One night passed, the sky was bright, and the search on the mountain was completely over.
The general stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the piled corpses. He felt headache, tired and frightened: "What a ruthless attack. You are worthy of the tiger and wolf army."
"It's best for these people to leave as soon as possible." The deputy general also had lingering fears.
A general may think this in his heart, but he cannot show timidity in front of his subordinates. He raises his eyebrows and says, "Why are you afraid of him? We are in Dou County now. They are tigers and wolves, and they will be bullied by us."
So does this mean we are dogs? The lieutenant general was stunned.
The general also realized that he had said the wrong thing and sighed: "If they don't interfere with our affairs, let them go. If they interfere with our affairs, even the Zhenwu Army will never leave our place."
The lieutenant general responded and looked up to see that the burning fire had been extinguished, the thick smoke had dispersed, and patches of bald spots appeared on the mountain, which was very ugly.
"No survivors have been found, so we can only wait for news from western Zhejiang." He said, feeling a little scared at the thought of going to western Zhejiang to report the news.
Little Governor An has a bad temper.
I just made arrangements here and something like this happens, I'm afraid I'm going to be furious.
The general couldn't hide the fear in his eyes. He looked at these corpses and his eyes flickered: "Actually, I have an idea."
The lieutenant hurriedly went over and listened to the general's whisper. His expression was surprised, thinking, nodding, and changing with joy.
After the conversation ended in a low voice, the two men immediately summoned the officers and soldiers to gather at the foot of the mountain. In addition to the formation, some also surrounded the piled-up corpses of bandits.
On the mountain in the late autumn, a pair of hands pushed aside the lush grass that had been chopped down by footsteps and knives, and a man with a grass ring on his head and his body wrapped in branches and leaves looked down the mountain.
"Zhongwu." Another person crowded around him and asked in a low voice, "What are they doing?"
Zhongwu, with only one eye exposed by the grass, had sharp eyes: "They are taking off the clothes of those bandits."
Do you want to take off the bandits' clothes and put them on yourself? It's self-evident what you want to do by exchanging the military uniforms for the bandits' clothes. These people are really evil-minded.
The people around him yelled and geared up: "That's just right, there are still remnants of bandits, let's kill them."
Zhongwu stopped him: "The eldest lady is still in their hands." He looked at the soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain and saw them starting to leave, "You follow them, I will ask the eldest lady what her orders are."
The people around him responded and dived into the withered grass, and Zhongwu followed suit. The mountain returned to calm, and the hustle and bustle of soldiers and horses down the mountain gradually dissipated.
The county government office was very lively. The county magistrate Wang Zhi invited five doctors to diagnose the woman Li Minglou.
Li Minglou declined: "I have an old disease and I have my own medicine."
Of course, Wang Zhi, the leader of the county, did not need to be polite, let alone inquire about other people's privacy. He only asked the doctors to consult the woman. Li Minglou did not refuse and accompanied the woman to see the doctors himself.
The woman's madness was due to an old illness, but nothing could be found. The new injury was caused by a fall and a bump, not a broken muscle or bone. The doctors finally prescribed some soothing and restorative medicine, although the woman did not appear to be frightened to the point of losing her composure.
Li Minglou and Wang Zhi didn't care about the results of the doctor's diagnosis and treatment. Their original intention was not to diagnose and treat the patient, they were just doing it for a show.
"Those bandits are under strict investigation and will definitely give an explanation to Madam and Young Madam." Wang Zhi reassured Li Minglou.
"The main thing is to make the people feel at ease." Li Minglou replied.
Wang Zhi nodded in admiration: "Mrs. Wu has a compassionate heart. She is very similar to Old Governor Liang. I haven't seen Old Governor Liang for a long time. I wonder if his cough is getting better?"
Li Minglou said: "I haven't heard of the cough, but the problem of having a crooked mouth when exposed to the wind is still not cured."
Due to years of discord, Jiannan Dao and Liang Zhen inquire about each other's affairs. The servants of the Liang Mansion may not know Liang Zhen better than the people from Jiannan Dao.
Wang Zhi didn't understand it even more, so he didn't continue the conversation and left.
Yuan Ji came in and looked back at the direction Wang Zhi left: "These people are determined to be evil." He told Li Minglou the news from Zhongwu, "Are they still going to pretend to be bandits and hide in Dou County?"
At that time, a green smoke alarm was found on the mountain. Yuanji took people down the mountain and asked Zhongwu to continue to transfer weapons and hide.
At this time, they were imprisoned in the county government office, and it was very convenient for the fifth and fifth graders to go out to inquire about information and do things.
Li Minglou said: "You just pretended to be bandits after the bandits committed evil. It should be because they want to deal with us, or in the name of bandits."
Yuanji thought of something because of her words: "The evildoing of bandits and the eradication of bandits have not spread in the county."
When they entered the city, Wang Zhi shielded and dispersed the people. Li Minglou, the rescued women and the participating villagers quietly entered the county government office and were locked up.
"The relatives of the rescued women were not notified. The people in the county only knew that the magistrate had taken the people to the county government office, and the news spread that they were visiting Shangguan officials," Yuanji said.
If this group of people is really just Wu Ya'er's mother and wife, this kind of trick may be useful, but when this group of people is the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road, this kind of trick is very ridiculous.
Li Minglou smiled: "Let the fifth grade tell everyone in the village to come, and hire some people to play gongs and drums to thank the parents."
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Zhongwu acted very quickly, and the villagers who got the news were overjoyed. They waited for a day and a night without any news, so they boldly came to visit the bandits, but the officers and soldiers scolded them back before they even got close.
Although the attitude of the officers and soldiers was very bad, everyone felt a little comforted. With the officers and soldiers here, the bandits should have been discovered or even wiped out.
I just don’t know the condition of my loved ones and have trouble sleeping and eating.
They recognized the people in the fifth class, and after hearing the news, they went to the county town without hesitation. Of course, the fifth class couldn't bear to let women, children, old and young people trek on foot. They had already prepared a carriage, pulled everyone in the village and galloped towards the county town.
When they arrived at the county seat, the four hired troupes also entered the city beating gongs and drums. The people in the village were startled. When they heard that they were celebrating the government's elimination of evil, they understood and agreed deeply.
It is indeed worthy of celebration that the government eradicated such evil bandits. The villagers immediately joined in and crowded into the city.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city were frightened. They didn't know why, and the people were surging but didn't dare to stop them. Zhang Xiaoqian, who was led out by Yuanji, happened to come over and saw this scene. He immediately joined in and told the public what happened.
The people of Dou County were in an uproar. They knew that there was such a big evil thief in the local area, and they also knew that the government had done such a good thing. All of a sudden, the people came out with joyous gongs and drums.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city could not stop them at all. They watched helplessly as they entered the city, causing a sensation throughout the city.
Wang Zhi has been a county magistrate all his life, and for the first time he resents being loved by the people.
"How did the news get out?" he asked with a frown.
"Go to the mountains to suppress bandits and rescue people. The people in that village will know." The scribe said.
"You know why you didn't keep them under guard?" Wang Zhi said angrily.
The subordinates standing in the hall looked ashamed and lowered their heads: "I didn't expect them to dare to do such a thing."
The most you can do is to cautiously send a villager to ask questions, and then tell him not to talk nonsense and wait. The villagers are actually the easiest to fool.
Who would have thought that a whole village of people would come so quickly.
Are you hiring so many troupes? Is this village so rich?
"Don't worry about these details." Wang Zhiqi said, "Now everyone knows that there are bandits, what should we do?"
The general walked in quickly from outside and heard the words: "Sir, it's not a bad thing to know. Let's use the plan and push the boat along. If the bandits can rob them once, they can rob them twice. If they kill some common people to accompany them, this matter will be foolproof."