"Hush, watch your mouth. From now on, you can no longer call yourself a rebel, but a righteous man." The official in the carriage reminded him in a low voice.
"Yes, yes, yes, the elder reminded me, and the younger one remembered."
The general manager nodded in agreement.
"Help me get out of the car." The official in the carriage said, then bent down and walked out of the carriage.
The coachman placed a bench under the carriage, and immediately reached out to help the official who was about to get off.
The chief officer next to the carriage stepped out of the carriage, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion: "Sir, are you not going back to Yanmen Pass?"
"Can you send me back to Yanmen Pass safely?" the official asked.
The boss shook his head vigorously a few times.
The official continued: "Since you can't go back, then follow me to meet the righteous soldiers in front."
As he spoke, he dusted off his official robe and walked forward.
Seeing this, the general manager had no choice but to follow him.
Dozens of riders who came from Shanyin County quickly gathered with the middle-aged people and other members of the farmers' association.
"Village Chief Huo, are these the imperial spies you are talking about?" The visitor pointed at the people surrounding the carriage not far away.
The middle-aged man on the side nodded and said: "Mayor Jia, that's them. Originally, Gouzi was going to work in the fields, but he saw these people sneaking around on the way. There was also a big man in official robes among these people. Officer, it turns out that he is a spy sent by the imperial court."
"He is really a high-ranking official of the imperial court." Mayor Jia looked at the official who was walking in his direction. Although he did not know the specific official position, it was not difficult to find from the official robe that this person was of high rank.
Village Chief Huo showed his mouth full of big yellow teeth and said: "Chief Jia, we must not let go of these spies from the imperial court. Who knows if they are coming to our Shanyin County to cause damage."
"I'll go meet him. Chief Huo, lead the troops to hold the battle." Mayor Jia pulled the reins and urged the horse to walk over.
When there were only a few dozen steps left between the two sides, the official in official robes stopped.
Mayor Jia also raised his right hand to signal the cavalry behind him to stop.
"Fellow righteous men, I am Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Councilor. By order of the governor, I came to Datong Town to meet with Liu Dongzhu. I also ask all righteous men to step aside and let us pass." The official looked at the people on horseback. said the man.
Datong is all in the hands of thieves, and the soldiers wearing armor and carrying soldiers in the territory are most likely soldiers of the rebel bandits. Taking Liu's name as bandit, he believes that the bandits in front of him will not make it too difficult for him.
Mayor Jia licked his chapped lips and said, "It turns out you are the counselor from Taiyuan. Since it was your governor who sent you to our general, do you have the credentials?"
"Yes, yes, yes. This is the letter that the governor personally handed to me before I came here. I want me to hand it to General Liu personally." The official followed Mayor Jia and called General Liu and took out a letter from his sleeve. Passed it over.
A cavalryman jumped off his horse, walked to the official, took the letter, returned to Mayor Jia and handed it over.
Mayor Jia glanced at the lacquered mouth of the letter, but did not dismantle it, but put it up, and said: "Since you are going to see our general, then come with me, but you have to hand over the weapons you are carrying. come out."
"Hand it over, hand it over, let's hand it over." The official nodded in agreement, then turned to the commander on the side and said, "Hurry up and ask your people to hand over all their weapons."
He always showed hesitation.
Without weapons on their bodies, they became lambs to be slaughtered. Now in the land of rebels, if something happens, they will only have no way to go to heaven and no way to earth.
"Why are you still standing there, hurry up!" the official said with dissatisfaction, and then whispered to the commander, "There are so many people on the other side, if they really want to do something to us, even if your people hold weapons, it won't be of much use. .”
The boss who heard this knew that the other party was right.
Immediately, he said to the subordinates around him: "Listen to the great master and hand over all the weapons in your hands. No one is allowed to hide them secretly."
The order was passed on.
Soon, the soldiers who had escorted the officials to Shanyin County handed over their weapons one after another.
Mayor Jia sent a few of his men to collect all the weapons of these people.
At the same time, he said to the officials: "We will save the weapons for you first. When you leave Shanyin County and return to Taiyuan, we will return the weapons to you. Okay, come with us and take you back to Shanyin County first."
"Thank you." The official bowed his hands to Mayor Jia in front of him.
Then, he got back on his carriage and let the carriage follow the people of the Tiger Flag and rushed to Shanyin County.
Mayor Jia led his people in front, and arranged for a dozen riders to follow the officials' carriage to monitor the people coming from Taiyuan.
Village Chief Huo, who was staying behind with his people, saw Mayor Jia coming back and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Mayor Jia, these people are spies from the imperial court. Why don't you arrest them all? If the ropes are not enough, I will send people back." Go to the village to get it.”
The Tiger-Character Banner divided each county in Xuanda into several different towns, and dispatched officials to serve as town mayors, who were just official officials.
Unlike the town mayor, the village chief is not a formal official.
Each village head is a member of the village and manages the village together with the members of the farmers' association. The village head must be a member of the farmers' association and is elected internally by the farmers' association.
"These people were sent by Taiyuan Prefecture to meet the general. They are not spies. However, Chief Huo, you did a good job today. Our peasants and soldiers must have this kind of vigilance." Mayor Jia praised with a smile.
Village Chief Huo, who was praised, said happily: "With General Liu, we can allocate our own fields. These good days are not easy to come by. We must not let these dog officials hurt General Liu."
As he spoke, he glared at the carriage not far away.
Sitting in the carriage was the dog officer he spoke of.
"Okay, I will take the people back to Shanyin County and hand them over to the county magistrate first. I will tell the county magistrate later if I can give your village an extra animal so that it will be easier to do farm work in the future." Mayor Jia said .
Village Chief Huo grinned happily and said, "That's a good relationship. I've been worrying about not having enough livestock for the busy farming season next month. Mayor Jia, you must fight for it for our village."
"Don't worry! As long as there are surplus livestock in the county, they will be sent to your village." Mayor Jia nodded with a smile and left with the people from the side of Village Chief Huo and others.
The carriage that followed followed suit and moved forward step by step.
When passing by Village Chief Huo and others, the officials in the car couldn't help but lift a corner of the car's curtains and look at the people standing on the roadside.
When he saw the firecrackers and a squatting cannon held by the people on the roadside, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He was glad that he had not messed up before.
