Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 379: Forty-three people came down*
Yang Zheng, who had been guarding the yamen for almost a month, reacted even faster than Meng Changqing.

By the time Meng Changqing put on his clothes and ran to the front yamen, Yang Zheng had already prepared his men and horses and was waiting for Meng Changqing's order to set off.

"Get on the horses and set off!" Meng Changqing gave the order, and then said to Yang Zhengdao, "Captain Yang, let's switch horses. Ride as fast as you can, and remember to pay attention to your safety."

"Yes!"

Yang Zheng immediately changed direction, got on his horse at the front, and rushed to the foot of the mountain at a very fast speed.

The others followed behind, but could only see his figure getting farther and farther away, unable to catch up at all.

When Meng Changqing arrived with the Imperial Guards and others, the scene had already been completely under control under the command of Yang Zheng.

"Sir." Meng Changqing just got off his horse and saw Yang Zheng coming towards him. "Forty-three people came down from the mountain, and not one escaped."

"Are there any casualties on our side?" Meng Changqing asked.

"There are six injured, but they are not seriously injured. I asked the villagers who know some herbs to stop their bleeding first."

"Let the others take care of the wounded, and then arrange for them to go inside to rest. In this day and age, we must not be careless when we are injured. Wait for the county government's carriage to come and take them back."

"Hey!"

Yang Zheng waved his hand and called Zuo Datou, who was not far away, to convey Meng Changqing's request and asked him to start doing it.

"Go and take a look at those forty-three people." Meng Changqing said.

Yang Zheng led Meng Changqing to another household and introduced them as they walked: "The group of people we caught tonight included men, women, young and old. According to Qian Deming and his friends, they wanted to rob three households at the same time. Fortunately, they reacted in time."

"The brothers' suffering was not in vain," Meng Changqing said. "Once this matter is resolved, they will surely get the benefits they deserve."

As they were talking, they arrived outside a farmer's house and saw a group of people who were tied up and guarded. Just as Yang Zheng said, there were men, women, young and old, and half of them were middle-aged men.

Before entering the courtyard, Meng Changqing and Yang Zheng looked at each other.

Yang Zheng understood immediately. After entering the yard, he walked separately from Meng Changqing. When passing behind a strong man, he quietly used a knife to scratch the hemp rope that tied him.

He was very precise and cut most of the rope, but did not completely break it. After a while, the man realized that the rope seemed to have more space if he struggled. He tried many times, thinking that he was lucky.

Thinking of what the official had just said, he exerted more force with his hands.

He only knew that being taken to the county government office would not lead to any good outcome, and it might even be more painful than death.

In this situation, he pulled for a long time and actually broke the hemp rope in his hand.

He remained calm and only dared to raise his eyes slightly to look around. If he were to say, those officials were really stupid. They only knew how to guard the gate. Although there was a fence behind him, it was only slightly higher than his knees and he could step out in one step.

At this time, the night gradually faded and dawn was about to come.

It was the time when people were most sleepy. This man saw that the guards were yawning non-stop, and some of them even fell asleep while sitting at the door. He had already untied the hemp rope on his feet. He felt that it was time!

He moved back quietly, nervously scanning the reactions of the yamen runners.

Seeing how stupid he was, Zuo Datou was afraid that if he pretended to be too slow, he would make him suspicious. So when the man was about to move to the fence, he pretended to have just noticed him, pointed at him and shouted, "Hey! What are you doing!"

Zuo Datou pretended to chase after him, but he was standing unsteadily and stumbled as he took a step.

Seeing this, the other yamen runners gathered over and wanted to help Zuo Datou.

Seeing this, the man immediately got up and chased after him.

Little did he know that Yang Zheng had already been waiting behind the house with a group of people.

Just wait until he runs a certain distance, and then immediately lead people to chase him.

When the man heard someone was chasing him, he ran even harder. Seeing that he was still running back along the same route he came, Yang Zheng felt relieved and stopped after chasing him halfway.

After the team behind came up, he commanded everyone to go up the mountain from different directions. He had studied these directions many times with everyone in the county government. Combined with the map drawn by Lord Meng before, they could block the retreat of the people on the mountain with a high probability.

The man ran to the foot of the mountain along the old route, looked back and saw that he had left his pursuers behind, and burst into laughter.

Xi Bei also laughed. He had been waiting here for too long and thought that no one would come.