If there is a cavalry army, does that mean that either a large number of bandits are coming outside the city, or that the regular army of the imperial court has arrived?
For now, the most likely one is the Yongwei camp who came to suppress the thieves.
After reaching this conclusion, the Fangshan County Magistrate was a little dumbfounded: "No...didn't you say that that person is...accompanying the princess to hunt?"
Others did not expect that they were not mentally prepared to suddenly face the commander of the Jin Yiwei, and they were all a little confused.
However, Zhu Shiwen was still calm and said to them immediately: "Why panic? At most, it is just a loss of military merit! Think about it, if there is anything else that needs to be dealt with, go and deal with it quickly. As for the county outside the city, Please go deal with it first!"
Having said this, he said to the county magistrate: "The matters in my house must be dealt with as soon as possible, and I must leave immediately. If the county magistrate feels uncomfortable meeting that person immediately, just don't open the city gate yet."
By this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the local people were worried about the imperial officers and soldiers, and there was already a precedent of not opening the city gate. Even if the chief assistant was in the army, he still refused to open the door. This happened.
The other squires listened and nodded in agreement. Then they all said that they had something to deal with and had to leave first.
When the Fangshan County Magistrate heard this, he was a little panicked and said to them quickly: "Okay, I'll deal with it first. You must clean up and go back quickly!"
In their original imagination, even if troops were sent from the capital, it would definitely not be the Yongwei Camp, but the Beijing Camp under the control of Duke Cheng, and they would all be their own people. They have sufficient reasons and time to deal with these things.
However, the development of the matter was beyond their expectations. Faced with the arrival of the new Jinyiwei commander, especially knowing that he dared to offend all the nobles in the capital by handling the refugee issue, they panicked.
Just like that, a large group of people who were originally around the Fangshan County Magistrate immediately dispersed, leaving only those who could not leave, only a few people.
"Let's go, let's go, close the city gate first, and then wait for time!" the county magistrate quickly ordered his followers.
Watching the entourage leave, the county magistrate couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead in the cold weather of March. He turned to the county magistrate and said: "You go to the city to deal with it. I am not feeling well." , I just drank medicine and fell asleep."
"..." The county magistrate was a little dumbfounded. You were so high-spirited just now, but now you are drinking medicine. What kind of medicine did you drink?
Looking at the back of the county magistrate as he hurriedly returned to the county office, he turned around and told Dian Shi: "Go and watch the city gate. Don't open the city gate until the city's gentlemen come back."
After saying that, he turned around and left. Norihi, who was a little dumbfounded, quickly asked: "What are you going to do, sir?"
"I suddenly have a stomachache, and I need to go for a while!" The county magistrate hurriedly left without looking back. "If you have anything to do, go to the county magistrate. He is the head of the county. It doesn't matter if I go to greet the commander of the Jin Yiwei." ?”
Obviously, at this time, the reputation of the Jinyiwei commander and Zhang Mingwei's toughness in dealing with refugees had already affected them.
Think about it, that person would not hesitate to offend even the powerful people in the capital who bought the refugees, let alone their mere county government officials. Moreover, he was not the commander of the Imperial Guard at that time, but he was already so arrogant. If you make him unhappy, you don’t know what will happen!
People are like this sometimes. When they are not facing each other, they tend to talk freely, as if everything is calm and the overall situation is under control. But once things happen unexpectedly, when things come to a head, the calmness and calmness that I imagined are completely gone, and I feel a little overwhelmed.
No, even Dian Shi refused to mess with the commander of the Jinyiwei, so why should he be allowed to be rejected by the commander of the Jinyiwei?
However, before he could find an excuse to escape, he saw a group of cavalry galloping towards the city gate. Suddenly, he was dumbfounded. Now, he no longer had to make excuses.
As soon as the Fangshan County Magistrate returned to the county office, the cavalry arrived.
Immediately, this brave guard cavalry took control of the entire county government. The few imperial guards in the team took down the county magistrate regardless of the situation.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? I am the magistrate of Fangshan County appointed by the imperial court. You..."
"I've caught you. If you dare to make noise again, I'll give you a slap in the face. Believe it or not?"
At this time, the Fangshan County Magistrate did not dare to speak anymore, which made Jin Yiwei angry. Not to mention scratching his head, even more embarrassing things might be done!
At this time, after seeing the menacing Jin Yiwei, he finally remembered that although the Jin Yiwei of the Chongzhen Dynasty had no reputation, when he could go forward, the Jin Yiwei had a fierce reputation! Suddenly, he regretted a little, why did he do it himself?
About half an hour later, Zhang Mingwei arrived in Fangshan County.
Here at the city gate, a large number of people, guarded by the Jinyi Guards and the Yongwei Battalion Cavalry, are waiting here. At this time, they all lost the high spirits they had during the previous banquet discussions. They all had their heads lowered, and their smiles were uglier than crying.
The generals of the Yongwei camp cavalry who arrived early came forward and reported the situation when they arrived.
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei sneered and said: "You dare to close the door and ignore the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion with my warrant. How brave are you?"
Fortunately, the city guards had been sent over first, and they stopped the defenders who were trying to close the door in time.
"Your Majesty, it is clear to me that bandits are raging outside the city now, and I am afraid that some bandits will impersonate me!" The Fangshan County Magistrate tried to explain tremblingly.
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he glanced at him and said coldly: "Are you blind? How many times has this happened?"
The county magistrate was stunned when he said this. How many times?
Suddenly, he came to his senses, he was here to settle accounts!
Suddenly, Fangshan County Magistrate was sweating profusely. Jin Yiwei's arrogance just now finally made him realize what he was facing!
Zhang Mingwei ignored him and drove his horse into the city.
It was only then that the group of people at the city gate discovered that there were not only the Yongwei camp outside the city, but also many people dressed as ordinary people. However, just by looking at them, one could tell that they were probably the gang of thieves. How could they be caught so quickly?
In the team of squires behind the county magistrate, Zhu Shiwen couldn't help but pray secretly, hoping that the leading thieves had been killed by the Yongwei Battalion, otherwise, if he said anything, he would be in trouble!
Thinking about this, he was also wondering in his heart, why did his concubine disappear, and he didn't know where she died?
In Fangshan County, under the control of the Yongwei Battalion, everyone spent the night with different thoughts.
The next day, after it got dark, soldiers announced on the street that Xingguo Gongyamen, the commander of the Jinyiwei and the refugee resettlement envoy in the capital area, would open the case for trial.
