Zhu Yunwen decided to conduct a thorough investigation of Heiyun County. He refused to believe that there was any bandit or mountain thief in the Ming Dynasty that could not be eliminated or eradicated.

This is absolutely impossible.

After all, even a country like the Eastern Island Kingdom could be intimidated by Zhu Yunwen's soldiers.

Having arrived in Heiyun County, how many powerful bandits and outlaws could there be in such a small county? Yet they are so difficult to deal with.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen decided to investigate this matter thoroughly, and he also decided that he would issue an order at any time to transfer the five hundred special forces soldiers stationed in the coastal area.

Let's see if we can actually wipe out these bandits.

If all else fails, bring over those fifty cannons and bombard the mountains where the bandits are hiding, and see if they are really that difficult to deal with.

Of course, Zhu Yunwen did not believe that these bandits were so difficult to deal with.

He must be up to something.

After making the decision, Zhu Yunwen told Zhu Yuanzhang about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Yunwen was a restless person, and it was normal for him to travel around while he was still relatively free before becoming emperor. So he didn't say much and agreed.

Zhu Yunwen also brought Zhao Qingzhu and the ten Imperial Guards with him. After making an official certificate and document for himself, he had the Ministry of Personnel officially issue a ticket to Heishui County, notifying the county that a new magistrate was to take office.

After doing all this, Zhu Yunwen, along with Zhao Qingzhu and ten Imperial Guards, set off directly for Heiyun County.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Yunwen was very relaxed, while the ten Imperial Guards rode on horseback.

Because they were traveling on paved roads, they moved very quickly. It only took them a day to travel from Nanjing to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

It took another day to reach Heiyun County, so it only took two days to get there.

However, just as they were passing through a deep, dense forest, twenty or thirty men wielding large knives and with extremely fierce appearances suddenly rushed out from ahead.

The ten Imperial Guards reacted swiftly, immediately drawing their long swords and protecting the carriage carrying Zhu Yunwen.

In other words, these Imperial Guards weren't wearing their flying fish robes or carrying embroidered spring knives; otherwise, these mountain bandits would never have dared to step forward and intercept them.

Among the twenty-odd bandits, a one-eyed man carrying a large sword slowly stepped forward and said:

"Dear sirs in the carriage, we only ask for your money, not your lives. Hand over all your valuables, leave your horses, and you may leave."

Inside the carriage, Zhu Yunwen opened the two small doors and slowly stepped out.

Behind him is Zhao Qingzhu!

Upon seeing Zhao Qingzhu, the one-eyed bandit leader's only remaining eye gleamed, and he said:

"Oh? There's another pretty woman here. Leave her here too, and then you can all get out of here!"

After Zhu Yunwen alighted from the carriage, he carefully examined the bandits around him, and then spoke:

Do you know who I am?

The one-eyed man sneered and said:

"Who are you? Tell us and scare us!"

Zhu Yunwen put his hands behind his back and spoke slowly:

"I am the newly appointed magistrate of Black Cloud County!"

They had thought this title would at least intimidate them, but after it was revealed, the one-eyed man burst into laughter, then swung his broadsword fiercely at Zhu Yunwen, shouting:

"If you hadn't introduced yourself, I would have let you go after robbing you of your money and taking your virtue. But you insisted that you were a newly appointed magistrate. Well then, I'm sorry, but today I'll have to spare your life as well."

Zhu Yunwen was slightly surprised and said:

"Are you really that audacious? You even dare to kill officials of the imperial court."

The one-eyed man slowly approached Zhu Yunwen, saying as he spoke:

"Officials appointed by the imperial court are nothing. They should all be executed. They're no different from anyone else in my eyes."

As the scarred man prepared to attack, Zhu Yunwen, wanting to know more, said:

"Then why didn't you dare kill the former magistrate of Black Cloud County?"

One-Eyed Dragon: "What does this have to do with you? Do I have to explain to you who deserves to be killed and who doesn't deserve to be killed?"

Hearing him say this, Zhu Yunwen had a guess in his mind, and slowly said:

"So can I understand that in your eyes, the former magistrate of Black Cloud County was not to be killed, while I, the new magistrate, am the one who should be killed?"

Although Zhu Yunwen was deliberately picking at these loopholes in his words, he believed that these loopholes were very informative.

This at least illustrates one point: if these bandits didn't want to kill the former magistrate but wanted to kill the current one, then there's a problem: the former magistrate posed no threat to them.

The current county magistrate, the newly appointed Zhu Yunwen, is seen as a threat by them.

The one-eyed man was unaware that Zhu Yunwen had gleaned so much information from his casual words.

"I'm too lazy to waste words with you today. Just die!"

As he spoke, he charged forward.

Zhu Yunwen took a step back and sat on the carriage. He then waved his hand, and the ten Imperial Guards immediately started fighting with the twenty-odd bandits.

In terms of combat strength, those twenty-odd bandits were indeed formidable, but compared to the Imperial Guards, they were far inferior.

After all, the ten Imperial Guards around Zhu Yunwen were carefully selected and prepared for him by Zhu Yuanzhang, and they were all very strong in combat.

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