254 Unexpected Fortune
Three days later in the afternoon, the prefect came with a large number of soldiers.
He Jin and the other two were so tired that they lost several pounds and their faces became pointed.
"My Lord, I don't know how I can thank you on behalf of the people of Qingzhou. If it weren't for you and your men, these hundred people would have never returned."
"Your Excellency, we just happened to encounter these things. Since you have brought troops here, please first arrange for them to blast the rocks on the way and clear the road. We really cannot delay any longer.
Secondly, all these villagers are here, so how to interrogate them is the adults' business. I, Sun Sicheng, will not interfere.
The most important thing is these foreigners, they came from the South Mountain, do they really have a road leading to the Mongolian tribe? If so, you should take people to find them as soon as possible. Yu Dazhou has eliminated the danger, and you have also done a great deed."
Prefect Hao was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He was lucky to have escaped death this time. If something happened to so many doctors under his jurisdiction, he would probably be demoted to the lowest position.
If foreigners ever invade the Great Zhou directly from the mountains here, Qingzhou Prefecture will be the first to suffer, and his death will be imminent.
If the eldest son and his men catch the person, the credit will go to the eldest son. With so many people, it will be impossible to hide it. But if he finds the passage, it will also be a great achievement.
"Oh, by the way, when the kids caught these people, they might have taken a few knives or daggers. Do you want me to ask them to hand them over?
Besides, you should also go and see that those people seem to have a lot of food stored in their cellars.”
Prefect Hao chuckled and said, "Why do you need to hand it over? Just take whatever you like. The journey will be difficult, and some things will be useful for self-defense. When the case is handed over, I will definitely ask for credit for you, the eldest master."
I will have people take away the food when I get back, and all these people will definitely be exiled. If they do too many bad things, they might even have to die."
Sun Sicheng shook his head and said, "I'll leave these people to you. I'll lead them on their journey tomorrow morning. We've been delayed here for another four days. I really can't afford to delay any longer. I have something else to do in Yunzhou."
After thinking about it, he added one more sentence: "Sir, all ten yamen runners participated in the ambush this time, and no one retreated."
"Thank you, Master, for thinking of these people of mine. I will commend them later."
At this moment, each of these yamen runners could die for Sun Sicheng, but even at this time, the eldest son still did not forget to speak for them.
The road was cleared before dusk that day.
More than a hundred doctors were willing to follow Sun Sicheng, so the yamen runners were replaced by ten new ones, and the previous ten had to go back to take statements.
Magistrate Hao was a decent man. He promised to compensate each of them with twenty taels of silver when they returned, and the apprentice would be compensated with ten taels.
The doctors had no objection to this. They could earn about 70 taels a year and their families wouldn't have to serve in the army.
All the things that were previously taken away by the bad guys have been returned. It seems that apart from a false alarm, there was no major loss.
The next day, Sun Sicheng and his group of more than 100 people set out for the northern border under the reluctant gaze of Governor Hao.
Erqiang, Fang Wu and the others were in a very good mood.
Last night they counted the money they had earned by light. Although these foreigners were poor, they still had three or four taels of silver in their pockets, and some had five or six taels, which they did not have to hand over.
It was also a huge sum of money, not to mention that the knives and daggers they brought were really exquisite and sharp, and the yamen runners were sensible and did not fight with them for them, so each of them got one.
They got an unexpected fortune on the way and actually participated in an arrest. It was really worth it for them to be driven out of the Medicine Valley.
Xiaohu was also in the same car with them. We were all in the car, you looked at me and I looked at you and I laughed, and we laughed for a long time.
In the car, Sun Sicheng discussed this matter with Wan Li and He Jin, while Ping An was sleeping soundly at his feet.
The three of them lowered their voices unconsciously.
Little did he know that Ping An was setting up the formation in his dream, one after another, which made him exhausted.
He Jin smiled and said, "Our Master Ping An is really a lucky general. This time we are all thanks to him."
Wanli nodded and said, "Indeed, if Master Ping An hadn't arranged it well, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to catch all of these people alive."
Sun Sicheng said proudly, "He is now quite good at making medicine. But if I take him away this time, Sun Wen will scold me at home. He has always wanted to pass the imperial examination safely."
He Jin laughed and said, "It's hard for smart people, but we will be back in a year at most. The college entrance examination will not be held until August of the year after next, so we still have time."
"What do you know? Mr. Sun wanted Master Ping An to get the third place in the imperial examination, or even the sixth place. But this time, the eldest son brought him out, and he can't go to the government school. How can he not be angry?"
He Jin chuckled and said, what's the point of being an official? It's better to be the eldest son, where you are free and can make money easily.
If nothing unexpected happens, this trip to Gyeongju resulted in an epidemic, the rescue of hundreds of doctors, and the capture of fifteen foreigners. If a passage is discovered, that would be no small contribution.
Sun Sicheng looked at the boy who was sleeping soundly. His handsome face could not be concealed even with facial cream. He had grown up a lot without him noticing. He used to be a chubby little boy, but now he was as tall as his shoulders.
"Over four years have passed. Little Ping An has grown up, and we have aged several years."
He Jin and Wan Li both laughed. All of them, including the Fang Xiao brothers and Sun Wen, were about the same age. They came to the eldest master at about the same time, except for Mr. Sun who came later.
More than 20 years have passed in a flash.
"Young Master, no matter what, you can be a military doctor this time, but neither you nor Master Ping'an can go to the front line." This is what Ming Wanli is most worried about.
His eldest son is very intelligent, but if there are too many wounded soldiers on the front line, he might act rashly.
He Jin nodded.
Sun Sicheng looked at the two of them and said, "When you get to the place this time, keep your abilities hidden and just follow behind me and Ping An."
Wanli grinned, "Of course. There are eight of us, He Jin, Xiao Wu and I, but we came here as your and Master Ping An's personal guards. We didn't ask for their quota, nor did we need them to pay us monthly wages. We even prepared our own food and brought several tents."
During the lunch break, Ping An quietly counted the silver bills he had received in the car. There were actually more than one thousand taels of silver in his purse, or to be exact, one thousand two hundred taels of silver.
The money was previously searched from various cellars, and his master had asked him to keep it for supporting his people. There wasn't much, only three or four hundred taels. He took two hundred taels on the spot and stuffed them into Uncle Ming and Uncle He's pockets.
The master had already handed over all the items found in the nine families' houses to the government office.
It's also because there are too many people now, otherwise he would just want to give ten taels to each of them. If he wants people to be loyal, it's not enough to just treat them well, he has to make their pockets fatter.
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