"In addition to the affairs of the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, there are also local people's farming matters that need to be reported...... This year is indeed a good harvest year, and the land cultivated by the people has harvested a lot of rice. ”

"The reason why the innkeeper said that the people were hungry and couldn't go out was because the rice was looted by the local county officials and bandits!"

As early as when he heard that the handwriting of officials of the Ministry of Agriculture had been forged, Chen Mu had expected this.

He replied with a grim face.

"As for the people who were mobilized to the western suburbs...... According to the people of the city, they were called to build ancestral graves for the local county order. ”

"What?"

Chen Mu paused with his hand holding the cup.

What a bold idea!

The requisition of the people, not to build roads, not to build the government, but to build ancestral tombs for themselves?!

Those county officials really don't treat the people as people, and they don't treat themselves as outsiders!

Chen Mu was so angry that he couldn't speak, and the guard arched his hand to Chen Mu.

"In addition, the reason why the owner of this inn was scared like that just now is because the county magistrate of this city is worried that he has arrested the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and the exploitation of the people's fat and ointment will be exposed."

"He planted a lot of spies in the city, and those spies were passers-by disguised as merchants, and if those people found out that the people in the city were discussing his exploitation of the people's fat and ointment, he would arrest and behead the people!"

Chen Mu clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and endured himself for a moment before he could hold back the anger in his heart.

"What a great skill, I didn't know that the county commanders of these northern cities were going to be the overlords of the earth."

"If I come a few days later, will they revolt and replace my Great Xia Dynasty and lead the local city?"

Chen Mu scolded angrily, and the guards were startled and immediately bowed down.

After saying this, Chen Mu also suddenly came back to his senses.

Wait a minute......

Lead a local city uprising......

Could it be that those rebels are the men and horses of these county orders?

"Did you find out about the rebels in the area?"

"I also inquired, and it is said that the rebels are the people of several other cities who have been exploited by the local county order."

They heeded the encouragement of a bandit leader in a nearby cottage, left the city, and took refuge in the cottage of the big boss, and then formed this small force.

When the cottage boss was very capable, when he was short of manpower, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the local county order, he successfully avoided the encirclement and killing of the soldiers and horses sent by the county order.

"Later, more and more people were gathered, and they formed a scale, and they revolted."

"But even so, these cities have not been touched, because there are still people in these cities."

The reason why the county commander sent spies, disguised as merchants, wandered around the city.

In addition to preventing the people from sending news abroad, it is also to prevent the people from fleeing in large numbers.

In this way, he trapped the people in the city and made them his hostages.

"Cheng, I know, it seems that if you want to recruit the rebel army, the most important thing is to solve the county orders of these cities."

Chen Mu thought about it for a while and remembered another thing.

"What about General Zhang's soldiers and horses? Since they are here, they should have also detected the wrongness of these cities. ”

"General Zhang is missing, and I don't know if it has anything to do with the rebel army, or if it has something to do with the county orders of these cities......

The county commanders of these cities can do what they can do to arrest the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, and they should also be able to do what they can do to arrest General Zhang.

As for why those soldiers and horses have not sent news to the capital until now, there is only one possibility.

That is, those soldiers and horses were also bought by the county officials of this city.

The facts did not surprise Chen Mu.

"Those soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city, and they have close contacts with the local county officials, as for General Zhang, ......"

"I'm not sure if General Zhang fell into the hands of the county official, I only know that on the first day of General Zhang's return, he went to visit the county government office near the city, and then disappeared without a trace."

It was very likely that he was caught by the local county magistrate, Chen Mu nodded silently.

Chen Mu and Master Ye summed it up, and they were ready to arrest the local county officials first, as the so-called capture of the thief and capture the king first, as long as those county officials were arrested, their subordinates would not make any big trouble.

When the people are arrested, send a message to the rebels to see if they can use this method to gather the rebels' forces.

Lord Ye got the order, and rushed to the local county official's mansion with the secret guard that night.

The county magistrate was still in his own house with wine and food and beautiful women, completely unaware that danger was quietly approaching, the secret guard broke through the door, crashed into the room, and captured the county magistrate's family, without letting the news go.

Later, Chen Mu sent people to several adjacent cities and arrested the local county officials in turn.

By the time everything was over, it was already the next morning.

Chen Mu did not rest all night, and several county officials were transported overnight to the inn where he was temporarily staying.

The innkeeper was dumbfounded, watching several officials and masters being pressed to kneel in the lobby.

The young people who came to stay at their inn sat in front of those old men with a faint expression.

The innkeeper was so frightened that he thought that the other party had learned about the injustice of their city, so he wanted to kill these dog officials!

The innkeeper hurriedly rushed to Chen Mu's face, begging Chen Mu not to be impulsive.

He feared that he would be implicated.

Chen Mu naturally understood the innkeeper's thoughts, he waved his hand and said.

"Don't worry, don't say that you will arrest them, even if the forces behind them are punished by the Nine Clans, they will not dare to touch me."

Chen Mu's expression was calm, and his gestures were extravagant.

Now after saying this, the innkeeper's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly realized that the person in front of him was probably not an adult with an extraordinary background.

Chen Mu glanced at the innkeeper and asked him to close the door of the inn.

The innkeeper stepped forward and closed the door.

Chen Mu turned his head and glanced at the county lords who were thrown on the ground.

He sneered and walked over to the men to stand still.

Those county lords had strips of cloth stuffed in their mouths, and they were tied up strongly, and they were powerless to struggle, so they could only writhe on the ground like one meat worm after another.

They glared at Chen Mu's gaze as if they were going to eat people.

They were just local county officials, they had never seen Chen Mu, and they didn't know Chen Mu's identity.

A guard stepped forward and ripped the strip of cloth from the mouth of one of the county lords.

The old man of that county got the opportunity, and immediately howled like a pig.

"You bold dog thief, you dare to do something to us, believe it or not, we sent soldiers and horses to break your body into thousands of pieces?"

"Hurry up and let us go, if you anger the forces behind us, the people of that force have the ability to make you die without a place to be buried."

Those old men were stunned, gritting their teeth and scolding.

Chen Mu hooked his lips and sneered.

"Oh, you still have forces behind you? So tell me, which force is behind you? Is it someone from the capital? ”