The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 196 Chapter 180
Cao Qiubao led more than [-] of his own brothers, together with more than a dozen arresters led by Wu Dutou, rode fast horses straight to the southwest, and went down, and disappeared after a while.

The county magistrate commanded the rest of the dozen or so arresters, together with the villagers, to carry the dead bodies out of the village, and all the dead bodies were taken away in a short while.

Duan Wuji pointed to the master of the big village and the master of the second village on the ground and said: "These two boys are two bandits. Their martial arts are good, but it's a pity that they went astray, otherwise they would be two good heroes. !

These two people are serious offenders, Mr. County Magistrate, you can't let these two people go, you just hand them over to the old prince to deal with the errands, if this one is not handed over, it will be unreasonable, my lord, what do you think? "

The county magistrate laughed out loud.

"I know, I know, I won't let these two people go without saying anything, so let's use them to top the tank.

Li Dutou, you send them both to the death row in our county, where they will be placed under special custody. Send them to the backer king in a few days, and let the old prince decide them himself.

The rest of the people are tied up with ropes and taken to the prison in our county. Lock them up first, and interrogate them when I go back. "

Then Li Du nodded and stepped in to salute.

"Yes, it belongs to the leader, come here, tie up these people for me, and let's get them back immediately."

After hearing this, the policeman acted quickly, and tied up these people in a short while. This Li Du escorted the group of people back to the county immediately.

Duan Wuji looked at the county magistrate and said: "Grandfather of the county, come on, come in with me, I'm treating you at noon today, let's have a light meal in this small shop.

How about we get to know each other and make friends? "

The county magistrate smiled.

"Okay, okay, on business, let's go inside, we'll have lunch at noon today, brother, don't pick my reason!"

"Hey, how can this happen? My lord, please come inside."

As soon as Duan Wuji saw that the outside was clean, he immediately led his two older brothers into the store together with the county magistrate.

The villagers watching outside saw that there was nothing wrong and left.

A few people walked into the shop, Duan Wuji ordered the shop owner to serve two pots of good tea, and they chatted while drinking tea.

Duan Wuji looked at the county magistrate and said, "My lord, may I ask your surname and your name, where is the fairyland?"

The magistrate of the county laughed and said: "Xiaoxian's surname is Meng, and my name is Meng Youde. I am a collateral descendant of Naya Sheng, and my hometown is that of Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province.

I was sent by King Yang to come to Hebei to be a small county magistrate. Alas, this county is a small county in a mountainous area, so poor!

This is not ordinary poverty, but special poverty.

I have been here for the past two years, just in time for the banditry in this county, which has made me feel restless day and night, so I will report it if I want to, because I am afraid that I will lose my official position if I blame it. The bigger it is.

Hey, I can't sleep well or eat well.

It happened that you leveled them up this time, which saved the county from a serious illness.

Dare to be on the job, honor your name? "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"What kind of job am I? I'm just an ordinary peasant. My hometown is from Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province. My name is Duan Wuji. The two next to me are my elder brothers.

Brothers, why don't you greet the magistrate? "

After hearing this, the two of them hurried forward to lift their clothes and knelt down.

"Caomin Duan Changhong and Caomin Duan Changhao pay their respects to the magistrate of the county, Xiaomin greets you, old man."

When the county magistrate saw it, he quickly reached out to help him.

"Both, get up quickly, don't be too polite.

This is not above the lobby, so many courtesy seems to be born.Sit down, let's drink tea together. "

The county magistrate put down his tea bowl, looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Wuji, you are a grassroots citizen, why did you get mixed up with that officer who is a thousand years old, King Yang?

This is not a coincidence, is it?

Even if it's a coincidence, that's not right!

Why did Master Banner listen to you so much?It stands to reason that he should take care of you, why?Does he want to obey your orders? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "To tell you the truth, Master Cao Banner is my good friend, and we two brothers are good friends who have lived their lives.

This time he was sent by King Yang Qiansui to escort us back to Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi. "

"Oh! Now I understand, it turned out to be like this!

Even the person whom King Yang sent to protect him must be a noble person.I can't blame Master Banner for listening to you so much.

Brother Wuji, disrespect, disrespect. "

After a while, Cao Qiubao led Tie Niu and Wu Dutou in.

Wudu bowed his head at the county magistrate.

"Reporting to the county magistrate, after we went there, there was no one in the cottage, only an empty village was left, and the valuable things in it were picked up and run away by those boys early in the morning, leaving some homes I hired more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages and brought back the three groups of four.

Not to mention, there are quite a lot of these things, twelve carts are loaded with grain alone.

Damn, hamsters have surplus food!These things are just right to replenish the warehouses in our county. This time we really didn't count it in vain! "

"Is Dazhai still there?"

"Hey, what are you keeping that thing for? Are you keeping it there to attract thieves? I sent the arresters to burn it long ago."

"Well, it's good to burn it, and the place won't have to recruit thieves again, so I can save my worry.

Hey, where are our brethren? "

"They all went back to the county seat with their belongings, only me and five brothers are left, let us protect the county magistrate later, you go back!

The bandits have just been wiped out in this place, so I'm afraid it's not peaceful yet. "

"Well, Wudutou, you are really thoughtful! That's it!"

The time is not long, and the food is served, although it is not very rich, it is good to have a few more meat dishes.

Duan Wuji, Cao Qiubao and others accompanied the county magistrate and Wudutou to have a meal, and when they were full, the county magistrate stood up and said goodbye to everyone.

"Wuji! Captain Cao Banner, this county is leaving today. As the saying goes, mountains never change, as long as we are all around, we will have a chance to meet in the end.

At that time, you can go to my county government as guests. The county will treat you. "

Everyone also knew that what the county magistrate said was a false scene, and several of them bowed to the county magistrate.

"Thank you for the kindness of the county magistrate, if there is a chance, we will definitely go to the county government to find you.

Mr. County Tai, pay attention to safety on the road!Wudutou, you have to protect the county magistrate well.

If it doesn't work, how about we send someone to escort you back? "

The county magistrate shook his head.

"Thank you for your kindness, with the protection of Wudu and the others, the bandits on this road have been leveled off, what can happen on this road?
No need, no need, you should still be busy with your business, then we will leave, we will meet later. "

After finishing speaking, several people came to the outside of the yard and rode on the horses, and immediately hit the horses and ran straight to the county town and ran down.

Tieniu looked at the backs of the magistrate and the others as they walked away and said: "Damn it, we worked for a long time in vain today, but in the end we took advantage of this old boy.

His grandma, this county magistrate has made a fortune today, how much of a benefit has he gotten?

The food alone was loaded into more than a dozen trucks, and with the ransom paid by these bastards, the old boy paid it all at once, what a goddamn luck. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Only the little money he got, can we appreciate it? If we value it, we won't give it to him. Well, it's cheaper for him. Let's make it cheaper for him.

We don't care about this stuff.

Hey, Brother Cao, your brothers also learned a lot from those bandits, right?Didn't you ask how much each of them got? "

Cao Qiubao laughed and said: "I asked, and the lesser got seven or eight taels of silver, and the much more people could have a hundred and ten taels of silver. These boys came out with me and made a small fortune.

Alas, it's not easy for anyone! "

Several people returned to the house, the sun was already westward, Duan Wuji looked at the sun, sighed and said: "Oh! We can't leave today, let's stay in this small shop for one more night.

Hey, storekeeper, it's not too late, go out and buy some good things, we won't lose your store money. "

The shopkeeper agreed and went out. There was not much time, and the shopkeeper brought back rice, noodles, chicken, duck, fish and many other things.

The owner of the inn said to Duan Wuji with a smile: "I have never had so many people come to this small shop. The business has never been prosperous. You are here today, which also brings me good luck." , I bought you some good things today, so you can have a good meal tonight, and I can make some money by the way."

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Okay, okay, then you can do it, it's time for us to have a good meal tonight to celebrate."

The shopkeeper of the inn walked into the room with a smile, and after a while, a scent wafted out of the room.

The time is not too long, eight or nine tables of sumptuous banquets are ready, and people sit at the tables and eat a full meal.

Duan Wuji looked at the owner of the shop and said: "Shopkeeper, please bake a hundred pancakes for us tonight, and we will take them away tomorrow morning.

It's best to prepare another [-] catties of cooked meat for us, and we can eat it on the go. "

"Okay, okay, I see. You poor businessmen are really strange. Every meal is such a good meal, which is better than what we ate during the New Year.

Hey, guest officer, will the shop still prepare breakfast for you tomorrow morning? "

"Get ready! What are we going to eat if you don't prepare?"

The owner of the store lost his drink when he heard the Coke.

"That's good, that's good, then I'll go out and buy something, it's not enough for breakfast."

"Well, you are ready to go, the richer the better, we are not afraid of spending money."

"I see, I see, I see that you are the ones doing big business."

After saying this, the shop owner pushed the cart out again.

After the store owner came back from purchasing, the door was locked immediately.

"Guest officer, you should have a good rest tonight, I think you will be safe tonight."

"Well, shopkeeper, you can go."

Tieniu divided these people into two groups, one led by Cao Qiubao and Duan Changqing, and the other led by Duan Changhong and Duan Changhao.

Tie Niu smiled and said to Duan Wuji: "Brother, let's go, let's go to rest, after all we have to hurry tomorrow."

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu walked into the room, they found two beds and lay down together, and soon they fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)