Shen Xi didn't know who was going to transfer him to the northwest for the time being, and he was indignant in his heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's not over yet, is it?

As soon as I made some progress in the three southeastern provinces, I wanted to transfer me away, and after I arrived in the northwest, I became a pawn who worked as a coolie for those nobles, and I had the responsibility to carry it, and I carried the danger in front, and I had to share most of the merit with the turtle grandsons who stayed behind.

Whoever likes to go to this muddy water in the northwest, anyway, Lao Tzu is not waiting!

Either leave me in the southeast to continue to operate, or transfer me back to the capital to teach the bear child, at this time of the upcoming change of throne, the most important thing is to settle down, as for the court to show that it means little to me, no one in the court will obey me as a descendant who has not grown hair.

Only when Emperor Zhengde ascends the throne and messes up the court is the time for me to show my skills.

On the night of March 16, Jian Fang, the magistrate of Huilai County, personally went to the post house to deliver a list of local donated materials.

Shen Xi was very satisfied with the quantity after seeing it, but the quality problem needs to be said separately, I am afraid that the local gentry will fool people with shoddy quality, but judging from the enthusiasm of the Huilai gentry to suppress bandits, this possibility is not very likely.

It is necessary to rely on the official army to quell the bandits, and dare to use shoddy military supplies, and the gentry of Huilai County are digging their own graves.

Jian Fang conveyed the expectations of the local gentry for Shen Xi, hoping that Shen Xi would succeed in the first battle and completely solve the bandit problem along the coast of Guangdong, but apparently no one realized that the rampant local bandits were the result of the failure of governance.

In the eyes of those in power, most of the mud legs are the people who prevent them from becoming officials and knights, and only by changing this mentality, working hard to develop the people's livelihood, invigorating the economy, and making everyone have enough food and clothing, can local bandits be reduced. Relying on suppression, even if a wave of bandits is destroyed, if the people are still struggling to make a living, it will not be long before new bandits will rise.

Shen Xi entered the city to reach out and ask for money and food, so he was not polite and smiled happily.

In the post house, after ten days of traveling, Shen Xi is now very tired, but he still picked up a pen and paper to formulate a strategy for marching and fighting, and made a diary to sort out and record the situation along the way.

"My lord, it's time for you to rest, and you'll leave for Haimen tomorrow." After the drum of the third watch sounded, Jing Yue came in to remind Shen Xi to rest early.

Shen Xi raised his head and glanced at Jing Yue, and couldn't help but think that he was usually in Beijing or Guangzhou Fucheng, every time he stayed up late on business, it was Xie Yun'er or Xie Hengnu who reminded him to rest early, but he couldn't enjoy the gentle township when he was out on the expedition.

"Got it."

Shen Xi put down his pen and said, "Inform the county government that the materials raised will be sent to the camp outside the city at the fifth watch tomorrow morning, and the remaining part will be sent to the Haimen Office, and this official will not stay in the city for a long time." ”

Shen Xi confessed, got up and went back to the room.

Shen Xi went to rest, and Jing Yue had to arrange for someone to stay on duty at night to prevent anyone from sneaking up on the post house, but along the way, no one dared to disadvantage Shen Xi, the commander of the three armies, and it seemed that he was doing useless work.

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The moon is dark and the wind is high, Huilai County is peaceful, only the light in front of the county yamen is revealed, the soap Li and the officers and soldiers are busy in an orderly manner, and the post house where Shen Xi settled is calm.

Not long after Shen Xi lay down, the whole person didn't wait to sleep steadily, there was a noise outside, Shen Xi was very alert, and immediately got up and dressed and came to the door, Jing Yue hurried over to communicate with him: "My lord, grab a few people in black, it seems to be assassins." ”

"Assassin!?"

Shen Xi's face was full of surprise, he never expected that someone would come to assassinate him. This is a county town protected by four city walls, is there really a "hero" who comes and goes to assassinate officials and do the right thing for heaven?

Shen Xi asked, "What's going on?" Have you confirmed their identity? ”

Jing Yue shook his head: "My lord, I don't know the specific situation for the time being, these people all came in from the dog hole, and the brothers were already on guard and didn't let these lambs take advantage of the situation." ”

Hearing that it was a dog hole, Shen Xi knew that it was not what he imagined, at most it was a few assassins who could bend and stretch, and when he arrived at the front hall, he saw the soldiers escorting the three "assassins" up, Shen Xi's intuition told him that these three guys were probably the thieves of the chicken and the dog.

The three of them were beaten all over their bodies.

They were beaten half to death before they saw the officials, and it was also their bad luck that the guests staying in the post house today were not ordinary officials, but the Governor with a large army in his hands, as well as the Governor's own soldiers, who were clearly hitting the muzzle of the gun.

Jing Yue went up and dragged a young man who looked to be only about twenty years old, grabbed him by the collar and asked, "Say, who asked you to come to the post house to assassinate Lord Fu?" ”

The young man's face is not big, and his facial features look like that, but when they are put together, it is like a lump of sheep beans on the horse's face, which is extremely ugly, and the key voice is still ugly, and he scolded and scolded in the voice of a male duck:

"You poor masters are really domineering, we are just stealing something, and if we planted it, we are not good, and sending us to the county government is to beat people? Oops, hiss...... We only know that there are some officials who often live here, and they have a lot of money, and we don't know what the adults are. ”

Jing Yue was angry, kicked the young man in the stomach, kicked the person down, and shouted: "Dare to have a hard mouth, pull out and fight!" ”

The horse-faced young man was miserable when he heard it: "Still fighting?" A few bad masters, I beg you to succeed, and if you fight again, you will die! ”

Jing Yue didn't eat this set, and was about to take someone out, Shen Xi yawned, waved his hand, and signaled Jing Yue not to shout and kill first, Jing Yue then let go of the three people in front of him with a tiger face.

Shen Xi asked, "You have a sharp mouth, are you a local?" ”

"What kind of adult, we are just eating together, what is the difference between being a local or not?" The horse-faced young man said indignantly.

This guy came to steal and was caught, but he was justified, as if he had been wronged. But listening to his accent, it is not a native of Guangdong Province, but an accent from the Jiangbei region, as for why he arrived in Huilai County, it is difficult to say, but it cannot be cleared of his suspicion of assassination.

The thief is sneaky, but the thief will pretend to be garlic, what if the real assassin is caught by mistake, and lies that he is a thief in order to survive?

Shen Xi asked, "Can you find weapons before?" ”

"Yes!"

Jing Yue took the "weapon" from the soldier's hand, but it was a large string of wires and keys, to say that Shen Xi believed that he would take this thing to open the door and unlock it, but to say that this thing can kill people would be insulting to people's intelligence. However, Shen Xi still didn't take it lightly, what if this assassin was experienced and deliberately used such a bunch of keys as a trick in order to clear suspicion?

Shen Xi was cautious, pondered for a while, and then asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Jing Yue nodded again: "Yes!" ”

After speaking, Jing Yue took out a pocket, which contained all the things found from the three thieves including the horse-faced young man, there were six or seven copper plates, rags, rouge boxes, handkerchiefs and hairpins, and "Ding Lingdang" was scattered all over the ground.

Seeing that it was obvious that he had just stolen from a boudoir, he continued to commit the crime along the dog hole of the post house before he had time to hide the stolen goods, and he didn't want to be caught.

This could have dispelled suspicions, but Shen Xi still had a cautious attitude, maybe this was also a trick? Then he thought about it: "If a thief from any family wants to assassinate and bring such a bunch of things with him, it is really enough to sell the price!" ”

Shen Xi stood up: "Pull it out, beat it with thirty sticks, interrogate it again, remember not to kill people, and send it to the county government tomorrow." With that, he yawned and went back to sleep.

After such a toss, Shen Xi lay down and didn't fall asleep for a long time, but there was a scream like killing a pig in the distance, and it seemed that Jing Yue and the thirty military sticks under his command were not lightly attacked.

Shen Xi ignored it, and when he came out of the room, Jian Fang, the county governor of Huilai, was already waiting in the main hall, and Jian Fang learned that there was an "assassin" in the post house yesterday, and he was waiting outside to ask Shen Xi for his guilt.

"Lord Shen, are you okay?" When Jian Fang saw Shen Xi, she first expressed her concern.

Shen Xi waved his hand: "It's okay, but it's bothering Jian Zhixian, the three people outside ......"

Jian Fang hurriedly said: "My lord, I have gone to see the officials, they are all habitual thieves in the city, and they have been tried in court more than once or twice, and the prison is almost through." Rest assured, these habitual thieves will definitely be assigned to the army, and they will not be evil again. ”

It seems to be ruthless, but the yamen has always been ruthless to thieves, but there is nothing to be done about the local Jiangyang thieves who do a lot of evil.

Shen Xi couldn't help but think of what the horse-faced young man said at night, just came out to eat, and the sliding door and unlocking it was one of the three hundred and sixty lines, if he crossed over to such a thief, even if he had a full stomach, he would have to solve the problem of filling his stomach first, and he might not necessarily embark on this road.

"It's a habitual thief, no wonder!" Shen Xi shook his head and said, "I also fought yesterday, let them leave Huilai County on their own." ”

Shen Xi suddenly felt nostalgic for his life experience, and he had no intention of killing the three thieves.

Jian Fang thought that as long as Shen Xi didn't pursue it, it would be easy to say, so she hurriedly saluted: "Everything is up to the adults." ”

Shen Xi immediately asked Jing Yue to let the people go, but when he came out to the courtyard in front of him, he saw that the three thieves, including the horse-faced young man, had been beaten to the point that they were only half a life, lying on the ground motionless. Jing Yue stepped forward and kicked him, shouting, "Want to play dead? Get up! ”

The horse-faced young man barely opened his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Grass Kan human life, grass Kan human life......

"Mother Xipi, dare to talk nonsense, look at how your grandfather cleans you up!"

Jing Yue was about to apply another punch and kick, but Shen Xi stopped him.

Shen Xi looked down at the horse-faced young man, it was indeed pitiful, the only thing such a person was proficient in was sliding the door and unlocking it, even if he was given a way to live, he would continue to steal in the future, and the final result would be that he would be assigned to the army and die on the border.

"Let them go with the army." Shen Xi Road.

"My lord, this ...... No, these are three thieves. How can there be such rats in the army? Jing Yue disagreed with Shen Xi's decision.

Shen Xi said: "Lao Yue, some things need to be changed, although they are thieves, they are very proficient in unlocking." It's you, okay? ”

Jing Yue smiled embarrassedly, he was going to kill the enemy on the battlefield, who would slip the door and unlock it?

Shen Xi said again: "Take it, just take them with a mouthful of food, maybe it will come in handy in the future, if it is useless, send them away on the road and let them fend for themselves." ”

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