Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong rode on the horse, looking at the bandit cottage whose gate was blown into pieces and the bandit corpse lying on the ground.Wu Shigong's soldiers kept bringing out the captives from the cottage, sorting out the captured spoils.

He Fei carelessly walked towards Wu Shigong with a stack of letters. He handed the letter to Wu Shigong, and complained: "My lord, why do you think those bandits are so poor? We have already laid down three cottages. The silver taels are only more than 2000 taels, which is not enough for the gunpowder and iron bullets of the artillery."

Wu Shigong replied with a smile: "It's already quite a lot. Apart from silver, the goods stolen by the bandits are still worth some money. However, only a fool like you would think that the bandits have money. If you have money, who will become a bandit?" go?"

He Fei rubbed his head stupidly, and said with a smile: "That's true! But those bandits are so stupid. It's hard to find a few who can write, but the letters they write are all nonsense, with a lot of typos. "

He Fei's words immediately amused Wu Shigong.This He Fei had just learned to read for a few days, but he began to say that other people's letters are different, and there are many typos.

Wu Shigong opened the letters in his hand one by one, read them all, and praised: "You did a good job. As long as you explain the meaning clearly in the letter. Originally, bandits should write different bullshit and typos. That's how it looks real." .”

But when Wu Shigong read the last few letters, he raised his head in doubt and asked He Fei, "This is...?"

He Fei approached Wu Shigong's ear, and whispered: "Master, there are really people colluding with these bandits. These are letters written by those people in Guide Mansion to the bandits like a dog."

Wu Shigong nodded, and ordered: "You pick some of the goods they robbed, not too many, but there must be a clear caravan mark, and let me take it away as stolen goods."

He Fei quickly nodded in agreement, and then he asked Wu Shigong: "Master, what should we do with those prisoners?"

"The bandit leaders and those who were bandits in previous years were all killed along with their family members. Those who became bandits this year will be escorted back to the fortress of Qianhusuo to become the lowest-level domestic slaves."

"Yes!"

"Also, I went back to work with the cavalry team. You take the team and walk along the bandit den that the local turtle found. Just walk around like this. If you run away, don't chase hard. Don't run without opening your eyes. Yes, you can fight if you are sure. Remember, the safety of our own soldiers is the most important thing. There is another thing. At the end, you should go to the city of Guide Mansion and send those bandit leaders and these few letters. If you really believe it, give it to Mr. Fu Zun and Commander Zhao. Give them all the credit."

He Fei took those genuine letters, and asked Wu Shigong again with some doubts: "These people are really colluding with bandits! Master, why don't you just ignore it?"

Wu Shigong replied with a smile: "I know that you are greedy for money and want to confiscate all those people's homes. We can't be too dark-hearted in doing things, and let the Guide Mansion distribute the money. Only in this way can we Live long."

When Wu Shigong set off to suppress the bandits, Wu Shigong's army met Xue Zhinong and the others who were returning to the team on the road, and obtained the bandit distribution map that Xue Zhinong and the others had investigated.On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Shigong's army raided the first bandit village, then the second, and then the third.

With Wu Shigong's powerful firepower, well-trained soldiers, and the protection of the armor on the soldiers, it didn't take Wu Shigong half a day to conquer these three cottages.From the beginning to the end, Wu Shigong's soldiers only injured seven or eight people, and none of them were seriously injured. The whole process of suppressing the bandits made Wu Shigong feel a little bored.

After the bandits were captured, under the threat of death, some literate bandits concocted a few letters in which they colluded with Huang Yuanwai to rob the caravan.In order to kill the case, he also confessed in the letter that Huang Yuanwai and the others were the remnants of the Holy Spirit Society, and that the property they robbed was preparing to rebel again.

After Wu Shigong sent someone to report, Xue Yongli immediately led [-] soldiers and set off from Qianhusuo Fortress.They also carried some teachings and scriptures of the Holy Spirit Society, some idol worship, and of course some weapons.Because among Wu Shigong's captive domestic slaves at that time, there were not many believers in the Holy Spirit Society, so it was a breeze to concoct these things.

After Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli reunited, they immediately divided up into several groups with lightning speed.Some rushed to Zhuangzi where Huang Yuanwai and his three families lived outside the county seat. Wu Shigong personally led the soldiers, and while the soldiers guarding the gate of the county town were stunned, they rushed into the county seat, immediately surrounded and rushed into the house of Huang Yuanwai and his three families.

Wu Shigong ignored Huang Yuanwai's begging for mercy at all, and immediately killed all the male members of Huang Yuanwai's three families, and arrested all the rest of Huang Yuanwai's three families.

Then, while asking soldiers to ransack the homes of the three of them, Wu Shigong brought the so-called evidence of rebellion to the county government office and asked to see Yu Zilian, the county magistrate.

Yu Zilian heard the report from the yamen servant today, and knew that Wu Shigong led the army into the county without his knowledge.He was so frightened that his face turned pale, he was afraid that Wu Shigong had really rebelled.

After Wu Shigong asked to see him, Yu Zilian's expression still hadn't calmed down.After meeting Wu Shigong, Yu Zilian didn't dare to speak in an official tone: "Wu Shoubei, why did you come to the county office today?"

Wu Shigong respectfully bowed his hands to Yu Zilian and said: "My lord, when I was suppressing the bandits, I found out that the bandits were colluding with the remnants of the Holy Spirit Society. In a hurry, I was afraid that those remnants would jump over the wall, so I recklessly arrested him without notifying my lord." I hope your lord will forgive me for capturing and killing the remnants of the Holy Spirit Society."

Then, Wu Shigong gave the so-called evidence to Yu Zilian for review.Yu Zilian felt relieved a little, knowing that Wu Shigong was not rebelling.But when he saw the list of the remnants of the Holy Spirit Society, a mouthful of blood almost spewed out of his mouth.This fool can see that Wu Shigong is taking revenge on those gentry who took his land.

Yu Zilian immediately wanted to pat the table, but when he looked up, he saw Wu Shigong sneering.Wu Shigong slowly took out another letter from his bosom, and said to Yu Zilian: "My lord, I still have those bandits who confessed, and I bought the confession of my lord. But I think it's the confession of those holy spirits. The remnants of Hui are biting back, how could you do such a rebellious thing when you are so loyal to the emperor and patriotic?"

Wu Shigong's yin and yang tone made Yu Zilian very guilty.He had indeed received generous gifts from Huang Yuanwai and the others. If Wu Shigong killed Huang Yuanwai as a remnant of the Holy Spirit Society, then Yu Zilian would have some yellow mud falling off his crotch, and it would be a matter (shit).

Yu Zilian broke out in a cold sweat, and he immediately said: "That must be a false accusation, it must be a false accusation. There are such bold and disorderly people in this county, and this county must deal with it severely."

Then, at Wu Shigong's request, Yu Zilian also filled in the official documents of the county arresting Huang Yuanwai and his three families.Now, Wu Shigong's procedures are complete.

Wu Shigong was not unreasonable, and after leaving 500 taels of silver, he said goodbye.When he was leaving, Wu Shigong said to Yu Zilian: "The remnants of the Holy Spirit Society have also confessed to the pawns in charge of the land deeds in the county government, and they are also in collusion with them. This pawn belongs to you, my lord. If it is not convenient for the county lord If so, would you like me to help you?"

As soon as Yu Zilian made a big case, he said righteously: "There is such a mad person, come here, and immediately arrest Dianli Zhang and put him in a big prison."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Wu Shigong smiled and said: "I don't want to see this pawn get out of this prison alive!" Then, Wu Shigong laughed and walked away.

Looking at the back of Wu Shigong leaving in arrogance, Yu Zilian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and cursed: "Warrior! Idiot!"

At this time, Yu Zilian's master behind the screen turned to Yu Zilian's side. He looked at the evidence, and then said to Yu Zilian: "Master, the evidence obtained by this martial artist is as solid as a mountain, but in this way, The martial artist also gave you a great contribution to the master! Moreover, the floating wealth of the three families must have been taken by the martial artist, but the land will not run away by itself. Look at the master, we..."

Just like that, the Huang family and the other three gentry families were wiped out in Guide Mansion so quietly.In fact, no matter from the officialdom or the folks, everyone knew that this was Wu Shigong's revenge.But because what Wu Shigong did was impeccable, and the government at all levels also took some benefits to some extent, so no official raised any objection to Wu Shigong's approach.

In the process of ransacking the house this time, Wu Shigong found more than 1000 taels of silver, more than 8000 taels of grain, and more than 5000 taels of other property equivalent to silver.Moreover, in the process of distributing the confiscated land by county officials afterwards, two more Zhuangzi were acquired, with more than 1000 mu of land.In addition, the silver and property seized by Wu Shigong from the bandits amounted to nearly 4000 taels of silver, so Wu Shigong's suppression of bandits was a great success this time.

Yu Zilian, the magistrate of the county, also received excellent praise in the evaluation of officials from the Ministry of Officials this year because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebels.In addition, Yu Zilian also obtained a lot of money from the sale of confiscated land.

Therefore, Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian, a pair of enemies with deep personal grievances, have achieved a happy result in this matter.

And the folks were also frightened by Wu Shigong's sudden ruthless tactics.The most obvious ones were the few gentry who had already made amends to Wu Shigong, they immediately made up another generous gift and sent it to Wu Shigong.And if Wu Shigong didn't accept it, they were still worried.

Wu Shigong calculated that the value of these two gifts from those gentry was enough to buy Wu Shigong's land they wanted to acquire.Wu Shigong cursed secretly in his heart: "These bastards!"