The robber took Wu Shigong through a small wood and came to a dilapidated temple. At this time, the sky was completely dark. Wu Shigong and others lit the torch and searched the dilapidated temple carefully. They did not find anyone. It is estimated that the robbers did not dare to return to this dilapidated temple just now.

Wu Shigong sent several groups of people to keep watch. After ambushing the broken temple into secret whistles, they followed the robber through the back door of the broken temple, walking on a winding path with shrubs on both sides for a while, and came to a small courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Wu Shigong and the others were shocked. The courtyard was filled with big trucks full of goods, and more than a dozen horses were locked in the straw shed of the courtyard eating hay.

Wu Shigong thought to himself: "It seems that these robbers are the group of people who hijacked Guide to Jining caravans. All the goods they robbed were hidden here."

Wu Shigong asked the robber about their gang.

The robber replied: "Grandpa, our group of people are all from the nearby villages called by the monks in this temple. The disaster is too serious now, so we will do some unsuccessful business together. However, the young man did not know where the monks came from, but only knew that the leaders of our village were very respectful to them."

Wu Shigong had been traveling to the Ming Dynasty for a long time. He understood that the "city" mentioned by this robber means a bandit nest. If the robber had not lie, these monks could have gathered several groups of bandits to rob together, which probably had some origins.

Wu Shigong repeatedly asked the robber, wanting to know the origin of the monks, but the robber couldn't tell the reason. Seeing that he couldn't find more things, Wu Shigong made a gesture to the guard behind the robber. The guard stabbed the knife in his hand. The robber struggled a few times and then lay on the ground and stopped moving.

At this moment, the sound of fire from muskets suddenly came from the direction of the ruined temple. Wu Shigong and the others immediately took out the weapons around them and ran towards the ruined temple.

After arriving at the ruined temple, I saw a man lying on the ground of the ruined temple hall, with a big hole in his chest being blown out by a musket, and he could not die any more. Several guards holding weapons were surrounded by the corpse.

"What's going on?" Wu Shigong asked.

"Sir, the man sneaked in and was discovered by our secret whistle and beaten to death here."

When Wu Shigong checked the body, he found that the body was another monk.

The monk was also unlucky. He didn't come early or late. When Wu Shigong and his friends came to the courtyard, he saw that there was no fire in the dilapidated temple and thought there was no one in the dilapidated temple, so he touched it in, but he was found and beaten to death by those secret whistles.

Wu Shigong looked at the monk's body and his mind lit up: That monk alone would never be able to take away the goods in the courtyard. This shows that there are gold, silver and jewelry hidden in this dilapidated temple.

When Wu Shigong talked about his thoughts and the guards, everyone immediately became excited and immediately flipped the dilapidated temple up and down. Finally, a secret partition was found under the statue of the main hall, with more than 800 taels of silver hidden inside.

Wu Shigong asked the guards to search the robbers' bodies he brought back and found seventy or eighty taels of silver. In this way, the harvest this time was quite large. In addition to those goods, more than nine hundred taels of silver were included.

Wu Shigong was also afraid that the night would be long and dreams would be too long. After using horses to cover all the big carts, Wu Shigong and the others immediately left the dilapidated temple and came to the road. They simply formed a circle with big carts on the road, lit several piles of firewood, and spent the night on the road.

The next day, as soon as the sun rose, Wu Shigong and the others drove a cart. They didn't even enter Guide Mansion City. They just sent two guards to Old Man Zhao Ming to report the robbery. The rest rushed all the way and returned to Qianhu Suo Fortress as fast as possible.

After returning to the Qianhu Fortress, Wu Shigong immediately found a merchant in the town to estimate the value of the goods on the truck. After estimating the value, Wu Shigong found all the leaders Xue Yongli and others.

In modern times, Wu Shigong knew that the matter of dividing spoils is the thing that accumulates the most popularity of the group and the most conflicting thing. Therefore, he must clearly distribute the spoils this time.

In front of these leaders, Wu Shigong carefully calculated the value of the spoils this time. In the end, the silver, goods, horses and weapons were converted into a total of 4,500 taels of silver.

Once the settlement was completed, Wu Shigong immediately took out 1,500 taels of silver and distributed it. In addition to the guards who participated in the battle, the soldiers and auxiliary personnel in the Qianhu Fortress were more or less assigned, including Yang Goudan, the blacksmiths and several apprentices in his blacksmith workshop, as well as the fifty young men who were Wu Shigong's servants.

Even Yang Goudan's wife got a share. Yang Goudan's wife is in Qianhushou Fortress and has a very popular relationship. Because in Qianhushou Fortress, they are basically big men, and some things that can be repaired, Yang Goudan's wife basically meets all her requests.

In addition, her eldest son Yang Rusong performed very well when training in the horse team and had a good relationship with his companions. So until now, Yang Goudan had not succeeded in taking a concubine. Yang Goudan was also in the fortress of Qianhuyuan and could not get the support of one person. It is estimated that Yang Goudan would have vented his charm in his life.

In Guide Mansion City, after hearing the message from the guards sent by Wu Shigong, the old man Zhao Ming's fat face was trembling with joy. Because Wu Shigong said solemnly, he gave him the credit.

In the Ming Dynasty, whether it was to suppress bandits or kill enemies, military merit was calculated by the bandits and the enemy's heads. Wu Shigong just killed the robbers and left them in the ruined temple, and did not cut off their heads at all. Old man Zhao Ming could get military merits by taking people over and chopping people's heads. How could he not make Old man Zhao Ming happy?

In fact, on these days, some people who had escaped from the hijacked caravan came to the government to report the news and also reported to the Guide Mansion Master. Guide Mansion Master ordered old man Zhao Ming to lead his troops to encircle and suppress him.

But how dare Old Man Zhao Ming? Old Man Zhao Ming's fierce spirit is on the bed to deal with young grass, not against the vicious bandits. Therefore, Old Man Zhao Ming always finds various reasons to refuse to send troops.

Now, a big pie fell from the sky, and old man Zhao Ming immediately decided to order his troops to set off. However, old man Zhao Ming was very good at being a human being. Before leaving, he also sent someone to deliver a letter to the Lord of Guide Mansion.

The Lord of Guide Mansion was overjoyed after receiving the news. In the Ming Dynasty, local unrest was a major stain on the achievements of local officials. These days, the Lord of Guide Mansion was trying every means to cover up the matter of robbers in Guide Mansion, and did not want the incident of robbers to be heard in the ears of his superiors.

The lord of Guide Mansion is still praying to God and worshiping Buddha. He hopes that these robbers will eat as soon as possible in Guide Mansion and go to other prefectures and counties to harm others as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, I got such good news. Now the lord of Guide Mansion is not only without political stains, but also Old Man Zhao Ming has also given him some credit. So what are you hesitating about? The lord of Guide Mansion immediately ordered: Let his guard leader take most of his guards and yamen runners together to join the soldiers of Zhao Ming and kill the robbers' corpses together.

Finally, nearly 600 people gathered, and under the guidance of the guards sent by Wu Shigong, they came to the county town where the dilapidated temple was located.

When the county magistrate heard that he had any contribution, he also sent the county yamen runners. These people came to the ruined temple together, and they all cut off the heads of the corpses without hesitation. Then, they enjoyed extortion near the ruined temple in the name of sweeping away the remaining bandits. After such delays, more than ten days passed.

At this time, the defensive forces in Guide Mansion City were reduced by more than half.
Chapter completed!