The fat county magistrate looked at Liu Hongji carefully, and answered with cupped hands, "To be honest with you, although our county is small, its defenses are quite complete. In addition, they didn't have any siege equipment on hand, so they only attacked for a while."
, seeing that they could not open the city gate, and some people were injured and killed by arrows and stones on the city wall, they retreated in a hurry."
"There are still people dead?" Hearing this, Liu Hongji looked at the fat county magistrate, but his expression became even weirder. "Isn't that right? Since they have attacked the city! How dare you just open the city gate and let us in? Just
Aren’t you afraid that they will take advantage of the chaos and rush into the city first?”
"Ahem, this is still a bit scary, but when I think of the Duke and the Marquis outside, I can't care less!" The fat county magistrate laughed and flattered Liu Hongji and Xiao Han, but he felt this way in his heart
But Shi had already scolded me. You were just frightened, and you were about to be hacked to death! If I dare not open the door, then why don't you skin the fat man alive?
"The reason why you dared to open the door today is because you found that those who were instigating the crowd are no longer in the city?"
Just when the fat county magistrate was still muttering in his mind, secretly cursing the two men for being so good after getting an advantage, Xiao Han's cold question suddenly came to his ears, which almost scared him so much that he jumped up from the ground.
"You...how do you know?" Looking at Xiao Han blankly, the fat county magistrate was so anxious that he even forgot to add his title.
"Is this really true?" Xiao Han's eyes flashed twice when he saw the fat county magistrate's appearance! Then, he did not answer the fat magistrate's words, but continued to ask, "When did you find out that they left?
"
The fat county magistrate had not yet recovered from the shock, and still answered with his small eyes widened: "Since... since the siege failed, the strong thieves retreated quietly, leaving only those
The old, weak, sick and disabled are staying outside."
"Are they guarding outside?" Xiao Han's eyes narrowed again and he asked in a deep voice, "In other words, you have not left the city at all these days?"
"Ahem..." The fat county magistrate wiped his sweat in embarrassment and replied carefully, "The Marquis is joking. There are only a few hundred young people left in the city now. They are not enough to defend the city. How dare you
Out of town?"
Xiao Han frowned and asked again, "You don't know what happened outside the city?"
"What happened outside?" The fat county magistrate was stunned when he was asked. It took him a long time to tentatively ask, "What happened outside the city? What happened?"
When the fat county magistrate asked this question, Xiao Han kept watching his facial expression changes closely until he confirmed that he had no signs of lying. Then he sighed and said, "In the past two days, there have been many people around me."
The villages were all slaughtered by the refugees! When we came here, we also passed a village that was completely burned to the ground by the fire. The refugees who were tied together with ropes were caught there."
"What!"
Before Xiao Han finished speaking, several sharp exclamations rang out! In the back hall, not only the face of the fat county magistrate changed greatly, but even the county magistrate and the master who had just arrived were dumbfounded and looked in disbelief.
appearance!
"How could this happen! How could this happen!" He looked at Xiao Han in despair. The fat county magistrate did not doubt the authenticity of his words at all. As a noble prince, there was no need to lie to himself about this kind of thing!
"Someone must be causing trouble behind this! Otherwise, those bastards The people can only grab some food, but they won’t do such a thing!"
After muttering a few words, the fat county magistrate, who was circling on the ground like a donkey, suddenly stopped, raised his head and looked straight at Xiao Han! That look was like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.
!
Then, before Xiao Han could retreat on alert, the fat county magistrate had already hugged his thigh and howled at the top of his lungs, "Master Hou! Duke! You have to save me this time! This, this is someone."
Doing something secretly has nothing to do with the official!"
It’s no wonder that the fat county magistrate is so scared. As a county magistrate, he has the responsibility to protect the safety of a place!
Even if there are too many thieves in the place and the public security is poor, he will be impeached by the imperial censor and turned into a sieve! Finally, he will be sent to Lingnan to eat wild fruits with monkeys.
But even so, it is just a crime caused by improper governance that leads to rampant banditry!
If, like now, this kind of massacre of villages and villages occurs, similar to a rebellion...
Then the monkeys in Lingnan don't have to worry, because anyone who competes with them to eat fruits has already been beheaded by the emperor's order and hung on the city gate to appease the public anger.
"Hey! What kind of bullshit are you?"
The fat county magistrate was still crying with runny nose and tears. The collar of Leng Buding's neck tightened behind his back, and then a strong force came, lifting his fat body directly off the ground.
Liu Hongji was like catching a pig, holding the fat county magistrate who was at a loss in one hand, with a ferocious face as if he wanted to eat him alive. "Thank you for being a local official! When he heard that the people under his rule were suffering, he didn't ask about the situation, and he didn't think of anything to do.
To save people, you only care about the black gauze hat on your head? Bah!"
Liu Hongji spit a big mouthful of saliva on the fat county magistrate's face. The fat magistrate was so frightened that he didn't even dare to reach out and wipe it. He could only hook his toes on the ground, for fear that Liu Hongji would suddenly let go and throw him down again.
Dogs eat shit.
"No, I'm not! I'm just!" After finally touching the ground, the fat county magistrate did not dare to look at Liu Hongji's expression. He only dared to bow his hands to Xiao Han: "Master Hou, please forgive me, I am a little seventh-grade man."
The county magistrate, who has no soldiers and no food and pay, cannot let his subordinates risk their lives and rush out to fight those people!"
"Those people? Who are they?" Xiao Han keenly found some clues from the fat county magistrate's words, and immediately asked, "What do you know! Why don't you tell the truth!"
"I...I! Your Majesty..." The fat county magistrate, half of his body hanging in the air, stuttered twice, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I dare not hide it from the Marquis. In fact, those people are inciting the refugees."
When we were attacking the city, someone around Xiaguan recognized that one of those people was actually from the Li family in Hedong..."
"Hedong Li Family?!" Hearing this name, Xiao Han's heart tightened, and he took a breath and asked, "Are you sure you read it correctly?"
"You can't be wrong." The fat county magistrate was also put back on the ground by the astonished Liu Hongji. He first loosened Song Le's uncomfortable collar, and then said with a wry smile, "The man next to Xiaguan used to be in Hedong.
I work in the Li family and have seen him more than once or twice, so I will definitely not admit his mistake!"
"Where is that person?" Xiao Han asked.
"The lower official was afraid that he would talk nonsense, so he sent him to the armory. There was almost no one there. He wanted to say it, but no one said it..." The fat county magistrate replied honestly. "Well, there is really no..."
The fat county magistrate looked at Liu Hongji carefully, and answered with cupped hands, "To be honest with you, although our county is small, its defenses are quite complete. In addition, they didn't have any siege equipment on hand, so they only attacked for a while."
, seeing that they could not open the city gate, and some people were injured and killed by arrows and stones on the city wall, they retreated in a hurry."
"There are still people dead?" Hearing this, Liu Hongji looked at the fat county magistrate, but his expression became even weirder. "Isn't that right? Since they have attacked the city! How dare you just open the city gate and let us in? Just
Aren’t you afraid that they will take advantage of the chaos and rush into the city first?”
"Ahem, this is still a bit scary, but when I think of the Duke and the Marquis outside, I can't care less!" The fat county magistrate laughed and flattered Liu Hongji and Xiao Han, but he felt this way in his heart
But Shi had already scolded me. You were just frightened, and you were about to be hacked to death! If I dare not open the door, then why don't you skin the fat man alive?
"The reason why you dared to open the door today is because you found that those who were instigating the crowd are no longer in the city?"
Just when the fat county magistrate was still muttering in his mind, secretly cursing the two men for being so good after getting an advantage, Xiao Han's cold question suddenly came to his ears, which almost scared him so much that he jumped up from the ground.
"You...how do you know?" Looking at Xiao Han blankly, the fat county magistrate was so anxious that he even forgot to add his title.
"Is this really true?" Xiao Han's eyes flashed twice when he saw the fat county magistrate's appearance! Then, he did not answer the fat magistrate's words, but continued to ask, "When did you find out that they left?
"
The fat county magistrate had not yet recovered from the shock, and still answered with his small eyes widened: "Since... since the siege failed, the strong thieves retreated quietly, leaving only those
The old, weak, sick and disabled are staying outside."
"Are they guarding outside?" Xiao Han's eyes narrowed again and he asked in a deep voice, "In other words, you have not left the city at all these days?"
"Ahem..." The fat county magistrate wiped his sweat in embarrassment and replied carefully, "The Marquis is joking. There are only a few hundred young people left in the city now. They are not enough to defend the city. How dare you
Out of town?"
Xiao Han frowned and asked again, "You don't know what happened outside the city?"
"What happened outside?" The fat county magistrate was stunned when he was asked. It took him a long time to tentatively ask, "What happened outside the city? What happened?"
When the fat county magistrate asked this question, Xiao Han kept watching his facial expression changes closely until he confirmed that he had no signs of lying. Then he sighed and said, "In the past two days, there have been many people around me."
The villages were all slaughtered by the refugees! When we came here, we also passed a village that was completely burned to the ground by the fire. The refugees who were tied together with ropes were caught there."
"What!"
Before Xiao Han finished speaking, several sharp exclamations rang out! In the back hall, not only the face of the fat county magistrate changed greatly, but even the county magistrate and the master who had just arrived were dumbfounded and looked in disbelief.
appearance!
"How could this happen! How could this happen!" He looked at Xiao Han in despair. The fat county magistrate did not doubt the authenticity of his words at all. As a noble prince, there was no need to lie to himself about this kind of thing!
"Someone must be causing trouble behind this! Otherwise, those bastards The people can only grab some food, but they won’t do such a thing!"
After muttering a few words, the fat county magistrate, who was circling on the ground like a donkey, suddenly stopped, raised his head and looked straight at Xiao Han! That look was like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.
!
Then, before Xiao Han could retreat on alert, the fat county magistrate had already hugged his thigh and howled at the top of his lungs, "Master Hou! Duke! You have to save me this time! This, this is someone."
Doing something secretly has nothing to do with the official!"
It’s no wonder that the fat county magistrate is so scared. As a county magistrate, he has the responsibility to protect the safety of a place!
Even if there are too many thieves in the place and the public security is poor, he will be impeached by the imperial censor and turned into a sieve! Finally, he will be sent to Lingnan to eat wild fruits with monkeys.
But even so, it is just a crime caused by improper governance that leads to rampant banditry!
If, like now, this kind of massacre of villages and villages occurs, similar to a rebellion...
Then the monkeys in Lingnan don't have to worry, because anyone who competes with them to eat fruits has already been beheaded by the emperor's order and hung on the city gate to appease the public anger.
"Hey! What kind of bullshit are you?"
The fat county magistrate was still crying with runny nose and tears. The collar of Leng Buding's neck tightened behind his back, and then a strong force came, lifting his fat body directly off the ground.
Liu Hongji was like catching a pig, holding the fat county magistrate who was at a loss in one hand, with a ferocious face as if he wanted to eat him alive. "Thank you for being a local official! When he heard that the people under his rule were suffering, he didn't ask about the situation, and he didn't think of anything to do.
To save people, you only care about the black gauze hat on your head? Bah!"
Liu Hongji spit a big mouthful of saliva on the fat county magistrate's face. The fat magistrate was so frightened that he didn't even dare to reach out and wipe it. He could only hook his toes on the ground, for fear that Liu Hongji would suddenly let go and throw him down again.
Dogs eat shit.
"No, I'm not! I'm just!" After finally touching the ground, the fat county magistrate did not dare to look at Liu Hongji's expression. He only dared to bow his hands to Xiao Han: "Master Hou, please forgive me, I am a little seventh-grade man."
The county magistrate, who has no soldiers and no food and pay, cannot let his subordinates risk their lives and rush out to fight those people!"
"Those people? Who are they?" Xiao Han keenly found some clues from the fat county magistrate's words, and immediately asked, "What do you know! Why don't you tell the truth!"
"I...I! Your Majesty..." The fat county magistrate, half of his body hanging in the air, stuttered twice, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I dare not hide it from the Marquis. In fact, those people are inciting the refugees."
When we were attacking the city, someone around Xiaguan recognized that one of those people was actually from the Li family in Hedong..."
"Hedong Li Family?!" Hearing this name, Xiao Han's heart tightened, and he took a breath and asked, "Are you sure you read it correctly?"
"You can't be wrong." The fat county magistrate was also put back on the ground by the astonished Liu Hongji. He first loosened Song Le's uncomfortable collar, and then said with a wry smile, "The man next to Xiaguan used to be in Hedong.
I work in the Li family and have seen him more than once or twice, so I will definitely not admit his mistake!"
"Where is that person?" Xiao Han asked.
"The lower official was afraid that he would talk nonsense, so he sent him to the armory. There was almost no one there. Even if he wanted to say something, no one would say it..." the fat county magistrate replied honestly.
