"Everyone, wait a minute." A Yamen servant quickly handed over his hand, "I will go and inform Magistrate Wei."
Lei Er ignored him and continued counting.
"two!"
The yamen servant suddenly ran faster and almost fell when he crossed the high threshold.
How big can a county government in a remote rural area be?
As soon as Lei Er counted to four, Magistrate Wei rushed out sweating profusely.
He spoke in a low voice, "I'm busy with work, so I'm sorry for Wei's late arrival. I wonder if you have any advice?"
Ren Ning didn't answer the question, and just stared at him coldly, "We give the credit to the Gu family caravan, just because we don't want to reveal our identity. Do you understand?"
County Magistrate Wei's heart skipped a beat and he nodded hastily: "Understood."
He glanced at Ren Ning secretly.
The opponent is fully armed, and just by looking at the bow and arrow, you can tell that it is worth a lot of money. There was also a piece of scarlet silk in his hand, which seemed to be a flag.
County Magistrate Wei was thinking about it for a while.
"Very good." Ren Ning saw that he understood the situation and nodded with satisfaction, "How much bounty should we get? If we take it, we will leave, otherwise your head will follow us. Do you understand?"
Magistrate Wei felt a chill go down his back.
The previous "understanding" was just temporary perfunctory. He wanted to see who the other person was first.
When he heard it now, although he still didn't know who these people were, he could clearly hear what they wanted his head to do.
"I understand." This time he spoke more seriously, and even jerked his waist a few times.
"It's just that the county is poor now, and it will take some time for the county's bounty to come down. You see..."
Ren Ning did not answer, he waved his hand.
The shopkeeper of Ping An Medical Center was gagged and pushed over in a state of confusion.
"This Ping An Medical Center sells illegal drugs with the intention of poisoning the people. The evidence is conclusive. There are witnesses among the bandits, and we also have physical evidence on hand. He is a person under your county government, so we will not overstep his bounds. Let's sentence him now."
ah?
Magistrate Wei is trying to continue using the drag method. Unexpectedly, Ren Ning suddenly changed something, and he couldn't react for a while.
Yue Zu takes over?
He quickly came to his senses, and as he pondered Ren Ning's words, his heart suddenly shivered.
The other party should be an official like him and have the power to judge prisoners. It's just that they are not in the jurisdiction or are too lazy to take care of it, and are not ready to take action.
Such a young official is giving orders and prohibiting all his subordinates. Who is he?
He was thinking about it in his mind.
Snapped!
Lei Erzheng couldn't find any reason to get angry. At this moment, he decisively turned over and dismounted, and slapped him, causing Magistrate Wei to spin around in circles several times.
"Are you stupid or don't understand the imperial laws? Give me a sentence!"
"You, you..." County Magistrate Wei covered his face. He looked left and right and was speechless for a moment.
The surrounding government servants and police officers, who were all human beings, quickly looked up at the sky and pretended not to notice.
"Pretending to be dead again?" Lei Er raised his hand again without ceremony.
Magistrate Wei took a few steps back in fright. Seeing that Lei Er was still aggressive, he felt even more guilty.
The chief clerk next to him hurried over, pretended to check various witnesses and physical evidence, and whispered a few words quickly. After a lot of trouble, Magistrate Wei finally sentenced the sudden case.
The people around him were not stupid and had long understood what was happening. Each one looked at their own county magistrate with disdain.
In front of everyone, Magistrate Wei was so proud just now, and now he is so embarrassed. He tried inviting Ren Ning and his entourage to the yamen for a detailed discussion, but no one paid him any attention.
"The case is over. Again, bring us our bounty!" Lei Er pressed over again.
The scimitar on his waist has been drawn out, and he is ready to take action if he disagrees.
The police officers could no longer pretend to be dead, so they decided to help.
They just moved.
The twenty-three knights beside Ren Ning roared, and the long lances and sabers in their hands were already pointed at them. The horses under their crotches also began to roar collectively.
The police officers and government officials knew him well and decisively dropped their weapons to save their lives.
When County Magistrate Wei saw this formation, he was so frightened that he could not help but retreat a few words.
His face was burning, and he looked hesitantly at Ren Ning who was riding on the horse.
Although he didn't quite believe that these people really dared to kill him, a court official, in public, Ren Ning's face was calm and he couldn't tell the difference at all.
And he is just a small county magistrate. There are many people in this world who can kill him with just a word. Magistrate Wei didn't dare to gamble for a while.
Looking at Lei Er's look of wanting to kill someone at any moment, if he resorts to dragging the opponent at this moment, he is simply seeking death.
Seeing this, the chief clerk had to come over and pretend to whisper a few words, gave the county magistrate a step, and then ran back to collect the reward.
Lei Er took the bank note, still cursing, "I wish I had taken it out earlier! You have to force me to do it. This is called cheap!"
Magistrate Wei's face turned red and white, but he did not dare to say a word.
Returning to Ren Ning, Lei Er raised the banknotes in his hand: "Seventeen wanted prisoners, a total of 350 taels, have all been obtained."
Ren Ning nodded: "Let's go!"
The group of people turned their horses around and left the small town.
As for suppressing bandits, Ren Ning didn't mention it.
Life is not easy. Especially in remote mountains and remote areas with high mountains and dense forests, many people cannot survive.
In order to survive, they went down to the mountains to farm when they were busy, and when they were free, they went up the mountains to become bandits.
Therefore, it is difficult to tell whether these people are civilians or bandits.
When they usually work in the fields and see caravans or officers and soldiers suppressing bandits passing by, they may tip off the bandits and robbers in the mountains. It makes people unprepared, or it may cause officers and soldiers to repeatedly fail to find the bandit's den.
Therefore, sometimes officers and soldiers cut off the heads of villagers and went back to report, and it was difficult to tell whether they were killing innocent people indiscriminately.
Of course, these were all told to him by Gu Fugui.
The old guy shook his head.
"There are not many really vicious bandits who specialize in stealing money from women. Like King Kong Village, such bandits will sooner or later make people angry. As long as ordinary people don't support them, they will soon be wiped out even if we don't take action."
"After all, the government still hasn't given the people a way to survive."
Carrying heavy cargo, the Gu family caravan couldn't move very fast at all. At noon, the fortress's convoy caught up and reunited.
Ren Ning was talking to Gu Fugui when a soldier came from behind to report.
"Commander, there is a man behind us who has been following us since Cangshan County."
Lei Er held a sprig of dogtail grass in his mouth and sneered.
"It must be that dog magistrate sent to find out our background. I'm going to kill him!"
"It doesn't look like that." Xiao Bing shook his head, "He caught up with him by running on his feet."
"Use your feet," Gu Fugui pondered: "We will leave Cangshan County soon. If there is no road guide, he will be stopped; if there is a road guide, then he will not be able to catch up with the convoy with just two feet."
"Ignore it."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
After walking for more than half an hour, they were about to leave Cangshan County. The man behind stopped hesitating and ran to the back of the convoy with sweat on his face.
"Stop! What's your name?" Lei Er rode his Ben Lei and faced him with a calm face, "What do you mean by following us?"
"My name is Tie Shu." The man was tall and covered in black. He could tell at a glance that he was a good farmer.
He looked at Lei Er's equipment and weapons and the energetic big red horse on his crotch. "You have money and food, but you still dare to attack the county magistrate. I want to join you."
What a simple reason.
"Tieshu?" Lei Er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "We won't accept anyone, so you can leave."
"I am energetic and can do the work of two people by myself. I can also dive and can dive in the Lai River for a long time." Tieshu did not give up and continued to promote himself, "As long as you give me a little food."
Lei Er turned his horse's head, shook his head and said, "Then join the army."
"No." Tieshu shook his head, "Everyone says that joining the army will make it easy to lose. I am the only one left in the family, so I can't join the army."
Lei Er felt his forehead pounding and couldn't help but curse.
"piss off!"
