Chapter Seventy-Four: Find out the situation and suppress the bandits
After almost two incense sticks, the team continued on their way.
The bodies of the dead officials have been buried by Niu Cheng in a good place, because the journey back to Hua'an County is relatively long, and when the corpses are sent back, I am afraid that they will already stink, so it is better to bury them on the spot.
It's just that there is still a corpse in the convoy, which is the second girl of Hua'an County, Liu Ziying.
Only one of the women who went to Shendu to participate in the selection of concubines died, and one person was injured, the injured was the general's little niece Wu Shutao, and the one who died was Liu Ziying, Ziying died in Ziyang Valley, and I don't know if it was the girl's life or the fault of those bad people, I knew that the girl should not participate in the concubine selection competition, maybe there would be no such thing, Liu Juncheng was afraid that he would die of sadness if he heard this.
Afterwards, Liu Juncheng admitted to scolding Niu Cheng no matter what, as a person who survived by luck, what is it to be scolded a few words, if the scolding can resurrect the Ziying girl, and can resurrect those injured colleagues, he is happy even if he is scolded every day.
It is never easy to live, especially the kind of life that carries the hopes of others, and it is not only for yourself to live.
There are still four surviving officials plus Niu Cheng left, and there are only three surviving concubine electors left, and the horses of the officials are ridden away, and they can only sit outside the carriage with the coachman now.
Not to mention, these coachmen are very fatal, and none of them were injured, maybe the target of those gangsters was not put on them at all, so it seems that this inconspicuous has inconspicuous benefits, at least they can enjoy their own rewards.
Wu Gang and they also had to change from the free man at the back of the team to the temporary convoy guardian because of this sudden disaster, but Wu Gang's carriage was in the third, closely followed by Yuanzi and their carriage, Li Qing and Wu Meier were always on the wings, Li Hong took the lead, Li Hai was the tail, and Li Shou was in the middle to respond, and the group walked cautiously to Qingmen County.
The county magistrate of Qingmen County is called Zhuo Tianyi, when he heard that someone had moved the convoy of the prince to choose a concubine, his first reaction was that those villains were crazy, and when he accepted this fact, his second reaction was to see how those who participated in the election of concubines were doing, whether they were injured, and if anything happened to the people who participated in the election of concubines in his territory, then his official hat would not be stable.
When he saw the sword scratches on the convoy, when he saw those injured and depressed officials, his heart was already cold, and he never dreamed that such a big thing would happen in the dignified Divine Comedy Country, which must have spread throughout the entire Divine Comedy Country in less than a month, saying that the convoy of the crown prince and concubine had been attacked by them, or even worse, I was afraid that it would alarm His Majesty the Emperor.
These days to kill the bandits, this is to kill their own life.
I thought that they would be somewhat restrained after intercepting the official silver once, and the amount of silver was not much, and it was not worth sending troops to exterminate it, so I didn't pursue it much, but this time I actually ate the leopard's gall and dared to touch the woman who the royal family wanted, I really don't know how to write the word death, and if you want to get me out of power, then you have to have someone to bury me.
Troops, troops must be dispatched, and this group of bastards must be exterminated.
It's just that there are more important things now, so Zhuo Tianyi can't go out immediately.
He first sent the people who participated in the selection of concubines to the official post in the county to rest, although the official post is not as good as the inn, but the territory of the official name will appear safer, they just happened on the road, presumably they must still be worried in their hearts, if they live in the official post, they can have less worries in this regard.
Not to mention, this trick really works, one of the survivors of Hua'an County who participated in the selection of concubines is the eldest daughter of the county magistrate of Tongping County, Dongfang Beibei saw that she lived in an official post, and her heart was a little more steady, she had experienced too many things this day, which made her a little unacceptable at once.
Looking at the woman who was still talking and laughing before is now a cold corpse lying on the car, looking at the big brother who was still in high spirits before, there are only a few people left in the blink of an eye, and the others have been buried deep in the ground, looking at the red blood stains that the wheels have been walking for a long time and still can't be concealed, she feels that this world is so terrible, she knew that she would not agree to her father to go to Shendu to participate in the election of the crown prince, it is really scary to death, it is better to be at home, don't worry about this, worry about that.
Zhuo Tianyi didn't judge people by their appearance, they didn't see that Li Qing and they were not wearing official uniforms and drove Li Qing away, but also arranged Li Qing and them to go to the official post to rest, but there were usually no people in the official post, so many people came at once, and they couldn't stay, fortunately Wu Gang and they didn't care about any psychological comfort, they just needed to have a place to live, so they found an inn to live in.
Zhuo Tianyi said to Li Qing that they lost a long time, saying that they were very grateful to Li Qing for their understanding, and after Li Qing and they went away, Zhuo Tianyi found the official who escorted the convoy and asked in detail what was going on, of course, it was not for them to just talk. The reason why I talked while eating was because Zhuo Tianyi was too anxious, so I didn't lose my appetite if I could do both, and I would die if I knew it earlier.
So a few people ate at a table and said, many things were said by the three officials there, and Niu Cheng would add a few words when there was any omission, and after this incident, Niu Cheng had fewer words.
When Zhuo Tianyi asked Wu Gang what they were, Niu Cheng only said a life-saving benefactor and didn't say anything, and when Zhuo Tianyi asked again, Niu Cheng said that he was the life-saving benefactor of everyone present and didn't say anything.
But Zhuo Tianyi understood what Niu Cheng meant, Niu Cheng wanted to tell himself that if there was no Wu Gang and their people, Niu Cheng and them would all die in Ziyang Valley, and the officials who escorted the concubine were all dead, and the people who chose the concubine were taken away by the bandits, so his county order in Qingshan County was not a matter of losing his office, but also of losing his life.
Saying so, it is not wrong that he is Zhuo Tianyi's great benefactor.
In this way, Zhuo Tianyi was even more curious about the origin of those people, he had such a ability, and he actually killed those vicious bandits with a few people, what a young hero, if such a person can help him to exterminate the bandits, then he will definitely be able to catch them.
I just don't know if the family is willing or not, and I don't know if the lion will open his mouth when paying others, and you must know that the more capable people are, the more arrogant they are.
Zhuo Tianyi tried to ask Niu Cheng what he thought just now, but Niu Cheng thought about it for a while and said that it should be impossible, because Niu Cheng knew that the reason why they would help them at that time was entirely because there was a woman named Yuanzi among these people who met them, and now, since the woman named Yuanzi is safe, then she shouldn't be as dedicated as she was then.
Moreover, Niu Cheng still has a little selfishness, that is, he doesn't want Wu Gang and those people to go, he thinks, even if he has to wait for a few years, it must be revenge by a few of his own hands, although it is a bit selfish to think like this, but Niu Cheng feels that letting others do it for him and letting him do it should be two moods.
As soon as Zhuo Tianyi heard Niu Cheng's answer, he didn't mention it again, since Niu Cheng thought that people were unwilling, then there was a 90% chance that he would not be able to ask others to help, and he didn't know others, so he couldn't make such an unreasonable request. Anyway, although Qingmen is a small county town, there are still a lot of soldiers in Pinglu County, not far from Qingmen County, and the soldiers of the two counties will definitely be able to exterminate those bandits.
After asking some more details, Zhuo Tianyi said goodbye and left, he was not in the mood to sit here and eat, he still had to draft a song to think of the county guard to report the matter, and also send someone to contact the county order of Pinglu County, as well as notify his own soldiers, in short, tonight is a sleepless night.
Niu Cheng finally said the place where the Black Stone Village that Li Qing told him was, after seeing Zhuo Tianyi leave, Niu Cheng looked at one of the officials and said: "Xiao Gao, if it is not surprising that the county commander has learned the address of the Black Stone Village, he will definitely think of sending troops to encircle and suppress, we have to escort the convoy, it is impossible to stay, how about you do me a favor, stay, follow the county commander, and then help the brothers take revenge."
The official known as Xiao Gao heard Niu Cheng's words and said excitedly: "Brother Niu, don't worry, as long as I see those bastards who killed our brothers, I will definitely chop them up and feed them to the dogs, those bastards are not human beings."
"Xiao Gao, listen to me, I, I mean that if the bandits go well, you will finally come out and cut those people to avenge the brothers, in case it doesn't go well, you must not come out, I will let you stay, not let you be sent to death, I, I just let you be a witness, after all, every brother who survives does not live for himself"
The man known as Xiao Gao is named Gao Yan, although he understands what Niu Cheng means, although he feels that this is a bit unauthentic, but Niu Cheng's serious expression makes him unable to refute, because Niu Cheng's words are for his own good, because he believes in Niu Cheng, just like he believes that Niu Cheng will definitely take them back to Hua'an County, although he will stay here for the time being, he understands Niu Cheng, because if it is possible, it must be Niu Cheng who wants to stay more.
The reason why Brother Niu didn't say that was because there were more important things in front of him, and the reason why he didn't say that was because he believed in himself.
Gao Yan nodded, signaling that he knew.
Niu Cheng patted Gao Yan's shoulder and said meaningfully: "Xiao Gao, no matter what, you must live, I don't want to lose any of my brothers again."
Gao Yan looked at Niu Cheng's eyes and nodded seriously.