Chapter 136: Countermeasures
When Xu Xian returned to the Zhixian Yamen with his people, almost the whole city came to watch.
Peaceful Heifeng Village, but there is still something to do to deal with the aftermath, as the new magistrate of Yanshan County, Xu Xian is responsible for the safety of the place, he wants to interrogate the owner of Xiongzhai and others first, in order to establish authority, Xu Xian even wants to convict the owner of Xiongzhai and several evil leaders on the spot.
“…… Xu Zhixian, as a magistrate, even if you are convicted of a capital crime, you can't enforce it, and you have to wait for the imperial court to execute ...... after the autumn," Song Hai, the warden of the torture room, reminded beside him.
Xu Xian said: "Special things are done specially, since the official wants to condemn him to death, there is no reason to take it back, these people killed innocents, and committed a lot of adultery and plunder outside the city, the crime is extremely heinous, the official will condemn them to death, today at noon the knife and axe execution, at noon will hang their heads on the city wall, let them and the head of the thief who was killed before, together with the public!" ”
Immediately, Xu Xian threw out the lottery chips, and the capitals of the Black Wind Village below had been tied up with five flowers, and even their mouths were sealed, even if they had opinions, it was in vain.
"Well killed!"
"They should have been killed a long time ago!"
A large number of people outside were coaxing, Xu Xian stood up and said to the people present: "After the official enters the city, he is committed to suppressing bandits, if there are young people who are willing to join the team of bandits, they can sign up at any time, not everyone can enter the team, and they also need to be selected and trained, no matter who they are, they can get Yulu and Yumi, and ensure that they have no worries!" ”
In such a way, it was like advertising for his own people, and many young people on the spot expressed their willingness to join it.
Xu Xian did not rush to recruit troops immediately, but solved the aftermath first.
There are still a large number of thieves in Heifeng Village who need to be placed, Xu Xian will convict them according to the crimes of these people, Xu Xian found that the small Yanshan County cell can no longer fit so many people.
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At noon, Zhu Xing, Bai Qiyuan and others witnessed the beheading of the owner of Xiongzhai and others, and then returned to Zhu's house in anger.
Zhu Xing nominally went back to raise money and food for the gambling losses, but in fact, he also went back to discuss with the people of various families in the city to see how to deal with this matter.
“…… It's really an evil door, what kind of ability does this surnamed Xu have, it took less than half a night to work and the Black Wind Village was leveled like this? After Bai Qiyuan entered the main hall of the Zhu family, he was still complaining, "In the past, the imperial court sent thousands of people and horses, but in the end, they all returned in vain, but this surnamed Xu seems to have some kind of witchcraft, it can't be that he came from the wrong way, right?" ”
Zhu Xing sat down, his eyebrows looked very deep and said: "Obviously, this is a smart county, and he is bold, he has been rewarded before, saying that he took advantage of the weather to set fire last night, forced the people of Heifeng Village out with smoke and fire, stuck the road down the mountain, and captured the people of Heifeng Village alive one by one!" ”
"Ahh Many of the family members present were amazed when they heard the news.
Lu Haokun, the head of the Lu family, who had just been put back not long ago, said: "It seems that this Xu Zhi County is not simple, it is not a hard attack, but outwitting, not ordinary!" ”
"What nonsense?" Bai Qiyuan reprimanded, "But don't forget who imprisoned you, and even treated your Lu family like a mustard, don't you still want to add shoes to that surnamed Xu?" ”
Lu Haokun didn't speak, Zhu Xing also glared at Lu Haokun, Zhu Xing said: "It's strange to say, the rest of the cottages have no movement at all, I'm afraid they are all watching, I want to see how much ability this new county has to do, he entered the city on the way to the bandits, and when he arrived in Yanshan County, he just settled down in Heifeng Village, I'm afraid that the rest of the cottages are also starting to be afraid of him!" ”
"What then?" Bai Qiyuan said eagerly, "You can't really cooperate with him to fight the bandits, right?" Otherwise, let's deduct all the money and food, and don't tell him anything about recruiting soldiers, let him do it himself, we close the doors of our respective courtyards, and we don't believe he dares to mess around! ”
Zhu Xing said sharply: "Then you want the old man to be a man who is untrustworthy?" ”
Bai Qiyuan sighed: "Brother Zhonglian, I didn't mean that, this gambling contract was not a sincere bet with him, it was best for him to retreat if he lost, now that he has won, we can't let him mess around, there are more than a dozen bandits in Yanshan County, not counting the surrounding states and counties in Yanshan County, there are at least tens of thousands of thieves in total, it is a small county of his, and there are dozens of people who can go to Ping?" The prefect's yamen has long since compromised, he is a county magistrate to make waves, we can't follow him crazy! ”
Zhu Xing looked at the people present and asked, "What about your opinions?" ”
The people present basically didn't have any opinions, and they showed an attitude of looking forward to Zhu Xing's horse one by one, it seemed that for them, it was also advisable to repay the debt, and at most when they turned back and were held accountable by Xu Xian, they were held by the three major families in front.
"Originally, this gambling contract was indeed thought to be won, but since it was lost, then the gambling contract must be honored, and the old man didn't want to be blamed by the people in the city!" Zhu Xing said, "Today, the new magistrate mobilized the people in the city to watch, I think it is to use the power of public opinion to put pressure on us, we can not give him silver now, and he may not be able to help us, but the people will feel that we are unwilling to cooperate with the new magistrate, it is better to give him the silver he wants, as for the food...... Can't give. ”
Bai Qiyuan pondered for a moment, patted his thigh, and said, "Yes, give him silver, where will he go to get food?" The people in this city do not have much grain in their homes, and the grain in the market is much more expensive than in other places, so as long as we keep the granary and do not give food, then he will have nowhere to spend his money...... Haha, you are still a step ahead of you! ”
Zhu Xing looked very indifferent, not blinded by Bai Qiyuan's compliments.
He said: "Nothing should be taken lightly, especially those cottages outside the city...... Now that the new county is in trouble, we will go out to ventilate and report the news, it is to bring humiliation on ourselves, it is better to send the silver first, we don't care about the rest, let him watch and toss, he can't toss anything, let's just clean up the mess! ”
"Yes, yes! It's the best! A group of family members next to him were following suit.
Zhu Xing said again: "The proportion of the silver produced by each family, the old man will let people list it, and the people of each family should not be stingy with this bit of silver, if the surname Xu urgently needs food, maybe the silver will be sent back, the big deal is that we will sell the grain to him at a high price at that time, we still have to accumulate the foundation, we can't let his arrival mess up our own position, and when he fails to level the bandits, he will naturally retreat!" At that time, Yanshan County was still our Yanshan County! ”