Chapter 171: A Great Victory
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at Jia Hu foolishly. The residents were going to save Luo Wenchang, but no one knew what to do when they saw his situation.
Jia Hu tightened the sword in his hand and said, "Luo Wenchang, I heard that you are a good man, who will do good deeds in your life to repair bridges and roads. We fellow villagers in the village, I don't want to hurt you, nor do I want to make things difficult for all villagers. Please let everyone go back! I will not pursue what you did just now."
Luo Wenchang knew that there was no room for anything to change, so he sighed: "My fellow villagers, I thank you for your good deeds. Please come back quickly! Don't go against the court for me."
The people were afraid of being afraid of the rats, and no one dared to come forward to argue. Suddenly someone shouted at Jia Hu: "Hu Zi, are you still human? I have watched you grow up since I was a child, so I quickly let the official go."
Jia Hu sighed and said, "Uncle, I am saving him! Official Luo colluded with bandits from Lin Lushan to attack the county town and murder the imperial officials. This is a serious crime of raiding the family. Anyone who dares to shelter him will implicate the nine clans.
Fortunately, the robbers have been defeated and the official Luo has not succeeded. I hope the county magistrate can still give me a favor. You should retreat quickly. Now this is a gathering of people to cause trouble. Not only will it not be able to save the official Luo, but it will also increase the official's crimes."
Everyone turned pale when they heard this, and they didn't dare to delay and quickly retreated. Mu Hong gritted her teeth and still did not issue an order to capture her.
After these people retreated, there was only one Kong Yanzhou who was still encouraging to support him, but he was no match for Wang Heng; and his subordinates were all taken away again; he was even more in a hurry.
Wang Heng hit the head with a stick. With a bang, he smashed thousands of peach blossoms.
As soon as Kong Yanzhou died, his thugs were so scared that they almost urinated, and squatted on the ground and shivered.
"Look at what else is there? Take all the thieves and arrange for the injured to treat them." Wang Heng followed Gao Chong for a long time, knowing that he cared about the lives of ordinary people, so he quickly gave an order.
"Yes!" The soldiers agreed, and they stepped forward to tie up Luo Wenchang and others, and then entered the Luo family together.
When Luo Weng saw the tragic situation in his family, he couldn't help but burst into pieces and blood and tears flowed. Almost all his family members were dead, and his wife and daughter also died of insults and hitting the pillar. The entire Luo family was overturned in a mess, with dead bodies everywhere.
"Carry them all and find out if there are any survivors." Wang Heng frowned as he looked at it, and asked the soldiers to wrap the body with cloth. Then he continued to search for survivors.
"Sir, there are still people here!" The military soldiers suddenly shouted. They found a corpse behind the rockery and moved. They went up to check and found that it was an old servant who pressed a 5-year-old boy under them.
The old servant was stabbed in the back and could not die anymore. The child was indeed preserved. As soon as the officers and soldiers pulled the body away, the child was so scared that he cried bitterly.
"Xiaobao!" Luo Wenchang exclaimed, and the child ran over and cried loudly while crying: "Dad, Daddy! Many bad people, many bad people rushed in, and my mother and sister were all dead! Uncle Rod, hide me here, he didn't let me speak, and he was killed himself."
"I know, I know. It's my fault, it's my fault, it's me who harmed everyone! Just live, it's good for you to live." Luo Wenchang burst into tears in excitement, but he soon thought that he was a murderer who rebelled and committed a serious crime to destroy the nine clans. Can this child escape danger? Thinking of this, his heart was filled with regret.
Wang Heng glanced at them and said, "Take them away and leave them to the Lord for interrogation and handling."
The constables under his command now admired this black man very much. They stepped forward and grabbed Luo Wenchang and his son to go to the county government.
The two largest sources of chaos in the city were controlled, and the rest were all subtle; in addition, the war ended very quickly. Those who wanted to cause chaos, before the thieves entered the city, found that the war had ended as soon as they came out, and were captured by the soldiers who returned to the city, and then arrested them in prison.
Gao Chong was waiting for their news in the yamen, and soon the good news from the North Gate and the West Gate came, which made him completely relieved.
Soon Wang Heng also escorted Luo Wenchang in and reported to him about the situation in the city. Gao Chong waved his hand and asked someone to put them all in prison.
At this moment, the drums outside the county government heard the sound of injustice and thought of it. Gao Chong was slightly stunned and said, "What's going on? The county has just arrived at office, who is beating the drums and complaining about the reason?"
Not long after, the yamen run inside outside and knelt down and said, "Report to Master, there are people from this county outside the city, beating drums and making trouble."
Gao Chong frowned and said, "Let them come in! Go to the hall!"
With his loud shout, the three yamen runners stood on both sides, Gao Chongsheng sat in the lobby, and Liu Ziyi sat next to him.
After a while, dozens of people rushed in from outside. They came to the lobby and knelt on the ground, shouting for injustice and kowtowed continuously.
The lobby of the county government suddenly turned into a vegetable market entrance, buzzing in chaos. Gao Chong slapped the table and said, "Calm down! Calm down! Stop me, whoever dares to disturb the court will call me out!"
Everyone finally calmed down. Gao Chong looked at them and said, "Tell me! What's wrong with this county?"
"Buzz--" It's like thousands of flies flying together, and the scene is in chaos.
"Bang! Stop me!" Gao Chong shouted: "You choose a representative for me, and don't interrupt others casually. The yamen runners will show me, who dares to say something more, hit 10 boards and knock out of the lobby!"
"Yes!" The yamen runners suddenly lit the water and fire sticks in their hands on the ground, scaring the people in the hall to make them shudder and even dare not show off their anger. The eyes of these people were focused on an old man in front, waiting for him to come forward.
A trace of sweat appeared on the old man's head: "Sir, the villain Luo Ping. It is Baozheng from Luojiaxiang. The villain and others want to argue for Luo Wenchang in Luojiaxiang."
Baozheng, also known as the Chief of the Capital, is a respected person elected by the people and is responsible for managing this 500 households. This Luoping is Baozheng in Luojiaxiang.
Gao Chong just received a report from Wang Heng today. He knew that he had caught Luo Wenchang who wanted to cooperate with the thief inside and outside and was about to open the city gate. He also introduced the situation of his family and the arrest process in detail. To be honest, Gao Chong was also hesitating about how to deal with him.
Gao Chong's face was as deep as water, and he didn't say a word. Luo Ping was a little confused and looked at Gao Chong secretly, then said, "My magistrate, Luo Wenchang is still one of my nephews. He is kind and generous all his life and has never done bad things. Who in our city has not received his benefits? I can guarantee that he must have had his own difficulties."
Many people had to agree, but Gao Chong took a look and then held back the words he said.
"I already know what you mean, everyone will go back first! I will fully consider everyone's opinions and will definitely deal with this matter fairly. Please believe me."
"Sir, we..." Luo Ping still had to speak, but was interrupted by Gao Chong: "Everyone, it's not the time to judge Luo Wenchang. Our soldiers have won the battle. I want to be with them now. You can also find some evidence that Luo Wenchang has not rebelled and take it out to rehabilitate him during the trial! Okay, everyone will retreat! Retreat!"
"Yes!" Everyone looked at each other and then retreated helplessly. Gao Chong also left the county government and went to the street to welcome Yue Fei and Cao Ning who had returned from victory.
Soon Yue Fei and Cao Ning were urging prisoners and spoiling the prisoners and spoils along the way, and returned to the county government. They deliberately spared most of the county town to shock the people in the city.
This move is still very useful. The dejected prisoners, the bloody corpses of thieves, and large gongs, drums, swords, guns, and equipment made these people in Linlu County frightened and shrank back one by one, thinking about what to do in the future?
"What should I do if the chariot is in charge? Will the court pursue the chariots outside be defeated? Will we be treated as accomplices after we collect the chariots' food and grass?"
"Wait first, let's see, it's not that our family has collected the food and supplies of the righteous men. Most people in the city have collected it. The law does not punish the public. Let's see what everyone does, so what we can do?"
"Or let's go back! It's time to investigate the government."
"What nonsense? How can we live after handing over the food? Isn't it the same way to die? I've eaten so much in the past few days, how can we compensate? Let's go back and stay! Anyway, I can't live anyway, so why would you be a full dead person!"
The people in the city were all trembling and worried, and they couldn't make up their minds after tossing and turning.
Gao Chong held a grand celebration for Yue Fei and Cao Ning, and then someone cut off the head of the deceased and hung it on a high pole to shock people. At the same time, the prisoners were all imprisoned.
When the people in the city were at a loss, the county yamen suddenly issued a notice asking everyone to exchange the stolen goods of the thief to get relief from the court, and the person who took the initiative to exchange for the past will not blame him.
This made everyone feel even more panicked, and everyone is waiting to see the actions of others.
Finally, a man named Lin Zhong couldn't help it. This man was relatively brave and was afraid that the government would pursue the food he had allocated to the bandits, so he never dared to eat it, just to be able to hand it over at this time.
So as soon as the notice came out, he was the first to take the food to the government office.
I was already scared, afraid that the government would pursue the matter. Unexpectedly, when I got there, I just recorded the name, weighed the grain, and recorded how much relief food XXX received from the government on a certain year, month and day, and then asked him to carry the food back.
Chapter completed!