Chapter 1,432
Cao Qiang led the villagers to occupy the mountain and become king, robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
As a result, he became a threat to the rich people in the tall and wealthy households. Wang Ming, the magistrate of Xingyang County, sent troops to encircle and suppress him again and again, which aroused Cao Qiang's indignation.
The conflicts between the two sides are gradually escalating.
In addition, more and more people were being squeezed nearby, and they turned to Cao Qiang one after another when they were desperate.
Cao Qiang's team grew bigger and bigger, which attracted the attention of the Zhengzhou prefect.
Master Jiang, the prefect of Zhengzhou, personally brought people to Xingyang for a private visit, but he didn't know what he found, and he disappeared since then.
Wang Ming pinned the charge on Cao Qiang, saying that he had killed the prefect, and reported it to the governor Zhang on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, requesting that troops be sent to encircle and suppress him.
There are still some strange things in it that Anzhe's spies haven't found out yet, so Anzhe can only report them first.
Finally, An Zhe said in the memorial: "Your Majesty, I sent a total of ten spies this time, but only five came back to report, and the whereabouts of five are unknown!"
"When I was writing the memorial, the search team sent out brought back the bodies of the two spies. They were murdered!"
"I feel that the matter in Xingyang is far from simple as it appears. The encirclement and suppression cannot be carried out for the time being. I will continue to thoroughly investigate the matter and then send people to recruit Cao Qiang first!"
After Xiao Lintian read it, his thick eyebrows were furrowed and he was so anxious that he wished he could go to Zhengzhou in person to see what was going on.
He didn't think An Zhe was being alarmist at all. There must be something hidden behind this riot!
What did Lord Jiang discover?
Xiao Lintian was anxiously waiting for An Zhe's second secret report.
As a result, the secret report arrived two days late, but it was not sent by An Zhe, but by Luo Han.
When Xiao Lintian saw Luo Han's handwriting, his heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition came over him.
Xiao Lintian opened the secret report in a panic and scanned it at a glance.
Seeing Luo Han's line... General An was chased by rogue bandits and lost. His chariot and horse flipped down the river... The search was fruitless... General An was suspected to have been killed in action!
He clutched the secret report in Xiao Lintian's hand tightly, and the heartbreaking pain made him unable to breathe for a moment.
An Zhe is dead?
How can this be!
Thinking of An Zhe, who was always doing nothing and not doing his job properly, being killed in battle, Xiao Lintian felt like his heart was cut by a knife!
No!
No!
Didn't An Zhe often say that good people don't live long, but evil people live for thousands of years?
He often jokes that he is a disaster, and he will never die so easily!
Xiao Lintian took a deep breath, held back his grief, re-opened the secret report, and read every word carefully.
Luo Han's secret report said that before he joined An Zhe, An Zhe was attacked by a group of bandits. The people An Zhe led tried their best to protect him and escape, but they still did not escape the attack of the bandits.
Anzhe's horse was frightened and fled in panic with him, eventually falling into the river from a height.
The river was flowing fast, and the soldiers An Zhe brought jumped down but failed to find An Zhe. Afterwards, they searched the downstream and found the body of the horse. It was suspected that An Zhe's body had been washed further downstream by the river.
No one can be seen in life, no body in death!
Without seeing the body, we can never say that An Zhe is dead!
With a glimmer of hope in his heart, Xiao Lintian wrote hard and gave instructions to Luo Han. He must continue the search at all costs and must find An Zhe.
At the same time, Xiao Lintian asked Luo Han to temporarily replace Anzhe as the imperial envoy to deal with the riots.
The secret decree was sent to Zhengzhou at an extremely fast speed.
What Xiao Lintian didn't expect was that the news that An Zhe was attacked and killed by bandits immediately spread in the imperial capital.
Princess Pingnan fainted immediately after hearing the news. After being pinched awake by An Xin crying, she went into the palace to ask Xiao Lintian for questioning...
