As soon as he came out of the house, Hu Mingyi noticed some poultry feathers scattered in front of the stove outside. After holding on for a long time, he finally couldn't help but hold on to the wall and vomited.
The soldiers from Fubiao Camp on the side stepped forward to help him rub his back to make him feel more comfortable.
After vomiting for a while, he felt that all the contents in his stomach had been vomited out, and nothing could be vomited out again. Hu Mingyi stopped vomiting and slowly straightened up.
Some soldiers from the camp brought water in a basin and used it to wash Hu Mingyi.
"Kill, kill them all, kill all these beasts without leaving a single one alive." Hu Mingyi shouted indignantly.
He was a scholar. Although he had seen many dark things in the government offices, this was the first time he saw with his own eyes the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers harming the local people.
Even if you have heard of this kind of thing before, when you see it with your own eyes, the shock in your heart is hard to calm down for a while.
"Please let me make the decision for the common people."
"Please let me make the decision for the common people."
"Please let me make the decision for the common people."
Cries of injustice came one after another into the courtyard.
"What's going on outside? Go and have a look." Hu Mingyi said in a bad tone when he heard the cries of injustice.
He dislikes getting involved in such injustices. Any injustice case involves local powerful people and the government. No matter who is involved, it is a troublesome matter.
And he is just a staff member, and it is not his turn to do this kind of thing of redressing the grievances of the people.
A battalion soldier ran out of the yard.
Hu Mingyi felt a little better in his stomach, and he didn't want to stay with a room full of dead people anymore, so he led others towards the door of the courtyard.
As soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw a group of people kneeling not far from the courtyard.
I know that these people are the ones who just complained.
At this time, the battalion soldiers who had left the courtyard returned to Hu Mingyi and whispered: "Sir, these people are together because they were harmed by the defeated troops of the Tiancheng Guards who fled here. They also heard that you came to the village, sir." Come here and ask for justice, sir.”
Hearing that the people in the village came to complain because of the defeat, Hu Mingyi walked over.
"Please make the decision for the common people."
An older man among the people kneeling on the ground took the lead in kowtowing to Hu Mingyi who came over.
"My father-in-law has broken me, please get up quickly." Hu Mingyi motioned to the soldiers next to him to help him.
The old man stood up with the help of the camp soldiers.
Hu Mingyi added: "If I have any grievances, I should go to the Yamen. I am not an official of the imperial court, so I am afraid I cannot be the master."
"Please let me make the decision!" Seeing that there were so many soldiers protecting him, the old man thought he was a high official and immediately knelt down again.
The other people all kowtowed together.
They decided that Hu Mingyi was the one who could make the decision for them.
Seeing this, Hu Mingyi said helplessly: "I am indeed not an official of the imperial court. If I really have any grievances, you can tell me first and I will inform the local government and seek justice for you."
"Little Lao Tian is the head of the village. Just today, a group of officers and soldiers who came from nowhere fled into the village and killed Han Zhu's family, including Han Zhu's seven-year-old baby. These Humans are worse than animals." The old man angrily hit the ground with his cane.
Hu Mingyi pointed with his hand at the defeated soldiers from Tiancheng Guard who were kneeling not far away, and said: "Are they the people I mentioned?"
Originally, these people were going to be taken away and killed, but because the villagers who complained about injustice suddenly came out, they did not take action for the time being.
"Yes, it's them." The old man said bitterly as he looked at the defeated soldiers.
These officers and soldiers broke the peace of the village, and because of these people, the villagers in the village were killed.
As the head of the village, although he hated these officers and soldiers, he could only swallow his anger and watch Han Zhu's family being killed when faced with the knives in their hands.
Later, when he saw that all the rebels who caused harm to the village were arrested, and a big shot came to the village in a carriage, he dared to lead the people to come to this big shot for justice.
At this time, Hu Mingyi said righteously: "Although I am not a court official, I can't see the people being wronged. Come on, bring these deserters who are causing harm to the people to the entrance of the village and execute them."
A group of battalion soldiers who had been prepared for a long time raised the defeated soldiers of Tiancheng Guard from the ground and escorted them towards the entrance of the village.
"Please forgive the little one, sir! The little ones will never dare to do it again."
"Please forgive me, sir."
The defeated soldiers of Tiancheng Guard cried and begged Hu Mingyi for mercy.
As these defeated soldiers were dragged to the entrance of the village, voices begging for mercy were still coming back intermittently. However, these voices begging for mercy only existed for a short while and then disappeared completely.
The battalion soldiers leading the team returned to Hu Mingyi from the entrance of the village, bowed and said: "Sir, all the Tiancheng Guards' defeated troops have been executed."
"You did a good job. When you return, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and the leader will get one more tael." Hu Mingyi explained.
"Thank you sir for the brothers." The soldier saluted Hu Mingyi again.
Two taels of silver was a huge reward for the soldiers in the camp, enough to buy several stones of food.
"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian, for making the decision." Seeing that the officers and soldiers who had caused harm to the village were killed, the old man had put an end to the village's troubles, and saluted Hu Mingyi gratefully.
"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian, for taking the decision."
Other people in the village also called Hu Mingyi the Grand Master Qingtian.
"Old man, please get up quickly." Hu Mingyi personally helped the old man get up this time, and at the same time said to other people, "fellow fellow villagers, I have to trouble you about the funeral of Hanzhu's family."
The old man said: "Hanzhu is from the village. The old man will let his family be buried properly."
"Then there's Lao Lao." Hu Mingyi cupped his hand and then said, "Hanzhu's family is really pitiful. It's better to let them bury them in peace as soon as possible. I have something to do here, so I'll leave first."
Tiger Character Banner has captured Tiancheng Guard. He is worried that if the delay continues, more border forts will fall into the hands of Tiger Character Banner. He is anxious to go to Xinping Fort to meet the people who can take charge of Tiger Character Banner, so as to confirm the recruitment as soon as possible. matter.
As for the small matter of executing the deserters of Tiancheng Guard, he didn't care.
The Tiancheng Guards fell into the hands of Hu Ziqi. Even if Zhou Tong was still alive, he should be thinking about how to keep his black gauze hat on his head, instead of embarrassing him, a governor's staff, because of a few defeated troops.
"Sir, you have upheld justice for the people in the village. Please give me and the villagers a chance to thank you." The old man hoped that Hu Mingyi could stay and accept the hospitality of the villagers.
Hu Mingyi shook his head slightly and said: "My father-in-law, I am not a court official, and I really have something to leave. I'd better go back and arrange the funeral arrangements for Han Zhu's family!"
After saying that, he walked towards his carriage.
Some soldiers stepped forward to block the old man from pursuing Hu Mingyi.
It wasn't until Hu Mingyi got on the carriage that he got out of the way.
Driven by the driver, the animals pulling the cart quickly pulled the cart out of the village.
