Yang Song is the county captain of Quan County. Since Magistrate Zhou was killed by the refugee Sun Anzu, he has led three squads of government officials and Min Zhuang to chase the murderer. He has not slept for three days, and he is so tired that he can almost ride on his horse. They all have to fall asleep.

"Lord County Captain, Doujiazhuang is ahead!" Ge Baotou, who was leading the way, suddenly pointed forward.

Yang Song rubbed his bloodshot eyes and looked up, and saw a row of buildings in front of him. Smoke was rising from the kitchens, and the villagers were probably preparing lunch.

Ge Baotou cautiously reminded: "Lord County Captain, the head of Doujiazhuang is called Dou Jiande. He has a wide circle of friends, is generous with money, and is very popular. He also has some martial arts skills and is not easy to provoke. Should we go into the village to search?" !”

Yang Song's face darkened, he straightened his clothes and said, "Of course we have to search, but it's just a mile long. What are you afraid of him doing?"

Although Lieutenant Yang spoke harshly, he still understood the principle of a strong dragon not suppressing a local snake, but he had no choice but to do so due to pressure from above.

Prefect Lu has issued a death order. If the murderer Sun Anzu is not caught within ten days, all officials from the county magistrate to the next level will be dismissed. In order to keep his job, County Lieutenant Yang has no choice but to fight tooth and nail, even if he knows that the opponent is a local snake. Go and touch the letter.

Let's say that County Lieutenant Yang and dozens of government officials were stopped by villagers armed with weapons as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village. Ge Baotou quickly scolded: "Bold, this is Lord Yang, the County Lieutenant of our county, hurry up Back away.”

The villagers holding bamboo and wooden spears said without fear: "It doesn't matter whether you are a county captain or a prefect, no one is allowed to enter the fort without the permission of our captain."

Lieutenant Yang's face darkened. He was indeed a group of unruly people. He shouted: "I am the captain of this county. I am here to search for the murderer who killed the magistrate. How dare you, a bunch of unruly people, stop me? Do you want to rebel?"

With the label of rebellion thrown off, the villagers finally looked a little more wary, but they still blocked the road and said: "Please wait a moment, Lord County Lieutenant, we have already sent someone to notify the chief. We will make a decision when the chief comes." .”

County Lieutenant Yang was both angry and helpless. As the saying goes, a county magistrate is not as good as an official. As a county lieutenant, everyone respects him in the city, but when he goes to the countryside, his words are not as important as those of a li chief. There is no way. The villagers want to protect themselves. Their interests are generally very united, especially among the villagers of the same clan, who are even more united like a monolith. They only trust the leader of their own ethnic group. Even if the prefect comes in person, it may not be as effective as a word from the leader.

Yangxian Lieutenant held back his anger and waited for two cups of tea. The chief of the village, Dou Jiande, finally arrived. He was dressed in commoner clothes and had taken off his trousers. His wet bare feet were stained with mud. It looked like he had just returned from working in the fields. When he came back, he wiped his sweat and saluted, saying, "I don't know if the county captain is coming, but Jiande will be far away to greet you!"

Seeing this, County Lieutenant Yang lost some of his anger and said in a deep voice: "Dou Jiande, I came to search for the murderer of Magistrate Zhou, but these unruly people under your rule blocked it. Could it be that they want to rebel?"

Dou Jiande quickly said with sincerity: "Excuse me, Lord County Captain, this is all the fault of the common people. Due to the rampant banditry recently, for the safety of Doujiazhuang, the common people had to organize the villagers to protect themselves and take turns to guard the intersections entering the village to prevent The gangsters entered the village to commit murder, and told them that no outsiders could be allowed to enter without the consent of the grassroots, so it was all the grassroots' fault. If the county captain wanted to hold the people accountable, he should ask the grassroots to hold him accountable."

Although Dou Jiande talks nice, he is actually very confident. He has such a high prestige here that he can tell the villagers to strictly enforce his words with just one word. If Yang County Lieutenant does not know how to commend him and really accuses him, he is afraid that he will not be able to leave this place. Doujiazhuang.

Yang Song obviously knew it well, and there was nothing he could do against Dou Jiande. Since the other party had already said soft words, he also walked down the steps very wisely, and coldly snorted: "It doesn't matter, I want to grow up in Dou for the sake of it." For the sake of the safety of the villagers, I will not pursue the case this time, but in order to track down the culprit, I still have to enter the village to search. Chief Dou needs to know the general situation and restrain the villagers, and must not stop him again."

Dou Jiande hurriedly said: "Of course, Mr. Yang, Ge Bantou, please come inside... Why are you standing still? Get out of the way. I ordered you to prepare meals. It's noon. Don't you, the county captain and the gentlemen, need to eat?"

County Lieutenant Yang quickly said politely: "No need, we have prepared dry food."

Dou Jiande heard this and immediately said loudly: "There is no need to prepare meals. The county captain said that he has brought dry food."

Yang Song's face was slightly stiff, and he regretted it endlessly. It seemed that in the future, he would not be polite when dealing with these straight-faced people, and just do what he said!

Dou Jiande was born with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a lion's nose and a wide mouth, and coupled with his clothes, he looked like a rough country farmer. He gave the impression that he was rough and honest, but at this time, a subtle cunning flashed in his eyes.

Yang Xianwei led his men to search the entire Dou family fort, but naturally found nothing. Ge Baotou pointed at the Dou family's ancestral hall and reminded in a low voice: "Sir, the ancestral hall has not been searched yet."

County Lieutenant Yang hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head. The ancestral hall is an important place in the clan, and the villagers here are not good-natured. If they enter their clan ancestral hall to search, unnecessary conflicts will occur, so it is still considered Got it!

As expected, Dou Jiande did not prepare meals for Yang Xianwei and others. After searching them, he politely sent them out of the village. Ge Captou worked hard, but in the end he did not even get the benefit of the meal. Feeling unhappy, he He warned: "The good teacher, Mr. Dou, has learned that the person who harbored the murderer is guilty of the same crime as this case. If he knows about it but does not report it, he will also be charged. If there is any news about Sun Anzu, he must report it to the county immediately!"

Dou Jiande smiled and said: "Absolutely, if the murderer comes to our Doujiazhuang, we will catch him and send him to the county without you having to take action."

Ge Baotou nodded coldly and shouted: "Close the team!"

A group of government officials and minzhuang followed Yang County Lieutenant and Ge Baotou out of Doujiazhuang. Dou Jiande watched them go away, the humble smile on his face slowly disappeared, replaced by a calm and serious one. expression.

"His grandma, Dou Jiande, this iron rooster, won't even give us a meal." The government officials complained as they hurried on, their eyes drifting behind Yang County Lieutenant intentionally or unintentionally. Apparently they were scolding Dou Jiande, but they were thinking in their hearts. I blame this person for pretending to be aloof, because he refused even though he had already said that he was going to prepare meals, causing everyone to starve!

County Lieutenant Yang naturally noticed everyone's dissatisfaction and was annoyed in his heart. He turned to Ge Baotou and asked, "Did you say before that Dou Jiande has some martial arts skills?"

Ge Captou nodded and said, "That's true!"

When Yang County Lieutenant heard this, he said happily: "That's good. Yesterday, the imperial court issued an official document to recruit brave warriors as young commanders in each county. I think this Dou Jiande can serve as a commander of two hundred people."

Ge Baotou was stunned for a moment, and then felt a chill in his heart. Damn it, these civil servants are indeed insidious. He has also read the official document from the imperial court. The imperial court is indeed recruiting brave men to serve as junior commanders in each county, but these junior commanders are to be recruited.

The person who led the militiamen to conquer Goryeo thought back to the time when Emperor Wen of China sent a million-strong army to conquer Goryeo, and only nine out of ten of them came back alive. Therefore, the young militia commander seemed to have a good life, but in reality he was going to the hell gate!

"You really can't offend the civil servants. These guys are full of dirty tricks. Dou Jiande is going to be in bad luck!" Ge Captou thought to himself.

Let's say that Dou Jiande returned to the village and went straight to the ancestral hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a girl in red coming out. The bright red beauty mark between her eyebrows was particularly eye-catching. She was none other than Dou Xianniang.

"Dad, have all the officials left?" Dou Xianniang asked nervously.

Dou Jiande nodded and said, "Let's go. Where is your uncle Sun?"

Dou Xianniang patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Uncle Sun and the others are still in the secret pavilion at the back, which scared me to death. Fortunately, the officials did not enter the ancestral hall to search."

Dou Jiande smiled and said: "This Yang County Lieutenant is a smart man. He knows that searching the ancestral hall will cause conflicts, so he dare not search. Hehe, sometimes being too smart may not be a good thing. Go and call Uncle Sun!"

After a while, a dozen people walked out from behind the ancestral hall, and the leader was none other than Sun Anzu.

It turned out that Sun Anzu and Dou Jiande were good friends. He accidentally beat the magistrate Zhou to death that day and took more than a dozen familiar refugees to seek refuge with Dou Jiande. They have been hiding in Dou Jiande. The villagers here all followed Dou Jiande's lead, so

No one reported it.

I saw Sun Anzu clasping his fists gratefully and saying: "Thank you Brother Dou for causing trouble to Brother Dou and the fellow villagers. Anzu is uneasy. Let's leave when it gets dark!"

Dou Jiande's face darkened and he said: "Brother Sun, what you said is out of control. He wants to leave suddenly. But brother, am I being negligent?"

Sun Anzu said quickly: "No, it's just that I really don't want to inconvenience everyone. As the saying goes, if we stay here all the time, I'm afraid we will be exposed sooner or later, and then we will harm eldest brother and the villagers."

Dou Jiande pondered: "Then have you agreed on where to go?"

Sun Anzu shook his head in confusion: "Now I can only take one step at a time, or I will end up on the run."

Dou Jiande frowned when he heard this and said: "When Emperor Wen was in power, our Sui Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses. We sent millions of troops to conquer Liaodong, but we were defeated by Goguryeo. Now natural disasters occur frequently and the people do not have enough to eat. Not only does Yang Guang not show sympathy for the people, he also wants to lead the expedition himself.

Goryeo, coupled with last year's Western Expedition, the Sui Dynasty's vitality has not yet recovered, and now it is sending heavy troops, I am afraid that the Sui Dynasty will be unstable.

If a man is not dead and has made great achievements, how can he be a coward who runs away for his life?

Gaojibo has a radius of hundreds of miles, and the Guanpu barrier is deep. It can avoid soldiers. It can be self-sufficient by raiding the merchants on the canal. It can also take the opportunity to expand its power and watch the changes in the world. In the future, it may be able to establish an unparalleled empire.

achievement."

Sun Anzu felt his heart heat up when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then I will listen to Brother Dou and go into Gaojipo Luocao to become a bandit. If you rebel against his mother, the prince and general Xiang Ning will have the guts. This is such a stupid Sui Dynasty."
Chapter completed!