It was already a day and a half after I ran from Fengxize to Fuping County and back again.
This speed is not fast, but it is not slow either.
In the absence of logistical supplies, they could only travel so far by traveling day and night.
Zhang Xuezhou didn't care about rushing. After all, he had few stable days in these years. He was not only on the road when he was awake, but also when he was asleep.
In terms of his ability to travel, he is not said to be top-notch, but he is indeed a professional.
Li Jiao and others were exhausted, but he was in pretty good condition.
"My crotch hurts and my butt is smashed!"
Seeing everyone shouting in pain, Zhang Xuezhou also joined in the fun.
Relying on the standard equipment of horses and armor of the Northern Army, it was extremely easy for him to enter Fuping County, and he even drove all the way to the camping area next to the county government.
"Masters, this way!"
Zhang Xuezhou also met Wang Yanchong, the sub-inspector who had tricked Dong Zhongshu and others, and Mr. Bodang stood obediently in the camp to accompany him.
Holding the token of the Northern Military District, they had a smooth journey.
"Where is General Yamen who is responsible for verifying Fuping County?" Ning Cheng asked.
"Your Majesty, the general has returned to the county," Wang Yanchong responded.
"Have you, the captain, become mute or something? When I ask you a question, do you want the subordinate to respond?" Ning Cheng frowned and looked at Bodang and asked, "What did General Yamen find out in Fuping County?"
"Sir... Sir, he didn't find out anything, but when he saw that I had drunk alcohol, he beat me up!" Bodang hesitated.
"It's not unfair to hit you!"
There are many people with hot tempers in the military area, and most people don't mess around when they can. Bodang, who was caught violating the rules, obviously received a severe beating.
"I heard that you arrested a few people from the business group a few days ago?" Ning Cheng asked: "You also confiscated their money and put them in jail!"
"Yes...that's what happened!" Bodang responded.
"Sir, they bribed us, and they also want to get close to Governor Li. These people must be thinking of assassination," Wang Yanchong, the superintendent of the sect, said anxiously.
The people who came to Fuping County for verification in the past few days were all powerful and powerful people. For example, Bodang commanded a small army of 1,000 people in Fuping County, and none of the military generals who came to Fuping County for verification had less than 3,000 people. prepared by.
He glanced at the few people behind Ning Cheng and felt that these people with iron masks had higher military positions than General Yamen.
"You mean they want to assassinate Governor Li?" Ning Chengqi asked.
"Yeah!"
"That's interesting. I want to see who Fang Sheng has the strength to assassinate the Governor of Li, but you still put him in prison!"
Wang Yanchong was steadfast in his vow, which prompted Ning Cheng to ask a casual question.
This sentence immediately made Wang Yanchong's face pale, and Bodang was slow to react and knew the problem.
He raised his head and glanced at Zhang Xuezhou, who was wandering around behind him, and felt that he might have stirred a hornet's nest this time.
"How many days have we not given them food?"
Bodang asked Wang Yanchong in a low voice. Wang Yanchong reluctantly raised his head, and then slapped himself several times.
"General Yamen also inquired about this case a few days ago. He also went to the prison to see those people and gave them something to eat." Wang Yanchong said: "Masters, they should still be alive. I will go and fetch those people." come over!"
Bodang could understand things, but Wang Yanchong couldn't.
He looked at Zhang Xuezhou, who had previously sworn that he had nothing to do with Dong Zhongshu and others, and couldn't figure out why the other party brought several powerful generals to create a scene today.
Wang Yanchong's heart sank. If he had not been able to escape from the northern border, he would have wanted to run away for his life.
Now he could only pray that these people could endure the cold and hunger these days and not die.
Military region management and county government governance are completely different methods. The county government will conduct trials and interviews to find out the details and impose sentences in accordance with regulations. But in the military region, as long as it can be initially confirmed, some details can be ignored directly, and violence is also the most common in military regions. method of punishment.
Such as Bodang being beaten is one of them.
It is also common for serious mistakes to result in homicides.
Wang Yanchong felt that he might have made a more serious mistake. The business group he and Bodang arrested might have involved relatives of a certain general.
This made Wang Yanchong's legs and feet tremble for a while, and cold sweat continued to break out on his forehead.
In this cold spring season, he felt that his heart, which was not even hot, had frozen to pieces.
"Go and invite me here, I hope no one dies due to your greed!"
Ning Cheng glanced at Wang Yanchong, his careless eyes clearly filled with warning.
As the recorder of Shanggu County, he was very aware of the little moves of Wang Yanchong and others.
Making money from dead people is something these people often do. As a large county of military settlements, Fuping County does not care about the benefits brought by a business group, and there are few business groups here.
Whenever Wang Yanchong and others are caught with something, it is normal for these people to be imprisoned until death.
"This is a case that General Yamen asked about. He didn't say anything at the time," Bodang muttered.
But after Bodang was slapped by the military general named Lu, the other party didn't say another word.
Wang Yanchong hurried to the prison, and Li Jiao asked with concern.
“Are they frost resistant?”
"Half the people can resist, half can't resist!"
Wang Yanchong looked disappointed, but Zhang Xuezhou was not worried about the lives of Dong Zhongshu and others.
As soon as Dong Zhongshu entered the prison, he opened the wall. Not to mention how many days he was detained, even if he was detained for half a year, he would not starve to death or freeze to death.
But it is inevitable that a few people will suffer.
What surprised Zhang Xuezhou was that General Yamen of the Northern Military Region inspected the prison, but Dong Zhongshu did not seize the opportunity.
He grabbed a chicken leg and chewed the high-quality food of the military area carefully, while the others gulped down the food, constantly recovering the physical energy lost from the long journey.
After Zhang Xuezhou finished eating three chicken legs, Zhang Xuezhou saw Dong Zhongshu and others carrying them on a stretcher.
"Not dead, not one of them!"
Wang Yan had a sad face when he rushed out of the camp, and a slightly red face when he came back.
As long as no one was killed, he would undoubtedly be freed from the death penalty that the generals might impose when they solve the problem irritably. At most, he would have to hand over his earnings, pay some salary, and slap a few slaps on his face.
"It seems that you are doing well," Zhang Xuezhou raised his head and said.
"Unfortunately, I bumped into Gongsun Ao's big mouth," Dong Zhongshu complained in a low voice.
"What? Did you bump into an acquaintance?" Zhang Xuezhou asked curiously.
"No, he insists on saying that I am Dong Zhongshu, what can I do?" Dong Zhongshu said with a headache: "I despised the court rules and left the administrative area without authorization. I should not do so and there is nothing I can do, so I can only continue to be imprisoned. Stay!"
"Your interpersonal relationships are really hard to describe!"
Dong Zhongshu met an acquaintance, but Dong Zhongshu failed to accomplish anything.
Given his embarrassing identity, it would be more difficult for him to get things done as a businessman.
Dong Zhongshu even realized that the news of his coming to the north might be difficult to keep secret, which made him worried.
"You seem to know these people, can you get things done?" Dong Zhongshu asked in a low voice.
"It should be possible." Zhang Xuezhou thought for a few seconds and said, "But you have to protect me for seven days first and don't let them touch my body!"
After running for his life for two days, being imprisoned in the tomb for three days, and then returning to Fuping County, Zhang Xuezhou's week passed at an extremely tense pace.
As he returns to the real world soon, physical problems inevitably appear in front of Li Jiao and others.
Except for people like Dong Zhongshu who he has known for a long time, it is difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to ensure that others will do something to him.
Thinking of how people in the military region would resort to violent methods to solve problems when they disagreed, Zhang Xuezhou felt that if he didn't ask Dong Zhongshu to help, there would probably be some treatment scenes that he didn't want to see when he returned.
(End of chapter)
