I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 434
Cao Shunhe's order was quickly passed down level by level. The guards around Nanchang Mansion, and even the government's officials, were all mobilized and began to follow the place where the gangsters were found earlier. search.

Not only that, but many checkpoints have been set up along the way. As long as there are suspicious people appearing, they will be taken directly without any explanation.

And this movement naturally aroused the curiosity of the people in the city. In a restaurant in the city, everyone began to discuss this matter.

"What happened, why did the government dispatch so many officers and soldiers?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, I have a relative who works in the government. It is said that the government is near a river and found the traces of the group who were responsible for escorting the official salt!"

"Ah, this is a good thing. This group of unconscionable things colluded with those salt merchants, intentionally capsized the ships carrying official salt, and transported all the thousands of catties of official salt on board to the warehouses of those salt merchants. , sell it as private salt!"

"Yes, we ordinary people have suffered a lot. During that time, when the price of salt was the highest, it rose to twenty yuan!"

"However, fortunately, the imperial court sent a large army to catch all these conscientious salt merchants. I also heard that tens of millions of taels of silver were confiscated from the homes of these salt merchants!"

"Hey, with so much silver, even ten lifetimes can't be spent!"

Soon, there were sharp-eyed people in the restaurant, and they saw the common people gathered by the bulletin board in the distance, and the officials who were posting the notices.

"Hey, look quickly, the people in the government seem to be posting notices on the bulletin board, let's go and have a look!"

Immediately afterwards, under the booing of those who cared, the people in the restaurant quickly checked out and rushed to the notice board.

At this moment, countless spectators had already gathered near the bulletin board.

After the official posted the notice, he immediately faced the many people present and said loudly.

"Not long ago, the government discovered the traces of the group who were responsible for escorting the official salt, and now they have posted a reward notice!"

"Anyone who can find the trace of the criminal and turn him over to the government will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Those who can provide useful clues will be rewarded with silver ranging from five taels to ten taels after the criminal is arrested and brought to justice, depending on his contribution!"

"Ah, what, 100 taels of silver, the government actually offered such a high reward!"

The words of the official, without a doubt, ignited the enthusiasm of the people present.

The reward of 100 taels of silver offered by the government is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for many people present!
With these 100 taels of silver, there is no longer any need to worry about making a living.

This sum of money can completely buy a fairly decent house in the city, no matter how bad it is, you can also go to the Chunxiang Building in the city for a while, and this life is not in vain!

In the crowd, another part of the people was eyeing the reward for providing clues to the government.

They believed that since the government offered a reward of 100 taels of silver, these bandits must be quite troublesome, so they might as well settle for the next best thing. Five taels of silver is considered a generous reward.

In this way, this matter was widely spread, and most of the people in the city knew about it.

Among them, there are many people who want to rely on this matter to turn over, so many people spontaneously participated in it. After all, if they hit the big luck, they will really turn over!

……

At this moment, Zhang Er and his companions in the yamen are searching carefully around the area where the bandits were found earlier.

Perhaps the companion on the side was bored, so he stopped immediately, turned around, and complained to Zhang Er.

"Hey, Zhang Er, tell me, why is our life so hard!"

"If the adults above move their lips, we servants will suffer endlessly."

"I just can't figure it out, why do I have to come to this place where the birds don't shit, and search for some bandits. I've been searching for almost a day, let alone people, I haven't even seen a bird's feather!"

After his companion finished complaining, Zhang Er also sighed helplessly, followed by Ying He.

"Yeah, those big people don't care about the life and death of us servants. He is a Wenqu star who is born to be superior to us. There is no way."

"Hey, let's think about it better. If the two of us get lucky and catch those bandits, we can get 300 taels of silver!"

"300 taels of silver is enough for you to buy a big house in the city, and then order all the girls in Chunxiang Building!"

When Zhang Er said this, his face was full of longing.

While the two were chatting, there was a sudden rustling sound from the grass not far ahead.

Seeing this, the two immediately raised their vigilance, immediately pulled out the long knife at their waists, and approached the grass step by step.

When the two of them approached the grass quite vigilantly, they realized that it was just a hare.

"What, it turned out to be just a wild rabbit!"

Just as the two relaxed their vigilance, a figure suddenly appeared from the grass not far away. Before the two had time to react, the figure disappeared.

After a while, Zhang Er was the first to react and shouted: "Come on, the bandits are here!"

The surrounding guards and officials who were in charge of searching for the bandits also cheered up after hearing Zhang Er's shout, and quickly approached the place where the two of them were.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Er pulled his companion along, followed the direction in which the man was fleeing, and embarked on the road of pursuit.

Perhaps because he hadn't eaten for a long time, the speed of that figure's escape became slower and slower, so Zhang Er and his companions soon caught up with him.

Seeing that he was about to be overtaken by the officials, the figure became even more panicked and didn't choose his way. He didn't notice for a while, stepped on a small stone on the ground, lost his center of gravity, and fell hard to the ground.

When this figure still wanted to struggle to get up from the ground and continue to flee, it was subdued by Zhang Er and his companions who arrived later.

After beating the man severely and venting his grievances, Zhang Er spat on the ground and cursed.

"Damn it, let me run again!"

Seeing this situation, the companion on the side even trembled in his voice: "Zhang Er, we have done meritorious service now!"

After that, the remaining robbers were all arrested and brought to justice.

……

In the government office, Cao Shunhe was pacing back and forth anxiously in the room. Ever since he gave the order, he was in a state of restlessness.

He desperately wanted to catch those bandits, and then learned from them that the whereabouts of the people who were responsible for escorting the official salt back then, this matter was about to become Cao Shunhe's heart disease!
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the door, and a guard pushed in and reported respectfully.

"Report to the governor, those bandits have all been caught!"

When Cao Shunhe heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, his face was full of excitement, he immediately looked at the guard in front of him, and asked.

"In that case, where are the bandits?"

Seeing that Cao Shunhe was so anxious about this matter, the guard immediately responded without thinking.

"My lord governor, those bandits are currently being escorted back to the government, do you think it's necessary..."

When Cao Shunhe heard this, he immediately ordered categorically: "After escorting those bandits to the government, they should be tortured directly. I want to know from them that the package containing the certificate of escorting the official salt came from Where did it come from!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

(End of this chapter)