As the sun sets, the suburbs of Qiushui County are full of beautiful scenery of clear water and green mountains, and now there are a few wisps of black smoke.

The place where the black smoke rose was a village some far from the county seat, called Liubian Village.

Mei Xiaoren took people to the entrance of the village, and the scene in front of him was not only chaotic, but also miserable.

The village was in shambles, and food was scattered all over the ground. Some of the villagers sighed as they looked at the burned houses, while others sat in front of their looted homes.

Sad sorrow, sad sorrow......

Mei Xiaoren's ears were still filled with the cries of women and children, and she clenched the folding fan in her hand angrily, and also pinched her heart.

"Grandma, these brutes dare to run rampant under the noses of adults, see if I don't catch them and cramp!"

Gritting his teeth with hatred is one of her subordinate "fierce generals" - the head catcher Zhou Hu.

Zhou Hu was impulsive, and he couldn't wait to dig three feet into the ground and capture those beasts right now.

Mei Xiaoren was also anxious, but she was a little more patient than Zhou Hu, and she could calm down and think about it first, and she was not in a hurry to order the bandits.

"Where's Lao Ye?"

Zhou Hu looked at it for a long time, and pointed from afar, "Master Ye is there." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at it, Ye Zhi was still wearing the green cloth shirt, so simple that he seemed to hide himself in the green mountains and green waters behind him. He was walking around the village, comforting women and children, and helping the villagers clean up their collapsed houses, and he was so tired that he was sweating.

When Ye Zhi raised his head to wipe his sweat, he saw that Mei Xiaoren had arrived beside him, and arched his hand: "My lord." ”

Mei Xiaoren handed Ye Zhifang a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, looked around and asked, "How many bandits are there?" ”

"According to the villagers, there are about twenty or thirty."

When the villagers saw the county order coming, they swarmed her and surrounded her, competing to complain.

"My lord, they robbed everything they could, so how could we live......"

"My lord, will they ever come back?"

"Your Excellency must catch them!"

What's more, he took the family to kneel and kowtow: "Please let the adults call the shots for us." ”

The village chief sighed again and again with his hands on crutches, "Alas, I used to be poor, and I lived a good life for a few days with adults, who knew that I would encounter this one." ”

Mei Xiaoren was scared when she saw these villagers mentioning bandits, and when she looked back at Zhou Hu, she was also wilted, because no matter how much she put together the officials in the county government in this small place, she couldn't get together thirty, and there were not more than the bandits, how could she suppress the bandits?

But if this bandit can't be suppressed, Qiushui County will become a soft peach, and he will be entangled to death by bandits, how can he live in peace?

The people on her territory still have to be protected by her, the parent official.

Mei Xiaoren instructed Ye Zhi: "Old Ye, go back and gather the young and strong men in the yamen......"

Ye Zhi was silent for a while, and then abruptly arched his hand: "My lord, it's all here." ”

Mei Xiaoren glanced back and took a cool breath.

She almost forgot that although the civil servants in the sixth room of the county yamen were effective, they were all old, and in addition to the younger officials under Zhou Hu, there were no young people in the yamen.

And Lao Ye, this master......

Mei Xiaoren looked at Ye Zhi. He has good facial features, and he can be described as handsome and extraordinary, which is very pleasing to the little girl, but he is not the material for holding a knife.

"Then put up a notice to gather the people and sweep the snow in front of their door."

"In case there are casualties among the people, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the prefect to explain."

Mei Xiaoren took another breath of cool air, and his heart was half cold. She closed her eyes, gently tapped her forehead with a folding fan, and said helplessly after thinking silently for a while: "Go find Lord Xie next door to borrow some." ”

"Master Xie of Yun County has just returned to his hometown, and now Yun County ...... There is no prefectural order. ”

Mei Xiaoren's heart "banged" and sank to the bottom.

Ye Zhi didn't dare to speak anymore and stood silently behind Mei Xiaoren. He knew that his lord was an impatient, and he said that the bandits would definitely have to be suppressed, and they had to be suppressed immediately, and he couldn't wait for the imperial court to send troops. But how to suppress it has become a problem.

The lord of his family has served as the county commander for two years, and he has never encountered any banditry, after all, this place used to be a notoriously poor and remote place, and beggars had to take a detour when they saw it, let alone bandits. In recent years, the people of Qiushui County have gradually become rich, and they never thought that they would rely on blessings and misfortunes, but they would attract bandits to rob them.

Ye Zhi glanced back at the outside of the village, in fact, it was not impossible to suppress the bandits, so he raised his hand and pointed to the place where he could see, "My lord, they may be able to help the adults." ”

They?

Mei Xiaoren suddenly remembered what Ye Zhi was referring to, and before returning to the entrance of the village with everyone, he looked up and saw that sure enough, there was an army stationed in that place.

A few months ago, Xia Guo tore up the letter of state, saying that he would break off diplomatic relations with Daning from now on. In order to prevent the Xia Kingdom from making trouble, the imperial court of Daning set up thousands of garrisons in several county towns near the border pass, totaling about 40,000, and 6,000 people stationed in her Qiushui County.

The barracks is only a mile away from the village, and she can still see the smoke of the barracks cooking by fire when she stands here, and the people in the barracks can't see the black smoke coming from the village?

It's not that you can't see it, but someone who doesn't care about yourself hangs high!

6,000 people, let dozens of bandits do the trouble for the people under their noses......

Mei Xiaoren shook the folding fan in silence, his face was gloomy than the sky.

The wind in everyone's ears blew "whoosh", but no one dared to say anything more, because they could all guess how angry the adults were.

Mei Xiaoren asked the officials to stay and help the villagers clean up the village, and she took Zhou Hu and Ye Zhi to ask what was going on.

Zhou Hu knew that the adults were going to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, but he was worried that the adults would not be able to help the group of soldiers, after all, officials are officials, soldiers are soldiers, and adults have never dealt with soldiers.

"Master Ye, my lord goes like this, what if I offend the general?"

Ye Zhi smiled very easily: "The generals stationed in the county are at most seven grades, and adults know this. ”

When Ye Zhi and Zhou Hu were whispering, Mei Xiaoren had already quickened his pace to the gate of the barracks.

The soldiers guarding the door couldn't recognize who the person was, only the official uniform, but even if they recognized the person as an official, they didn't give face, and still asked: "Who is coming?" ”

Zhou Hu stepped forward and said, "This is our county commander, I want to see your general." ”

They had already reported their homes, but the soldiers still did not give face, so they waited outside and sent someone in to report before letting them go.

The soldiers in the barracks roasted pigs and sheep in front of their tents, and the tempting smell of meat filled the air. Mei Xiaoren smelled it, and the fire in his heart suddenly became a little bigger.

Two hours ago, her people were robbed by bandits nearby, and these soldiers ate meat and drank a lot of wine here, and lived more comfortably than her county magistrate.

Are these people here to shock the Xia Kingdom, or are they looking for a place far away from the Emperor of Heaven to hide and drink and have fun?

It turns out that this is more than ......

It was lively in the barracks, and even more lively in the main tent.

Mei Xiaoren stood in the tent and saw not only the delicacies of the mountains and seas and the wine, but also ...... Woman.

In addition to the dancing girls, the generals also held several good-looking women in their arms, drinking and indulging in sensuality.

What a smoky miasma!

"That's ...... The top sign of the Cuiying Building. Zhou Hu whispered.

Mei Xiaoren looked at the handsome position and saw that the general was holding the most outstanding woman in his arms. The woman's clothes were already messy, and she was pulled by the general's hand, revealing a large piece of snow skin on her shoulders in an instant, almost making the hidden spring light appear at a glance.

Zhou Hu was dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Ye Zhi hurriedly raised his sleeves to cover his eyes, and chanted, "Don't look at indecent things."

Mei Xiaoren is still calm. In order to pretend to be a man, the first thing she abandoned was the shyness and shyness of women.