The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 37
Golden Knife Gang.
The breeze blew, the mist in the forest swayed and dispersed, and the mottled sunlight shone on the dark red road everywhere. Geng Qing murmured the name of the Jianghu gang, covered his mouth and nose, and turned his face slightly, looking at An Jing who was frowning with his hands behind his back. think.

"How can it be seen that they did it?"

Over there, An Jingsi turned sideways. Although he was young due to his martial arts training, his stature was a head taller than Geng Qing's. His eyes were deep and vigorous, and he led Geng Qing to a big tree next to him. trees, and bodies gathered on the truck bed.

"The Golden Knife Gang has its own famous knife skills. The ordinary knife marks in the eyes of ordinary people are slightly different in the eyes of the knowledgeable. The wounds of these people seem to be shallow on the outside and deep in the inside. The sword technique of the leader of the Golden Knife Gang is even better than that of Gao Xianwei, I was lucky enough to see it once before, an ordinary knife slashed at a wooden post, but its force seeped through the wound and directly slashed inside."

While speaking, he approached the big tree with the knife edge, he suddenly lifted his fist and hit the tree pole, what Geng Qing heard was a 'crack', and he watched in horror as the poplar with the thick mouth of the bowl came out of the punch mark. The location of the tree was directly broken, dragging the lush canopy and falling down.

"This is."

Among the fluttering leaves, the stakes were broken, and sawdust was falling. In Geng Qing's sight, the broken gap was full of powder, which was evident before An Jingsi punched it and broke it.

Nima
Were the ancient people capable of martial arts?

Thinking of Gao Sheng who was smiling at him before, Geng Qing broke out in a cold sweat at this moment. He seemed harmless to humans and animals, but he was the most vicious person in his hands.

Well.
Anyway, he has nothing to do with the other party, so he simply flatters him, and if it's a problem, he can ask the other party to help him out.

"Brother Geng, what do you think?"

"I'm standing and watching."

Geng Qing gave him a blank look, how else could he look?Shall we challenge Captain Gao, or lead someone to arrest Gao Sheng, the leader of the Golden Knife Gang?He still wants to live his life in peace and stability.

What's more, he is a civil servant, full of food, and goes to do the work of serving as a soldier and catching fast.

Of course, Geng Qing couldn't say that. Seeing that An Jingsi frowned and didn't speak, the stone in his heart fell, he shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Don't think too much, even if you know, you have no proof, Clean up here and go back to the Yamen to report."

After a while, An Jingsi nodded. The place where the crime happened was almost collected. He got on his horse and led the donkey carts and ox carts full of corpses back. Along the way, Geng Qing stood by his house. On the back of the cart, seeing his dull look, he asked Dachun to drive the cart over to get closer, and bowed his hands to the silent figure on the horseback.

"An Sibing."

"Brother Geng, what's the matter?" An Jingsi turned his face, but there was a trace of displeasure on his expression, obviously facing these dead people and unable to arrest the murderer, there was anger.

Looking around, the policemen and the yamen servants were far away, so Geng Qing said in a low voice, "The county lieutenant and the leader of the Golden Knife Gang are very skilled in martial arts. It's better for An Sibing not to think wildly, so as not to lose his life."

"Brother Geng, I am a soldier, and my duty is to catch thieves and criminals." An Jingsi is not stupid, how can he fail to see the danger inside, closed his eyes, took a breath and said: "When I was young, I had strange strength all over my body. My mother often taught me not to use my own abilities to harm others, but to help my family and the country to protect the people. When I was 13 years old, I went to the mountains and killed the tiger that would cause harm to the countryside. Then I came to the county to apply for an official position. I want to fulfill my mother's wish!"

"Good courage."

Geng Qing praised, and suddenly asked: "Then what do you want to do most?"

"Of course it's for my Great Tang to expand the territory and revive Tianwei!"

"Hehe." Geng Qing offered to attack him again: "Then it's even more important to save your life."

After the words fell, the slow-moving horse approached, Geng Qing raised his gaze, but An Jingsi on the horse looked at him seriously.

"Brother Geng, why do you always shrink back? Look at those corpses, they were actually killed by you indirectly. Of course, Liu Mang also had a share. If he didn't take the land deed of Geng's Village and beat your father If you were injured, what happened today would not happen, but the lives of those people, in your eyes, do not feel the slightest weight."

Hehehe.
Amidst the creaking wheels rubbing and moaning, there was only Geng Qing's suppressed chuckle. He looked at the carloads of corpses in front of him, still smiling, and only in the faint outline of the city gate in front of him, he whispered. And said:
"I only care about the life of the person I care about. I can't save other people, and I don't have that much ability. Don't really treat me like a crouching dragon reborn."

Saying so, looking at the approaching city gate, he smiled strangely, "Life is only a few tens of springs and autumns, so you have to live well."

The two stopped talking after that, passed through the city gate for inspection, and cartloads of corpses were pulled into the city, which naturally attracted people watching. Geng Qing chose another street to leave, and went to the county government to report to County Magistrate Chen first. Then I went to another wing room where the clerks work.

In the small room, more than a dozen bureaucrats and pawns were crowded on several tables. Official documents were piled up one after another. When he came in, he handed a few official documents to him for assistance.

"That. I don't know how to read." Geng Qing stood there with a smile on his hands holding those official documents. If he wanted to know how to read, he could indeed recognize what was written in regular script, but this body couldn't read. If people ask, it is a big trouble. After all, a person can suddenly read and write, and it doesn't make sense.

"Then imitate it according to the above, and slowly write the general meeting stroke by stroke?" The official official said before: "Everyone is busy, you can't be idle, or when the master comes over later, you have to ask scolded."

"also."

Seeing that the other party had good intentions, Geng Qing was not hypocritical, and readily agreed, borrowed a pen and paper, imitated the appearance of a few people, held the pen to write, and practiced calligraphy.

During the period, Geng Qing would chat with his colleagues around him from time to time, occasionally a few jokes would make the other party laugh, and when there was no time for lunch, he would go to the street to buy food and distribute it to everyone, so as to build a good relationship with the people around him. It is the way of life, the kind of people who show their prestige to sinners as soon as they come, and they are also lacking in mind.

In the afternoon, County Captain Gao came back to the yamen, followed by An Jingsi, who seemed not to care about the death of more than a dozen people today, so someone came over and called Geng Qing, and the three of them gathered in the county hall. In the room where the iron mine was built, the matter of road construction in the iron mine was finalized.

"The spring sowing is over now, and most of the farmers in the nearby townships have free time. If we follow the old method of drawing cadres from each household, I am afraid that it will not be good for the reputation of the county lord and county lieutenant. It is better to use the method of recruiting cadres. With one number of people, each person will be paid a little wage every day for a meal, and then not only will they work fast, but they will also spread the reputation of the two parents and officials everywhere.”

Gao Jun stood at the window and frowned, "We recruit 200 people, and each person is paid ten Wen a day, that's two rounds a day."

"The county government can afford it." The county magistrate Chen rarely agreed, and moved his fat body on the chair, "The county has already reported to the imperial court through a fast horse. If the road is completed before the angel sent , Lieutenant Gao, you and I have good looks too, don't we?"

Over there, Gao Jun pondered for a while, then waved his hands, "Forget it, just do as the county lord says."

The matter was agreed upon, and some details were discussed before they dispersed before the break. At dusk, Geng Qing walked out of the county office tiredly, yawning, and called Dachun who was dozing off in the car. Amid the neighing of the green donkey, the car He staggered out of the city and went back.

For two days in a row, the construction of roads also began to decline in the villages around Niujiaji.

　This chapter is a foreshadowing and transition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)