What happened between Liang Mingmin and Zhuo Zheng soon spread back to Xiao Hanzheng.
He trained several secret guards who were very good at tracking and investigating, so he watched the entire process from the moment Liang Mingmin was encountered by those bandits to the moment Zhuo Zheng rescued her and sent her back.
They also designed to delay Liang Mingmin's secret guards and lost Liang Mingmin.
The reason why those bandits took that road was because they "coincidentally" met Liang Mingmin.
Naturally, this was also planned by Xiao Hanzheng.
After knowing that she went out disguised as a man, Xiao Hanzheng knew that the previous plan could be carried out.
He immediately asked someone to pretend to be a passerby, and when the bandits passed by, he pretended to say casually that a large caravan had come this way, and accidentally saw a large stack of silver bills in the arms of the leader.
This naturally attracted the attention of several people who were looking for a "fat sheep" to follow, and then changed their original route.
There was always someone watching Liang Mingmin, so her movements were under his control.
Zhuo Zheng was suddenly sent by Shi Qingluo to deliver soap to Xiao Hanzheng. Naturally, the secret guard secretly gave Shi Qingluo a signal.
Therefore, everything was not a coincidence, it was all arranged and calculated by Xiao Hanzheng, and he would not expose himself.
Sure enough, the plan was flawless and did not arouse the suspicion of Liang Mingmin and Zhuo Zheng. They both thought it was a coincidence.
Shi Qingluo listened to the secret guard's report and waited for everyone to leave.
She looked at Xiao Hanzheng with starry eyes, "Brother Zheng, you are really amazing. You actually figured it all out."
The young husband played the role of a hero saving the beauty very well.
Xiao Hanzheng chuckled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, madam!"
Shi Qingluo took the initiative to sit on his lap and played with his hair. "You planned for those bandits to tease Liang Mingmin. Are you trying to kill two birds with one stone?"
Xiao Hanzheng lowered his head and chuckled, "My wife is really smart."
"The mountain village where those people are located is not far from Heyang County, especially close to the planned cement road."
"He is also very vicious and often kills people and robs them."
"In winter, they would pretend to be from the Ge country and burn, kill and loot nearby counties and villages, and their group was growing stronger and stronger."
"If they are not removed, our cement road will bring great convenience to them."
"If we ambush on the road, we can rob and kill many caravans."
"If this happens a few more times, those caravans will probably not dare to come to Heyang County to purchase goods after hearing the news."
"Even if someone brave enough still comes, there will definitely be casualties."
"So I have been planning how to get rid of this bandit stronghold."
"Who knew Liang Mingmin would come to us on his own initiative?"
He had heard of this bandit stronghold in his previous life, but at that time the stronghold had already become very powerful, and had even colluded with the people of the Ge State, burning, killing, and looting everywhere, becoming a huge bandit group.
Later, Prince Jin rebelled, and there was even less time and energy to take care of them.
As a result, this group of bandits became more and more arrogant and wanton. Tao Liu was sent by Ge Chunru to seduce an important general in the northern border, which led to the general losing a city.
The Ge Kingdom massacred everyone in that city, and it was this group of bandits who mainly targeted their compatriots.
They took most of the "credit" for the massacre. Wherever the Ge people attacked, they followed and robbed the place. They were more brutal and cruel to their compatriots in Daliang than the enemies.
It was just because King Jin had not taken the bandits seriously before. After suppressing them several times, they escaped and became vagrants, and he lost the opportunity to wipe them out completely.
This also led to many people in the northern border being killed later.
This time, Xiao Hanzheng has been paying attention to this bandit stronghold.
It’s not that we don’t want to wipe out the rebellion, but Heyang County clearly doesn’t have enough manpower.
The location of that stronghold is relatively good, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Prince Jin and the imperial court have to send troops there.
Therefore, as soon as those bandits entered the city, his men targeted them.
He then came up with a plan on how to deflect the trouble and kill two birds with one stone.
"It will probably not be long before the people sent by King Jin to suppress the bandits arrive."
Shi Qingluo nodded, "While this bandit stronghold is not particularly powerful yet, it would be a good idea to use Liang Mingmin to wipe it out."
She also knew that the county had limited manpower, and there were not enough yamen runners and county garrisons, so it was impossible to suppress the bandits.
It would be a good idea to give the credit for suppressing the bandits to Prince Jin.
Xiao Hanzheng chuckled: "Well, let's just wait and see the show."
No one in that bandit stronghold was innocent.
Including the bandits' families, none of them are good people.
Just like the ugly man who bullied Liang Mingmin before, his family has been engaged in human trafficking.
Liang Mingmin wanted to have them all killed without leaving a single one alive, which could be considered a good thing.
Shi Qingluo nodded: "Yes."
She added, "In a few days I will take Daidai to several villages to check out the rubber flower planting situation, and then the plan can be implemented."
Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Okay!"
The next day, Liang Mingmin brought gifts to visit Zhuo Zheng at the inn.
It happened that today Shiqingluo gave Zhuo Zhengmu a day off, so he received Liang Mingmin.
Liang Mingmin was thinking of taking Zhuo Zheng under his wing, while Zhuo Zheng was thinking about how to use Liang Mingmin.
As a result, the relationship between the two became much closer.
Liang Mingyu has been busy building a cement workshop and repairing roads recently, and he goes out early and comes back late.
Liang Mingmin wanted to eat the restaurant's food, but the restaurant refused to sell it.
So Zhuo Zheng thoughtfully went to the restaurant to pack up some special dishes, brought them to the courtyard where Liang Mingmin lived, and had dinner with her.
It also made Liang Mingmin like his thoughtfulness even more.
The relationship between the two developed rapidly, and Zhuo Zheng no longer paid much attention to Shi Qingluo.
Another day passed, and Shi Qingluo said that he was going to various villages to inspect the rubber flowers, and asked Zhuo Zheng if he wanted to go with him.
He had been to many villages with Shi Qingluo before, teaching the villagers how to plant and raise animals. It was dirty and tiring, and the roads were difficult to walk on, so he didn't want to go out much.
Especially since Liang Mingmin had asked him out for dinner today and also said he wanted to give him something.
So Zhuo Zheng pretended to have a stomachache and asked Shi Qingluo for a day off.
Shi Qingluo originally didn't plan to take him with him. She pretended to care about him, asked him to see a doctor, and then left with Daidai in a carriage.
She often went to the village to teach the villagers things, and she would bring her own geese with her, so no one found her behavior strange or unusual.
Shi Qingluo first went to a village that was farther away. By the time he arrived at the last village, it was already afternoon.
This is also a village relatively close to the county seat.
Shi Qingluo went to check the rubber flowers, but Daidai couldn't sit still and ran to the nearby mountains for a stroll right under the eyes of the villagers.
The villagers didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Because before, Daidai would wander around and go up the mountain by himself, and from time to time he would bring back useful herbs in his mouth for Shi Qingluo.
Therefore, everyone knew that the geese raised by the county magistrate's wife were smart and human-like, so no one cared much about them.
By the time Qingluo finished his inspection, Daidai also came down the mountain with a bunch of green plants in his mouth.
Hanging from the roots of the plant are a number of fist-sized, muddy, earth-yellow fruits.
Continue at 16:30 (starting tomorrow to try to post all at once at noon). Yesterday, my best friend recommended a book to me, so I went to read it at night. Then I couldn’t stop myself and read until 4am. I woke up late this morning. Good novels are really addictive~~ (End of this chapter)
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