Chapter 231 Lead the snake out of the hole
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"Yes, what's going on?" Master Ji Er also asked.
"A few days ago, the garrison received a secret report that there would be bandits robbing the food and grass transported to the border in Yingjue Gorge." Qi Younian nodded and signaled everyone not to worry, and then briefly told the whole story.
After the Ren Anwei Office received a secret report, Qi Younian did not dare to neglect it. He personally led his troops to Yingzhao Gorge at the junction of Ren An Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion, and arranged for an ambush.
The food truck walked to the Eagle Jumping Gorge. Sure enough, bandits stopped him, but they didn't expect that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole were behind him and instead fell into the ambush of Qi Younian.
Most of the bandits who robbed the grain were annihilated, and a small number of them fled. The grain and grass transported to the border were not lost at all, so they continued to transport it to the border from the original people. When Qi Younian knew that someone in the grain transport team colluded with the bandits, he left some of the official troops to clean the battlefield. He personally led people to chase the thieves.
"It is this thief who reported the news that the bandits knew exactly how to transport grain and how they passed by Ying Jue Gorge. At least the thief was too confident and thought that the food and grass would definitely be robbed after passing Ying Jue Gorge and would not leave any living traits. Therefore, he was not greedy and returned to Qingyuan and planned to redeem another batch of food and grass." Qi Younian took all his thoughts and finally talked about the yamen runners who came back to report the news.
"It's so unreasonable that such a thing happened!" Qi Younian finished speaking, and County Magistrate Xie was already looking erect and said indignantly.
"The evidence is conclusive." Contrary to the excitement of Xie Zhixian County, Qi Younian just said lightly.
The truth is that the officers and soldiers of Ren'anwei Station protected the food and grass, but the yamen runner who came back to report the news said that all the food and grass were robbed. Based on this alone, it can be concluded that the yamen runner has a big problem.
"I am really ashamed. The subordinates didn't notice it for a while and almost fell for the thief." County Magistrate Xie said again.
"It's no wonder Lord Xie. Who would have thought that the thief would have such courage to hide the truth from the world. Moreover, the yamen runners are Lord Xie's confidant, so Lord Xie naturally believed his words." Qi Younian said.
"I know that the border is in a hurry and lacks food and grass, so I'm too anxious. ∏∈," said Qi Younian, and County Magistrate Xie seemed to be even more ashamed. "The yamen runners who chose to carry food and grass are usually very smart and capable. The subordinates dare not say that they are clean and honest, but they are not selfish. The yamen runners of the ancient surname are not the confidant of the subordinates, but they are very safe to do errands in normal times. I really didn't expect that he would have colluded with the thieves."
"No matter what, the subordinate officials are actually guilty of being in prison." County Magistrate Xie had already stood up and said this and saluted Qi Younian again.
"Mr. Xie doesn't have to do this. I'll talk about everything after I get the yamen runner." Qi Younian waved his hand and said.
"What Lord Qi said," County Magistrate Xie nodded quickly.
Ji Xiaotang also nodded secretly. Yes, everything will be concluded only after it is obtained by the yamen runner. If you can take the job back and report the yamen runner's position among the bandits is obviously not ordinary. If you hold him and pry open his mouth, everything will probably be different.
However, when Qi Younian came, he said that he had sent people to the county government to arrest people at the same time. But until now, no news has been heard. This seems to be something wrong.
Has this person been caught?
If what she expected was right, the yamen runners and those who robbed food were all the people who robbed Sha Polang. Thinking about Sha Polang's usual style, Ji Xiaotang must not be worried.
At this moment, Ji Xiaotang was obviously not the only one who was worried about in the room. Master Ji Er's brows were always slightly frowning, and Magistrate Xie seemed to not want to cover up the expression on his face.
Only Qi Younian was calm and had the style of a general who did not change color before the collapse of Mount Tai.
After waiting, Qi Younian asked Master Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang about the situation of the victims in Qingyuan County. Just after Master Ji Er said a few words, there were footsteps outside. Then a small school of personal soldiers came in, and a low voice in Qi Younian's ear was said.
Qi Younian immediately stood up and said goodbye to Master Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang, saying that he was going to the county government.
"Please go with me, Lord Xie," Qi Younian said, but he never mentioned whether he had caught the yamen runner of the ancient surname. ¢£,
He didn't say anything, and Magistrate Xie was not easy to ask for a moment, so he could only nod.
"After a moment, Younian will come back to disturb Ji Daren." Before taking Xie Magistrate out, Qi Younian said again, but his eyes happened to fall on Ji Xiaotang.
Ji Xiaotang immediately understood.
Master Ji Er took Ji Xiaotang to the door and saw that the two of them left, he turned back to the study room.
He knew that the food and grass transported to the north and the husband who carried the food and grass were safe, but when he sat down in the study, there was no slight relief on Master Ji Er's face.
"Xiaotang, you Uncle Xie, there is really something wrong with it."
This is not the first time Mr. Ji Er has become suspicious of Xie Ziqian, but it is the first time Mr. Ji Er has made this idea public. What does Mr. Ji Er mean by doing this mean? No one knows better than Ji Xiaotang.
With the same idea as Master Ji Er’s thoughts, Ji Xiaotang’s last fantasy about Magistrate Xie was also shattered.
"Uncle Xie has always been cautious in Zhou Xiang, but this time he trusts the words of a yamen runner and comes to urge grain without any confirmation. Uncle Xie should be raising food for the rebels, and at the same time he also wants to force our Ji family into a dead end." Ji Xiaotang nodded and said.
Master Ji Er nodded.
"This is what it means to know people, but not the heart. I have been hiding him for many years, but he has been hiding it."
"Dad, maybe Uncle Xie had a unique purpose when he met you. He was in favor of his father and kept acting in front of us."
If that is true, Xie Ziqian must have done a lot of things, and Xie Ziqian is too patient and good at acting.
"If this is the case, it is really hateful and fearful." Mr. Ji Er was obviously awakened by Ji Xiaotang's words. Recalling his experience of getting to know and interacting with Xie Ziqian, he couldn't help but feel terrified.
Ji Xiaotang actually agreed with what Master Ji Er said was hateful and fearful. In his previous life, they had never seen through the true face of Magistrate Xie.
"I don't know if Ayou's people caught the yamen runner who reported the news." Ji Xiaotang looked out the door, a little uneasy.
"There is no news yet, I'm afraid it's not optimistic." Master Ji Er said.
And the development of things was just as Mr. Ji Er was worried.
It was already an hour later that Qi Younian came to Ji Mansion again. Qi Younian's face was still covered in frost and his blood-stained battle robe. Although his expression was calm, the corners of his mouth were a little tight.
He welcomed Qi Younian to the study room and sat down. Even if he was anxious to know the progress of the matter, Master Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang did not ask Qi Younian first.
Ji Xiaotang first asked someone to bring a basin and asked Qi Younian to wash up. Qi Younian was not polite to the father and daughter of the Ji family. After washing up, he borrowed the quiet room behind the study and changed into a clean robe. Then he came out again and talked to Master Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang.
"Was the yamen runner of the ancient surname caught the survivor?" Ji Xiaotang asked.
"The yamen runner died." Qi Younian told Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang. At that time, he brought people into Qingyuan County and knew that Xie Magistrate was in the Ji family. He only brought a few people to the Ji family and sent his confidant soldiers to the county yamen to find the yamen runners with the ancient surname.
The soldiers quickly found the yamen runner of the ancient surname, but the yamen runner was very alert. When he saw someone coming, he immediately knew that something was wrong and tried his best to escape.
As Ji Xiaotang thought, those who could take on such important chores must not be ordinary people. The yamen runners with the surname Gu actually had good kung fu and fought to the death. In the end, one died and two injured in the official army. Although they arrested the yamen runners of the surname Gu, they still made him die.
"I was guarding against this move, but it was still a little bit worse." Such a key figure still failed to catch the survivor, so Qi Younian naturally would not be in a good mood.
When a person dies, the clues are broken again.
"What's the battle in Eagle Jumping Gorge?" Ji Xiaotang understood in his heart, paused for a moment, put down the topic, and asked another thing that she was very concerned about.
Speaking of Eagle Jumping Gorge, Qi Younian's face became slightly shining again.
"Thanks to Xiaotang's letter arrived in time." Qi Younian smiled and bowed to Ji Xiaotang.
Ji Xiaotang lent Mu Hong and Shen to write a letter of peace at that time, conveying her suspicion of County Magistrate Xie and her thoughts of food and grass being robbed to Qi Younian. Because what Ji Xiaotang said was reasonable and well-founded, Qi Younian would naturally not ignore it. He immediately sent someone to secretly track down the convoy carrying food and grass, and soon something was wrong.
Among the people who escorted the food and grass, some secretly informed the mysterious figure. Qi Younian immediately concluded that someone was indeed going to rob the food and grass.
The best time to rob this batch of food and grass is to rob the Eagle Jump Gorge at the junction of Ren'an Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion.
Once these are determined, the next thing will be much easier.
Qi Younian led his men to set up an ambush in the Eagle Jumping Gorge, and a mantis stalked the cicada and oriole behind the sword.
"This victory not only depends on Xiaotang to deliver the letter in time, but Master Li also made a lot of efforts." Qi Younian told Master Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang again.
This time, the Ji family not only sent many husbands to transport food and grass, but also arranged for Master Li and Master Quan to escort the hospital along the way. The three martial artists of the Ji family, as well as another Master Zeng, were sent to be the personal guards of Master Ji San and went out to sea with Master Ji San.
"Then... Master All?" Master Ji Er asked.
"As Xiaotang and Lord Ji expected, Master Quan was also the other party's eyeliner." It was Master Quan who secretly contacted the mysterious man. Master Quan had some effort, which made it difficult for the people sent by Qi Younian to follow him at that time.
"Oh." Master Ji Er couldn't help but sigh.
Because Master Zeng and Master Ji San went out to sea, two martial artists in the family sent one to escort the food and grass, leaving one to stay at home, which was the best arrangement. But Ji Xiaotang made the decision and sent both Master Li and Master All out.
Ji Xiaotang used the plan to lure the snake out of the hole.
Chapter completed!