Sang Hongyang came to Xiahe County to do only three things: visiting relatives, taking vacations, and arresting the murderer.

Because when Sang Jin came back to Xiahe County, the team was attacked by bandits, causing Sang Jin to be almost arrested, and he had to entrust his daughter to Ah Hao in the broken temple to escape.

The Sang family is not a soft persimmon, this matter must be investigated, before Sang Hongyang was not there, they will first secretly check inside, and when Sang Hongyang arrives and has the backbone, this matter must be investigated.

Mainly because it involves Sang Jin, such a thing as being caught by a thief in ancient times means that she is ruined, even if Sang Jin escapes and is not caught, but once the rumors come out, anything can appear, Sang Jin herself is very sensitive because she is a widow, and then there are some rumors, Sang Hongyang is afraid that his daughter will not be able to think about it.

Sang Hongyang saw a lot of people who came to meet that day, and when it was time for the dinner, the Sang family restaurant was lively, but Sang Hongyang himself only showed up once and returned to his home with the county guard, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant.

The county magistrate Zhang Fa pulled the middle-aged man next to him and said: "Sang Shizhong, this is Zhang Tai, the county lieutenant we trust in Xiahe County, who is only thirty-six years old and is already a scholar. ”

"County Lieutenant Zhang is in the prime of life, and he will definitely be able to make some merits for our Xiahe County."

Zhang Tai seems to be a person who is not good at words, and just bows his hand.

Sang Hongyang continued: "A few days ago, when our Sang family's caravan came back to Xiahe County, we encountered bandits, and the caravan carried three horseshoe gold, as well as a number of other property, and the silver money I planned to use to renovate the house was robbed by the bandits. ”

"The money is small, the security is big, the incident happened near the national highway, this group of bandits is very cunning, deliberately waiting for the caravan to go out of the national highway before starting, I have sent my subordinates to check the details of the other party, a group of small bandits, I don't want to alarm too many people, but also ask the county magistrate, the county lieutenant can divide some manpower, to exterminate this group of bandits, the silver money looted by the bandits, all into the county, as Sang's thanks."

The matter of catching bandits is the responsibility of the county lieutenant, and as a county lieutenant, he is to protect the safety of one party.

Chu Junshou stood up and said: "The bandits have been plagued for a long time, we should do our best, Sang Shizhong rest assured, I will order Zhang County Lieutenant to lead a team to exterminate the bandits." ”

As the county warden is the highest military and political governor of the county, the army in the county is also under the control of the county guard.

Speaking of which, the county guard is still at the same level as the vassal states, of course, there is a big gap in actual authority.

Chu Junshou handed over the matter to Zhang Tai, and Sang Hongyang handed over the information to Zhang Tai: "These are the information collected by our people, the other party is a group of thieves hiding in Hushan in the west of the county, and they dared to steal chickens and dogs when they were very small before, but the power of the past two years has suddenly become larger, with the scale of nearly 100 people, Zhang County Lieutenant still pays more attention to it." ”

"That's nature, it's my duty to exterminate the bandits."

"I'm relieved to have County Lieutenant Zhang's words, I also brought back three big yellow crossbows this time, and County Lieutenant Zhang will also bring them when the time comes, which can be used for long-range attacks."

As soon as he heard the rhubarb crossbow, Zhang Tai became interested, because the crossbow was more complicated in its production process, and it had not been popularized in this era, so they didn't see much in this place, and this time they brought three, and he could just use it.

Three big yellow crossbows were taken up while speaking, the strength of the crossbow in the Han Dynasty was calculated according to the stone, divided into one stone to ten stones, about 27-30 kilograms of strength required to fill a stone crossbow, of which the strongest ten stone crossbow is also known as the yellow shoulder crossbow, the rhubarb force crossbow.

The soldiers who use the rhubarb crossbow must be very strong, so that the person can use the rhubarb crossbow, and there is a record of Li Guang holding the rhubarb crossbow to shoot the enemy general in the historical records of "Li Guanglie's Biography". According to later research estimates, its range can reach about 207 meters.

Zhang Tai picked up a large yellow crossbow, this kind of crossbow arrow generally needs one person to resist one person to aim and fire, and there are relatively few single users who can use it.

"Sang Shizhong, with the help of the big yellow crossbow, the bandits' defense is vulnerable, and I am sure to take down the other party, but for the sake of conservatism, I also ask several scholars in the county who can use the Heavenly Dao script to follow me, and strive to take down the bandits in a short time."

At this time, Gan Fu beside Sang Hongyang walked out with a long cane: "The old man is also a scholar, so he can help." ”

"Mr. Ganfu, it's famous, it's naturally good to have your help." When Zhang Tai learned that Ganfu was willing to help, he became more determined.

The code of Chu County said: "There are not many sergeants in the county, so I will give you one." ”

"Okay, if Huo Shaofu helps together, it should be enough."

"Huo Shaofu?" Sang Hongyang was stunned: "He is also a scholar?" ”

"Huo Shaofu has served in the county governor's mansion for many years, although he is not usually revealed, but he is indeed a scholar, and I was still Huo Shaofu's enlightenment back then."

The others were shocked, obviously no one knew that Huo Zhongru was a scholar, not even the county magistrate.

……

The next day, in the Shaofu Courtyard, Huo Zhongru shouted: "Don't go, what are you kidding, fight the bandits, this is a fatal job, I won't go, Zhang Tai, I was kind enough to help you back then, how can you repay the revenge." ”

You can hear Huo Zhongru's scolding voice from a distance, Zhang Tai came to him early in the morning to tell him about going to fight the bandits, but he didn't expect Huo Zhongru to react so much, and said helplessly: "Huo Shaofu, this time we have so many people, the bandits are just a group of rabble, we have both armor and blades, how can the bandits be our opponents, this is also a good opportunity for you to show your talents." ”

"Don't go, don't go!!" Huo Zhongru was unusually determined, how could he go to such a dangerous thing.

"Huo Shaofu, you were a scholar in your early years, and you have been hiding it, this time you just take this opportunity to show it, and then you can continue to be promoted."

Zhang Tai is also completely for Huo Zhongru's sake, for him, when he was still young, when he was fifteen or sixteen years old and didn't understand anything, Huo Zhongru explained to him a little bit about the way of the scholar, the master led the door to practice in the individual, a little bit, it took him more than three years to finally enter the avenue of the scholar.

In the Han Dynasty, as long as you are a scholar, you can directly become an official, and the speed of promotion is generally much faster than others, so he became a county lieutenant at a young age.

He was very grateful to Huo Zhongru, so he thought that he would have to take Huo Zhongru with him if he had the opportunity.

But Huo Zhongru obviously didn't want such an opportunity.

At this time, Huo Guang came: "County Lieutenant Zhang, I'll go with you." ”

"What nonsense are you messing around, go back quickly." Huo Zhongru immediately reprimanded.

"I'm also a scholar, why can't I go?"

"Huh?" Zhang Tai looked at Huo Guang in surprise.

Huo Zhongru glanced at his son, I just asked you to hide it last night, and you came out to show it today, this is very my style.

"Huo Guang, are you also a scholar?"

"I've been studying for six months, and I've just learned it for a short time."

"I learned it in six months, genius? is worthy of being the son of Huo Shaofu. Zhang Tai sighed.

"Okay, then you go, go for your father, I'll tell the county magistrate and the county guard, this time you go with you, if the bandits are successful, you will be exempted from the next military service (military service)."