Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 273;

Chapter 270;
As soon as the drum beat and stopped, Liu Wanquan felt at ease seeing the overcrowding in the front yard.

"When I entered the mansion tonight, I only found a thief for the time being. He came out of the chief patriarch's study. A certain family suspected that the thief must have stolen important things, so cheer me up."

"Lin San."

"Your subordinate is here, Captain, please give me an order."

"You take the Ma family to Zhengxi, and try your best to catch the thieves,
Chen Bin, you and Li Zhong, lead the Li family members to the northwest, and hunt them down with all your strength.

Zhou Yin, take the Sun family horses to the north.

Hei Niu, take your family and two families to investigate in the northeast.

Lin Wu, take the two families and go to Zhengdong to hunt them down.

Liu Shuan, take the two families and head southeast,

Yang Dalang, you take the two families to Zhengnan to follow up.

Wei Shikui, take the two families and head southwest.

No matter which group of people and horses meet the thieves, they will be killed on the spot, leaving no one alive.

In case the county magistrate came to talk about it, the old man had to go and explain to him, and if there were thieves to take over, they would all be killed.

None of the things on the thief's body can be left behind. Bring them all back to me.

The eight teams of men and horses must have some cavalry. Lantian is such a big place, and even if they are chased a hundred miles away, the heads of the culprits must be taken back.

No matter how many times he came, it was hard for him to fly. A certain family sat in the tent of the Chinese army, waiting for the good news from the sons and daughters.

Tonight, use the horn as a guide to communicate with each other. If the team of thieves messes up their errands, they should pack their bags and get out of Lijiazhuang. "

"only!"

Hundreds of people around Liu Wanquan agreed with one voice, bursting out with astonishing momentum.

The eight who received the order each found their own team and scattered away.

Countless torches, like eight giant dragons, spread out in eight directions and followed them away.

The entire Li Family Manor has completely boiled over, and more and more farmers got up one after another and went to the mansion for a party.

There is no doubt that the effect of people's hearts being united and Taishan moving is evident. The strength of Li Family Village's management for four generations has completely exploded.

"Where is Li Yi?"

"The little guy is here."

"I order you to lead the servants to search the entire mansion thoroughly. Even the backyard must not spare a corner. You can ask the backyard maid to guide the way."

"Yes."

Li Yi turned around and yelled loudly;
"You group searched the east side courtyard, but there were thieves, and they were beaten to death with sticks.

You, take them to the west courtyard, and the rest follow Ben, starting from the front yard and advancing backwards.

Hurry up, don't miss any corner, open any grain tank for me, and check it carefully.

Even the hut, you have to show me clearly, do you hear me? "

"Yes."

Tonight's county mansion is like a bombed nest, the whole mansion is brightly lit, there are more than 200 servants, servants, divided into three or four teams,

Start a step-by-step search, let alone a thief, even a mouse passing by, will show you clearly.

Liu Wanquan was very satisfied with the attitude of these children. They searched very seriously. Liu Wanquan was very relieved that his order was strictly carried out, and he roared;

"Come here, bring a grand master's chair over here, a certain family wants to sit here, waiting for news from all directions...

It has been three months since Xu Zonglian was transferred to Lantian as the county magistrate. The previous county magistrate has been promoted because of his good governance and outstanding achievements.

He hoped with all his heart that he could also be promoted in the assessment three years later, so he did not dare to be sloppy in the three months he was transferred to Lantian.

After feeling everything up and down in Lantian clearly, I posted a post immediately, and visited the largest household in Lantian, Kaiguo County Zifu.

It’s impossible not to meet him, he has a noble title and a very high rank, he was conferred by the imperial court, he is the Viscount of Jianguo County on the fifth rank,

Everyone didn't talk about the position of the official, but only the rank, which was eight ranks higher than him, the county magistrate who was on the seventh rank.

Well, the Lantian County Government is just behind Zhuangzi, although it is behind, but there is only one road separating Zhuangzi from him, so it is not out of the ordinary to say that they are in the same Zhuangzi.

There is only one big family in Lantian, and the combined population of the five Zhuangzi is equal to one-third of the population of Lantian County.

Xu Zonglian knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to be promoted smoothly and make a difference, he had to rely on other people's county government to achieve what he wanted.

Fortunately, Mr. Li is polite, fair, and kind-hearted.

As long as I sit comfortably on it for three years, no matter whether it is political achievements or reputation, I can't escape it...

After figuring out the current situation in Lantian, Xu Zonglian basically had nothing to do, eating, drinking and having fun all day with peace of mind, extremely relaxed.

In the past few days, he has taken in another concubine, who is young and juicy, as beautiful as a flower, with tender skin, tsk!Tsk!Tsk!Can pinch water...

It made him feel itchy, so he stayed in the concubine's room every night, always turned off the lights early and went to bed, doing all the lingering things.

It was even more so tonight. Xu Zonglian, who galloped back and forth twice, was finally as tired as a dead dog, but lay down contentedly.

Just as he was about to fall asleep in a daze, he was awakened by a big drum, and sat up with a whimper.

The sound of the drum became more and more urgent, like a pipa urging people.

Xu Zonglian didn't dare to delay, for fear that some major event would happen and ruin his political achievements.

The concubine next to him was also awakened by Xu Zonglian's sudden actions, complaining in a fatherly voice;
"Lang Jun, what is this? I was awakened by you just after I fell asleep. You are worthy of other people's sweet dreams, um~... I don't follow you...

Xu Zonglian saw that his little baby had woken up, and couldn't help but move his hands up and down, scratching and gnawing, while taking time to comfort the concubine;
"Oh, my little one, you should rest well first. After I go to check it out, I'll come back and serve you well. I'll see if I don't turn you into a puddle of mud and send you to heaven..."

Xu Zonglian hurriedly dressed and got up, said a lot of love words, and then coaxed the concubine to let him get up and leave.

The little concubine was provoked by Xu Zonglian again, making her whole body weak, and said delicately;
"Then come back quickly, this slave is burning with desire, don't burn to death."

Xu Zonglian, who was in a hurry to get out, turned his head and said with a lewd smile;
"Don't worry, little one, it won't burn out. A certain house will come to put out the fire for you. Just be patient for a while!"

Hurrying to the main hall, Xu Zonglian found that the county government had gathered more than a dozen people.

Xu Zonglian took a good posture, sat down firmly before the case, and then asked;
"Where is the drum sound, in the middle of the night, beating randomly?"

Zhang Cheng, the magistrate of the county, stepped forward to talk with him with a smile on his face;
"Reporting to the county venerable is the sound of drums coming from the Zifu of Jianguo County."

When he heard that the county government was beating the drum, Xu Zonglian became a little confused;

"Oh? Li Xianzi is fine, why did he beat the big drum?

Could it be that Li Xianzi, on a whim, wanted to listen to the drums and play in the middle of the night? "

Director Bo Ren Xingzhi also came over;

"The county officials don't know, but according to the county annals, the sound of this drum is the gathering drum of Li's mansion, and it was played once 50 years ago.

At that time, thirty thieves from Sichuan and Sichuan broke into the county mansion at night, murdered and set fire to them. Their third-generation patriarch personally beat drums to gather the clansmen, and killed all thirty thieves on the spot.

As long as the gathering drum is sounded, the more than 300 households brought by the Li family from Longxi, the families have children and servants, and two or three thousand strong men will come out to the mansion for rescue.

The son of the main village of Lijiazhuang will also go to the mansion immediately to listen to the order, even the four villages around Lijiazhuang, I am afraid that they will all be exhausted.

The subordinates speculated that if it wasn't for a shocking event, it would be impossible to beat the crowd drum.

At this time, it rang again after 50 years. I am afraid that the county mansion tonight is already in a mess. "

"So that's it, it seems that the county government is in big trouble, this Jianguo County government is my number one meritorious family in Lantian.

It is only more than one mile away from the county government office. If we don't make a move, I'm afraid the court will investigate in the future, and it will be difficult to explain.

In this way, Zhang Xiancheng, Ren Zhubo, and you two lead the team to the county mansion to check the details. If there are thieves, they can be arrested on the spot. "

"Yes."

The county magistrate, Bo, received the order, and then slowly counted the troops.

The two of them have the same thoughts. In the county mansion, there are 200 people living in a family with [-] children, and more than [-] loyal households.
It is necessary to beat the drum to gather people, it is obvious that the thieves are powerful and irresistible, so they call the clansmen to help.

The family of the county government has a big business, and they have to gather people to compete. How dare you go up and join in the fun with more than [-] people?
In case the bandits come, their swords have no eyes, and they are wounded to death, who will take care of you?

The people who run the yamen are even more clever, and they all increase their speed of action by more than ten times, for fear that if they go up too fast, they will encounter the knives and guns of bandit soldiers.

They feel that it is best to go when it is over, to make an official article, to say a few times, and to show off their prestige, is it really going to work hard?

In Xu Zonglian's heart, he knew better than anyone else, and he could see clearly the thoughts of the next group of people.

I don't want to urge you, anyway, the order has already been issued, it doesn't matter if I go in time or not, just fool around on the surface.

If you tell these people to bully a poor commoner, they immediately become energetic and imposing, like a wolf and a tiger, and they are not fighting each other, and they are extremely majestic...

To catch a ruffian or a bully, you have to extort some money, no matter how slow you move, you will always accidentally get those ruffians and bullies away.

When it comes to serious matters, you expect them to contribute, which is basically nonsense.

My original intention was to deal with the imperial court, and if the higher-ups checked it out in the future, I could count it as a timely deployment.

Sending these useless people there is just to respond to the occasion and make an official article, that's all.

In order not to be taken advantage of by the imperial censor in the future, it is very inappropriate to participate in the performance of himself, incompetent and incompetent, and ineffective in governance, so that his bright future will be ruined.

I still hope that with the help of the Lantian county magistrate, I can be promoted one or two levels, so I can't be careless and cause trouble...

(End of this chapter)