Qin Fang, Yang Xiaowei and others left behind, while taking care of the sick, and more importantly, waiting for the arrival of the imperial envoy. But fortunately, Dr. Li and he stayed to take care of the sick people, so these people's affairs are relatively stable.
The most troublesome thing is the women rescued from the robbers' den. All of them don't want to go home, because it is shameful to go home. Moreover, some girls were given to robbers by their biological parents. Bandits ran rampant, and some of the cool parents gave away their own daughters in order to protect themselves, which is the money-losing goods in their eyes.
Yang Haiyan took the lead this time and took away 20,000 taels of silver, 15,000 taels was 30% of the army's salary, and the other 5,000 taels were rewards from the emperor to Qin Fang. It is estimated that the emperor did not know that the bandit den had so much silver, otherwise he would be hurt by giving 10% of the reward. After all, the court is now spending money.
Therefore, Qin Fang was smart enough to obscure the amount of stolen money.
Three days later, the imperial commissioner finally arrived.
The Duke is in his middle-aged, a very knowledgeable, and a high-ranking officials. What scenes have not been seen before? But this is the first time there have encountered such a situation. The imperial guards arrived at the city gate of Huanshui County, and at a glance, almost all the people in the city knelt down to greet him.
Speaking of which, how would you describe this feeling? He has always been rigorous, and he was stern in officialdom and in the court.
"Sir?" The captain of the Imperial Guard looked at Du Ke, who was also a little bored. If the common people intercepted it, they would be able to break through, but in the current situation, the common people are kneeling down to greet the adults warmly, as if the adults are local parents and officials.
Although Du Ke was a civil official, he practiced martial arts. This time, in order to get to Huanshui County earlier to deal with the collusion between officials and bandits, he rode all the way, and riding a horse was faster than riding a carriage.
So after he regained his senses, he got up immediately, and when he got off his horse, he heard the common people say again, "Welcome to the Imperial Commissioner."
Some shouted, "Your Excellency is here."
Even: "The boss of the imperial consignment is here too."
And: "Meet the Imperial Commissioner."
In short, the enthusiastic voice of the people is very obvious. Du Ke wondered, what happened to the common people? Why so enthusiastic? However, Du Ke was not chaotic.
With a smile on his serious face, he said to the people with the most charitable voice in his life: "Everyone, get up, don't kneel on the ground, get up." An old man who was closest to him: "Old man, what's going on, why are you all here?" Because he was on his way, even Qin Fang didn't know when he would arrive. How could these ordinary people know?
The old man who was supported by Du Ke was a little flattered and said: "If you return to the imperial envoy, since General Qin told us that the imperial envoy will be here in the past few days, we have been waiting at the city gate every day. We have waited for you today. Everyone is happy."
Du Ke didn't know what to say. Rather than talking about the enthusiasm of the people, why did Qin Fang tell the people about his upcoming events? Du Ke asked curiously, "How did General Qin tell you about the imperial envoy?"
The old man said honestly: "General Qin said that he was ordered by the emperor to suppress the bandits, the county magistrate was taken down for collaborating with the bandits, and the court and the emperor will compensate us appropriately for the looting of our people, but we have to make it clear in advance. This way, you will be able to understand it when you come. No, everyone has already sorted it out. So I am waiting for you here.
By the way, the imperial envoy, General Qin also said that if we have grievances, we can also seek grievances from you. Can we really find you? "
How did Duke respond? Must be able to. He said to the old man: "Old man, this official has just arrived in Huanshui County, and he has to go to the county government office to deal with the affairs. You should tell everyone to go home. After two days, this official will beat gongs and drums along the street and tell everyone that when he arrives Then you will come back to this official."
The old man respected his order: "Yes." Then he began to shout to everyone, "Everyone, please leave, don't disturb the imperial envoy, the imperial envoy is going back to the county office...."
Du Ke also said: "Everyone, let's go, go home first."
The people disobeyed obediently, and Du Ke said to one of the guards, "Bring a few people to inquire about Qin Fang's situation in the past few days."
Guard: "Yes."
Next, Du Ke went to the county office. However, before Du Ke arrived at the county office, he met Qin Fang who rushed over. The county magistrate was arrested, and there was no one in the county office, so Qin Fang naturally wanted to take charge. Not only did he sit in the county government office, but he also asked the soldiers to patrol to prevent other things from happening in the county town that was not patrolled by the government officials.
Therefore, the patrolling soldiers found that the imperial envoy was coming, so they went to tell Qin Fang, and Qin Fang rushed over. "See the Lord at the end."
Du Ke looked at Qin Fang. A month ago, this was an ordinary young man. Even if he is a thousand commander, in the eyes of his military minister, he is still not enough. To put it bluntly, even the guards of his house are inferior. At that time, Qin Fang was nothing special. If you have to say it, have some courage. After all, he dared to recommend Han Zhen when he proposed to make Wei Wu the commander of thousands.
However, I hadn't seen him for almost a month. This figure was like a treasured knife, which gradually became sharper in the process of polishing.
Du Ke was a little surprised, but not enough to shock him. He has a good impression of Qin Fang, which comes from this letter from Qin Fang. Speaking of which, the letter Qin Fang sent to the capital made him feel that Qin Fang was someone who knew how to do things. The bandit suppression and evidence have been prepared one by one, instead of throwing the problem to him and letting him go to suppress the bandit to find evidence, so he thinks it is good for people who can do things like this.
But if it was only good before, then when he came to Huanshui County this time, and saw so many people welcoming him, for whatever reason, Du Ke was a little happy. So, he is in a good mood. He said: "General Qin doesn't need to be more polite, please get up." This tone and attitude are much better than when they were in the Yongzhou military camp.
Qin Fang got up, then stood silently by Du Ke's side. He is not a talkative person, so he will not be like some clever subordinates who can say nice things to go to the boss. For example, ordinary people will say something at this moment: Master Du has worked hard all the way. But Qin Fang didn't.
Du Ke raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, watching him silent, Du Ke felt amused again. He has been an official for many years, even if he no longer feels flattered by others, he can ignore it directly, but to be honest, it is better to be flattered than not to be flattered, right? But what about this one? Du Ke shook his head and opened the topic directly: "When the official entered the city just now, he saw many people waiting for the official, what happened?"
Qin Fang said: "They are waiting for the adults. Since the end of the last few days, it was said that the emperor would come to Huanshui County to take care of the robbers and other unjust cases for them, they were waiting for the adults to come. Now the adults are coming. Yes, they must be happy."
These words are very simple, but Du Ke listened, and the corners of his mouth moved, which was very useful. "Tell me what happened in the past few days. You took down the bandit den and arrested all the bandits. You didn't even hurt one soldier or one soldier. You are a good commander. I know that you came from a poor family, and your family is from a poor family. There is no such condition for you to study, but you can still do such a thing, it shows that you are suitable for leading troops."
Qin Fang was a little happy to be praised. You must know that Du Ke is the minister of military affairs, and it is his honor to be praised by him. However, although he is happy and has a bit of face, Qin Fang is not complacent or proud. There is a touch of recognition in his happiness, and a touch of embarrassed shyness. Qin Fang said frankly with a little smile: "The last general has indeed never studied, his family is poor, and it is not easy for our parents and elders to raise our brothers and sisters, so when we are fifteen years old, the last general will serve in the military instead..
Although serving in the military was hard work, thanks to the kindness of the imperial court, the last commander ate more in the barracks than at home. Later, the court bestowed the marriage of the last commander, and the last commander's wife could read and write, so she taught the last commander to read and write, and the last commander had the opportunity to pretend to be a scholar. After the commander recognized the characters, he bought a military book to read.It's just... the fact that the bandits were taken down by a family without a single soldier is a bit ashamed to say. "
Du Ke was a little surprised, he didn't think that Qin Fang's words were taught by his wife. The court will give the wives of soldiers and soldiers, who are all handmaids from the family of some criminals.
They are released from slaves and assigned to the soldiers. This has been in existence since the founding of the country, so it has been used until now. Therefore, it is not surprising that the maids who came out of the official's house have read and learned the characters.
However, this is also because Qin Fang is eager to learn, knows words, and reads military books. If people who are not motivated have the opportunity, they may not be able to hurry up.
It's just: "I don't know what the means are, and this official is also curious."
Qin Fang was a little ashamed: "It was using sweating medicine and intoxicating medicine. It rained heavily that day, and because the bandits colluded with the county magistrate, they could sit back and relax in this Huanshui County, so the defense of the bandits' den was extremely poor. With this advantage, they sneaked into the robbers' den, and then put the sweat medicine in their water and food. They were worried that the medicine of the sweat was not enough, so when they had breakfast, they used the medicine to put them down.
It's…something..."
"Hahahaha.." Du Ke laughed, he hadn't been in such a good mood for a long time, "Although it is necessary to be upright and upright, this officer still agrees with whoever does something. For bandits, they are inherently bad people, It is worthy of them to use inferior means."
They pay attention to being a gentleman in everything, and they are the ones who make a name for themselves. In Duke's view, as long as it can win, anything is possible.
Jinshang used the marriage of the Wei family and the Yang family to make the battle for succession smooth and beautiful. Even though this is a matter of people's talk, the imperial power is supreme, who would dare to say that in front of Jinshang? Even if he muttered a few words behind his back, he hid and muttered. The person concerned can't hear it, so why would he care?
During the conversation, they had already arrived at the county office.
Du Ke was a serious minister. When he arrived at the county office, he couldn't take a rest, so he asked Qin Fang to present all the relevant evidence, along with the testimony of the robbers, and the money that was found.