At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 393 Remedy
In the middle of the night, in Dongwu City County, Qu Youguang, the magistrate who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by his concubine, and asked displeasedly, "What's the matter? You're such an endless brat, you're so tired, old man?"

The concubine pointed at the door aggrievedly and said, "Master, someone is knocking on the door."

Qu county magistrate was even more upset when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Damn it for disturbing people's dreams in the middle of the night!"

"My lord, it's urgent. There are a large number of thieves attacking the city. The county lieutenant asked his subordinates to come down and inform you." Dong Liang's anxious voice came in.

The county magistrate of Qu couldn't help being shocked, and immediately lost all sleepiness, he hurriedly put on his official uniform under the service of his concubine, opened the door in a hurry and asked, "Where did the thief come from, how many troops are there?"

Bantou Dong shook his head in panic and said: "I don't know yet, but I guess it's the thieves from Gaojibo. It's dark and I can't see how many people came from the other side, but many warehouses and ships at the dock outside the city are on fire. There are countless thieves running around holding torches, maybe there are thousands if not ten thousand."

The magistrate of Qu County shuddered cleverly. Qinghe County is adjacent to Gaojibo, and now there are two groups of powerful people entrenched in Gaojibo. People, and the army Sima Dou Jiande under his command is very capable of fighting. Another group of strongmen is Sun Anzu, and there are three 8000 people under his command. These two groups of strongmen are powerful. Trembling.

Fortunately, these two gangs of robbers have always been considered "sensible". They usually only rob passing merchants and occasionally loot villages and towns, and rarely attack counties protected by city walls. You have won the extremely rich Cui family, right?
The county magistrate of Qu didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately rushed to the top of the city with all the officials, and asked, "Have you notified the chief of the Cui clan? Ask him to send his clan's children to help defend the city."

Although Qu Youguang is the county magistrate, but in Dongwu City County, the real speaker is the patriarch of the Cui clan. It is not easy to say a word, and the patriarch Cui Wang's fart is more effective than a hundred words spoken by the county magistrate. There is no way, Dongwucheng County is the foundation of the Cui family in Qinghe, the economy and people's livelihood, all aspects are under the control of the Cui family, most of the people, even the county government servants have to rely on the Cui family for food.

Therefore, although Qu County Magistrate was unwilling, there was nothing he could do about it. Except for a few times when he first took office, and every time he made himself ashamed, Qu County Magistrate learned how to behave and consulted with Cui Wang for everything. By the way, the several concubines of the county magistrate of Qu County were gifted by the Cui family.

Let's say that the county magistrate of Qu rushed to Dongchengtou in a hurry, and found that the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and Zhu Bo had all arrived, looking out of the city with solemn expressions.

"How's the situation?" Qu County Magistrate asked hastily.

"The thieves are looting the warehouses and ships at the pier." Zhou Shuqing, the county magistrate with a slightly pale face, said in earnest.

Qu county magistrate boldly took a look, and sure enough, he saw flames on the pier, many ships and warehouses were on fire, and those thieves ran around holding torches and screaming strangely.

"Then... isn't that Cui's warehouse? Damn it!" County magistrate Qu slapped the wall, trembling with pain.

It turned out that the Cui family had stored a batch of cloth in the warehouse at the wharf, and fifty of them were purchased from other places by the county magistrate of Taqu. There was a big price difference, but now it is all cheaper than those thieves. These thieves who killed thousands of dollars, emptied the warehouse and loaded it on the ship, and then burned the warehouse.

At this time, not only the county magistrate of Qu was in pain, but also the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and Zhu Bo were also bleeding, because Cui's warehouse also had their goods, and the prices in Luoyang were high recently, so they naturally wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune. Extra money, the result - a miserable loss!

"My God, isn't that Cui's building boat? I heard that it cost 5000 taels of silver to build in Dongnae Shipyard. It just came back from the dock last month, and it was burned by thieves!" Zhu Bo suddenly exclaimed. .

Everyone looked around, and they saw a big ship on fire. It is estimated that the thieves were poured with kerosene, and the whole big ship was quickly engulfed by the fire.

The 5000 taels of silver were gone just like that... All the local officials gasped, but they felt a little more balanced in their hearts. Compared with the loss of the Cui family, their one hundred taels of goods were really nothing!
"Patriarch Cui is here, Patriarch Cui is here!" Someone shouted loudly at this time.

Qu county magistrate and others turned around to look, and they saw Cui Wang on crutches, surrounded by a group of disciples, holding a torch up to the top of the city.

"Old Patriarch Cui!" Qu County Magistrate quickly took the lead to greet him and salute.

Cui Wang nodded solemnly, and bowed his hands in return: "My lords, how is the situation? Which group of thieves are here? How many troops are there? The old man brought the children of five hundred clans to help defend the city."

Five hundred soldiers of the Cui clan, dressed in strong and strong soldiers, lined up to the top of the city in a murderous manner. One could tell at a glance that they had been trained a lot, and their energy and spirit were many times stronger than those of the Yamen. Once they arrived, those Yamen They all gave up their positions one after another, as if it was a matter of course.

The county magistrate accompanied him carefully and said: "It is not clear which group of thieves they are, but it seems that there are not many people. They are plundering goods on the wharf outside the city. It is unlikely that they will attack the city."

Cui Wang's complexion changed slightly, he hurriedly ran to the side of the female wall with a cane to look around, and immediately shouted: "My Cui's warehouse... Louchuan, damn thief!"

Cui Hu, Cui Ren, Cui Yi and the others were also shocked, and then they were all angry. Cui Xin, who was the hottest, slapped the wall and cursed: "Damn dog thief, plundered the property of my Cui clan, burned my Cui clan! The clan’s warehouses and building ships, I, Cui Xin, will not avenge this revenge, and I will not be a human being, Qu County Magistrate, quickly order to open the city gates and fight.”

Qu county magistrate and others were startled, and Gao Xianwei persuaded, wiping cold sweat: "Si Lang, please be safe and don't be impatient. Now the situation is unknown, and we don't know how many troops the enemy has come. Let's open the city gate rashly." Going out to battle, if you are caught in an ambush, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Could it be just to watch these damn thieves steal my Cui family's property?" Cui Xin said in a deep voice.

"Shiro, money is just an external object, the overall situation is the most important thing, the overall situation is the most important!" Gao Xianwei continued to persuade.

Cui Xin said angrily: "Fart, it's not the property of Lieutenant Gao. Of course you can say it easily. The goods in the warehouse are worth at least 3000 taels of silver. The three-story bow ship is worth 5000 taels of silver. Our Cui family has lost at least ten thousand taels of silver. You can’t get ten thousand taels of salary even if you are a county captain for 20 years. Xinzi led Cui Jiaerlang to fight out of the city."

Lieutenant Gao Xian was flushed red from the spray, he was ashamed and annoyed, but he didn't dare to refute!
"Silang calm down, Gao Xianwei is just thinking about everyone's safety!" Qu County Magistrate hurriedly said.

Cui Hu nodded and said: "What Master Qu said is very true. The current situation is unknown, and it is quite inappropriate to rush out of the city. Fourth brother, don't be impulsive!"

Cui Wang reprimanded: "Fourth, when can you change your irritable temper? Listen to Captain Gao. Money is just an external thing. If you don't have it, it's gone. But you only have one life. If you don't have it, it's gone. It's just 10,000. I, Cui, can afford taels silver!"

Qu county magistrate quickly complimented: "The old patriarch is wise and generous!"

County Captain Gao breathed a sigh of relief. If he really wanted to fight against the city, he, as a county captain, would naturally have to take the lead. Fortunately, Cui Wang was still reasonable!

The thieves outside the city seemed to have no intention of attacking the city. They robbed the warehouse and left in a big boat. Seeing this, the county magistrate Qu and others couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, but they still didn't dare to open the city gate to chase after them.

After about half an hour, the thieves' boats disappeared for a long time, and then the magistrate of Qu ordered people to put three children of the Cui family in hanging baskets out of the city to check, and after confirming that there was nothing abnormal, he dared to open the city gate to fight the fire.

The fire has been burning for nearly an hour, what a waste, Cui's warehouse at the pier has basically been burnt to nothing, and the three-story ship in the bow is only the skeleton left, and it is still burning.

When Qu County Magistrate, Cui Wang and others came to the pier, the skeleton of the building boat was also burned, and it collapsed and scattered into the river, leaving only some burning wood floating on the water.

"5000 taels of silver!" Qu County magistrate and others looked regretful, while Cui Wang, Cui Hu and others felt relieved and let go of their hearts.

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