Qin Yu raised his eyebrows. Can a well-trained horse bandit still be called a horse bandit?
Xiao Nan also had a look of astonishment on his face.
They thought it was just a simple horse bandit raiding the village.
Now it seems that this matter may be more complicated than they thought.
Qin Yu looked at Xia Feiyang and asked, "Then what do you think about this matter?"
Xia Feiyang frowned and said slowly: "I would venture to guess that this matter is related to the reform of Jinzhou last year."
Is it related to reform?
Qin Yu and Xiao Nan looked at each other, things were getting more and more interesting.
Listen to Xia Feiyang's words.
The head of Chenjia Village, Chen Bao, also had bright eyes, and interjected: "Captain Xia, this group of horse thieves, could they be the people led by the missing second son of Fang Yubai's family, the former prefect of Jiuling County?"
Xia Feiyang couldn't help but nodded, "Village Chief Chen, you can see that this group of horse bandits is unusual, right? How can ordinary horse bandits have such sophisticated preparations, and how can they collude with the Uluo people?"
Afterwards, the two of them recounted the story of Fang Yubai, the former governor of Jiuling County, to Qin Yu and the others.
In fact, the matter itself is not complicated. Last year, there was a rectification of officials in the Wei Dynasty, and Jinzhou was among them. Following the general trend of rectification of officials across the country, Fang Yubai, the former prefect of Jiuling County, surrendered.
However, the crime he committed was not trivial, and the people of Jiuling County reported it, so even if Fang Yubai took the initiative to plead guilty, he was sent to prison. After all, voluntarily surrendering to the crime was only a lighter punishment, and it was impossible to reduce the guilt.
Because the Fang family did something outrageous, including forcing girls into prostitution, levying taxes in fish and meat villages, etc., and the crimes were many and serious, so almost everyone in the Fang family was arrested, except for the second young master who had been studying abroad as a teacher.
No one will be spared.
Originally, the second son of the Fang family, Fang Mengru, had returned to the Fang family last year, but before the reform officials sent by the imperial court arrived, he disappeared again. Until the Fang family was confiscated and the reform ended, Fang Mengru never appeared again.
Rumors say that Fang Yubai gave Fang Mengru a sum of money and asked him to fly away, which could be regarded as leaving some blood to the Fang family.
Fang Mengru has been practicing martial arts abroad and has not participated in the Fang family's affairs. In addition, no one knows where he has gone, and the new Jiuling County Sheriff has not spent any energy to investigate him.
But what happened today aroused the suspicion of the village chief Chen Bao and the headman Xia Feiyang. After all, this group of horse bandits suddenly appeared in Jiuling County and colluded with the Wuluo people. Moreover, the leader was killing people.
, even children are not spared, very vicious and vicious.
Listen to Chen Bao and Xia Feiyang's narration.
Qin Yu still frowned and asked: "Then are you sure that Fang Mengru brought this group of people? Is he just trying to take revenge on the people of Jiuling County?"
He felt that Chen Bao and Xia Feiyang's speculations were a little too certain.
"Sure."
Chen Bao suddenly turned serious and said seriously: "Because our Chenjia Village should be the first village to be robbed by horse bandits."
Xiao Nan's face became even more confused.
Qin Yu thought of something and asked tentatively: "Because your Chen Village has a grudge against the Fang Family?"
Chen Bao and Xia Feiyang nodded heavily at the same time.
Qin Yu hurriedly asked: "What hatred?"
Chen Bao lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Because in the past, the Fang family abducted several young girls from our village. We villagers went to Jiuling City to argue with the Fang family. When our argument failed, we were beaten up by the Fang family.
, Since then, Fang Yubai has targeted our Chenjia Village everywhere, occupying our fields, robbing our cattle, and increasing our corvee labor."
"So last year when the imperial court sent the imperial envoy to Jiuling County to rectify the official affairs, the villagers from our village also gathered villagers from several surrounding villages, and they all went to Jiuling City to go to the imperial envoy to ask for orders, and forcibly removed the Fang family.
They were all sent to prison."
"This is also the reason why ordinary people speculate that this group of horse bandits is Fang Mengru's people, seeking revenge on our Chenjia Village. He must have colluded with the Uluo people to avenge the Fang family. After all, it was the imperial court who arrested their Fang family."
The words fell into place.
Qin Yu nodded in agreement.
Because Chen Bao's analysis is indeed reasonable and well-founded.
Xiao Nan also suddenly realized why Chen Bao and Xia Feiyang were so sure that this group of horse bandits were Fang Mengru's people.
Because there is a well-known hatred between them.
Qin Yu looked at Xia Feiyang and Chen Bao and continued to ask: "Then do you know where this group of horse bandits is hiding?"
Judging from the current situation.
This group of horse bandits behaved really professionally, because Qin Yu sent people to chase them, and these people escaped in three directions, and the horse hooves behind them were all wrapped in cloth, so there was no trace at all.
If you are not a professional, how can you have such strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities.
Xia Feiyang and Chen Bao both shook their heads and said they didn't know.
Qin Yu looked troubled and muttered: "We have to rush to Guyang Pass, so we can only stay here for five days at most. If we can't find this group of horse bandits within five days, we can only let others handle it."
, do you have any good ideas?"
Xiao Nan stood up, like an ant on a hot pot.
He now hated this group of horse bandits with all his heart, and wished he could kill them now.
Listen to Qin Yu's words.
Xia Feiyang and Chen Bao were also anxious.
Because others would never be as interested as Qin Yu and Xiao Nan.
There was a pause.
Xia Feiyang's eyes brightened and he looked at Qin Yu, "Prince-in-law, you should pay attention to your humble position."
Qin Yu nodded, "But it doesn't matter."
Xia Feiyang continued: "I believe that this group of horse bandits colluded with the Wuluo people to disrupt the rear of Guyang Pass, cause chaos, and distract General Qin Feng's attention, so they will do it again."
"In this way, Prince Consort, please let most of the cavalry continue to the north, leaving a group of soldiers and horses to guard here. I feel that they will take action after you leave. This time it is Chenjia Village. If the horse bandits are really Fang Mengru's people,
Then next time his target will be Liujia Village, where almost a whole village went to report the Fang family."
Hear this.
Qin Yu looked at Xia Feiyang and frowned slightly.
Xia Feiyang was so frightened by Qin Yu's sight that he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty... Your Highness, I'm humble... Did I say something wrong..."
Qin Yu shook his head slightly and then said: "What did you do before you became a policeman?"
Xia Feiyang was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile: "Your Highness has good eyesight. Before he took a humble position as a detective in Dianlin Town, he was a soldier of the Guyang Army during the Anhe period. He served as the leader of the scout battalion and often dealt with horse bandits and Uluo people.
"
The words fell into place.
The village chief Chen Bao was also shocked. He said that when he saw the Uluo people just now, several police officers and government officials were frightened. Xia Feiyang was the only one who was fearless. He picked up a knife and started fighting, and even threw sand at the Uluo people. It turned out that they were
Have experience.
Xiao Nan also looked at Xia Feiyang with admiration, "I can't tell, you are still a veteran."