Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 382: Believe in Me*
"Where is your brother in Yangmen County?" Meng Changqing asked again.

Ma Qing raised his head completely and met Meng Changqing's gaze. He paused for a long time before replying, "It's in the county town."

Meng Changqing said: "You are valuable."

Ma Qing smiled in response, "All for the sake of being able to serve you, my Lord."

"What's your brother's name? Where in the county does he live?"

Ma Qing asked back: "Sir, you asked about everything clearly, are you not going to keep me here?"

"Why do you think so?" Meng Changqing said, "If I don't intend to keep you, why would I allow you a future? If I kill you and ask others, I can find out the truth, right?
You have to trust me." Meng Changqing said sincerely, "I just like to have everything under control."

"My brother's name is Ma Ji. He has two capable men with him, Ma Xiwang and Hei Gou. The three of them are staying in a grocery store in the West Market of Yangmen County. They are helping people in the mountains to find some useful things. If people in the mountains find any treasures, they are also asked to take them out and exchange them for food and things to eat."

"Since you have this channel, why do you want to seize Beishan County?" Meng Changqing joked, "Could it be that you admire me and deliberately created an opportunity to meet me?"

"There is nothing to rob in the mountains. The families near the mountains have basically come to your place. We have to consider the face of the county lord. We can't just rob in the county town. The food we robbed after the autumn harvest is not enough. We had to use your people. Please be magnanimous and don't make a fuss about it."

"Okay, I won't bother with you." Meng Changqing pulled out the knife behind him while speaking, and then he chopped at Ma Qing's neck.

Ma Qing breathed his last in the blink of an eye.

Yang Zheng wiped the blood off his face, wiped his hands on his clothes, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Meng Changqing, "Why do you have to do it yourself, sir?"

"I'm going to commit the sin of killing, so I won't always put it on you."

Meng Changqing went to the side and rubbed the blood off his hands and face with snow, then took Yang Zheng's handkerchief and wiped his face, "Let's go and pick another one." The two of them chose another person from the crowd, who was also dragged behind the strange rock by Yang Zheng. When that person saw the corpse still bleeding, he was so scared that his legs went weak and he couldn't even kneel. He twisted his body and shrank back.

Meng Changqing smiled at him, "What's your name?"

The man was so scared that he kept yelling, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! Spare my life and I'll tell you everything!"

"Then please speak nicely."

After retreating to a certain distance, the man kowtowed several times to Meng Changqing, then he lay on the snow and said, "My name is Defeng, and I have been in the mountains since I can remember. I didn't choose to be a bandit, but I have no other choice. I beg you to spare my life. As long as you let me go, I will do anything."

"I have to try to see if you can be used." Meng Changqing asked, "What time of the month do you meet up with the outsiders?"

"On the tenth night of every month, people from the mountain will go to the mountain pass to pick them up."

"How many of them are there? What's the name of the leader?"

"The leader is called Maji, and he is a brother of the head of the family. There are three of them in total." Defeng took the initiative to add, "Maji looks very similar to the head of the family. You will recognize him when you see him. They occupied a house in the west market of Yangmen County and secretly colluded with the government of Yangmen County. Any valuable treasures they robbed were given to the county magistrate of Yangmen County..."

Defeng said a lot, regardless of whether Meng Changqing asked or not, as if he was afraid that if he stopped talking, his head would fall off.

"You cooperated very well." Meng Changqing praised him, "I will need your help in the future. I hope you can be like today."

Defeng nodded tremblingly.