Da Kui identified Ke Zhendong as the official, and then ordered the Ming army to burn the Qingfeng Cottage and withdraw troops from the Qingfeng Mountain. All the soldiers and horses on this trip were captured, and the people who were caught, whether they were mountain bandits or not, were tied up and escorted back to Pingyang City. For a time, the Pingyang Mansion prison was overcrowded.

Even if there are ordinary people among the detainees, they are also guilty of gangsters, and imagine that Qingfeng Mountain is where the bandits' nest is, so how can they allow the people to go up the mountain to hunt? According to Da Kui's wishes, they will all be punished with capital punishment, so as not to go through the court one by one.

The main hall of the Yahou Mansion of Pingyang Prefecture.

At this moment, Da Kuian was sitting in the Taishi chair, holding a purple sand teapot in his left hand, and a sunspot in his right hand, but he was undecided, and it was Zhao Yongnian sitting opposite. Today, Zhao Yongnian is to thank the elders and villagers of Pillow Township on behalf of him, but who wants to be pulled by Lord Yushi of Zuodu to play chess. The funniest thing is that this Lord Zuodu Yushi does not know the way of the game, and to put it bluntly, it is a stinky chess basket that is rare for eternity.

Da Kui looked at the chessboard and asked, "Zhao Baozheng, what do you say the next official should go?"

Zhao Yongnian was full of hope that Lord Zuodu Yushi could avenge the people, where did he have the heart to play chess, but he still replied respectfully on his face: "Your Excellency only acts rashly, don't fall into clichés." The way to play the game is complicated but simple. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Da Kui was a little curious.

Zhao Yongnian smiled slightly: "People in the world only play games to win, but they can't see outsiders. The purpose of playing chess is to refine people's minds and understand the truth of being a human being from the way of chess, but its original intention is not to compete for the length of a moment. ”

Da Kui smiled and nodded, and said slowly: "I still hope that Mr. Zhao will teach you." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the adults have tormented the villain, Zhao Moujie grass people, but the word Mr. is not deserved. Zhao Yongnian waved his hand again and again.

"Alas~ Mr. Zhao, why be polite, the ancients said: There must be my teacher in a threesome. The gentleman is full of obscurity, and the official should ask for advice. Da Kui said very politely, put the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess basket, and then asked: "According to Mr. Zhao's intentions, how should the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain be handled?"

Zhao Yongnian said without hesitation: "The bandit leader Ke Zhendong is extremely heinous and should be punished with capital punishment, and some of the bandits who are murdered will be dealt with one by one, and the rest of the people can be assigned to the army." ”

Da Kui thought about it, but shook his head and said, "These mountain bandits are deeply sinful, and it is not appropriate if they are not eradicated." Saying that, Da Kui stood up, and Zhao Yongnian didn't dare to sit alone and quickly got up.

Da Kui paced slowly in the hall, and only after a while did he say: "If it is decided today, a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived." If the people want to live and work in peace and contentment, in addition to being fed and clothed, there is one more important thing, that is, trust in the imperial court. The official wants to let the people know how the government is doing, and if he is lenient with the bandits, he will not let the people feel cold?"

When Zhao Yongnian heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "My lord, by all means. ”

Da Kui turned around and looked at Zhao Yongnian suspiciously, "Why not?"

Zhao Yongnian said at this time: "The bandits in Qingfeng Mountain have lasted for a long time, and among the mountain bandits are not only traitors, but also people who are forced to make a living. Wouldn't it be overkill to kill all of these people if they had relatives and friends in the city?"

Da Kui couldn't help but ask angrily: "What about the officials?

Zhao Yongnian patiently said: "Your Excellency can open a court to try the case and ask the culpability of these mountain bandits one by one before talking about anything else." ”

"There are nearly 1,000 of these mountain bandits plus female dependents, and this official will interrogate them one by one, for what year and month?" Da Kui's tone was already full of anger.

Zhao Yongnian hurriedly said: "There is no need for this, just let the bandits report each other, and it will definitely come to light." ”

Da Kui turned his head to look at Zhao Yongnian, thinking that this scholar was extraordinary, and he could think of so much. But he said: "That's also troublesome, it's better for you to try it." ”

Zhao Yongnian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "I am a grass citizen, how can I be promoted to the court to ask the case?"

Da Kui slapped his thigh and said, "I can't just make you an official!"

"Huh?" Zhao Yongnian was stunned and couldn't speak.

Da Kui picked up the treasure and said: "From today on, you will come to be the prefect of Pingyang." The official can write a document and send it to the Provincial Officials Department of Zhongshu for the record, so that within three months, someone will send the official seal robe, and you will be a serious four-grade official of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Yongnian couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard that Lord Zuodu Yushi was so decisive: "My lord, you can't do it." ”

Da Kui looked at Zhao Yongnian like a monster and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Yongnian fell to his knees with a puff, and actually cried with tears in his eyes: "Caomin was a criminal minister in the former dynasty, how can he take on this great responsibility." ”

Seeing Zhao Yongnian like this, Da Kui was greatly relieved. "Get up and speak. ”

Zhao Yongnian not only couldn't afford it, but he also kowtowed, and cried while kowtowing: "If the adults don't take back their lives, the grass people will die here." ”

Da Kui's heart couldn't help but be nameless, and he pointed at Zhao Yongnian and shouted angrily: "Zhao Yongnian, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Yongnian lay on the ground and cried for a long time, and then he said the reason: "The mentor of the grass people is the former dynasty Hanlin, and after returning to his hometown, he lived in seclusion in Pingyang Mansion. Later, the city of Pingyang was broken, and the teacher was sad, so he climbed the city wall alone to find a short view. Before leaving, I and other students will never be allowed to be ministers. ”

Hearing Zhao Yongnian talk about this hidden situation, Da Kui couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Dead old man, no one will be buried when he dies." But after thinking about it, Zhao Yongnian was not at fault for following his master's orders, so Da Kui's anger in his heart decreased by three points.

"Someone. Da Kui shouted at the outside of the hall.

Outside the hall, two yacha walked in, and when they came to Da Kui, they bowed down and clenched their fists to receive their orders.

Da Kui said angrily: "Take all the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain to the river and behead them, and hang their heads on the city wall for three days." ”

"Yes. The two officials turned around to leave, and Zhao Yongnian on the ground screamed sadly: "Don't do it." ”

Da Kui hurriedly said to the two yachas: "Wait. ”

When the yacha turned around, Da Kui said: "It's too troublesome to behead, seal the dungeon and fill it with water, and drown all the prisoners in it." ”

"Yes. "The two yacha are really gone this time.

Da Kui didn't look at Zhao Yongnian on the ground, he was about to leave three times, Zhao Yongnian climbed behind Da Kui and grabbed the hem of Da Kui's robe and persuaded bitterly: "Think twice, think twice, think twice." There are also female children among the bandits, so don't kill them. ”

Da Kui smiled, looked down at Zhao Yongnian and asked, "The bandits of Qingfeng Mountain have a grudge against you, why do you intercede for them? Not only that, but this official must also strictly investigate." But all the people who had anything to do with the mountain bandits were captured and killed. ”

"You can't kill, you can't kill! Zhao Yongnian's voice was hoarse at this moment, and his hands were clutching Da Kui's robe.

Da Kui was amused in his heart but deliberately stretched out, and only asked after a while: "The official asked you one last time, do you do this prefect or not?"

Zhao Yongnian cried and cried for a long time. Da Kui sighed, stretched out his head to look at the sky outside, and said to himself, "Presumably the water in the dungeon should be waist-high now, right?"

"Teacher, students have failed to be virtuous, and their sins deserve death. Zhao Yongnian looked up to the sky and cried, crying so sad that he was sad. Da Kui was laughing in his heart, laughing so much that he was happy. After going around in a big circle, Zhao Yongnian was finally trapped, and the stone in Da Kui's heart fell to the ground.

"You have made up your mind about this official, now you will act as the governor and take your official sword to handle the case. "Da Kui ordered someone to take the 'Dragon Yin Sword' and hand it to Zhao Yongnian.

Zhao Yongnian was still in a dream when he received the sword with both hands, and Da Kui smiled and said: "This sword has a great origin, it is a relic of the Kaiping King of this dynasty, you have to be careful not to make any mistakes." ”

The prestige of 'Kaiping King' Chang Yuchun is known to the world, Zhao Yongnian did not dare to be careless, and carefully took the sword and held it in his arms, for fear that the sword would fly.

Da Kui ordered someone to summon Xiao Liuzi and personally instructed: "From today on, Zhao Yongnian Zhao is the prefect of Pingyang. During this time, you follow the left and right and serve carefully, and if there is a mistake, the official will ask you. ”

Xiao Liuzi hurriedly said yes, and bowed respectfully to Zhao Yongnian, and called in his mouth: "I've seen Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Yongnian was in a daze, and he was three points sober when he saw Xiao Liuzi saluting him. Then I saw Zhao Yongnian exclaim: "The dungeon is flooding, hurry up with me, I'm afraid it's too late." After saying that, he ran out of the hall, and Xiao Liuzi didn't dare to slack off and ran out of the hall after him.

Da Kui saw that Zhao Yongnian was far away, and couldn't help nodding secretly: It is actually the welfare of the people that Pingyang Mansion has this person as the prefect.

Three days later, Pingyang Mansion opened a court to question the case. The new prefect Zhao Yongnian is dressed as a common man in a green cloth robe, and only the sword on the case can show his official authority. I've been a citizen for a long time, and I'm really uncomfortable sitting in the lobby at first.

Da Kui did not look at the wrong person, and in just three days, Zhao Yongnian tried the mountain bandit case clearly.

According to his own strategy, Zhao Yongnian first divided the mountain bandits into three places to detain. One is located in Pingyang Prison, and Ke Zhendong and other bandit leaders are locked up. The second training ground in the city defense soldiers and horses division was guarded by the city soldiers, and the guards here were all bandits. The third place is located in the Confucius Temple in the west of the city, where the old and weak women and children among the mountain bandits are guarded.

Secondly, Zhao Yongnian ordered people to persuade the old and weak women and children in the Confucius Temple to write letters to persuade the relatives of the mountain bandits to confess their guilt and obey the law, and skillfully used a divisive scheme among the bandits, the purpose of which was to let the mountain bandits report each other and expose the crimes. This time it was really lively, and all kinds of exposure records were sent to Zhao Yongnian's case, and Zhao Yongnian tried them one by one and asked the whistleblower to sign and draw the detention. The only thing that surprised Zhao Yongnian was that these revelation records were all crimes between bandits, but there were no Ke Zhendong and others.

Zhao Yongnian made another plan on the third day, and personally came to Pingyang Prison to persuade Ke Zhendong: "The people of the rivers and lakes have their own morality, and now the Lord of the Imperial History of Zuodu wants to catch you all, but God has the virtue of a good life." You will see your brothers who have been with you for many years go to their deaths with you?"

No one of the bandit leaders accosted him, Ke Zhendong looked left and right, and then sighed: "All the blame is borne by Ke alone, and it has nothing to do with others." If you want to kill, you have to listen to it. Seeing Ke Zhendong so righteous, the bandit leaders not only stepped forward and shouted: "We once swore that we would share the blessings and hardships, and we would die together." ”

Zhao Yongnian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry, take your time." Make it clear one by one. ”