Tang Tiande led his team to retreat to the military camp in embarrassment, and Deng Gui had just returned from Qingxi Village after seeing the scene of a pool of blood left by Xu Wujiang and others.
Tang Tiande didn't have the shame to say that he was frightened back by Xu Huai's stupid donkey's four arrows.
And even if it is for the benefit of the Tang family, he will attribute everything to Xu Wufu:
"Xu Wufu allowed his slaves to commit crimes, and Heaven's virtue was incompetent to capture Xu Wujiang and others. Please ask Deng Langjun to punish them!"
Deng Gui sat behind the official case with a dark face and said nothing.
It was only a guess in the early morning, but after he personally visited Qingxizhai, he could confirm that Xu Wujiang and the others were hiding in Tongbai Mountain using the plan of golden cicadas escaping their shells.
Speaking of which, Xu Wujiang and the others had limited weapons and armor. Apart from slaughtering the horses and leaving pools of blood, they were reluctant to throw a few broken spears from the remaining soldiers at the scene.
However, in order to avoid the sight of the mountain hunters and to avoid actual contact with the bandits in Hutou Village, they could only hide in a remote and uninhabited place, and the horses had to be abandoned.
All these can prove that Xu Wujiang and the others were hiding in Tongbai Mountain.
However, Deng Gui could not use these details to prove to the prefectures and counties that Xu Wujiang and others had defected to the bandits.
If Xu Wujiang really wanted to surrender to the bandits, why didn't he take those military horses to Hutou Village?
If all these details were reported, it would be more like the bandits did not have time to capture the soldiers and horses after they killed Xu Wujiang and others.
At this time, Deng Gui was carefully considering his words to ensure that the prefecture and county would follow suit and judge Xu Wujiang and others as defecting to bandits, without any other complications arising.
Of course, he was not afraid that Xu Wujiang would dare to stand up.
The crime of escaping from battle is definitely not much lighter than that of surrendering to bandits. What can Xu Wujiang do if he stands up to confront him?
As for Tang Tiande rushing to Lutai Village and returning without success, Deng Gui was not surprised.
In his heart, Xu Wufu longed to eradicate the problem, but as the head of the Xu family, he had to pretend to protect the clan first, and then it depended on how the prefectures and counties exerted pressure.
As for Su Di's escape back to Lutai Village and whether Xu Wujiang would secretly contact his family, Deng Gui was unwilling to think too deeply about it.
At this time, he hopes that after the state and county get the retribution, they will hold him "responsible" and move him to other places to get away from this shit-like whirlpool as soon as possible, whether it is Wang Zhen or an old soldier of Jingsheng Army, from now on
It has nothing to do with him anymore.
"What you said, Tang Dutou, I have written down in this letter to the county. Tang Dutou, you and Jin Dutou come over and see if it is appropriate to write it this way..." Deng Gui will tell
After the letter was written, he very politely invited Tang Tiande and Jin Longquan to come over and help him with the details. After that, he drew the seal of approval and arranged for the soldiers to be sent to Qinyang overnight.
In the early morning, it was confirmed that Xu Wujiang had escaped from the military camp. Tang Tiande clearly saw Deng Gui jumping up and down in anger, but he didn't expect him to become calm at this time. He was wondering: if all this is to be held accountable, isn't it Deng Gui who is the most guilty?
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"Okay, that's it for now. Everything will be decided after Magistrate Cheng learns about it. We just have to obey orders." Deng Gui patted his butt and stood up from behind the case.
The past two days were so exhausting that Deng Gui originally wanted to go back to the back house to rest, but after leaving the official case, he walked out of the government office and walked to Wang Zhen's residence.
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"You were absent-minded today, and the chess piece fell into the wrong place again!"
Lu Xiong didn't think about it as deeply as Wang Zhen did. After confirming that Tang Tiande had come back deflated in Lutai Village, his heart dropped to his throat, but Wang Zhen was still worried and worried, and always made mistakes in his moves.
"Mr. Wang..." Deng Gui stood behind the courtyard wall and saluted.
"Deng Langjun, thank you for your hard work today!" Wang Xun nodded.
"They all work for the imperial court. It's not hard work or not, but it's most frustrating to get nothing."
Deng Gui walked into the yard and stood by the stone table to see that the chessboard was in a mess. He could see that Wang Zhen was sitting there. Lu Xiong was sitting in front of the chessboard, but his mind was not on it, and he said,
"My subordinates rushed to Qingxi Village today and saw the place where Xu Jie-level's body was found dead. To be honest, it didn't look like two parties were desperately hunting for him. Many people also concluded that Xu Wujiang had surrendered to bandits - Wang
What do you think, old husband?"
"How can I dare to talk nonsense about local military affairs if I cut my job to serve the people? What Deng Langjun said is really hard for me." Wang Xun raised a chess piece, dropped it on the chessboard and said.
"Deputy Chief Tang Tiande went to Lutai Village today and wanted to invite Xu Wujiang's family to the Inspection Department to assist in investigating the case. However, he couldn't even do this trivial matter and withdrew in embarrassment. Mr. Wang felt that he should not be taken seriously.
Punishment?" Deng Gui asked.
"Tang Tiande acted in accordance with the imperial decree, but failed to achieve anything. He is incompetent and should not be punished. Deng Langjun knows it well. Why do I need to comment?" Wang Xun looked at Deng Gui and said with a smile.
"It's a good imperial decree. I have learned from it." Deng Gui bowed again, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
"This Mr. Deng didn't accomplish anything today, but he still looks relaxed. It seems he really can't wait to get out of this quagmire!"
Deng Gui looked relaxed and calm, while Lu Xiong's rare good mood disappeared and he said in frustration.
When they first arrived in Huaiyuan, they realized how slippery Deng Gui was. How could they not figure out what he was thinking now?
After Deng Gui was "accounted for" and transferred to another place, Cai Zheng would send his direct descendants to take over the Huaiyuan Inspection Department, which was extremely inconspicuous in Dai Viet territory.
What awaits them next will be the fate of being captured without mercy.
How can Lu Xiong be in a good mood?
Wang Zhen hesitated for a long time and said: "On the day Deng Gui leaves office, you can take Xuan'er to Lutai Village -"
"Ms. sir..." Lu Xiong shouted.
"It's pointless for you to stay, and Xuan'er's flowery years shouldn't end here." Wang Zhen sighed.
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Jinshagou and Yuhuangling are separated by two or three mountains, and the straight-line distance may only be seven or eight miles.
However, many tributaries in the upper reaches of the Huai River mainly flow into the Huai River in the north-south direction in Tongbai Mountain, and they also cut north-south channels of varying widths and dangers between the mountains, making most of the villages between the mountains.
There is a road connected to the main road, the horse trail built along the Huai River.
However, the villages located in different river basins are mostly blocked by steep mountains and hills and ravines.
Fortunately, although Tongbai Mountain is dangerous, there are not many 100-foot cliffs that are difficult for birds to cross. There are more continuous steep slopes, ravines, and ravines one after another.
Despite the hard work, Xu Huai rushed to Jinshagou overnight to meet with Xu Wujiang and Xu Xinan.
However, Xu Huai and Xu Wujiang and others had walked through Jinsha Valley once before, but coming from the downstream direction, this time they came directly from the east across the mountains. It was impossible to find Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an and others' agreed hiding place.
Xu Huai climbed over a mountain ridge and went down the steep slope. There was a long stream sandwiched between two mountains. The clear water in the stream was not deep, and the soft sand at the bottom of the stream could be seen, with some slight sparkling golden light...
Xu Huai squatted on the steep slope, wondering whether to go south along the stream or north to find the hiding place Xu Wujiang and the others had agreed upon, when a passage of text flashed in his mind:
"Metallurgy in Huaishang collects sand along the stream and uses wooden pans to pan out it, but it is very small and laborious. There is a gold pit in Chushan. Households cut it with a big wood saw, leaving blade marks, and throw sand on top, and then flood it with water to remove the gold from the sand.
Remaining is for the chute method..."
Xu Huai was suddenly startled and stared hesitantly at the soft sand at the bottom of the stream that shone slightly.
In the past two or three months, very few text and picture fragments suddenly flashed in his mind, and most of them had no meaning, or the meaning could not be discerned, but this memory of text was definitely related to the Jinshagou in front of him.
Jinsha Valley is quite famous in Tongbai Mountain.
Xu Huai had long heard that there was gold hidden in the sand in the valleys, but there was so little gold hidden in the sand in the valleys that he might not be able to make ends meet even if he worked hard for a year.
Only the nearby mountain people would come to mine for gold during the slack farming season in autumn and winter to subsidize their families. But when the water rose in spring and summer and the fields became busy, the mountain people would return to their villages.
People often participate in gold mining in Lutai Nanzhai.
However, the output was so negligible that not only did the government never think of setting up a mine here, but no one from a clan like the Xu family thought of occupying this place for business.
In the past, the gold mining method was to use wooden pans to wash out gold. Xu Huai had never heard of the chute method in Tongbai Mountain!
This further proves that those memories come from future generations that have not happened yet.
Xu Huai had never seen his clansmen use the old method to pan for gold before, and he could not figure out the details of the chute method in a short time. He hesitated a little and decided to find Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an and the others first before meeting up.
