Bai Shandao: "Resisting the arrest, or resisting the arrest for the bandits, the county can list you and others as accomplices, even if you are all killed, that is also a military achievement, a political achievement, not a fault!"
The crowd grew restless.
"But the county didn't do that. Instead, it tried everything possible to come here first to investigate, seized the bandit leader, and seized the confession before coming to arrest people. What is the reason?" Bai Shan looked at them coldly and said: " This county is willing to give you a chance to start over, but I don’t know if you are willing to accept this opportunity?"
"Magistrate, you may be mistaken. Although my son is lazy on weekdays, he is definitely not a bandit."
Bai Shan sneered, did not respond to this sentence, but looked at them coldly and said: "Two such nearby villages, such a large-scale bandit looted the village, if you don't believe me in this county, you don't know anything. Didn’t you take any of the food and belongings back home?”
"This county is already lenient enough. If you don't want to accept it, I don't mind making more military achievements." Bai Shan pressed his raised finger slightly, and the soldiers behind him stretched their bows further.
Now the villagers took three steps back and looked at each other, speechless for a while.
Zhou Man sighed, and stepped forward to persuade the villagers, "Why do you have to fight hard with the county magistrate? The arrested Jia Dalang and others have recruited everything, and even you Lizheng has confirmed this. You already have Accomplices, suspicion of harboring, you still want to resist arrest at this time, if you hurt these adults, are you planning to turn the whole family into bandits and rebel against the Great Jin?"
Because Zhou Man is a woman, her language is gentle, and she gave free medical treatment to the people in the village before, and everyone felt less resistance, so they listened more and thought about it at the same time...
No, there is no need to think about it at all, Zhou Man's words are like pouring a basin of cold water on top of their heads, chilling their hearts, it is impossible for the whole family to turn into bandits...
This is not a chaotic world, this is a peaceful and prosperous world. If they really fall into the grass and turn into bandits, they will be surrounded by officers and soldiers tomorrow just after they go up the mountain today.
Not to mention that it is impossible for them to really get the whole family for one person.
As a result, some people began to retreat in the crowd, especially those who had a bad relationship with the arrested son (brother), and they retreated quietly.
If everyone hadn't come, and the reputation of a bandit in the family was really bad, they wouldn't have really come...
One-third of the people dispersed immediately, and the remaining people felt even more withdrawn. After looking around, some left again, and the rest became more hesitant.
A woman squeezed up from behind, knelt down in front of Bai Shan with a plop, and yelled, "My lord, I only have one son, why don't you catch me and let me replace my son!"
Bai Shan looked down at her and nodded, "Yes."
He turned his head to attract a yamen servant and said, "Tie her up."
The woman was dumbfounded, and the crowd became noisy.
Bai Shanju looked at her condescendingly, "This county takes pity on your son's heart, since this is the case, this county will satisfy you and take you back to the county government office. After confirming your son's crimes, I will carefully check the law books and see Can you take the blame?"
"No, my lord, you must promise me..."
Bai Shan looked down at her and asked, "What if I don't agree to you?"
Woman: "..."
"Then, then I will die in front of you."
Bai Shan said: "If you die, who will take the blame for your son?"
The woman opened her mouth and was speechless for a while.
Bai Shandao: "Do you think you committed suicide, what responsibility will the county have?"
The woman said with difficulty: "You are the county magistrate, don't you have sympathy? We are all your people."
Bai Shandao: "The people in Xiaoliu Village and those who were looted by them are also the people of this county. This county will not be partial, but the most basic justice can still be done. I don't sympathize with them. Why should they To sympathize with you?"
The villagers' hearts were as cold as the woman's.
A yamen servant came up with a rope to tie her up, but the woman immediately got up and ran back, "I will not forgive my crime, I will not forgive my crime."
Bai Shan smiled shallowly, stopped the yamen servant holding the rope, went to look at the villagers, and asked, "Are you still deciding to hide bandits and resist arrest?"
The rest of the villagers looked at each other and left holding torches.
Bai Shan asked the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows, turned their heads and said to Jia Lichang: "This county will give you some manpower, let them go into the village, don't allow them to gather, everyone goes back to their homes, if there is a crowd to make a noise, everyone will follow the rules of bandits. Companions deal with it."
Jia Lichang agreed tremblingly, he took a peek at Zhou Man and said, "My lord, I'm afraid they won't listen to me anymore."
"You are not only Lizheng, but also the patriarch of the Jia family. This county thinks you will have a way, right?"
Jia Lichang was speechless, so he had to lead people to chase those villagers, and they were not allowed to get together to talk again.
As soon as they left, Zhou Man raised his eyebrows at Bai Shan, and said triumphantly, "How about it, can I cooperate well?"
Bai Shan gave her a thumbs up, retracted it and said, "But you shouldn't mention that Jia Lizheng."
Man Bao was surprised, "Aren't you going to change Li Zheng?"
Bai Shan: "That's a matter for the future, and now we need to use him to appease people's hearts."
Jia Li is not only about to be replaced, he is also going to be sentenced.
Bai Shan turned his head and asked County Captain Dong, "Has everyone returned?"
"No, there are still five teams who haven't come back, three of them ran away, and they chased after them."
Bai Shan frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the night, "It's so dark, once you run out of the village, it won't be easy to catch it, right?"
Even if there are people guarding the intersection.
The man came back quickly, only two teams of soldiers escorted one back, and the other three teams returned without success, so forget it, and brought back one more.
Seeing that the injured person was a yamen servant, Zhou Man immediately stepped forward to have a look. After checking, she said, "It's broken..."
The yamen servant was about to cry, and the words sounded like "you are limping" to his ears, so he hugged his legs and couldn't speak.
Zhou Man checked the bleeding port, and said: "It will definitely swell up tomorrow. If you want to set the bone, at least you have to wait until the swelling disappears. There is also some bleeding inside. I will give you medicine first..."
Zhou Man dealt with the trauma for him, it should be that when he fell, he rubbed against something like a stone or a tree root, the cut looked hideous, but it was a minor injury, so it didn't matter.
What matters is that the leg is broken.
Zhou Man flipped through the medicine box and grabbed a pair of medicine for him, saying: "This is medicine for reducing swelling and pain. You will feel better after drinking a bowl in a while. I will fix your bones when you return to the county office. Try not to drink it for the next two days." move."
She took a wooden stick to fix his legs, and then looked at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan has already arranged the next manpower, he said to Zhou Man: "You take these people back?"
He said: "I went to Sun Lizheng's side with County Captain Dong, and arrested the remaining people as much as possible. These people will be escorted back temporarily by inspector Song."