Chapter seven hundred and thirty fourth the beginning and the end
Just as Li Qi was "reminiscing about old times" with Ji Minren, Zhe Yanzhi from above suddenly shouted: "Prefect Ji, I have made it clear long ago that Zhe Yanzhi is responsible for this matter alone and has nothing to do with you. Why are you going to this mess?"
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Ji Minren shouted: "General Zhe, that's enough, that's enough. Since the imperial court has sent infantry commanders here, it proves that the imperial court has taken this matter seriously. If you continue to make trouble, there will really be no turning back."
Li Qi was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, it doesn't seem like they are colluding, what is going on?
Zheyanzhi added: "I know this, but I still don't know their purpose of coming here."
Li Qidao: "We are here to investigate the robbery of military rations."
Orihiko said simply: "To be honest, we transported the military rations. How do you plan to deal with it?"
Yue Fei, Niu Gao and others looked shocked. They all thought, you guys rob your own food? But then I thought about it, I'm afraid this is the only way to make sense, because in the territory of the Zhejia Army, only the Zhejia Army has this ability.
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As expected, they said it was your mother who stole it. But you can't say that. Li Qi said, "That's strange. Your military rations are yours. Why do you want to rob your own? I think
There must be something hidden in it."
Ji Minren said: "Commander Bu, General Zhe, this is all a misunderstanding. This is not the place to talk. Why don't you two go to the county office first and sit down to talk in detail." After that, he asked Zhe Yan again.
: "General Zhe, just listen to my advice and don't continue."
Zhe Yanzhi hesitated for a moment, thinking that there were so many people talking here and it was indeed not the place to talk. He turned to Li Qi and said, "Bu Shuai, what do you think?"
Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief, he was finally safe, and said with a slight smile: "This is the territory of Prefect Ji, so Li Qi is naturally more respectful than obedient."
"Well, just follow the words of Magistrate Ji."
You are finally willing to come down. It really scared me to death. Ouch, my neck hurts. Li Qi whispered to Ji Minren: "Prefect Ji, was it you who sent the news last night?"
Ji Minren was shocked and said: "Last night? I didn't send you any news last night!"
"Didn't you ask someone to shoot that arrow?"
"What arrow?"
This is strange. Now that things have happened, he doesn't need to lie to me anymore. Is there another group of people hiding here? Li Qi frowned and was silent.
"Bu Shuai, Bu Shuai." Ji Minren saw that Li Qi suddenly became silent, so he shouted a few times softly.
Li Qi was slightly startled, shook his head and said, "Oh, it's okay, maybe I thought wrong."
Seeing that Li Qi was unwilling to say more, Ji Minren didn't ask any more questions. He stretched out his hand and said, "Commander Bu, please."
"please."
Two groups of people left Jade Girl Pond and headed towards Linyou County. It was obvious from both sides that they were well-trained troops. In terms of orderliness, Li Qi's side had the upper hand. After all, they usually didn't do this.
The lack of training also gave Zhe Yanzhi and others a new view of the Forbidden Army. However, the murderous aura in the Zhejia Army that was honed on the battlefield is also what the Forbidden Army lacks most now. If they really want to fight,
It is estimated that Zhejiajun still has the upper hand.
"Hey, I said it's useless for you to glare at me. If you don't accept it, try two more moves. No, one move is enough."
Originally, both parties had a tacit understanding and chose silence. Suddenly, a shout broke the rare silence.
Li Qi turned around and saw Drunkard looking at the other person with amusement, and asked curiously: "Drunkard, what are you shouting about?"
The drunkard pointed his hand at the man and said hehe: "Oh, it was this boy who was knocked unconscious by me yesterday, and he almost died under the arrows of his companions."
Over there, a small boss also whispered something in Zheyanzhi's ear. Zheyanzhi glanced at the drunkard, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really good at it. You can face the number of Zheyanzhi's troops alone." Ten first-class shooters can escape safely."
The drunkard yawned and said, "You don't need to tell me. I know very well how much I weigh. It's just that some people like to overestimate their abilities and go around with slingshots to scare people. They are as black as crows in the world."
Hey, this guy is not talking about me, right? Li Qi gave the drunkard a hard look.
The drunkard pretended he didn't see it.
Zhe Yanzhi raised the corner of his mouth and said: "If there is a chance, I would like to ask you for some advice."
"No, no, you can go back and practice for a few decades before we talk." The drunkard waved his hand, suddenly pointed towards Ma Qiao, and said: "How about you try a few tricks with my apprentice, but he's that guy I don’t know how serious it is, you are still young, it would be bad if you end up crippled."
Ma Qiao said angrily: "I won't do it either. I never bully children. If I let my junior sister know this, she will definitely look down on me. If you want to be beaten, go to Brother Yue."
This brings it back to me. Yue Fei looked innocent, but when he met this pair of masters and disciples, it was really dumbfounding.
Zheyan asked whether he had ever suffered such an insult since he was in the army. He sneered and said, "It's just a rat."
"He's talking about you."
Drunkard, Ma Qiao pointed at each other and said in unison.
Li Qi was sweating coldly and said in a deep voice: "Can you two stop talking a few words to save some energy and hurry up?"
The master and the disciple turned their heads to one side and remained silent.
When they returned to Linyou County, they saw a crowd of people standing outside, most of them old, young, women and children. Judging from their attire, they should be residents of Linyou County.
"Master Prefect, General Zhe, please save us!"
When Li Qi and others approached, all the county residents suddenly knelt down, crying and begging with red eyes.
"Ouch."
Zhe Yanzhi hurriedly jumped off the horse, ran over, helped an aunt up, and said: "Aunt You, get up quickly, my nephew can't bear it!"
The soldiers of the Zhejia Army also stepped forward to help them up. Some soldiers fell to their knees in a hurry, and apparently their parents were among them.
Ji Minren also got off the donkey and said loudly: "Fellow fellows, please rest assured, Ji is not talented. Even if he fights for this official title, he will still get food for you." As he said that, he pointed at Li Qi again. , said: "This is a high-ranking official from the capital. He came specifically for this matter."
The county residents stared at Li Qi blankly, with a hint of uneasiness in their eyes.
Li Qi dismounted and said with a smile: "Fellow folks, I can't give you any guarantee yet because I don't know anything about this matter. When I find out, I will definitely give you an explanation."
The aunt suddenly said: "Sir, General Zhe did this all for our sake. If you want to punish us, just punish us."
"Yes! If you want to be punished, then punish us!"
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The mood of these people suddenly became excited.
Li Qi was indifferent and said loudly: "I still say what I said. When the right and wrong are found out, I will give you an explanation. Now please give way."
The county residents didn't seem to believe Li Qi very much. They glanced at Ji Minren and Zhe Yanzhi, saw that both of them nodded, and then made way for them.
"Commander Bu, please."
"please."
Since these people had already returned, in order not to cause trouble to them, Li Qi only brought Ma Qiao, Yue Fei and others into the city, while the rest waited outside the city.
This move also made Zhe Yanzhi and the other people have a good impression of Li Qi.
When they arrived at the county government office, Li Qi naturally sat on the upper seat, Zhe Yanzhi and Ji Minren sat on the left and right respectively, and Yue Fei and others sat at the bottom.
Li Qi said: "General Zhe, are my ten brothers okay now?"
Orihiko said with a hint of apology: "I have already asked people to release them."
"It seems like it's not just them."
Zhe Yanzhi was stunned for a moment, then said: "Yes, in addition to them, we also captured three groups of people, fifty-six people in total."
"Then do you know who they are?"
"According to what they said, they were all sent by the emperor."
Li Qi clapped his hands and said sarcastically: "Then you are really brave. You even dare to arrest the emperor's people. I admire you, I admire you!"
Ji Minren said hurriedly: "Commander Bu, please calm down. General Zhe did this out of his own control."
"So, you also know?" Li Qi said.
Ji Minren said: "Yes, in fact, it was me who took them to find General Zhe. However, when those people heard that General Zhe had transported the rations, they insisted that the Zhe family army was plotting a rebellion, and said they would go back and report it immediately.
Your Majesty, that’s why General Zhe made such a bad move.”
Hmm. This tone is quite similar to the people around the emperor. They all have human heads and pig brains. It's okay to let them suffer here. Li Qi coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Okay, now it's your turn to explain.
It's time." He changed the topic because he didn't want those people to come out too early. He could imagine that once those people were released and saw the imperial army coming, they would definitely make a fuss, and then he would have to
I have a headache, but if I continue to talk, I will definitely give him a break, so I simply don’t mention it and pretend I haven’t heard anything.
Zhe Yanzhi naturally understood this, and felt a little grateful to Li Qi in his heart, and said to Ji Minren: "Prefect Ji, it's up to you to say it."
Ji Minren sighed and said: "This matter has to start with the famine last year. Last year, our Fengxiang Mansion suffered a great disaster. We encountered floods and droughts one after another. The people had no harvest, and the landowners and wealthy people were afraid of the villagers when they saw this.
They robbed their food and hurriedly left with the food and money. This undoubtedly made things worse, so I immediately reported to the court, hoping that the court would send food for disaster relief."
Li Qi nodded and said, "I know this. The imperial court has given you a total of 100,000 shi of food. Isn't this enough?"
Ji Minren smiled bitterly and said: "It would be great if there really were one hundred thousand stones. It was said that it was one hundred thousand stones, but the actual food in Fengxiang Mansion was only forty thousand stones, and it was also mixed with a lot of weeds.
, stones, after all, it’s only 20,000 stones, but how can this little food be enough to eat.”
"What? Only---only 20,000 shi?" Li Qi exclaimed, thinking to himself, damn it, those corrupt officials are so ruthless, they took 80,000 shi in one go, and they didn't let anyone live.
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Ji Minren said: "Ji will never dare to say anything false."
Zheyan questioned: "I can testify for Magistrate Ji on this point. Magistrate Ji has been an official in Fengxiang Mansion for more than ten years. He is diligent and hard-working, and is deeply loved by the local people. He is a rare good official. At that time, Magistrate Ji
I sold all my property and shared the joys and sorrows with the people, but I could only survive until the end of the year."
"Oh?" Li Qi couldn't help but look at Ji Minren in a different light.
Zhe Yanzhi became more and more angry as he spoke, and said excitedly: "We, the Zhe family army, have fought for our country for generations, protected our country, opened up new territories, and never complained. However, the imperial court treats us like this, regardless of the life or death of our relatives."
, I would like to ask how we can go into battle with peace of mind to kill the enemy under such circumstances. What the imperial court did was really chilling to me. In order to gain the attention of the imperial court, I came up with this strategy and robbed my own military rations. I hope the imperial court can send
People came, but I didn’t expect that the people sent by the imperial court turned out to be indifferent to the people of Fengxiang Mansion. They just wanted to accuse people and go back to claim credit. This disappointed me so much that I captured them. However, this matter has nothing to do with Ji.
The magistrate has nothing to do, it’s all done by me alone.”
"That's it!" Li Qi nodded.
Ji Minren said: "General Zhe, it's too late to say this now. I, Ji, am by no means a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Moreover, the top priority is to solve the problem of food rations for the villagers. If we can help the villagers overcome this difficulty, I will
Even if Ji loses his official title, Ji will have no regrets."
"What you said makes sense." Li Qi nodded, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "That's not right. Eighty thousand shi of food were missing for no reason. Why didn't you report this to the court immediately?"
Ji Minren and Zhe Yanzhi couldn't help but look at each other. Ji Minren was a little at a loss and said: "It's impossible. I sent three memorials from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, but there has been no response yet."
"Ah?" Li Qi was stunned and said: "This is strange, the emperor has not received your memorial! No one in the court knows about it."
"What? Didn't-- didn't receive it?" Ji Minren said in shock.
Zhe Yanzhi was also confused and said: "What on earth is going on?" (To be continued.