After Lieutenant Luo came up, he also felt very strange when he saw the appearance of the bandit, and even felt a little embarrassed - why are you shouting like that if you don't have the ability? It makes me look so timid!

Ask the bandit why his companion died there.

The bandit said he didn't know.

He only knew that he fell asleep inexplicably, and when he woke up, he found his companion dead in a pool of blood, surrounded by a group of people, and he thought that his companion had been killed by that group.

Lieutenant Luo asked him again why he said such provocative words.

The bandit was very aggrieved that he had never said anything like that, and he only knew that he had fallen asleep inexplicably.

Everyone disagrees with this, because they all saw him waving the knife in his hand and standing on the top of the mountain shouting.

The bandit turned pale with fright, and muttered to himself, "Am I being taken by a ghost?" ”

When these words came out, someone suddenly said to Lieutenant Luo:

"Lord Luo, did you say that the City God Lord who protected us possessed him and did those things?"

County Lieutenant Luo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that this was very possible.

The fact that the city god who had not yet built the temple had not yet been built assisted the villagers of the three villages to arrest the bandits had spread throughout Gumu County, and even the county lieutenant Luo had specially gone to the statue of the city god to offer incense before he set off, and he was also suspicious.

When I was a child, I had heard about inviting God to come up, but now that I was reminded of it, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was the case.

- According to the confession of the bandits, the two robbers found their traces, and all they wanted was to flee quickly, so how could they suddenly fall asleep in such a nervous mood?

The death of the bandit companion is even more unclear, it is impossible to stab himself, and he can't stab that part even if he wants to.

If it wasn't killed by someone from their side, it could only be killed by the bandit.

The bandit said that he didn't know anything, so it was really possible that he was possessed by the city god and did such an inexplicable thing.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was the case, nodded and said:

"I think so too."

Then, throwing his hand in one direction, he said in a loud voice:

"Thank you Lord Chenghuang for your blessing, I will definitely take everyone to kowtow to Lord Chenghuang after I go back."

With him taking the lead, the rest of the people also bowed their hands in that direction, thanking the city god for his blessing.

They are emboldened.

With Chenghuang Ye by his side, this time he went into the mountains to suppress bandits, and he didn't have to worry about safety.

They entered the bandits' lair, where they seized some gold and silver, some food, and more than twenty women and a few children.

Among the more than 20 women, there are a few who are pregnant.

These women were robbed, and they were also victims.

Of course, Lieutenant Luo would not leave them in the mountains, but took them out of the mountains.

All the supplies here have been confiscated.

I transported those things out of the mountains, wrote a list, and asked the villagers of that village to send them to the county government, including women and children.

Only two catchers were sent to follow.

The rest of the arrests were taken by Lieutenant Luo to the second bandit stronghold.

Three bandits' dens, in three different places, quite far apart.

County Lieutenant Luo also worked very hard this time, and the hot weather took the catchers to fight for more than 100 miles, and it took three days to all three dens.

With Liu Qing's follow-up protection throughout the whole process, there were no casualties, and the task was easily completed.

Escorting the last den back to the county seat, only to learn that in the past three days, five or six more villagers had sent bandits over.

He had to keep going to the bandits' dens.

In the past few days, Liu Qing followed the team of County Lieutenant Luo during the day, and at night, he continued to patrol the county to see if there were any bandits.

If you want to become a god in the hearts of the people of Gumu County, you must first let them understand that you can provide them with protection.

During the grain harvest season, if a piece of rice field is stolen by bandits, it is a dereliction of duty, and what affects his prestige is affected.

At night, the group of Luo County Lieutenant and his group all lived in the village, there was no security problem, and he was not needed to protect him, so he had time to patrol and protect the entire Gumu County.

Hard work is some hard work, but hard work pays off.

In a few days, he helped several village guards to make their food, and also caught the robbers who stole the food, so that he harvested more than 1,000 believers.

His name has also been praised in more places.

In addition to this, he also has merit in killing bandits, and he can recommend the tasks of the system.

He also had merit in raiding the robbers' dens and rescuing the women who had been robbed.

The harvesting of rice continues.

This lasted for almost a month.

The last harvested rice almost rotted in the ground.

However, in Gumu County, during the grain harvest season this year, there was not a single case of grain being stolen.

More than a dozen gangs of bandits were arrested, more than 300 bandits were executed, more than 10 dens were killed, more than 10,000 taels of silver worth of materials were seized, more than 500 robbed women and nearly 100 children were rescued.

Liu Qing's system task progress soared to 32%.

And his followers in Gumu County have reached more than 2,000.

This is concentrated in the first ten days.

For the next one or two decades, Liu Qing patrolled every night and found no trace of the bandits.

Probably the group of bandits that plagued Gumu County have been cleaned up.

This does not mean that Gumu County is safe now.

Because bandits are mobile.

There are no bandits in this area of Gumu County at present, but in a month or two at most, bandits from other places will come to scourge them.

Now you still have to be careful when you go out, you still have to be in groups.

Xu Qingfeng has already written to Zhizhou, asking Zhizhou to adjust the people of various counties to carry out a joint operation against the bandits in Xiaojinzhou, and make sure that all the bandits hidden in the mountains are cleared.

But this proposal has not been responded to by other counties.

In reply to his letter, the governor said that he would coordinate the matter, but also said that each county has its own difficulties, and this joint action may not be able to be carried out.

However, Zhizhou also expressed his appreciation for what Xu Qingfeng did after taking office, and said that he would give a table to the court and tell him about his contributions.

The heads of more than 300 bandits, that's a great achievement.

Xu Qingfeng was originally a second-class jinshi, and his potential in officialdom was very strong, and he performed so well in politics as soon as he took office, maybe in two or three years, he would be like his predecessor, and he would be evaluated excellently and directly promoted to the prefect of the fourth grade.

Such a person cannot be offended if he can not be offended.

Even Zhizhou is quite polite to him.

Xu Qingfeng got Liu Qing's instructions, and sent a letter to Zhizhou, saying that if the bandits were not eliminated, the place would not be quiet, and in order for the people to be able to produce with peace of mind, he decided to go into the mountains to exterminate the bandits after the autumn, and other counties would not assist, Gumu County would go it alone, hoping that Zhizhou would approve it.

For his radical approach, the governor did not agree or object, only saying that the imperial court gave the border magistrate the power to act cheaply, and he could decide for himself.

It means that you can make trouble as much as you want, don't ask me.