Chapter 26: Kill Twenty-One
"Do it."
The soldiers who have followed Meng Sixing have no blood on their hands.
Yang Zheng ordered a few soldiers nearby and killed twenty-one people on the spot.
The splatters of blood fell on the falling snowflakes and fell on the snow along with the head.
The corpse fell to the ground with a dull sound.
Yu Youcai covered his daughter's eyes, and his heart was beating when he saw it.
The group that was close screamed and turned their backs to huddle together.
This is the official, in the eyes of the official, these ordinary people are no different from the wild dogs on the road, whether they are alive or dead, it is just a sentence of the official.
The night obscured the horrific scene, but the thick bloody breath stimulated everyone's nerves.
"Lord Meng." Chu Mufeng brought the grain cart back, and when he heard that Meng Changqing was going to kill someone, he specially came to check the situation, but when he arrived, the person had already been killed.
The soldiers wiped the blood from the blades and collected the corpses.
"Wait." Meng Changqing stepped forward, "I want to check." ”
Make sure that each one is separated from the head and body before the soldiers move out.
Meng Changqing walked up to the people and shouted: "Don't pity them, people will die eventually, sooner or later." If you let them go tonight, you'll be the ones who will die the next day!"
It is better for them to die than for you to die.
Don't be stunned, sleep when you should sleep, go to work when you should work! ”
"Young Master." Bafang led the horse and watched Meng Changqing walk in front of him, but he didn't dare to follow.
Laicai ran from the Wen family, glared at all directions, and followed Meng Changqing into the Yamen Cave.
"Young Master." Laicai chased him to the cave and saw that his young master was lighting a charcoal basin, and he went over to take over the work from Meng Changqing's hands, "Young master, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, it's not me who died, and it's not me who did it." Meng Changqing wrapped his body tightly, "I have to go out and talk to Li Putou." ”
"Young Master......" turned around and could only see the shaking curtain.
Meng Changqing returned to the ground in a few steps, and by the light of a few fires in the camp, he found the two classes of officials gathered around the fire.
"Lord Meng." Li Ting and the other officials saw Meng Changqing coming over, and immediately stood up.
"Sit, everyone sit down and talk, you work hard to deliver food, our place is wilderness, and it is extremely simple to make a shed to keep out the snow." Meng Changqing said as he set up the iron pot, "Grievances are resting here." ”
"What did Master Meng say?" Li Ting didn't know what she was going to do with the pot, but she habitually helped on the side, "The conditions in Beishan County are difficult, and it is not easy for you, we will bake the fire here and leave when it is dawn." ”
"What are you doing with a pot?" A servant asked.
Meng Changqing: "There's nothing to entertain, please drink a bowl of hot porridge." ”
"It's not going to be done." Li Ting pressed the rice bag, "My subordinates know that you don't have much food, and we have our own money issued by the state government." ”
"Yes, Lord Meng, let's just drink some hot water."
Meng Changqing stubbornly opened the bag, "The grain is small, but a lot of it is in these two handfuls of rice, and it will be almost five watches soon, it is a difficult time, there is food in the stomach, so that it can withstand the cold at this time, and I and several other brothers of the Royal Forest Army will also eat." ”
Add water and rice and cover the pot.
Meng Changqing began to tell Li Ting about the murder just now.
"I'm tired of Li Putou, go back and tell Lord Futai about this.
They committed crimes that should not be punished by death. It stands to reason that I will hand them over to you, and it would be best for you to take them back to the government and prison to be locked up.
There are more than 20 miles of road from here to the city wall of Yangmen County, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be rescued by the people on the mountain, but I am afraid that they will not return for a long time, and there are already people watching on the dangerous mountain.
If they find out that those people are in your hands, I am afraid that you will also be in danger.
I have killed these people, and if the Lord of the Mansion is to blame, I will come to the door and receive the punishment myself. ”
Li Ting said: "Don't worry, Lord Meng, what was the situation at that time, my subordinates will explain it to Lord Futai one by one." ”
The water in the pot boiled, and the few grains of rice churned inside.
"Bafang, how is it over there? How did I listen to the young master say that he would not die, and how did the young master deal with those people? Liang asked.
"Killed."
"Killed?" Wen asked.
Bafang nodded, "I took a look at it from a distance, it was quite scary, and the young master turned it over one by one." ”
Liang Jiu suddenly didn't dare to pant loudly, let alone look back, Wen smoothed her back, and asked Bafang again, "What about the young master?" ”
"The young master is talking to the officials."
Wen nodded, "I really want to make it clear to the officials, you go and accompany the young master." ”
Wen chirped back to the cave where they were resting, "It's still warm inside." She saw Liang Jiu sitting stiffly on the bed and persuaded: "There is nothing wrong with what Changqing has done, but if they let them run out alone, the people on the mountain will know the layout of the camp, and we will all be killed in the future."
And those people who first move the knife at us, we should think that the knife also falls on their own necks. ”
"Madam, I don't care what those people do, I'm afraid that Changqing will be scared, and she didn't dare to look at killing a chicken in the house before." Liang was about to stand up after speaking, "I have to go see Changqing." ”
Wen grabbed her, "She is talking with the officials, we can't lose her face, wait until dawn when the officials leave." ”
The so-called 500-mile expedited means that the official document sent has to travel 500 miles in one day and one night.
During this period, if the horse cannot support it, you can change the horse, and if the post envoy cannot support it, you can change the post envoy to the next post station, but the distance sent by the official document must be reached.
Liangzhou City is more than 2,400 miles away from the capital, and even if 500 miles is urgent, the official document will have to run on the road for five days.
When it was dawning on the fifth day of the first month, Meng Changqing sent the officials away and prepared to go back to his pit to rest for a while.
But as I walked, I began to count these times in my mind.
In the end, she sat directly on the steps by the cave and thought, this news came and went, and it would be delayed on the road for ten days, but fortunately the two months she said were not counted from now on.
Jiemaru's impact on Yan Guo is to grab food, and it is impossible to say that there is something to eat as soon as winter passes, so you have to wait until the temperature rises, young leaves emerge, and wild things are foraging.
When Liang Jiu came to find Meng Changqing, he accidentally stepped on Meng Changqing's back.
"Why are you sitting here?" Liang Jiu squatted down, and hugged her while no one was around, "Don't be afraid, my mother is here, look at your eyes are bloodshot, my mother will accompany you to sleep for a while." ”
"Mother, I'm not afraid."
"Even if you're not afraid, you have to sleep for a while, you haven't closed your eyes for a day and a night."
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, as soon as the emperor came down from the early dynasty, Gonggong Qian in front of the emperor saw the small actions of Wei Zhishan, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.
This means that the secret report has arrived.
Father-in-law Qian followed Commander Wei into a secluded place, "Father-in-law, this is the tenth letter from Liangzhou. ”
"The tenth?" Father-in-law Qian asked rhetorically, "What about the previous one?" ”
"Do you know, according to the post envoy, this letter was sent to the capital along with the urgent official letter from the Liangzhou prefect."
Gonggong Qian was suspicious, "Lord Wei, is there a mistake in the contents of the envelope?" ”
"There is no mistake, I can also be sure that the words are Mu Feng's handwriting, and there are no traces of imitation."
"In this case, there must be an urgent matter, and I will present it to Your Majesty."