Chapter 357: Fearful
The general's surname was Zhang, his name was Zhang Mang, and he sensed the meaning of the county order's temptation, and immediately replied.
"It's not that there is chaos in this military camp, it's that there is a dispatch mission in Beijing, and I was sent to this military camp to be stationed, and I will only be stationed for a few months, and I will go back when the matter is resolved."
Hearing what the other party said, the county commander nodded, and he withdrew his gaze, as if he did not doubt what Zhang Mang said.
Zhang Mang also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the appearance of the county commander, and the county commander raised his head and glanced in the direction of the barracks, and then spoke.
"I heard that you led your troops to the surrounding mountains to suppress bandits, but in fact, you don't need to send someone to do this, and the number of bandits in that group is not large."
"If you notice any unusual movements of that group of bandits, notify us, and I will take someone to the mountain to surround and suppress those bandits."
"Have you taken those bandits to this barracks? What's going on with them? I've heard that the bandits have captured the rich merchants from a nearby town and haven't released them yet. ”
"After I heard that those bandits were arrested by you, I sent people to the cottage to rescue the imprisoned rich merchants, but I found that the rich merchants were also gone."
"I was worried that they were in danger, and I remembered that you might have brought those rich merchants as companions of the mountain bandits, so I came here to ask."
"If those rich merchants are with you, can you give them back to me?"
The county magistrate arched his hand, said with a smile, and heard the county magistrate say this, General Zhang frowned, the rich businessman mentioned in the county magistrate must be the pair of men and women.
It's just that the couple of men and women knew about their plans, and it was not good for him to hand over the pair of men and women to the county commander.
If the man and woman had told the prefectural commander of their arrangements and plans, the matter would have been revealed.
"You're talking about a rich businessman...... When we led the people into the cottage, we did see the people who were being held in the cottage, but the bandits were so mad that they were afraid that we would kill them. ”
"So they arrested those rich merchants, intending to use them to blackmail us, and when we had a conflict with those mountain bandits, those mountain bandits missed for a while, so they gave the rich merchants on the mountain to ......."
When General Zhang said this, he frowned with emotion, he looked in the direction of the county order, and then sighed silently, as if he was sighing for the souls who died under the knife of the mountain bandits.
And when the county commander heard General Zhang say this, his eyelids jumped sharply.
What?!
Impossible!
It is impossible for Chen Mu and Meng Qing to die at the hands of those mountain bandits!
As far as the county order knows, those mountain bandits have a very respectful attitude towards Chen Mu and Meng Qing, they know the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing, and naturally they can't have the courage to do anything to Chen Mu and Meng Qing!
"This ...... How is this possible? Those two are extraordinary, and those mountain bandits can't ......"
At this point, the county magistrate suddenly paused.
No, the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing cannot be exposed.
Listening to the meaning of General Zhang's words, those mountain bandits seemed to have killed Chen Mu and Meng Qing, but the county order was clear that when those mountain bandits knew the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing, they would not dare to do anything to Chen Mu and Meng Qing with a hundred courages.
So it is only possible that General Zhang wants to find an excuse to shirk and prevent him from taking Chen Mu and Meng Qing away.
How are the two of them now?
Is it in this barracks?
The county magistrate didn't know anything about this, but he knew that the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing could not be exposed no matter what.
If Chen Mu and Meng Qing were really locked up in this barracks, he would expose the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing, and the soldiers and horses in this barracks would definitely be unfavorable to Chen Mu and Meng Qing.
The county magistrate heard that there was a mess in this military camp, and it was still related to the mutiny, although Chen Mu was secretive about it and did not tell him the key details.
But the county order knew that if those who rebelled knew that Chen Mu was the crown prince of the dynasty, then Chen Mu would definitely be in danger!
Even...... They will be plunged into war throughout Great Xia.
The county magistrate was so frightened by his own idea that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Sensing that General Zhang was looking in his direction with some confusion, the county commander pulled the corners of his mouth, and then spoke.
"After those two were rich merchants in the city, I thought that most of those people would not have the courage to do anything to those two people."
"They wanted to capture those two people, and then use their names to blackmail the rich merchants in the city, and take out a large sum of silver, and ...... in such a situation"
"Hahaha, this is the county order that you haven't thought clearly."
"When we led our troops into the cottage, the bandits in the cottage realized that they could not escape from the palm of our hands, and in a moment of anger, their swords went sideways, and threatened us with the life of the rich merchant."
"Even if the rich merchant is killed in the end, it is not impossible, after all, they also know that they have no way out, and it is impossible that they will have the opportunity to use the rich merchant's life to blackmail the people in the city to hand over the silver in the future."
Seeing the other party say this, the look on the county commander's face was stunned.
It seems that the person in front of him has made up his mind not to hand over Chen Mu and Meng Qing.
The county commander frowned, but saw General Zhang waving his hand impatiently, and then spoke.
"I still have some important things to take care of, so I won't ask the county to order you to come to our military camp to sit, you go back first, those mountain bandits have been arrested by us, and you don't have to worry about the mountain bandits around your military rank."
"It's still a good thing for you, you can go back first."
General Zhang ignored the county order, he turned around and walked towards the barracks.
When the county commander saw General Zhang's appearance, he couldn't help frowning.
"My lord, what should we do next? If those two are captured in this barracks, should we think of a way to rescue them? ”
"But General Zhang insisted that those two were not in this barracks......"
"Think about it again, think about it again, I can't let the two of you continue to stay in this barracks, if there is really chaos in this barracks, and the people in the barracks have bad intentions, then ...... Once the identities of those two are revealed, they will definitely ......"
Speaking of this, the county commander gritted his teeth and didn't continue to speak, he almost didn't dare to think that if the people in this barracks really had the intention of rebellion, then these people must have colluded with the people in the capital.
When he was dealing with Chen Mu before, he also heard Chen Mu hint that the matter of this barracks was not simple, and it seemed to be related to the wealthy families in the capital.
If this is the case, when the adults in the capital come, this barracks will see Chen Mu and Meng Qing and recognize the identities of Chen Mu and Meng Qing! Then Chen Mu and Meng Qing will definitely encounter danger!
So it's imperative to get both of them out!
The county commander hurriedly circled around the barracks, fearing that his continued stay outside the barracks would attract the attention of the people in the barracks, so the prefectural commander had to leave by carriage and horse first.