Chapter 1417 Bandits

At this time, General Du has not yet realized how hard Mu Yexiao said that the next step will be hard work.

He only took it as comforting words, and responded with a smile: "It should."

"It's just that the general doesn't understand. Why are the people running here? Isn't it a thief who sees that the officers and soldiers need to run?"

Qian Jiujiu handed over the villager who was stopped beside him to General Du: "General Du, ask him."

General Du was a little curious, but this was something the princess told me, so I should take it down for questioning.

Only then did I learn that the officers and soldiers in this place were like bandits, and couldn't help but turn black.

"Go and tell all the people to come down, we won't steal your things, and we will protect you."

"As for the officers and soldiers you mentioned who broke the law and discipline, we will definitely arrest them and punish them severely."

The villager was taken aback by what General Du said, but he quickly confessed everything.

It turned out that there were actually two tax collections in this place, one was collected by the imperial court.

Once it was for local officials, officers and soldiers.

At the beginning, the income was not much. Although everyone complained, it became more and more excessive.

We dare not rebel, we can only run. Once someone found it useful to run to the opposite barren hill to hide.

So it became like this, as long as they saw officers and soldiers coming, they would run away.

After listening to General Du, his face was full of anger: "These scumbags are simply unreasonable."

"Where are they stationed, we're going to take them down now."

Seeing the unbelievable eyes of the villagers, General Du patted his chest to assure.

"Don't worry, we are the army from Kyoto, and we want to build a fort here."

"We will manage this place in the future, and we will definitely not let such things happen in this place."

When they heard that they were from Kyoto, the villagers were a little dazed, obviously they hadn't expected it.

But General Du thought he didn't believe it, and pulled people to Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao.

"Do you see who this is? The side-by-side king of our Great Zhou, the one who cares most about the people."

"In front of the prince and concubine, I definitely dare not speak nonsense."

The villager was already in shock, but now he didn't know what to say.

Even a little apprehensive, and then happy.

The prince, who is alive, unexpectedly saw the prince, and knelt down in front of Mu Yexiao.

"Xiaomin has met the prince, but he didn't know it was the prince and concubine before, so I ask the prince and concubine to forgive me."

Mu Yexiao looked at this person, a little funny, and stretched out his hand to help him up.

"Get up and cooperate with General Du to arrest those who oppress the people."

With the prince speaking, he naturally had to obey, and the villager opened his mouth as soon as he gritted his teeth.

"Okay, I'll go and call everyone back now. Let's talk about the location of those people later."

"That's the government soldiers in the city ahead! There are hundreds of them. There are also troops stationed in the city."

Fubing? Hundreds of people? This is a rebellion, and only the county magistrates are bigger in the city.

I don't even have an official when I'm young, this place is so remote, how far is it from the city?

The soldiers in the city? And garrison troops? General Du was also a little puzzled: "Okay, you go call someone first."

"My lord, have you found a place for us to stay? We can't be in this village."

Mu Yexiao hummed: "I've found it, I was supposed to go there after you guys arrived."

"Right now, we should settle the matter in this village first. After that, we will go ahead and find a place to stay."

"Speaking of which, how long does it take you to get from the city on the way here?"

They have walked for about fifteen days to the nearest city.

And those soldiers looked very formal, they couldn't tell at all, they actually came out to collect private work!

They were talking here, and the villager also rushed to the place where everyone was hiding.

"Everyone, you can go back, this time, it's not the soldiers from before."

"It's the prince, and the army brought by the king and concubine. They are going to build a new frontier here and station here."

As soon as the news came out, everyone was stunned, the King of Side-by-Shoulders, that is a high-ranking person.

"You mean it? Side by side king and queen?"

The reputation of these two people is very great, and these villagers have never thought that someone would dare to pretend to be a side-by-side king.

So one by one, the swarms ran back.

General Du was waiting here with his people, and soon saw many villagers come back.

He greeted him with a smile on his face: "Several, please wait a moment, I have a question I want to ask."

"Are you sure that the people who came to collect the second wave of offerings before were the soldiers in the city and the soldiers in the city?"

The villagers were taken aback, but they quickly replied: "Master Jun, we don't know about this either."

"After all, the first wave and the second wave are different people."

"We were able to escape so quickly this time because those people came to accept the confession soon."

"So we're prepared and we're hiding everything in the house."

Hearing this, General Du was a little amused, but also felt helpless. This is the life of ordinary people, full of hardships.

"It's pretty good, so I guess those people won't come here anytime soon."

"After all, they also know that we are coming and stationed nearby."

As soon as the words were spoken here, a person beside the adjutant rushed in on a horse.

"General, the lieutenant asked me to report that we caught a group of strange soldiers."

"Each of them is wearing armor, but they are not from the imperial court. Please go back and decide."

Weird soldier? General Du felt a little interesting, and just said that they are here.

Those who accepted the confession would not come over, and they were slapped in the face as soon as the voice fell.

It's really interesting, it's just pissing me off.

"Do you want to come out with a few people and help me see if these people are the ones who usually come to accept offerings?"

"Don't worry, I brought 50,000 soldiers here, the general team is not afraid."

fifty thousand! Several villagers stared wide-eyed and jumped in shock. They didn't dare to say anything at this moment and could only nod.

So General Du took a few people and walked towards the pair of strange soldiers.

When I came to the outside of the town, the place where the soldiers were stationed, I didn't get close, I just saw the armor.

The villagers can be sure: "That is the army who came to collect the offerings."

General Du knew that this was not a trivial matter. This armor was not imperial armor.

General Du did not continue to let a few villagers approach, but sent soldiers to send them back.

I went towards that team. This mighty team seemed to have at least five or six hundred people.

This is here to move things, so many people.

It is obvious that these people are not from the front city. Because all the officials in the city know that they are here.

It is not stupid to send people over to accept offerings, that is to say, the origin of this group of people is unknown.

He came to this group of people with a smile: "Whose soldiers are you all under?"

In whose name? No, where did these people come from?

They just came here to accept offerings as usual, who would have thought that there are so many people here.

They were all taken down as soon as they approached. Looking at this dark group of people, there are really quite a few.

General Du looked at these people silently, it seems that it is inconvenient to say, it is interesting.

Could it be that this trip, there are unexpected gains.

Pulling these people with a smile: "Let's go, lock them up first, bring two or three people, and just come over and ask the prince."

As soon as he heard that he was pulling people to ask the prince, the soldiers around him rushed over very quickly to pull them away.

"General, let's go."

The corner of General Du's mouth twitched: "Let's go."

These boys are really clever. With a few escorted soldiers, they headed into the town together.

At Qian Jiujiu's residence in the town, Fang Xiaoxi was in the kitchen, making delicious food for Qian Jiujiu and the others.

After all, it's been a long time since I tasted Fang Xiaoxi's cooking skills, Qian Jiujiu is really hungry.

Take out a lot of things and let Fang Xiaoxi play.

When General Du came over again, the whole kitchen smelled delicious, making people salivate.

Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao also noticed that General Du was coming with some strange soldiers.

Mu Yexiao greeted him: "Who is this?"

General Du felt that he opened his mouth and replied: "This is the person who came up to accept the offering. Looking at this armor, he should not be a member of the imperial court."

"Maybe there is an army hidden here, but I don't know whose it is."

This is a big discovery, Mu Yexiao looked at these people: "Who are you?"

At this time, the person inside the armor snorted a little arrogantly, and didn't answer at all.

As a result, the soldier next to him kicked angrily: "This is our side-by-side king, our prince asks you, do you dare to answer?"

As soon as he heard the words "Shoulder to Shoulder King", the man in the strange armor was instantly dumbfounded.

No way, they just found a place to be bandits, how did they attract the great God of the Side-by-Shoulders King?

"Are you really the side-by-side king?"

Mu Yexiao nodded: "That's natural, why have you seen other side-by-side kings?"

That's right, after all, once it is discovered that pretending to be the side-by-side king, it will be a serious crime for the nine clans.

Besides, everyone in the government has seen the portrait of the King of Side-by-Shoulders, and no one can pretend to be successful.

Mu Yexiao sat on the chair: "So you guys have to explain your sources yourself!"

"It's better to let the king personally interrogate!"

The mountain bandit was scared in an instant. This side-by-side king was rumored to be so powerful, and his methods must be extraordinary.

They didn't want to try it, so they immediately confessed.

"We, we are just ordinary bandits."

Bandits? Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other in dismay: "How did you become bandits?"

Could it be that these days, are there still people who are forced to have no way out?

It shouldn't be, with the two of them here, and so many inspectors, who dares to force the people to have no way out?

The bandits were trembling with fright, and then they gave an answer: "We, we are just lazy."