I have to say that Liu Hongji’s imagination is still a bit bigger.
What he didn't know was that the reason why the escaping man wanted to stab his boss to death was not only because of old grudges, but more importantly, because he wanted to use this man to slow down their pursuit.
In fact, at this point, he did succeed.
Perhaps even Liu Hongji himself didn't realize that if he hadn't felt that he already had a prisoner in his hands, he would never give up chasing the remaining people no matter what! Even if the war horse was scrapped, he would still capture one more person!
Together with Xiao Han, he carefully searched the man on the ground from head to toe.
Even the dagger was wrapped in Liu Hongji's handkerchief and put away, and he was going to find an expert to see if he could analyze its origin through the quenching of poison on the blade.
"Master Hou, what should we do with those people?"
Just when they were confirming that there was nothing missing about this person, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji were about to get up and return, but Jia Yi over there was already striding over with a livid face.
"Have you asked everything clearly?" Seeing Jia Yi's ugly face, Xiao Han seemed to have guessed something, his eyes darkened, and he asked.
Jia Yi gritted his teeth and nodded: "I've asked them all! What they know is very limited! They only know that the person who gave them orders spoke the local dialect. As for where they are from, what they did before, and whether they have any other accomplices, they don't know!
"
"Don't you know anything?" Xiao Han had already expected the answer Jiayi said. He took a deep breath, suddenly pointed at the village that had been completely engulfed in flames and asked: "That village?"
"They were massacred by them! Not a single person was left alive!" At this point, Jiayi's eyes were a little red, and he said in a hoarse voice: "And from the accounts of those people, this was already the third person to be massacred.
Village!"
"What? This is the third one!?"
Xiao Han was really shocked when he heard that this was the third village to be massacred!
And just when he was shocked and speechless, Liu Hongji beside him was already furious and jumped up from the ground!
"These beggars, beasts, bastards!"
He spun around twice like a donkey. Liu Hongji, furious, spat out all the most vicious curses in his life. Then he suddenly stopped, glared at Jia fiercely and shouted: "Then what are you waiting for?! Kill them all!"
! Anyone with blood on his hands will be killed!"
"Here!" Jiayi may have been waiting for this order for a long time. Hearing the words, he cupped his hands and turned around to walk back!
"etc……"
Seeing Jia Yi's murderous look, he finally came to his senses and Xiao Han finally spoke up and stopped the excited two people.
"Xiao Han! What do you mean! Do you still want to let them go?"
After being stopped by Xiao Han, Liu Hongji was really angry at this time. He stared straight at Xiao Han with a pair of bull's eyes, and the coldness in his eyes seemed to freeze the air!
"There is nothing to say about repaying debts and killing people to pay for their lives." Xiao Han looked at Liu Hongji's murderous eyes, but just shook his head gently and said: "But killing them with such a knife is really too cheap for them.
It also fails to achieve its purpose of intimidating other underclassmen!"
"What do you mean?" Liu Hongji's anger subsided slightly when he heard that Xiao Han was not a good person and wanted to let these people go, but his tone was still a bit harsh.
Xiao Han didn't care about this, and only replied in a deep voice: "Take them under custody! Go to the local county government! Open trial and execution!"
"Go to the county government?" However, when he heard Xiao Han talk about the county government, Liu Hongji's anger that had just been suppressed surged again for no reason. He excitedly pointed at the almost burned-out village in the distance and shouted sternly
arrive:
"What a bullshit county government! I think the officials here are rotten to the core! When such a big thing happened, not only did they not send troops to stop it! They didn't even let go! What the hell are they doing!"
"They, they may be like those in Bianzhou. Officials and servants all went to Huazhou to provide disaster relief. There was not enough manpower, so they were taken advantage of by thieves!"
The corner of Xiao Han's mouth twitched, and he spoke feebly to explain, but even he himself didn't quite believe this explanation.
In fact, during the past two days, he was also thinking about this issue!
From the words of the Bianzhou family, he already knew what kind of chaos Shandong was in now!
Kill officials, massacre villages, riot!
These tragedies, no matter where they are placed, are a big deal! It is not an exaggeration to even dispatch the army to suppress them!
But before Xiao Han came here, he strangely did not receive any news. Even the news from Baiqisi was only vague about the victims fleeing to cause trouble in the countryside!
If it is said that this is because the local government is busy with disaster relief and has no control over these news, I guess even an idiot will not believe this reason!
They are not deaf or blind!
On the contrary, most of the officials here are recommended by local powerful people and have considerable influence in the local area. How could they not even know that their own homes are about to be gutted?!
Or is there something above them that is forcing them to prevent local officials from reporting truthfully?
"No matter what, let's go to the nearest county first and have a look!"
Countless thoughts went through his mind in an instant. In the end, Xiao Han decided to find the government himself and see what they were doing!
If, as Liu Hongji said, the officials here are rotten to the core, then he wouldn't mind using the power given by the emperor to chop these rotten things into pieces one by one!
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Since ancient times, the government has ordered not to go to the countryside!
Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this was already a universal consensus.
Not to mention this time, even in the Song and Ming dynasties, the court's control over local areas could only reach the county level, and below that, all local gentry, clans, and large households were under the control of honor.
Of course, there is no way around this.
Because first, the imperial court could not afford the management and expenses of so many officials.
Secondly, compared with the official family, when problems arise in the families of ordinary people, they will still habitually go to mediation and judgment within the clan first. Only problems that cannot be solved will go to the stage of seeing the officials.
Therefore, don’t think that the county government is something that can be seen everywhere!
In fact, there are many cases where no county government can be found within a radius of a hundred miles in an area!
He did not dare to look at the completely burned village because Xiao Han was afraid that he would not be able to bear it and cut the thieves into pieces.
That's right, those people can no longer be called refugees! From the moment they picked up the knife, their identities have changed!
