Ma Lin glanced at Yuan Kui's body and said, "Has Wang Yuan been dealt with too?"
"It's solved." Cao Guang said, "After receiving your news, I killed the people. These two people did a lot of evil when they were bandits in the mountains, and they are very familiar with Daliang Mountain."
Marin nodded, knowing that the last sentence was the key.
Two people who are familiar with Daliang Mountain are a threat to them if they have other thoughts that they shouldn't have.
About half an hour had passed, and the Guo family was in chaos. The people in Guo Village knew that the Guo family had been bandited, but no one in the village came out to help the Guo family, not even anyone who went to report to the official.
Wang Dazhuang escorted Butler Guo back to Cao Guang and said with a happy face: "Captain, that Guo Juren really didn't tell the truth. His subordinates found a cellar with more than three thousand two hundred taels of silver in it. It was made into a silver melon, and there were three hundred taels of gold."
"Well, you did a good job." Cao Guang nodded and said immediately, "Have you put them all away?"
Wang Dazhuang said: "It has been loaded on the cart and can be taken back to the mountain at any time. These are the land deeds of the Guo family, and there are also many IOUs from the people of the Guo family. Butler Guo said that these things are worth tens of thousands of taels in total."
As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it over.
Cao Guang did not pick him up, but said: "Take away all the land deeds and burn all the IOUs!"
"yes."
Wang Dazhuang agreed, put away the land deed, and burned the IOU with fire.
When Butler Guo, who was in custody, saw this scene, his mouth twitched and he looked distressed.
Each IOU contains money, with black and white writing on it and handprints on it. Once the operation is completed, there will be a steady stream of money, and many of the IOUs were written by him during the day by forcing the people in Zhuangzi.
At this moment, the team leader sent by Marin to transport food ran over.
"Captain, deputy captain, several large trucks found from the Guo family are full of grain, but the grain in the Guo family's granary is piled up like a mountain. I'm afraid it will take a fleet of four trucks to transport it all. "The squad leader said.
Cao Guang thought for a moment and said, "Take as much as you can, and burn whatever you can't take away."
"Is it really going to be burned?" the team leader said with a grimace. "It would be a pity to burn all the grain in several stacks."
Marin's face sank next to him and he said: "Obey the order and burn it."
"Yes." The squad leader straightened his chest and agreed.
Then he ran away to burn food.
Wang Dazhuang on the side said with a distressed look on his face: "Captain, the food we can't take away can be distributed to the people in Zhuangzi."
He was born into a poor man and could not bear to have several stacks of grain burned down.
Cao Guang glanced at Wang Dazhuang and said: "Distributing the Guo family's food to the people will bring trouble to the people in Zhuangzi, rather than helping them."
Wang Dazhuang looked puzzled.
However, Cao Guang did not intend to explain to him. Instead, he looked at Ma Lin and said, "Inform our people to bring all their things and prepare to evacuate."
"Okay, I'll go and gather people." Marin agreed, and then asked, "What should we do with these two people?"
As he spoke, he looked at Butler Guo and Guo Juren.
At this time, Guo Juren had woken up. Although he was missing a hand, Keren was still alive.
When he heard Ma Lin's words, his face turned pale and he begged bitterly: "Good man, please spare my life, good man, please spare my life. I will give you everything in the Guo family. I just ask you, good man, to spare my life."
Butler Guo on the other side knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Cao Guang looked at Guo Juren, then at Guo Guo, who was begging for mercy, and said, "Send Guo Juren on his way. As for this steward... take him away and imprison him with other servants."
Although they bear the name of bandits, they are not real bandits after all and cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Ma Lin nodded, turned around, took out the knife from his waist, and walked to Guo Juren in a few steps.
When Guo Juren saw this, he ignored the pain in his arm and hurriedly tried to run away behind him.
Unfortunately, Ma Lin didn't give him a chance to escape. He chased after him in a few steps, raised his knife and cut off most of Guo Juren's neck with one blow, killing him on the spot.
When Butler Guo saw this scene, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and his crotch was wet.
Not long after, fire appeared in the direction of the Guo family's granary.
Cao Guang led the Daliang Mountain soldiers to retreat from the Guo family. After counting the number of people and confirming that everyone had left Zhuangzi, he led the team back to Daliang Mountain overnight.
At dawn, the Guo family went to the city to report to the official.
When General Xu returned to Datong Mansion with the Fubiao Battalion, the news that Guojiazhuang had been robbed by bandits in Daliang Mountain also reached the governor's office.
Governor Xu Tong was sitting in the back hall of the governor's office with a livid face.
He sent soldiers and horses from the Fubiao Battalion to Daliang Mountain to suppress the bandits, but the Guo family was robbed and a famous Juren was killed. This was no less than a slap in the face.
"Sir, Master Xu, the commander of Fubiao Camp, is here." A servant of the Xu Mansion came in to report.
Xu Tong took a long breath and said, "Let him in."
"Yes." The servant agreed and retreated from the back hall.
Not long after, General Xu, dressed in armor, walked in from outside.
When he came to Xu Tong, he knelt down on one knee and said, "The general is incompetent and failed to complete the tasks assigned by your Excellency. Please punish me."
Xu Tong looked at the commander of the Fubiao Battalion in front of him expressionlessly and said, "So you haven't wiped out the bandits in Daliang Mountain?"
"Please punish me, sir." General Xu bowed.
Xu Tong asked: "Mr. Zhang is the supervisor sent by me. Why did you all return to Datong, but you didn't see him coming back?"
"Mr. Zhang, he..." General Xu said with a sad face, "It was the general who failed to protect Mr. Zhang, which caused Mr. Zhang to be harmed by the thief. The general is willing to accept the punishment."
"What? You mean Mr. Zhang is dead." Xu Tong was startled, and his face immediately darkened.
If the news that the Guo family was robbed by bandits made him feel pain, then Zhang Wenhe's death would be equivalent to breaking one of his arms.
Zhang Wenhe did many of his things on his behalf. Even when it came to collecting various taxes in the name of the governor's office and seizing businessmen's shops, Zhang Wenhe came up with the idea and then did it himself. As the governor, he only had to wait. Zhang Wenhe sent the money.
Precisely because Zhang Wenhe could help him make money, he relied heavily on him.
"The last general was incompetent and failed to protect Mr. Zhang." General Xu bowed his head and confessed.
"You are indeed incompetent." Xu Tong scolded, "Did you know that just on the way back from the army, the Guojiazhuang at the foot of Daliang Mountain was attacked by bandits, and all their property was robbed, and one of the people was killed. If you could wipe out Daliang Mountain How could these things happen if there was banditry?"
Hearing this, General Xu was stunned for a moment.
Unexpectedly, the bandits in Daliang Mountain were so courageous. He led his troops back to Datong, then went down the mountain and plundered Guojiazhuang.
Xu Tong stared at the commander of the Fubiao Battalion kneeling in front of him with his eyes widened.
He resented the other party's incompetence in his heart. The banditry in Daliang Mountain had not been eliminated, and the staff he relied on had also lost their lives.
