Every place in Lingzhou has its own characteristics.

Guangping Prefecture is the largest granary in Lingzhou, while Dongqing Prefecture is the best place to raise horses. Almost every household here raises horses, so it is called a horse household. The reason why Lingzhou is said to be unrest is because it is always faced with the Western Wu cavalry.

Threats, the folk customs here are very fierce. Take the horse households in Dongqing Prefecture as an example. Many of them are ordinary people who help the court raise horses, but sometimes they become bandits and robbers.

This situation has existed for many years, and the government has turned a blind eye. As long as they can collect enough horses every year, they will not care too much about these horse owners.

Beginning in February of the fourth year of Kaiping, a young man named Chen Meng appeared in Dongqing Mansion. He was generous and generous, and soon became close friends with several local mahu leaders with high prestige. He stayed there until early July

, Chen Meng gathered a large number of horse households to become bandits and moved around Qingyu Mountain. Naturally, Dongqing Mansion did not dare to hide it and reported the matter to the Governor's Mansion. Then the Lingzhou Guards and Xiang Army went to Qingyu Mountain to suppress the bandits, and were defeated three times in a row.

Instead of exterminating this group of horse bandits, they only became more arrogant.

Qingyu Mountain is located between Dongqing Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture and Dingning Prefecture, and is only about 60 miles away from Linqing County in Guangping Prefecture.

This is the reason why the coal mines in Linqing County have not been mined for a long time.

If the horse bandits in Qingyu Mountain are not solved, this hidden danger will always threaten the safety of the mine.

But no one could have imagined that before the coal mines were mined, these horse bandits would suddenly emerge from the Qingyu Mountains and head straight for Linqing County.

The man at the front was Chen Meng.

He is thin and does not look like a brave and capable man, but there are horsemen on his left and right, who are extremely tall, and each of them carries a big knife on his back. These horse owners who have fallen into the trap have never seen Chen

He has a fierce appearance, because he has been wearing a simple mask since he appeared, covering most of his face.

The mask was never taken off, so no one knew what he looked like.

Chen Meng was able to become the leader of these horse households, firstly because he was particularly generous with his moves, secondly because the two strong men carrying swords around him were real martial arts masters, and thirdly because he knew the art of war and knew how to fight. Before, Lingzhou

The guards' troops were like little children in front of him and were easily dismissed.

In this way, Chen Meng gradually won the trust of all the horse households, so when he suddenly issued an order to send troops to Linqing County, no one in the mountains objected.

As for the reason for doing this, Chen Meng only gave one sentence: grabbing money, food, and women!

Linqing is the richest county in Lingzhou, and it is far away from Xingyang City, where the state is governed. There is no need to worry about being intercepted by most of the Xiang army. As for the 500 soldiers guarding the city, how can they be the opponents of the more than 2,000 horse bandits?

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Chen Meng galloped in silence, occasionally looking back at the arrogant horse farmers behind him. Seeing the excitement on their faces because of the robbery, he couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

The so-called robbery of Linqing was just a cover, and only a few people knew what he really wanted to do.

Sixty miles is not a short distance, but it is not too far for people who live on horseback all year round.

Chen Meng kept urging the horse on his crotch. He was very curious about one thing. When he got in front of the young imperial envoy, would he be so scared that he wet his pants?

That scene must be very interesting.

He has been waiting for this day for two full years.

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"Mr. Yan, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Linqing County, on the flat ground outside the east gate.

Pei Yue took Yan Linchuan's wrist, which seemed to be a gesture of respect for the elderly, but while asking indifferently, he asked his soldiers to tie up Yan Shiqiao. This scene seemed extremely strange, and Yan Linchuan, who was nearly seventy years old, had no idea.

How to respond.

Yan Donglou's appearance was miserable, but it didn't surprise Yan Linchuan too much. After all, he was just a member of the clan, and there were hundreds of juniors like him. How could Yan Linchuan care?

But Yan Shiqiao was different. This was his eldest son and the de facto head of the Yan family in Linqing!

Although Yan Linchuan still carries the name of the head of the family, he has stopped paying attention to family affairs since five years ago, and all authority has been handed over to Yan Shiqiao.

"Chief Pei, this charge is unfounded!" After Yan Linchuan was silent for a moment, he finally managed to squeeze out an answer.

"Is it groundless? Just check and you will find out. There are nearly a hundred scholars and more than 2,000 people here. It is impossible for everyone to come spontaneously to besiege the imperial guards. I know there must be someone secretly instigating it, but there must be someone.

Instructing them to do this will not be a rootless tree. In this way, there is no need to trouble the governor's office, and there is no need to make the boss anxious. Although these soldiers under my command have never worked in the Ministry of Justice, I haven't asked you yet.

Question. How about asking them to interrogate each one now and see what the result is?"

Pei Yue took Yan Linchuan's wrist and spoke calmly.

After Yu Zheng heard these words, he was secretly surprised. He thought that the county magistrate could stop this young imperial envoy. After all, he was also a junior member of the clan who was highly valued by Zuo Zongzhi. He didn't expect that Mo Qingyun, who usually spoke well in the county, was criticized by this young man.

He was beaten until his face turned pale. When Yan Linchuan was invited out, it turned out that this veteran of the Three Dynasties was really too old and was no match for Pei Yue. Now he was even more forced into a corner.

Listening to these words, a result will be announced on the spot. In fact, who among the people present does not know the truth of this scandal?

How could Yan Linchuan agree?

As expected, the old man said vaguely: "Envoy Pei, why are you so aggressive? In my opinion, it's just a misunderstanding."

Pei Yue was silent for a moment.

After coming to Lingzhou, he finally realized that the world was not as beautiful as he imagined.

In Kyoto, he saw Mo Haoli and Luo Ting, Wang Pingzhang and Lu Min, all of whom were outstanding figures. He learned a lot from watching the methods and styles of these big shots, and often felt that he was temporarily incompatible with them.

gap.

But what about now?

Xue Tao is greedy for profit, Liu Renji is double-dealing, Zhao Xianhong is shallow, Yan Linchuan is old and dim, Mo Qingyun has a false reputation, Yu Zheng is ashamed of his name, and everyone in Lingzhou is a useless person!

There are so many official figures in Lingzhou, but none of them can compare to Duan Yuzhu, the oiran in Peiyu Pavilion.

Thinking of this, Pei Yue let go of Yan Linchuan's wrist and let Mo Qingyun and Yu Zheng behind him support him. His eyes swept over the three people, ignoring Yan Shiqiao who was tied up on the ground and Yan who didn't dare to make a sound.

East Tower, and then looked at the Linqing scholars and common people squatting on the ground like lambs not far away, and couldn't help but sneered several times.

He hoped these people were wearing masks, otherwise he would be disappointed.

"Do you know who I am? Do you know what I am doing in Lingzhou?"
Chapter completed!