I'm the villain in the book

Zhang San said seriously: "I can basically remember everything I saw and heard."

Wei Changtian was a little surprised: "Is this true?"

"Don't dare to deceive the son."

"Then this is a skill..."

Wei Changtian dragged his chin and thought for a while, his face gradually became serious.

"Zhang San, although I don't know why Wang Er wants you to follow me, but since I trust him, I will trust you too."

"This time we're going to Shuzhou, and I may let you do a lot of things... Do you know how to do it?"

"know."

Zhang San replied immediately, "Just do it, don't ask."

"What if I tell you something you can't do?" Wei Changtian asked again.

"The little man should do his best."

"wrong."

Wei Changtian shook his head and corrected: "No matter what, if you consciously can't do it, you should tell me in time, and you mustn't be able to do it yourself..."

"And don't make up your own mind."

"Don't rely on the big in everything, especially in a place like Shuzhou where you are unfamiliar."

"Be careful to make big things, remember?"

Zhang San nodded seriously: "Remember, son."

Wei Changtian glanced at him, and suddenly asked again, "What is the first word of the four sentences I just said?"

"No, also, all, small."

Without any hesitation, Zhang San immediately blurted out word for word.

"Not bad!"

Wei Changtian nodded in satisfaction.

"It's really a bit of a skill!"

……

It was noon when the carriage returned to the inn.

Yuan'er had been waiting at the door, saying that the thin county magistrate had come again, and set up a table in the inn, and everyone was waiting for him to come back and have a seat.

As soon as Wei Changtian heard it, he hurried into the lobby, and sure enough, the dishes were on the table, and Liang Zhen and the others were drinking tea and chatting while waiting for him to come back.

"Nephew! You came back just in time, get to the table for dinner soon!"

Liang Zhen put down the teacup and said hello, while Wei Changtian hurriedly bowed his hands to everyone and apologized, "Everyone, I'm really sorry."

"I didn't know that Lord Wang was holding a banquet before, so I went around the city and came back a little late."

"Hahaha, it's not too late."

Liang Zhen laughed twice and sat down in the first place, and asked casually, "How does my nephew feel about this Zhongling County?"

"This...the street is spacious and spotless."

Wei Changtian really had nothing to praise, so he could only find two words casually.

However, when this remark came to the ears of the thin county magistrate, it was a bit sarcastic.

The people have all run away, isn't the city spacious?

His face flushed, and he bowed his head and said, "It's the incompetence of this official that made the son laugh."

"Master Wang..."

Wei Changtian was too lazy to explain, so he simply followed him and comforted him: "You don't have to blame yourself too much, as long as the bandits can be pacified, the Zhongling will surely reappear in prosperity in the future."

"Borrow your son's auspicious words..."

The thin county magistrate forced a smile, but anyone could see the bitterness in this smile.

Although they killed a group of bandits yesterday, this is only the tip of the iceberg of bandits in Zhongling County.

There may be no monsters behind the other bandits, and their actions will not be so extreme, but it must be commonplace to enter the village to loot.

So the problem of bandits is not solved at all.

"father……"

Seeing that the thin magistrate and the people of Zhongling were too pitiful, Liang Qin suddenly opened his mouth and suggested: "Or you can write a letter to the governor of Tanzhou and talk about Zhongling..."

Tanzhou is not a frontier, so there is no post of commander-in-chief, and military and political power is concentrated in the hands of the governor.

In terms of rank, the governor of Tanzhou and the general soldier of Shuzhou are both from the third rank. If such a letter is really written, the other party will definitely sell his face and send troops to suppress the bandits.

But how could Liang Zhen be willing to owe such a favor for a small Zhongling.

"Cough, I don't know Mr. Feng, so it would be inappropriate to write a letter rashly..."

"Father! If you don't know each other, how do you know that the surname of Tanzhou Prefect is Feng?"

"I……"

Liang Zhen was mad, and wished he could stop Liang Qin's mouth.

But at this time, he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only speak a little more plainly: "Qin'er, after all, this is about Tanzhou. We are just passing by, so we shouldn't interfere randomly."

"Why are you interfering indiscriminately?"

Liang Qin seriously persuaded: "You can save countless people in Zhongling from water and fire with one letter. Why don't you do this?"

"This……"

Liang Zhen was speechless for such a righteous reason, and for a while he didn't know how to make his silly girl understand the joints.

Fortunately, Wei Changtian made a clearance at this time.

"Qin'er, in fact, there is a way to get the prefectural government to send troops to suppress the bandits without Uncle Liang writing a letter."

"what?"

Liang Qin hurriedly asked, "Brother Changtian, what else can I do?"

Wei Changtian smiled and said, "As I said yesterday, it only needs the wealthy businessmen in Zhongling to donate money."

"But……"

Liang Qin glanced at the thin magistrate and hesitated: "Didn't Mr. Wang say that they don't want to donate money?"

"That was before."

Wei Changtian played with the wine glass, and said softly in the eyes of everyone's curiosity: "I have a way for them to obediently go to the county office tomorrow morning and offer the silver with both hands."

"Son!"

The thin county magistrate eagerly rushed before Liang Qin and asked, "Dare to ask what is the way?"

"This matter is very simple, as long as Lord Wang and Uncle Liang cooperate with one or two..."

Wei Changtian smiled, raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass.

"In addition to the death of a few bad people."

Chapter 86 Li Zhongling, Xie Gongzi

At midnight, a big event happened in Zhongling County.

Nearly [-] well-equipped "bandits" slaughtered under the city and broke into the city for the first time after a "fight" with the officers and soldiers, and they were immediately beaten, smashed, looted and burned.

Almost all the wealthy and big businessmen in the city were attacked. Although they resisted, the ordinary Jiading Huyuan was no match for this group of gangsters. .

This sudden catastrophe didn't last long. In less than an hour, the bandits left the county town shouting and shouting, threatening to come back when the money ran out.

Cries and curses were heard, and the entire Zhongling City stayed awake all night.

It was not until early the next day that these wealthy businessmen who suffered losses managed to clean up the mess at home, and collectively went to the gate of the county government to ask for an explanation.

"My son! You died so miserably!! For my father, I must personally kill that bandit to avenge you!!"

"Where's the magistrate Wang?! We want to see him!!"

"What do officers and soldiers eat?! Can't even deal with dozens of bandits?!"

"Master, don't worry! The slave family will never let you die like this!"

"Uuuu, my family property..."

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!"

The Dengwen drum at the gate of the county government was almost broken, and more and more people gathered in the open space outside the gate.

However, if someone with a heart is here, it is not difficult to see that the people who came to sue the officials to discuss the explanation are all big families in the city, and there is no ordinary people.

Of course, this is also very reasonable. After all, it is "not easy" for bandits to enter the city to loot, and they will definitely not waste time on small households with little oil and water.

"Squeak~"

Amid the earth-shattering screams of the crowd, the gate of the county government office was finally pushed open by two yamen officers with bruised noses and swollen faces, but the one standing behind the door was not the county magistrate, but a white-haired old man.

"Master! Where's the magistrate of Wang!"

Immediately someone asked loudly: "There is such a big thing as a bandit entering the city! Don't tell us that he doesn't know!"

"Let Lord Wang come out! We have to ask him for an explanation in person!"

"Is he trying to be a tortoise! ​​If this matter is not resolved, I will sue the Shangzhou ya!!"

"Everyone! Everyone! Listen to me first!"

In the face of all the doubts, the white-haired old man shouted in a deep voice full of "sorrow": "Master Wang, he personally led the soldiers to fight with the bandits last night, but unfortunately was injured by the bandit's palm, and even got off the bed at this time. No!"

"You can tell me anything you want!"

"What's the matter? Do you need to ask?!"

Someone shouted sharply: "Of course the yamen wants to compensate us for our losses last night! We have to send troops to arrest all the criminals who committed the crime!"

"Correct!"

"That's right!"

This person's statement was immediately echoed, and the white-haired master was not in a hurry to speak. He waited until everyone was tired and then smiled bitterly:

"Everyone, you are all from Zhongling County, and you should know the situation in this county best."

"The bandits have been infested year after year. If the yamen can really suppress them, how can they wait until today?"

"Actually, it's not that the bandits have never entered the city before because they are afraid of the government, it's just that we are lucky!"

"But now the villages around the county town have been looted by them, and I'm afraid that the county town will often be harassed by bandits in the future..."

The words of the master are not only complaining, but also conveying a very clear message——

This bandit government can't control it, let's love it.

Of course, everyone couldn't agree to such an irresponsible attitude, and the angry reprimands were even worse than before.

"What?! This is what the yamen said to us?!"

"Master Wang is the parent and official of Zhongling! Putting the people in the water and fire like this? It's a big absurdity in the world!"

"Humph! Folks! Since Mr. Wang doesn't care, let's go to the prefecture to file a complaint!"

"..."

Listening to the threatening words, the white-haired master shook his head helplessly, and sighed in his heart that Ren Shan was bullied by others, and Ma Shan was ridden by others.

It's not uncommon for people to sue officials elsewhere, but at least they do it secretly. How can there be such a situation where they dare to make threats like this now.

But this is not wrong to anyone else. If you want to blame it, you can only blame your own adults for being too weak and thinking too much about the "people"...

With Wei Changtian's remarks in mind, the master waited for a while, feeling that the time was almost up, and then he threw his hands at everyone and said helplessly:

"Everyone, I won't hide it from you until now."

"Actually, there is no need for you to sue. The county magistrate feels sorry for the elders and villagers in Zhongling, and is ready to resign and return to his hometown."