Chapter 588: Bandit Becomes County Magistrate
A quarter of an hour later, in a guest room on the third floor of the inn.
It was quiet outside the window, the bright moon hung in the sky, the cold wind whistled from time to time and stopped from time to time, occasionally hitting the window frame.
Wei Changtian sat at the table, his expression unclear.
"Sir, why did Zhongling become like this?"
Yang Liushi, who was sitting opposite, sighed softly: "I wonder if County Magistrate Wang is still alive now."
"County Magistrate Wang" was the thin county magistrate from two years ago.
Although this man is not very capable, given his character he would never tolerate Zhongling County becoming a den of bandits, let alone collude with the bandits.
So in the eyes of Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi, this person either resigned or died.
"It doesn't matter."
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian still had no expression on his face, and no one knew what he was feeling in his heart.
Just like that, the room fell into silence for a while.
Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen lived next door, and they must have noticed that something was wrong in Zhongling County.
But they don't care about it.
If the thieves really dare to cause trouble, just kill them all.
Anyway, the fighting power of any one of these people from the Wei family is enough to sweep the entire Zhongling County.
As for more places, Daning has just experienced two years of turmoil, and there should be many miserable places like Zhongling County.
When bandits are in power, the people suffer.
The government was unable to control the bandits, so it could only let them do what they wanted, or even collude with them to oppress the people.
They could save one, they could save two, but they couldn't save all.
What's more, the upcoming national war is the top priority.
Therefore, Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen now just meditated and practiced as if nothing had happened, not caring at all about what would happen next.
As for Wei Changtian on the other side, "Here I come."
His eyes narrowed slightly and his gaze turned towards the closed door.
The footsteps were so light that it was almost inaudible. Judging from the rough number, there were about ten people.
It is obvious that these people are here to kill and rob.
The mastermind behind this might be the woman, or the soldier at the city gate, or both.
But none of this matters anymore.
Because just as Yang Liushi waved his hand and cast an illusion to cover the entire inn, the sound of fierce fighting was heard outside the door, and then it returned to calm in less than ten breaths.
During the whole process, Wei Changtian didn't even move.
“Boom boom boom~”
"Sir."
The door was gently pushed open, and Zhang San, with bloodstains on the corners of his clothes, walked into the room, and a strong smell of blood hit him in the face.
The latter stood at the door, bowed his head and saluted, saying: "A total of thirteen people, all have been dealt with."
"As you ordered, the woman was spared."
"Bring her here."
"yes!"
Zhang San responded, then turned around and nodded towards the outside of the house.
Soon, two people dressed as servants dragged the pale-faced woman into the house.
These two servants were the ones Wei Xianzhi brought with him when he went to Shuzhou City.
Add another Zhang San.
There were only three of them, but they took care of thirteen bandits in less than ten breaths. This fully demonstrated that the fighting capacity of these bandits was really poor, and they could probably only show off in front of ordinary people.
“.”
"Who are you?"
With a "thump", she was forced to her knees. The woman's eyes were full of ferocity, but she could not hide her panic.
She is not stupid.
When thirteen of her accomplices lost their heads in a flash, she knew that she had met a tough guy this time.
But even so, she still thought that Wei Changtian and his group were just ordinary wealthy businessmen.
"There are my people outside the inn! If they hear something wrong, they will definitely come and report it immediately!"
"Our people in the city will all be here by then!"
"I advise you to be sensible"
“Bang!!”
There was a sudden crisp sound, and blood mixed with broken teeth flew into the air.
Wei Changtian only gave a look, and Zhang San immediately understood what was going on and slapped the woman hard, interrupting her meaningless threat.
"Now, I'll ask you a question and you'll answer it."
Still sitting at the table, Wei Changtian looked coldly at the woman who was twitching constantly due to the severe pain, and said calmly: "If you say even a word of nonsense, you don't need to live."
“.”
To be able to survive in an environment like Zhongling until now, the woman is definitely not a good person.
Although she had just been slapped, she quickly regained consciousness, and a hint of ferocity like a venomous snake flashed in her eyes.
However, when she turned her head with difficulty and her eyes accidentally swept across the corner of Wei Changtian's clothes, she was suddenly stunned.
Because there is a small word "Wei" embroidered there.
Wei. There are many people with the surname Wei in the world, and there are also some wealthy families among them.
But at least in Daning, there is only one family that dares to embroider the word Wei on clothes. "You, you are!"
All the ferocity disappeared in an instant, leaving only endless fear.
It was not until now that the woman knew the origins of this group of people tonight, and she also guessed Wei Changtian's identity.
She looked at Wei Changtian who was trembling and unable to utter a complete sentence, but the latter didn't have the time to waste with her.
"Where is Magistrate Wang now?"
"Wang, County Magistrate Wang?"
His body was shaking wildly with fear, and his voice was completely distorted.
The woman had already been frightened out of her wits by seeing the word "Wei", and she no longer had any will to resist.
At this moment, she realized that if she wanted to survive, she had to tell everything she knew.
"Mr. Young Master, you are referring to the thin Wang Ren'an who served as the magistrate of Zhongling County two or two years ago. No, no, Mr. Wang?"
"That's him."
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is he dead or alive now?"
"Reply, reply, young master."
Not daring to look Wei Changtian in the eye, the woman endured the severe pain and lowered her head: "Lord Wang is dead."
"How did he die?" Wei Changtian's expression remained unchanged.
"this."
The woman seemed to be recalling or organizing her words. She paused for a few breaths before answering tremblingly, "Yes, I was on my way to the state government office to ask the state soldiers to suppress the bandits. I was killed by the bandits."
"Yes, some people say that it was a deputy commander named Tang in the prefecture who leaked the news, but no one knows why."
"What about the current county magistrate? Why doesn't he care about the bandit problem?" Wei Changtian asked again.
“This.”
"Because he is also a thief?"
“Bad, about the same”
"It's interesting to see a bandit serving as a county magistrate in Tanzhou."
Wei Changtian sneered, and he roughly understood what was going on.
It was probably that County Magistrate Wang had collected enough money and was preparing to go to the provincial government to request troops to suppress the bandits, but his whereabouts were leaked by a deputy commander, resulting in him being killed by the bandits halfway.
In fact, this alone would be fine, the people of Zhongling can continue to live in fear.
But who knew that the next county magistrate would be a bandit.
A mountain bandit serving as a county magistrate, Wei Changtian had only seen such a thing in a movie in his previous life.
And unlike Zhang Mazi, this "bandit county magistrate" was obviously not a "chivalrous bandit", but he completely turned Zhongling County into a big bandit's den.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the lives of the people in Zhongling.
As for why the Tanzhou government didn't intervene , it could be because the bandits had paid enough tribute, or it could be because of the previous chaos that caused the government to be unable to take care of these matters.
Anyway, there are always excuses in troubled times.
Shaking his head and not thinking any further, Wei Changtian slowly stood up from the table.
He walked slowly to the woman and asked condescendingly, "Where are all the bandits in the city gathering?"
"There are more than a hundred people in the county and the county government."
"There are still some in several casinos in the city and east of the city."
Soon, the woman trembled and said four or five locations, and then kowtowed repeatedly regardless of everything.
"Sir, I really don't know the rest of the details."
"Please, please have mercy and spare my life."
"I was forced to do this. If I didn't join them, I would be tortured by them. I, I had no choice."
“.”
The voice begging for mercy was extremely miserable, but it did not cause any ripples in Wei Changtian's heart.
In just a moment, the shadow of a knife flashed, and the woman's head flew high into the air, her wide-open eyes still showing pleading and fear.
Until the head fell to the ground, the expressions of everyone in the room, including Yang Liushi and Zhang San, did not change, as if they were no longer surprised by such bloody and horrific scenes.
"Tell my parents not to worry about what happened tonight and just have a good rest."
"We will continue our journey tomorrow morning."
Putting the sword back into its sheath, Wei Changtian glanced at the cold moonlight outside the window.
"Now, I'm going out for a while."
(End of this chapter)
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