The first county magistrate in history

Seeing that he remained silent, Qin Zheng continued, "Yangping Prefecture Governor Jia Sizhen and Yangping Guard Commandant Jia Hong formed a clique for personal gain, abused their power for personal gain, embezzled the people's land, manipulated taxes, killed innocent people, and disregarded human life. Their failure to stockpile food led to the starvation deaths of tens of thousands of victims. Their crimes are heinous and beyond the reach of Heaven. They deserve death!"

Jia Sizhen and Jia Hong's faces changed drastically. None of the crimes announced by Qin Zheng were wrong, and they knew it very well.

Neither of them expected that Qin Zheng knew everything just after he arrived.

Xia Mo Ning was shocked. So many people starved to death?

Why didn't she see it?

Qin Zheng's voice suddenly rose. "I have already ascertained the facts of their crimes, and the evidence is irrefutable. Today, I will rectify the government for Your Majesty and bring order to the world. You soldiers, will you aid and abet the tyrant, or will you surrender? It is your choice!"

The defenders were in a commotion.

"Even if you are a real imperial envoy, you are an imperial envoy for disaster relief. I am a sixth-rank official of the imperial court. How dare you kill me?" Jia Hong had to speak and held the spear tightly.

If we don't speak up, the army will lose morale.

Qin Zheng nodded. "You are correct. Even if an imperial official is guilty of a heinous crime, he must be escorted to the imperial capital for judgment by the Three Judicial Departments. It is not for me, the Imperial Envoy for Disaster Relief, to decide. However, I have the Emperor's decree and the Imperial Sword. Do you think I dare to kill you?"

Jia Hong's face changed drastically and he stared at Qin Zheng.

He also didn't know whether Qin Zheng had the imperial sword.

But he could see that Qin Zheng would not give up and would definitely not let him go.

He knew that he could not save Jia Sizhen, and at this moment, he wanted to run away.

As long as he leaves Yangping County to find the King of the Northern Territory, Qin Zheng and the imperial envoy will be crushed like ants.

It won’t be too late to save Jia Sizhen then.

He assessed that with the current distance between the two sides and the speed and intensity of the enemy's attack, his remaining 3,000 men would probably die before they could reach the enemy.

However, it can buy him some time to escape.

But at this moment, Qin Zheng spoke again: "Please give me the Imperial Sword!"

what?

Jia Hong was shocked. It was unprecedented for a small county magistrate to be appointed as an imperial envoy for disaster relief. Did His Majesty really give him the imperial sword?

How can it be?

Your Majesty, please pay more attention to the young county magistrate!

At this moment, Wu Xiaoyou held a golden scabbard sword in both hands in a serious manner and raised it above his head: "Sir, please bring out the Imperial Sword!"

Xia Mo Ning rolled her eyes. Is Wu Xiaoyou an opera singer?

How can you pretend so much?

She saw it with her own eyes. The so-called imperial sword was just an ordinary sword painted with gold!

Looking at Qin Zheng again, he was pretending even more convincingly.

His expression was extremely serious and respectful: "Long live the emperor!"

Take the sword.

He held up his hands and said, "See the sword above, as if His Majesty is here in person! Why don't you kneel down?"

With a whoosh, the Yihui Army and the special forces knelt down instantly.

They thought it was real.

Xia Mo Ning hesitated for a moment, then knelt down in cooperation.

Gnashing my teeth, Qin Zheng, just wait, you dare to make this princess kneel down to the fake imperial sword?

This is the imperial sword. The remaining infantry soldiers in Yang Ping's garrison had already been frightened. At this moment, their legs went weak and they knelt down with a thud.

One of them knelt down, and like dominoes, the soldiers knelt down one after another.

The cavalry also dismounted and knelt.

For a moment, only Jia Hong was standing.

At this moment, he was also hesitating.

He was a little confused. He didn't expect Qin Zheng to really take out the imperial sword.

He wanted to escape, even though he was an enemy of Qin Zheng today, and he had plenty of excuses. However, if he didn't kneel before the imperial sword, he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor. He feared that even the King of the North would not be able to protect him if he was convicted of this crime.

Just as he was hesitating, Wu Xiaoyou, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his right arm.

Bang!

The sleeves burst.

chi chi chi...

Ten crossbow arrows shot out...

Now, everyone was kneeling, only Qin Zheng and Jia Hong were standing, standing out.

Jia Hong suddenly saw a cold light flashing in front of him and was shocked. Oh no!

Subconsciously he raised his spear to block.

But these are ten crossbow arrows, not one or two.

Dangdang...

The spear knocked two crossbow arrows away, causing Jia Hong's arms to go numb.

But it failed to block the other eight crossbow arrows.

Pfft, pfft...

All eight crossbow arrows pierced Jia Hong's chest.

A big hole was torn in Jia Hong's chest, and it was clear from front to back.

Jia Hong did not die immediately. He looked down at the big hole in disbelief, and then fell off his horse with a thud.

Xia Mo Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked when she saw this. Oh my god, this is a trap!

Qin Zheng took out the imperial sword with the purpose of capturing the king first!

Just now, Jia Hong was surrounded by people and could not be shot at, but now that everyone else has knelt, Jia Hong is exposed...

Obviously Qin Zheng didn't want to kill any more people.

What a great Qin Zheng, what a great Wu Xiaoyou.

What a tacit cooperation, so bad!

The defenders were also shocked by Jia Hong's death.

There was chaos and chaos because the group was leaderless.

Chaos is about to break out.

Suddenly, Qin Zheng shouted angrily: "The Yangping garrison will be taken over by this imperial envoy from now on."

"Third Platoon Leader, you will temporarily replace Yang Ping as the guard. Third Platoon, lead the garrison back to the camp for repairs. For the deceased, provide generous compensation to the families!"

"Yes! Third Platoon, follow me! Brothers, the defenders, let's go back to the camp!" The third platoon leader led his men over.

From the conversation to the action between Qin Zheng and the third platoon leader, the defenders were not given any chance to react.

The defenders were confused and just followed the third platoon.

"Sir, is there a shortage of men in the third platoon?" Zhang Shaoyong asked worriedly, "Should I send another 500 Yihui soldiers over?"

Thirty-one people, controlling more than three thousand people, even with those terrifying weapons, it wouldn't be possible, right?

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "They are enough!"

In one word, Zhang Shaoyong, Yihuijun and Xia Mo Ning all changed their expressions.

What confidence this is!

But the deeper meaning is that Qin Zheng's three-row team must have a powerful backup plan.

At this moment, Zhang Shaoyong's eyes looking at Qin Zheng had changed from obedience to fear and admiration!

Xia Mo Ning's eyes kept darting around, "Sister, please don't offend this little county magistrate. He's too scary!"

"Search the house, don't worry about the family members!" Qin Zheng ordered.