After Tang Yin escorted Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao back to Hengcheng, they did not directly throw them into cells in the city, but were imprisoned in the county magistrate's house. Then they ordered a notice to be posted stating that the officers and soldiers had wiped out the three roads.
The people in the county no longer need to fear the local bandits when passing through Sandao Ridge.
This news is insignificant to ordinary people, but it is great news to the merchants. The Shangguan brothers have been subdued, and they will no longer have to worry when passing by Sandaoling in the future. In order to express their gratitude, the merchants have
Came to the county magistrate's house to visit Tang Yin, and also brought many gifts.
Tang Yin smiled and accepted them one by one. He was still very polite to these merchants. Whether Pingyuan County can restore prosperity as soon as possible depends on these people. While he was entertaining everyone, a servant in his early twenties came from outside.
When Tang Yin approached, he first bowed and saluted, and then said respectfully: "Sir, Shangguan Yuanji wants to see you!"
When he heard that Shangguan Yuanji had arrived, Qiu Zhen, who was next to Tang Yin, smiled and whispered in his ear: "Shangguan Yuanji finally couldn't sit still and came to visit."
"Haha!" Tang Yin chuckled. He looked around at the merchants present and said with a smile: "I have received your thoughts. If you have nothing else to do, please go back first!"
Shangguan Yuanji came, and he knew without asking that it must be about his two brothers. The merchants were all shrewd people. Who would want to stay and disturb him at this time? Everyone stood up and said goodbye to Tang Yin.
After all the merchants left, Tang Yin asked his servants to invite Shangguan Yuanji to come over.
In Tang Yin's opinion, Shangguan Yuanji must be a cunning, tactful and well-connected middle-aged man to become a very important person in Pingyuan County. But after meeting him, he realized that he was wrong. It was still unclear what kind of person Shangguan Yuanji was.
He came out, but he was much younger than Tang Yin expected.
Shangguan Yuanji looks to be in his early thirties. He is tall and thin, with a white face and no beard. Judging from his appearance, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth. His face has sharp edges and corners. He can be called handsome and handsome. He is dressed in white and has a graceful demeanor and temperament.
Outstanding, compared with his twin brothers, there is no similarity at all. If you don't know, it would be difficult for people to believe that they are biological brothers.
Tang Yin was sizing him up, and Shangguan Yuanji was also sizing up Tang Yin.
He didn't pay much attention to the new county magistrate. After all, none of the county magistrates in the past could make him like him. As for Tang Yin, he was younger than the previous magistrates, and he was younger than the previous magistrates.
Shangguan Yuanji didn't even pay attention to him because he was a powerful person in the royal court. He even didn't come to visit Tang Yin on the day he took office.
But he never dreamed that this young new county magistrate could capture his two brothers with lightning speed and annihilate their bandit den in one fell swoop. While worrying about his brothers' lives, he also
I was amazed by Tang Yin's outstanding ability and swift style.
Seeing Tang Yin at this time, he took a deep breath.
Tang Yin has an outstanding appearance, with sharp eyebrows and tiger eyes, a high nose bridge, and naturally raised corners of his mouth. Even if he has a straight face, he seems to be smiling. His fair face is so clean that no flaws can be found. He is not the kind of handsome man, but he has natural traces of
The wildness and evil aura revealed can be unforgettable, especially the pair of eyes, which are dark and deep, and flicker with a chilling light from time to time as they turn.
This person is not simple! There is no need to talk, just look at the appearance, the hairs on Shangguan Yuanji's body stand up unconsciously, and he feels wary in his heart.
"Your Excellency is Brother Shangguan, whose name I have admired for a long time!" Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
His words were very polite, but his attitude was extremely arrogant. He sat on the chair and did not even move, let alone getting up to greet him. He was holding a tea cup while talking and did not look at the other person.
"Shangguan Yuanji, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Tang." Shangguan Yuanji didn't care at all about Tang Yin's arrogant attitude. As he spoke, he raised his hands and bowed to the ground.
Logically speaking, Tang Yin should ask the other party to take a seat at this time, but he had no intention of giving up his seat. He slowly put down the teacup, glanced at Shangguan Yuanji, and said with a smile: "Brother Shangguan is a very busy man. I don't know why I am so free today. Why can I be here?"
Why don't you take time out of your busy schedule to come to my house?" His words were full of sarcasm.
Understanding that Tang Yin was secretly blaming him for not being able to visit him on the day of his inauguration, Shangguan Yuanji smiled bitterly in his heart, secretly thinking that Tang Yin was a narrow-minded man. No matter how capable he was, his broad-mindedness alone would hardly make him grand.
He was disappointed and depressed. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Tang Yin say: "Brother Shangguan, please sit down! Use people to go forward and don't use people to go to the back. This is the world in a hot and cold world. I have seen this kind of thing too many times."
When Shangguan Yuanji heard this, his face looked a little ugly.
Tang Yin is very arrogant, and he himself is not the same. If Tang Yin was a mediocre person, he would probably not care about him. Now that Tang Yin has shown extraordinary ability and captured his two younger brothers, Shangguan Yuanji can only
If you come here shamelessly, it is understandable to be ridiculed.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Qiu Zhen hurriedly came out to smooth things over. He chuckled and said, "Brother Shangguan's family has a big business. It's understandable that it's hard to get away on weekdays. You must have something to do when you come here today, right?"
It was only then that Shangguan Yuanji noticed Qiu Zhen's existence. Qiu Zhen was of average stature and appearance, and his clothes were ordinary. His whole person looked featureless, making it easy for people to ignore his existence.
"Excuse me, brother, who is..."
"Qiu Zhen!" Qiu Zhen replied with a smile.
"Oh, it turns out to be Brother Qiu!" Shangguan Yuanji smiled politely and saluted, and then said to Tang Yin: "Master Tang, I do have something to do when I come here this time!"
"Brother Shangguan, please tell me something."
"I'm doing it for those two lousy brothers!" Shangguan Yuanji was arrogant, but his brothers were in his hands. Even if he didn't like Tang Yin, he could only bite the bullet and endure it. "Yuanwu
He and Yuan Biao are aggressive by nature, but they are not bad in nature. I hope Mr. Tang can be kind and generous this time and let his two brothers live."
"Oh! So it turns out that Brother Shangguan is here for this." Tang Yin said quietly, "I don't know something. I wonder if Brother Shangguan can give me some advice?"
"Excuse me, Master Tang!"
"Brother Shangguan has always been generously supporting Pingyuan County officers and soldiers with food and grass. He must be a good person who is generous and generous. I am also very grateful for this. However, the two younger brothers turned into bandits, blocked the road and robbed, harming one party. This is really difficult to understand. Is it true?
Brother Shangguan has never dissuaded your brother, or has Brother Shangguan been indulging in your brother?"
"Master Tang is unaware of something. It's not that I indulged my two younger brothers, nor did I fail to dissuade them. It's that they didn't listen to the persuasion at all and insisted on going their own way..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin interrupted with a smile: "Since Brother Shangguan can't dissuade your brother, if you ask me to release him now, wouldn't it mean that I'm going to let him go back to the mountain and give them the opportunity to continue causing trouble?"
"This..." Shangguan Yuanji was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
Tang Yin secretly laughed in his heart, sighed deliberately, and said: "My brother is violent and arrogant by nature. In order to prevent future troubles, I can only kill the killers due to emotion and reason. Tomorrow at noon, I will behead these two people in public. Brother Shangguan is Pingyuan.
I will keep in mind the contribution made by the county officers and soldiers, but please don’t plead for my brother anymore!”
Hearing his determination in his tone, Shangguan Yuanji's heart trembled. No matter how much the two brothers Yuanwu and Yuanbiao made him angry or disappointed him, they were brothers after all. Their bones were broken but their tendons were still connected.
How could he just sit back and ignore the lives of the two of them?
At this time, he became a little anxious and said: "I am willing to donate food and grass to the army. I think this is also my obligation as a citizen of Dafeng. I have never dared to ask for anything in return. Now, I only ask for
Mr. Tang can open his eyes and let the two brothers Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao go. If they become bandits again, without Mr. Tang taking action, I will personally go and capture them and hand them over to Mr. Tang for their punishment!"
"This..." Tang Yin frowned and did not answer immediately, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
Seeing that his tone showed signs of loosening, Shangguan Yuanji immediately said: "If Mr. Tang doesn't believe me, I can make a written statement now. If one day, even if Mr. Tang wants my head, I will have nothing to do with it."
Complain!”
"hehe!"
Tang Yin smiled, stood up, and paced back and forth in the hall.
It can be seen that he is now considering Shangguan Yuanji's words.
Shangguan Yuanji didn't say anything more, but kept his gaze on Tang Yin, and his heart rose to his throat. Whether the two brothers lived or died, now all depends on Tang Yin's words.
After walking for a moment, he paused, turned around, and smiled at Shangguan Yuanji: "Brother Shangguan, I believe you, and I can consider releasing Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao, but I also have a condition.
"
Conditions? Shangguan Yuanji was stunned at first, and then immediately understood that there was nothing in him that Tang Yin could value, except money.
He said: "Don't worry, Mr. Tang. I will never let Mr. Tang help me in vain. As long as Mr. Tang's request can be tolerated by me, I will accept it."
"Of course you can afford it!" Tang Yin smiled slightly, walked up to Shangguan Yuanji, and said, "I have a plan to set up two deputy county governors in Pingyuan County, one to help me with military affairs, and the other with government affairs.
." As he spoke, he extended his finger to Qiu Zhen and said, "Qiu Zhen is good at strategy and is in charge of military affairs. I am very relieved, but I have been undecided about who will be in charge of government affairs."
At this point, he deliberately paused and did not continue.
Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji were both stunned. The former was stunned because he did not expect that Tang Yin would give him the position of deputy county magistrate, and was surprised and happy. The latter was stunned because he did not understand what Tang Yin meant by suddenly saying this.
"Master Tang means..."
"I think Brother Shangguan will be the deputy county magistrate in charge of government affairs!" Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile.