Chapter 42 Jump out of the quagmire
Tang Tiande led his team to retreat to the military camp in a panic. Deng Gui had just returned from Qingxi Village after seeing the scene of the blood pool left by Xu Wujiang and others.
Tang Tiande had no face to say that he was scared back by Xu Huai's four-arrow arrows.
And even for the benefit of the Tang family, he would attribute everything to Xu Wufu:
"Xu Wufu persuaded the slave to commit crimes, and Tiande was unable to capture Xu Wujiang and others, and ask Deng Langjun to punish him!"
Deng Gui sat behind the official case with a dark face and said nothing.
It was just a guess in the early morning, but after he went to Qingxi Village to see it personally, he could confirm that Xu Wujiang and the others were hiding in Tongbai Mountain by the golden cicada.
Speaking of which, Xu Wujiang and his team were limited in their hands. Except for killing horses and creating a pool of blood, they were reluctant to throw away a few remaining soldiers and broken spears at the scene.
However, we must avoid the sight of mountain hunters and avoid contact with the bandits in Hutouzhai. We can only hide in a dangerous and remote place without people, and the horses have to be discarded.
All of these prove that Xu Wujiang and the others hid in Tongbai Mountain.
However, Deng Gui could not use these details to prove to the prefectures and counties that Xu Wujiang and the others had surrendered to the bandits.
Xu Wujiang really wants to surrender to bandits, why don’t he take those military horses to Hutou Village?
If all these details were reported, it would be more like the bandits who killed Xu Wujiang and the others and had no time to catch the military horses.
Deng Gui was thinking about the words in his mind at this time to ensure that the prefectures and counties would follow the flow and determine that Xu Wujiang and others would surrender to the bandits without any other problems.
Of course, he was not afraid that Xu Wujiang would really dare to stand up.
The crime of escaping at the last minute is definitely not much less than a bandit. What can Xu Wujiang stand up to confront him?
As for Tang Tiande's return without a chance to rush to Lutai Village, Deng Gui was not surprised.
Xu Wufu was eager to get rid of the roots in his heart, but as the head of the Xu family, he had to pretend to protect the clan first. The next thing was to see how the prefectures and counties put pressure on them.
As for Su Di's escape to Lutai Village and whether Xu Wujiang would contact Jia Xiao secretly, Deng Gui was unwilling to think too much.
At this time, he hoped that the prefectures and counties would receive the report, and held him responsible, and removed him to other places, and stayed away from this shit-like vortex as soon as possible. Whether it was Wang Bing or the old soldiers of Jingsheng Army, they had nothing to do with him since then.
"I have written all the things you said to the county. Tang Du Head, you and Jin Du Head come over to see if this is appropriate..." Deng Gui finished writing the letter and invited Tang Tiande and Jin Longquan to come over to help him take it into consideration. Then he would draw a seal and arrange for the Wushu to send it to Qinyang overnight.
In the early morning, it was confirmed that Xu Wujiang Xuxian escaped from the military camp. Tang Tiande clearly saw Deng Gui and jumped straight into his feet, but he didn't expect that he would calm down at this time. He was wondering: Is it not that Deng Gui, who is the most responsible for all this?
"Okay, that's it for now. After Magistrate Cheng knows everything, we will act according to orders." Deng Gui patted his butt and stood up from the official case.
I was too exhausted these two days. Deng Gui originally wanted to go back to the back house to rest, but after walking out of the official case, he walked out of the yamen office and walked towards Wang Bing's residence.
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"You are absent-minded today, this chess is in the wrong place again!"
Lu Xiong was not as thoughtful as Wang Bing. He confirmed that Tang Tiande had been defeated in Lutai Village, and his heart was in his throat. However, Wang Bing was still worried and always made mistakes when he made mistakes.
"Old Master Wang..." Deng Gui stood behind the courtyard wall and saluted.
"Thank you for your hard work today!" Wang Bing nodded and gestured.
"It's all for the court. It's not hard or hard, but nothing is the most frustrating thing,"
Deng Gui walked into the yard, stood by the stone table and watched the chessboard messy. He could see that Wang Bing and Lu Xiong were sitting in front of the chessboard, but his mind was not on it, and said,
"The officials rushed to Qingxi Village today and saw the place where Xu Jiejie was dead and could not see the body. To be honest, it was not like two people fighting to kill each other. Many people also determined that Xu Wujiang had surrendered to the bandits - what do you think, Mr. Wang?"
"I'm a chess-official, how dare I talk about local military and political affairs indiscriminately? Deng Langjun's words are really hard for me." Wang Bing raised a chess piece and landed it on the chessboard, and said.
"Deputy Chief Tang Tiande, today, went to Lutaizhai to invite Xu Wujiang's little boy to the inspection department to investigate the case, but he couldn't even handle this little thing and retreated in a mess. Old Master Wang felt that he should be punished?" Deng Gui asked.
"Tang Tiande acted in accordance with the laws and regulations of the court, but returned without success. He was incompetent and should not be punished. Deng Langjun knew in his mind, so why should he be interfered with me?" Wang Bing looked at Deng Gui and said with a smile.
"What a court rule, the officials have received the teachings." Deng Gui bowed again, turned around and walked out of the yard.
"This Deng Langjun has done nothing today, but he still looks relaxed. It seems that he can't wait to get out of this quagmire!"
Deng Gui looked relaxed and calm, while Lu Xiong's rare good mood was wiped out and he said depressedly.
When they first arrived in Huaiyuan, they realized Deng Gui's slickness. How could they not guess what he was thinking at this time?
After Deng Gui was transferred to his territory by "accountability", Cai Ying would send his direct subordinate to take over the extremely inconspicuous Huaiyuan Inspection Department in the territory of the Great Yue.
What awaits them next will be the fate of surrendering.
How does this mean that Lu Xiong can be in a good mood?
Wang Bing hesitated for a long time and said, "On the day Deng Gui left his post, you should take Xuan'er to Lutai Village--"
"My husband..." Lu Xiong shouted.
"It's unnecessary for you to stay, and Xuan'er's flowery years should not stop there." Wang Bing sighed.
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Jinshagou and Yuhuangling are two or three mountain ridges apart, and the straight line distance may be only seven or eight miles.
However, many tributaries upstream of the Huai River mainly flow into the Huai River in the north-south direction inside Tongbai Mountain, and also cut out different widths, narrow and dangerous north-south channels between the mountains, so that most villages between the mountains have roads connected to the main road of Zouma Road built along the Huai River.
However, villages distributed in different river basins are mostly steep mountains and hills blocked by hills.
Fortunately, although Tongbai Mountain is dangerous, there are not many cliffs and cliffs that are difficult for birds to cross. They are more of them, with continuous steep slopes, streams, valleys and valleys.
Despite the hard work, Xu Huai still rushed to Jinshagou overnight to meet Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an and the others.
However, Xu Huai and Xu Wujiang and others walked through Jinsha Gully before, but came from the downstream direction, and this time they came directly from the east across mountains and ridges. It was impossible to find the hiding place agreed by Xu Wujiang and Xu Xin'an and others.
Xu Huai climbed over a mountain ridge and went down the steep slope. There was a long stream sandwiched between two mountains. The clear stream was not deep, and you could see the soft sand at the bottom of the stream, with some slight rippling golden light...
Xu Huai squatted on the steep slope, wondering whether to go south along the stream or north to find the hiding place that Xu Wujiang and the others agreed upon, a passage of text flashed in his mind:
"The metallurgy on the Huai River, take sand along the stream and use wood to scatter it. It is very difficult to obtain. There is a gold pit in Chu Mountain. There is a large wooden saw to cut it, leaving blade marks, throwing it on it, and spreading it with water. The sand will remove the gold. This is the method of chutes..."
Xu Huai was suddenly shocked and hesitatedly stared at the soft sand that was shining with a slight luster at the bottom of the stream.
For two or three months, there were very few words and clips that suddenly flashed in his mind, most of which were meaningless or could not distinguish them, but the memory of this text was definitely related to the Golden Sand Grotto in front of him.
Jinshagou is quite famous in Tongbai Mountain.
Xu Huai has long heard of gold in the sand of the valley, but the gold in the sand of the river is extremely small, and it may not be possible to make a living after working hard for a year.
Only the nearby mountain people will come to spend money in autumn and winter to subsidize their household income. When the water rises in spring and summer and the fields are busy with farming, the mountain people will return to the villages.
There are often people participating in gold hunting in Lutai Nanzhai.
However, the output is too trivial. Not only did the government not think about setting up a prison and mining here, but no one from the big clans like the Xu family thought to occupy this place and operate it.
The previous method of gold digging was to wash it with wooden plates. Xu Huai had heard of the chute slitting method in Tongbai Mountain!
This further proves that those memories come from later generations that have not yet happened.
Xu Huai had never seen his clan members use the old method to make gold, and he had no way to figure out the details of the chute slitting method in a short time. He hesitated a little and decided to find Xu Wujiang first, Xu Xin'an and others to meet up before talking.
Chapter completed!