Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After Qin Ming and Huang Xin left, Ximenqing asked Luan Tingyu, Xin Zan, and Jiao Ting to go out first to see how Qin Ming and the other two would deal with the red-headed robbers in Qingfeng Mountain, while he left Shi Yong alone.

Seeing that there was no one else in the public hall, Ximenqing said to Shi Yong: "Brother Shi Yong, I want you to do something quickly. The bandit leader Song Jiang of Qingfeng Mountain escaped, and he went back to Songjiang Village in Yuncheng County. I want you to rush to Yuncheng County as soon as possible, try to inform the two capitals in that county, Zhao Neng and Zhao De, and let them go to Songjiazhuang to arrest the murderer Song Jiang. Remember, there are two other capitals in Yuncheng County They are called 'beautiful bearded man' Zhu Dian and 'winged tiger' Lei Heng respectively. These two are Song Jiang's brothers, don't let them know about this in advance, otherwise they will definitely inform Song Jiang and help him escape again. "

Shi Yong nodded, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother, I remember everything! But why bother? Song Jiang's dog thief has such a great reputation in the Jianghu. I almost went to him back then. I really didn't expect it. This fellow is actually such a vicious person! Brother, I wish I could kill this fellow with one punch! Why don’t brothers go back to Yanggu County to move troops, and quietly go to Yuncheng County to end him?”

Ximen Qing shook his head, and said to Shi Yong: "Brother Shi Yong, it's not difficult to take Song Jiang's dog's life, but brother, I still want to save his dog's life for the time being. After that, Yuncheng County will do according to my distribution. After that Song Jiang is arrested, you will quietly inquire there to see if he has been dispatched to Jiangzhou. After the result, you will return to Yanggu County and let me know. "

After hearing this, Shi Yong replied: "Since brother said so, brother, I will save his life for the time being. Brother, I will go, and if there is a result, I will immediately return to Yanggu County and report to brother."

After finishing speaking, Shi Yong left first.

After seeing Shi Yong leave, Ximen Qing also left the public hall and walked towards the gate of Qingfeng Village.Ximen Qing knew that although the sun was about to set, there would definitely be a big show outside Qingfengzhai today.

Sure enough, when Ximenqing came to the wall, he saw Luan Tingyu, Xin Zan and others looking out from the wall. The crowd even saw Mrs. Liu Gao who had changed into sackcloth.

Ximen Qing looked outside the gate of the village, and saw that Qin Ming and Huang Xin led hundreds of soldiers, escorted all the robbers and captives detained in Qingfeng Village to the open space outside the suspension bridge and knelt in a row.Qin Ming was reading out the crimes of the robbers aloud.

Under the wall of the village, people in Qingfeng Town were full of people who heard the news and came to see the excitement.They are not afraid of the cold wind at sunset, one by one excitedly looking forward to the next scene.

After Qin Ming read out the crime, he yelled, "Kill without pardon!"

Huang Xin raised his Sangmen Sword, raised the sword in his hand, and cut off the head of a robber kneeling in front of him neatly.

"Good! Good!" The people under the wall of the village cheered.

Huang Xin dragged his sword forward, killed one person in two steps, and cut down the robbers kneeling in a row next to each other.Behind him, there were endless cheers from the common people and soldiers.

"Thunderbolt" Qin Ming is also an impatient person, how could he let Huang Xin do it alone?He walked to the other end of the captives with a machete in his hand, and killed them one by one.

Amid the applause of the crowd, Qin Ming and Huang Xin beheaded hundreds of people in a short time.The rest of the robbers were terrified and wanted to struggle for their lives, but how could they struggle?They were all tied up, and behind each of them were two strong sergeants pressing down on their shoulders, preventing them from getting up and waiting for death.

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Chapter 2 and One

After Qin Ming and Huang Xin chopped off hundreds of people's heads, the resentment in their chests had just been vented.At this time, under the light of the torch, the two of them were already covered with the blood of the Qingfeng Mountain robbers.

Tired of killing, Qin Ming waved at the soldiers waiting for orders, and all the soldiers drew out their knives and slashed at the robbers in front of them.A cold light flashed by, and the heads of the robbers rolled on the ground like ripe melons and fruits that had fallen to the ground.In a short while, the remaining robbers were all killed.

The cold wind blew from outside the gate of the village, Xin Zan sniffled and sighed, "It smells so bloody!"

Ximen Qing took a peek at Mrs. Liu Gao, who was dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, and saw that her pale face was flushed with blood when she saw these robbers being killed.

Perhaps in the eyes of Mrs. Liu Gao, these robbers were executed on the spot, which can somewhat comfort Liu Gao's spirit in heaven!

Mrs. Liu Gao did not leave immediately after watching the execution outside the village gate, but came to Ximen Qing.She bowed to Ximen Qing and asked, "General Ximen, these villains have been brought to justice. I don't know when those culprits will be brought to justice?"

Ximen Qing saw Mrs. Liu Gao's eyes were bright, but there were still tears on her face that hadn't been wiped clean.It seems that Zhizhai Liu Gao's death has greatly stimulated her. Now she is full of hatred for Huarong and others, and she is looking forward to the execution of those bandit leaders.

Ximenqing said to Mrs. Liu Gao: "Madam, don't worry, those bandit leaders will be sentenced to death in a few days. I will return to Qingzhou City tomorrow, and after the Zhizhou Master inspects them, I will arrest them in Qingzhou City." Fa-rectification on the spot."

Mrs. Liu Gao listened, gave a silent salute, then turned around and left with the maid.

That night, Ximenqing, Qin Ming and others all changed their clothes and went to Liu Gao's mansion in Nanzhai to mourn the Zhizhai Liu Gao who died for the country.When we got there, we could only see mournful voices from all over Liu's residence.

Infected by the atmosphere, everyone felt sad and depressed.Although the suppression of the bandits was a complete victory, today is a very sad day for Qingfeng Village.

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The next day, Ximen Qing, Qin Ming and others led their troops to leave Qingfeng Village and return to Qingzhou City.

Because there is no commander of Zhizhai in Qingfeng Village, Huang Xin, the superintendent, stayed in Qingfeng Village temporarily to take charge of the military affairs in the village and guard against bandits on other mountains.

After the army returned to Qingzhou City in victory, the prefect Murong Yanda happily went out of the city to greet them in person, took Ximen Qing, Qin Ming and others back to the city, and set up a banquet to welcome the dust.

Zhao Mingcheng, Li Qingzhao and his wife, Qin Hui and Wang Ya were all invited to attend the celebration banquet.

During the banquet, Ximenqing and others vividly told the story of the extermination of the thieves.

Murong Yanda and the others were horrified when they heard that the robbers on Qingfeng Mountain actually ate the captors like cattle and sheep.Especially Li Qingzhao and Wang Ya were so frightened that their faces paled.

Qin Hui remembered that when he came to Qingzhou from Mizhou, he passed by Qingfeng Mountain, and he broke out in a cold sweat, calling it a fluke.

Seeing Qin Hui's frightened look, Ximen Qing thought to himself, Qin Hui, your life is very hard!During the Jingkang period, so many royal families and ministers were plundered by the Jin people to the North Kingdom, where they all died, but you fled back to the south with your wife alive and well, and finally became the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty.Jin people can't do anything to you, how could a few bandits from Qingfeng Mountain take your life?

When Murong Yanda of Zhizhou heard that Liu Gao of Zhizhai in Qingfengzhai was also eaten by the bandits, he was furious, and immediately decided to execute the three captured bandit leaders Hua Rong, Yan Shun and Wang Ying.

Murong Yanda said that there is no need to wait until after the autumn to be executed, and tomorrow he will drag the three of them to the vegetable market to avenge Liu Gao.

Because Huarong was an officer of the imperial court, but betrayed the imperial court and joined bandits, Qin Ming also took Huarong's family back to Qingzhou City this time.

Murong Yanda of Zhizhou told Qin Ming that Huarong's wife was not registered as an official prostitute, and his son was not registered as an official slave.

In this way, at the welcome banquet, Zhizhou Murong Yanda quickly judged the punishment of the bandit leaders.

On the second day, in the midst of all the attention, the three thieves, "Little Li Guang" Hua Rong, "Jinmaohu" Yanshun, and "Short-legged Tiger" Wang Ying, were escorted to Caishikou, where they were hacked to death in front of the citizens. die.

These three cannibals finally enjoyed the feeling of being cut by a knife before they died.

The screams of the three before they died, in Ximen Qing's ears, it was as if they heard the wailing of three pigs waiting to be slaughtered in the slaughterhouse.

Ximen Qing spit on the ground, and said to Luan Tingyu and the others beside him, "Beasts should die like animals. These three villains deserve what they deserve!"

Luan Tingyu, Xin Zan and others nodded in agreement.Suddenly, sharp-eyed Luan Tingyu said to everyone: "Everyone, please take a look, isn't that Liu Gao's wife in Qingfengzhai?"

Ximen Qing and others looked in the direction of Luan Tingyu's finger, and saw a beautiful woman in sackcloth watching the execution in the crowd.Upon closer inspection, the woman was Liu Gao's wife.

It seems that she did not guard Liu Gao's spirit yesterday, but quietly followed the army to Qingzhou City.She is here to see how Huarong and the other three execute the sentence!

Ximen Qing thought to herself, what a poor person, I don't know if the torture of Hua Rong and the others can heal her pain of losing her husband?

After the execution, Murong Yanda, the governor of Qingzhou, ordered that the heads of the three Hua Rong and the Qingfeng Mountain thieves brought back by Qin Ming be hung on the four gates of the city wall to deter the other thieves in Qingzhou.

After taking care of the robbers, Zhizhou Murong Yanda wanted to report the matter of destroying Qingfeng Mountain to the imperial court and ask for credit for everyone.

Ximen Qing politely rejected Murong Yanda's kindness, and asked him to only mention the credits of Qingzhou government officials and others in the document, not to include their brothers.

Seeing that Ximenqing insisted on becoming a hermit and was unwilling to make a name for himself in the imperial court, Zhizhou Murong Yanda had no choice but to obey him.

In order to commend the contributions made by Ximen Qing and others, Zhizhou Murong Yanda decided to reward Ximen Qing and them heavily.Murong Yanda told Ximen Qing that he could no longer refuse.If you don't reward yourself for your merits, how can you ask people to do things in Qingzhou in the future?

Ximen Qing heard that what Murong Yanda said was reasonable, so he stopped humbly declining and accepted Murong Yanda's reward.However, when he turned around, he gave these rewards to Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao and his wife, asking them to help distribute them to the people whose houses had been burned down by robbers outside the south gate of Qingzhou City, and help them rebuild their houses.

Ximen Qing's move was once again beyond the expectation of Murong Yanda, Zhao Mingcheng, Qin Hui and others, which made them admire Ximen Qing even more.These scholars called Ximen Qing brothers and sisters one after another, and got closer to each other.

Ximen Qing gave up a sum of money, but gained the favor of this group of people, and really made another good deal.Seeing that the affairs in Qingzhou were finished, Ximenqing bid farewell to Zhao Mingcheng and his wife and prepared to leave Qingzhou City.

Chapter 2: Mrs. Liu Gao's Trust