Qin Fang was really at a loss. It was possible to ask him to lead troops to fight, but this was the first time he encountered such a thing. In his impression, this was something that the county lord should be in charge of. Oh, now the county lord has been caught by him.
The old lady was still kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: "General, I have a grievance, general..."
The old lady's daughter-in-law was watching in secret. She covered her mouth and saw her mother-in-law like this. She really couldn't help but want to rush out, but she endured it.
Qin Fang came to his senses and walked over. As he walked over, the crowd moved away a little, for fear that they would bump into the general and be caught. After all, this was someone who dared to catch even the county lord, so the official must be higher than the county lord.
Qin Fang walked up to the old lady and said, "Old lady, I can't handle such things, but don't worry, the imperial envoy will come in a few days, and I will tell the imperial envoy about your case and ask him to make the decision." He was transferred to Yunxiang County. If there was any unjust case in Yunxiang County, he could also understand a little, but the affairs of Huanshui County were not under his jurisdiction.
However, he had to wait for the imperial envoy here, so it was okay to understand a little.
The old lady didn't understand these, but when she heard Qin Fang say that he would introduce them to the imperial envoy, she was satisfied. She knelt down and said, "Thank you, general, thank you, general."
Qin Fang supported her and didn't let her kneel down. The old man was about the same age as his grandmother, and he couldn't bear to watch the other person kneel down to him. "Old man, let me ask someone to take you home first. Write down your address. When the imperial envoy arrives, I will be able to remember the way."
The old lady heard this and was about to say something when she saw the woman running over from the corner where she was hiding: "General, you have to catch that beast first. Otherwise, when the imperial envoy arrives, what if the beast runs away?"
Qin Fang looked at the other party: "Who are you?"
The old lady quickly grabbed Qin Fang's hand: " "General, this is my daughter-in-law. She is a good person. She has been taking care of me since my son died unjustly. She has never abandoned a blind man like me in the past year. She is a good person."
Qin Fang felt that she was trembling, and he supported her tightly: "Don't worry, old lady."
The woman also supported the old lady at this moment: "Mom, I'm fine, don't worry."
The old lady was relieved to hear her daughter-in-law say this.
Qin Fang could see that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was very good, but he didn't understand what the woman had just said: "Madam, what did you mean by a beast just now?"
The woman said: "The beast did something bad. What if the minister comes and he runs away? So please arrest him, general."
Qin Fang said: "I can't arrest him for no reason, but don't worry, I will have someone keep an eye on him. Since you have a grievance with each other, I will not let him leave before the minister comes. I wonder who the other person is?"
When the woman was about to speak, Captain Lu came over with a man in his arms: "Sir, I found this man sneaking out of the back door of the county government office. Yao Qiang said that this man is Doctor Feng, the same Doctor Feng who almost wrongly accused the lady of murder that day, so I brought him here."
Doctor Feng was almost suffocated by being carried by Captain Lu. He knew that the county government office was surrounded and the county master might not be able to protect himself, so he left the back door of the county government office as soon as possible. He didn't know that even the back door was surrounded. After hearing what Yao Qiang said, he remembered that the woman he met in the clinic that day had such a great background. Thinking of what he said casually, Doctor Feng wanted to die.
Yao Qiang, one of the soldiers who followed Yang Haiyan into the city that day. So when he saw Doctor Feng at the back door of the county government office, he recognized him at a glance.
When Qin Fang heard this, he immediately looked at Doctor Feng with deep eyes: "Did you falsely accuse Zhuo Jing of murder?" His tone was cold and hard, and his attitude was very obvious.
Doctor Feng shook his head hurriedly: "No, no, no, this is a misunderstanding, general, this is really a misunderstanding. Later the misunderstanding was clarified, and your wife also went back, right?"
Qin Fang snorted: "Really? But I heard that you are suspected of deliberately accusing her. Why, if she didn't bring soldiers with her at the time, would you have insisted on her?"
Doctor Feng wanted to faint with his eyes white, but he couldn't faint. He had to try hard and explain desperately: "It was really a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. General, you can ask the people in the county. I am a kind-hearted person on weekdays. How could I do such an injustice? It was really a misunderstanding."
Qin Fang raised his eyebrows: "Really?"
"He lied." The woman who was supporting the old lady said loudly, "General, don't believe him, he lied. He is a beast. His medicine killed my husband. The county magistrate favors him. We have no place to redress our grievances." After saying that, the woman and the old lady knelt down again, crying and saying, "General, the beast we are talking about is him. He prescribed medicine indiscriminately and killed my husband. We reported to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate ruled that he was not guilty. But my husband took his medicine, and his health is getting worse. I I also took the drug residue to ask people, and they said that there was something wrong with the drug residue. But they were afraid of his power, so they testified for me. General, we are innocent..."
Doctor Feng shouted, "Nonsense, who are you? I don't even know you."
The woman cried and cursed, "You beast, you are so ungrateful. When I sued the county magistrate, you didn't look like this." Maybe it was because of Qin Fang that the woman had the courage. If it was usual, she would not be so brave and would avoid Doctor Feng. "Last year, my husband had an accident after taking your medicine. I took the medicine residue to sue the county magistrate, but you said that it was not the residue from your Feng Family Clinic. Because I could not prove that it was the residue from your Feng Family Clinic, I could not sue you.
Afterwards, you hypocritically gave me two taels of silver, saying that you sympathized with my situation, and thus fulfilled your reputation as a good man. Bah, you are clearly guilty. You want to use two taels of silver to buy my husband's life, don't even think about it. I took the two taels of silver and pretended that nothing happened, because my mother-in-law saw Illness requires money. I have lost my man, and my family needs money to live. But we cannot die yet. We must live. There is always hope that we will get justice one day.
You beast, you didn't expect that we could wait for this day. Now the generals are here, and the ministers are coming too. You just wait for the retribution to come. "
Doctor Feng really regretted not getting rid of these two women. He didn't think of cutting the weeds and eradicating them at the time because the matter was being watched by the people of the whole county. If he got rid of this family, it would inevitably lead to gossip. Besides, his image was that of a kind man, and he was not afraid of these two women. All the evidence had been taken away, and the obvious drug residue had been dealt with, so he was relieved.
But unexpectedly, a general appeared today, the county magistrate was arrested, and these two women came out to make trouble. But no matter how much he regretted, it was useless. He could only argue with them like a shrew: "I gave you money out of kindness and sympathized with your situation, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful. If I had known this, I would not have given you money, and I should have sued you for false accusation."
The woman: "You are just a thief with a guilty conscience."
Doctor Feng: "You are talking nonsense."
The woman: "You beast, when the imperial envoy comes, I will ask you to pay for my husband's life."
Doctor Feng: "When the imperial envoy arrives, I think you, a shrew, will be arrested first."
Woman: "..."
Doctor Feng: "..."
Qin Fang watched them swearing at each other, and his head hurt. He seemed to remember the scene when women in the village quarreled when he was a child.
Qin Fang frowned and said to Captain Lu: "Take Doctor Feng away, temporarily close the Feng family clinic, and all people related to this matter will be strictly guarded. Everything will be determined after Lord Du arrives."
Captain Lu: "Yes." Then he took Doctor Feng away.
The common people gathered together to discuss, and some of them looked at Qin Fang secretly.
Qin Fang said to them, "Don't crowd here. The imperial envoy will be here in a few days. If any of you have any grievances, go home and sort them out, and then tell the imperial envoy. In addition, if any of you have been robbed by the Wulipo bandits, sort them out. When the imperial envoy arrives, you will be compensated appropriately.
Not only you, but you should also tell each other about the common people whose money was robbed. At the same time, I hope you remember that this is a gift from the court and the emperor. Everyone should remember the kindness of the court and the emperor."
"Thank you, general."
"General, we understand."
"Thank you, the court, for remembering us. Thank you, the emperor, for remembering us."
Everyone was very happy. Among these people, there were quite a few who had been robbed by the Wulipo bandits. Some of them had been robbed more or less. Now the court could compensate them a little, even if it was a small amount, they would be happy. It was a pleasant surprise to get something back that they had not expected. Who wouldn't be happy?
The lives of the people in Huanshui County were definitely turbulent before the arrival of the imperial envoy. Because Qin Fang had said that the court would make appropriate compensation for the things that the people had been robbed by the bandits, so the people in Huanshui County were waiting for the arrival of the imperial envoy every day.
At the same time, regarding the 3,000 surrendered barbarians, Qin Fang divided them into two groups. A group of healthy people went first, led by Captain Lu with 100 soldiers and 150 barbarian soldiers. They were accompanied by private guards such as Yang Haiyan and Kunshi.
Qin Fang and Captain Yang and others followed, taking care of the sick, and more importantly, waiting for the arrival of the imperial envoys. Fortunately, Doctor Li stayed to take care of the sick, so the affairs of these people were relatively stable.
The most troublesome thing was the women rescued from the bandits' den. None of them wanted to go home, because going home was also a shame. Moreover, some girls were given to the bandits by their own parents. The thieves were rampant, and some unfeeling parents gave away their own daughters, who were considered as losers in their eyes, in order to protect themselves.
Yang Haiyan went ahead this time and took away 20,000 taels of silver, 15,000 taels were 30% of the military pay, and the other 5,000 taels were the reward from the emperor to Qin Fang. It is estimated that the emperor did not know that the bandit den had so much silver, otherwise he would have felt bad to give a 10% reward, after all, the court was in need of money.
So, Qin Fang was smart and blurred the amount of the stolen money.
Three days later, the imperial envoy finally arrived.
Du Ke was middle-aged, but he was knowledgeable and had a high position and a generous salary. What kind of scenes had he not seen? This was the first time he encountered such a situation. When the imperial guards arrived at the gate of Huanshui County, they saw that almost all the people in the city were kneeling down to welcome him.
How can one describe this feeling? He was always strict and stern in official circles and in the morning court, but now he felt a little floating, as if he was walking on clouds. And under his feet were these common people.
"Sir?" The captain of the imperial guards looked at Du Ke, who was also a little depressed. If the common people blocked them, they could also force their way through, but in the current situation, the common people were kneeling down to warmly welcome the lord, as if the lord was the local parent official.
Although Du Ke was a civil servant, he was also a martial artist. In order to rush to Huanshui County to deal with the collusion between officials and bandits, he rode a horse all the way. Riding a horse is faster than riding a carriage.
So after he came to his senses, he got up immediately. When he got off the horse, he heard the people saying, "Welcome to the noble envoy."
Some shouted, "The noble envoy is here." Some
even said, "The noble envoy is here too."
And, "Greetings to the noble envoy."
In short, the people's enthusiastic voices were very obvious. Du Ke was puzzled. What was going on with the people? Why were they so enthusiastic? However, Du Ke did not panic. He smiled a little on his serious face and said to the people in the most charitable voice in his life: "Everyone, get up quickly, don't kneel on the ground, get up." As he said that, he also helped up an old man who was closest to him: "Old man, what's going on, why are you all here?" Because he was in a hurry, even Qin Fang didn't know when he would arrive, how did these people know?
The old man who was helped up by Du Ke was a little flattered and said: "In reply to the words of the chariot lord, since General Qin told us that the chariot minister would come in the next few days, we have been waiting at the city gate every day. Today we are waiting for you, and everyone is happy."
Du Ke didn't know what to say. Instead of saying that the people were enthusiastic, it would be better to say why Qin Fang told the people about his upcoming arrival? Du Ke asked curiously: "How did General Qin tell you about the matter of the Imperial Inspector?"
The old man answered honestly: "General Qin said that he was ordered by the emperor to suppress the bandits, and the county magistrate was arrested for colluding with the bandits. The court and the emperor will compensate us appropriately for the things that were robbed, but we have to sort it out in advance so that you can understand it when you come. Look, everyone has sorted it out. So we are waiting for you here.
By the way, Imperial Inspector, General Qin also said that if we have grievances, we can also come to you for redress. Can we really come to you?"
How did Du Ke answer? Of course we can. He said to the old man, "Old man, I just arrived in Huanshui County and have to go to the county government office to handle some business. Tell everyone to go home. Two days later, I will beat gongs and drums along the street to tell everyone. Then you can come to see me again."
The old man obeyed: "Yes." Then he began to shout at everyone, "Everyone, go home first. Don't disturb the imperial guard. The imperial guard has to go back to the county government office..."
Du Ke also said, "Everyone, go home first."
The people dispersed obediently. Du Ke said to one of the guards, "Take a few people to inquire about Qin Fang's situation in the past few days." How did he persuade so many people to come to greet him?
Guard: "Yes."
Then, Du Ke went to the county government office. However, before Du Ke arrived at the county government office, he met Qin Fang who rushed over. The county magistrate was arrested, and there was no one in the county yamen, so Qin Fang naturally had to stay in the yamen. Not only did he stay in the yamen, he also asked the soldiers to patrol, so as to prevent other things from happening in the county city without yamen officers patrolling. So when the patrolling soldiers found that the imperial envoy had come, they went to report to Qin Fang, and Qin Fang rushed over. "I am here to see you, sir."
Du Ke looked at Qin Fang. A month ago, he was just an ordinary young man. Even if he was a captain of a thousand men, he was still not good enough in the eyes of him, the Minister of War. To put it bluntly, he was not even as good as his family's guards. Qin Fang at that time was nothing special. If you have to say, he was a little courageous. After all, when he proposed to let Wei Wu be the captain of a thousand men, he still dared to recommend Han Zhen.
However, after almost a month of not seeing each other, this man was like a precious sword, slowly becoming sharper during the polishing.
Du Ke was a little surprised, but it was not enough to shock him. He had some good feelings for Qin Fang, and this good feeling came from this letter from Qin Fang. Speaking of which, the letter that Qin Fang sent to the capital made him feel that Qin Fang was a man who could do things. The bandit suppression and evidence were all prepared one by one, instead of throwing the difficult problem to him and asking him to suppress the bandits and find evidence, so he thought that people who can do things like this were good.
But if it was just good before, then this time when he came to Huanshui County and saw so many people welcoming him, no matter for what reason, Du Ke was a little happy. So, he was in a good mood. He said: "General Qin, there is no need to be polite, please stand up." This tone and attitude were much better than when he was in the Yongzhou military camp.
Qin Fang stood up and stood silently beside Du Ke. He was not a talkative person, so he would not say nice words like some smart subordinates to curry favor with his superiors. For example, most people would say at this time: Lord Du, you have worked hard all the way. But Qin Fang didn't.
Du Ke raised his eyebrows and looked at him, and seeing his silence, Du Ke found it funny again. He has been an official for many years. Even though he has no feeling towards being flattered and can ignore it directly, to be honest, it is better to have flattery than not to have flattery, right? But what about this person? Du Ke shook his head and opened the topic directly: "When I entered the city just now, I saw many common people waiting for me there. What's going on?"
Qin Fang said: "They are waiting for you. Since I told them a few days ago that you would come to Huanshui County to deal with the thieves and other unjust cases for them, they have been looking forward to your coming. Now that you are here, they must be very happy."
These words are very simple, but Du Ke's mouth moved when he heard it, and he was very pleased. "Tell me about what happened in the past few days. You took down the bandit den and arrested all the bandits without losing a single soldier. You are a good commander. I know you come from a poor family and your family doesn't have the conditions to let you study, but you can still do such a thing. It shows that you are suitable for leading troops."
Qin Fang was a little happy to be praised. You know, Du Ke is the Minister of War. It is his honor to be praised by him. However, although he was happy and a little embarrassed, Qin Fang was not proud or arrogant. His happiness was accompanied by a sense of happiness of being recognized and a sense of embarrassment. Qin Fang said frankly with a smile: "I really have never been to school. My family is poor. It is not easy for my parents and elders to raise us brothers and sisters. So when I was fifteen, I went to serve in the army instead.
Although military service is hard, thanks to the grace of the court, I eat more in the barracks than at home. Later, the court granted me a marriage, and I "My wife was educated and could read, so she taught me how to read, and I had the opportunity to pretend to be a scholar. After I learned how to read, I bought some military books to read.
But... I feel ashamed to say that I caught the bandits without spending a single soldier or a single family. I did not win because of the king, but because I used despicable means."
Du Ke was a little surprised. He did not expect that Qin Fang's reading was taught by his wife. The court would give wives to soldiers. They were all maids from officials who had been convicted. They were released from slavery and became good women, and then they were assigned to soldiers. This has been going on since the founding of the Qi Kingdom, so it has been used until now. Therefore, it is not surprising that those maids from officials' families could read books.
However, this is also because Qin Fang is studious, knows how to read, and reads military books. If he is not ambitious, he may not seize the opportunity even if it is in front of him. However, "What a despicable method, I don't know what it is, I am also curious."
Qin Fang felt ashamed and said, "It was knockout drugs and drugs. It rained heavily that day, and because the bandits colluded with the county magistrate, they could do whatever they wanted in Huanshui County, so the defense of the bandits' lair was very poor. I took advantage of this and sneaked into the bandits' lair, and then put knockout drugs in their water and food. I was worried that the knockout drugs were not strong enough, so I used drugs to knock them out while they were having breakfast.
It was really... a little..."
"Hahaha..." Du Ke laughed. He hadn't been in such a good mood for a long time. "Although people should be upright, I still agree with doing things differently to people. For thieves, they are despicable people. Using despicable means is worthy of them." Those who pay attention to gentlemanly conduct in everything are the people who seek fame and reputation. In Du Ke's view, as long as you can win, everything is fine.
The emperor used the marriage between the Wei family and the Yang family to win the battle for the throne smoothly and beautifully. Even though this matter is a topic of gossip, the imperial power is supreme. Who dares to talk about it in front of the emperor? Even if they whisper a few words behind his back, they should hide and whisper. It is better for the person concerned not to hear it, so how can they care?
While talking, they have already arrived at the county government.
Du Ke was a man of business, and once he arrived at the county government, he did not even take a break, and asked Qin Fang to present all the relevant evidence, including the thief's testimony and the money that was seized.
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