The leader of the robbers was furious.
"Why all this nonsense? Leave your toll, brothers. Officials have plenty of dirty money."
"Doing this is doing justice for God, let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the robbers swarmed forward.
Wang Huaijing wasn't really a fool.
He carried the ironwood stick on his back the whole time. When he saw the robbers rushing up, what was he waiting for? He grabbed the stick and started hitting them.
The bodyguards were already itching to make their move.
The two sides clashed instantly, and the battle was extremely fierce.
Of course, the robbers suffered the most. Clearly, they were untrained.
Even Wang Huaijing, that "weakling," took down several of them.
After taking down all the robbers, they were tied up, searched, and their face masks were torn off—all in one swift motion.
Wang Huaijing carried a wooden stick and walked up to the rice dumplings on the ground.
"Come here, tell me your names, which mountain you occupy, and where your hideout is?"
What they received was a number of corrupt officials who would rather die than say such things.
Wang Huaijing wasn't annoyed. "Hmm, you have backbone. I like people like you who won't tolerate betrayal."
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. I won't make things difficult for you." Her voice was incredibly gentle.
After saying that, he stood up, grabbed the stick, and slammed it down on the leg of the man who had just spoken.
"Awooo..." The heart-wrenching cry startled the nearby birds.
Clearly, that person's leg was broken.
Then he went up to the next person and asked the same question.
The following steps were exactly the same.
When he reached the third person, the man was so frightened that he trembled uncontrollably.
"The smaller one is the third house in Zaozi Hutong, East Second Street, Mogao County. Bijiuer is me."
He originally worked as a handyman in the county government office. Later, the county government office formed a patrol team with high wages, and anyone with strength could do it.
The boy was immediately tempted. His first patrol assignment involved robbing a passing merchant.
I'm terrified! I want to back out, but there's nowhere left to go.
My parents have already been taken to the village by the county magistrate to be cared for.
Only every six months or so can the younger generation have the opportunity to visit their parents.
If you do your job well, your parents will be able to live a better life.
If the younger child puts up any resistance, or if we're too slow during a robbery, my parents will not only go hungry for a while, but they'll also have to do even more work.
"I was forced into this situation and had no other choice. Wow..."
After Bijuer finished speaking, he burst into tears. Once one person started, the rest of the interrogation went much more smoothly. The signing and fingerprinting went very smoothly.
Only the head constable, Kamza, remained silent.
"It's good that you don't speak. If you don't speak, I'll have a chance to beat you a few more times."
He was a tough guy, but he only confessed to his crimes over the years when all four of his limbs were broken and Wang Huaijing was about to target his third leg.
Good, they've confessed. The group was strung together by chains, with those who had broken legs being carried by those who had good legs.
When the group entered Mogao County, it quickly caused a riot.
The reason why no commoner didn't hate this group of people was simply because they all worked in the county government and acted like big shots all day.
Seeing their miserable state, the people looked at Wang Huaijing and his entourage with admiration.
Taking advantage of the large crowd, Wang Huaijing took out his personal token and held it high above his head.
"Fellow villagers, I am Wang Huaijing, the newly appointed magistrate of Mogao County."
These individuals were the bandits who had ambushed Moyaoting, a place thirty miles from Mogao County.
After being captured by us, he confessed to all the evil deeds he had committed over the years.
As for Li Dongze, the bandit leader and a notorious troublemaker, do you, the common people, know where his home is?
If you know this, please organize your people to surround the Li family and make sure no one is released.
If the other party becomes aggressive, you should fight back.
As long as you don't kill anyone, I'll cover for you.
"I am now going to the county government office to apprehend the bandit leader."
The people cheered, and a young man with a full beard stepped forward.
"Is what you just said true? Are you really going to punish the county magistrate?"
Wang Huaijing stopped. "This isn't about 'dismissing' you; it's about investigating and prosecuting you according to the law. What's your name? Do you know any martial arts? Would you like to become a constable?"
After a moment of stunned silence, the bearded man was overjoyed. "I, Digmai, am willing to be a constable."
Wang Huaijing nodded, "Then you should organize the people to surround the house of County Magistrate Li Dongze."
Digma nodded, then ran off to gather people to join him in surrounding the Cheng family's residence.
The reason this young man was so eager to surround the county magistrate's house was because last month, his sister was forcibly taken away by the county magistrate.
His fate remains unknown.
He kept circling around the county magistrate's house, hoping to rescue his younger sister.
However, the walls of the county's Cheng family were too high and the guards were too strict, so he could not find an opportunity.
It just so happens that the new county magistrate has arrived today. He brings such a good opportunity as soon as he enters the city. It would be foolish for him not to seize it.
A large group of people rushed to the county magistrate's house.
Having lived in Mogao County for so many years, even a fool could guess that the root cause of the hardship was not the imperial court, but the county administration.
It's all because the deaths of all the previous county magistrates were suspicious.
Some even witnessed firsthand how the former county magistrate was murdered.
Even if they don't advertise it, they'll still tell their wives, and their wives will tell their families, and so on, spreading from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred.
Finally, the people of Mogao County learned of the county magistrate's evil deeds.
The common people spontaneously avoided associating with families whose members held government positions.
I'm just afraid that one day I'll offend someone and I won't even know how I died.
Today, Wang Huaijing entered the city and arrested so many yamen runners and constables, which is equivalent to cutting off one of the county magistrate's arms. How could they not be indignant?
Soon Wang Huaijing and his party arrived at the main gate of the county government office.
The two constables guarding the entrance to the county government office were lounging around, leaning against the wall. When they saw someone coming, they shouted at them.
"What are you doing? Do you know where you are? Get lost! Are you looking for a beating?"
Chang Ershiyi took the lead, rushed forward and slapped the guy who had just spoken rudely several times, leaving him stunned.
Just as Chang Ershi was about to draw the next one, the other one suddenly knelt down on the ground.
"Sir, please spare me! I'm just a gatekeeper. Please, do whatever you need."
Chang Ershi was so exasperated by this coward that he lost his temper, but he still kicked him.
Then he led the way, guiding the group into the county government office.
Immediately afterwards, they clashed with a group of officials from the county government office.
It took a quarter of an hour, clanging and banging, to finally tie up everyone in the yamen.
They were all piled up in the courtroom like stacked building blocks. The one at the bottom was Li Dongze.
He never expected that the newly appointed magistrate was also a bandit, and without saying a word, he grabbed his weapons.
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