Chapter 178： 179 Collusion between soldiers and bandits?

Chapter 178 179 Collusion between soldiers and bandits?

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia's frowning brows, and said softly, "Okay, I'll invite Xu Chun and Xu Dong to go there early tomorrow morning and report the situation of Qingchuan. It's just the family's occupied fields, I'm afraid it won't happen in a short time. Kung Fu will go back to deal with it, when it is settled here, you manage it here, I will go back to deal with it, you can see it."

Zhou Jia reached out and held Li Yu's hand, looking at Li Yu with affectionate eyes, "Yu'er, let you run around with me, I'm suffering."

Li Yu said strangely: "You and I, husband and wife, should be like this, so don't say anything like this in the future."

Zuo Qing, the bandit leader of Qinglong Village, waited in the cottage for a few days, but did not wait for the bandits who went out to loot, Zuo Qing said to his confidant Tu Gang: "Tu Gang, did the third one bring back the stockade? "

Tu Gang recalled and said, "Brother, I didn't see anyone coming back. The third master's family won't be hacked by the people from Hutouzhai, right?"

"No, Hutouzhai will not know that someone is coming." Zuo Qing recalled the situation when he received the news from Huang San. At that time, only the third child and his two confidants were present, and it is reasonable to say that the news would not be leaked to the public. People from Hutouzhai have been out for three or four days and haven't seen them back. Could they be killed by those people?

Zuo Qing said to his confidant Tu Gang: "You go outside the city to see what's going on with the third child, and stop by the city to see if the new county magistrate sent by the imperial court has taken office?"

"Yes, the master." Tu Gang came out of the stockade and rode a big green mule down the mountain, walking towards Qingchuan City.

Tu's family, Tu Dianshi put a piece of braised pork in the bowl, took a bite, it melted in the mouth, Tu Dianshi smiled and said, "Oh! It's delicious! I haven't eaten such delicious braised pork in a long time."

Zhou Jia and Mr. Qian looked at Tu Dianshi with a smile, and after he had eaten, they walked towards the opposite county office together.

In the backyard, Li Yu looked at the luxuriant oleander in the corner. The branches were full of pink flowers. There was a small door next to the flower tree. Xiaoyu burned the bath water and sent it to the room. Seeing Li Yu standing in front of the flower tree, he walked over and smiled at Li Yu: "Madam, the hot water has already been delivered to the room, go wash it, relax."

Li Yu saw that Xiaoyu was sweating profusely, and said with a smile: "You're tired! Let Ruyi go to the Yaxing early in the morning, and buy two rough maids back, so that you can do some rough housework for you."

Xiaoyu saw that Li Yu was considerate to herself, and smiled sweetly, "You are really, so much work and not tired, what are you doing with that money."

Li Yu tapped the tip of Xiaoyu's nose, "Xiao Cai fans, that's it." He walked into the room with a smile.

Li Yu leaned in the bathtub, thinking about what he saw and heard after arriving in Qingchuan City, and thinking about the mountain bandits he met when he was about to get to Qingchuan: those mountain bandits had been waiting there for a long time, and so many people had come, just for the sake of To rob and kill a few carriages would be too much of a fuss! Also; this place is even worse than she imagined, so she should go outside the city tomorrow morning to see how many people have returned home after the disaster?

Zhou Jia, Mr. Qian and Tu Dian Shi were sitting in the dilapidated county hall. Zhou Jia looked at the walls that were leaking air and thought: Fortunately, it is autumn, and in two months, people will freeze.

Tu Dian Shi took out a few stacks of files from the cabinet and placed them on the broken wooden table, "Sir, the other files and records were all during the severe drought last year; They smashed, looted and looted the city walls.” Tu Dianshi paused and pointed to the stacks of files, “These books were taken by the lower officials before the mountain bandits rushed into the city gate, robbed them and hid them, and the others in the yamen The personnel have long since left, and the last four yamen have also fled the famine. Even if they did not go to flee the famine, the imperial court has not sent anyone, and no one has issued stipends. Shell, nothing."

Zhou Jia flipped through it and thought: "Fortunately, all the important files are still there.

Zhou Jia bowed to the envoy Tu Dian and said: "Tu Dian Shi, thank you for risking your life to save these files. For other matters, this official will send someone to the Qingzhou Prefecture prefect's yamen tomorrow morning for instructions."

Tu Dianshi blushed and said, "My lord, my daughter's family has also been killed by the bandits, and I'm the only old man left. I just hope that the lord can invite officers and soldiers to destroy the Qinglong Village as soon as possible, and avenge my daughter's family. Those who died at the hands of the mountain bandits take revenge."

Zhou Jia looked at the grief-stricken Tu Dian envoy and said sternly: "Don't worry, this official told Qingzhou Prefecture to invite officers and soldiers to destroy the mountain bandits."

Mr. Qian said to Tu Dian with some doubts: "Tu Dian, I heard that there are two bandits around Qingchuan County, one band is called Qinglong Village, and the other is called Hutouzhai. Is it only Qinglong Village that burned and robbed the county seat? ?"

Tu Dianshi nodded and said: "There are only two big cottages, one is Qinglongzhai and the other is Hutouzhai. The bandits in Qinglongzhai do all kinds of evil things. The people in the north of the county are not enough to eat themselves, and they have to pay them protection food. The bandits in Hutouzhai are similar to them, and the people in the south of the county town pay them protection food, so the county government cannot collect taxes at all.”

Mr. Qian looked at Tu Dianshi in surprise, "Oh! You have to pay them protection food. The mountain bandits are so arrogant and arrogant, didn't the state government send officers and soldiers to destroy them?"

"Why not, what's the use of just coming. The officers and soldiers are here, and the county government has to serve food and drink. After eating and drinking, go for a walk in the mountains, and I don't even see the shadow of the mountain bandits," Tu Dianshi was so angry As soon as he patted the table, "As soon as the officers and soldiers left, the mountain bandits began to take revenge on the people. They used to collect grain secretly. In the first year of the drought, after scaring the county magistrate away, the mountain bandits openly collected grain outside the city. This is good. Now, there are no city gates, so it's more convenient for those mountain bandits to collect grain."

After hearing this, Zhou Jia and Mr. Qian all thought in unison: there is something tricky, and there is a family of soldiers and bandits.

After finishing the files, they closed the door and went back to Tu's house opposite.

Zhou Jia returned to his room and told Li Yu what he had heard from Tu Dianshi, "Yu'er, I think those officers and soldiers and the bandits must be helping each other and colluding with each other!"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and said, "I have always suspected that we were intercepted by mountain bandits two days ago. It makes sense to hear what you said. The news that we came to Qingchuan may not want us. Going to Qingchuan and destroying their interests, you can write to Shen Wu to find out which general's officers and soldiers have been sent to Qingchuan to suppress the bandits over the years. The county government office was set on fire."

Zhou Jia nodded and said: "Okay, you rest first, I will write a letter and ask Qingzhou Prefecture for money to repair the city wall, submit a note to the government office, and prepare to recruit officials and officials."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia's thin cheeks and felt a little distressed, "Go! Don't be too late, rest early." Zhou Jia led Li Yu to the bed, "I know, you've been tired for so long. , rest early."

Li Yu took off his shoes and climbed into the bed. The couple cuddled together and kept warm for a while. Zhou Jia kissed Li Yu and then got up and went to the study.