Chapter 46 The Bandits Are Coming
The front yard of the Tongxian County Government Office was used for office work, and the back yard was used for living.
When Lin Qianqian entered the county government office through the back door holding the night pearl, she was stopped by the county magistrate Cheng Fa and his men.
"Lin Xiaoqi is so ostentatious, I'm afraid he is looking for death, don't attract bandits later."
Hongdou was furious, "Who are you cursing? You are the one seeking death. Your whole family is seeking death."
Cheng Fa's head hurt from Hong Dou's yelling, "You you you——"
Lin Qianqian reached out and pushed Cheng Fa aside.
Cheng Fa lost his balance and bumped his head against the stone wall.
"Master Cheng, if you have time to criticize here, you might as well think about how to feed the people of Tong County. Anyone with eyes can see that the people of Tong County are all pale and thin."
Cheng Fa was helped up by the goateed master. He shook his big belly and said cunningly, "What do you mean by thin? That's healthy. Being fat like me is unhealthy."
Lin Qianqian returned to the house but did not sleep.
Knowing that he was being watched, he quietly turned off the lights.
After the person who was monitoring her confirmed that she had fallen asleep and left, she walked out of the house, jumped up and climbed onto the roof.
From a high place, you can see that the lights are still on in the office in front of the county government office.
The county magistrate Cheng Fa was not a good official who was diligent in his work and loved his people like his own children, so he must not be busy with official business in the middle of the night. So what was he busy with?
Lin Qianqian went to the lighted roof, quietly moved a tile, and saw Cheng Fa counting silver bills in the house.
There were just over ten of them, and he counted them over and over again. It is said that a night of spring is worth a thousand gold. Cheng Fa could not go to accompany his beautiful concubine, but was patiently counting the banknotes here. It can be seen that he truly loves money!
Cheng Fa fumbled around for the silver bill for half an hour before he put it in a book and put it back on the bookshelf.
There are many books on the bookshelf, and ordinary people cannot even notice the existence of the silver notes.
Lin Qianqian has long been fed up with this corrupt official.
If the bandits really come, they will take advantage of the chaos to steal the dog official's precious silver notes, leaving the dog official with no money in the future.
Lin Qianqian returned to the room and fell asleep immediately.
Get enough rest and continue showing off your wealth tomorrow. I don’t believe that this won’t attract bandits.
There is a war going on at the border now, and there is a shortage of manpower, so the court will basically not send a large number of people to suppress the bandits.
For Lin Qianqian, she can only find a way to solve the problem by herself.
The Guanxi Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, and she only has a few people under her command. Going into the mountains to look for the bandits' base camp is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and is extremely difficult.
But she can use showing off her wealth to lure the bandits out.
Lin Qianqian shows off her wealth during the day and at night, tirelessly showing off her night-shining pearls.
The effort paid off. Two days later, Ah Da, who was in charge of monitoring the city gate, reported, "Miss, the total number of people entering the city today is abnormal. It is more than 80 people more than the previous few days."
Zhao Xiaoliu admired her: "Miss Lin is so talented that she actually attracted the bandits by showing off her wealth. In fact, the imperial court had sent people to suppress the bandits several times before, but unfortunately they all returned empty-handed. If they had Miss Lin's wisdom, the common people would have been freed long ago."
"Even if it's the moon in the sky, my girl can find a way to get it."
Hongdou successfully boasted to the sky.
Lin Qianqian guessed that with the more than 80 people who had just sneaked into the city, plus the bandits' spies who were already in the city, there might be hundreds of bandits in total.
"Pass the order down, everyone get ready, there will be a fierce battle tonight."
At night, Lin Qianqian and others did not stay in the house, but gathered in a dark room to discuss matters.
"...Everyone follow my instructions. Remember, save your own life first. Our lives are more valuable than those of the bandits."
The veterans brought by Zhao Xiaoliu were a little moved.
In the past, when they were on the battlefield, their superiors would only tell them to charge and not to retreat, and no one ever said that their lives were important.
Although it is just a sentence that cannot be more ordinary, it makes my heart warm and soothing.
Zhao Xiaoliu: "Don't be moved yet. Miss Lin is very generous. It won't be too late to be moved after you complete the task and get a large sum of money as a reward."
After Lin Qianqian and others left the house, some hid in the trees in the front and back yards of the county government office, and some hid in unlit houses.
The night is the source of sin. Those with evil minds usually like to release the ugliness in their hearts in the dark night.
At 11 p.m., the bandits headed straight for the county government office just as Lin Qianqian had expected.
Lin Qianqian hid in a big tree and did not rush to take action. Instead, she waited until all these people entered the county government office and then counted the number of people, a total of 98 people.
After these people entered the county government office, most of them gathered around the few rooms with lights on.
The ones who had lights on were basically Cheng Fa's wives and concubines. Cheng Fa had one wife and eight concubines in the backyard of the county government office.
Lin Qianqian had long noticed that Cheng Fa had an affair with the bandits, so these bandits would most likely only scare people and would not harm Cheng Fa's wives and concubines, and would probably also steal some property.
The silent night is filled with the sound of subtle and careful footsteps.
The few bandits who were walking around to monitor the situation were quickly shot dead by Lin Qianqian, A Da and others.
These bandits were divided into several groups. They first entered the lighted house to steal things, and then went to the unlit houses to search for treasures.
The retired veterans brought by Zhao Xiaoliu were all experienced warriors. They were very strong and disciplined, and they strictly followed Lin Qianqian's instructions.
They hid in the house in advance and eliminated the bandits who broke into the house.
Lin Qianqian also took advantage of the chaos to steal the silver bills that the county magistrate had embezzled, and imitated the style of bandits, deliberately throwing the books on the bookshelf in a mess on the ground.
The dog official Cheng Fa allowed you to embezzle and oppress the people. Don't you love money the most? I will steal all your money and see if you are sad.
She hid the dog official's banknotes in a bird's nest on the tree.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, Lin Qianqian and her gang wiped out more than eighty bandits, leaving only a dozen or so bandits retreating towards the city gate.
The city gates are now tightly closed. Unless the bandits have an insider, they can open the gates and escape.
Zhao Xiaoliu: "Miss Lin, it's bad. The Night Pearl has been taken away by them."
That was given to Miss Lin by his master, and it is priceless.
Lin Qianqian didn't look panicked at all. "It's okay. I let them take the Night Pearl on purpose. If they take the Night Pearl, they will naturally take it back to their lair. We just need to follow the bandits and we will find their base camp. Then we can take the Night Pearl back."
Zhao Xiaoliu was convinced: "Miss Lin is smart."
When Lin Qianqian and her gang arrived at the city gate, they found that the gate was indeed wide open.
Several officers and soldiers guarding the city gate shouted, "It was the traitor Chen Lu who opened the city gate and let the bandits go, and Chen Lu also escaped."
Although there were traitors, there were also loyal and brave people. Two soldiers guarding the city gate were seriously injured while trying to stop the bandits.
Lin Qianqian threw a bottle of medicine to the two of them, then rushed into the night without looking back and continued to chase the bandits.
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