At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 44
Yang Song is the county lieutenant of Yi County. Ever since Magistrate Zhou was killed by the exile Sun Anzu, he led three classes of yamen servants and Min Zhuang to hunt down the murderer. He has not slept a wink for three days. He was so tired that he almost sat on a horse. They all fell asleep.

"Lord County Captain, Dou's Village is ahead!" Ge Butou, who was opening the way ahead, suddenly pointed forward.

Yang Song rubbed his bloodshot eyes and looked up, and saw a stretch of houses in front of him, smoke was rising from the kitchen at the moment, and the villagers were probably cooking lunch.

Ge Butou cautiously reminded: "Lord County Captain, Dou Jiande is the head of Doujiazhuang. He has a lot of friends, donates money, is very popular, and has some martial arts skills. He is not easy to provoke. Shall we go into the village to search for it?" !"

Yang Song's complexion sank, he straightened his clothes and said, "Of course we need to search, but it's just a village head, what are you afraid of him?"

Although Lieutenant Yang spoke harshly, he still understood the reason why the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, but he had to do it because of the pressure from above.

Prefect Lu has already issued a death order, and if he does not catch the murderer Sun Anzu within ten days, he will be dismissed from all posts from the county magistrate down to the end.In order to keep his job, Lieutenant Yang could only do his best, even if he knew that the other party was a local snake, he had to reach out and touch Xinzi.

Let’s say that County Captain Yang led dozens of yamen servants to Zhuangkou when they were stopped by village people holding weapons. Ge Butou hurriedly scolded: "Bold, this is Mr. Yang, the county captain of our county. Hurry up!" Back off."

The villagers holding bamboo and wooden spears said without fear: "Whether you are a county captain or a prefect, no one is allowed to enter the fort without the permission of our chief."

Lieutenant Yang's face darkened, he was indeed a group of thugs, and shouted: "I am the county magistrate of this county, who came to search for the murderer who killed the magistrate, you gang of thugs dare to stop, do you want to rebel?"

With the big hat of rebellion put on, those villagers finally looked a little more fearful, but they still blocked the road and said, "Master County Captain, please wait a moment, someone from us has already informed the village chief, and we will make a decision when the village chief arrives." .”

County Lieutenant Yang was annoyed and helpless. As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. He is a county magistrate who is respected by everyone in the city, but when he goes to the countryside, his words are not as important as a village head. The interests are generally very united, especially the villagers of the same clan, they are even more united as a monolith, they only trust the leader of their own clan, even if the prefect comes in person, I am afraid it will not be as good as a word from the leader.

Lieutenant Yang held back his breath and waited for two cups of tea. The chief of the village, Dou Jiande, finally arrived. He was dressed in commoner clothes and his trousers were taken off. His wet bare feet were stained with mud. It looked like he had just returned from working in the fields. When he came back, he saluted while wiping his sweat: "I don't know if the county captain is here, but Jiande is far away to welcome you!"

Seeing this, Lieutenant Yang calmed down a little bit of anger, and said in a deep voice: "Dou Jiande, I came to search for the murderer who killed the county magistrate Zhou, but these unruly people under your rule are trying to stop you, do you want to rebel?"

Dou Jiande hastily said in fear and trepidation: "Lord County Captain, forgive me, this is all the fault of the grassroots. Due to the rampant banditry recently, for the safety of Doujiazhuang, the grassroots had no choice but to organize the villagers to protect themselves and take turns guarding the intersections entering the village in order to prevent The gangsters entered the village to commit murder, and told them not to allow any outsiders to enter without the consent of the grassroots, so it is the fault of the grassroots, if the county captain wants to question the crime, he should use the grassroots to ask the crime."

Don't look at Dou Jiande's good words, but in fact he has nothing to fear. He has such a high prestige here, and the villagers strictly enforce it with just one sentence. Doujiazhuang.

Yang Song obviously knew that there was nothing he could do about Dou Jiande, since the other party had said soft words, he walked down the steps very tactfully, and said with a cold snort: "Well, it's also for the sake of Dou Lichang. For the sake of the safety of the villagers, I will not pursue the case this time, but in order to track down the murderer, I will still go to the village to search, Chief Dou must be aware of the general situation, restrain the villagers, and never stop them."

Dou Jiande hurriedly said: "Of course, Mr. Yang, Mr. Ge, please... why are you still standing in a daze, get out of the way, and order to prepare meals. At noon, don't the county lieutenant and the messengers not have to eat?"

Lieutenant Yang hurriedly said politely: "No need, we have prepared dry food."

Dou Jiande immediately said loudly after hearing the words: "There is no need to prepare meals, the county captain said that he has brought dry food."

Yang Song's expression froze, and he was full of regrets. It seems that he should not be polite when dealing with these straight and direct mud legs in the future, just be what he should be!
Dou Jiande was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a lion nose and a wide mouth, coupled with his attire, he looked like a rough country farmer, giving people the impression of being rough and honest, but at this time there was a subtle cunning flashing in his eyes.

County Captain Yang led people to search the entire Dou Family Fort, but found nothing. Ge Butou alluded to Dou's ancestral hall and reminded in a low voice: "My lord, the ancestral hall has not been searched yet."

Lieutenant Yang hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head. The ancestral hall is an important place in the clan, and the villagers here are not good people. If they search their clan ancestral hall, unnecessary conflicts may occur, so it is still considered up!
Dou Jiande really didn't prepare meals for County Captain Yang and the others, so he politely sent them out of the village after the search.Ge Butou worked hard, but in the end he didn't even get the benefits of a meal. He was very unhappy, so he warned: "I want to teach Chief Dou to know that the person who harbored the murderer is the same crime as this case. If you want to be questioned, if there is news about Sun Anzu, you must immediately report it to the county!"

Dou Jiande laughed and said: "Definitely, if the murderer comes to our Doujiazhuang, we will catch him and send him to the county without your help."

Ge Butou nodded coldly, and shouted: "Close the team!"

A group of yamen servants and Min Zhuang followed Yang Xianwei and Ge Butou to leave Doujiazhuang with their heads drooping. Dou Jiande watched them go, the humble smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he put on a calm and serious expression. expression.

"His grandma, Dou Jiande is an iron rooster. He doesn't even give us a meal." The servants complained as they drove, their eyes wandering behind County Captain Yang intentionally or unintentionally. I blame this person for pretending to be aloof. They have already said that they have to prepare meals, but they have to refuse, and everyone is starved as a result!

Lieutenant Yang naturally sensed the dissatisfaction of the crowd, and was also annoyed in his heart. He turned his head and asked Ge Butou, "You said before that Dou Jiande is quite skilled in martial arts?"

Ge Butou nodded and said, "That's true!"

Yang County Lieutenant heard the words and said happily: "That's a good feeling. Yesterday the imperial court issued an official document to recruit brave warriors in all counties as young commanders. I think this Dou Jiande can be the leader of 200 people."

Ge Butou was stunned for a moment, and then felt a chill in his heart, grandma, these civil servants are really insidious, he has also read the official documents of the imperial court, the imperial court really wants to recruit brave people from all counties to be young commanders, but these young commanders want to Those who led the militiamen to go to Korea, remember that when Emperor Wen sent millions of troops to conquer Goryeo, only nine out of ten came back alive, so the militia commander looks beautiful, but in fact he is going to go to the gate of hell!
"I really can't offend the civil servants, these guys are full of shame, and Dou Jiande is going to be in trouble!" Ge Butou secretly said.

Let's say that Dou Jiande returned to the village and went straight to the ancestral hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a girl in red came out to meet her. The bright red beauty spot on the center of her eyebrows was particularly eye-catching, and she was indeed Dou Xianniang.

"Father, are all the officials gone?" Dou Xianniang asked nervously.

Dou Jiande nodded and said, "Let's go, where is your Uncle Sun?"

Dou Xianniang patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief: "Uncle Sun and the others are still in the hidden pavilion at the back, scaring me to death. Fortunately, the officials didn't go into the ancestral hall to search."

Dou Jiande said with a smile: "This Lieutenant Yang is a smart man. He knows that searching the ancestral hall will cause conflicts, so he dare not search. Hehe, sometimes being too smart is not necessarily a good thing. Go, call Uncle Sun out!"

After a while, dozens of people came out from behind the ancestral hall, and the leader was none other than Sun Anzu.

It turned out that this Sun Anzu and Dou Jiande were actually good friends. After beating Zhou County Magistrate to death by accident that day, he took a dozen or so acquaintances to flee to Dou Jiande and hid in Dou's Fort. The villagers here only followed Dou Jiande, so No one reported.

I saw Sun Anzu clasped his fists gratefully and said: "Thank you Brother Dou, for causing trouble to Brother Dou and the folks, Anzu is worried, let's go when it gets dark!"

Dou Jiande's face darkened and he said: "Brother Sun is offended by what he said, and he wants to leave suddenly, but brother, do I have any negligence?"

Sun Anzu hurriedly said: "No, it's just that my younger brother really doesn't want to hurt everyone. As the saying goes, if we stay here all the time, I'm afraid that we will be exposed sooner or later, and then we will harm the elder brother and the villagers."

Dou Jiande pondered: "Then you guys have discussed where to go?"

Sun Anzu shook his head in confusion: "Now I can only see one step at a time, at worst, I will die."

Dou Jiande frowned and said: "When Emperor Wen was in power, I had a strong army in the Sui Dynasty. I sent millions of troops to conquer Liaodong, but was defeated by Goguryeo. Now natural disasters occur frequently, and the people are starving. Goryeo, plus last year's Western Expedition, the vitality of the Sui Dynasty has not yet recovered, and now it is sending out heavy troops, I am afraid that the country of the Sui Dynasty will be unstable.

If a man is not dead, he should make a great contribution, how can he be a coward who flees for his life?
Gaojibo has a radius of hundreds of miles, and Guanpu is deep, so you can avoid soldiers. It is enough to be self-sufficient when you come out to plunder the merchants on the canal. You can also take the opportunity to expand your power and watch the tense changes in the world. achievement. "

Sun Anzu's heart felt hot when he heard the words, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay, then the younger brother will listen to Brother Dou, go to the high chickens and fall into the grass to be a bandit, against his mother, the princes and generals are kind, this **** Da Sui It's time to change the dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)