After thousands of stares, the city gate finally creaked open.
Before Ren Ning and the others could turn around, Gu Shengnan and Ma Dali rode out of the city first.
Both of them had gloomy expressions on their faces.
"Old Ma, what's going on?" Ren Ning asked.
Ma Dali shook his head and explained the situation.
He destroyed a cottage with more than 600 people, captured all the bandits, and brought back more than a dozen heads that had been put on notice.
This is a huge achievement.
However, the magistrate of Cangshan County was only willing to pay twenty taels of silver.
"Twenty taels?" Lei Er was a little surprised, "Do you think we are beggars?"
Boom!
He pounded the lance in his hand, "If nothing else, the heads of the three village leaders of Jingang Village are more than twenty taels of silver."
Magistrate Wei Wei of Cangshan County Yamen laughed out loud.
The imperial court had made it a point to say that since a reward order had been issued, the corresponding reward would be paid. However, Cangshan County was poor and could only afford twenty taels for the time being. It would take time to raise money for the rest.
Do you want love? If not, you can leave first or wait until we have raised enough reward money and then pay it together.
The county magistrate was making good plans in his heart.
Anyway, it was a passing caravan, and if it was possible, it would stop outside the city and wait for us to raise money.
"So you took twenty taels of silver and came out?" Ren Ning said.
hehe.
The ancient riches and nobles came to live in mud.
"Commander Ren, fellow fortress soldiers. We have spent the night with the county magistrate. But he is only willing to pay this little. Twenty taels is twenty taels, it is better than nothing."
"It's normal for unruly people to appear in remote areas. Moreover, he is an official of the imperial court, and we are just passers-by, so we can't do anything to him. Why don't we just forget about it."
He looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late, everyone, pack up and the motorcade is ready to set off."
"Fuck you, uncle." Lei Er kicked Gu Fugui over and said, "Old guy, just die and leave."
Pooh!
He spat and turned to look at Ma Dali.
"Lao Ma, even in the fortress, you had the courage to stand up and challenge Lao Ren. Is this how you work? You didn't just chat with the county magistrate all night last night, right?"
Ma Dali's face turned red, and he was speechless.
He is much older than Ren Ning and he is well aware of the shamelessness and greed of these local petty officials. He is very lucky to be able to grind out twenty taels of silver.
At first the county magistrate was only willing to pay ten taels.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Lei Er snorted again.
"If it's not ours, don't take any of it. But if it's mine, let's see which dog official dares to embezzle our money? If he embezzles our money, he still wants me to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach!"
"Fuck you, don't even think about it!"
Everyone turned to look at Ren Ning.
Ren Ning looked expressionlessly at Gu Shengnan, who was helping the old housekeeper.
"Ancient merchant chief, your caravan is going slowly and will set off first. The fortress convoy will stop first. We will take what belongs to us and then catch up."
Gu Shengnan's master and servant turned red and white, and babbled a few words of advice, but the soldiers in the fortress ignored him at all.
After arranging for Ma Dalong to guard the female family members and ashes, Ren Ning and Lei Er entered the city with their troops.
Cangshan County is indeed very poor. The place is not big, just a few short small streets.
Three thousand people poured in in the morning, and the original residents of the city came out to watch the fun. The streets were full of people and very crowded.
Ren Ning looked around and suddenly said, "Have you taken down the medical clinic that was said to be selling and hiding the Mongolian sweat medicine?"
"Return to the commander, not yet!" A soldier's face turned red, "I have been arguing with the county magistrate since yesterday and forgot about this."
"Go." Ren Ning waved his hand.
Soon, three riders changed directions and headed towards the medical center.
The group continued to move forward, the closer they got to the county government office, the larger the crowd became.
Finally, I saw the stone lion in front of the county government office. There were already crowds of people in front of me.
"Dear fellow villagers and elders, our County Magistrate Wei loves the people like his own sons. When he took office, he knew that bandits were rampant in the county and the common people could not bear to be disturbed."
"In the past few days, the county magistrate, after careful deployment, personally led troops to the mountains to suppress the bandits. In one fell swoop, the Jingang Village nestled deep in Luoxia Mountain was eliminated. This battle was a complete victory. Not only were more than 500 bandits and robbers captured,
We also rescued fifty-seven captive female relatives..."
"Jingang Village has always caused trouble to everyone. It is a heinous crime to drink the blood of the elders and eat the flesh of the fellow villagers. Their three village leaders and fourteen team captains have all been hanged. The county magistrate has now ordered that their corpses be exposed for three days to liberate the people//
anger……"
Buzz~
The people couldn't help but talk about it.
"Didn't you say yesterday that a passing caravan killed bandits? Why did you become the county magistrate today?"
Hum hum.
Someone sneered.
"Everyone has seen the caravan. They pass by in a hurry every time, and sometimes they even give gifts to the bandits. How could they go to suppress the bandits? There is no doubt that it is the credit of the county magistrate."
"The county magistrate is not a good person. He has been in office for several years, and he is very diligent in collecting taxes. Have you really seen him go to the mountains to suppress bandits before?"
"That's true. It should be that the bandits cornered the Gu family's caravan. They were a caravan and had a lot of money, so they directly hired ruthless men to go up the mountain and destroy some kind of King Kong Tofu Village."
Uh-huh.
There was an old man with gray hair crying and pushing forward.
"I don't care who killed the bandit. All I want is that my daughter is still alive. Did the person in front see her?"
"I went hunting in the mountains, and my wife was kidnapped by bandits. Everyone, let me go in and see if my wife is there."
…
There were too many people in front of him. Those who looked at the bandits' heads looked at their heads. Those who scolded the bandits continued to scold them, and those who recognized children recognized children. Ren Ning, who was in his twenties, was so stunned that he could not move his horse.
Crack!
There was a loud crack of a whip.
"Get out of the way!" Lei Er roared angrily.
The dense crowd was stunned and turned to look back.
The people behind them were all tall horses. The people on the horses were tall and tall, and the weapons in their hands were shining.
The people knew they couldn't afford to offend him, so they couldn't help but give way.
Many people even recognized Ren Ning and his party, "See, these are the real heroes who killed the bandits. The county magistrate wants to take the credit, and now they are here."
"You..." The four government officials came over quickly and were about to ask.
Bang bang bang bang!
Lei Er already whipped them several times without any reason, causing them to roll to the ground on the spot and never get up again.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, a group of police officers and government officials surrounded him with knives and sticks drawn.
"Do you know what kind of place this is? If you dare to break into the Cangshan County Yamen without permission, are you not afraid of the royal court's laws?"
Ren Ning was riding on Zhui Feng, silently looking at the sword in front of him. His eyes were very calm, but the policeman and the government servant were sweating at the sight of him.
To be able to become "civil servants", they have some sense of discernment.
They naturally knew what kind of life the bandits and bandits in the nearby mountains lived. The group of people in front of them were all well-equipped and energetic, so they could not be bandits.
Moreover, many people saw Lei Er's face that was always chewing something yesterday.
Now that they dare to break into the county government office in broad daylight, it means one thing. As the other party does, he doesn't care about a small county government office.
"Go and call your County Magistrate Wei out." Ren Ning said calmly.
"Who is your Excellency? Is it possible for you to see the county magistrate whenever you want?" A Yamen servant subconsciously said.
Snapped!
Without saying a word, Lei Er raised his riding whip and whipped it out hard, knocking the answering officer to the ground on the spot.
flutter!
A mouthful of blood flew out along with two teeth.
"I don't know whether to live or die. I was too lazy to listen yesterday. I didn't expect you to fool us. Even a small county magistrate dared to pretend to be a big-headed Buddha in front of us."
"I'll count to five. If he doesn't come out, he won't come out."
Lei Er spit out the bones in his mouth and started counting them.