Fenghou

Chapter 68 Plan
It has been three days since Chen Qing led his army back to Chun'an County, and less than half an hour after returning to the barracks, Wang Huan, the supervisory censor, arrived unexpectedly.

"I heard that the command envoy wiped out the rebel Zhang Kui. Congratulations!"

As soon as he entered the big tent, Wang Huan congratulated Chen Qing with a face full of hypocrisy. Chen Qing really didn't like Wang Huan. To check the fingerprints pressed by the soldiers is almost to the point of nitpicking.

In the final analysis, he was suspecting that he had embezzled soldiers' salaries, or even suspected that he was empty of his salaries.

Regardless of whether it was his duty or not, no one would like this kind of supervisory censor, and Chen Qing was no exception, but Chen Qing didn't want to deliberately offend these supervisors, firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he had a clear conscience.

"Thank you Wang Yushi, please sit down!"

Wang Huan was not polite either, Da Ci sat down and asked straight to the point: "I saw a lot of prisoners of war just now, how many are there?"

"There were probably more than [-] people. The battle was very tragic at that time. The opponent killed more than [-] people, and we also lost nearly [-] people."

Wang Huan didn't care how many officers and soldiers died in battle, he only cared about how Chen Qing dealt with these prisoners of war.

"These prisoners of war, what does the commander plan to do with them?"

"Wang Yushi came to me to ask about these prisoners of war?" Chen Qinglue was a little unhappy.

Wang Huan's gaze also turned cold, and the hypocritical smile on his face also disappeared, "This is my duty, I have to ask, please understand the commander."

Chen Qing stared at him for a long time, and then said calmly: "These prisoners of war will be treated differently. I have no lives in my hands, and there are no gangsters who rape prostitutes. I will release them, of course not directly, but hand them over to local officials. I will hand over the gangsters in the state to Governor He, and I will send people from other states to escort them back. As for the gangsters who have committed serious crimes, I will publicly execute them."

"Why don't you send them to Lin'an, but kill them on your own initiative?"

Hearing the hostility in Wang Huan's tone, Chen Qing felt even more disgusted, so he said coldly: "When I went out to fight, the Privy Council only asked me to arrest the bandit leader Zhang Kui and the [-] rebel soldiers who followed him back to Lin'an, or take him back to Lin'an." Their heads were sent back to Lin'an, and the rest of the gangsters were dealt with by me.

And I didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Of course, these gangsters will be dealt with after strict interrogation. Basically, there will be witnesses and his own confession, and there will even be identification by the victim. "

"What if the beating becomes a trick?"

Chen Qing sneered repeatedly: "Who does Wang Yushi think they are? They are bandits, not ordinary people. How can you say that they are tortured?"

"What does the Commander mean, that you decide who should die and who should not die?"

Chen Qing was also a little angry. He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "Everyone's fate is determined by themselves, just like some people decide to become bandits, while others are determined not to follow Zhang. Kui rebelled, since they chose to be bandits, they have to be responsible for their own decisions, if Wang Yushi has no other problems, I will not accompany you!"

Wang Huan left, and that afternoon he led his entourage out of Chun'an County and returned to Lin'an.

But not long after Wang Huan left, Chen Qing received another visitor, admonishing the court left to pick up Xu Yun, who was accompanied by Hu Yantong.

"Since the commander has wiped out Zhang Kui, why doesn't he go back?"

"Arrange for a few days to repatriate the prisoners of war, and then send the bodies of the dead soldiers back to Lin'an, and then I will go back. In fact, it will not be too long. I will return to the court in three days."

Xu Yun glanced at Chen Qing, pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Actually, the commander is in a very dangerous situation!"

Chen Qing frowned, "You mean Wang Huan, the supervisory censor?"

"Does the commander know what Wang Huan is here to investigate?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I'm not sure, I never had any interaction with him."

Xu Yunyu said earnestly: "The commander is still a little younger, and I don't know the dangers of the officialdom, including an old bureaucrat like me who has more than ten years, trembling and cautious every day, lest he say the wrong thing, or who has a close relationship with him If you are careful, you will be impeached. In comparison, the commander is too careless."

Chen Qing laughed, "I'm just a martial arts student at the moment, is it so serious?"

"It's not a big problem now, but what about the future? Do you still want to have a future?"

Xu Yun stared at Chen Qing solemnly, "As long as you are convicted of a crime, even if there is nothing you can do about it now, you will never have a good future in the future. Once it involves promotion, you will definitely be rejected by the officials. I don’t want to be a Zhongwei Lang after twenty years!”

Chen Qing clasped his fists and saluted, "Senior taught you the right thing, and this junior is willing to listen to you!"

Xu Yun nodded, "Let me tell you first why Wang Huan came to Muzhou!"

Xu Yun left, and Chen Qing paced back and forth in the big tent. Although it sounded like the imperial court sent the supervisory censor to Muzhou to investigate him because of some rumors and misunderstandings, Chen Qing was still keenly aware that someone was messing around here. Things are targeting myself.

Although he was only a martial arts student, Xu Yun was right, once he was convicted of killing innocent people indiscriminately, it would cast a shadow over his official career.

In the final analysis, the Song Dynasty was dominated by civil officials. Civil officials would only define good and evil according to their own Confucian ideas, and they were even pedantic.

At this time, Hu Yantong walked in, he was silent for a moment and said: "I have something to tell you!"

"What's the matter?" Chen Qing looked back at him.

"Wang Huan once looked for me."

Chen Qing frowned slightly, "When did it happen?"

"It was at noon today, when we just came back, he found me. He invited me to have dinner at Tianxianglou, and I didn't refuse."

Chen Qing nodded, he could understand that Hu Yantong was the son of an official after all, and he didn't want to offend the supervisory censor.

"What did he do for you?"

"He asked me how many rewards I got?"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

"That is, we distributed the captured spoils, including money, to the soldiers. He asked me how much I got?"

"what do you say?"

"I told him, we distribute according to the military merits. I set it as the first-class military exploits, and I will be allocated [-] guan. Ordinary soldiers can get at least [-] guan."

"Did he ask me?" Chen Qing asked with a sneer.

"I asked, and I told him that you didn't take any money, but he obviously didn't believe me and said I was too naive."

Hu Yantong sighed and said again: "I don't think this Wang Huan is a normal supervisory censor, he has selfish intentions."

"How did you see it?"

"He preconceived many things. He found you guilty, and then found all kinds of evidence to prove the crime. Commander, you have to be careful, obviously someone is behind your back."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and suddenly asked, "Is this Wang Huan related to Wang Bo?"

"I'm not sure about this, but you can check it out. Do you mean that Wang Bo is behind your back?"

Chen Qing looked out of the tent with his hands behind his back and said, "I can't think of anyone else? I've thought about it for a long time, and the only person I've offended now is Wang Bo. He wants to take the leader of martial arts, but I block his way."

"It's very possible that if you get the rank of martial arts leader, you can be promoted to three levels, while ordinary students can only be promoted to one level at most. There is a big gap."

Hu Yantong was really worried, "What does the commander plan to do?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "What else can I do? Soldiers come to cover the water and soil, but there are two things I want to ask you to help."

"Say it! As long as I can do it, I will do my best."

"One thing is to ask you to help me investigate Wang Bo. I want to know his family background, and at the same time know his relationship with Wang Huan? Second, I still have [-] taels of silver here. For the additional compensation for the families of the fallen soldiers, I will give you the money and the name list, and you can do it for me!"

Hu Yantong nodded, "No problem, I will take care of both things for you!"

(End of this chapter)