Fang Yiai thought she hadn't heard clearly, so she quickly asked again: "Whose order did you just say you were acting on?"
On the first day of the month, the momentum became even stronger: "General Cheng, are you scared? If you are scared, let me go and kneel down and beg for mercy. I will spare your life."
"Bold!" Luo Zhang slapped Chu Yi on the face, and the clear slap mark left him completely stunned.
Aren't these gentlemen afraid of General Cheng?
Qin Huaidao clapped his hands repeatedly, looked at Cheng Chumo and teased him: "General Cheng, I didn't expect that you secretly accomplished a big thing while I and others were not paying attention. Qin congratulates the general, congratulates the general, he has made another great contribution, and will be on board the board in the future
When he takes the position of marshal, Qin will definitely give him a big gift."
Cheng Chumo's face was full of embarrassment, and he waved his hands repeatedly to deny: "Such Xiaoxiao's nonsense cannot be taken seriously. Your Majesty, oh no, Brother Qin, I think it's better to chop him down!"
"Follow General Cheng's order." Luo Zhang cooperated with Cheng Chumo in a tacit understanding, raised his dagger and stabbed Chu Yi.
When Chu first heard how many people were talking, he was surprised and confused. Just now he was talking nonsense and pulling up his beard. He had never thought that the person who kidnapped him was Hupi himself? And the person who just called himself General Cheng seemed to call another person your majesty?
Without any time to think about it, Chu Yi quickly begged for mercy: "The villain can't see Mount Tai. He didn't know that Your Majesty is here in person. Please spare your life. The villain can do anything."
Qin Huaidao then shouted coldly: "Speak quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
The cavalry in black, after resting for a while, were already heading towards the countryside ahead, and they would be there in a short time.
On the first day of the new year, he trembled and replied: "Your Majesty, this is the county magistrate's secret plan to cross Chencang. Since your Majesty issued the tax-free corvee order, the county's bank balance has been insufficient. After the tax revenue has been greatly reduced, there is no corvee to levy. Lantian County Jade Mining
It came to a standstill, so the county magistrate came up with this trick, using the name of the mountain demon to secretly arrest people to work in the mines in exchange for money to support the operation of the entire county government."
Qin Huaidao did not expect that the cause of this incident was related to his own decree.
Indeed, it is inevitable that taxes in various places will be temporarily reduced after the tax and corvee exemption, but after the increase in commercial taxes, this situation will definitely be alleviated a lot.
He asked Chu Yi: "Isn't there still commercial tax? Can't the county collect it?"
Chu Yi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty does not know. Although the magistrate of Lantian County was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Zhenguan, his status as a Jinshi was bought with money. During his tenure, he has been accepting money under various names. Now your Majesty is so kind and powerful.
In the world, the county magistrate knows that it will not take long before Taiji Palace will conduct an investigation in various places. It is inevitable that he, the county magistrate who is a fish of the common people, will not be able to avoid it. Instead of being questioned by your majesty, it is better to take advantage of Chang'an's decree and take the last shot.
Make enough money and leave, escape to a place no one knows about and be happy."
After hearing the whole story, Qin Huaidao narrowed his eyes slightly and thought of many things in an instant.
An inventory will inevitably be carried out after the Ministry of State is established, and unqualified officials from various places will definitely be removed from their posts. The crazy behavior of these officials is also the result of the unchecked power of local officials after the Tang Dynasty.
Now that he has encountered it, he cannot ignore it.
"Tie him here and come back tomorrow to take him away." Qin Huaidao ordered, and Cheng Chumo was responsible for tying the person. When Chu Yi heard that he was going to be tied here, he immediately became anxious.
"Your Majesty, the common people admit that they are guilty. However, the common people cannot stand the evil behavior of the county magistrate. They are just in the army and have to make a living and have to bow their heads. Since Your Majesty is here in person, the common people are willing to accept the crime and make meritorious service to clear the way for His Majesty.
"His voice was urgent and didn't seem to be fake.
Qin Huaidao chuckled and looked at this person: "You are quite clever. The question is, what if we deceive you and are not His Majesty and General at all? What will you do?"
Chu was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he really didn't expect this level. In the crisis just now, he had no doubts about what the other party said. Now he looked at a few more people and found that they were all dressed in rags and they were all ordinary people.
Dressing up, where is the official authority?
The disappointed look was clearly revealed in the first grade of junior high school, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that in the first grade of junior high school, I lived in the cracks and tried my best to please you, but I was deceived by you. But forget it, since I don't plan to do evil again, your identity
What is it and what does it have to do with me? Just do it and that’s it.”
"Okay, I have the guts." Seeing that the other party was determined, Qin Huaidao didn't mind taking him with him.
In this way, the group of four turned into a group of five, chasing the black cavalry.
On the way to pursue, the more Chu Yi pursued, the more he felt that the other party could not deceive him. These people's footwork, body skills, and physical fitness had all reached a level he had never seen before. If they were not the famous ones in the court, they would definitely be the same.
Holding an important position, no matter what, his deeds of making meritorious deeds have been confirmed.
What he didn't expect was that the four people didn't use all their strength to wait for him.
Taking advantage of the darkness, a few more people took a shortcut, and when the black cavalry was about to enter the countryside, they finally caught up. Following Qin Huaidao's tailing method, several people shot down several black cavalry, thinking that these people might be coerced.
, they didn’t kill him, they just knocked him unconscious with a knife, and he changed into his clothes so that he could blend into the black cavalry team.
The leader of the cavalry only felt that there was something strange today, and before they had time to think about it, they had already arrived at their destination, an ordinary township under the jurisdiction of Lantian County.
The villagers here heard the sound of horse hooves and thought it was the passing Han army. They didn't pay attention at first. It wasn't until they saw the mountain demon masks on the faces of these black cavalry that they shouted in horror.
"The mountain demon, it's the mountain demon's people, everyone run away!"
When someone shouts, someone will pass it on. The news spreads from ten to ten, and spreads throughout the entire village in an instant. How can those villagers withstand the fright? Even those villagers who have not seen such a scene do not care whether it is true or false, simply
Just pack up and run away.
The leader sneered and ignored these villagers when they saw them fleeing. Their legs were no match for their four legs. Besides, it was easier for him to arrest them if they ran away. If they were to unite, they would not be able to avoid casualties in a real fight and it would be even harder to deal with.
Seeing that the villagers had almost dispersed, the leader gave the order: "Old rules, five people in a team, each team brings me five young men, let's go!"
The black-clothed cavalry dispersed in separate directions. Qin Huaidao, Cheng Chumo, and exactly five others from Chu Yi saw that their opponents were completely dispersed, making it easy for them to defeat them individually.
After walking a certain distance, Qin Huaidao stopped his horse.
"Everyone, there are about a hundred black cavalry in total. They are divided into twenty teams. Each person pursues five teams. No villagers are allowed to be injured. The first one to deal with the problem and return here and successfully capture the leader wins.
How about that?" Qin Huaidao suggested.
Cheng Chumo agreed: "What a great idea. In this competition, I, Cheng Chumo, will be the one to win."