Chapter 235: Suppressing Bandits
With Mu Zhengyi personally commanding, plus more than ten times the number of officers and soldiers of the mountain bandits, the suppression of bandits in Tiantong Mountain this time was naturally extremely smooth.
Chunzhou Thorn Shi has been holding his round belly, nervously "commanding" near the official road, the weather at the end of October, the foothills of Tiantong Mountain are already very cold, but he is still sweating, and the horse under his crotch is also sweating.
Several officers who followed the assassin saw that the commander was sweating and nervous, and they sent someone with great insight to boil tea, and one of the officers personally poured the tea and handed it to the assassin.
Thorn Shi, who had been sweating, was thirsty, and after taking the tea bowl and pouring it vigorously a few times, he carefully squinted at the tea bowl in his hand.
The fine Ru kiln white porcelain, the little tea soup left in the tea bowl is fragrant and translucent, Thorn Shi frowned, handed the tea bowl back, and asked, "This is Liangzhou incense mist?"
"Yes!" The officer serving the tea replied respectfully, and a hint of pride quickly flashed in his eyes. He had already inquired, Lord Thorn Shi liked Liangzhou incense mist the most, and it was in vain that he made some preparations in advance.
"Ridiculous!" Chunzhou Thorn Shi's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't care how valuable the Ruyao tea bowl in his hand was, and threw it directly at the officer: "What is the current situation?" Is this the place to drink tea? General Xiao Mu is leading people to suppress bandits on the mountain, you people should be ready to be dispatched at any time, what are you doing now? Burning tea? Is this what you're supposed to do? When you came out with the military order, you still remember to bring Ru kiln tea sets and incense mist, you don't want your head, do you? ”
The officer was so frightened that he almost knelt down, holding the tea bowl at a loss, Chunzhou Thorn Shi waved his hand at him like a fly, and said with a disgusted face: "I haven't seen you do serious things, but the evil sect is crooked." Let's go, go along, I don't know when General Xiao Mu will come back with his troops, so it's terrible for him to see it. Also, have all the luggage and belongings at Miss Gu's house been organized? Send someone to follow those guards and send things back to Miss Gu. ”
The officer agreed again and again, and quickly disappeared with the tea bowl in his arms. And Chunzhou Thorn Shi continued to sweat and wait on the side of the road. It was only past noon that the officers and soldiers who went up the mountain to suppress the bandits withdrew with two or three hundred prisoners.
The two cottages on Tiantong Mountain, in just three hours, were flattened by Mu Zhengyi and others, all the bandits were arrested, all the looted finances were confiscated, and more than 100 cars were loaded.
Chunzhou Thorn Shi was very surprised, he immediately approached Mu Zhengyi with a smile, and he was obedient and didn't want money, and praised General Mu for being worthy of his reputation.
Mu Zhengyi listened with a smile for a while, and then said slowly: "Lord Thorn Shi, there is something I have to remind you of at the end. The scale of the two bandit nests in Tiantong Mountain is not small, and the cottages have built fortified fortresses, such a scale of bandit nests can not be established in a day or two, it can be seen that these mountain bandits have been in the foothills of Tiantong Mountain for the people for a year or two, and the last will confiscate more than 100 cars of finance this time, how many people can have so many finances? Master Thorn knows what that means, right? ”
"Yes, yes, yes," Chunzhou Thorn Shi hurriedly nodded: "Thank you General Xiao Mu for reminding me." Heck, it's all about the general this time, otherwise...... What's inside, tonight the upper and lower officials will do the east, please ...... general"
"Lord Thorn Shi," Mu Zhengyi still smiled gently, and he couldn't see his joy and anger: "The last general is on an errand in Xiaojinwei right now, and he can't go out to the banquet at will, so my lord forgive me, and the adult's kindness will be understood." Let's go back to Tong County as soon as possible, Lord Yi and Lord Fu Yin are still waiting for news. ”
Don't look at Mu Zhengyi as just a sixth-grade official, but he is a general of the Mu family who was born in the Anguo Mansion, and the Chunzhou Thorn Shi, whose official position is higher than Mu Zhengyi, did not dare to pose in front of him, but what Mu Zhengyi said, Thorn Shi nodded in agreement.
If others don't know, they will definitely think that Mu Zhengyi is the chief official, and the chubby assassin Shi is the adjutant who acts according to orders.
Mu Zhengyi was highly efficient in suppressing bandits, and at dusk, they had already led the officers and troops back to Tong County. At this moment, it was not the assassination that was worried, but the county order of Yin and Tong County, the Chunzhou Prefecture.
Mu Zhengyi escorted back two or three hundred bandits in one go, and the entire Tong County prison was full, and even the prison temple was full, and it couldn't fit it.
The county magistrate of Tong County had no choice but to lock up the remaining bandits one by one with iron chains, detain them to the temporarily vacated houses near the county office, and send heavy troops to guard them.
You know, these are mountain bandits who kill people without blinking, and they don't know how many lives they have on their backs, and many of them know some martial arts, if they don't send heavy guards to guard them, if they accidentally get away with one or two, they won't be able to eat and walk away.
The Tongxian county order here is under great pressure to guard the bandits, and Chunzhou Mansion Yin can't be idle, so the trial was held overnight. If he didn't rush to find out some of the trials, he wouldn't even be able to write a petition for guilt.
They were busy, and Zheng Jin, the king of Yi, was not idle, and he ran to hear the trial with great interest. It seems that the only person who is idle at the moment is Mu Zhengyi, he handed over the captives to the county commander of Tongxian County, found someone to hand over the confiscated finances, and handed back the order to transfer troops to the Chunzhou Assassin Shi, and then went back to the post house directly.
The rest of the things had nothing to do with him, a general, and Mu Zhengyi was not so interested in accompanying Zheng Jin to listen to the trial.
As soon as Mu Zhengyi entered the lobby of the post house, he saw Gu Yilan sitting straight at a table in the corner of the hall, even facing the position of the post house gate, as if she was looking out. There was a cup of tea in front of her, but it was full, as if she had never drunk it.
Seeing Mu Zhengyi come in, Gu Yilan suddenly seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately showed a relaxed smile, she stood up and made a blessing in the direction of Mu Zhengyi, but did not take the initiative to say hello.
"Why is Miss Nine sitting here?" Mu Zhengyi looked very comfortable, walked directly towards Gu Yilan, and asked very bluntly, "Are you waiting for me?"
"Yes." Hearing Mu Zhengyi ask like this, Gu Yilan was not hypocritical, she nodded, and glanced behind Mu Zhengyi before asking, "Prince Yi is still in the county office?"
"Yes." Mu Zhengyi nodded, and sat directly on the chair opposite Gu Yilan: "Nearly three hundred people have been arrested, the county government is full, Chunzhou Mansion Yin plans to start the trial overnight, and the prince will go to hear the trial." Miss Nine is looking for something with me? ”
"It's something." Gu Yilan didn't shy away at all, after she sent her maid farther away, she went straight to the point: "After you set off today, Mrs. Chunzhou Thorn Shi looked for me in private, wanting to follow my grandfather's path through me. She came alone, carrying Mrs. Fu Yin on her back. ”