Chapter 100, Pressure

Liu An was dull for a while and really didn't know what to do. And the other bandits around him were all panicked and eager to tie Liu An to the other party in order to change his life. It was not until a long time later that Liu An was soft and suddenly knelt on the ground and hurriedly begged the teenager in front of him for mercy.

The rest of the bandits also knelt to the ground one after another.

"Little hero, spare your life, spare your life. I, I am also deceived by others. It is Niuhai who let me do this. Liu An doesn't care about anything. The most important thing now is to save his life.

"You don't have to lie in front of me. Since I know your name is Liu An, you can naturally know your details." There was no trace of pity on Zu Zhao's cold cheeks. His tone was more like this icy and snowy climate, which made people feel cold in his bones.

When Liu An heard this, his face was as pale as paper. He hesitated for a long time and could no longer say anything else.

"You should feel lucky, so I accidentally killed him on the spot when I ambushed a group of thieves in Niuhai. So you can say a few more words now, and if you say it, it can also change your life. After a short pause, Zu Zhao said slowly.

Ah? Yes, yes, the villain knows everything. Please, please forgive my life as a little hero. As if he had got a life-saving straw, Liu An quickly nodded and bowed for mercy.

"Who instructed you to plunder Lingzhi County this time?" Zu Zhao asked directly.

Ah? This... the villain really doesn't know. The villain also followed these bandits and took the opportunity to make some trouble to see if he could eat, that's all..." Liu An was stunned first, and then quickly said nonsense.

Zu Zhao did not wait for Liu An to finish speaking. He put away the halberd in his hand, quickly took down the horse bow from his back, bent the bow and opened the string, and shot an arrow at Liu An without hesitation. This arrow hit Liu An's shoulder, and the arrow came out through the flesh, and the powerful impact even knocked Liu An to the ground. The flesh and bones were penetrating, and the pain was like drilling his heart. Liu An screamed heartbreakingly, struggling to twist his body, and his throat was about to be bleeding and salty.

"If there is no valuable word in your mouth, it makes no sense to keep you." Zu Zhao looked at Liu An rolling on the ground indifferently and slowly took out the second feather arrow from the arrow pot.

"Don't, don't, hero, spare your life, I said, I'll say everything..." Even if the pain runs through the whole body, the worry of life can't help Liu An not speak quickly. He really didn't expect that Zu Zhao was a cruel character and didn't follow the routine at all. He originally planned to delay for a while. Since it was valuable, he should make good use of it, but the result...

"say." Zu Zhao put the long bow aside, but the arrow in his hand was not withdrawn.

"Yes, he is from Yuyang, but... I really don't know his name. The little one only knows that he is from Yuyang." Liu An struggled to say that he finally got up from the ground.

"Hmm, I don't know whether to live or die?" Zu Zhao scolded and made up his way to lift the bow in his hand.

"Hero, hero spares his life, little... The little one doesn't dare to talk big anymore. It's really true. If you don't believe it, if you ask Lao San and Lao Liu, they all know that every time the man only sends his men to negotiate with us, it has also taken us a lot of effort to figure out that his men are from Yuyang County. Liu An said with a sad face.

Beside him, two men called Lao San and Lao Liu quickly nodded and echoed. Only then did he identify Liu An to Zu Zhao as the third brother, and he should not talk big with Liu An at this time.

"Yes, really, it's true. That guy has a Yuyang accent.

"Just in time, the boss asked us to go to Yuyang to do business, and we met that subordinate on the way."

Zu Zhao meditated briefly, and then put away his bow and arrows. He didn't say anything more. He grabbed the reins and turned the horse's head. After turning around, he gave Zucheng a look. Zu Cheng immediately greeted the children of the ancestors and rushed forward, detained Liu An's men and other bandits, first tied them one by one with rope, and then sent them to the county government prison.

After that, Zu Zhao personally led a team to deal with the aftermath in the county government compound and arrested all the injured and surrendered bandits in the county government compound. After dealing with the county government, Zu Zhao met with the leader of Yiyong of Lingzhi County and Han Tian, the county lieutenant, and explained that Han Tian took Yiyong of the county to the county to maintain order and calm the riots.

Han Tian met Zu Zhao in the middle of the escape. If it hadn't been for the arrival of Xu Wuxian's reinforcements, he would have been in an extremely dangerous situation, and even Lingzhi County would have suffered. Therefore, even if Zu Zhao is white at this moment, he will still listen to Zu Zhao's arrangement. Even if Zu Zhao rushed to help in time, he still admires Zu Zhao's character.

Dating back to this afternoon, when Zu Zhao's scout team found the whereabouts of Niuhai and his party in Balipu, a group of the children of the Zu family united with some righteous bravery in Xuwu County, and a total of about 2560 people were already on the official road east of Balipu. Niu Hai's team went very remote in order to avoid people's eyes, so they could not find the reinforcements led by Zu Zhao.

After learning this information from the scouts, Zu Zhao made a quick decision and decided to set up an ambush in front of the Niuhai team. Under the cover of snow, in a small mountain forest more than 20 miles west of Lingzhi County, Zu Zhao and others launched an extremely thorough assault and killed more than half of Niu Hai's men on the spot. Niu Hai was also stabbed by Zu Ji in the melee.

Zu Zhao's initial plan was to catch Niuhai alive. He asked who offered a reward for his head from Niu Haikou, and specially told him that he must catch Niuhai alive. It's a pity that the battlefield is unpredictable. Fortunately, a group of Niu Hai's men were captured, and some intimidation and lure were more or less clues. It turned out that Niu Hai was also instructed to do this time, and also echoed another group of thieves Liu An, who was active in Liaoxi County. But as for who instructed them, these little guys still can't tell. Every time, Niu Hai personally connected, and the other party was just an errand.

In addition, these little ones also gave up. The so-called reward did not have more than 5,000 gold at all. What they knew was only 500 gold. Later, they deliberately exaggerated in order to recruit some dead men, but they also did not have more than 5,000. As for why the gold five thousand was rumored in the end, perhaps it was spread more and more ridiculously.

Regarding Niu Hai and Liu An's plan to attack Lingzhi County, these little ones have all confessed. The reason for attacking Lingzhi County is that it is hoped that the northern part of Youbeiping County will be chaotic as soon as possible, and at the same time, it can contain the neighboring Xu Wu County. There are rumors that Xu Wu County was originally going to be attacked, but unfortunately, it was later heard that Xu Wu County was ready to recruit 800 volunteers this year. Thinking about it, he knew that it was as difficult to attack Xu Wu County.

Zu Zhao learned that Liu An would install moles in Lingzhi County. While creating chaos in the county, he took the opportunity to open the west gate to release cattle and others into the city, so he set a plan and led the team to crouch outside the west gate. After the gate was opened, he took the opportunity to enter, killed the thief who opened the gate, and rushed directly to the county government.

I happened to meet the few remaining righteous heroes led by county lieutenant Han Tian near the county government, and is thinking of mobilizing more young people in the city to fight against the bandits. Han Tian is still a loyal person. Unfortunately, he did not expect that the bandits would rob the city tonight. Instead, he knocked on the door to door in the city all night, a sign of the people's expansion of the thief volunteer team. The bandits suddenly robbed the city, and Han Tian failed to personally command the enemy, which led to the failure of the gate so quickly.

Zu Zhao briefly informed Han Tian of the plan of the thief's attack on Lingzhi County, and joined Han Tian's Yiyong to set up an ambush in the county government, and waited for Liu An to fall into the net. After all, "inviting you into the urn" is much more convenient than taking the initiative to attack. After the bandits enter the city, they robbed everywhere. The county is said to be small, and it is still very troublesome for Zu Zhao and Han Tian alone.

At this time, Zu Zhao recaptured the county government and asked Han Tian's people to go to the city to calm the chaos first. He then sent Zu Cheng to lead another team to assist. He sat in the county government and personally led people to search around the county government. On the one hand, he found out all the bandits hidden in the county government, and on the other hand, he wanted to rescue Tian Xian.

Finding a chained firewood house in the backyard, Zu Zhao directly cut off the chain and kicked the door.

"Tian Gong Cao is there?"

The firewood room is dark, and you can see the situation inside for a while.

Zu Zhao asked, but he didn't hear any response at all. He couldn't help frowning.

"It shouldn't be here. Let's keep looking forward." Zu Ji, who was next to Zu Zhao, said decisively.

"Huge. Does a firewood house still need to be locked? After saying that, Zu Zhao stepped over the threshold.

He suddenly smelled a frozen smell of blood floating in the air and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Take the torch."

"Quick, torch." Zu Ji took the torch from a son behind him, followed Zu Zhao into the woodshed, and raised the torch high in his hand. The firelight quickly broke through all the darkness.

The firewood house is not very big, and you can see it all at a glance.

Z Zhao saw a figure upside down on the ground, with a pool of blood on the ground at the head of the figure, and a sword not far away.

Zu Ji first stepped forward and squatted down to check. He immediately turned around and said with a puzzled and surprised face, "Son, yes, it's Tian Gong Cao. It's already out of breath."

Zu Zhao frowned and didn't know how to understand this for a moment. Judging from the whole scene, it was obvious that Tian Xian committed suicide. After a while, he realized that Tian Xian was an upright person, but his fate tricked him not only to aggrieved him under an incompetent county magistrate, but also couldn't do his best when the county encountered such a crisis. He did send a letter to Tian Xianxiu, promising that he would soon transfer Xu Wuyi to help the order, but Tian Xian was not sure when the reinforcements would arrive. The city gate was lost, the bandits plundered, and the county magistrates fled. It is not difficult to imagine how much the county would fall. Instead of being humiliated after being captured by the exiles, it is better to break up and die in the city.

With a long sigh, Zu Zhao said helplessly, "Alas, Tian Gongcao is a person with integrity, but unfortunately, this time it is harmful."

Zu Ji also had some feelings and shook his head silently. After a while, he looked up and asked, "Mr. Grandson, how should I deal with this matter?"

Zu Zhao said, "First, restrain yourself. After the county is stable, send someone to invite the Tian family to collect the body."

Zu Ji nodded and immediately greeted several children to carry Tian Xian's body from the woodshed.

An hour later, Lingzhi County finally stabilized. Although many bandits still fled in the city, the general trend has gone, and these bandits can only hide in the east and dare not make any more public chaos. Han Tian sent personnel to all parts of the county to report the results of the chaos, and asked each village to organize the people of Benli to defend the safety of Benli, and then divided Yiyong into several teams to patrol and guard all parts of the city. After arranging these, he rushed to meet with Zu Zhao in the county government.

As soon as Han Tian entered the gate of the county government, he heard a cry from the public hall. There were men and women, but the voice sounded so familiar. He accelerated his pace with suspicion and walked into the court. At a glance, he saw more than a dozen people kneeling under the hall. After seeing the appearance of these people clearly, he was suddenly surprised and couldn't help putting one hand on the sword around his waist.

The people who are kneeling in the hall are not others at all, but Wang Xianjun and his family members.

Wang Xianjun not only bent his knees and knelt down despite the majesty of the county king, but also begged Zu Zhao in the hall desperately for mercy.

The other family also cried, and the wife and children hugged each other and cried. At this moment, Zu Zhao, standing in the hall, is not an ordinary teenager at all, but a judge who can sentence life and death.

"Son Zu, what are you going to do?" Han Tian was shocked, pressed his sword and quickly ran to the front of the hall, and asked Zu Zhao in the hall excitedly.

As soon as Wang Xianjun saw Han Tian, he quickly knelt down in front of Han Tian, pulled Han Tian's sleeve and cried.

"Lieutenant Han, Lieutenant Han, help me. This, Zu Zhao is going to kill me!"

"Bold Zu Zhao, you dare to murder the county magistrate, you know the guilt!" Han Tian listened to Wang Xianjun's words and suddenly became furious. Not only did he feel very strange, Zu Zhao spared no effort to help Lingzhi County, see through the conspiracy and repel the bandits, and must not do anything wrong, and even if he put all this doesn't count, Zu Zhao should not choose to start at this time if he really wants to rebel.

What the hell is going on?

"Lord Han, my Zu Zhao is by no means the following crimes, but what Wang Xianjun has done is really outrageous. Even if Zu Zhao does not kill him, this matter will be reported to the county and state capital, and Wang Xianjun will definitely not escape the crime of death." Zu Zhao's face was expressionless. He also pressed his sword, and his indifferent eyes were a little murderous.

As soon as the voice fell, a group of people in the hall, including Wang Xianjun, cried even louder.

"What? What the hell is going on? Han Tian asked in surprise. Although he could judge from Zu Zhao's words that there was a reason for the incident, he finally felt that the matter was too serious. Unfortunately, he is now alone and has only three or four subordinates outside the door. Now the whole county government is full of ancestral children. If there is anything, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to control the situation.