Chapter 47: Pursuit
Baima County is adjacent to Qi State, and its terrain is flat. In recent months, it has not been peaceful. First, the King of Qi sent people to recruit soldiers, and the county magistrate closed the city to defend himself. He was frightened to be defeated by the King of Qi, and he had to guard against the rest of the thieves entering the boundary. Before the stability came, the thieves captured by the court came arrogantly - these people were unknown soldiers in the capital, and they were officials here.
The county magistrate was in a state of great conscience and felt that it was a great achievement to be able to save the county town. It would be fine if he was not rewarded. Instead, he had to accept the successive interrogation of the swordsman, as if he had committed a serious crime. He really wanted to ask a loud question: Where are you when the Qi army was unstoppable?
The county magistrate did not dare to speak. He even thought about it and chose to be in the middle of the night. Today, he had to smile all over his face and welcome a special guest. This person was not an official, but an eunuch.
Just after noon, a team of people rushed over the official road, about twenty or thirty people, without flags or drums and music. The speed was extremely fast, unlike the imperial envoy above, but like the postmen who were teleporting urgently. But they were indeed dressed in a group of eunuchs, and perhaps some guards were some of them, and few county magistrates who came to Beijing could not recognize them.
"So fast?" The county magistrate walked out from the roadside awning that had just been built. He was very surprised. He received the document from his superiors in the morning and thought he was moving very quickly. Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy arrived just now. Fortunately, he came out to greet him early, otherwise he would have made a big mistake.
The county magistrate hurriedly sorted out the official uniforms and ordered his subordinates to line up quickly, waved his hand to signal the master to remove the tea in the shed, so that the imperial envoy would not think that he was just drinking tea here.
The imperial envoy team arrived, and dozens of horses suddenly stopped. The dust raised gradually spread and landed. The county magistrate did not dare to hide and led everyone to kneel down in the dust. "Baima County welcomed the imperial envoy..."
"No gift." His voice immediately became cold and arrogant, which was quite consistent with the identity of the imperial envoy.
Yang Feng doesn't remember how many places he has been to. These days, he has been running around all the time. In order to save time and get on the road as soon as possible, he only brought more than twenty followers.
He was pursuing someone. In Yang Feng's eyes, this person was very important, even more important than the rebellious King of Qi.
For the sake of this fugitive, Yang Feng had to give up the emperor temporarily. He also had an idea, wanting to see if the emperor could stand up in the palace and whether it was worth his efforts in the future.
"Are you ready for the archers?" Yang Feng asked immediately. He had no time to deal with local officials and had to act condescendingly in order to achieve a quick battle.
The county magistrate was puzzled since he received this request and did not dare to ask more questions. He immediately said, "It's all, just stand by."
When Yang Feng saw it, he slapped forward and followed. Only one eunuch stayed. He dismounted and showed the documents to the county magistrate, asked him to sign and stamp the seal, and completed the procedures as soon as possible. The county magistrate was in a hurry. He had already arranged the banquet and gifts, but they were all in the county town. He never thought that the imperial envoy was impatient. The county magistrate's official seal was not around, so he had to order the master to pick it up immediately. He thought that the eunuch imperial envoy was not here to fight Qiufeng, and the things he had to do must be quite small.
More than a hundred county soldiers stood in line, and the teams were uneven. Many people were dressed in no different ways than ordinary farmers. They had no armor, but they all held hard bows in their hands. There were seven or eight arrows in the cross-body arrow bag.
Yang Feng was not surprised. Wherever he passed, most of the soldiers everywhere were like this. All the more decent elite soldiers were recruited and followed the Grand Tutor Cui Hong to the north to fight the Huns.
The county magistrate hurried over. He stayed with the county magistrate, and had no horses, so he lagged behind. He faced the dust and said to the imperial envoy on the horse with breathlessness: "The mission... cough... these are... cough... dispatched from various townships... cough... archers, and some of them are coming, tonight..."
"These people are enough." Yang Feng asked for a quick look and shouted to the soldiers of the county: "Each person will test three arrows later, and those who can reach eighty steps can be rewarded with 5 taels of silver."
The county soldiers, who were originally at a loss, suddenly became excited and cheered. The county magistrate blushed and waved, ordering the soldiers to shut up and not be rude in front of the imperial envoy.
Yang Feng didn't care. He was used to the casualness and chaos in the local area. Baima County was pretty good. Several entourages went to place simple targets. Yang Feng asked the county lieutenant: "Are you familiar with the customs of local characters?"
The county magistrate nodded repeatedly, "Familiar, the lower official is from the county. He has been an official for more than 20 years. There are no local gentry that I don't know."
Yang Feng pulled out his horse and walked a distance, freed up the place for the county soldiers to shoot arrows, and then stopped and said to the county magistrate who followed him: "The person I want to inquire is not a gentry, but a hero."
"Hero...I don't know who it is?"
"You Zhao."
"Your Zhao?" The county magistrate looked confused.
"The Zhao You, who is known as the daughter of gold."
"Oh, Baima Zhao Qianjin, of course I know him, why did the upper class ask him for help..."
Yang Feng keenly noticed a hint of panic in the county magistrate's eyes. This is why he must make a quick decision. Local officials and heroes have dates, and the news will be leaked one step later.
"Zhao You are hiding the imperial offender, and I will personally arrest him on the emperor's order. Those who violate the traitors will be exterminated, and those who inform them will be punished for death."
The county magistrate's face suddenly turned pale, "The people of Baima County are simple and no one dares to collude with Qin Jian... I'll go and transfer some troops."
"No, these people are enough." Yang Feng looked at the county soldiers who were taking turns shooting archery. Under the heavy reward, there were quite a few shots that were both far and straight. He didn't care whether they could hit the target.
The county magistrate's face was blushing and he finally raised his courage and said, "Maybe the best man may not know something. Friend Zhao called "a thousand gold and bi" because his arms were powerful, not a jade of gold. He changed it to a jade of jade for the sake of art. "
"I've heard of it." Yang Feng had already figured out Zhao You's background.
The county magistrate was even more panicked, "Not only was Zhao Qianjin powerful, he also had a group of brothers who were used to dancing swords and swords. This... this... is not easy to deal with."
"The martial arts of the martial arts are not worth fearing, as long as you obey the orders."
"Listen, even if the officials have a hundred courages, they will not dare to disobey the order."
Yang Feng nodded coldly and waited for a while and said, "If you can take the imperial prisoner whom Zhao You is hiding, you will be rewarded with at least a thousand taels of silver. If you are the main culprit, you will be able to get one hundred thousand taels of silver, and you will be promoted to several levels of official positions."
The county magistrate immediately smiled and was still hesitant at first, but now even if he went to arrest his own brother, he would not care about it.
The test shot ended quickly, and he barely collected sixty qualified soldiers. The eunuchs at the entourage immediately distributed the bounty, each of which was five taels. The person who got his head was raised and the person who didn't get his head was dejected.
Yang Feng and his party had 26 people, but there were forty horses. They were divided into one for the county magistrate and ordered him to lead the way to capture Zhao You, a hero of Baima County, but he did not tell the county soldiers where they were going for the time being.
The imperial envoy took the soldiers away with dust. The county magistrate stood by the roadside, holding the official document and looking at the distance in a daze. He couldn't figure out what was going on, so he didn't dare to leave. He had to stay where he was and wait for the division to take the official seal.
Zhao You's family was on a village seven or eight miles away from the city. The county magistrate was familiar with the road and had no way to go. After seeing the manor, Yang Feng stopped and waited for the county soldiers behind to follow.
The county magistrate said: "There are too few soldiers and cannot surround the manor. It is better to let the lower officials enter the manor alone, persuade Zhao You to surrender and hand over the imperial offender, which is more convenient."
"No need, you can lead your troops in front of the main gate, just follow my orders and shoot volleys. You don't have to worry about other things."
Yang Feng turned his head and signaled that most of the followers dismounted and set out in batches to guard the manor. Only six people were left to protect the Zhongchangshi.
The county magistrate dared not interrupt, and vaguely felt that the imperial envoy was different. Although he was a eunuch in the palace, he seemed to be very familiar with the affairs of the world.
The county soldiers followed, stood in two rows in front of the main gate, bent their bows and arrows, and the village had already found something abnormal. The gate was closed, and occasionally someone leaned his head and quickly retracted.
The county magistrate was eager to make meritorious service. After obtaining the permission of the imperial envoy, he urged him to step forward and shouted: "Zhao Qianjin, you have committed a crime! Surrender quickly and hand over the imperial envoy, which may spare you from death, otherwise...oh."
A figure flashed on the wall of the manor. The county magistrate hugged his head, turned his horse's head and ran back, covering his face with one hand, and blood flowed out of his fingers, "The thief uses a hidden weapon."
The thief not only used hidden weapons, but the gate of the manor suddenly opened. More than ten people rushed out with swords and guns, shouting in their mouths. The leader was a hero, who was about thirty years old, naked, with a dragon-shaped piercing on his arms, holding a big hammer in each hand, and shouting angrily: "Those who block me will die!"
Zhao Qianjin was quite famous in Baima County, and even the county magistrate was afraid of him. When he saw him rushing out, he felt timid.
Yang Feng didn't care. He came here after getting the exact news. He knew that there were not many people in the village, and he didn't want to compete with these desperate people for fists, feet, swords and swords, and immediately ordered: "Bend the bow."
The imperial envoy supervised and had just received the reward of silver. Even if the county soldiers were afraid, they dared not retreat. They immediately pulled the bowstring and waited for the order to launch.
Yang Feng saw Zhao You and others rushing towards him with claws and claws, and had already entered within eighty steps, but he refused to order.
A county soldier was too nervous. He relaxed his hand and fired an arrow. He had no accurate head and flew over the enemy's head.
Yang Feng shouted: "Stay calm! Stand by!"
More than a dozen heroes from the world were getting closer and closer. One of them kept waving his hand, throwing a flying knife, and shooting the hidden weapons in front of Yang Feng were stopped by the guards of his entourage. The county soldiers were not treated so well. The two of them were hit by the embarrassment and fell to the ground and screamed.
Yang Feng still did not give the order, and the county magistrate was so scared that his face turned pale again.
Only forty steps apart, Zhao Qianjin's dragon patterns could be seen clearly. Yang Feng finally shouted: "Shoot the arrow!"
More than fifty arrows were fired in response. At this time, the accurate head was not important. The arrows were like rain, and seven or eight people were shot down in an instant. The remaining six were stunned for a moment. Five of them turned around and ran away. Zhao Qianjin danced the double hammers faster and continued to rush forward.
"Bend the bow! Launch the arrow!" Yang Feng's second round of orders was fast, and the county soldiers could hardly keep up. Only more than 30 people shot arrows in time, but it was enough. Zhao Qianjin was hit by several arrows in a row, and the escapees were also shot. He ran far away and met the ambushed imperial guards, and each one was killed.
The entire roundup process was less than two quarters of an hour, and only the county magistrate and two soldiers were injured.
The guards brought by Yang Feng had already climbed over the wall into the village. Not long after, they rushed out of the door with a knife and dragged a man.
The county magistrate was very curious about what kind of criminals could have the palace send people to pursue him. At first glance, the man had a wide robe and a big sleeve, not like a desperate person or a local person.
Yang Feng jumped off his horse, walked to the prisoner, stared at him for a while, and said, "You are not Chunyu Xiao."
The prisoner laughed, "The master is powerful and you will never catch him!"
Yang Feng was very disappointed. A guard raised his sword and fell to the prisoner's head.
The county magistrate was startled again and was about to order the county soldiers to enter the village to search for the remnants. A hero who was shot by the arrow shouted: "I know where Chunyu Xiao is, I know, save me!"
Yang Feng walked over and looked down at the frightened face, "Where is it?"
"Save me..."
"Speak up and spare your life."
"I, I overheard them talking. Chunyu Xiao had already sneaked into the capital and said that there... there was a new emperor's aura rising there."
Yang Feng was shocked and suddenly realized that he had been fooled.
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