Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 453
When someone else has a fief, that is something worth celebrating. In a feudal society, saving a small amount of land for future generations to cultivate is not only the highest ideal of farmers, but also the highest ideal of nobles!
With the fiefdom, there will be income, and it can ensure that future generations will have no worries about food and clothing. This is a business that is sure to make money!Unfortunately, for Wang Pingan, such a large piece of Zheliu County fiefdom is not only not a good deal, but also a heavy burden. He has to spend countless money to repair it...Let's not talk about the city, let's repair the city gate first. Bar!
Looking at the empty street in front of him, Di Renjie said: "Brother, I'm afraid you won't be able to spend the money even if you have it. No matter how much money you have, someone will ask for it. What about people? There is no one in this city!"

Wang Pingan turned to Su Dingfang and said, "What about the people? Have you been here before? Is it like this?"

Su Dingfang grunted, and said: "I've been here before, but I was marching and fighting at that time, and the last general's garrison was not in this city, so... so I only know a rough idea, what it was like before, I guess it's not as good as it used to be." Be strong now!"

Wang Ping'an became irritable, waved his horsewhip, and shouted, "Get out, go and see if there are any people living in the city, bring some over here, I want to question you!"

Brother Yelujun yelled, and the Turkic people immediately scattered on their horses and ran towards the streets and alleys of the city.

Wang Ping'an and others continued to walk along the avenue, and after walking a long way, they saw a large courtyard at the end of the avenue.Strictly speaking, this is not a big courtyard, but a small castle like a city within a city!
The castle was quite tall and strong, but it was really annoying. Others said that Wang Ping'an's nose almost turned out of anger when he saw the castle wall!

It turned out that the walls of this castle were actually made of city bricks!Obviously, the person who built the castle tore down the city wall and used the removed bricks to build the castle!
This castle was definitely not built by the local officials, but by lawless robbers. Otherwise, who would tear down the city walls and build something like this?

A few Turkic soldiers ran over, got off their horses and inspected it, and came back and shouted: "Ping'an Khan, there is fresh horse manure under the horse post, it was yesterday, and there are people living here!"

Wang Pingan said angrily: "It must be a robber!"

Hundreds of Turkic soldiers jumped off their horses, raised their weapons, broke open the gate of the castle, and rushed in!

After a while, Turkic soldiers came out and reported: "Ping'an Khan, there are many people inside, more than 200 people, and they have all rushed to the yard!"

Wang Pingan got off his horse and strode into the castle. After passing a shadowy wall, he saw a large courtyard behind. Turkic soldiers stood around the courtyard, and in the center stood about two hundred people in ragged clothes, men, women, old and young.

The arrested people looked like ordinary people in their clothes, but they didn't look like them at all. Almost no one panicked, even the children didn't cry, they just looked at Wang Ping'an and others quietly.

Di Renjie followed Wang Ping'an, looked at the people in the yard, and said in a low voice, "Brother, something is wrong, this place is populated by Hu and Han, among so many people, there must be some Hu people no matter what. But look, brother, Among these people, the adults are all Han Chinese, and there is not a single barbarian, but there are barbarians among the children, and many of them are of mixed Hu-Han blood!" He has always been careful and observant, and he only found out after looking around. Something strange.

But Su Dingfang said: "What's so strange about this, this..." He stopped suddenly, stopped talking, his face was uncertain, and he didn't know what to think.

At this time, Ouyang Li ran over. He had just taken his brothers and searched the entire castle.He leaned into Wang Ping'an's ear and whispered, "Master, these people are the family members of the robbers. Just now, my subordinates saw that there was not even a horse in the whole castle, and there were no cattle or sheep, but the people in the kitchen The stove is hot!"

Wang Ping'an said, and understood in his heart.When the robbers saw him coming with a large army, they fled out of the city, leaving only his family behind, and took away the horses and food.

Su Dingfang spoke at this time, and he said: "This kind of thing must have happened before. If the Hu people came, then the Han robbers would run away, leaving the Hu people's family behind, and when the officers and soldiers came, the Hu robbers would run away." , leaving behind these Han family members.”

After being silent for a while, Wang Pingan finally said: "The robbers are not afraid that I will kill their family members?" As soon as the words came out, it was immediately clear that the robbers knew the temper of the officers and soldiers well, and they were not afraid at all.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Su Dingfang who is beside him. The reason why he got involved in the lawsuit was because he was implicated by Li Jing. It is taboo in the court to plunder and kill those who surrendered, and a big man like Li Jing , were all pulled down because of this, let alone other generals?
In the sensitive area of ​​Zheliu County, on the one hand, the nearby magistrates are afraid of reprisals, and on the other hand, to be honest, there is no need to be on the same level as the old and weak.If these old and weak people are killed, the bandits will have to retaliate with their lives, so no one will take them seriously. Anyway, no matter how chaotic it is, it will be the chaos of Zheliu County, which has nothing to do with Yumen Pass or Shazhou. No one will So stupid to come here to kill!
Suddenly, Di Renjie said: "There is no way to convict them. These people cannot be judged to be robbers, and even if they are forced to convict, they are only accomplices. The rules of the court are not to sit together. As long as they are willing to cooperate with the officers and soldiers, not only cannot they be killed, but they must be treated kindly." , so that the robbers...the ones will come back!"

Wang Pingan took a deep breath and said, "Will they cooperate?"

Di Renjie glanced at the silent family members, and said: "I will definitely, if you don't believe me, you can give it a try!"

Walking slowly to the front of the crowd, Wang Ping'an said in a gentle tone, "Are you all Zheliu people?"

As if rehearsing in advance, just as Wang Pingan finished asking, the two hundred or so people nodded in unison, indicating that they were all Zheliu people.

Wang Ping'an asked again: "Isn't there a lot of bandits here?"

The two hundred or so people all nodded again, the name of the Zheliu Bandit resounded throughout the Western Regions, no one knew about it, no one knew about it!
Wang Pingan nodded and said with a smile, "Before we came, did you ever see robbers?"

The two hundred people nodded at the same time again, they saw it, of course they saw it, this is the robber's den!

Nodding again, can't they all nod when I ask something?Didn't even care what I asked!Wang Pingan said more kindly: "Do you think I am a man or a woman?"

For this question, it is not easy to rely on nodding or shaking your head!
However, the two hundred or so people unexpectedly nodded their heads in unison again!
Sure enough, they nodded at whatever you asked, with a good attitude, and we all agree with you if you say whatever you like!
Halfway through the nodding, someone realized, no, the question asked by this person cannot be answered with a nod.A few people who reacted fairly quickly quickly turned their nods into shaking their heads, but after thinking about it, it was wrong, and shaking their heads couldn't answer the question. In panic, they quickly nodded again, and then... I didn't know how to shake their heads. !
But some children are very determined, nodding their heads all the way, starting from beginning to end, never giving up halfway!

Wang Pingan laughed loudly and said, "I'm a man, you can't see that, can you?"

Another interrogative sentence.As a result, more than half of the two hundred or so people nodded their heads again like a conditioned reflex!
"You really can't tell the difference between men and women?" Wang Pingan couldn't bear it anymore and asked again.

Perhaps during the rehearsal in advance, Wang Pingan did not expect such a sudden question. Among the two hundred people, there were still a few people who did not respond. After listening to Wang Pingan's question, they nodded again!
Among the people brought by Wang Ping'an, as long as they could understand the Central Plains dialect, they all roared with laughter!How can you still be a robber with just this brain?But think about it, whether the brain is good or not doesn't matter much to being a robber, as long as the hands are ruthless enough!
Wang Pingan shook his head and said: "Okay, listen carefully this time, stop nodding and shaking your head. Those robbers were here just now, because there was fresh horse manure outside, and there was no food in the kitchen, but the stove was hot. It means that they are not very good at running. Let me ask you now, in which direction are they running?"

Obviously, the problem had been rehearsed in advance, and it was well rehearsed.Just after Wang Ping'an finished asking, the two hundred people, including the children, raised their hands together and pointed to the north, indicating that the robbers were running in that direction!

Wang Pingan looked back at Di Renjie, and Di Renjie smiled at him, how about it, the prediction just now is correct, they will cooperate very much, and they will definitely not look down on Yao Erzi, so don't try to convict them!

Wang Ping'an turned around and asked again: "Are you the family members of the robbers?"

Two hundred or so people shook their heads abruptly, like Wang Ping'an said, we had rehearsed the question you asked in advance.

Wang Pingan sighed, and asked an elderly woman, "Why don't you talk?"

The old woman lowered her eyebrows and said sympathetically: "Responding to my lord's words, I have heard for a long time that the officers and soldiers are brutal, and they kill everyone they see, no matter whether it is good or bad, so we are all waiting for your lord to order us to be killed. What's the use of saying nothing?"

Articulate!

Wang Pingan frowned, pointed to the Turkic soldiers around him, and said, "They are not officers and soldiers, can't you see that they are Turkic soldiers?"

The old woman didn't raise her head, and said again: "Returning to what my lord said, I have heard for a long time that the Turkic soldiers are cruel, and they kill everyone they see, no matter whether it is good or bad, and your lord, you brought so many Turkic soldiers here, it must be worse, so we We are all waiting for your lord to order us to be killed, is your lord going to kill us now?"

Su Dingfang and others were very surprised. These people are quite difficult to deal with. Who taught them these words?
Wang Ping'an couldn't laugh this time. He looked at the old woman, and then at the more than 200 people.Snorting, he said: "Since you are convinced that I am going to kill you, that's fine, and your wishes will be fulfilled. Push them out and behead them on the spot!"

Brother Yelujun immediately translated the words, and the Turkic soldiers rushed forward, grabbed these two hundred people, and were about to push them out!Now the two hundred or so people are in a hurry, they never thought that this young man would be unreasonable, or not follow the rules of the Tang Dynasty!

These people are of course the family members of the robbers. Zheliu is a mess here, but they can survive and live well in such a chaotic situation. Of course, they all have the means to protect themselves.

If the officers and soldiers come, they will use this method to deal with Wang Pingan. As long as they scold the officers and soldiers for being cruel and murderous, they will surely be able to scare the officers and soldiers. Up to now, no general of the Tang army has been crazy enough to admit to himself They kill people like hemp, and if they dare to ask people to push them out and chop them up, they will explain them gently and comfort them. Even knowing that they are the family members of robbers, they have to bite the bullet and give them some food. own head.

And they are here to deal with the officers and soldiers, and they can let the robbers take the opportunity to escape. When the officers and soldiers find out that they have been dragged back, they will not be able to catch up.

It is the Hu army that came here. This does not refer specifically to the Turkic soldiers. Of course, those who stay will not be the Han people, but another group of Hu people’s family members. The Hu people’s army really kills people without blinking an eye. It doesn't work.But they also have a way. At that time, they will cry bitterly, saying that they were taken here by Han robbers, thank the Hu army for coming to rescue them, and also hold back the Hu army, and so on.

But they never expected that this senior official of the Tang army who brought the Turkic soldiers had a temper similar to that of a barbarian.
The two hundred or so people suddenly became confused, and the old woman shouted: "My lord, are you an official of the Tang Dynasty or a Turkic official?"

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter where I am. The important thing is that I am a good official who loves the people like a son. Didn't you ask me to kill you? How many knives are cut!"

"We didn't ask adults to kill us, adults spare our lives, adults spare our lives!" More than 200 people all cried out, and even the children realized that something was wrong and began to cry.

Su Dingfang smiled and said: "That's right, when you see officers and soldiers coming, don't panic if you are a robber, then what kind of world will it be, there will be no kingly law!"

Wang Pingan waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let them go, take them out, and make sure they don't let them escape." After thinking for a while, he said: "Don't abuse us, give us what we should eat. Not bad for this bit of food!"

He remembered, Fang Xuanling was taken away, the family members of these robbers might have something to do with that group of robbers, if he pinches them, he can negotiate terms with the robbers and get Fang Xuanling and Wang Wendu back.

The Turkic soldiers escorted the two hundred people out, looking for a good place.Wang Pingan boarded the watchtower of the castle and looked towards Zheliu County.

The gong sounded in the city, just like the head of the prefecture greeted the people, the city actually used the gong to recruit the people, and indeed many people came.

Unexpectedly, there are a lot of people here, more than 3000 people are walking towards the big square in front of the castle.The Turkic soldiers who had dispersed earlier also gathered together. Many people were terrified, and there were still empty horses in the team. It is estimated that the Turkic soldiers who were alone were killed!
Di Renjie said: "Brother, the folk customs here are really tough. What do these people want to do? Don't they want to fight against us?"

But Su Dingfang said: "Master Hou, look, Hou Ling is here, and that Gu Lantian is also here!"

(End of this chapter)