Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 35

Hearing that the county magistrate had called, Luo Feng didn't dare to neglect, and asked the strong man guarding the gate to take Xiao Liu and the five of them to resettle them first, and then rushed to the county government by himself.

"Xiao Wu, you are finally here."

As soon as he entered the backyard of the yamen, the county magistrate Zhang Yichen waved to him and shouted.

Luo Feng looked over, but he didn't see him for a few days. The originally refined County Magistrate Zhang had a haggard face, his hair was pulled up casually and he didn't even wear a crown.

"Luo Wu paid a visit to Mr. Zhang, what happened?"

"There are thieves again!" County Magistrate Zhang sighed.

Beside Zhang Yichen, there was also a middle-aged literati with a Confucian robe and head, but he was Zhang Yichen's personal staff. He briefly explained the problem to Luo Feng.

It turned out that after the eighteen blue-faced ghosts were captured and killed, Zhangqiu's law and order improved a lot. Zhang County Magistrate was also praised by the county magistrate Zhang Xutuo, and even the common people's merchants praised it.

Zhang Xutuo took up his post in the county a few days ago, and quickly sent someone to issue an official document, asking Zhangqiu County to deliver a batch of grain and grass to the county.

After receiving the task, Zhang County Magistrate immediately allocated [-] shi of grain, and recruited [-] peasants to drive and transport it, but who knew that the [-] shi of grain and [-] peasants did not take long after leaving Zhangqiu County. Then the news was lost.

"These three hundred shi grains are urgently needed by the Juncheng. After the Juncheng took office, he announced that he would recruit all the counties and townships in the county to train in the fall, and then collect thieves and suppress bandits, so as to calm the law and order. The Juncheng asked the counties to send grain , As a result, the three hundred stone grains and fifty strong men in our county disappeared as soon as they left the county, don't you think this is a big trouble?"

"Dare I ask if there is a clue? Three hundred shi grains will take thirty or forty carts, there are horses and mules, and there are fifty strong men. It is impossible to disappear without a trace. " said Luo Feng.

It stands to reason that if such a big thing happened, the county magistrate should first notify the county magistrate Zhang Xutuo, and then call the county officials and police officers to look for it. Yes.

Zhang Yichen took out a letter from the desk and handed it to Luo Feng.

"This is the letter someone threw at the county government yesterday. Take a look."

The handwriting is very sloppy, as if it was written with the left hand on purpose, but the content does not affect the reading. Someone in the letter claimed to be responsible for this incident, saying that the people and food in Zhangqiu County are now in his hands, and he robbed the people of this incident. As for grain and people, we need to negotiate a deal with Zhangqiu County.

He asked for a hundred taels of gold.

Signed by Zhishiro.

Seeing the words Zhishiro, Luo Feng's eyes jumped.

Although County Magistrate Zhang had already inquired everywhere after receiving the letter, but he still hadn't found out who Zhi Shilang was, but Luo Feng knew.

Because anyone who has read the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially those who are familiar with the history of the end of the Sui Dynasty, there is no one who has not heard of Zhishiro.

Zhishilang is a personal title, and this person can be regarded as the earliest person in the uprising against the king in the late Sui Dynasty. Although he may not be the real first anti-king, the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty can be attributed to him The flag rebellion begins.

Wang Bo, Zhishilang, was from Zhangqiu. In the seventh year of Daye, he sang the death song of Wuxiang Liaodong Wave in Changbai Mountain, and raised the flag to gather the crowd to rebel.

At that time, the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo began, the imperial court recruited soldiers, and recruited a large number of civilians to serve and transport food, which caused the people to live in dire straits, and the people were boiling. Wang Bo’s song of death in Liaodong waves without direction can be said to be a stone that stirred up thousands of waves, and sparks started a prairie fire. .

It is now five years since the great cause, and it is only more than a year before Zhishilang's real rebellion. Luo Feng believes that history is not accidental but inevitable.

The historical Wang Bo finally rebelled, which shows that this person actually has a rebellious character in his bones. Although it has not been seven years since Daye, the lives of the people are indeed getting worse. .

"Does Tomoshiro only want a ransom?"

"Well, he only wants a ransom, and he only wants gold, and he wants 100 taels of gold. His condition is that we use 100 taels of gold to redeem the fifty civilian husbands. As for the grain carts and horses that were robbed, they must have been taken away by him long ago. Swallowed."

But Zhang Yichen searched for two days, but couldn't find any news about Zhishilang. He didn't even know who the enemy was, and even if there was a ransom, he didn't know who to give it to.

It was hard to get a good impression on the new Juncheng, and he was hoping to be promoted sooner, but now, he messed up the first task of the Juncheng.

Especially the loss of some food is small, but it is a big deal to miss Juncheng's training camp.

"I suspect that Zhishilang is related to the blue-faced ghost!" County Magistrate Zhang said.

"What is your mission?"

"Xiao Wu, this matter is very tricky. Last time you and Qin Qiong captured the blue-faced ghost, the Jun Cheng was very impressed and appreciated it very much. This time our county messed up the Jun Cheng's errand, so it's not easy to deal with."

County magistrate Zhang sighed, and finally stated his purpose. He hoped that Luo Feng could represent the county, and go to the county town on his behalf to explain the situation to Zhang Xutuo himself.

"You're going to the county town now, and you have another task, to invite Qin Qiong back. He is very skilled in martial arts, and I would like to temporarily borrow him to help investigate the case in the county. You and Qin Qiong are cousins, so I can rest assured that you will come to the county."

Luo Feng lowered his head and read the letter from Liaocao again, and finally his eyes fell on the words Zhishiro.He was thoughtful, although he was sure in his heart that Zhi Shilang was probably Wang Bo, but Luo Feng didn't say all these rashly.

Gaiyin said it now, and there is no basis for it.

"Originally you just came to the Yamen, and many people and things are not familiar, but now the matter is urgent, so I have to send you out. I will send you some helpers later, and let them go to the county with you."

"My lord, I came back today and wanted to ask my lord for something. When I came, I brought a few people with me, and I wanted them to be my assistants and do things with me."

Zhang Yichen is not in the mood to take care of a few helpers at this time, "Since you brought them here, you must have trusted them, well, these few people will be helpers by your side, and everything will follow the old rules of the yamen. alright."

"Thank you, envoy. It's not too late to go to the county. I think it's enough to have these few people go with me. If I find other people to go with me, I will get to know them well."

"Okay, brother Liu, you give Luo five sticks and ten taels of silver, and you have to take care of it when you arrive in the county. " Zhang Yichen generously approved Luo Feng's ten taels of silver as a fund, and after asking Luo Feng that he had five helpers, he specially asked his staff to prepare five horses for Luo Feng's five helpers.

"I hope Shijun can draw some more weapons, just in case." Luo Feng made another request, Zhang Yichen agreed after thinking about it, and gave each of Luo Feng and the others a horizontal knife.

"After receiving the horse Hengdao and the money and food, set off immediately, and get on the road early and rush to the county town to handle errands."

"Luo Wu takes command!"

(End of this chapter)