At this moment, after learning the news of the tragic death of the second in command, the first in command was furious, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had only one thought in his mind, to avenge his brother.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere inside the county government office was grim. The magistrate took a letter with a gloomy expression. When he unfolded the letter and read its contents, his hands began to tremble with anger.
"Listen up, County Magistrate! I give you three days to prepare three hundred taels of gold as compensation, and offer one hundred beauties as a reward to our brothers! If you don't deliver all of this in three days, don't blame me for slaughtering Lufeng County! By then, it won't be as simple as sacrificing a hundred men! Don't even think about escaping! If anyone dares to escape, I will kill them!"
Looking at this letter full of arrogance and shameless words, the county magistrate was filled with grief and indignation.
In order to protect the people from the harassment of bandits, he was forced to endure humiliation and compromise, thinking that as long as he paid money on time, he could get the bandits to keep their promises.
However, the facts are now cruelly revealed before our eyes: these bandits are so despicable and shameless, and they go back on their word.
As the father and mother of this land, he must eradicate these bandits at all costs and give the people a peaceful and tranquil living environment.
But at the same time, he also knew clearly that this group of bandits had been entrenched in this area for a long time, were familiar with the terrain, and had many followers and were well-equipped. It would be no easy task to completely wipe out this group of vicious bandits.
He had once thought of reporting the matter to the imperial court, hoping that the court would send troops to suppress these rampant bandits. However, reality was like a basin of ice-cold water that mercilessly poured down on his burning heart.
The long and arduous journey became an insurmountable gap, and every letter ended in failure.
Late at night, the county magistrate sat alone in his study, holding tightly in his hand the letter that concerned the life and death of the people of the entire county.
The dim candlelight illuminated his solemn and worried face. As time passed, he stared at the letter paper intently until the sky turned pale in the east and dawn broke.
In just one night, he seemed to have experienced the vicissitudes of ten years, and his originally black hair was quietly covered with many silver strands.
On the next morning, sunlight streamed into the house through the window lattice, and the county magistrate walked slowly out the door with heavy steps.
However, those letters were posted on the gate of the county government office and the surrounding walls at some point, and there were dozens of them.
Seeing this scene, the county magistrate felt a black screen before his eyes, his body shook involuntarily, and he almost fainted.
But he knew that he had the responsibility of protecting the people, so he tried his best to suppress his inner fear and anxiety and tried to adjust his mood.
At this time, the people of Lufeng County had already discovered these shocking threatening letters. They rushed to the gate of the county government in panic and surrounded the place. Everyone's face was filled with fear and helplessness, and they urgently wanted to get a little protection from this fatherly official.
At this moment, Xie Qi had just finished breakfast and was sitting at the table leisurely drinking tea. The news about the incident also reached his ears.
Recalling that when Lan Qingxian mentioned this matter to him before, Xie Qi did not take it too seriously, thinking it was just ordinary bandits bullying local officials.
However, at this moment, when he looked at the huge crowd of people outside the door, he finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
Xie Qi slowly stood up, walked to the door, and gently closed it, as if isolating the noise from the outside world.
He leaned against the door, his head lowered slightly, lost in a brief moment of contemplation. After a moment, he said to 948, "I know how to attract the emperor's attention."
948 suddenly heard Xie Qi's words and asked doubtfully, "What method?"
"Of course it's fame! I want to make myself known to everyone! I want the emperor to come to me!"
Xie Qi said, then opened the door again, and pointed at the crowd of people outside and asked, "Do you know what they are?!"
948 looked outside, bewildered, and replied, "People? Humanity?"
"Wrong! It's word of mouth!"
After Xie Qi finished speaking, he walked towards the inner room and soon came to Lu Xingze who was concentrating on reading.
Xie Qi bent down slightly and said softly to Lu Xingze, "Aze, study hard. I'm going to go find the county magistrate to take care of some things."
Xie Qi taught Lu Xingze how to read for a whole winter, and now Lu Xingze can almost read all kinds of books independently.
When Lu Xing heard this, he first looked out the window, then slowly put down the book in his hand and asked, "Husband, I can't help you?"
After hearing this, Xie Qi pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head and replied slowly: "Not now, but you can wait until you become stronger."
Lu Xingze frowned upon hearing this, a hint of displeasure on his face. He then said, "In that case, you have to teach me new martial arts moves next time! I've already mastered all the previous ones, and I want to learn archery."
Seeing Lu Xingze so eager to learn and full of fighting spirit, Xie Qi couldn't help but smile and agreed: "Of course."
At this moment, the county magistrate was standing in the crowd, trying to calm the agitated people. However, the situation was almost out of control, and the people were terrified and noisy.
Someone in the crowd even loudly suggested: "Let's just go up the mountain together to encircle and suppress those bandits!" As soon as this was said, it immediately received many responses, and everyone echoed it.
Just when the county magistrate was sweating profusely and at a loss, the drum at the gate of the county government office, which symbolized justice and majesty, suddenly issued three heavy and loud drum beats.
The sound of the drums was like a bolt from the blue, instantly penetrating the noisy voices and making the entire scene suddenly silent.
All the people looked in the direction where the drum sound came from, and saw a tall and handsome young man walking steadily towards them.
Some people in the crowd were sharp-eyed and quickly recognized that this imposing young man was the hero who had displayed amazing martial arts skills yesterday.
In an instant, people's eyes were focused on him, and the originally tense and chaotic atmosphere seemed to ease a little because of his appearance.
Seeing that the scene had finally quieted down, Xie Qi took a few slow steps forward and arrived before the Lufeng County Magistrate. With a straight figure and a determined gaze, he gazed at the magistrate and slowly said, "I can help you completely eradicate these bandits."
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