The Three Kingdoms Of The North Are Proud And Heroic

The team turned back to the north of the woods, and Zu Zhao divided the team into two, and first asked Zu Li and Zu Ke to lead a team of people to escort the wounded to Lingzhi County for resettlement. Tian Xian took off his official seal and handed it over to two captors to return to the city with Zu Li, Zu Ke and others, so that they could go to the city gate so that they could open the city gate.

Subsequently, Zu Zhao arranged for the remaining team of people to gather the thieves who had been captured one after another, and at the same time to search the wasteland, or search for the missing wounded and thieves, or collect the lost weapons and horses. The whole aftermath lasted for more than half an hour, during which not only several wounded and horses were recovered, but also some horses, weapons and other items that killed Hu people were seized.

Accompanied by Tian Xian, Zu Zhao and others escorted the captured thieves to Lingzhi County.

Previously, after Zu Li, Zu Ke and others called to open the city gate, they stayed in front of the city gate and waited for the response. At this time, it was late at night, and the city tower had already sent more people to martial law. More than a dozen archers guarded the battlements, and the rest of the soldiers also nervously gathered in front of the door, even if the children of the ancestral family and the accompanying recruits repeatedly told them that they had repelled the thieves, but still could not dispel everyone's doubts.

Until Zu Zhao and Tian Xian arrived with the second team of men, after seeing so many well-equipped children of the Zu family, those who did not know mistook it for the officers and soldiers of the nearby Lu Longsai, which was somewhat comforting.

After welcoming into the city, Tian Xian sent his men to the place where Zhang Luo was settled, and asked the various pavilions and hostels in the county to make empty rooms as much as possible.

The team of more than 100 people was quickly assigned to stay at the inn not far away, and prepared wine and food for entertainment. As for the wounded to settle in one place, medical workers, pharmacists and Taoists were summoned to come for treatment. A total of 38 thieves were arrested during this trip, and except for those who were seriously injured and inconsequential and were escorted to the county jail, where they were tortured overnight by the arresters, the remaining five or six suspected of being the main culprits were immediately taken to the county government and handed over to Wang Xianjun of Lingzhi County for personal interrogation.

Zu Zhao first treated his wounds in the pavilion, then ate some hot food at will, and then went to the pavilion where the wounded gathered to visit the injured children, and briefly said some words of condolence. Zu Ji was still in a coma at this time because of excessive blood loss, but after being diagnosed by medical workers, he had no worries about his life, and he only needed to do more conditioning in the future. Coming out of the hall on the wounded's side, he and Zu Fan, Zu Ling and other people with a little status and seniority, went to the county government, anyway, this matter is directly related to the ancestral family, and the ancestral family sent people to exterminate the thieves, so naturally it is necessary to find out the reason behind it.

Since Han Dang was a body of sin, he naturally did not follow him.

There were already people from the county government waiting outside the building, and then they led Zu Zhao and others to the county government.

When I came to the yamen of the county government, the courtyard was already brightly lit, and from time to time I could hear the screams of the thieves and the sound of the officials scolding them. After some notification, Tian Xian rushed to the front yard from the hall, first took Zu Zhao and others to the small hall on the side of the public hall, invited everyone to sit for a while, and specially served tea.

Tian Xian told Zu Zhao and the others: "Since it is a court trial, it has its own rules, and I ask you to wait for a while." When the county lord interrogates him, he will meet his grandfather. Although

Zu Zhao was depressed in his heart, after all, the ancestral family contributed to this matter from beginning to end, and he also lost so many children in the clan, and he couldn't get first-hand intelligence news at this time, which was really unsatisfactory. However, for Tian Xian's sake, he didn't complain for the time being, so he waited patiently in the small hall.

Not counting the time that Zu Zhao and others rested in the pavilion, the court trial was carried out for more than an hour, and from time to time the sound of torture of prisoners could be heard, as well as the unbearable cold begging for mercy of prisoners. In the small hall, three or four teas were exchanged before and after, and Zu Zhao even wanted to doze off a little. Not only him, but even the uncles Zu Ling, Zu Li, and Zu Ke are all yawning, and fighting all night long consumes not only physical strength, but also energy.

However, Zu Fan was quite fine, sat down steadily, and put on a serious look. It is worthy of being a person in the public gate, and he has long been Xi to the procedures in the public gate.

Wang County Juntang was judged, and he was turning to the small hall without hurrying, accompanied by several officials from the county. Wang Xianjun was short and fat, and his official uniform was deformed until his stomach was partially deformed. At this time, he carefully wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel, and bowed slightly to the people of his ancestral family with a cautious attitude.

"Grandfather, this is the king of this county." Tian Xian, who was following behind, immediately introduced.

Zu Zhao and the others got up and clasped their fists in salute.

Wang Xianjun didn't rush to say anything, but looked tired, slowly paced to a chair in front of him and sat down, and let out a long sigh.

"The former Japanese official has received the official letter from Chen Xianjun, and this matter is not trivial, and the official has ordered the whole county to step up its vigilance, and has also appointed the county lieutenant to bring people and horses to the county government to report. Unexpectedly, Zu Gongzi and others rushed here yesterday, which made the official committee really unexpected. Wang Xianjun's words were yin and yang, and there were some complaints.

Zu Zhao's face did not change, since he launched this encirclement and suppression operation in advance, it is natural that he will know that there will be a lot of red tape to go through afterwards, but the important thing is to destroy the conspiracy of the thieves, in comparison, whether it is the government or the family, they will distinguish which is more important. Now that he heard Wang Xianjun's teasing words, he had some doubts in his heart, so he wouldn't have tortured those thieves for more than an hour, but he didn't gain anything, right?

"This incident happened suddenly, and I was forced to do it helplessly. Dare to ask the county magistrate, can you confess when you interrogate these thieves? He maintained a gentle attitude, apologized first, and then asked about the matter.

"How dare you not recruit people who have stolen goods? Hmph, some thieves colluded with the Hu people, intending to ambush the official road and take the opportunity to sneak attack the caravan. It's just an ordinary thief who robs a house. Wang Xianjun said disdainfully.

"Lord Xianjun thinks this is just an ordinary thief?" Zu Ke was short-tempered and was amused by Wang Xianjun's words.

"Now that it's winter, it's normal for thieves to haunt frequently, not to mention that you and I are both border areas, and there is no precedent for Han people to collude with thieves in the past. It's just a little bigger this time. Wang Xianjun was very unhappy with Zu Ke's tone, and said emphatically with a dark face.

"Lord County, the Hu Qi found this time is by no means an ordinary Hu thief. The thieves who usually haunt the border and rob the road are just ordinary herdsmen, but the thieves who fought with us this time are orderly in advance and retreat, and have a degree of attack and defense, which is definitely not done by ordinary thieves, I am afraid that there must be other conspiracies behind this matter, and I hope that Lord Wang will be aware of it. Zu Ling stepped forward and said righteously.

"Hu Ren is good at riding a bow, this is not an uncommon thing, how much surprise can it be?" Wang Xianjun didn't take it seriously at all, and said in an understated tone.

"Isn't it ridiculous that there are only a hundred or so thieves who make you so worried? The year before last, the county entered the winter to prepare for thieves, but it has experienced nearly a thousand thieves to commit, and in the end, isn't it the same as the triumph of thieves? On the side, the head of the county branch echoed Wang Xianjun's tone, and said sarcastically.

Zu Zhao showed a sneer, a gang of nearly 1,000 thieves can be regarded as a rebellion, not to mention that a border county can defend the city, but I am afraid that even if the officials and troops are dispatched, it will take a long time to quell the thieves. In addition, although he is not from Lingzhi County, Xu Wuxian and Lingzhi County are bordering each other, and if there is such a big movement in the neighboring county, Xu Wuxian will inevitably receive rumors. It's just that, in his memory, the most serious preparation for theft was only three or four hundred bandits and homeless people making trouble, and later it was the power of Xu Wu and Lingzhi counties that controlled the trouble.

It is not difficult to see from this that nine times out of ten, Wang Xianjun is a person who is very happy with his achievements, and deliberately lies about his military exploits. The reason why he is so understated at this moment may indeed have a side of underestimating the enemy, but more I believe that he is trying to dominate this merit. Therefore, he showed an attitude of not caring at all, that is, he wanted to send everyone from the ancestral family away quickly.

As far as he is concerned, he didn't think of taking advantage of this matter to covet a piece of merit, but just hoped to arouse the vigilance of the government and fight for a truth for the recruitment of troops and horses that began in winter this year. But taking a step back, there is no need for him to worry about these things in front of Wang Xianjun, this place is not Xu Wuxian, and if he wants to recruit troops, he should also win over the county monarch of this county.

At this time, Tian Xian's face on the side was embarrassed, and he said to Wang Xianjun: "My lord, this time the lowly position happened to meet the ancestor Gongzi and chase the thief together, and the lowly position thought that there was indeed something hidden in this matter. Wouldn't it be said that most of the people involved in the case this time were Tianping Daoists, and they were also initiated by Taiping Daoists from other counties, even if they didn't care about the Hu people's section, but Taiping Dao was so ambitious, it really couldn't help but guard against it.

Wang Xianjun said impatiently and coldly: "The left sentence of Taiping Road, the right sentence of Taiping Road, this matter has been discussed for more than half a year, if Taiping Road wants to make trouble, it will be chaotic a long time ago, why wait for today?" I have long said that you don't understand at all, and the prevalence of this Taiping Dao is more or less a good thing, so that those people have a thought in their hearts, but they will keep to themselves.

Zu Ke shouted loudly: "My ancestors have suffered dozens of casualties in this battle, but you came to tell me that this case is just an ordinary thief!" He

was domineering, looking at each other angrily, showing a posture of intent to be rude.