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Chapter 45 Anger
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Jiang Shaohua stood up suddenly, two clusters of flames dancing in his black eyes: "Who was killed? Where did you meet the bandits?"

Chen Zhuo is the left chief historian of the palace. He usually handles the official documents of Nanyang County. He is surrounded by six chief attendants, all of whom are capable people. A few days ago, Jiang Shaohua ordered Chen Zhuo to issue an official document asking county magistrates to prepare for building granaries to store grain. Chen Zhuo drafted the official document, asked the princess to stamp it, and then sent his long followers to deliver the official document to various counties.

There are county towns far and near. The nearest one can be reached in one day, while the farthest county town takes six or seven days to go back and forth by horseback riding. After finishing their errands, the long followers returned to the palace one after another to resume their duties.

Logically speaking, it would have been more than ten days before he came back.

One of them, Wu Changsui, never returned home.

"Wu Changsui went to Li County to deliver official documents, but he has not returned. I was planning to send someone to look for him, but I never thought that I would receive bad news about him tonight."

Chen Zhuo looked excited, and his eyes were red with anger: "He took two guards with him when he left. On the way out of Li County, the three of them were killed by a group of bandits, and their bodies were buried in a mountain col. The smell of blood attracted Wild animals come, dig up the soil and drag out the bodies..."

"Some nearby villagers went into the mountains to look for game. They found the mutilated bodies of three people and reported them to the county government. During the autopsy, they found the palace badge. Magistrate Cai immediately sent someone to deliver a letter. There was also a letter for the princess. Please give me a letter of guilt."

Chen Zhuo took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

Jiang Shaohua's face was as cold as frost as he took the letter and opened it.

Magistrate Cai has a brilliant literary talent, full of shame and sorrow, which is very touching to read.

The anger in Jiang Shaohua's heart became more intense. He crumpled the letter paper into a ball with his right hand. With a little force, the letter paper turned into powder and leaked out from between his fingers.

Song Yuan's eyes were also filled with anger, and he cupped his hands and said: "Princess, the general will immediately lead people to bring Magistrate Cai to the palace, and the princess will investigate the crime."

Such a major fatal case occurred under Magistrate Cai, and the person who died was a royal attendant who was on official business. Due to both emotion and reason, Magistrate Cai should come to plead guilty in person.

Now he only sent a light letter, which means he didn't take the princess seriously at all.

Feng Wenming also said: "Please give the princess an order to have Commander Song go and bring Magistrate Cai to the palace."

Jiang Shaohua's eyes were like sharp knives, and he said coldly: "No need, I, the princess, will go in person."

Everyone was shocked.

In his rage, Chen Zhuo still had a sliver of reason and blurted out: "The princess's body is worth a thousand dollars, so she cannot take risks easily."

"Yes, those bandits dared to attack Wu Changsui and the others, which shows their cruelty. It is better to send people to suppress the bandits first and wipe out the bandits." Feng Wenming also stopped him.

Song Yuan, on the other hand, knew the princess's magical power and skill, so he kept silent.

Sure enough, the princess was determined: "My grandfather has been away for a year, and I have been keeping filial piety in the palace. There must be many people like Magistrate Cai who don't take this princess seriously."

"This time, I will personally lead the people to suppress the bandits, and I will also let all those who are distracted take a look at the spear in my hand."

The last sentence was said in a sinister and murderous tone.

Chen Zhuo wanted to persuade him again, but Jiang Shaohua had already looked over: "Chen Changshi listens to the order. Tomorrow you lead Yang Zheng and set off. First go to the county government office to capture Magistrate Cai, and then wait for the princess to go."

The princess gave the order, and Chen Zhuo had no choice but to obey the order and accept it.

"I will leave matters in the palace to Feng Changshi for the time being."

Feng Wenming raised his head and looked at the princess, feeling secretly shuddered in his heart. Although the princess is young, she has a decisive and stubborn temperament. Even Chen Zhuo couldn't stop him, so he had no choice but to accept the order: "Yes, I will obey the order of the princess."

……

Chen Zhuo was furious when he came, but looked solemn when he returned.

Feng Wenming whispered: "The princess is going to suppress the bandits, and no one can stop her. Don't worry too much, Song Yuan will definitely protect the princess to the death." "There are not enough soldiers in the mansion, and people from the guard camp will be used when the time comes. .A group of bandits in the mountains are nothing to worry about."

Chen Zhuo let out a long sigh and furrowed his brows: "I'm not only worried about the princess' safety, but I'm even more worried about people's unrest."

The main young country is suspicious.

When I arrived at the princess's place, I was not only young, but also a woman. How many of the county magistrates in the fourteen counties are truly convinced? Magistrate Cai dares to be so frivolous and arrogant, isn't it because the princess is a ten-year-old girl?
  Feng Wenming sighed: "There is nothing we can do about it. It is not easy for the county to control the entire Nanyang County."

Nanyang County is okay, the people have benefited from Prince Mu's kindness and benefited the princess. The county seat below is different, much farther away from the palace. As government orders are issued, some people obey them and others act perfunctorily. It’s hard to say how many people obeyed orders and acted diligently.

Wu Changsui was killed by a bandit. Whether it was an accident or not, something happened in Li County, and Magistrate Cai of Li County was responsible for the incident.

……

Jiang Shaohua became angry for a moment, but quickly calmed down and sent an order to Qin Hu: "You should go to the First Guards Battalion now to convey the princess's order and order General Qin to prepare rations for ten days. One man and two horses will follow the county tomorrow. The Lord sets out to suppress the bandits.”

There are 600 elite soldiers in the First Guards Battalion. Including the palace's personal soldiers, there are eight hundred people.

The bandit den in the mountain col contains at most three to five hundred people. Eight hundred elite soldiers are enough to handle it.

"Princess Princess, let Liu Hengchang go with you." Song Yuan whispered: "To suppress the bandits, Liu Hengchang is a good man. Besides, eight hundred people are still too few. Let's order two hundred people from the third camp!"

You have to use all your strength to fight the rabbit.

Jiang Shaohua immediately agreed.

That night, Jiang Shaohua only slept for two hours. Get up at the fourth watch.

Zhang's mother could not stop her master even with all her words. She changed Jiang Shaohua's clothes with red eyes: "Princess, please don't think this slave is nagging. The princess is a person who does important things, but I only hope that the princess is safe."

Jiang Shaohua reached out and hugged Zhang's mother, then turned and left.

Zhang's mother looked at Jiang Shaohua's slender and straight back, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Yinzhu and Tubai have mediocre skills and good riding skills. The princess needed someone to serve her closely, so they both went with her.

Zhang's mother couldn't ride a horse, so she had to be left behind.

At dawn, Jiang Shaohua and his party left the city gate.

An hour later, they entered the military camp.

On the school martial arts field, hundreds of elite soldiers stood solemnly in soft armor. He has a long sword hanging on his waist and a bow and arrow on his back. His eyes are sharp and his momentum is fierce.

"Welcome to the princess!" Qin Zhan roared, and Liu Hengchang and others shouted in unison.

Jiang Shaohua dismounted, walked to the two-meter-high school martial arts platform, jumped up, and landed neatly and lightly.

The princess is so skillful!
  All the soldiers cheered secretly.

Jiang Shaohua stood facing the soldiers. The sunlight was bright and blazing. The soldiers looked at the princess in the light and felt that the princess' whole body seemed to be shining.

"The head of the palace was killed by bandits while on official business, and the two accompanying guards also died tragically."

"My Lord, I have wiped out these bandits and let everyone watch. Anyone who dares to attack the people of Nanyang Palace will suffer the consequences like this!"

(End of this chapter)