Chapter 129: Step by Step (1st Update)
Li Yuntian had an accident, and the biggest impact was undoubtedly Baishui Town, which he strongly supported, not only the people and businessmen were panicked, but even the sergeants of the Inspection Department were also fluctuating, and they were talking about this matter in private. Pro, eye & fast, a large number of novels to read for free.
The people who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen and the Jiujiang Prefecture Government had already stationed in Baishui Town, jointly looking for clues related to Li Yuntian's case, which made the town rumored and the grass and trees were all soldiers.
On the third day of Li Yuntian's punishment in Ruichang County, after nightfall, the large school field of the Baishui Town Inspection Department was brightly lit and full of people.
Since the end of last year, the Baishui Town Inspection Division has moved from the old barracks in the town to this new barracks, and it is obvious that the old barracks cannot adapt to the development of the Inspection Division, at least it cannot accommodate more and more manpower of the Inspection Division.
The new barracks were built on the scale of one thousand households, and could accommodate up to 2,000 people.
In Li Yuntian's view, the Baishui Town Inspection Division is a face of Baishui Town, and it is natural to make the next effort to build it, first of all, to make the people who come to Baishui Town feel safe, so that they can rest assured that they will do business here.
At this time, there were not only sergeants from the inspection department, but also 200 officials of the county government and 200 guards of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, with a total number of about 1,000 people, which was the largest troop movement in the history of Baishui Town.
Since only a very small number of people knew about the plan to raid the dragon master's lair, none of the people in the colonel's field knew what was going on, why they were gathered here, and they were still heavily armed.
The abnormality of the inspection department of Baishui Town has alarmed Xu Cheng, who lives in the inn in the town, Xu Cheng has been very depressed in the past two days, everyone in the town has regarded him and the people who patrol the imperial history yamen as enemies, not only with a cold face, but even at night someone threw stones into the room where he lived.
Xu Cheng finally realized Li Yuntian's huge influence in Baishui Town, and the reason why Baishui Town has today's prosperous situation is completely the result of Li Yuntian's promotion behind the scenes.
To be honest, as a colleague in the officialdom, he admires Li Yuntian very much, and he has such achievements at a young age.
Xu Cheng had a hunch that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou were in Baishui Town, and Baishui Town was the base camp of the Chen family and the Zheng family, and if the two of them left here, they would lose their greatest help.
It's a pity that the people who patrol the Imperial History Yamen have been isolated by the people of the town, so he is powerless to find out the whereabouts of the two, and the only thing he can do now is to prohibit the members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce from leaving, and wait for the Yongle Emperor's judgment on Li Yuntian's case. The update is the fastest and most stable
It stands to reason that Li Yuntian has been arrested, and there should be no major movement in the Baishui Town Inspection Division, not to mention the people from the county government and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, which are not ordinary people who can mobilize these people.
Therefore, Xu Cheng decided to join in the fun, wanting to see what was going on, if he was lucky, he might be able to meet Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou, and the two of them should show up for such a big thing.
When Xu Cheng went to the Inspection Department of Baishui Town, the people from the Jiujiang Mansion also followed, and the task of the people from the government was very simple, to monitor Xu Cheng and the others' every move to prevent them from secretly playing ghosts.
Originally, Xu Cheng wanted to enter the Inspection Department of Baishui Town, but the sergeant guarding the door stopped him and forbade him to enter on the grounds that the military camp was heavy.
Xu Cheng had no choice but to guard at the gate, although he was a person who patrolled the imperial history yamen, but he could not interfere in local affairs, otherwise he would be impeached by the local government, so he had no choice if the local government didn't buy his account.
Soon after, a team of patrolling sergeants passed in front of Xu Cheng and the others and entered the barracks, and the gate of the barracks was slowly closed.
The patrol sergeant did not enter the queue on the colonel's field, but went straight to the point general platform in front, and Zhao Hua, who was standing in front of the point general platform, hurriedly led Li Daniu, Li Manshan and others to meet them.
Two petite sergeants walked out of the patrol and boarded the platform surrounded by Zhao Hua and others, and everyone's eyes on the scene were attracted.
Under the curious gaze of everyone, two petite sergeants stood side by side in front of the point platform, and invariably removed their helmets, revealing flowing black hair.
There was an immediate commotion in the school yard, and they recognized that the two sergeants turned out to be the missing Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou.
Chen Ningning's face was frosty, stretched out her hands and pressed down, the low discussion in the audience suddenly disappeared, and people stared at her in unison, and now she represents Li Yuntian.
"Brothers, I think everyone already knows that the magistrate is now being detained by the magistrate in the name of greedy ink, and I will not comment on the rights and wrongs in it, everyone usually sees how the magistrate is in his eyes, and Mrs. Ben believes that the court will give the magistrate a justice."
After glancing around at the people in the school yard, Chen Ningning said loudly, "Tonight's task should have been to tell you in person, but the situation is urgent, so I have to stand here. ”
"In order to eliminate the worries about the future development of Baishui Town, Lord Zhixian has already formulated a plan, tonight, taking advantage of the fiftieth birthday of the bandit leader Long Ye, all the water bandits will gather in the bandit's nest to annihilate him in one fell swoop!"
After a pause, the expression on Chen Ningning's face was a little gloomy, and her tone became mournful, as if there was endless sorrow, "Lord Zhixian once said that he will definitely leave Hukou County next year, and eliminating Long Ye's gang of water bandits is the last thing he can do for the people of Hukou County, I hope everyone can help Lord Zhixian realize this wish, please everyone!" ”
As she spoke, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou bent down and bowed solemnly to the people in the audience.
Seeing this situation, the people on the school field looked at each other, no one thought that the two would make such a big gift, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
"Was there a woman talking in there just now?" At this time, Xu Cheng, who was outside the gate, frowned slightly, he seemed to hear the voice of a woman in the courtyard, and asked the subordinates around him.
The subordinates shook their heads after glancing at each other, Xu Cheng put his fingers to his mouth and made a silent gesture, listening carefully to the movement in the courtyard,
"Brothers, Lord Zhixian treats everyone well on weekdays, no matter what the rumors outside, I, Zhao, definitely don't believe that Lord Zhixian will be greedy for ink."
Zhao Hua took a step forward, stood beside Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou and shouted loudly, "Listen, everyone, the extermination of the water bandits in this battle is not only a great achievement, but also will benefit one party, tonight's operation can only succeed, not fail!" ”
"Exterminate the water bandits and benefit one party!" After the initial silence, I don't know who suddenly shouted in the school yard.
"Exterminate the water bandits and benefit one party!" Immediately, a tsunami-like roar sounded at the scene, and people raised their right fists and shouted in unison.
Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou straightened up when they heard this, their eyes showed a look of relief, no matter what, tonight's suppression of bandits must be successful, this is not only a great achievement of Li Yuntian, but also the best gift that Li Yuntian left to the people of Hukou County.
Outside the gate, Xu Cheng heard waves of shouts in the courtyard, and he felt a little hard to believe that Li Yuntian was in prison, and the people from the Inspection Department were still interested in suppressing the bandits?
"What are they shouting?" He thought he had misheard, and couldn't help but ask one of his subordinates on the side.
"Exterminate the water bandits and benefit one party." The subordinate heard it clearly and replied in a deep voice.
"Interesting, they want to save their magistrate in this way?" Xu Cheng had a look of surprise on his face when he heard this, and couldn't help but say.
"Xu Changshi, I heard that Long Ye, the biggest water bandit leader in Poyang Lake, is celebrating his fiftieth birthday tonight, will they go to trouble Long Ye?" The other subordinate thought for a moment and asked tentatively.
"I heard that Lord Long's lair is in the waters of Linjiang Mansion, and they can't go anywhere." The subordinates who spoke before were more well-informed, and immediately denied this speculation, and said with a disdainful face, "The water bandits in Poyang Lake have not been exterminated for many years, but they have been suppressed more and more, and these people in Hukou County alone are simply hitting stones with eggs, they won't be so stupid." ”
The people around nodded when they heard this, they knew very well that many of the people in the inspection department were just eating with each other, who would really fight the bandits.
However, their speculation was obviously wrong, and it didn't take long for the gate of the inspection department's barracks to open, and the inspection division sergeants lined up in a neat queue rushed out and headed for the dock.
"Oh my God, they won't really go to trouble Master Long, right?" Looking at the heavily armed sergeant of the Inspection Division, the people who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen couldn't help but look at each other.
When the team passed by a tavern on the street, a team of sergeants rushed in and arrested the owner and his wife of the tavern and his men, they were the eyeliner that Long Ye left in Baishui Town, Yang Yungui had already found out, but he didn't touch them, and let them pass on some useless information as usual.
"These guys are absolutely insane!" On the dock, looking at the bandit team that went away by boat, Xu Cheng muttered to himself.
He stayed in Baishui Town for two or three days, so he naturally knew Long Ye's strength, and knew that there would be two or three thousand water bandits in Long Ye's bandit nest tonight to congratulate him on his birthday, and these people in Hukou County were not the opponents of water bandits at all.
However, what happened next left Xu Cheng dumbfounded.
The next morning, a news spread in Baishui Town, Zhao Huahui led the Baishui Town Inspection Division, the county government and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce guards last night, successfully attacked the bandit nest of the dragon master, and achieved brilliant results, killing more than 500 enemies, capturing more than 1,200 people, and more than 300 people surrendered.
What is particularly exciting is that the bandit leaders Long Ye and Wu Daoscar were captured alive by the water bandits who surrendered to Cheng and dedicated to Zhao Hua.
Since then, the three major water bandits in Poyang Lake have all been taken down by the people of Hukou County, and only small scattered water bandits are left on the lake, and it is difficult to become a climate again.
It is reported that due to Li Yuntian's accident, the water bandits who participated in Long Ye's birthday banquet that night were drunk one after another, which saved Zhao Hua and others a lot of trouble, and ended the battle cleanly.
The Baishui Town Inspection Department also became famous in this battle, and then established its dominance in the waters of Poyang Lake, becoming the pillar of the protection of Baishui Town's trading market. One