Chapter 47: Counterattack

The people who came back with Lord Yan wanted to follow up the county seat at first, but were stopped by General Li's soldiers and horses. The reason is irrefutable: who knows if there are thieves in the crowd, and what to do if they take advantage of the chaos to sneak in and attack the officers and soldiers! The one who yells the most is the most suspicious, and he must be taken away for detailed investigation!

A few unwilling leaders in the crowd took the lead and were dragged out by General Li's own soldiers and interrogated. Seeing that the officers and soldiers really started to arrest people, the people who were still in turmoil just now all shut up and retreated. yes, everyone is just as unlucky, don't arrest me. The interrogation was very efficient, and with the kung fu of half a burnt incense, several pro-soldiers picked the heads with long rods and announced: These are all thieves, and they have all confessed in person, and they have been corrected on the spot!

Lord Yan climbed into a big car and promised to the people with a loud heartbeat: Please go back to your own home here, don't be instigated by the thieves, and believe in the court! This official eats the court, and as a parent, he will definitely make decisions for the people.

The people then dispersed one after another, and Lord Yan led his 100 people into the city proudly to find Li Changfa to participate in the general.

Seeing Yan Wenlong, Li Changfa was taken aback and a little scared.

General Li is not afraid that the local civilian officials will settle accounts with him - no matter how long Yan'an Mansion is, he can't manage Yulin Mansion, and besides, he has brought troops over to help you "suppress bandits"! What's the matter, the dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people? This kind of mouth lawsuit, Lord Xiao will never stand idly by! What's more, how could Lord Yan, who was the same prefect of the five grades, be stupid enough to make a fuss for himself for a few dead people?

What Li Changfa was afraid of was that since the officials of Yan'an Prefecture had already arrived in Yanchuan, there should be someone there in Yanchang earlier - it was much easier to go down the river from Yanshui than to cross the mountains and hurdles by land. If order has been restored there, the proceeds of this trip will be discounted - this is something that Lord Xiao and Vice Marshal Wu will never forgive themselves!

So he reorganized his troops and horses as quickly as he could, leaving one of his battalions to escort the spoils of war to Yulin, and the other three battalions prepared to rush to Yanchang with half light equipment. Semi-lightly armoured meant that the soldiers carried their own three days' rations, leading the animals and the women – and it was not only impossible for the soldiers to leave the latter two behind, but it was likely to cause a collective mutiny. Don't look at General Li Shen almost never fought with a real sword, but he has been in charge of the army for many years, and this truth cannot be clearer.

Sure enough, Lord Yan was very interesting, and when they met, they didn't say a word about the scenery, first thanked General Li for his righteous help, and then said that the "Great Victory" chapter could be filled in with his name as a testimony - this is Lord Yan personally witnessed General Li's bloody charge to destroy the rotten and decaying, and see which villain in the court dares to chew the root of his tongue!

Of course, Li Changfa was righteous enough, and modestly said that his modest victory was inseparable from the selfless support and help of Lord Yan and other local officials, not only rewarded the warriors who charged and killed the enemy with two silver rewards, which greatly stimulated morale, but also organized the local people to transport grain and grass to raise materials, thus ensuring this hard-won victory. The good news that Yulin Mansion gave to the Holy Lord will definitely give this credit to Lord Yan and all the adults! The local people are also good, and they do everything they can to help the officials and soldiers to suppress the thieves, which is all the good education of Lord Yan on weekdays - Lord Yan said the word "destroy the family and relieve the difficulty" in time, and he was afraid that the illiterate General Li would not be able to remember it at that time, so he wrote it down by himself. Li Changfa solemnly put it in his arms, and then said on behalf of Governor Xiao that the Yulin Mansion would definitely support Lord Yan's reasonable request to apply to the imperial court for exemption from land endowment.

After the scene was finished, the two sides unified their calibers, and they were relieved of each other, so they said goodbye.

Most of the people outside the city were scattered. Of course, everyone hopes that Lord Yan can make decisions for the people, but they also want to go home first to see what has been destroyed. By the time the crowd gathered again to find Lord Yan, Li Changfa's team had already walked dozens of miles away.

Lord Yan amiably ascended to the court, saying that he would definitely not live up to the trust of the people, and let go of this black gauze hat - oh, well, he remembered that he was wearing a top scarf when his hand was halfway up, so he took advantage of the situation to brush a few locks of beard, and then slapped the shocked wood heavily, showing his firm determination - it is bound to seek justice for everyone! Lord Yan's sonorous words deeply moved the people, and the cries of "Lord Qingtian" resounded in the sky.

Several old men disagreed, shook their heads and said that it was useless, but they were unanimously criticized by everyone: "Are you blind? Look at Lord Yan's sincere words and firm attitude! ”

Believe in the Imperial Court!

Lord Yan asked for the people's life, and of course he had to count the losses of each family in detail. Don't be in a hurry, come one by one. Not to mention the master, Lord Yan and other adults will personally go into battle as long as they have time, listen to the cries of the people one by one, and record them in detail, and finally read them word by word, check that they are correct before letting the bitter master draw the charge, and then politely invite the next one......

Two days later, someone finally understood: When Lord Yan has compiled the grievances of tens of millions of people, it is estimated that it will be the beginning of spring next year!

But Lord Yan's reason is absolutely irrefutable - how can he avenge his grievances if he doesn't understand the reason? You can't hold a military master: "You give me justice!" ”

This is called vexatiousness, there must be thieves behind the trouble, and they will be severely punished for the lawsuit!

Right? Therefore, the only way is for you to complain, I will record, report again, and wait for a reply.

The people wept again and dispersed.

A few old men shook their heads: "Don't count on floating wealth." If you lose a woman, it's better to find it yourself, scrape together some money, and extend it. When the military masters get there, it's time for a new batch of women. If you're lucky, there's a chance to redeem it. ”

Li Changfa hurried away in a hurry, but he was still a step late. By the time the team arrived at the outskirts, Mo Hantao had already "recovered" and extended it for two days.

If you are a bystander, you may have to go home in a huff at this time, but Governor Xiao and Vice Marshal Wu can rest assured that General Li Shen will take on this great task independently - is General Li Changfa an ordinary person?

The south of the city was blocked by Yanshui, and Li Changfa placed three battalions in the west, north, and east directions of Yanchang to form an encirclement, and he only brought a few dozen guards into the city to visit Lord Mo.

Master Mo was really a little surprised when he saw General Li: You are a Yulin general, you have come all the way to our Yan'an Mansion, this arm is inevitably a little too long, right? Normally, Lord Mo doesn't even wait to look at the generals, not to mention the military position of the foreign government. However, there is chaos now, and if some chaos really happens, it will be a trouble that no one can say. So, lukewarmly greeted. However, General Li didn't seem to see it at all, and said with a big grin, since the adults in Yan'an Mansion have already come, it seems that there is nothing to do with themselves, rest for a night, and return tomorrow.

Since they said so, and there was still the order of the Dusi Mansion in his hand, Mo Hantao had nothing to say. In the evening, I asked someone to make a few dishes, and I drank a few glasses with General Li nervously, and secretly stuffed a small bag to General Li during the banquet, saying that two hundred taels was not too little, and that I would buy some wine for the brothers to quench their thirst on the way. Li Changfa refused with a righteous attitude, saying that everyone was loyal to the Son of Heaven, and it was an internal matter to suppress bandits and reassure the people, and this must not be done.

If it weren't for the long-term experience of the sea, General Li's pride and grandeur would have believed it. Master Mo had already sent someone to check the stationing of General Li's troops, and when he fell asleep, he sighed in his heart: Those villages will be destroyed—fortunately, Gu Baihua's thief did not harm the countryside or the city, and when he saw the official army coming, many people in the suburbs fled to the city.

In the middle of the night, when fires broke out everywhere in the city, General Li led four guards in neat golden armor to the bedroom of Lord Mo, shouting: "The thieves attack at night, protect your lordship!" Only then did Mo Hantao understand: he underestimated this general too much!

Lord Mo officially made a request to General Li on the spot: On behalf of Yan'an Mansion and the people, this official implores the general to help him and enter the city to pacify the city!

Well. That's right.

Otherwise, if a "thief" breaks into the official office and kills the court official, this is not completely impossible! Moreover, what if something happens to the adults...... Now the biggest official in Yanchang County is General Li, no need to ask, he can only be responsible for solving the case and chasing the murderer!

Over the next two days, Yanchang County was thoroughly washed.

Although he arrived a little late, Li Changfa's harvest was more than three times more than that of Yanchuan - the food and settlement fee sent by Gu Baihua's recruitment are ironclad evidence of the "thief"!

In the face of the vicious military master, the common people rushed to point out which neighbors had received the benefits of the thieves - these neighbors were certainly in danger, and the witnesses themselves, after the destruction of other people's homes, naturally became the focus of the next round of "searches".

Want to avoid disaster by biting? Oh, the too young, too simple Tucson is broken - of course, the bitten will be unlucky, and when those unlucky ghosts can't squeeze oil and water again, who should the officials find next? Figure it out for yourself!

The only hiccup was that Zhong Ayi's good fortune came to an end in Yanchang.

I had almost grabbed it, and I was about to return to the camp in the evening with one of my men, when I passed by an alley, and I glanced at it inadvertently, and saw that there was a courtyard door open, and the courtyard gate was gone. Although this meant that he had been robbed by others at least once, Zhong Ayi, who was still unsatisfied, hesitated and turned in.

The yard is not big, and only two families live. Zhong Ayi had long been accustomed to the kneeling and begging of the people, and he was a little arrogant, and motioned to his subordinates to go to the West House, and he kicked open the door of the East House and broke in. The east room was two rooms, inside and outside, and under the outer room were trampled baskets, broken weighing rods, and messes all over the ground, and it seemed that it was a small businessman, and an old man and an old woman looked at them in horror. The curtain of the inner room must have been torn off, and now it is barely covered by a rag hanging on the lintel. Hearing the movement outside, there were a few soft sounds in the inner room, and Zhong Ayi was happy: If the inner room is inhabited by men, who needs to hang this broken curtain? Lift your feet and go inward. As expected, the old man and the old woman both knelt down, pulling Zhong Ayi's leg and pleading and kowtowing. Zhong Ayi saw a lot of this attitude, and put a foot on the old woman's heart, so the old man let go and shook the old woman.

Zhong Ayi tore off the rags. Sure enough, inside were a pair of young men and women, seventeen or eighteen years old. Obviously, this is a family of four, an old couple and a young couple. Zhong Ayi became more and more happy: the guys who came earlier were still chicks, and they only robbed the money and let people go. Bah! In these days, whoever is kind and who is a fool is fate! Zhong Ayi pointed a knife at the little husband and threatened him to go to the yard, at this moment, as if he heard something wrong behind him, and before he could completely turn his head, the scale in the old man's hand smashed on his temple!

The little husband was in front of his daughter-in-law, covering her slightly bulging belly, and when Zhong Ayi fell, he saw his mother lying straight on the ground of the outhouse with her eyes staring. With red eyes, he snatched the tightly clenched scissors from his daughter-in-law's hand, stepped on Zhong Ayi's body in one step, and slammed it down on his chest! Zhong Ayi, who had a large chunk of his temples collapsed, opened his mouth and struggled silently, the fierceness in his eyes had already turned into begging, but he also knew in his heart: it was late.

The struggle became weaker and weaker, Zhong Ayi gradually stopped moving, his head tilted to the side, and a tear slowly flowed from the corner of his eye, almost exactly the same as Lao Liangtou's death. More than a dozen holes in his body were bubbling with blood.

There was a loud commotion in the neighbor's house to the west. The old man looked at each other, the little one handed the scissors back to his daughter-in-law, and the father and son looked out, and the sound on the opposite side was louder.

The two of them tiptoed out of the house and into the kitchen on the south side. When he came out again, one of them carried a kitchen knife and one of them held up a rolling pin. I just walked to the door of the Westinghouse and bumped into my neighbor head-on. The neighbors were a couple in their forties, the woman was crying in the house, and the man came out. In his hand, he held the knife of the soldier who had just broken in, and blood was dripping from the knife.

That night, three men from two families worked in the kitchen all night, and Zhong Ayi and his men disappeared. The floor of the kitchen was like it had been turned over, and the well in the courtyard was muddy, as experienced men know, if you throw a lot of excavated earth into it.

In fact, it turned out later that both families were too worried, and no one came here to check anything.

The team officer found that Zhong Ayi did not return to the camp that night, so he naturally reported it to the battalion officer, and the battalion officer also reported it to Li Changfa. However, when he came to General Li Shenjiang, he didn't remember the three words "Zhong Ayi" in his mind at all, they were just one of the numbers that the master wrote down afterwards: three people were lost in Yanchuan and five people were missing in Yanchuan.

Don't look at Zhong Ayi's self-appointed official army when he was alive, representing the court in front of the people, from Li Changfa to the battalion official, no one cares about him at all, and he doesn't even know his name at all: No matter what Zhong Ayi Zhong is unjust, isn't he just a heartless bastard and a talking tool!

In private, everyone guessed that this guy had grabbed enough things and escaped in the chaos. Reported the sacrifice of the bandits on the face - there is a pension! Who is going to have trouble with money? The old rules, wait for the batch to be divided. The only thing that makes General Li a little regretful is that these people are really lost, otherwise, this kind of head will definitely be able to change the beheading skill at one level and receive double money!

The happiest is Huang San, who has been promoted to a small flag officer. I thought to myself: Don't come out of nowhere and grab your place again! If you see it, you must be sure that he is a deserter and kill it with a knife!

After the successful conclusion of the "suppression of bandits" work, General Li came to bid farewell in high spirits, and Mo Hantao, who had always been worried, finally relieved himself. When General Li seriously handed over the entire 1,000 taels of "thief stolen goods" confiscated to Master Mo, Master Mo regretted his former naivety: Why did he leave the river water and not wash the boat at that time? If you are enlightened early, and when you meet, you will generously invite General Li into the city to suppress the bandits, do you still need to scare yourself half to death? Needless to say, there will definitely be a few hundred taels more for the "thief stolen goods"!

Well, that's going to have to be done next time. This is a valuable experience.

Master Mo, who has read the books of sages and sages, naturally understands the truth of voting for me and repaying him with Mu Tao and Qiong Yao. So the two adults re-read the conversation of Lord Yan of Yanchuan, and General Li also patted his chest again and said that in the future, in the good news of Yulin Mansion to the Holy Lord, he will not forget to write the strong support of Lord Mo......

When General Li marched westward, Lord Mo was also promoted to the same level as Lord Yan, and began to investigate the grievances of the people one by one.