As the morning sun rose, there was a roar of joy at the foot of Bagong Mountain. All the carts piled up at the foot of the mountain were moved out again. Some were still usable, while others were dismantled by the burning people and needed to be repaired.
This is not the main problem. The problem is that most of the animals pulling the carts were slaughtered by the bandits, leaving only more than 400 animals, which were kept in captivity in the valley behind the mountain col. After several days and nights, many of them starved to death and froze to death. Less than 200 heads were used.
The coachmen who were caught up the mountain did not suffer much loss. Only two of the more than a thousand people escaped halfway and were killed by the bandits. The others had good arms and legs. But without the livestock, how would they transport the five hundred thousand shi of grain? Yangzhou has become a problem.
Su Jin made a quick decision and ordered people to rush to Yangzhou to let Song Xiang send people to collect livestock. He also ordered that all the grain be loaded into trucks first. There were two to three thousand officers and soldiers, surrendered bandits, and truck drivers. Two hours later, all the grain was piled onto the trucks and rushed away. The child stopped at the foot of the mountain.
After lunch, Pan Jiang led 500 soldiers and more than 1,000 carters to pull 200 carts of grain and set off first. In any case, we would first send a batch to Yangzhou.
Taking advantage of his spare time after dinner, Su Jin hurriedly wrote an official document and asked Fang Dutou to take fifty horse troops to escort Shen Yaozu and several bandit leaders to Beijing to report on the bandit suppression. Su Jin specifically asked Fang Dutou to go to Beijing. After that, I went to the Third Division to report back to Master Yan Shu. Don't say anything that I shouldn't say. Even if someone asked me about it, I said everything went well. Don't mention anything about Yangzhou Prefecture and Luzhou.
Fang Dutou is certainly not a fool. It is obvious that a big achievement is waiting for him. If he talks too much, he will be in trouble with himself. Besides, he really cannot tell anyone about the things he did with Long Zhen in Luzhou. It would be better if you don't care about it, and don't expose that smelly scar yourself.
Seeing the grain truck and the two groups of people escorting the prisoners leaving immediately, Su Jin finally felt a big stone fall in his heart. After that, the people in the surrounding areas who had been cleared of banditry spontaneously came to express their condolences. Firecrackers kept going off at the foot of the mountain. As for Huainan Road transfer envoys Wang Qinian and Zhu Shiyong had no intention of coming to congratulate them, which was reasonable. Su Jin didn't care much, and Su Jin knew that he would soon have to openly quarrel with these people.
The commotion gradually reached the evening, after seeing off all the villagers, Su Jin suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly took Wang Chao and Mahan to the place where Qiu Dabao died yesterday to search carefully. All the corpses on the road had been found in the morning. It was cleaned up, and the bloodstains on the road were trampled by the officers, soldiers and civilians carrying food until they were completely invisible. Every piece of grass, every thorn, and every piece of gravel on the roadside was turned over, and even reluctantly I took a detour to the bottom of the cliff and rummaged through a pile of corpses that had been badly smashed, but I didn't see the gold medal.
Su Jin secretly cursed himself for being too careless. He had never experienced major events. He was really in a hurry when it came to arrangements. He even forgot to look for the gold medal early in the morning. Now that the gold medal has disappeared and he cannot make a big announcement, how will he explain it to the emperor in the future? It's quite a headache.
Chen Laosi is now clinging to Su Jin's thigh. He is unwilling to leave Su Jin, life or death. Now their life or death is uncertain. Although the envoy has made a promise, who knows that he will not kill the donkey. The life and death of his bandits were actually of no importance in the eyes of the envoy, so he had to please Su Jin.
After a life and death decision between money and life, Chen Laosi finally provided Su Jin with a big secret.
"Special envoy, I heard that the head of the family, Shen Yaozu, hid a lot of gold and silver in the village. Although I don't know the specific place, I heard from the brothers that he has a nose and an eye. In the past few years, although the head of the family did everything, It’s a small business, but it’s all done by wealthy people. Except for sharing it with everyone, I heard that he has stolen and hid all the valuable goods.”
"Oh?" Su Jin was refreshed. He was upset about the loss of the gold medal, many officers and soldiers were killed and injured, and he also lost a lot of food for horses and horses. Su Jin was very excited by the news.
The food was recaptured, but it is not a harvest. It was originally mine. The greatest contribution is probably the success of suppressing the bandits. However, there is no telling whether there will be a reward for this, because I have a lot of things tied to my butt. If any of the time bombs detonates, this credit will be destroyed; besides, more than 60 soldiers were killed and nearly 200 were injured, which is always difficult to make people happy.
If it is true, as Chen Laosi said, that Shen Yaozu has a treasure house, he must keep this batch of gold and silver as his own. Even if the incident comes to light in the future, as long as he does not lose his head and has money, he will still be the boss. Go farm and raise mulberries and be a hardworking farmer.
"Is the treasure hidden in the village?" Su Jin asked.
"I don't know the specific villain, but everyone says so."
"Why did you tell me this news? If you come back and find these treasures yourself afterwards, wouldn't you be able to live happily ever after?"
Chen Laosi swore to the sky, his face as serious as Liu Xiahui's in life: "This little man's life is in the hands of the adults. From now on, if he is determined to do things with the adults, how can he take these properties as his own? Besides, the boss is the boss. ...Bah, bah... Bandit chief Shen Yaozu will definitely confess to the place where the treasure was hidden after being escorted to Beijing. If I took this property and was traced out in the future, wouldn't I be seeking death?"
Su Jin was shocked and almost forgot about this problem. If Shen Yaozu confessed to the property, wouldn't he also suffer if he took it?
To take it or not to take it? Su Jin was slightly worried about this batch of fictitious property; but it didn't take ten breaths for Su Jin to make a decision.
"The property of the bandit chieftain should be put into the national treasury and used as confiscated property by the imperial court. I will never touch him at all. Besides, it is not yet known whether there is any property, and I have no intention of doing so. But you can make it clear to me without reservation." , I am also very pleased; this matter is over, and you should not talk about it to a third person. If you get into trouble, and someone with a heart hears about it and reports it, and this batch of property is nothing, it will inevitably happen. Some people say you stole it, so I advise you to shut up."
Chen Laosi was shocked and flattered the horse's hoof. What the envoy said did make sense. Although the rumors were probably true, he had not seen it in person. What if he couldn't find it? Not wanting to be involved, Chen Laosi quickly shut his mouth obediently and secretly cursed himself for talking too much. Now that he was not a bandit, being cautious in his words and actions was the kingly rule. His life was more important than anything else.
That night, Su Jin took Dynasty Mahan secretly up the mountain. Although the soldiers at the pass and various checkpoints were still there, they did not pose any threat to Su Jin.
Arriving at the mountain stronghold, Wang Dynasty Mahan couldn't help but asked: "Master, why are you calling us to accompany you up the mountain in the middle of the night?"
Su Jin said: "Treasure hunt."
Ma Han looked straight and said: "Is it the treasure that Chen Laosi said? Didn't you say you don't care about it?"
Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "Could it be that if we overthrow such a huge copycat village, our hard work will be in vain?"
Chao Chao said: "But I don't know if this property exists yet, and once Shen Yaozu confesses, this property will be hot to hold."
Su Jin said: "It's hot? Even the red-hot gold ingots have melted the skin and flesh. You still have to take them. Don't take them for nothing. How much energy have I spent, so many people have died, and even my own food has been taken in. Take it." How can I survive if I continue to suffer such losses? I am waiting for the court to compensate me, even if my beard turns white, I am afraid that I will not be able to wait. Unless this treasure is fictitious, but if it exists and is found by us, one word: take it all away."
"Master, 'take them all away' are five words." Mahan counted on his fingers.
"You know better, work." Su Jin was so angry that he lost his mind. He lit a few small candles he brought with him, one for each person, and pointed to the hall of Dazhai and said: "Start there first. Don’t miss an inch.”
Mahan of the Dynasty was miserable. He spent a night in such a huge cottage, holding a small candle, searching for the imaginary secret room inch by inch.
But seeing the young master in high spirits and his eyes shining brightly, I knew that the young master had entered an exciting state of searching for treasures and secrets. All the complaints were forgotten, and the three of them split up and started searching.dd