Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

That night, the snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped.

Yang Zheng was thinking that his subordinates on night shift could also relax a little, but he didn't expect that something big would happen that night.

He was woken up by his wife in the middle of his sleep. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he heard someone knocking on his door. "Captain! Captain! Something happened!"

His wife had already taken the cotton-padded jacket next to her and said, "Go out and take a look."

Yang Zheng shouted outside: "Get up, get up!" He took the clothes from his wife's hand and quickly put them on, while reminding his wife, "Lock the door and go back to sleep with the child. I won't be back tonight. It sounds like something serious has happened."

"Take care of yourself."

He ran out of the door without even having time to put on his shoes. When he saw who was coming, Yang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, "Something happened over at Xianshan?"

The man who came was Wang Gen, the yamen runner who was in charge of guarding the dangerous mountain.

Wang Gen looked nervous. He nodded when he heard Yang Zheng's question and said, "Someone came down from the mountain to rob things. Team leader Qian went to the yamen to report to Lord Meng and sent me to call you over."

"Hurry up, talk as we walk." Yang Zheng tied up his boots and walked forward quickly. "Tell me in detail, where was the robbery? Did you catch the people who came down from the mountain?"

The road was very slippery at night. Yang Zheng was anxious and walked hurriedly. He fell twice not long after he went out.

"Captain, be careful." Wang Gen quickly supported Yang Zheng, "The town is too slippery, even horses can't walk well, we'll be fine once we get out of town."

After leaving the town, they saw Wang Gen's horse waiting on the roadside. In order to save time, Yang Zheng did not go back to the yamen to ride his own horse. The two of them rode on the same horse and rushed towards the dangerous mountains.

There were only a few households in the small village near the dangerous mountain. Now that there was such a commotion, everyone in the village woke up. Except for those who were in poor health and did not go out, everyone else went to the house that had been robbed.

When Yang Zheng arrived, he almost couldn't squeeze through the door.

"Get out of the way! The officials from the government are here, get out of the way immediately!"

After entering the house, Yang Zheng saw a couple sitting on the ground crying, and the woman was pregnant. "Hurry up and pull them up!" Yang Zheng said.

The bailiff who had been guarding here stepped forward and pulled twice with one hand, but failed to move the two men.

"Tsk." Yang Zheng stopped paying attention to them and looked around. "Why are you the only ones here? Where's Sun Dayu? Why doesn't he, the deputy team leader, come for such a big event?"

Wan Bao, the yamen runner who had arrested the men earlier, said, "Squad leader Sun has arrived, and he has brought a few people to chase after the men."

"Nonsense!" Yang Zheng then asked, "How many people did he bring with him? How long has he been out?"

"Just bring his group of brothers. It should take about a cup of tea."

Yang Zheng hurriedly circled twice and said, "Send two people to look for them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Dayu came back with his men.

"How brave you are! You dare to chase us to the dangerous mountains with just a few people!" Yang Zheng shouted to Sun Dayu.

"We are also eager to catch the bandits." Sun Dayu begged for mercy: "Captain, please don't blame me."

"I'll settle the score with you later. What did you find out?"

"We were too late. We chased them all the way to the foot of the dangerous mountain, but we didn't see any trace of the bandits." Sun Dayu said, "The bandits had already climbed up the mountain. Judging from the footprints they left behind, it is estimated that each of them was carrying food. There should be more than five of them."

When they heard the word "food", the couple who had been crying a little less loudly at the back broke down again and started crying loudly.

Yang Zheng's ears hurt from the noise, "Think of a way to make them shut up."

"I can't control them." Wan Bao had no choice but to "find a piece of cloth to stuff their mouths?" (End of this chapter)