came to see Ge Bai, Lin Xiu came over with a horse: "The adult doesn't look very good!" ”

Ge Bai frowned, looked at the gray sky, and muttered, "General, what time is it?" Can you look good when you wake up so early? I'm afraid that those people and thieves in Donghu County didn't get up! ”

Lin Xiu smiled: "My lord, what the march and war ask for is an early word, if it weren't for the scruples of my lord, I would have set off an hour ago, and besides, this place is forty miles away from Donghu County, and my troops are all cavalry, and they can arrive in half an hour, if it goes well, they will be caught in their sleep, isn't it fast?" ”

"This..."Ge Bai was dumb for a moment, and finally he could only give his hand: "Everything depends on the general!" ”

After Ge Bai got on the horse and joined the team, Lin Xiuchong Zhao Yuan said: "This time, I can take Lin Huaiping and Li Hu to the two teams, and you and Huang Qi and Lin Sheng will keep the camp!" ”

"Ah Xiu, please rest assured, with me, nothing will happen to the camp!" After getting Zhao Yuan's response, Lin Xiu led his troops to Donghu County.

Half an hour later, Lin Xiu came to Donghu County, looking at the dilapidated houses and the wasteland overgrown with weeds, Lin Xiu frowned slightly, Ge Bai rubbed his eyes and said: "From the news of the bandits reported by the marching capital camp, I heard that the bandits are all Diao people from Liangzigou in Donghu County, there are about forty or fifty people!" ”

"Lord Ge, where is the county order of Donghu County? I'd like to ask him a few words first? ”

"The name of the county magistrate of Donghu County is You Hui, because there have been frequent conflicts between the government and the people in the past two months, he and a group of officials have been living in the county mansion, and I am afraid that this point has not been raised!"

"I'm looking for it even if I don't get up!" Lin Xiu said in a deep voice, Ge Bai heard the unhappiness in it, and he didn't talk much, and the group turned around and ran towards the county mansion.

In the backyard of the county mansion, the county ordered You Hui to get up and relieve himself and couldn't sleep anymore, looking at the gray sky, You Hui sat on the courtyard steps in a daze wrapped in his old official robe, and after a while, there was a 'dong dong' sound in front of the mansion, You Hui was stunned, and immediately yelled in the mansion hall: "Don't sleep, Diao Min has hit the door!" ”

With a howl in his voice, dozens of hazy and sleepy officials immediately got up from the ground with a whistle stick and rushed to the back of the mansion gate. ”

Outside the door, Ge Bai said two words loudly, and heard the sound of footsteps in the palace, but no one opened the door, he was angry, and he gasped, Lin Xiu said: "I must have been scared by those bandits!" ”

"These bastards, it's a shame for the county guard!"

As soon as the scolding fell, the door of the mansion opened, allowing Hou You Huiti to run out with the corner of his official robe: "Counselor? You... How did you get here? ”

Ge Bai glared at You Hui: "Isn't this official coming?" If a thief comes to break the door, you'll all have to lose your heads! ”

After the reprimand, Ge Bai and Lin Xiu entered the mansion, during which Lin Xiu carefully looked at these officials, they looked better than those officials in Beiping County, and at least they didn't starve, but compared with Ge Bai and other officials in Licheng, it was the gap between the lord and the beggar.

Ge Bai sat down, and You Hui stood in front of him carefully: "I don't know what the adults are here?" ”

"Spring planting is coming, but the situation of bandits and people in your Donghu County is getting more and more serious, which seriously affects the implementation of the barley tax system, and the county guard is anxious, so I ask Bei'an to solve it for you!"

Hearing this, You Hui looked at Lin Xiu, the boss with a pair of beanie eyes, and he didn't seem to believe that the young man in his twenties was a general.

"Little old man, what are you looking at?" Li Hu didn't like You Hui's official errands, so he came out of the ranks in a rough voice, but his sturdy body of more than 200 catties almost scared You Hui into lying on his stomach.

"Li Hu retreat!" Lin Xiu screamed, and let Hou step forward to entangle You Hui: "Lord You, the last general Lin Xiu, this time I came here to solve the problem of bandits in Donghu County, Lord Ge also said something before, but in the end, it is not as clear as you, the current head of the pipe..."

Lin Xiu's respect made You Hui calm down and think, "General Lin, this matter... It's hard to do..."

"Oh?" Lin Xiu was suspicious.

"Strictly speaking, this matter is not considered a bandit, but it is just a group of men from Donghu County who are stirring up a rebellion!" You Hui's words made Ge Bai very displeased: "Diao people are thieves, thieves are thieves, thieves are bandits, as long as the thief is caught, anything can be solved!" ”

"Lord Ge, if there is enough food, who is idle and has nothing to do to be a thief?"

You Hui said a word, without waiting for Ge Bai to reprimand, You Hui turned to Lin Xiu again: "General Lin, this matter has to start with the order for the people of the county and township to return home two months ago, due to the rampant Northern Barbarians, the northern border was attacked, and many people were robbed. Other officials don't know, just in this Donghu County, there have been nearly three incidents of gathering people to grab grain in two months! ”

"Grab food... General Lin, this is the chaos of thieves! Ge Bai interjected: "You Hui, the rations have always been enough, but these Diao people are used to being lazy and unwilling to work, so they want to blackmail the officials!" ”

"My lord, the lower official said that things are not what you think!" You Hui explained again, and Lin Xiu on the side was observing the expressions and words of these two people, Ge Bai was too lazy to argue with You Hui, turned around and put on a superior appearance, You Hui had nowhere to vent, so he could only suppress his heart.

"Lord You, what else is there besides?" Lin Xiu thought for a moment and asked.

You Hui nodded: "General Lin, do you believe it or not, this thief who gathered to grab grain and loot and make trouble was originally a person from the training team of the Xiaguan Regiment, named Hu Dahai, and now there are more than forty men from Liangzigou in East Lake..."

Before You Hui finished speaking, Ge Bai said angrily: "This bastard, you must catch him and hang him in public!" ”

After thinking about it, Rao is Lin Xiu said: "Lord You, if you can, please go to Hu Dahai's hiding place with the last general and arrest him!" ”

"This..."You Hui's face was a little ugly: "Xia Guan only knows that they are hiding in Liangzigou, which is Hu Dahai's village, which household is it?" Xia Guan really didn't know, and after several conflicts between the government and the people, their village was very xenophobic, and the defense was also tight, and the Licheng Light Cavalry Battalion came to a hundred and ten horsemen and didn't get any benefits, so let's go rashly... What if..."

"Little old man, you can't help but underestimate us!" Li Hu was displeased: "Young masters, when they fought the barbarians in the northern Xinjiang, they didn't blink their eyes when the knife slashed to the collapse, don't compare us with those county soldiers!" ”

"It's... What the little general said is true! ”

You Hui was cowardly Li Hu, and made flattering words, Rao is Lin Xiu slapped him: "If you don't speak, you can be suffocated, these people have thrown away their official positions, and they are your elders according to their age, and if you dare to speak falsely, be careful of military punishment!" ”

"Hey, hey... I'll just say it casually..."Li Hu grinned and turned to stand aside. Subsequently, under Lin Xiuyan's words, You Hui agreed to go to Liangzigou with Lin Xiu, but Ge Bai was unwilling to go to Diaominwo.