Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 385 How to deal with these people*
Soaking in the warm bath water, Meng Changqing couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

No one heated the water, and the temperature of the bathtub gradually cooled down, causing Meng Changqing to fall into a nightmare.

She dreamed that the deceased Ma Qing wanted to take her on the road with him. In the dream, she tried to bargain and said that they would go again in a few decades, but Ma Qing insisted on taking her away now.

Just when the argument was going on without any result, there was a knock on the door in the dream.

Meng Changqing suddenly woke up.

It was Lai Cai who was knocking on the door. "Master, the pigeons from Liangzhou Prefecture have arrived. The prefect wants you to go over now."

"Got it. Help me prepare the horse." Meng Changqing came back to his senses and felt cold all over. He quickly poured the hot water warmed on the stove next to him all over his body, hurriedly put on his clothes and went out.

When Meng Changqing arrived at the Liangzhou government office, it was getting dark and someone was already waiting for her in front of the gate.

Li Ting stepped forward and said, "Master Meng, he is waiting for you in the study."

"Thank you, Mr. Li." Meng Changqing followed him inside and asked, "Why can't I see Bafang?"

"He has been waiting for you at the door for a long time. I saw that he was freezing, so I asked him to go into the room to warm up. He has only been in for a short time. What a coincidence."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bafang appeared from a nearby room, "Master!"

Meng Changqing saw that his face still had a chilly look on it, "I'm sorry I let you get cold."

"Hey, it's nothing." Bafang followed Meng Changqing and took the tightly wrapped pigeon cage from her hand.

Li Ting took it from Bafang again. "I was careless and asked Lord Meng to take it now. Please leave the pigeon cage to me. You are familiar with the mansion. I will take my leave now."

Meng Changqing said again, "Thank you for your help."

Outside the study, there were two rare guards. As soon as Meng Changqing approached, the two men reported in: "Sir, Sir Meng is here."

"Let him in."

The yamen runner lifted the door curtain, Meng Changqing politely said thank you, and then took Bafang in. In the study, Wei Fangyun was sitting behind the desk writing something, Meng Changqing saluted and said, "The subordinate Meng Changqing greets the prefect."

"Hey Changqing, you guys sit down first. I'll finish writing these two sentences and then talk to you..." He didn't even finish this sentence before he buried his head and continued writing.

Meng Changqing and Bafang found a nearby stool and sat down.

After a short while, Wei Fangyun put down his pen, looked at what he had written, and nodded with satisfaction.

Of course Meng Changqing was curious about what he wrote, but he was tactful enough not to ask.

"Changqing." Wei Fangyun came out from behind the desk, his eyes shining, "This time we wiped out the bandits, you have done a great deed again!"

"I dare not take credit for this. The one who contributed the most to this matter was Captain Yang Zheng."

Wei Fangyun said, "Without you, he would not have been able to help in this matter, so there is no need to be modest. Of course, I know your intentions. Captain Yang has made contributions, and I will also write it down in the memorial."

"Thank you, uncle." Meng Changqing continued, "There are a total of 87 bandits on the dangerous mountain, one of whom is dead. All of them have been imprisoned in the county jail. In addition, there are still some who are not on the mountain. According to preliminary interrogation, the number should be three."

"I know that no matter how many people there are, since they have lost their shelter in the dangerous mountains, they no longer pose a threat. We will deal with them according to what you wrote in the official document. We will capture them if necessary and investigate them if necessary."

"Yes." Meng Changqing asked again: "What do you think is the best way to deal with those people in prison?"

Wei Fangyun thought for a moment before saying, "According to the law, those who are caught as bandits will be punished differently depending on the severity of their crimes. The bandit leader is dead, so we won't talk about him. The others will be exiled at best.

In fact, the reason why this group of people became robbers in the first place was that Beishan County was a wasteland at the time, without the protection of the government, so it was understandable that they would do anything to survive. "

Meng Changqing thought that the completion of the Beishan County wall had given them the opportunity to go down the mountain.

Of course, she only thought about it in her heart and didn't say it out loud.

Wei Fangyun continued, "If you mean exile, your Beishan County is already the northernmost part of Daliang. If you send them to other places, wouldn't that just be giving them a good life?

I think it would be better to let them stay in Beishan County as laborers."