Zhang Dali wanted to run away, but the soldiers who came out from behind had already laid an ambush. How could he easily escape? A hail of arrows forced him back.
After all, the bandits were bandits. Compared with the regular army led by Dong Tianbao, they were not even a little inferior, and they were quickly defeated.
The encirclement arranged by Dong Tianbao was so complete that the defeated bandits could not escape at all, and eventually they all shrank into a ball.
"Put down your weapons and surrender without killing."
"Put down your weapons and surrender without killing."
"Put down your weapons and surrender without killing."
With waves of shouts and threats of life and death, the bandits gave up their resistance, and even Zhang Dali had to drop the sword in his hand.
However, although he threw away his weapon, he still said harsh words.
"Do you know who I am? I advise you to let me go quickly, otherwise the people behind me will make you die in an ugly way."
Dong Tianbao chuckled and said, "Oh? Then you should tell me who the person behind you is. If it's really a big shot that you can't afford to offend, then let's just pretend that what happened today didn't happen."
"Humph, you know there are some people you can't afford to offend, right? Let me go quickly."
"But you have to say it, otherwise I wouldn't know if you were deceiving me."
"Hmph, the person behind me is... Damn it, you want to trick me." Zhang Dali turned his head and said: "You are not qualified to know who the person behind me is. Come to your biggest official, I want to
Tell him."
With a 'pop' sound, Dong Tianbao gave him a big ear scraper.
"I'm afraid you haven't woken up yet. You are pretending in front of me, and there are people behind you. With your virtue, who can think highly of you?"
Dong Tianbao punched and kicked Zhang Dali until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
"Tell me honestly where your lair is and where the last time you robbed us is. If you don't tell me, I will kill you."
Zhang Dali was dumbfounded, thinking that he had bumped into Tie Hanhan, and in line with the idea that a good man should not suffer the immediate consequences, he obediently told the location of his lair.
In fact, it doesn't make much difference whether he confesses or not. There are so many bandits, and any one of them can point out the location of the cottage.
In fact, he was just afraid that this Tiehanhan would ignore it and directly hit himself, which would be useless.
After all, his identity as a bandit is just a cover, and his main business is still dealing with smuggled goods from the sea.
So he decided to compromise and save his life first.
Soon, Dong Tianbao led people to the bandit's lair, but the goods that were robbed last time were not found here.
"Tell me, where are the goods you robbed last time? Where are our goods?"
Zhang Dali, who was kicked twice, said with a sad face: "That batch of goods will be sold the next day."
"The action was taken the next day? To whom? Who is so bold that he even dares to collect stolen goods?"
Zhang Dali was speechless. He couldn't accept this. He couldn't just leave it to Magistrate Lin.
So he received another fat beating.
Although Dong Tianbao did not find the goods in the bandit's lair, he did find a lot of money and a lot of food.
This can also compensate for the losses caused by the robbery last time.
Dong Tianbao arranged for a hundred soldiers to escort Zhang Dali and the surrendered bandits, and loaded the grain and silver into trucks and transported them directly to Qiongzhou.
This is also what Yang Xuan explained. The most lacking thing on Qiongzhou Island is population. These bandits just happened to be sent to the island for labor reform.
As for Zhang Dali, he was taken to the island and interrogated slowly, and he was put in a dark room for a few days to ensure that he was told everything about his age and bedwetting.
When Dong Tianbao escorted the goods to Guangzhou Prefecture, the news that the Makouling bandits had been robbed of their lair also reached Guangzhou Prefecture.
So Master Sun, the governor of the state, summoned Dong Tianbao.
Dong Tianbao's status in Qiongzhou Prefecture is the deputy town governor, but this official document was sent to the court, but the court has not yet responded.
So his identity is still an external escort for Shengfa Logistics Company.
Yes, the security company established by Yang Xuan had a cooperation agreement with Shengfa Logistics. Shengfa Logistics hired people from the security company to escort the goods. As a member of the security company, Dong Tianbao escorted the goods for Shengfa Logistics. It was reasonable and reasonable.
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Master Sun naturally understood the fishiness involved. He didn't want to cause so much trouble, so he just let Dong Tianbao go back after a routine questioning.
But when Lord Lin, the prefect, came to the government office and heard that Lord Sun had let Dong Tianbao go, he immediately became furious.
"What's wrong with you? This man killed nearly a hundred people in Makou Ridge, and you let him go so easily?"
Mr. Sun spread his hands: "But the ones he killed were all bandits."
"Nonsense, what he said is a bandit is a bandit. Where is the evidence?" Magistrate Lin was very angry: "Have you verified the identities of the deceased? Where is the bandit leader? Where are the other bandits? Are you not afraid that he is a murderer?
Is it successful?"
With the big hat of Magistrate Lin off, Mr. Sun took a breath of cold air. Why, do you, Magistrate Lin, want to overturn the case for the bandits?
I think you want to know the life and death of the bandit leader. If the bandit leader betrays you, you will probably be left with nothing to eat.
Mr. Sun doesn't want to get into this troubled waters.
Yang Xuan had actually made arrangements a long time ago. There were not only witnesses but also physical evidence. The witnesses were the spies of the two bandits who were first captured. The physical evidence was the bandits' confessions. There were two to three hundred fingerprints on the confessions, which can be said to be...
The evidence is conclusive.
When Magistrate Lin saw the evidence, he was immediately speechless, but he still firmly stated that Dong Tianbao must be arrested and brought to justice. After all, so many people died and they had to be identified one by one.
It is said that the official level suppresses people to death. The prefect has spoken. He, the prefect, has no right to object, so he has to send people to arrest Dong Tianbao again.
Of course, Dong Tianbao had already left at this time. When the government officials arrived at the inn, Dong Tianbao had already boarded the ship.
If Dong Tianbao could not be captured, Magistrate Lin had no choice but to operate on Yang Xuan.
Soon, Yang Xuan was summoned to the Guangzhou government office.
Asked by Magistrate Lin personally.
"Where is the escort who escorts your goods?"
"What ordinary people don't know is that they are from Shengfa Logistics, and the goods just leave after they are delivered."
"Do you know how many people those bodyguards killed, and you didn't stop them?"
Yang Xuan spread his hands: "Sir, they are from Shengfa Logistics. The goods have been delivered and the freight has been paid. How can we deduct them?"
"Hmph, we now suspect that he committed a crime and took credit for his crime. You have to call them back to me, otherwise I have reason to suspect that you are colluding with the gangsters."
Yang Xuan glanced at Magistrate Lin disdainfully, was this guy so angry that he jumped over the wall?
"Master Lin, you are the prefect. It is unjustifiable to frame someone out of thin air. Regardless of whether he killed a good person and took credit, or really killed a bandit, what does it have to do with me? Master Lin can definitely go to Shengfa Logistics to ask for him."
Seeing that Yang Xuan was not frightened, Magistrate Lin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. This matter was really not his fault, but if he was asked to find someone from Shengfa Logistics, Shengfa Logistics could ignore him at all. After all, Shengfa Logistics was directly owned by the household.
Ministry of.
Prefect Lin didn't have the confidence to challenge the Ministry of Household Affairs.