Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 46
The feathers of the iron cocks have been plucked!

At dawn, the news spread throughout the county. After the soldiers and civilians in the city confirmed that the news was true, their waists and legs no longer hurt, and they became more energetic.Although these iron cocks' misfortune did not seem to bring direct benefits to them, when they saw that Mr. Li and the others were dead, my wife cuckolded them and ran to the county office with a mournful face and begged the county magistrate to help them. Everyone feels indescribably happy because he is in charge of the situation——You also have unlucky moments!People are like this. It doesn't matter if they are unlucky. They are happy when they see someone who is more unlucky than them.The soldiers and civilians who were fed up with the anger of these iron roosters put down their work and rushed to the county government office to watch the excitement.

The common people were happy, but Fang Yizhi was not happy. He learned that the three richest households in the city had been robbed to nothing but a pair of underpants, and when they were beating the drums of grievances at the gate of the county government office, their eyes widened. , spewed out a mouthful of hot tea: "There really is such a thing!?"

The master said, "Why not? Now everyone in the county knows about it!"

Fang Yizhi opened his mouth like a toad that had been struck by lightning.His eyelids were twitching wildly. Oh my god, that guy was too courageous. When he said he wanted to teach these rich and unkind guys a lesson, he was so angry that he just turned a blind eye and agreed. , those guys were too arrogant, and they couldn't do it without giving them a lesson, but he never dreamed that Yang Menglong's "teaching" would be so terrifying, that he would directly lead people to rob their families of all their money, and that's okay!Fortunately, no one was killed, otherwise he wouldn't know how it would end. After all, these three are not good people. If someone was killed, the black gauze hat on his head would definitely not be saved!But even this is terrifying enough. Three wealthy families were robbed, and they were robbed when the slaves were besieging the city. This is no small matter. If only those soldiers could follow suit and not mess up!No, I have to beat that kid to make him calm down a bit!

After sorting out his thoughts, Fang Yizhi didn't even bother to drink the tea, so he quickly summoned the yamen servants to go to the court, and if it was too late, those people would hit the wall!

The yamen servants were all in high spirits today, neatly hitting the ground with their whistle sticks, and shouting: "Wei——wu—" They are really full of energy.

Fang Yizhi shouted: "Bring the sufferer up quickly!"

The yamen servant brought the three up.

Seeing the miserable appearance of these three, one of Fang Yi was startled, then shocked, shocked!Boss Zhang's face was blue and purple, the gauze on his forehead was stained with blood, his eyes were swollen like peaches, and there were only two thin slits left, and cat urine kept flowing out; When the robber forced him to hand over the money, he was dishonest. There were several five hundred sheets stuck on his face, both sides of his face were swollen. He always thought he was thin, but now he finally gained weight.Relatively speaking, Mr. Li is the luckiest one. He didn't lose a single hair, but his whole body was trembling, and even his beard was trembling slightly. His face was as green as if painted with grass juice. Two or three years of wild vegetables without oil and salt, and then swallowing [-] pig gallbladders with Huanglian can achieve such an effect.As soon as they saw Fang Yizhi, the three of them followed up with their father, disregarding all airs, and flew to the front of the hall, crying, "My lord, you have to be the master of the little people!"

"My lord, those strong men are too arrogant. They even broke into the little man's house with open flames and sticks, and robbed the money that the little man had accumulated for half his life. There is no law for kings!"

"My lord, all my savings have been robbed by those strong men. If you don't help me get it back, my whole family will starve to death!"

Tears streamed down her face and her voice was pitiful, as if she had been wronged more than Dou E. If Dou E saw them, she might have the thought of "So I'm not the only one who is unlucky".Fang Yizhi's face was tense, the corners of his mouth twitched, his expression was stern, only the master knew, the master couldn't help laughing out loud, this miserable appearance of the auspicious three treasures is really gratifying!Now that the court is deciding the case, it would be a big deal if Fang Yizhi laughed, he hurriedly said: "Master Li, shopkeeper Zhang, and Boss Hu, don't just cry, tell the ins and outs of the matter in detail, My lord should solve the case as soon as possible, and bring those strong men to justice!"

Yes, we are here to sue, not to mourn.After being reminded by the master, the three of them reacted immediately, and told about the unlucky things that happened to them last night. The strongman with all their money is simply a scum who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, brags, cheats, deceives, abducts, cheats, and robs him. If he doesn't drink a few catties of baby's blood and eat a few sets of hearts in one meal As for the demons who are uncomfortable all over, they are heinous and full of evil, even if they are cut into pieces, it is not too much!What they said was vivid, but unfortunately no one believed it. If that group of robbers were really so vicious, they would have killed your whole family long ago, and they still allowed you to come to the court to add fuel to your jealousy?What made Mr. Li and the others most angry was that they were bursting into tears and filled with grief and indignation while the common people and even the government officials who were listening outside were very happy and even shouted a few times in a low voice. These boos made them so angry that they wanted to vomit blood. !

After finally waiting for them to finish talking, Fang Yizhi cleared his throat and asked, "Do you three know the origin of this group of robbers?"

Mr. Li said: "They all use black scarves to cover their faces. We have never seen their true colors. But they are all very skilled, obviously they are not idle people. Your Excellency will follow the clues, and it should not be difficult to catch them all."

Fang Yizhi snorted secretly, following the clues?Then there must be vines for me to touch!Do you think I will do my best to investigate the case for you if you flatter me a few words?Dream it!He stroked his beard and said solemnly: "Okay, I have figured out the ins and outs of this matter, so I will order the whole city to arrest the robbers, and the three masters can go back and wait for the good news from me."

The three unlucky iron roosters didn't have anything to say. They stood up, cupped their hands towards Fang Yizhi, and said in unison: "Then it's all up to you! If the robbers can be brought to justice and the losses recovered, we will have great success." reward!"

Fang Yizhi smiled but didn't smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say, this is the duty of the official. Wang Butou, Chen Butou, Zhu Butou, send the three masters back to the mansion, and collect clues by the way, don't let them go. Get any clues! Chief Qian, you lead people to search the whole city, and you must dig out that gang of robbers! The enemy is in the face, they dare to break into the homes of good people and commit murder, and they don't take this officer seriously. It really makes no sense!"

Your Excellency was angry, it was no small matter, the whole county office immediately started to operate, those who sent people back sent people back, those who posted notices posted notices, those who searched and searched, and the police officers shouted along the street: "Search carefully, don't let those bandits go!" It has to be dramatic, but people with a little common sense know that if the robbers can be searched out by doing this, it will be called hell. Rather than arresting people, it is better to remind the gang of robbers: Hide better, we will not Catch you!Ordinary people, just watch a monkey show, the more noisy they are, the happier they are. The whole county is filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Since the founding of slaves and the invasion of the bandits, the common people have never had a face that can last for five seconds. smile, this is the first time.

From this, it is not difficult to see how poor the popularity of those iron cocks is.

After retreating from the hall, Fang Yizhi returned to the back hall, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he walked to the wing where Yang Menglong was located in three steps at a time.Still far away, he heard someone singing: "Jin Goubai, Jingoubai, Jingou all the way..." The singing was so ugly that he got goosebumps!He stopped knocking on the door, pushed it hard, and the door opened, only to see Yang Menglong lying on a large pile of white silver, and his body was covered with white silver ingots. It was a joy to sing!Seeing the county magistrate coming in, the bandit leader looked calm, without the slightest panic when a thief saw the magistrate, and said with a smile: "Master, are you here? Sit down, please sit down." It was like an old friend coming to beg for a drink. Like drinking tea.

Fang Yizhi stared at him sullenly, and asked coldly, "You did what happened last night, right?"

Yang Menglong readily admitted: "Yes, I did it."

Fang Yizhi narrowed his eyes: "The income is not small?"

Yang Menglong said excitedly: "There are a total of 700 taels of silver! This is still the result of not touching their real estate. If we snatch their land deeds and sell them, and sell all their antiques and so on, we will probably have to pay more. Double it!”

He also wants to snatch away other people’s land deeds! ?

There are rows of black lines on Fang Yizhi's forehead: "Do you know that this is a capital crime!?"

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "Is it a capital crime to rob them of a little money? Then what crime should it be if they keep so much money and refuse to use it to support our army to defend the city, which is tantamount to sabotaging defense in disguise? I won't necessarily die if I offend them. If you don't hold the city wall, you're doomed. I can still tell which end is lighter and which is heavier!"

Fang Yizhi was angry: "You————"

Yang Menglong sat up and delivered a piece of good news in a serious manner: "Master, do you know that after those guys get ten taels of silver each, they are so excited, even if I ask them to carry explosives and die with Jiannu, They won't even blink!"

Fang Yizhi: "..."

"I still plan to wait until tonight to give out 1000 taels of silver to all the soldiers defending the city. Their morale will definitely be greatly increased. I guarantee that Jiannu will be beaten to death!"

Fang Yizhi: "..."

"Don't be so sullen, your share is indispensable! However, I can only give you 500 taels at most... Don't think it's too little, this money has to be saved for the war. After a battle is over, the devil knows what's left over." How much! I declare in advance that the rest is mine, and you can no longer reach out to me!"

Fang Yizhi: "..."

Five minutes later, Fang Yizhi retreated in embarrassment. He had never seen such a righteous bandit leader in his life!

Of course, he retreated in embarrassment with gold bars worth 500 taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)