Chapter Eighty-Nine: The People's Heart
According to Wang Teng's understanding, at present, the Liukou in Henan and Shanxi should all be in the Carriage Gorge, and this is not muddy, and it is also an old bandit, and it will never appear in the poor Guangling County for no reason.
What is the reason for this?
The fierce attitude of Shicai Wang Teng had frightened the Liukou, and he didn't dare to ask for a price, so he had to beg: "My lord, I will tell me everything I know, please spare my life."
Huang Hu was quite impatient, "No matter how fucking long-winded Lao Tzu is, I'll kill you now."
Liukou was afraid, he drooped his head, and said in a low voice: "Since Hong Chengchou served as the governor of the three sides, the officials and troops have been surrounded and suppressed everywhere, and in desperation, he can only take us to escape to western Henan to avoid the limelight, who would have thought that Chen Chuyu joined forces with Lu Xiangsheng again, the official army is powerful, and more than a thousand brothers are about to fall into it, at a critical moment, a person who calls himself Fan Sheng took us to escape from western Henan, and he also said that as long as we kill Wang Teng, there will be two thousand taels of silver after the deed."
Wang Teng's face was gloomy, and it was a good thing that Fan Yongdou had done, "And then you guys got here?" Isn't there an encirclement and suppression by officials and troops along the way? ”
Liukou also looked incredulous, "It's strange to say, from western Henan to Guangling, we didn't meet a single officer and army along the way, and it was unbelievable."
Huang Hu couldn't bear it anymore and scolded: "Damn Fan Yongdou, Lao Tzu will tear him alive sooner or later!" ”
Liukou looked dazed, not knowing why Huang Hu was so angry.
Wang Teng naturally didn't explain, "Send him on the road."
The rogues cried out in despair, "My lord, spare my life, spare my life."
In a panic, a pile of gold and silver ornaments fell to the ground.
Wang Teng shook his head, "The rogue doesn't deserve to die, but it's not a pity to die a rogue who kills people and steals people's money."
Huang Hu's face was full of disgust, he pulled out his waist knife, cut off the head of the rogue, "dragged it down, buried it".
"Whoa!"
The raid was a complete victory, but the elite led by Huang Hu also lost ten people, all of whom died at the hands of Zhang Cunmeng's descendants.
Huang Hu hated these gangsters very much, so he was extremely ruthless.
"My lord, there are still two hundred and ten captives, I don't know what to do?"
The rogues don't produce, they sabotage everywhere, Wang Teng doesn't have the slightest good impression of them, "Prisoners, are there still any living mouths?" ”
Huang Hu suddenly realized, he bared his teeth and smiled, "There is no live mouth, I remember it wrong!" ”
With that, Huang Hu pulled away, and not long after, there was a scream from the bottom of the mountain.
Huang Degong couldn't stop it, so he could only come to Wang Teng, "My lord, it's ominous to kill prisoners since ancient times, the rogues have already laid down their weapons, why do you want to kill them?" ”
Wang Teng sighed and asked earnestly, "I heard that you are a Kaiyuan Weiren, why did you come to Guangling?" ”
Huang Degong's face was gloomy, "The war in Liaodong is endless, and many border people have been taken away by the Eastern captives, so I don't want to be a slave, so I fled here with my mother."
"It's a good thing that you have a good heart, but these gangsters don't deserve your sympathy, do you know what Huang Hu saw on the back mountain?"
Huang Degong shook his head.
"Dozens of women's corpses, and several children's skeletons"
Cannibalism?
Huang Degong almost spit out, "My lord, I know it's wrong."
Wang Teng didn't stop talking, and still said: "There is no difference between Liukou and Dongyu, they are all a bunch of pests, they only care about themselves, and never care about the life or death of others, today, if you let them go, maybe they will return to their old business in a few days."
Huang Degong was ashamed, "The villain's kindness of a woman almost made a big mistake, my lord, forgive my sin!" ”
"You're not wrong, it's the rogues who are wrong, they shouldn't be like this, there are thousands of industries in the world, if you can't survive, you will rebel, you will kill people, then the world will be in chaos a long time ago"
Huang Degong was completely convinced, "My lord, I heard that Inspector Lu and Governor Chen have surrounded the Liukou in the Carriage Gorge, and the world is about to be peaceful."
"The world is peaceful? I'm afraid it's going to get more and more chaotic! ”
Wang Teng suddenly woke up, he always felt that he had forgotten something, it turned out to be this thing!
At the critical moment, Li Zicheng surrendered by fraud and killed the officers of the Ming Dynasty, which directly led to the failure of Chen Qiyu's encirclement and suppression.
Although Chen Qiyu has nothing to do with Wang Teng whether he steps down or not, Lu Xiangsheng is different, if Lu Xiangsheng can make more achievements in this battle, it will be a good thing for Wei Yuan and Wang Teng.
After all, in a sense, Lu Xiangsheng has become Wang Teng's biggest reliance, if Lu Xiangsheng's big tree falls, Fan Yongdou doesn't need to cover up too much at all, and he can easily kill Wang Teng and take revenge.
Out of this consideration, Wang Teng's heart is like an arrow.
A quarter of an hour later, more than 100 villagers were full of wine and food and embarked on the return journey.
Before returning to the city, there were already villagers who were brave and quick to report the victory.
Among the county officials, Wei Yuanzheng was a little annoyed, he felt that it was a wrong choice to let Wang Teng chase and suppress the Liukou.
It is said that there are 600 rogues on the mountain, once Wang Teng fails, wouldn't his life be in danger?
When he was nervous, the townsman who reported the victory came, "My lord, the victory of Bears Ears Mountain, the king of the inspection won a complete victory, and wiped out 600 Liukou!" ”
Wei Yuan looked up to the sky and laughed, "Haha, Wang Teng is really a tiger general, there will be this, what do I have to worry about?" ”
Master Qin was also very happy, "My lord, Wang Xunsi cleared up the rogues and clarified the bandits, this is a great joy for Guangling, and it should be celebrated by the whole world."
Wei Yuan is a smart man, he knows that he won't stay in Guangling for long, if he can lay the foundation for Wang Teng before leaving, even if someone else comes in the future, Wang Teng will be able to gain a firm foothold.
Thinking of this, Wei Yuan said with a smile: "What Master Qin said is extremely true, come here, pass on the order, let the people of Guangling City know that Wang Teng's inspection has won another big battle!" ”
"Whoa!"
The new head of the yamen promised to leave.
There are no secrets in the county, and there is a new group of rogues in Bear's Ears Mountain, and the news of the attacks on Wangjiazhuang and Zhaojiazhuang has already spread throughout the city.
When the people were panicking and worried about their own safety, the good news came, and the people were really excited and happy.
Without any command, the villagers had spontaneously gathered to meet the triumphant procession.
By the time Wang Teng and his entourage turned around, the villagers had already greeted them outside the city.
An old man led by him fell to his knees tremblingly and shouted, "I will kneel down and thank the Inspector for Guangling to eliminate this great evil!" ”
Suddenly, there were many responders.
Standing on the horse, looking around, there are people crawling on the ground everywhere on both sides of the road, this is the people's heart, the feeling of being affirmed will sweep away the fatigue of the day, and the unspeakable emotions come to his heart, Wang Teng hurriedly turned over and dismounted, helped the old man up, and said in his mouth, "It was originally an internal matter, why worry about it!" ”
The old man shook his head again and again, and said, "The rogues have exterminated humanity and lost their conscience, if it weren't for the patrol division to immediately clean up the bandits, I would have to be displaced sooner or later, starving all over the wilderness, then I buried my ancestors, such a great grace, I should wait for a worship!" ”