When the prisoners knelt in the field, there were many people to take care of them, and the three people who knelt in the field before were also rescued by everyone and taken home to recuperate. The dean was relieved at this time, and arranged for someone to go to meet the army on the road, so he led Xiao'er and Bai Liang to the yamen, and naturally many people followed, and entered the back hall, and the wives and servants of the county officials, etc., under the persuasion of the dean, no one was embarrassed, and they were locked in two rooms and guarded by everyone. And the dean and Xiao'er also found a clean house to live in, and waited for the army to come. And the daily food, the people in the city are grateful, and they have offered it, there are so many types, and the beauty of the taste is that even Bai Liang has gained a lot of weight in these days.

This is four days, and it is generally safe. It's just that in these four days, at first, there were also family members of the officials who came to ransom them, but the people were angry, and they didn't beat those officials to death, and they were already snickering, and they were willing to collect money and release people. And even more good deeds, found a lot of account books in the yamen, which clearly recorded the amount of bribes received by various officials and officials, and the source of each was written in detail, but some people found that these words were very similar to those on the notices posted at the gate of the county yamen on weekdays, and it was also concluded that all this was recorded by the master, handed over to the dean, and there was evidence in hand, and those family members just hoped not to cause fire and affect the whole family, and where did they dare to redeem people. The master regretted it even more, he originally came up with his own idea, and wrote down the number of bribes received by everyone, so he was not afraid of being betrayed in the future, but he didn't want to become a corroboration of the pot today.

Let's talk about laughing here, after waiting for a few days, although the food is good, he is anxious to see how Grandpa Huang can build weapons for himself, so he is a little reluctant to wait, and keeps asking Grandpa Master when he will return to Hetong Town. The dean could only persuade him, but he was also a little anxious, after all, those prisoners kneeling on the square had not eaten a little in the past four days, and if they continued like this, they were afraid that they would all die before the army came to interrogate them, but every time he said that he wanted to feed some food to the group of prisoners in the past few days, the people would protest, and even many people shouted: "Don't say it's food, it's, we won't give it to them." ”

Fortunately, at noon, someone came to report that they had seen a lot of soldiers rushing here at the city gate. The dean's hanging heart finally let go. When the troops enter the city and explain everything, the dean can finally let go of everything here, but he doesn't see the dog on Tuesday. After asking the adjutant general, I learned that Tuesday, in order not to delay the dean's plan, the dog actually ran around the clock for three days before daring to go to the barracks. After the report, General Cheng Tong divided his troops into two ways, one led by the deputy general to Fengping County, one led by the general, according to the position pointed by the dog on Tuesday, straight to Fengping Village, if there is no delay on the road, you can come tomorrow. And on Tuesday, the dog has been sent back to Hetong Town by the general. The dean was relieved.

On the second day, when Chen Shi, General Zhuge finally arrived, only to see that everyone was dusty, but they were also a little tired.

The dean met with General Cheng Tong, and Cheng Tong directly dismounted and knelt down and said, "The student has seen the dean." ”

The dean hurriedly picked it up, and Xiao'er hid behind the master's grandfather, and looked at the general carefully, only to see that he was black and thin, short, and had a lot of whitish beard stubble on his face.

This immature laughter naturally alarmed General Cheng Tong, and he noticed that there was a child behind the dean, and asked, "Lord Dean, who is this?"

"I was about to introduce you, this is my apprentice, Jiang Xiao'er. The dean said, pulled down the smile again, and said: "Xiao'er, this is your senior Cheng Tong, who has graduated for more than 30 years, and is now the general of the border defense of Hecheng, come over and pay respects." ”

Xiao'er stepped forward, bowed down, and said, "Xiao'er sees the process of being a senior." ”

Cheng Tong was a little surprised, thinking that back then, how many talented teenagers in the academy begged the dean to accept him as an apprentice, but the dean did not allow it, but the dean stood in front of him with his apprentice. Although this child looked young, Cheng Tong knew that this son must not be simple, otherwise the dean would not have taken it into his eyes, and even accepted him as an apprentice, so he hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Cheng Tong has seen the younger brother." ”

Since everyone knew each other and entered the county office, the dean brought the things of the cottage and the affairs of the county together, and Cheng Tong, who was sitting in the lower position, was also stunned for a long time at this time. He didn't expect that there would be such an evil thing in this Hecheng realm, it seems that it was the city lord of Hecheng, and most of them were related to this matter. It's just that as a soldier, Shengwu has always had military regulations, if it weren't for the name of suppressing bandits this time, it would be difficult for him to lead troops into Fengping County.

Seeing that he was embarrassed, the dean naturally understood why and persuaded: "Cheng Tong, you don't have to think too much." As long as the things in front of you are done well, as for the city lord of Nahe City, as well as those nobles who took bribes in the capital, don't move yet. After all, if this kind of network moves, it will be very implicated, and the Holy Warrior Kingdom needs to be stable, so this is the end of the matter. ”

"I think the same way, it's just that seeing that there are so many moths in the Holy Martial Arts, and most of them are in high-ranking officials, I, as a general, am a little chilling. Cheng Tong sighed.

"It's best if you think so, as long as people like you keep serving the Holy Warrior Kingdom, after a few decades, when the blood is exhausted, the whole country is patriotic and worried about the people, like us ordinary people, we ordinary people can be better. The dean said.

"How can you be an ordinary person, others may forget, but I still know, Lord Dean, you are the white tiger given by the emperor, and you have the immortal gold medal in your hand, and the students are envious. Cheng Tong hurriedly said. After that, both of them laughed, but their laughter was a little miserable, because they understood that what the dean said before could only be an illusion, and the corruption would only deepen with time, so how could it not be because of some different people. It's just that people always want the world to be beautiful, so they can only pin their hopes on the next generation.

Everyone chatted for a while, and then the dean said: "This time I went up the mountain to suppress bandits, and I gained a lot." ”

"Fortunately, fortunately, thanks to the action of the dean, I waited for the soldiers to go up the mountain, but did not encounter a trace of resistance, and finally counted, there were a total of 762 corpses on the mountain, and about 110,000 taels of dirty silver were seized, all of which were placed in the city first. Naturally, our army did not dare to take such a meritorious claim, and hoped for the instructions of the dean. "Cheng channel.

110,000 taels, there are still so many left, the dean is also a little surprised, it seems that he and the others still did not find it clean that day, and the remaining property in the secret room is only 40,000 taels at most, it seems that there is still a place they have not found. The dean smiled: "Since I sent someone to inform you to suppress the bandits, naturally this credit is yours, with this merit, I think your career path will be much better, as long as you are promoted in the future, don't look at your original intention." ”

Cheng Tong immediately knelt down and saluted the dean: "Thank you to the dean, I, Cheng Tong, will not forget my original intention, and I will die to serve the country and the dean." ”

The dean waved his hand, asked him to get up, and said, "You are polite, the rest of the matter will be handled by you, and we will rush back to Hetong Town, so we will not stay." ”

"This, Lord Dean, after all, you should take the lead in this crackdown on bandits, or according to the regulations, you take one-tenth of the silver, and I am so relieved. "Cheng Tong is embarrassed.

"Don't use this, one-tenth is more than 10,000 taels, we have other things, and it's not convenient to bring so much silver. The dean said, but it suddenly occurred to him that he saw a lot of jewelry in the secret room that day, and he actually forgot a few of them, and sent them to Cheng Lao and Cheng Ruoping. Now that the other party asked again, he changed his words and said, "Otherwise, I will choose a hairpin to send to a friend, and that's it." Of course Cheng Tong agreed, but he smiled heavily, looked at the dean, and even the dean was a little embarrassed, blushing, and said angrily: "Can't I have a good female friend yet?"

"The student didn't say anything. Cheng Tong said with a smile. He was an early student of the college, and he had been in the officialdom for so long, so he naturally heard that the dean had pursued a female counselor surnamed Cheng in the court, but the other party didn't like it, but the dean stalked him, and others were unwilling to rob the dean of women, so that the originally beautiful and talented counselor, no one dared to marry, and finally resigned, and the dean didn't know what method was used, built a school in Yanyin City, and left the other party there as the principal.

And Xiao'er heard that there was a hairpin to take, and naturally remembered the three women in the family, the women are so beautiful, Xiao'er has been taught a lesson, understands this reason, and thought about giving them some, and immediately said: "Can Xiao'er take it too?"

Hearing what Xiao'er said, Cheng Tong smiled: "Of course you can." "The dean said that the elimination of the mountain bandits was mainly due to Xiao'er's shot, and the dean just swept the tail, besides, his junior brother, following the dean, will definitely be extraordinary in the future, he also wants to stammer, of course agree.

"Great, Xiao'er wants to give one to her mother, sister, godmother, can you get one each?"

"Of course you can, it's not a valuable thing, you can take it. Cheng Tongmai coaxed.

"Thank you, Senior Cheng Tong. Smiled and bowed.

Coming to the yamen, Cheng Tong ordered someone to take down the big box containing jewelry, let the dean and Xiao'er choose, the dean picked a hairpin in it, the style is simple, there are a few solemn, Cheng Tong looked, the hairpin can be worth more than two hundred taels, it seems that the dean is really painstaking for the person in his heart, so he smiled a little.

Xiao'er slashed through the box, then raised her head, asked Cheng Tong carefully, and said, "Senior, if Xiao'er doesn't choose a hairpin, can you take other jewelry?" Xiao'er promises to take three pieces, and will never ask for it again." ”

Cheng Tong saw Xiao'er's cautious appearance, and finally laughed out loud, and said: "That's it, these jewelry can be worth a few dollars, you can take more, and the senior won't say anything about you." ”

"No, no, Xiao'er only takes three, and nothing else is needed. Xiao'er said, then he planed it again in the box, and after a while, he chose a hairpin to hold one hand, and said, "This is for my godmother." After a while, he took out a jade bracelet and said, "This is for my mother." Finally, he chose a necklace and said, "This is for my sister." After all the selections, Xiao'er got up and said to Cheng Daodao: "Thank you, Senior Cheng Tong." ”