"If an official comes here, I hope Li Zheng can agree with the folks in the village and say that the whole village worked together to catch the bandits. If I am right, the county government should also accuse us of catching the bandits. The bandits are rewarded!"
The last sentence completely moved Niu Lizheng, who is now Niu Shanbao.
The award from the county government is a great honor for the entire Niujia Village and can be written into the family tree.
If others mention Niujia Village, they will say: Oh, it turned out to be the village that captured the bandits!
Look, how glorious it is.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this little thing!" Niu Lizheng agreed with a pat on his chest.
After Niucaohua left, he immediately called the villagers together. After some talk, everyone in the village was beaming with joy.
At the county government office, the interrogation was over.
Except for Da Mi who woke up, the other three people were seriously injured. Fat Brother and Bo Brother could only breathe out but not in. They were about to die, and Xi Zai never woke up.
Finally they were sent to prison together.
Because Niujia Village was successful in catching the bandits, the county magistrate specially sent a reward, including one hundred taels of silver, to Niujia Village.
After Niu Dadu and the others left, Xie Zhou, who was sitting on the side of the high hall, had a serious look on his face: "Arrest him!"
"yes!"
A group of silver-armored soldiers took the order, captured several government officials, and surrounded the entire county government office.
"Sir, what...what does this mean?" Magistrate Wang was confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.
"There is no need to worry, Magistrate Wang. We are just arresting a few internal agents." As Xie Zhou finished speaking, several people were escorted over. Their hair was messy, their clothes were disheveled, and their faces were filled with fear.
Looking at the familiar faces kneeling below, Magistrate Wang swayed and managed to hold the handle of the chair with his hands, thus preventing himself from falling to the ground.
His hands were shaking, his lips were shaking, and his whole body was shaking.
"You... you, why did you betray me! I treat you well..." After Magistrate Wang said these words, his expression suddenly became depressed, and his whole person seemed to have aged several years.
Look at the people below, his master, his boss, his county captain, his county magistrate, and his yamen servants, all kneeling here.
As for whether he was wronged?
What an injustice!
Look at the looks of these people, they look guilty, how could Xie's Silver Armored Army have wronged them!
Magistrate Wang was deeply shocked. He did not expect that he would fail so much as an official.
In the entire county government, except for himself, there are a few honest fools, and the rest are internal agents.
No wonder the bandits here are so rampant. It turns out that there is collusion between officials and bandits.
The people kneeling below said nothing and did not dare to look directly into Magistrate Wang's eyes.
"Sir, I am responsible for this matter. It was me who failed to manage the county government well, which gave the bandits an opportunity to take advantage of me." County Magistrate Wang knew that after today, his magistrate had also done his best, so he took off his official hat. , also knelt on the ground and knocked his head heavily on the bluestone.
Tears fell silently.
I just hope that Shangfeng will spare his life for the sake of his ignorance of the matter.
"Detain them all." With Xie Zhou's order, the former county magistrate and his subordinates were all sent to the county prison, and the entire county government was fully taken over by Xie's Silver Armor Army.
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"The officials are coming soon. Please cheer up. As soon as you see someone, start beating the gongs and drums. And you, give birth to a child. Now, go back and tie a red rope to your drum. If you don't go to my house to get it, .”
"Grandma Lin, your clothes are not good enough. There are two big patches on your butt. What do they look like? Go back and change them quickly!"
"Ouch, stop shaking, Niu Tongqian, straighten those thin legs of yours for me. If you hold them between you and me, then go home!"
"Auntie, you have to watch the heat carefully when cooking, so as not to spoil the good food."
"Ergou, run over and see where the officials and the others are?"
It's evening now, the sun has just set, and the sky is getting darker, but the entire Niujia Village is still brightly lit.
Candles and torches illuminated the entire village as if it were daytime.
Niu Li is wearing brand new clothes, and his hair is combed meticulously. If you look closely, he has even applied hair oil, which has a faint scent of osmanthus.
At this time, he was shouting at the top of his lungs, his face full of excitement.
In front of him, stood a row of Niujia Village villagers, men, women, old and young, all arranged neatly.
The few people at the front were holding gongs and drums in their hands, with their heads held high and their faces glowing red.
Li Zheng said that several bandits were captured in the village, and everyone was a hero. When the official came and asked, they would say that they were all caught together, and everyone would share in the rewards.
Such a good thing is pie in the sky, they would be stupid if they couldn't catch it.
"Don't worry, Lizheng. We will do things properly and nothing will go wrong."
"I'm bringing the red string with me. I'll tie it up when the official comes. If I took it out earlier, it would get dusty and it wouldn't be bright enough."
"Even though there are patches on my pants, they are made of my best material. Don't worry, I won't let you down~"
"I, I, I need to pee!"
"If you need to pee quickly, go to the toilet! Don't come back for a while, I'm afraid you will smell like an official!"
"Dad, let me go and take a look first."
Niu Ergou went to the county town early this morning. He was working in the store when he heard that there was a lot of excitement at the county government office. Everyone in the store stopped working and went to watch the excitement, and he followed.
After squeezing into the crowd, I saw Uncle Dadu and Niu Xiaodi.
After hearing it again, I knew what happened. It turned out that the bandit was caught in the village.
He screamed excitedly.
When I heard that there was a reward later, I immediately asked for leave from the master and went back to report the good news.
When the master heard the whole story, he immediately agreed to his request for leave and lent the donkey cart in the shop to Niu Ergou.
I hurriedly hurriedly and slowly, and finally got home before the official arrived, and told my father what happened.
The whole village was in a state of excitement and was extremely busy.
"Why aren't you here yet?"
"Yeah, it's already dark. Will we encounter anything on the road?"
"Bah, shut your crow's mouth! That's an official job, and I'm afraid of some young people. Look, I'll be here soon,"
"Brother, I'm a little nervous."
"Don't say anything, I'll be nervous if you say it!"
But I saw Niuergou running back from a distance quickly, waving his hands excitedly: "The official will be here soon, get ready!"
As Niu Ergou returned to the team, a carriage came slowly. Sitting in front of the car was Niu Dadu and an official.
"Quick! Beat the gongs and drums! Let's say the welcome speech too!" Niu Lizheng shouted quickly.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Qiang Qiang Qiang!"
"Welcome, welcome~warmly welcome~"
