the governor of the five provinces, he even transferred officers and troops to suppress Gao Yingxiang's chaotic army, and the local garrison force was even weaker.

Therefore, as long as they can defend the county seat, it is considered good, where do they still have the strength to go out of the city to suppress bandits! What's more, the lack of pay is even more serious in the local army, and the old and weak soldiers of less than 100 people, except for the family members of less than 10 people under the general command, basically have no combat effectiveness, let them go out to suppress bandits, and the result is almost the same as being exterminated by bandits.

What's more, Zhang Jiang is not stupid, as soon as he heard that the bandits killed more than 20 officers and soldiers in one fell swoop, it must be difficult to deal with, let him take people out to die, his head has never been caught by the door panel, so he will not agree.

"Huh! What Mr. Zhang said is reasonable, and the official knows that it is indeed a little difficult for you to do it! But this time the matter is also easy to do, although the county is a little poorer, but how to find a way to raise some silver for the brothers, in addition, this time the matter is not just for Zhang to do it alone, Zhang will only need to send someone to find this bandit first, and then the official will naturally invite the gentry to also send some village warriors to go together to encircle and suppress the bandits! In this way, Mr. Zhang doesn't have to worry about anything!

This matter is still Lao Zhang, the official can first allocate a hundred taels of silver to Zhang Zong tomorrow, even if it is this opening silver, nothing can make Zhang Zong embarrassed! Liu Zhixian was rarely generous, and after explaining the situation, he suddenly promised to give Zhang a total of 100 taels of silver.

Mr. Zhang was overjoyed, and quickly stood up and thanked: "Thank you Lord Liu for being so generous!" Now that Lord Liu's words have come to this, what else can Xia Guan say? Please rest assured, Lord Liu, as soon as he got the money, Xia Guan immediately gathered people to find this bandit surnamed Xiao! Be sure to help adults do this! ”

Liu Wencai still despised this Mr. Zhang in his heart, he really didn't see a rabbit and didn't scatter an eagle! Before he saw the money, this guy seemed unwilling to make a little effort! However, the one surnamed Li gave two hundred taels, and he can still leave a lot of them here, even if he adds some points from the county and the lord, he can still leave dozens of taels of silver! It's a good deal.

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