The Sichuan people have a fief, which is very worthy of celebration, the feudal ancestor Cai called the mouth to save every inch of land, leaving it for the descendants to cultivate, this is not only the highest ideal of the peasants, but also the highest ideal of the nobles!

With the fiefdom, there will be income, and you can ensure that future generations have no worries about food and clothing, which is a profitable business! It's a pity that for Wang Ping'an, a large piece of Zheliu County's fief is not only not a good deal, but also a major burden, and he has to spend countless money to repair "Don't talk about the city first, repair the city gate first!"

Looking at the empty street in front of him, Qiu Renjie said: "Big brother, I'm afraid you can't spend it even if you have money, no matter how much money you have, someone has to ask for it, what about people?" There's no one in this city! Wang Ping'an turned back to Su Dingfang and said, "What about the people? Have you been here before? Is that what it looks like? ”

Su Dingfang sighed and said: "I've been here, but I was on the march to fight at the time, and the last general's station was not in this city, so I only know a rough idea, what it was like before, and it is estimated that it is stronger than now!" ”

Wang Ping'an was irritated in anger, waved his horsewhip, and shouted, "Spread out, and go and see if there are any people living in the city." Bring a few here, I'm going to ask! ”

Brother Yelujun shouted, and the Turks immediately scattered their horses and ran towards the streets and alleys of the city.

Wang Ping'an and the others followed the avenue, continued to walk forward, and walked a long way, only then did they see that at the end of the avenue, there was a large courtyard. Strictly speaking, it's not a big courtyard, but a small castle that resembles a city within a city!

This castle is quite tall and strong, but it is really angry, others are good to say, Wang Ping'an looked at the castle wall, and his nose was almost crooked!

It turned out that the walls of this castle were actually made of city bricks! Obviously, the people who built this castle demolished the city wall and used the demolished bricks to repair this castle!

This castle was certainly not built by magistrates, but by lawless robbers, otherwise who would have demolished the walls. Fix such a thing?

Several Turkic soldiers ran over, dismounted to inspect them, and came back and shouted: "Peace Khan." There is fresh horse manure under the bolted horse pile, it was yesterday. It's inhabited here! ”

Wang Ping'an said angrily: "There is no doubt that he must be a robber!" ”

Hundreds of Turkic soldiers jumped off their horses, each with his weapon, slammed open the gate of the castle, and rushed in!

After a short time, a Turkic soldier ran out and reported: "Ping'an Khan, there are many people inside, more than 200 people" have all rushed to the courtyard! ”

Wang Ping'an turned over and dismounted, strode into the castle, and after passing a shadow wall, he saw a large courtyard behind him, around which stood Turkic soldiers, and in the center stood about two hundred people dressed in tatters, men, women, and children.

These people who were arrested looked at their clothes as ordinary people, but their expressions were not like them at all. Almost no one panicked, not even the children cried, just quietly looked at Wang Ping'an.

Qiu Renjie followed behind Wang Ping'an, looked at the people in the courtyard and whispered: "Big brother, something is wrong, this place is a mixed residence of Hu and Han, and there must be some Hu people in so many people." But big brother, you see, among these people, all the adults are Han, not a single Hu person, but there are Hu people among the children, and many of them are of mixed Hu and Han blood! "He has always been careful and observant, and after only one look, he saw something strange.

Su Dingfang said: "What's so strange about this, this little" suddenly stopped, no longer squeaked, his face was uncertain, and he didn't know what to think again.

At this time, Ouyang Li ran over, he had just taken a few brothers and checked the entire castle. He leaned into Wang Ping'an's ear and whispered, "Master, these people are all family members of the robbers. My subordinates just now saw that there was not even a single horse in the whole castle, and there were no cattle or sheep, but the stove in the kitchen was hot! ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, and he understood in his heart. When the robbers saw him coming with a large army of soldiers and horses, they fled out of the city, leaving only their families, horses, and food.

Su Dingfang spoke at this time, and he said, "This kind of thing must have happened before. If it was the Hu people who came, then the Han robbers would have fled, leaving the Hu family behind, and the official army would have come. The Hu robbers would flee, leaving behind the Han families. ”

After being silent for a long time, Wang Ping'an said: "The robbers are not afraid that I will kill their family?" As soon as the words came out, it immediately became clear that the robbers knew the temper of the officers and soldiers, and they were not afraid at all.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Su Dingfang around him, why did he eat the lawsuit in the first place, isn't it because he was implicated by Li Jing, the arson plundered and killed the people who surrendered, it is a taboo in the DPRK and China, and a big man like Li Jing was pulled off the horse because of this, not to mention other generals?

In the sensitive area of Zheliu County, firstly, the nearby magistrates are afraid of reprisals, and secondly, to tell the truth, they can't afford to meet with some old and weak. If you want the lives of these old and weak, those robbers will have to take revenge, so no one will take them seriously, anyway, no matter how chaotic it is, it will be a chaos in Zheliu County, and it has no direct relationship with Yumen Pass and Shazhou. No one is stupid enough to come here and kill someone!

Suddenly, Qiu Renjie said: "There is no legal crime, these people cannot be judged to be robbers, and even if they are convicted, they are only accomplices." The rule of the court is that they are not allowed to sit together, as long as they are willing to cooperate with the officials and soldiers, not only can they not be killed, but they must also be treated kindly, so that the robbers "that turn back is the shore!" ”

Wang Ping'an took a deep breath and said, "Will they cooperate?" ”

Qiu Renjie glanced at the silent family members and said, "Definitely, if you don't believe the eldest brother, you can give it a try!" ”

Slowly walking to the front of the crowd, Wang Ping'an said in a gentle tone: "Are you all the people of Zheliu?" ”

As if it was a rehearsal in advance, Wang Ping'an asked. These 200 or so people actually nodded their heads in unison, indicating that they were all people who folded willows.

Wang Ping'an said again: "There are often robbers here, right?" ”

More than 200 people nodded again, and the name of the Folding Willow Thief resounded throughout the Western Regions, no one knows, no one knows!

Wang Ping'an nodded and said with a smile: "Before we came, did you see the robbers?" ”

Two hundred or so people nodded at the same time. I saw it, of course I saw it, this is a den of robbers!

Nodding again, it can't be that they all nod their heads when I ask anything, right? I don't care what I'm asking! Wang Ping'an said more kindly: "Do you think I'm a man or a woman? ”

This question depends on nodding or shaking your head. It's not good!

However, these 200 or so people actually brushed the ground again and nodded their heads!

Sure enough, they all nodded their heads when you asked, with a good attitude, and we all agreed with what you like!

Halfway through, someone reacted. No, this man's question can't be answered with a nod. A handful of people who are also quick to do it. Hurriedly nodded stiffly, turned into a shake, but thought, shaking the head can't answer this question, in a panic, quickly nodded again, and then "I don't know how to shake my head!"

And some children are very resolute, nodding their heads all the way, starting and ending, and definitely not giving up halfway!

Wang Ping'an laughed and said, "I'm a man." You can't fail to see this, do you? ”

Another interrogative sentence. As a result, more than half of the 200 or so people nodded their heads again, as if reflexively!

"You really can't tell the difference between men and women?" Wang Ping'an couldn't bear it anymore and asked again.

Maybe when rehearsing in advance, I didn't expect Wang Ping'an to suddenly ask such a question, out of 200 people. There were still a few people who didn't react, and after listening to Wang Ping'an's question, they nodded again!

Among the people brought by Wang Ping'an, as long as they can understand the Central Plains dialect, they all burst into laughter! With this head melon seed, what about being a robber? But if you want to, whether the head is good or not, it doesn't matter much about being a robber, as long as you are ruthless enough!

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "Okay, this time you have to listen, don't nod and shake your head again." The robbers were just here, because there was fresh horse manure outside, and there was no food in the kitchen. The stove was hot, which meant that they couldn't run well. I ask you now, in which direction are they running? ”

Obviously, the question was rehearsed in advance, and it was well rehearsed. As soon as Wang Ping'an finished asking, more than 200 people, including children, raised their hands together and pointed to the north, indicating that the robbers were running in that direction!

Wang Ping'an looked back at Qiu Renjie, Qiu Renjie smiled at him, how about it, the prediction just now was correct. They will be very cooperative, and they will definitely not be bewitched, so they want to condemn them!

Wang Ping'an turned around and asked, "Are you the family members of the robbers?" "More than 200 people shook their heads on the ground, like Wang Ping'an to show that we have rehearsed the question you asked in advance. handful

Wang Ping'an sighed and asked an elderly woman, "Why don't you speak?" ”

The old woman lowered her eyebrows and said, "Back to your lord's words." I have heard for a long time that the officials and soldiers are brutal, and they will kill people when they see them, whether they are good or bad, so we are all waiting for your lordship to give you the order to kill us, what is the use of not talking? ”

Articulate!

Wang Ping'an frowned, he pointed to the Turkic soldiers around him, and said, "They are not officers and soldiers, can't you see that they are Turkic soldiers?" ”

The old woman didn't raise her head, and said: "Back to my lordship, I have heard for a long time that the Turkic soldiers are brutal, and they will kill anyone they see, whether it is good or bad, and your lordship has brought so many Turkic soldiers, it must be even worse, so we are all waiting for your lordship to order us to kill us, is your lord going to kill us?" ”

Su Dingfang and the others were surprised, these people are quite difficult to deal with, who taught them these words?

Wang Ping'an couldn't laugh this time, he looked at the old woman, and then at the more than 200 people. Snorted. He said, "Since you have recognized that I am going to kill you, then it is okay, and your wish has been granted." Left and right, push them out and cut them on the spot! ”

Brother Yelujun immediately turned his words over, and the Turkic soldiers swarmed up, grabbed these 200 or so people, and were about to push them out! Now more than 200 people are in a hurry, I never thought that this young adult was unreasonable, or he didn't follow the rules of Datang!

Of course, these people are the families of the robbers, and there is a mess here, but if they can survive in such a chaotic situation, and they can live well, of course, they have the means to protect themselves.

If the officials and soldiers came, they would use this set to deal with Wang Ping'an, as long as they scolded the officials and soldiers for their brutality and murder, they would definitely be able to scare the officials and soldiers, until now, no Tang army general was so crazy that he dared to admit that he had killed people like hemp, and he really dared to ask someone to push them out and cut them down, but he would explain them warmly and appease, even knowing that they were the family members of the robbers, they had to bite the bullet and give them some food, for fear that something would happen to them. Rely on your own head.

And they are here to deal with the official army, and they can let the robbers take the opportunity to escape, and when the official army is now dragged back, they will not be able to catch up if they chase after them.

If it is the Hu army, this is not specifically referring to the Turkic soldiers, of course, the people who stay will not be the Han people, but another group of Hu family dependents, the Hu army is really killing people without blinking, relying on benevolence, righteousness and morality. But they also have a way, when they will cry bitterly, saying that they have been taken here by Han bandits, thank the Hu army for coming to save them, and also drag the Hu army, and so on.

But they never expected that this Tang Army official who came with Turkic soldiers would have a similar temper as Hu Ren, and he didn't talk about any benevolence, righteousness and morality, and he would kill people when he turned his face!

The 200 or so people were immediately in chaos, and the old woman shouted: "This lord, are you an official of the Tang Dynasty or an official of the Turks?" ”

Wang Ping'an said with a smile: "It doesn't matter where I am an official, the important thing is that I am a good official who loves the people like a son." Didn't you ask me to kill you, and I promised your request, one by one, as many as you wanted! ”

"We didn't want the adults to kill us, the adults spared their lives, the adults spared their lives!" More than 200 people all cried out, and even the children began to cry and cry.

Su Dingfang said with a smile: "That's right, I saw the officers and soldiers." If the robbers don't panic, what kind of world will it become, there is no king's law! ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let them go, take them all out, and don't let them run away." After thinking about it, he said, "Don't abuse, give what you should eat." We're not short of food! ”

He remembered that Fang Xuanling hadn't been arrested. The family members of these robbers may have something to do with the gang of robbers, so they can pinch them themselves, and then they can talk to the robbers about the conditions, and exchange them for Fang Xuanling and Wang Wendu.

The Turkic soldiers escorted these 200 or so people out to find a place to look for a good place. Wang Ping'an climbed the watchtower of the castle and looked at Zheliu County.

The sound of the gong in the city sounded, just like the chief of the land to greet the people, the city actually used the sound of the gong to attract the people, and it really attracted a lot of people.

Surprisingly, there were quite a few people here, more than 3,000 people, all walking towards the large square in front of the castle. And the Turkic soldiers who had dispersed earlier were also concentrated, and many people were frightened on their faces, and there were even empty horses in the team, and it was estimated that the lone Turkic soldiers were killed!

Qiu Renjie said: "Big brother, the folk customs here are really strong. What do these people want to do, they don't want to do it against us, do they? ”

Su Dingfang said: "Master Hou, look." Hou Ling is here. And that Gu Lantian is also here! "Just ...... Kouyang ...... The body clam of the fishing book is not concave!