The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 27 Bringing the reward back to Changzhou

Contrary to what Qi Chenglang thought, the distance between this hilltop and the hilltop of the village is not very close. It should be due to the distance difference between the mountains.

After almost a quarter of an hour, Qi Chenglang finally arrived at the foot of the mountain village, and at this moment, the government servants and guards escorting the prisoners slowly came down from the mountain.

When they saw Qi Chenglang, everyone was stunned. One of the guards hurriedly came up to him: "Chief Guard, why did you appear from here?"

Qi Chenglang didn't explain, and named two guards with higher martial arts skills: "Except you two escorting these people into Changzhou with them, the other guards will follow me up the mountain again."

These people followed Qi Chenglang up the mountain again. Qi Chenglang led them down the mountainside from the top of the mountain. After entering the cave, the two of them carried a box forward. Then Qi Chenglang left a guard behind and asked the other guards to go down first to pick up the box.

After the torches were lit below, Qi Chenglang sent the boxes down one after another.

The horses had been led over, and everyone worked together to find a few very simple carriages in the village. After harnessing the horses, they hurriedly drove to Changzhou Mansion.

At this moment, Qi Chenglang finally spoke: "You never mentioned the guards who were escorting the silver reward. Were they in trouble?"

Robbing the silver reward and killing the royal guards, the person behind this bandit is really bold!
Zhang Yuankai sighed softly: "The leader of the village didn't say anything clearly about this. He only said that he was taken away by someone. When you were looking for someone, I walked around down there again, and indeed I found a secret passage. There was a secret passage recently. There are traces of people trampling on them, so those guards should have been taken away through this secret passage."

Those guards are very likely to know them. This time when they came to Mobei, they didn't even have time to meet and reminisce about old times, so their life and death were uncertain...

Both of them were obviously in a bad mood, but they couldn't vent at the moment and could only remain silent all the way. However, they both secretly swore in their hearts that they must find the person behind this and make him taste life worse than death.

Xie Changshi was woken up from his bed before dawn. The person who came briefly told the situation of the village. Xie Changshi was so shocked that he no longer felt sleepy at all. He had been waiting on the wall for a long time and came together. There is also the prefect Qi.

It wasn't until a quarter of the hour that the two of them saw the people who had escorted the bandits back. Magistrate Qi didn't have time to say anything, so he returned to the government office with all the government officials.

Before leaving, Xie Changshi stopped Magistrate Qi and said, "The identity of these bandits is questionable. Magistrate Qi is keeping them in solitary confinement under the supervision of trusted people. No one is allowed to visit except you and me, especially the village leader."

If possible, he would rather his own people take over the custody, but this is Changzhou, and the prefect of Qi is the parent official of Changzhou.

He hoped that Magistrate Qi could be worthy of his trust.

Magistrate Qi didn't know much about the inside story. Hearing what Xie Changshi said, he felt awe-struck and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, I know what to do."

After Magistrate Qi left, Xie Changshi waited for a few more quarters before seeing Qi Chenglang and his entourage return. Looking at the carriage behind them, Xie Changshi breathed a sigh of relief.

If this reward is not snatched back, His Highness's situation will be really difficult.

At this moment, the city gate was wide open, and Xie Changshi was standing outside the city gate waiting. Qi Chenglang drove his carriage outside the city gate and jumped down first: "Xie Changshi, everything is here, we have to ask Eunuch Ran to bring some. A little. In addition, I didn't find a box of medicinal materials." Qi Chenglang only knew that the rewards included gold, cloth, jewelry and medicinal materials, but in the end they searched the entire cave and couldn't find any medicinal materials. He even walked halfway up the mountain without giving up. The two went back and forth, trying to find other caves, but found nothing.

He mentioned all the cliffs, caves and slopes: "Those bandits said that they were villagers from Jingxiang, and that the village owner was a villager. I believe this, but how did these Beidi people bypass the defense line to burn this village?" Village? And the burning of the village was not discovered by the Mobei Army? The most important point is, can the number of corpses match up? Why did the government directly determine that they were dead? "

Qi Chenglang scratched his head, always feeling that this matter was full of doubts, and his head was about to burst, so he simply waved his hand: "Xie Changshi, I, Lao Qi, are not good at this kind of thing. I am responsible for the safety of His Highness, and for the safety of these things." After getting everything back, it’s up to Xie Changshi to meet Mr. Ran by bus and investigate the person behind this cottage.”

He spoke with a bit of a rogue tone, which made Xie Changshi shake his head repeatedly: "Let's go."

He still knew Qi Chenglang's character. It was already amazing that he could think of so much. If he was asked to use his brain again, he would probably give up and leave.

Qi Chenglang let a horse out. Xie Changshi got on the horse, turned around and looked at the boxes. His mind was very confused, and he always felt that there was something he had missed.

"Xie Changshi." Qi Chenglang rode forward, "I have been thinking about it on the way here. Do you think this bandit was brought out by that person?"

He frowned and shook his head slightly: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought that anyone would build such a cave with so much expense. Judging from the wear and tear of the slide, these bandits must have robbed a lot of money."

However, Xie Changshi was suddenly enlightened. He tilted his head and looked at Qi Chenglang, which made Qi Chenglang's heart tremble. He controlled the horse with one hand and stepped aside, pointing at Xie Changshi with one hand: "What are you doing? You shouldn't be suspicious. Me?"

The more Qi Chenglang thought about it, the more likely it was that he felt it was possible. He suddenly lost his temper and screamed: "I said you are a naughty person because you think too much. I was only so old 15 years ago, and you dare to doubt me."

"No." Xie Changshi suddenly laughed, pulled the horse rope, approached Qi Chenglang and patted his shoulder: "Old Qi, you can do it, you gave me a new idea."

Fifteen years ago, the mutual trade in Mobei was opened. In the following few years, bandits continued in this area. The Mobei army repeatedly sent troops to encircle and suppress it without success. The general of Mobei was implicated and was fined with a salary reduction and 15 battle responsibilities. The prefects of Changzhou and Qingzhou were imprisoned. He was dismissed from his official position, and then Magistrate Qi and others came to power, and the news of the bandits here gradually disappeared.

In the past two years, a major corruption case broke out in the Mobei Army. Huo Qiyuan, the general of Mobei, was deeply involved and was sentenced to be beheaded. Before he was escorted to the capital, the previous emperor passed away and the new emperor succeeded. A general amnesty was granted to the world. Huo Qiyuan was also changed from beheading to exile. , in the Xinliang iron mine.

If you peel back the cocoon, you will find that he is involved in many things.

Xie Changshi had reasonable suspicion that the bandits were still committing crimes before, but they were suppressed.

Xie Changshi subconsciously touched his beard and couldn't help but think that if his guess was true, it would verify the emperor's guess that that person was really connected to the Beidi people.

But I still can’t figure out why he let these bandits steal the things given by the emperor...

(End of this chapter)