Chapter Twenty-Six: The County Order to Suppress Bandits - Attack (5)

Zhao Kang sat on the main seat of the county government hall, with the county Cheng You Wanxiong and the chief Bo Zhang Jun sitting on the left below, and the garrison Chen Erdian and the police chief Li Sheng sitting on the right. I saw that the officials pushed in a big man who was tightly bound.

As soon as the big man walked into the lobby, he immediately knelt down on his knees and said loudly: "Old Guan Li, the grass people, meet the master of Qingtian!" ”

Zhao Kang looked at Li Laoguan carefully, although his name has an old character, but this person is not old at all, at most he is in his thirties, and he looks different from other people in Fugu County, in this place where natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, this bandit named Li Laoguan actually grew tall and strong, and a long scar on the year not only did not make him ugly, but made this big man with an angular face a little more brave and masculine.

Even Zhao Kang couldn't help but praise in his heart: What a big man!

Zhao Kang took a sip of the sip, learning from the old rotten Confucianism of this year, Wen Xuanxuan asked: "Old official Li, a beautiful woman, what is a thief?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Kang's pen loading did not have any effect, and Mr. Li, who didn't understand what Zhao Kang was talking about, raised his head and stared at Zhao Kang with a confused expression.

Zhao Kang hurriedly took another big sip to hide his embarrassment: "I said that you are such a big man, how did you think of becoming a bandit?" With your size, you can't be hungry if you find a job as a caretaker, right? ”

Only then did Old Officer Li understand, with a sad expression on his face, and said slowly: "The grass people have the ability to set a hereditary hundred households in the border fort. The family has guarded the frontier for generations for the Ming Dynasty. But being a soldier also has to eat, since I took over the position of 100 households from my father, Fenglu has not received a penny for eight years, coupled with the severe drought every year, the sergeants under my command are really to the state of not being able to survive. ”

"When Chongzhen was in the ninth year, my brothers were starved to death thirteen times, and these starving people were all well-known men, heroes who could fight to the death against the Mongolian Tartars, but they did not die on the battlefield, but starved to death on the wall of Dingbian Fort. With no way out, I had to gather a group of homeless people with my brothers to rob homes and occupy the mountains as kings. Just to survive. As a result, he was defeated by Sun Chuanting, who was the governor of Yansui at that time, and fled all the way to Fugu County. At that time, Gao Yingxiang and other big thieves were very fierce, and the court couldn't take care of bandits like us who fought petty things, so I waited to survive so far. ”

Zhao Kang couldn't help but sigh a little after hearing this, he didn't pay his salary for eight years, and he starved to death thirteen, which is not unreasonable. Zhao Kang took another sip of the tea, calmed his mind, and asked, "Then why do you want to surrender to me Zhao Kang now?" ”

Mr. Li replied honestly: "Just to let his brothers live." ”

Zhao Kang asked puzzledly, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Laoguan said: "The county lord began to give relief to the victims last month and organized a militia group, I thought that the lord was just a new official taking office three fires, so I have been waiting and watching, until the lord issued a ban on bandits, I understand that the lord is going to completely change this Fugu County." In addition, yesterday I heard the adults announce that all refugees can go to the coal mountains to dig coal for grain and find a way to live, so the grass people can no longer stay, and I also hope that my brothers can eat a stable meal, instead of living a life of licking blood from the knife every day. ”

Zhao Kang asked: "You have vision!" Sooner or later, Lord Ben will let all the bandits, robbers, hooligans, and bullies who disrupt the law and order in his jurisdiction be wiped out. By the way, you just said that you used to be one of the hundred households of Dingbian Fort, so have you ever fought? ”

Li Laoguan said: "I have participated in more than ten battles large and small, and Mongolian Tartars and anti-thieves have all fought. ”

Zhao Kang was overjoyed, and immediately clapped his hand and said: "In the future, you don't call yourself a grass people, come and loosen the ties for Old Guan Li." Since you are so knowledgeable and discerning, I will now appoint you as the deputy garrison of the People's League, and directly obey the orders of this General Chen Erdian Chen! ”

After the official next to him untied the hemp rope to Mr. Li, the overjoyed Mr. Li was so moved that he kept kowtowing to Zhao Kang, his forehead hit the ground and the blood flowed out, even Zhao Kang felt pain when he looked at it, and hurriedly said: "Why don't you go and salute General Chen, he will be your boss in the future!" ”

Old Officer Li turned around and kowtowed to Chen Erdian three times. Obviously, Chen Erdian didn't dare to accept this kind of gift, so he hurriedly got up and helped him up.

At this time, a servant with a white cloth on his head hurriedly broke into the county government and knelt down in front of Zhao Kang: "Lord County, you have to be the master for us!" ”

The official's words frightened Zhao Kang, and he thought: Could it be that some thieves have infiltrated the city and started to organize the refugees to make trouble?

Without waiting for Zhao Kang to speak, You Wanxiong, who was at the head of the group, asked: "Panic, what kind of system is it!" Tell me what's going on. ”

I saw the official crying and said: "The villain and the two brothers who were on an errand in the county government went to Tianjiazhai yesterday to publicize the county lord's order to suppress bandits, but I didn't expect that when I just entered the house of Tian Hu, the town mayor of Tianjiazhai, I bumped into Tian Hu drinking and chatting with the bandit leader One-eyed Dragon. We immediately loudly reprimanded Tian Hu for colluding with bandits and harming the neighbors, but they were taken down by Tian Hu and the one-eyed dragon, and the two brothers who went to Tianjiazhai with the villain were directly cut off by them, originally they were even going to kill me, but Tian Hu only cut off my two ears, saying that I was asked to pass the word to the adults, telling the adults that they would sooner or later break through the county seat of Fugu and kill the big corrupt official Lord Zhao. Lord Zhao! You must be the master of us! ”

After saying that, he took apart the white cloth on his head, and sure enough, both ears were missing, and the wound was still bloody. Then he took out two human heads from the burden on his body and placed them in front of Zhao Kang.

"Ahh Zhao Kang, who had never seen such a terrifying scene, was so frightened by the bloody scene in front of him that his face turned pale and his lips turned blue, this Nima is really cruel, this is not a skeleton in the laboratory, this is the head of his own man who was cut off! Hurriedly drank a large gulp to suppress the fear in his heart, took a few deep breaths, and only relieved himself after a while.

Although Zhao Kang, who was overly frightened, felt that his legs were still a little weak at this time, and his hand holding the cup was still a little trembling, but the matter had come to this point, so he had to muster up the courage and tremble and said: "Come on, send him down to recuperate first." Therefore, the county government is fully responsible for the medical expenses, and the best medicine should be used and the best doctor should be found. Then buy a coffin for these two heads and give them to their families for burial. The two who died were all given subsidies to his family according to the martyr's standard. ”