Chapter Eighty-Four: There Will Be No Good Meeting
"In the past few days, the officials from all counties in Nanjun have arrived in Jiangling, and the thieves and the servants under the five senses have also strengthened the investigation in the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Wang An told Sun Xiaoniang while eating.
Sun Xiaoniang looked a little worried: "My entourage is a person with no identity, if they are caught, you can only trouble you to rescue them." ”
Wang An put down the dishes and chopsticks: "I have already thought about this problem, I will take Tian Dalang to the Taishou Mansion later, and several other subordinates, as well as the banner of Dangyang Chang, will lend you a favorite, and you will take the entourage here." The courtyard next door is empty anyway, and you and your retinue happen to live there. I also instructed my men to hang up the banner of the Yang Chief, so that the servants would come and check it. ”
"Those officers still care about you, an out-of-town official?"
"Their immediate boss cares," Wang An said indifferently, "I told the inn to buy some pig's feet, and you remember to stew some pig's feet with soybeans for the woman to eat." ”
Sun Xiaoniang complained: "This little lady has to take care of the injured and pick up the entourage, you just use the sword to divide me in half." ”
Wang An got up and left: "I don't care about this, the trouble is all you find yourself, you can only solve it yourself." I would also like to remind you that you should come back as soon as you are done and do not wander the streets. Sun Xiaoniang was so angry that she put down the dishes and chopsticks and went upstairs. Wang An and Tian Dalang walked out of the inn and rode straight to the Taishou Mansion.
When he arrived at the main hall of the Taishou Mansion, there were already people sitting there with their eyes closed, Wang An knew that he was young and had little qualifications, so he didn't dare to sit in the front row, so he found a remote corner to sit down and close his eyes to recuperate, and people came in one after another, Wang An squinted and looked, the front position was still no one sitting. After a while, the officials of the Taishou Mansion began to place pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the desk in the front row, indicating that the chief officials of Daxian and Fu counties were coming out. I don't know if anyone has arranged it, anyway, the order of their appearances reflects their status in South County. Wang An didn't know any of these county commanders, so he hid in the corner and quietly watched these people take official steps and sit in positions that matched their identities. The last one to come in was Gangneung Ling, which not only represented his status in Nanjun, but also signaled that Taishou was about to come out.
Sure enough, not long after Gangneung Ling sat down, Taishou Wujiang Long also appeared. After the county magistrates saluted and sat down again, Wu Jianglong coughed and said: "After this official came to Nanjun, in order to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment, live up to His Majesty's expectations, quell the bandits in Nanjun as soon as possible, and return the people of Nanjun to a safe place to live. Today, I take this opportunity to make a conclusion. ”
After Wu Jianglong finished speaking, he patted Tangmu: "Come on, take the Ruoxian Order and Gao Chang to this official." ”
Wang An looked at this scene dumbfounded, and the others were also deeply surprised, everyone thought that coming to Jiangling was to be a listener, listening to Taishou's tirade and self-boasting, but they didn't expect Wu Jianglong to show such a hand as soon as he came up, giving everyone a dismount, which shocked the audience. And if the county order and high growth are shouting wrongs.
Wu Jiang Long's entourage put a stack of things in front of the two of them, and when the two of them finished reading, Wu Jiang Long said: "If you confess your guilt, this official will dismiss two at most, and the two will not have to go to prison or be assigned to the army; If he does not admit his guilt, the official will have to report to the Imperial Governor's Mansion, and it is difficult to say whether the two of them can save their lives at that time, but the two of them must think clearly. Take them down. ”
After Ruoxian Ling and Gao Changcheng were taken down, Wu Jianglong spoke: "If the two of them are just corrupt and pervert the law, the official will also give them a chance to mend their ways, but unfortunately since these two colluded with the bandits, the official took them down." There are also those who give gifts to the officials, and when they leave, they go to the door to get the gifts back. Originally, it was to give you peace of mind, and the official accepted your gift, but now that the matter has come to an end, please accept the gift. As long as you sincerely serve the imperial court, this official will not pursue this matter. Everyone hurriedly saluted, thanking the Ming Mansion for their forgiveness.
Wu Jianglong said suddenly: "When Yang Chang is here?" ”
Wang An was thinking about the impact of the county order bandit on him, and he didn't want to take down two people as soon as he made a move, but he no longer pursued others, showing his skills and buying people's hearts, which was really a good deal. If the county order colludes with the bandits, if the county is the closest county seat to the green forest mountain, if it is to spend money to ensure safety, Wu Jianglong should not take him down, because this kind of thing has been done in Ruoxian for a long time, not only Ruoxian, Yicheng and Ye County also do this, is there another hidden reason? Now that the county order has been arrested, he can't count on Ruoxian's help in the short term, and once something happens to Lankouju, he can only ask Dangyang for help. After shouting twice, Wang An came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted: "The lower official is here." ”
"Less than a month after you took office, someone ran to the Taishou Mansion to sue you, and the official has suppressed this matter, after all, the court appointed you as the head of the Yang Dynasty to quell the bandits. At the beginning, the official gave Dangyang County a quota of four tuns, are you full? ”
"Xiaguan is also working hard for this, and has recruited two hundred soldiers, but when the sun is broken, he can't afford to raise more soldiers, and the money and food allocated by the Taishou Mansion to Xiaguan have passed for two months, and Xiaguan hasn't even seen a shadow."
"There is also this kind of thing, the official will immediately send someone to investigate and give you an explanation. It's just that training alone can't eliminate the bandits, when does Yang Chang plan to enter the mountain? ”
Wang An scolded in his heart, but said: "In order to protect spring ploughing, Xia Guan plans to enter the mountain in February." It's just that when Yang is mountainous, the thieves can't beat them and run away, I'm afraid it will take a long time, and the lower officials are worried that they won't be able to get money and food. ”
"This official will report Dangyang's reply to the center, so that His Majesty knows that he has not chosen the wrong person."
Wang An knelt down in the direction of Chang'an and said, "The lower officials must live up to Your Majesty's expectations." ”
"The money and food that Dangyang County needs, this official immediately began to arrange it to ensure the needs of Dangyang's bandits," Wu Jianglong looked very happy, "Today's meeting will be held here, Jiangling Ling and Yinxian Ling will stay, and the rest will go back to rest." We will continue to discuss things tomorrow, so don't forget it. ”
Seeing Tian Dalang who came up, Wang An sighed: "The situation is not good." ”
Mr. Liu and the king of the mountain surnamed Wang rode down the river, and Wang Dawang originally wanted to go to the other side to have a look, but Mr. Liu stopped him: "Those three old fellows are very suspicious, if there are often living people near them, it will inevitably arouse their suspicions, strengthen their vigilance, brothers might as well send more people to collect the big stones by the river, in case of emergency." ”
"When this king was young, he wanted to get ahead, glorify his ancestors, and he didn't know that the world was sinister, if it wasn't for Brother Liu's rescue, this life would be gone. had to fall into the grass, and as a result, the bandits were also intrigued and killed. I killed the previous king of the mountain and became the king of the mountain, and it is my turn to be on guard against the people below to give me such a knife. The king of the mountain patted his mount, "The New Year is approaching, everyone is reluctant to go down the mountain, this king is against the public, and leads the people down to help Mr. Liu export his evil anger, which can be regarded as repaying Mr. Liu's life-saving grace." This king hasn't killed anyone for a few years, and some of the people below don't know how thick the sky is. ”