On the second day, Zheng Qing and Qi Lian led troops to leave Lulong County and rushed to the nearest village.
The scene that appeared was: more than one hundred soldiers confronted with more than forty young men; the soldiers held up their knives, and the young men erected their hoes.
These young men looked angry, as if they were about to attack officers and soldiers preemptively.
Standing behind Zheng Qing, Qi Lian watched this scene and whispered to Zheng Qing: "Master Zheng, can you say a few words?"
Zheng Qing was furious. Qi Lian wanted to use him as a shield, and all the dirty work belonged to him!
However, Zheng Qing couldn't refuse. With a sigh of anger, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "This official is the imperial order officer, acting according to the emperor's order, not the bandit who robbed the house. Do you want to rebel?"
The leader of the young man yelled coldly: "What kind of court commanders are you, you clearly come to grab our land, I tell you, don't think about it!"
Zheng Qing's eyes flickered, he stepped back, and said in a low voice: "These people don't make sense, just do it."
This village is the most stubborn. Not only does it refuse to hand over the household registration of Rending, but it also keeps a close eye on the fields. Yamen can't enter the village at all!
Qi Lian glanced at Zheng Qing, always wary of this one, and said, "Then your lord will give the order."
Zheng Qing's eyes changed slightly, and he snorted in his heart. He was silent for a while, and said: "Split the troops, leave fifty people here, and the others will split into two paths, enter the village, and go directly to the ancestral hall!"
Qi Lian thought that this was a way, so he brought in two people and whispered.
Soon, Qilian’s officials did three routes, staying all the way, and the other two were looking for other routes to enter the village.
When the leading man saw it, he was shocked and said, "Watch them and don't allow them to enter the village!"
There were a total of more than forty people here, and more than 20 were quickly separated, chasing and intercepting officers and soldiers.
Qi Lian saw it, waited for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Go forward!"
The officer in front of him held the knife and walked forward step by step.
The twenty young men who were left on the opposite side watched the more than sixty officials slowly approaching, and couldn't help but back off.
Zheng Qing frowned, but did not speak, followed Qi Lian and moved forward.
The soldiers were pressing hard at each step, and these villagers retreated step by step, not daring to actually attack.
The other two roads also quickly entered the village and directly targeted the most important place in the village, the ancestral hall.
The leading young man saw that the officials had approached the edge of the village, his face was cruel, and said, "Don't deceive people too much!"
Qi Lian was expressionless, and continued to push the officials forward.
This village must be won!
At this moment, several old men appeared.
"Patriarch." The leading young man hurriedly saluted.
This old man appeared to be seventy years old, with a crouched waist and white beard and hair, but he could speak clearly. He looked at Zheng Qing and said, "My lord, are you trying to kill us all?"
The young man beside him looked at Zheng Qing and others with a look of resentment.
Zheng Qing is actually very dissatisfied with Zhou Zheng's actions. Be your official properly. What kind of corruption do you check, what households and fields will be liquidated, behave, wait for promotion
Thinking in his heart, he didn't dare to say it. He hesitated for a moment, then raised his head, and said in awe-inspiring manner: "What is killing? This official is here to register the tenants. Is the clearing of the land to force you to die? If you have a large population and not enough acres Mr. Patroller is going to allocate more fields to you! If you have a small population and a large number of fields, and there is no time to cultivate, this will naturally be allowed. Which point will force you to die?"
The patriarch looked at Zheng Qing and said lightly: "My lord, you don't need to say that you are so righteous. I see more officials in Yongping Mansion than you. Let's talk about it, what do you want to give up? Our village is very poor, I don’t have much money. I hope that we can make up the number that the adults want."
Zheng Qing looked at the patriarch with a look of irritation, and said: "We are the imperial order officer, not bandits! As long as you truthfully hand over your village's household book and field book, we will ignore the rest."
The patriarch looked at Zheng Qing, and then at the dozens of officers who were unsheathed by swordsmen and soldiers behind him. For a while, he tremblingly took out two account books from his arms, and said: "The first one is for people, including those from the village. It also includes foreign ones. The second one is farms. All the farms in our Zhangjia Village are ancestral properties."
The patriarch waved his hand when the young men were angry and about to speak.
The young men suddenly looked at the officials with red eyes and handed them to Zheng Qing.
Zheng Qing gave it to Qi Lian casually, looked at the patriarch and said, "You won't lie to me?"
The patriarch said lightly: "Our Zhangjiacun will not rebel, and there are no bandits. I also ask the adults to withdraw the officers who suppressed bandits."
Qi Lian suddenly understood that Zhou Zheng should be worried about the problem and ordered Cao Bianjiao's army to assist. This patriarch was not afraid of officials, but the officers and soldiers who looked at the bandits were already fierce, and they had to be afraid.
Zheng Qing, Master Cheng from Youfu, was just named in this action. Hearing the words of the patriarch, he turned to look at Qi Lian.
Qi Lian flipped through the account books, then looked up at the patriarch, and said, "I want to send someone into the village to investigate."
The patriarch was silent, then nodded, and said, "Yes, but please don't arrest anyone. Our village has many victims from other places and refugees from Liaodong."
Qi Lian said: "The inspector said that he won't arrest anyone, just liquidate the household and the land."
The patriarch obviously didn't believe Qi Lian's words, and said, "That's good."
Qilian quickly assigned tasks and sent more than 20 people into the village, and they waited in place.
After more than two hours, the official came back and whispered to Qi Lian: "My lord, it should be roughly the same."
Qi Lian nodded and said to Zheng Qing: "Master Zheng, we can go now."
Zheng Qing waited impatiently and said, "Let's go."
More than two hundred officials, and soon disappeared in the village.
The patriarch watched them go, he was relieved, and turned around slowly.
The leader Qingzhuang said dissatisfied: "Patriarch, is this for them?"
The patriarch said as he walked: "The bandits hid in Xiaozhuang Village, they were invaded by the army, and dozens of people died."
Qingzhuang's face changed slightly, and he dared not speak any more.
Xiaozhuang Village.
More than 20 bandits were killed, as well as many villagers in Xiaozhuang Village. These villagers were closely related to bandits and did not know who was instigated to attack the official army.
Naturally, more than three hundred officers and soldiers would not be soft. They rushed into the village in one fell swoop and occupied the ancestral hall with blood all the way.
Yili long knelt on the ground, looking at the general flag with blood on his body, crying and said: "Official man, we really have nothing to do with the bandits, we are all misunderstanding..."
Zongqi sneered and said, "Misunderstanding? More than 20 bandits entered your village. You didn't respond, but the army came, and you attacked the army. Are you going to rebel!"
The chief squatted his head repeatedly and said: "Official man, we can't bear the charge of rebellion, man, please forgive us once..."
Zongqi also killed more than a dozen soldiers. He was annoyed and wanted to kill this group of people, but reason stopped him, and said in a deep voice: "There will be officials coming soon, you can explain to them!"
There was a bitter face full of panic.
They didn't want to hand over the household and field records, and they also raised a lot of bandits. How did they know that the officers and soldiers were so ruthless, they really killed them!
Leting Town, Changli County.
As soon as the official came to the village, he saw a group of people coming up with an old man, accompanied by a smile: "My lord, these are the households and fields you want. We are already ready."
The leading Changli County Xingshu was startled, with a strange look, this was the first one to be so cooperative.
The old man smiled, but his heart was dripping blood. There was a group of officers and soldiers who were fighting against the bandits, very close to their village, and they also made a posture of entering the village to fight against the bandits. (End of this chapter)