Chapter 9: Zhou Cheng Suppresses Bandits

"Grandpa Youkai spares his life..... The little ones have eyes but no beads.... Please let the little ones survive with Grandpa Monster..."One of the three was the one who had previously reminded the leader of the thieves, and he trembled and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Shut up.... Listen to me. This official is Yu Khan County's order, what monster is not a monster?" Zhou Zhengse shouted, and then reported his identity.

The three remaining thieves breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and then the older thief hurriedly said: "It was the county monarch who drove it, and the little ones were really blind, and they were innocent.... It's more than innocent to die..."

The old thief shouted that he was innocent of death, but it made Zhou Cheng and Zhou look at him differently. Although this person shouted that he should die, he also concluded in his heart that everyone was dead, but the three of them did not die, which means that the lives of the three of them were saved.

"Tell me where you came from. By the way, what's your name?" Zhou took a few steps forward and asked the thief who had been talking, but he had the momentum of a county order.

"Back to the county, the little one's name is Zhang Danian, and we are all people from Luoyingzhai ten miles away. In addition to us, there are still more than 20 people in the village, but most of them are children, women and children. This thief named Zhang Danian said respectfully, and introduced a few words.

"Are there any people in the village who have been murdered?" Zhou continued to ask.

"There's... Yes.... There are also two people who have also robbed and killed people. Zhang Danian nodded hurriedly and said.

"Brother Cheng, you go with them and get rid of those two people. Zhang Danian, right? You took the people in the cottage, buried these corpses, and then sent these heads to the county, and the official wanted to hang these heads outside the county government to set an example. Zhou thought for a while, and then commanded in an orderly manner.

When he first arrived, the people here were already fierce, and thieves and bandits were rampant. Using these heads to demonstrate, it can also be regarded as a land snake for the rest of the sweat, and he has come to the dismount.

Zhou Cheng nodded silently when he heard this, and then went to Luoying Village under the leadership of Zhang Danian.

In the evening of the same day, Yuhan County was completely boiling.

On the first day of his appointment, that is, today, the county commander personally eradicated the mountain bandits in Luoyingzhai who endangered Yu Khan, and now more than a dozen mountain bandit heads have been hung on the flagpole outside the Yu Khan County Ya.

That string of heads hung down like a string of gourds, causing people outside the county government to be overcrowded.

Above the main hall of the county government, Zhou Cheng stood on one side.

Below them, the county magistrates, the scribes, and other unpopular officials were separated on both sides.

In the main hall, there are no less than 20 people kneeling at this moment, and the person who is the leader is Zhang Danian, the thief of Luoying Village.

"Are you sure that these people are not murdered? What is the matter with those women?" Zhou was quite official, already looking like a county order, looking at Zhang Danian and the others, and asked the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant below.

"If you go back to the county, most of these people were coerced by bandits, but there was no murder implication. As for those women, most of them were poor people who robbed and killed people and crossed the mountain after the thieves blocked the road, and saw that the women were a little strong and robbed the mountain. The county lieutenant Yu Khan replied respectfully, these almost no need to investigate, and they were all told by him.

"In that case, you can stay, the man will raise the donkey for the official to protect the yard, and the woman will do the laundry and cook. And he paid you according to the customary wages. Zhou thought for a moment and made the decision to keep these people.

Among these people, the male has the experience of being a thief, even if they are released everywhere, it will be difficult for them to survive for a while, but they are afraid that they will eventually embark on the road of evil. And those women are even more homeless, and even because of their experience, they will be ignored by the world, and letting them go is tantamount to leaving them to fend for themselves.

Leaving these people around is the best of both worlds.

First, it solves the problem of the survival of these people, and secondly, he has a dignified county order, and the rear government also has many things that need to be dealt with by servants, and it is impossible to hand over these small things to Zhou Cheng to do now.

"Thank you, county... Thank you, Mr. County... The little ones are set to go to the soup for the county king. A group of cottage people hurriedly kowtowed to thank them, and such an ending was undoubtedly the best for them.

"Alright, alright.... Go down, and you can do things in the future. The county lieutenant and the county lieutenant stayed, and the others went down. Zhou waved everyone away, leaving only the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant.

Originally, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were also the head snakes of Yu Khan, and the two of them had been operating in Yu Khan for many years, which can be described as deep-rooted. However, after seeing this new county order today, the master and servant killed more than ten thieves, and the two knew that this Zhou county order was not easy, and they were also respectful on the surface.

"Your name is Wang An?" After everyone retreated, the surrounding bodies leaned forward slightly, staring at the county lieutenant with a pair of eyes, and asked a little condescendingly.

"Back to the county, it is Wang An. The county lieutenant replied respectfully.

"How many men do you have?" Zhou continued.

The county lieutenant is in charge of the military affairs of a county, responsible for public security and anti-theft, and his subordinate soldiers generally have a fixed number of soldiers.

"Back to the county, Yu Khan is in the lower county, and now there are only 17 servants. County Lieutenant Wang reported with a serious face.

"It's a little smaller, but it's okay.... Tomorrow, you will summon all the people, and obey Zhou Cheng's orders, and he will take you to sweep away all the cottages in Yuhan County. Zhou said calmly, as if talking about a trivial matter.

"It's... Subordinates receive orders. "County Lieutenant Wang has doubts in his heart, and he doesn't believe that Zhou Cheng and less than twenty officials alone can sweep away the cottage bandits in Yuhan County?

Zhou Cheng only bowed slightly when he heard this, and now that he has entered the Dao, in addition to the Inner Dan who can make Gangfeng, there is also Qingping Sword Pill to kill Wushuang. Even in the face of thousands of troops, Zhou Cheng can deal with it easily, and no matter how many bandits and rebels he has, it is not enough for Zhou Cheng to kill.

"Zhao Xiancheng. Zhou called the county Cheng Zhao Qi again.

"The subordinates are here. Zhao Qi bowed down and replied, he is not young, he is nearly fifty years old, and he is also very prestigious.

"The official plans to lead the people to reclaim the fields, tomorrow you will go and prepare, if you are willing to follow the officials, after the new fields are reclaimed, the officials will distribute the land according to the amount of effort. Zhou didn't have a bit of a deliberative tone, and said directly to Zhao Xiancheng in a commanding tone.

In this era, the land is the foundation of all life. Yuhan County does not lack the foundation for reclaiming wasteland, and even as long as the people work together, a large amount of fertile land can be recreated. However, the land of reclamation is far away from the county seat, and bandits are rampant throughout the remnants, even if a large number of fields are reclaimed and grain is planted, it may not be harvested.

What Zhou has to do now is to let Zhou Cheng exterminate the bandits and bandits on the one hand, and lead the people to reclaim wasteland on the other.

In this way, it only takes one to two years for Yuhan County to have a bumper harvest of grains, increase grain production, and the people will naturally be rich.

Early in the morning of the second day, under the leadership of Wang An, the county lieutenant, followed Zhou Cheng out of Yuhan County.

In this world, even if there is no horse to drive in Yuhan County, Zhou Cheng still rides his black donkey, followed by more than a dozen officials on foot, and goes to a place called Black Tiger Mountain.

Black Tiger Mountain is the first dangerous place in the territory of Yu Khan, there is a Black Tiger Village in the mountain, gathering more than 100 people of all sizes. These people robbed homes and houses on weekdays, and even occasionally raised troops to loot the county seat.

"You say this is the most powerful one in the county?" On a Baizhang mountain peak on the east side of Black Tiger Mountain, Zhou Cheng stood against the wind, standing on a protruding boulder, and behind him stood Wang An, the county lieutenant in leather armor.

"This village has a population of hundreds, and there are no less than a hundred strong bandits. Mr. Cheng, please see, above the corner tower of the gate of the village, there are guards with bows and arrows, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we people are afraid ....." Wang County Lieutenant pointed to the Black Tiger Village and said with a look of fear, in his opinion, his own people came to attack the Black Tiger Village is no different from sending them to death.

"It doesn't matter.... The cottage can be extinguished with a wave, you can take someone to finish. Zhou Cheng said expressionlessly.

As soon as his words fell, County Lieutenant Wang was surprised to see that a cyan sword pill flew out of Zhou Cheng's mouth, and then the sword pill disappeared in a flash.

After an instant, the bandits who were originally guarding the Black Tiger Village fell to the ground one by one, with a trickle of blood coming out of their eyebrows.

A cyan sword silently wandered in the Black Tiger Village, and wherever it passed, those bandits with blades in their hands and fierce faces were all shot through the eyebrows and cut off their vitality.

However, in a few breaths, the Black Tiger Village, which was originally full of people, suddenly became silent and weird, and the ensuing huge horror enveloped the cottage....

Those villagers who had not been killed by the sword pill suddenly felt like a sharp sword hanging above their heads, and these people subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the sky.

And at this moment, a cyan sword shadow that exuded a sword glow and was three zhang long slashed down from a high altitude towards the walled gate....

The shadow of the sword fell, and the gate of the village turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.

On the hard ground that was originally flat and paved with stone slabs, a huge ravine of more than ten zhang appeared, which frightened the people in the cottage only frightened and helpless.....