"Master, the last time I took people to capture the bandits was in the Hejian Village!"
At this time.
Zhao Changsheng stood up and said.
At this time, in front of the governor, it was the opportunity to show off.
"Yes, yes!"
"It's the village I asked you to go to last time. I remembered it, so it'll be fine!"
"The people in that village colluded with bandits!"
"Originally, I was worried about what would happen to the people in the village when this bandit fights. Now it's up to them!"
The county magistrate slapped his chest until it crackled loudly.
"I'm warning you, don't miss a penny of the food I ask you to deliver!"
"Those bandits won't go out on a large scale if they don't see actual food!"
"It's best to let them know that there is a lot of food, and many people have to go down the mountain to bring it back!"
"Understand?"
The governor was about to say something more.
Suddenly a man hurriedly walked in and said a few words in the governor's ear.
"Um?"
"How is that possible?"
After hearing this, the governor looked surprised.
"In this case, we can't delay any longer. I originally wanted to stay here—"
"never mind!"
"Pack up your things immediately and rush there overnight!"
The governor ordered to the people around him.
Those people quickly stood up and ran towards the backyard.
The county magistrate looked on in shock.
Judging from this posture, the governor is in a hurry and needs to leave now.
The problem is.
If the governor is gone, how can we fight against the bandits?
Should I be allowed to do it myself?
The county magistrate was a little dumbfounded.
"If you continue to do what I have arranged, even if the bandits are not eliminated, it will be difficult for them to cause trouble in a short time."
The governor said calmly, stood up, and led the people away directly.
The county magistrate was left with everyone looking at each other in shock.
…
At the entrance of Hejian Village, there is a forest.
There are many tall trees among them.
On a big tree on the outermost edge, two villagers slowly descended.
They were the people who Zhang Bao and others had arranged to stand guard at the entrance of the village.
By night time.
Bandits generally don't go down the mountain easily.
After all, the mountain roads are steep, so it's okay during the day, but at night, it's more troublesome even for bandits who are familiar with the mountain roads.
What's more, it was cold and windy at night.
Those bandits will not move out easily.
Zhang Bao and the others did not arrange for anyone to keep watch outside at night.
The night was uneventful.
This morning.
Before Zhang Bao got up, he was disturbed by a rapid knock on the door.
Zhang Bao quickly put on his clothes and came out.
It turned out to be a villager who found some sacks piled up at the entrance of the village, but didn't know what they were.
They didn't dare to get close, so they came to tell Zhang Bao.
At this time, Lao He also heard the noise and came over with a knife. He followed Zhang Bao to the entrance of the village.
The road at the entrance of the village has been blocked by a mud wall as high as one person.
Although it is made of mud mixed with stones, it is winter now and the mud has already been frozen hard.
Outside the mud wall.
Sure enough, there were dozens of big sacks.
It's laid out in a mess.
Zhang Bao told the villagers not to move, and he and Lao He quietly approached, holding military shovels and ring-head knives.
It's close.
I found that there was no one hiding behind the sack.
After Lao He opened the sack with a knife, he discovered that there were bags after bags of grain!
I couldn't help but be surprised!
"Master!"
"How could it be food?"
"What's going on?"
Lao He was very surprised, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"I don't know, it's really strange."
"Could it be poisonous?"
Zhang Bao also looked puzzled.
There was so much food for no reason, and it was another year of great disaster.
Zhang Bao doesn't believe that pie will fall from the sky.
"It's really evil!"
"Is this food sent down by God out of mercy?"
If Zhang Bao hadn't been holding him back, looking at Lao He's posture, he would have knelt down and kowtowed to God.
"You can save it!"
"Your God is very considerate!"
"He also packaged and delivered the food to you, why didn't he just make it into porridge and deliver it?"
Zhang Bao was speechless.
He doesn't believe in the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth!
"With so much food, the only people who can come up with it are the people in the county government. The county magistrate is probably out of his mind and came to provide disaster relief!"
“But it’s too much!”
"Don't worry about it yet!"
"We'll wait until we carry it in. As long as it's not poisonous, we won't have any problems here!"
"It just so happens that there's not enough food recently!"
Zhang Bao waved his hand and asked people to carry all the food in.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhang Bao and Lao He ate a little bit at first without feeling anything, and then each ate a big bowl!
Still okay!
Then he greeted the people in the village and distributed a lot of food to each family.
Zhang Bao and the others left a lot behind.
In this way, the problem of food shortage was solved.
night.
Zhang Bao, Lao He and Hu Dugu were sitting around in the courtyard.
"This happened out of the blue today, I'm worried it won't be that simple!"
"This food must have been placed here intentionally by someone. I always feel like there is some conspiracy!"
Zhang Bao frowned and said to the two of them.
"I went to the surrounding villages to inquire about it today. No other villages have food delivery services. That is, we only have food delivery services here."
"There is indeed something suspicious!"
Lao He said from the side.
"Master, I took a look at the food this time."
"They are all the best millet. This kind of millet is not available in ordinary places, probably only in the county government!"
"It is very possible that these grains were sent by people from the county government."
Hu Dugu said on the side.
"I thought so too."
"But I have a bad premonition. Do you think someone from the county government put it here on purpose?"
"Then if you think about it along these lines, why did they put it here deliberately? It's very likely that the people in the county government want to use this food to do something!"
"As for disaster relief, let's forget it!"
"If the people in the county government wanted to provide disaster relief, they would have started it long ago, and it would not have been delayed until now."
"Even if we need to provide disaster relief, we will never use so much food. It is still good food!"
"So I conclude that the people in this county must have some conspiracy, but I can't figure out why they chose our Hejian Village?"
“What’s so special about our location here?”
"Or is there something special about the people here?"
Zhang Bao frowned and analyzed.
"etc!"
"Master, what did you say just now, location?"
Lao He interrupted Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao nodded.
Lao He seemed to suddenly think of something.
Use a branch to mark the ground.
"Speaking of location, our Hejian Village is located at the junction of Erlong Mountain and Qinglong Cave."
"In addition, our farmland here is fertile and has always been the focus of bandits' robberies. It used to be the territory of Erlong Mountain, but recently, if you look at it, bandits have come five or six times in a short period of time!"
Lao He said while gesticulating, he still knows a lot about this aspect.
"This is a plan between two tigers fighting each other, and the county magistrate reaping the benefits!"
"There are also experts in the county government!"
Zhang Bao figured it out immediately.
Hu Dugu also frowned and nodded worriedly.
"There can be no further delay!"
"This can't go on like this!"
"Gather everyone together immediately and build the wall first!"
"Be sure to build the village wall before the bandits come!"
Zhang Bao said to the two of them.
The two of them also knew the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly went out to greet people.