Chapter 22 Trying to Capture the Dead
Qin You walked around the room, rubbing his hands, and kept thinking about good strategies.
Several of his cronies came to the hall, and one of them came up with an idea: "Supervise the post office county, picket and arrest, and talk about evidence." The public is in the nest and covers the sky with one hand, as long as the governor can't get the handle, even if he holds great power, how can he endure the public? ”
Qin You heard what he meant, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
The doorman had some wisdom and said: "I'm going to inform the county officials and heroes of the news of the superintendent's micro-service to the county, so that they don't talk too much, these people usually receive the favor of the public, and they are afraid of being punished by the superintendent, so they should be willing to cooperate." Then I will send a few more capable people, and now I will follow the two strangers on horseback and sword, and quietly clear the field in advance, so that the officials and heroes do not talk much, and the people cannot get close to him, even if there is really Xun Peng among those two foreigners, he will not see anything! ”
Qin You was overjoyed and said, "Good plan, good plan!" Suddenly, he said, "In case ......"
The doorman said coldly: "In case things change, you can ask someone to strike first." ”
Qin You hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Just act according to this plan!" ”
He set up a plan to deal with Xun Yu here, because he was the top family in the nest, and he had served as the county governor, and it didn't take half a day to complete all the arrangements.
It didn't take long for Xun Yu and Liu Bei to notice something unusual.
Xun Yu frowned and said, "Liu Jun, it's so strange. ”
Liu Bei nodded and said, "Where you and I have passed, we can't even see a figure within a radius of 100 meters...... Even if we see people from afar, when we get closer, they are all gone, which is really strange. "Liu Bei's martial arts are good, his ears and eyes are smart, and when he was talking, he happened to hear the sound of Xi Suo Suo from the bushes on the side of the road. He gently pulled the corner of Xun Yu's clothes with his hand and snorted over there.
Xun Yu pretended to drink water and glanced at the corner of his eye. Then, he faced Liu Bei and said softly: "This place is not suitable for a long time. ”
The two of them continued to wander around casually, and then left the city from the east of the city.
The cold wind was bleak, Xun Yu rolled up his sleeves, looked forward to the depression, and said to Liu Bei: "Liu Jun, what I saw today reminds me of a person. ”
Liu Bei asked: "Did Xun Peng remember his old friend?" ”
"Exactly."
"I don't know who the talent is?"
"Yang Zhai Guo's, Guo Gongze."
"Is it the Guo Gongze who has an old grudge against the prince?"
Xun Yu sighed: "That's right, Guo Gong has a loss, and he likes to meet the official, but he himself is actually talented and learned." In the past, when I was a servant in Yangzhai, I once talked about the administration of the county officials, and he said to me: 'The county magistrates are as short as a few months or as long as a few years, and they are generally transferred to other places, which is harmful, and it is only a few months and years; On the other hand, the local heroes and strong, growing places, have not changed for a hundred years, compared with the turbidity officials, it is the real difficulty of governing the county. 'Today, when you and I enter the nest, we will be seen through and hidden, so that we can't get any useful information. ”
Liu Bei listened to it and agreed with Xun Yu's words, but in addition to what Xun Yu said, he thought that as far as today, if they stayed for a few days, they might have to worry about their lives. The Qin family lives in the nest, and the head of the clan used to be the post supervisor in the county, and it is easy to kill the two of them.
Talking about this worry to Xun Yu, Xun Yu said in his heart: Juchao is strong and strong, and the officials are like a monolith, even if I show my identity, I am afraid that I will not get support from the county officials, it seems that this place is much more difficult to govern than Linhu and Xiang'an counties.
Thinking of this, he turned his horse's head and said to Liu Bei: "Liu Jun, you immediately send someone back to Shu County to do two things." ”
"What two things?"
"The first is to go to the county government to ask for a meeting with the government and ask the government to issue a letter to the lawless county officials and Haoqiang in Xiang'an and Linhu counties, and the second is to bring the tiger talisman and go to the military camp outside the city to see Captain Gan, so that he can lead the soldiers of his headquarters to the south as soon as possible."
After speaking, he took out the tiger talisman and handed it to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei took the tiger talisman and did not immediately agree, but asked: "Dare to ask Xun Peng, there are also strong men under Bei's command, can you bring them together?" ”
Xun Yu had nothing to do, nodded in response, and then added: "After the book of the prince of the palace arrives, you and I will divide into two ways, Liu Jun can take people to Xiang'an and Linhu to arrest the county officials and Haoqiang, and I and Captain Gan will enter the city and let those lawbreakers confess!" ”
Liu Bei was puzzled: "But Xun Peng, we have no evidence......"
"You don't have to worry. The outlaws in Juchao County, who learned that I had been here through some channel, and now saw me leaving the city, must have relaxed their minds and thought that everything was worry-free. At that time, as soon as the news of Jun's movements in Xiang'an and Linhu counties reached Juchao, these people were bound to be worried and afraid, and at this time, I and Captain Gan drove straight in, and they were shocked and flustered every day, and I could make them confess their sins by a little means. ”
"But even so, if the southern governor runs away, won't it be a failure?"
Xun Yu smiled slightly, pinched his beard and said, "What I want is to let him escape." ”
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Three days later, Juchao County Temple.
"What?! The prince of the government arrested the unjudicial officials and heroes of Xiang'an and Linhu counties? ”
"Exactly, it is said that a total of more than 30 main criminals and hundreds of accomplices were arrested, and Liu Bei, the secretary of the Governor's Post Yuan, was detained in prison and interrogated overnight, and now they are all guilty of confession."
Listening to his subordinates' reply, the head of the nest was shocked. As Xun Yu guessed, his departure and the surprise arrests in Xiang'an and Linhu did loosen the heartstrings of the big and small officials and heroes in Juchao County, and the head of Juchao at this time was frightened by this.
Ju Chao Chang calmed down for a moment and said, "You quickly go to the Duke of Qin's mansion and inform him of this matter." ”
The men took the order and left.
Not long after, the head of the nest was sitting alone in the hall like a mess, and another hand came to report.
"County Jun, Southern Governor Xun Jun has arrived outside the county!"
"Huh?!"
Ju Chao Chang propped himself up from his seat, he didn't see it clearly under his feet, and he almost tripped over the case, he stabilized his body and said in a panic: "What..... How did you come so soon? Quick, prepare a frame for me, I'm going to meet ......" Speaking of this, he hesitated and thought: I am a dignified 600 stone life, so it is reasonable, I should not go to the county to meet a hundred stone officials in person, so he changed his mouth and said: "Go and invite the master bookkeeper, let him take a cadre of county officials out of the city to meet Xun Peng." ”
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At the gate of the nest, there are no less than hundreds of chariots and horses, and the carts and horses of the superintendents, and the scribes and soldiers who are the chariots and soldiers are hugging each other and swaggering.
The previous time Xun Yu went out on patrol, this time Xun Yu went and returned, but he was full of prestige, and he wanted to catch the officials and Haoqiang in Juchao County off guard, and pull their tense nerves hard.
Gan Ning rode a horse to open the way at the front, he did not wear armor, he wore a single coat, a bird feather was inserted on his head, and a bell hung on his saber at his waist, just like when he was in Shu County. This march to the south, Xun Yu has the power to make decisions on the spot, which makes Gan Ning a little unhappy - his status in Xu Chu's army is very high, and his merits in asking Dong Li are not small, no matter how you look at it, Xun Yu, who has just joined Xu Chu's camp, should not have the power to command him.
At the city gate, a group of people wearing crowns and uniforms were ushered in, when they were county officials of Juchao County, one of them claimed to be the county master, bowed down in front of Gan Ning's horse, and flattered: "General Wen Gan is coming, and the subordinates are not far away." ”
Gan Ning furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "How do you know who a certain family is?" ”
The master bookkeeper raised his head, showed two rows of teeth, and said with a smile: "The general's name is like thunder, and it has long been spread all over the world. ”
Gan Ning's face was happy, in his early years, when he was crisscrossing the rivers, he liked to put a bird feather on his head, why? The good name of the people, whether it is a scholar or a hero, hopes to be widely known, and his alternative outfits, the inherent nature of the factors are there, and at the same time, he also hopes to be widely known by the world.
However, Gan Ning was only happy for a moment, and said to Na Gong Cao with a straight face: "Xun Peng's car is driving behind, you don't worship him, what are you doing to worship me?" ”
Na Gong Cao said: "I was about to ask the general, can I go and meet Xun Peng's department in the lower ranks?" ”
"No need, Xun Peng is resting, you lead the way."
Gan Ning hated the officials and knew their faces very clearly. Don't look at these black-robed people who are obedient in front of his horse, and turn their faces to the people, all of them are fierce and evil.
Deception has been a common problem of turbid officials since ancient times.
Corrupt officials have always been most concerned about the problem of whether they are investigated or not. But then again, if the boss really wants to check, it will be a river of blood.
It was Gan Ning who drove these county officials like animals, and these county officials didn't dare to let go of a fart, and led the way in front with interest.
The car drove off, wearing swords, shields, spears and armor soldiers surrounded the car of the post superintendent swaggering on the streets of the city, because of Xun Yu's explanation, Gan Ning deliberately slowed down the speed, and so through most of the county, when he was about to arrive in front of the county temple, the people of the vast county town were alarmed, and followed Xun Yu and Gan Ning's team far away, and exchanged ears.
Gan Ning drove back, approached the post office, opened the door and said lazily: "Xun Peng, please get out of the car." ”
Xun Yu didn't care about Gan Ning's almost rude tone, straightened his clothes, and got out of the car calmly. But I saw him dressed in black and wearing a short sword at his waist, standing among his servants and scribes, standing out from the crowd.
Someone in the crowd from a distance was amazed: "Is this the new Southern Governor?" I heard the scholars in the township school say that he is the 'Wang Zuozhicai' of the Yingyin Xun clan, and he is really a fairy-like character! ”
Then someone suddenly said: "Have you heard, when the prince was in Yingchuan, he killed the eunuch Zhang Rang's clan, this time Xun Jun drove to our county, will he also come to arrest the lawless heroes and officials?" ”
There were thousands of people following behind the convoy, and the streets around the entire county temple were blocked, and after the words of the previous person came out, the few people who knew Xu Chu's deeds in Yingchuan and the county couldn't help but show off their 'knowledge' and talk to the people around them about what they had seen and heard. And the deeds told by their mouths are actually quite exaggerated and demonized by Xu Chu, and most of the stories deviate from the truth and are full of the imagination of the people, which inadvertently makes Xu Chu's image in the hearts of the people in the county seat of Chao, suddenly much taller.
One passed ten, ten passed hundred, and then reached the ears of the county officials of Juchao County who accompanied them, and the flattering smiles on their faces froze, and they even forgot to come forward to meet Xia Xun Yu.
The rest of the counties in the south of Yousheng County, which are governed by the nest officials, are lawless, domineering, and the people's suffering has been deep for a long time. Under this premise, I don't know how many people are unwilling to give up the little hope that has risen in vain in their hearts, and I don't know how many people are praying silently, hoping that Xun Yu is really ordered to come and arrest those lawless people.
......, Gan Ning looked at the expressions of the county officials, his heart was extremely happy, he took a dozen cronies to follow behind Xun Yu, strode into the county temple, and saw their posture of dragon and tiger, and several county officials outside the county temple fell to the ground.
Xun Yu didn't visit any evidence of lawbreakers in Juchao County, but he didn't squint, his face was like frost, and he strode in, and the officials in the county temple looked at each other when they saw this, and they didn't welcome or stop them, and when they saw Gan Ning and the others were majestic and murderous, they simply avoided it and hid aside.
Xun Yu said coldly: "Hold the door." Entering the main hall of the temple, the head of the nest was quite calm, and greeted him with a smile, but Xun Yuli ignored him, walked straight to the hall, glanced around, pointed to several officials in the hall, and said: "I came to the nest today, I came to find your county magistrate, and the idle people retreated together!" ”
Ju Chao Chang didn't expect Xun Yu to be so bullying the children of the Yingyin clan, and several officials in the hall were all right officials in the county, a county official, a county lieutenant, and Gong Cao and other major Cao officials, who were actually called idle people, and had to be expelled from the hall.
He wanted to ask questions, but before he could speak, he saw Gan Ning stretch out his hand and let people put out the 'idle people'.
Xun Yu is a humble gentleman, but this does not mean that he does not have a strong side, this time he went straight to the county temple, in order to take the lead in the first place, so he strode in and reprimanded the officials.
Xun Yu glanced at the chief of the nest coldly, ordered the accompanying clerk to find a seat and sit down, and asked the sergeant to pull over a desk, and asked the clerk to put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the case, and after arranging it, he opened his mouth and said to the chief of the nest: "Sit." ”
Ju Chao Chang was already flustered, and when he saw the posture of the interrogator, he was even more uneasy, and forcibly stabilized his mind, wanting to say something, but heard Xun Yu repeat: "Sit." ”
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Qin Mansion.
Qin You's legs couldn't help shaking, half angry, half afraid. As a postmaster for a term, he naturally knew that he had committed a capital crime. He said to himself: "More than 30 people have been taken in Xiang'an and Linhu counties, and the news has just arrived in Juchao, and the car of the postal superintendent has arrived, which is to force me to die!" ”
He pondered hard about the countermeasures, and said in his heart: Xun Yu went and returned, aggressive, for the sake of today's plan, if you want to save your life, it seems that the only way to resist is to the end...... The county gentleman is a corrupt Confucian, and he must be no match for Xun Yu's means, so wait for him to recruit me...... I heard that Xun Yu came with Gan Xingba, the captain of the palace king, this person is a hero in the world, even if I have hundreds of disciples under my command, where is his opponent?
Thinking about it for a while, Qin You slapped his thigh, "That's it, Lao Tzu will clean up and go to Dabie Mountain to be the king of the mountain!" By the way, it is rumored that Fujun and Zhou Danyang have always had a dispute, and I said that the robbers rebelled and attacked the counties...... Hehe, there's no endless road. ”