Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 208, you have to admit your mistakes, and you have to stand at attention when you are beaten
"This person claims to be a descendant of the Shu Kingdom. They have a connection with Yu Yuan. They were protected and protected by Yu Yuan through the relationship between the royal family of Shu and Yu Yuan. They hid in the Shu Mountains and passed by by robbing on the mountain roads. Merchants make a living, and this time it is for the caravan of Widow Qing." Mo Ya said.

"Send someone to bring these corpses, especially those who were guarded by Yu Yuan." Ziyou said lightly.

"No!" The soldiers began to collect the corpses.

The woman in the carriage got out of the carriage after hearing the sound of fighting all around, and the steward at the side stepped forward to briefly describe what happened to the woman just now, looking at the people who were collecting the corpses, and those who were shot and killed by crossbow arrows. The bandit, with surprise in the woman's calm eyes, came to Ziyou's side with the help of the maid.

"The Baqing caravan thank you for your help." The woman cupped her hands to Ziyou.

"You're welcome, Mrs. Ba Qing, you're welcome." Ziyou returned the courtesy.

Hearing Ziyou call out her name, a trace of surprise flashed in the widow Qing's eyes, then she smiled and said to Ziyou
"My lord is worthy of coming from Xianyang, and he saw through my identity at a glance."

Ziyou looked at the widow Qing, and thought that it was not unreasonable for her to become the number one richest woman in the Seven Kingdoms. This vision alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.Seeing the crossbow arrows on the ground, the widow Qing confirmed that Ziyou was not an ordinary person. Except for the princes of the royal family, the only people who carried crossbows on trips were those authorized by Yingzheng, and such people had heavy responsibilities, or With a secret in mind, the widow Qing knew from the prefect of Shu County that Yingzheng sent someone to reward her, and combined with the bow and crossbow here, she guessed that Ziyou was a special envoy from Xianyang.

"Ma'am, do your caravans go this way when they enter Shu?" Ziyou asked.

The widow Qing was slightly taken aback, not knowing how Ziyou asked her, but she still told the truth

"No, caravans usually take the shortest route. This time I took this route because I wanted to visit an old friend. Compared with the business road, it takes half a day to reach Chengdu."

"Has Madam offended anyone recently? Or is there any important item in the caravan?" Ziyou continued to ask, and the widow Qing also said that she took this road because of visiting old people. Merchants on the robbing road should be intercepted on the commercial road, not this longer road, so there must be ghosts in it.

"Although the competition between merchants is not weaker than fighting on the battlefield, I think peace is the most important thing in dealing with things in the world. I have a good reputation among my peers and I don't have any enemies. As for the goods in the caravan, they are all ordinary goods. Aya Luo silk satin, special products from other regions, I don’t know why your lord asks that?” Widow Qing’s brows were slightly frowned, and there was already some eyebrows in her heart.

"My subordinates interrogated the other party's leader. The other party was a caravan that was specially here to rob Madam. If they hadn't offended someone or brought enough valuable items, they probably wouldn't have done anything special." Ziyou said.

Widow Qing temporarily modified the route to enter Shu, taking the route that ordinary caravans would not take, and the other party can accurately lock it, no one tipped the news, Ziyou would not believe it, but he is an outsider, let Widow Qing doubt it It's inevitable that one's own people will attract suspicion. If you don't see it clearly, just remind the other party. Moreover, this is the widow's family affairs, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene.

"Thank you for letting me know, my lord. Ba Qing will send someone to investigate this matter." The widow Qing said salutingly. She naturally understood Zi You's words, and her slightly frowned brows became more serious.

"In this case, in order to prevent the other party from having a backup, madam, let's go on the road with us, and only half a day's journey is left." Ziyou said, the widow Qing is also one of the patrons of the cause of Daqin's unification of the world, protecting the safety of others And it should be.

"Then thank you, sir." The widow Qing saluted and thanked.

These corpses have been restrained. Except for the complete corpses of the guards of Yu Yuan, the rest of them had their heads cut off and tied up with ropes by the guards. This is the traditional art of the Qin army. Yes, the head and left ear are proof of merit.

After Ziyou returned to the carriage, the two teams merged into one and continued towards Chengdu. Concubine Yan looked at Ziyou and asked curiously

"How did you know she was owned by the widow?"

"During the siege of the bandits just now, these guards immediately gathered around the carriage to protect the carriage, not the priceless goods. This shows that the people in the carriage are more important than the goods. During lunch, I observed the caravan's The eyes are mostly respectful, and they are still calm after encountering the bandits.

Widow Qing is from Ba, but because she doesn't get along well with her husband's clan, there are two headquarters of the Ba Qing caravan. Widow Qing herself is in Ba County, and the main caravans are in Shu County. The prefect said that when the caravan alliance in Shu County came, Widow Qing would also come, so this time the reward was specially chosen in Shu County instead of Berkshire, so I guess she is Widow Qing. " Ziyou said.

"So that's it, can you guess the people behind these robbers?" Yan Lingji asked curiously.

She has also been in contact with the descendants of the Shu royal family. After the Shu royal family moved eastward to Baiyue, because the culture of the Shu country also has the shadow of the great witch culture, and because of Yu Yuan's guards, the Shu royal family took root in Baiyue, relying on wealth and institutions. Her superiority quickly developed into a larger tribe. When she helped Tianze handle internal affairs, she went to the tribe where the royal family of Shu was.

"Widow Qing has a bad relationship with the Ba clan. It is very likely that she is from within the Ba clan, or from other chambers of commerce." Ziyou shrugged and said.

There are too many people with motives for this kind of murder, especially the Ba clan. Widow Qing had no children after her husband died, so this property should be handled by the Ba clan, but the widow Qing relied on strong means to suppress everyone, inherited her husband's property, and created the Nuo family business. How could greedy people with such wealth not be moved?

"This is a family affair, it's inconvenient for us to intervene, and we have more important things to do." Ziyou continued.

"What's more important?" Yan Lingji and Yan Fei asked.

"Suppress the bandits!" Ziyou said, Shu County is an important granary of the Qin State, and the leaders of these bandits are the descendants of the original Shu royal family. The state of Qin, Li Si and Han Fei are revising the taxation system, the most important of which is the commercial tax. The taxes paid by the common people are limited, but the merchants are different, they have unlimited possibilities.

"You must be scheming something." Concubine Yan said, Ziyou is not the kind of person who can't afford it early, Ziyou must want to use the bandits to do other things.

"Do you still want to be Master Qingtian?" Yan Lingji asked.

"Of course, now that I'm here, Shu County will be peaceful." Ziyou said.

The half-day journey was soon over, and they never encountered any robbery on the way. When they were approaching Chengdu, Ziyou and Widow Qing's caravan separated. The two people went in different directions. The prefect is still waiting to welcome Ziyou, but Widow Qing and the others need to go to the chamber of commerce to put down the goods first, and the soldiers need to change into armor and re-flag the flag.

At this time outside Chengdu, Qu Yi, the prefect of Shu County, led Chengdu officials and local dignitaries, were waiting for Ziyou's team. Qu Yi stood in front of the team and silently watched the road ahead, although Qu Yi seemed as stable as an old dog on the surface. , but I was a little panicked inside.

After receiving the edict, Qu Yi didn't feel much at first. It was a very simple matter to send a special envoy to reward the widow Qing, but after hearing that the special envoy was Ziyou, Qu Yi couldn't sit still. But he knew Ziyou's reputation and how powerful Ziyou was. Qu Yi couldn't help but wonder if Master Wang came here in person for this kind of thing. Did Yingzheng think that he didn't do well in something and that's why he dispatched him? Ziyou came to beat him.

So early this morning Qu Yi brought Chengdu officials and powerful families to wait for Ziyou here, just to make a good impression on Ziyou.

"Master Taishou, when will Master Wang arrive?" A middle-aged man behind Qu Yi asked in a low voice.

Qu Yi glanced at the inquiring Patriarch of the Chen family, Chen Shu, and said in a low voice
"According to the calculation of the distance, it should arrive soon."

The head of the Sima family, Sima Chang's father, Sima Su slightly raised his eyelids when he heard this, while Li Ye, the head of the Li family, acted like he had nothing to do with himself.

The prestige of the Li family in Shu is extremely high, even the Sima family is slightly inferior compared with the Li family. At the beginning, Li Bing built Dujiangyan to control the water, which relieved Shu county from the flood and laid the foundation for Shu county to become a land of abundance. Uncle, that is, Li Erlang has become a god by the people of Shu County, and now the ancestral halls of Li Bing and Li Erlang are all over Shu County.

The prestige of the Li family in Shu County is unmatched, so they have no opinions or thoughts on the affairs of Shu County. The prestige in the hearts of the people of Shu County is enough to keep the Li family alive for a long time.

Soon the figures of Ziyou and his party appeared in the eyes of the people who had been waiting for a long time. Qu Yi straightened his clothes immediately, and the officials and dignitaries behind him cheered up and prepared to welcome Ziyou. The strength is huge, but it is limited to Shu County, but compared with Ziyou, it can only be a small local clan, which is not worth mentioning. If they offend Ziyou at this time, their family business for several lifetimes may disappear at any time.

Sima Su also saw Sima Chang riding a horse with a serious face. Sima Chang glanced at his father and didn't make any moves or remind him. Sima Su immediately understood that he was ready to welcome Ziyou.

As the convoy got closer and was about to reach their eyes, the expressions of everyone gradually changed from anticipation to fear, because the heads pulled by the ponytails frightened them, especially Qu Yi, whose eyelids kept twitching. After You's carriage stopped, Qu Yi suppressed the panic in his heart, and under the watchful eyes of the soldiers, he came to Ziyou's carriage and said in his heart

"Qu Yi, the prefect of Shu County, led the officials of the prefectural government to welcome Wang Shi here."

Mo Ya jumped out of the carriage and waited at the side, Ziyou opened the carriage and walked down, Concubine Yan, Yan Lingji and Shao Siming also walked down, Ziyou said to Qu Yi
"Well, Magistrate Qu is being polite."

"Don't dare, it's what we should do to welcome Master Wang. Your Excellency, the officials of the county guard's mansion and the chiefs of the local clans are here." Qu Yi got up and made a gesture of invitation.

Ziyou stepped towards the waiting officials and clan heads. After seeing Ziyou, everyone saluted and said

"Meet Master Wang!!"

"Well, no courtesy, I came this time to reward you at the order of the king, thank you all for coming here to welcome me, don't panic, these people are bandits who want to rob me on the road, prefect Qu, Shu County The implementation of the Qin law is not very good, these people dare to step forward when they see soldiers holding strong crossbows, so they don't value their own lives, this is your fault." Ziyou looked at Qu Yi and said.

Qu Yi's face was pale, and he immediately saluted Zi Xun and said:
"It was the dereliction of duty of the subordinate officials that surprised Master Wang."

I have already started to curse these bandits in my heart, you bastards, how dare you step forward when you see a strong crossbow?If you don't want to die, why do I still want to die?At the same time, he began to think about what Ziyou would say next.

"It's not enough to be shocked. I have encountered many such things when I traveled around the world. These are trivial matters. Please trouble County Magistrate Qu to report to Xianyang and record this credit for the soldiers. Qin law clearly rewards and punishes." Ziyou said lightly.

Hearing Ziyou's words that rewards and punishments are clearly defined, Qu Yi's heart was full of sadness, which meant that his rule was not strict, but no matter how much helplessness he had in his heart, he couldn't open his mouth. The situation in Shu County was very complicated, and he also There is more than enough heart but not enough strength.

The patriarchs and officials of the rich clan were also moved, and they began to guess Ziyou's intentions.

"You know your mistake." Qu Yi said helplessly.

"Master Qu sent someone to put these heads away, we have traveled for a day, take us to the post station to rest." Ziyou said.

"No! Master Wang, please come with me. The inn has been cleaned and the meals are ready. Please come with me." Hearing what Ziyou said, Qu Yi did not introduce the local officials or the patriarch of the great clan. Thoughts, what he was thinking about now was how to explain it to Ziyou.

Qu Yi walked in front with Ziyou, followed by Ziyou's car driver, followed by officials and nobles. The patriarchs of the big clan left one after another to do their own things.

After setting up Yan Lingji, Shao Siming and Concubine Yan, Ziyou brought Qu Yi to the lobby of the post house, looked at Qu Yi Ziyou and said
"I know that the situation in Shu County is complicated. You don't need to be afraid of anything. It is already a credit for you to be able to transport grain and grass in Shu when the army attacked South Korea."

Hearing Ziyou's words, Qu Yi's heart was slightly relieved, and he saluted Ziyou and said:
"The lower officials dare not take credit, this is a matter within their duties."

"Tell me something about these bandits," Ziyou said.

　There is another chapter in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)