Start into the abyss

Chapter 13

Sima Lei watched the Patriarch of the Song family's carriage go away, looked away, and threw the silver ingot back.

A young policeman behind him hastily took over.

Sima Lei said: "Er Niu, go and change the silver into copper plates and share it with the brothers."

The young policeman called Er Niu weighed it up and said: "This one is worth ten taels, Mr. County Captain is really a good man."

The patrol next to him also picked up in a few words, and there was an uproar in the surrounding area.

Sima Lei raised his hand and pressed it.

The surrounding area calmed down.

Sima Lei said: "Follow me and Sima Lei will have food to eat, so I won't treat you badly."

"Yes, my lord!" The patrolmen looked excited.

Sima Lei said again: "I don't treat you badly, but you all have to do well for me!

Recently, the Panshan bandits have become active again, so be careful!

Watch out for their scouts entering the county!
If you come across a sneaky person, arrest them immediately! "

"Yes, my lord!" The patrolmen responded one after another.

There are about 30 households in Taohua County. Sima Lei has two head arresters, No. [-] patrol arresters, and two hundred strong men bearing the title of county soldiers.Patrols have been practiced in the county martial arts gym, most of them are second-level; strong men are crops, relying on strength, and in real fights, they are better than mobs.And this is all the defense force in the county.

Therefore, Sima Lei was under a lot of pressure.

Although he has no background, he is a master who has entered the four realms of martial arts. This is better than ordinary county captains. In a real fight, he must be able to run.

But in fact, he couldn't run. With this run, his future was gone, and he lost everything.

Although the county lieutenant has a lot of real power in the local area, in the imperial court system, he is only a small official from the ninth rank. He, Sima Lei, has martial arts skills and wants to improve himself to the next level.

The Panshan bandits are bandits who are active in Panshan in the northwest of Taohua County.

These bandits were just ordinary people who were forced to be bandits at first, and they were pitiful, but over time, their nature changed. The poor man, but he is merciless, robs money and women, acts recklessly, kills at will, and even eats human flesh.

Kou, after all, Kou.

On weekdays, Sima Lei's defensive forces were sufficient.

The Panshan bandits only dared to hide in the deep mountains and did not dare to cause trouble. After all, Taohua County was not isolated and helpless, and the Panshan bandits were raging around, and they did not only target Taohua County.

But this year's fleeting year is unfavorable, and there are many famines.

When a disaster strikes, strong refugees with nowhere to go will have evil thoughts. Some time ago, Sima Lei got the news that the Panshan bandits were absorbing evil people everywhere and growing rapidly.

But locusts cross the border, natural disasters are like this, so what can we do?
Sima Lei put all his energy into it. Although he was guarding against the Panshan bandits, for him, this was a danger, but it was also an opportunity.

If he performed well and made contributions in this chaos, he would probably be promoted.

It has been 50 years since Dagan established the country, and now it has been passed down to the third generation of emperors.

But no matter which emperor he is, he attaches great importance to the reward and punishment system.

If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded!

If there is greed, kill without mercy!

Suddenly, Sima Lei raised his head.

A policeman ran over on the dirt road in the distance.

The patrolman ran to Sima Lei's side, cupped his fists and said, "My lord, Mr. Zhao from the county next to your lord has come. He also brought many county soldiers with him!"

"what?"

Sima Lei suddenly raised his head, "What is Zhao Huaiyue doing here?!"

The patrol said: "I don't know, my lord"

Sima Lei said: "Go, follow me to have a look!"

Zhao Huaiyue is the county lieutenant of Qingyuan County.

Although both are county lieutenants, the gap is huge.

This gap is not a gap in realm, but a gap between two counties.

Qingyuan County's economy is quite prosperous, which is different from places like Taohua County, where you can step on chicken shit when you walk.

Even if we don't talk about prosperity, if we talk about statistics, Qingyuan County is far better than Taohua County.

Qingyuan County has a total of [-] households, which is considered a small number of households. Compared with Taohua County, which has [-] households, it is a little brother.

There are only two hundred county soldiers in Taohua County, but there are a thousand soldiers in Qingyuan County. Even if they are both county captains, they all feel that they are a head shorter than others when they stand together.

Sima Lei was not convinced.

Why is everyone in the four realms of martial arts, but you can be a county captain in Qingyuan County, and I can only be in Taohua County?It's not fair.

But soon, he knew the reason.

Not only is this fair, it's extremely fair.

Because Zhao Huaiyue had escorted a nobleman to Beijing last fall, and after going to the capital, he actually recognized a adoptive father.

This adoptive father is a big eunuch without eggs.

Which eunuch it is, Sima Lei is not qualified to know.

When Sima Lei rushed to the west gate, he saw more than 500 county soldiers standing neatly outside Hongni Lane, very powerful.

A man with a square face and a calm temperament was half kneeling in the yard of the first house in Hongni Lane. He was kneeling on an old woman.

Sima Lei frowned, and snorted coldly, "You've found a father, and you're still so filial to your mother?"

There was a policeman next to him and said honestly: "My lord, County Lieutenant Zhao has always had a good reputation."

Sima Lei sneered, then walked up quickly.

As he got closer, he saw that in the yard of the first house in Hongni Lane, besides Zhao Huaiyue and the old woman, there was actually a girl in white clothes who was so ethereal but extremely pretty.

Standing in the sun, the young girl was golden all over, with a suet-like complexion, looking extremely beautiful.

Sima Lei was stunned for a moment. Where is this lady from a rich family? How could she have something to do with Zhao Huaiyue again?This person surnamed Zhao is really lucky.

Among the onlookers, apart from Zhao Huaiyue's [-] county soldiers, there were also patrolling arresters from the county.

Seeing Sima Lei appearing, some police officers rushed to report the situation.

"My lord, the situation has been clarified.

Zhao Xianwei was leading the army to hunt down and kill the Panshan bandit's second head's family, and happened to pass by here, so he came here to pay his respects to his mother.

In addition, Mrs. Zhao seemed to want to recognize a goddaughter, and County Captain Zhao came back specially for this matter. "

"Aunt Zhao recognizes her daughter?" Sima Lei looked at the white-clothed girl who looked like a flower fairy again, and asked in surprise, "Who is that girl?"

The patrol said: "It's Bai Miaochan from this county, who lives in the south of the county. It seems that her younger brother has just been recruited by the Song family."

Sima Lei was stunned when he heard the words, then couldn't help but exclaimed, and then smiled, this is really a coincidence, if there is a county annals ranking, this pair of siblings will probably be the most popular couple recently.

At the same time, he also understood what Zhao Huaiyue was here for.

Although he disliked Zhao Huaiyue, he also knew that Zhao Huaiyue was filial.

The reason why Zhao Huaiyue asked Aunt Zhao to stay in Taohua County was because Aunt Zhao had adapted to the life and environment here and did not want to move to Qingyuan County.

For this reason, Zhao Huaiyue felt guilty, and now Aunt Zhao wanted to adopt a goddaughter, so Zhao Huaiyue came directly.

As for why Zhao Huaiyue came, Sima Lei also had a guess, it should be about what happened to the Lu family yesterday, Bai Miaochan was afraid that the Lu family would be entangled, so she asked Aunt Zhao for help.

And Zhao Huaiyue knew the whole story, so he brought people here, meaning "from now on, Bai Miaochan will be my sister, no matter who the Lu family is or whoever, if you dare to provoke her for no reason, then don't blame Zhao for being rude", it is a demonstration.

For Zhao Huaiyue, Mrs. Zhao finally fell in love with a girl, and even wrote a letter for this girl, so he must come.

Not only to come, but also to come as quickly as possible.

If he was in Qingyuan County, he might not be able to arrive at night even if he was busy.

But he happened to be suppressing bandits in the surrounding area, so he arrived around noon.

at this time
in the yard.
The three seem to have talked.

Zhao Huaiyue clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Sister Yi, from now on my mother will trouble you to accompany me here."

"Brother Zhao, you're welcome. I like Aunt Zhao's place very much." Bai Miaochan's almond-shaped eyes turned into crescent moons, very cute.

The old woman on the side also smiled and said: "This girl is fine, she can be adopted as a daughter, and the old man is also very happy in her heart."

Zhao Huaiyue turned his head and saw Sima Lei, so he saluted the old woman and greeted him.

He was going to talk to this colleague about Panshan bandits. Although Panshan is not too big, it can be regarded as crossing from east to west. It mainly passes through the three counties of Taohua, Qingyuan and Yuzhou in Tianyi Mansion. It is necessary to work together to jointly suppress the bandits. This is not only related to the safety of the local people, but also to the future of the three of them.

At the same time, he also wanted to say hello, asking this colleague to take care of Bai Miaochan and not let this righteous sister be bullied.

On the other side, Bai Miaochan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, which finally added another layer of insurance.

With Captain Zhao and the Song family around, she and Bai Shan really don't need to run for their lives anymore.
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