"Ding Shang was captured by bandits?"
Yan Cheng was shocked. If he hadn't been drinking tea at that moment, Leng Yan opposite him would have been in trouble.
"What's going on? Wasn't Ding Shang staying in the government office? How did he get captured by bandits?"
The guard who had just found useful information from the commotion at the government office came to report: "Young Master Ding's guards said that Young Master Ding bribed the guards at the government office yesterday and secretly led people out through the corner gate."
"Young Master Ding didn't return last night. His guards were afraid of being punished and didn't dare to tell anyone. This morning, they went to the place where Young Master Ding said he was going, but they found nothing."
"I found out after asking around that the place Young Master Ding went to yesterday was robbed by bandits. Someone said they saw the bandits capture a richly dressed young man."
"The guard thought the rich young man was Master Ding, and finally told the truth. Now Master Ding's people have gone to Lord Ma for help."
This, this, this…
Yan Cheng didn't know what to say. Ding Shang had brought this upon himself.
Haha, as expected.
"I was wondering why Ding Shang was so quiet recently. Turns out he was holding something big in."
The child is quiet, he must be doing something naughty.
Yan Cheng went into the house and changed into clothes for going out: "Let's go to Uncle Ma's place."
*
Ma Zikun had packed up and was about to go to Luyangwei to check on the troops when he saw Yan Cheng coming. "Why are you here at this time? I heard that Ding Shang was kidnapped by bandits?"
"Exactly." Yan Cheng bowed as a junior. Seeing several people standing in the room, he glanced at Gan Wenjin a few more times and asked, "Uncle Ma, are you going to suppress the bandits?"
"I had originally intended to make plans before taking action, but now Huixian has been plundered by bandits, and Ding Shang has been captured by them. The situation is unclear, and it's not a good idea to delay any further."
"I was planning to go to Luyangwei to recruit troops and suppress the bandits."
Yan Cheng immediately stepped forward and asked, "Junior, can I go with you?"
Ma Zikun nodded: "Yes."
Gan Wenjin, who was eager to accomplish something big, felt a chill in his heart: "Master Ma, suppressing bandits is no small matter. How can we allow our young people to get involved?"
What if you get hurt and start crying your eyes out?
He was most afraid of children crying.
Is this Lord Ma really reliable? He even brought his family's youngsters with him to suppress the bandits. This is not a trip for fun.
"Don't worry, my nephew can protect himself. This trip will only broaden his horizons."
Ma Zikun was quite calm and was not worried at all that Yan Cheng would be caught by the bandits like Ding Shang.
He glanced at the man whose presence could not be ignored even though he was standing silently behind Yan Cheng.
There are people like this in...
Thinking about the black-clad helpers whom I had not seen clearly in the inn before, I realized that they were secretive and had strong martial arts skills.
There are still such secret guards...
I also thought of a friend whom I hadn't seen for many years who once implicitly boasted in a letter about his two sons who were both talented in literature and martial arts.
"Don't worry, Lord Gan. Even if you are captured by bandits, your nephew will be fine."
Gan Wenjin: ...
Lord Ma, are you praising your nephew or belittling me, a weak, helpless and pitiful person?
*
Without notifying anyone else, Ma Zikun took his own men and Gan Wenjin directly to Luyang Guard Station.
For everyone in Luyangwei, this was like a surprise inspection and there was no time to prepare.
So Ma Zikun saw the messy and pleasant smelling yard;
undisciplined soldiers;
a refreshing lack of linguistic filth;
One-sided assaults between seniors and juniors;
…
And the commander of Luyang Guard, who was disheveled and arrived late.
Seeing this terrible environment of the garrison, Yan Cheng wanted to sigh and thought that it was no wonder that Luyangwei had not been able to completely wipe out the bandits for so many years.
With such qualities, it would be strange if they could catch the strong and healthy bandits who walk in the mountains all day long.
Ma Zikun had no expression on his face.
"Master Ma, I am sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you will not blame me."
Cheng Yuanshan, the commander of Luyang Guard, who had just climbed down from the concubine's belly and hadn't even put on his clothes yet, was sweating profusely. No one told him that the governor was coming today!
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Bandits have kidnapped someone in Huixian. Hurry up and bring your troops with me to rescue them."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Cheng Yuanshan said nice things, but in his heart he was cursing some people.
What's going on? Didn't they say that Governor Ma wasn't serious about suppressing the bandits, and that he was stuck in the government office doing nothing all day?
Why did Governor Ma suddenly come? He also wanted to mobilize troops to suppress the bandits?
How can this be possible?
Although the soldiers of Luyangwei have become corrupt over the years and almost none of them dare to fight with real guns and swords, what if Governor Ma is a genius in leading troops and succeeds in suppressing the bandits with these people?
When Cheng Yuanshan saw that Ma Zikun asked him to mobilize the troops and set off without saying a word, he was so panicked that he didn't know what to do.
On the surface, he was seriously pointing out the soldiers who knew nothing and just lived a life of eating and waiting to die in Luyangwei, but in fact he was screaming in his heart.
My dear friends, please come and help me!
If you don’t come soon, Governor Ma will really go to suppress the bandits!
If all the bandits are wiped out, our good days will be over.
By the way, is it too late to arrange another group of assassins to carry out the assassination now?
Perhaps Cheng Yuanshan and his dear friends had a tacit understanding. When Ma Zikun was about to take the misfits pointed out by Cheng Yuanshan to Huixian, the prefect Li Pu and the co-prefect Zhang Kai appeared.
Li Pu first saw a group of soldiers holding weapons, then saw Cheng Yuanshan with a bitter face, and finally his eyes fell on Ma Zikun.
He smiled and asked, "Master Ma, are you planning to suppress the bandits?"
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