Chapter 38: The Harm of Banditry
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Zhu Zi and Na Mafu sat on the same wheel, and there were only Wei Jue and Li Yi in the carriage. The wheels rolled forward, and the chatter in the carriage was also loud. On the way, Li Yi told Wei Jue about the matter.
It turned out that the matter was still related to the paper he sent earlier.
Today, bandits in the city have risen again, but things are not so simple, and this time there are deaths.
The family that had the accident was still an old acquaintance with Wei Jue, and it was Su Zhong who had kidnapped the finch before. This Su Zhong not only has a mansion in Wu County, but also a residence in this Gusu City, and the person who died is his concubine.
That night, a group of strongmen climbed over the wall and entered the Su family's mansion, and tied everyone up while the Su family was asleep. It wasn't until someone came in the morning that the Su family got out of trouble, and after a check, not only did there be no property in the house, but even Su Zhong's favorite concubine was strangled to death.
In this way, how could Su Zhong endure this breath, so he called his friends to gather and go to the Assassin's Mansion to complain, and made this matter bigger.
After Li Yi finished speaking, the carriage also happened to arrive at the Thorn Mansion.
The two of them said no more and got out of the carriage first.
When he got out of the car, Wei Jue saw that there were many people gathered in front of the Assassin's Mansion, and there was a person lying on the ground in the crowd. This person was lying flat on the ground, his face covered with a white cloth, obviously a dead man, this was the concubine of Sufu who was strangled to death.
Li Yi also saw this situation, so he spoke: "Those who brought it after noon will not be persuaded to leave." ā
After hearing this, Wei Jue replied: "Mr. Li, let's go to the mansion first." ā
Li Yi nodded, and the two entered the Thorn History Mansion through the side door with few people.
All the way to the outside of the second hall, Wei Jue heard the crying inside, obviously the matter was not over yet.
Seeing this, the two did not enter the door, but went around the door and listened quietly. Su Zhong cried incessantly in the hall, like a woman, and his friends who came with him were also helping him. These people are all big families in the city, and some of them have been robbed before, and they cry even more sincerely.
This matter is reasonable, it is all a matter that the Assassin Mansion should be in charge of, and when they gathered a crowd, Xiao Jing couldn't put it off.
After some persuasion, these people were invited away.
These people wiped away their tears when they left the hall, and there was no sadness on their faces, obviously the appearance of Fang Cai was pretending.
Wei Jue saw it from the side, and couldn't help but think deeply.
When these people walked away, Li Yi said, "San Lang, let's go in." ā
Wei Jue collected his thoughts, nodded and followed him into the second hall.
In the hall, Xiao Jing sat on the main seat, and Wei Jue's father, Wei Chengmou, and Lu Kang, the long history he had seen, were all there.
There is another person, he has never seen, after listening to Li Yi's soft introduction, he learned that this person's name is Pang Xun, and the word is successful, but he joined the army in this Suzhou record. Recording the affairs of joining the army and commanding the Zhucao army, he is the person who directly handles the daily affairs of Suzhou from the five products.
When Wei Jue and the others entered the hall, the four people in the hall were discussing things.
"Hey, it's come to this point, what do you think?" Xiao Jing sighed and asked.
Among the three people in the guest seat, Lu Kang opened his mouth first: "Brother Ziyu, bandits are so rampant in the city, it's time to rectify it." ā
"It's really time to clean up." Wei Chengmou followed and said, "If we continue to make trouble like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before these bandits will have to enter the mansion where we are waiting." ā
Seeing that both of them meant this, Xiao Jing nodded: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handled by Pang Senjun." ā
It was Pang Xun's duty to arrest the bandits, but after he heard that this matter was pressed on his head, he immediately complained: "Envoy, it's not that you don't want to do it, it's just that this matter is not easy to do." ā
When Xiao Jing heard this, he frowned and said, "If you have a problem, then let's talk about it." ā
"Hey." Pang Xun sighed, "Envoy, now the city is full of victims, and those bandits blend in with the victims during the day and only come out at night. Let the king go down to take people, but it is really difficult to distinguish what is the people and what is the bandits! ā
The bandits in the city have not been a day ago, and this Pang Xun has naturally used some means, but they have not been effective. After that, he said: "Now most of the soldiers of the Assassin's Mansion have been assigned to disaster relief, and now they just want to investigate the bandits, and there is no one to send them below." ā
The truth of these words is well known to everyone present.
Xiao Jing listened, his brows furrowed and he thought about it. He knew that what Pang Xun said was not a lie, but at the moment, if he didn't get rid of this bandit, it was really a dilemma. Thinking about things, he saw Wei Jue and Li Yi who had just come in. He invited the two of them to come for this purpose, so he asked, "Lide and San Lang, do you two have a good plan?" ā
After hearing this, Li Yi said: "Envoy, I'm afraid this gang of bandits is not simple!" ā
Xiao Jing asked, "How can you see it?" ā
"Envoy, please think about it." Li Yi replied, "This group of people is scattered day and night, and it is organized in an orderly manner, and it is still difficult for ordinary officers and soldiers to do it, let alone bandits. Therefore, it is only then to say that this gang of bandits is not simple. ā
Xiao Jing nodded after hearing this: "That's true, then Lide has a way to arrest this gang of thieves?" ā
Li Yi paused for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "I am incompetent, and I haven't thought of a good plan yet." ā
Xiao Jing then asked Wei Jue, "San Lang, what about you?" ā
Wei Jue hesitated for a long time before he replied, "Back to the envoy, the younger generation has no way to deal with it." ā
Seeing that neither of them could do anything, Xiao Jing did not say anything to blame.
"Now that the situation is pressing, we can't do nothing, even though we have no good solutions." After Xiao Jing finished speaking, he said to Pang Xun, "Pang joins the army, I will lead the city defense camp with you, and enter the city to inspect at night." With the help of the city defense battalion, can you be sure to deter this group of Xiaoxiao? ā
The city defense of the Great Zhou Dynasty is divided into two armies, the inner army is the soldiers of each yamen in the city, and the outside of the city is the city defense battalion. In this way, the garrison inside the city and the reinforcements outside the city will form a system with each other, which will be more beneficial to the defense of the city.
There were originally 800 people in the city defense camp of Gusu, but 500 of them had already gone to Jiangning Mansion with the commander and captain with grain and grass.
But the remaining 300 people are not comparable to the soldiers in the city
When Wei Jue heard this, his brows furrowed, and he wanted to speak, but in the end he still didn't speak.
And after Pang Xun heard Xiao Jing's words, he had some confidence. After Xiao Jing finished speaking, he got up and said: "Since it has been decided by the king, then I will definitely do my best to do it, so that those young people will not dare to act recklessly and disturb the peace of the city." ā
He was originally a military man, and with the bottom, he spoke a lot more arrogantly.
His background is also the reason why Xiao Jing arranged it like this. After hearing his words, Xiao Jing also got up and said with a smile: "Pang is proud to join the army, then please leave this matter to Your Excellency." After speaking, he arched his hand at Pang Xun.
"Be polite." Pang Xun returned the salute, "Since the matter has been decided, then I will retire first." ā
It is not a trivial matter for foreign troops to enter the city, Xiao Jing knew that he had something to deal with, so he nodded in agreement.
After that, Pang Xun saluted everyone and turned to leave.
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