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Chapter 9 The Furious Wuqiao Magistrate

Li Yingyuan opened the curtain and walked in. Kong Youde asked, "Yingyuan, it's so late, why are you here to find me?"

Li Yingyuan was a little embarrassed, and finally said, "Report to General, my father has news."

Could it be that Li Jiucheng has entered the military camp? Kong Youde was a little puzzled. Since he didn't know much about Li Jiucheng, he still asked, "Where is your father now? What news is coming, but you can't help but tell me."

"That's right. My father is now in Wuyi County, northwest of Wuqiao County. He recently found out from the past merchants that we learned that our army was heading north to reinforce, so he sent a servant to come to me in advance, saying that my father also wanted to go north with the army and kill the Tartars in Daling River." Li Yingyuan said it truthfully, but Li Jiucheng did not say why he wanted to go north with the army.

In fact, Li Jiucheng was as worried as Li Yingyuan. On the way to Xuanfu, he couldn't help but become addicted to gambling. He gambled in the casino for several days, but he lost all the money given to him by Sun Yuanhua. He wanted to rely on fifty personal soldiers to snatch the money back by force. Later, when he found out, the casino was the property of Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng Guo was among the Duke of the Ming Dynasty. He inherited the current five dukes and dukes. He was not afforded by a small general, so he gave up the idea of ​​snatching back the money and could only find another way.

Later on the way back, when he found out that his son Li Yingyuan followed Kong Youde and led his army north to reinforce Dalinghe, he thought that if he also followed the army to Dalinghe, he would cut down some Tartars' heads and make some contributions before returning to Dengzhou, he must have been Sun Junmen would not blame himself too much.

The leader of the army was Kong Youde, an old comrade who had worked with him since Dongjiang. Moreover, his son was also in the army and sent someone to tell Kong Youde that it should be possible, so he sent a servant to find Li Yingyuan.

Kong Youde was a little embarrassed after hearing this. If he agreed, Li Jiucheng's son was here. If he went to the battlefield, would Li Yingyuan listen to his father or himself? Moreover, in history, Li Jiucheng was involved in the rebellion of Kong Youde. What if Li Jiucheng wanted to cause trouble to drag him down? He thought about fighting a good battle and getting promoted. If he didn't agree, it would not be appropriate. After all, his old comrades-in-arms and his son was still working under his command. In short, it was a troublesome thing.

Kong Youde glanced at the map and said to Li Yingyuan, "Your father wants to help me kill thieves, but he has the order of Lord Sun. If he misses the order, it will be bad. Let's do this. Tell the person that our army is repairing for a day in Wuqiao County. If your father can come, I will discuss with him and make a decision." After Kong Youde looked at the map, he guessed that it would take three days for Li Jiucheng to come. At that time, he didn't dare to come, and it was not that he would not agree.

"Thank you, general. I will go back and ask the person to report it to me, and I will take my leave." After that, Li Yingyuan left the camp.

After Li Yingyuan left, Kong Youde continued to read his book. Not long after, he felt his pajamas come and went to bed.

Early the next morning, more than ten cavalry ran out of the barracks and left in dust. As before, these more than ten cavalry went to Wuqiao County and informed the Wuqiao County magistrate to cross the border to investigate the camp site. Since there was no need to wait for the infantry behind, the more than ten cavalry arrived at Wuqiao County in less than noon.

The team leader Bai Yunlong was the captain of the personal soldiers. There was no problem with entering the city this time. There was no brainless city gate like Shanghe. He successfully entered the city and a idle man led the way to the county government. Their level was not enough to meet the magistrate, so he informed the clerk and the clerks would just transfer it to the magistrate. Then he went out of the city to find a camping place.

The county magistrate Bi Ziyin was looking at the case file. The clerk came in and reported, "You have just reported to you that more than a dozen soldiers have just arrived outside the city. He said that the army was about to pass through, so I came to report it."

Bi Ziyin asked calmly, "Where did the soldiers come from? Where are they going? Who are the generals leading the soldiers? How many people are there?" The clerk hurried back to "Master Hui, they are Liaodong soldiers from Dengzhou. The person who came said that they had 3,000 people and went to the north to fight. The general who led the soldiers was Kong Youde, the general of Dengzhou, and asked the master how he was doing to raise food and grass for them."

Bi Ziyin immediately looked angry and threw away the brush in his hand and cursed, "I wish I could cut them alive by myself, but I dared to ask the magistrate for food."

Then he said to the clerk, "Send the order, no matter what scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in the county, who dares to sell the bandits a piece of grain and a foot of cloth, and dare to trade with the bandits for a penny, I will punish him for the White Lotus Sect's treason." After that, he breathed out, feeling like he was going to kill someone. The clerk retreated tremblingly, fearing that the county master would vent his anger for a while. Although he was so angry for some reason, he still honestly executed the county master's orders.

The reason why Wuqiao's magistrate was so angry was because of the death of his eighth brother. Bi Ziyin's eight brothers were ranked sixth. He had a deep relationship with his eighth brother since childhood, and later all the brothers embarked on the road to imperial examinations.

The eighth brother Bi Zisu passed the Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. In the first year of Chongzhen, he became the governor of Guanning. In the Ningyuan mutiny in June, the rebels broke into the governor's yamen in order to recover the four months of food and salary, and tied up the governor Bi Zisu, tortured and maliciously humiliated. Later, the mutiny subsided. Bi Zisu was removed from the position of governor because of the mutiny. During the mutiny, he suffered great physical and mental injuries and was removed from his official position. Thirteen days later, Bi Zisu died.

Bi Ziyin was heartbroken when he learned the news. The death of his eighth brother was because of the Ningyuan mutiny. The culprit of the Ningyuan mutiny was the Liaodong soldiers. Bi Ziyin naturally blamed the death of his eighth brother on the Liaodong soldiers. Moreover, Bi Ziyan, the fourth brother who is currently in charge of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, often mentioned in his letters to himself that he was busy with the Liao salary issue and often received reprimands from His Majesty the Emperor. Bi Ziyin hated the Liaodong soldiers.

Now, Liaodong soldiers from Dengzhou have to ask for food and grass for themselves. Because they failed to pass the Jinshi exam for five times, Bi Ziyin, who became irritable, suddenly exploded. His idea was not to supply these Liaodong soldiers and grass, nor would the people allow them to sell food and grass to them. After they lack food, they would definitely grab food and food everywhere. At that time, he went to the Governor's Office with a document, characterizing them as a rebellion, and requested the Governor's Office to send troops to wipe them out to vent their hatred.
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