Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 37 What’s going on?

Here, Dong Ping called some of his trusted aides and rode through the streets to the government prison.

Over there, Su Wu and Wu Song rushed to Yanggu County, but did not enter the county town, and went straight to the village over at Jingyang Ridge, where Ximen Qing, Liu Tang and others were still detained.

Everything must be done as soon as possible, just take the prisoner to Damingfu, which was also the Beijing city of the Song Dynasty. It is not far from Yanggu County to Damingfu, just over 200 miles away.

There was a sudden noise in the Dongping government office. Dong Ping was arguing with a bailiff in the government office.

The bailiff said, "This is the government office, the government prison, how can the general just barge in? If you want to go in and see someone, you should at least have the documents of a magistrate."

Dong Ping was wearing armor, but he didn't get angry immediately. After all, this was really the rule.

Dong Ping turned around and asked Yun Liwan softly, "Are you sure the person is inside?"

"General, the incident happened yesterday evening, and Su Wu did not return to Yanggu. But today, Su Wu appeared in Dongping Prefecture. He must have captured the man and brought him here!"

Yun Liwan was very confident. He thought from common sense that when officials investigated cases, they always had to have some means, a place to detain people, and people to watch over them.

It’s either that yamen or this yamen.

Dong Ping turned around and yelled at the bailiff: "Who are you?"

"I am not an official..." The bailiff was not really an official, just a small clerk.

"I just want to go in and take a look. Why not? Ordinary people can go in here to see their relatives. Why? Do you want me to spend some money with you?"

Dong Ping seemed to be asking with evidence, and it was true.

The bailiff looked embarrassed and just shook his head: "No, no, General, you misunderstood. If someone knew that you were to go in like this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to take the responsibility."

"Do I have to come here secretly?" Dong Ping asked again with an angry look.

In the past, when Chen Wenzhao was the prefect, Dong Ping had a lot of face in this yamen. But now that the prefect has changed, if this face is no longer useful, it means that someone looks down on him.

If the prefect looked down on him, he could still bear it for a while. But if even a bailiff looked down on him, he would not be able to bear it.

The bailiff was frightened and said quickly, "General, why do you have to embarrass me? You just need to go to the judge. Who can embarrass you?"

Dong Ping just raised his hand, pushed the bailiff aside, and went inside without saying anything.

There were quite a few jailers on the left and right, and they looked at each other in bewilderment. Who in Dongping Prefecture didn't know that General Dong had extraordinary means?
How could I afford to offend him in front of you? How could I seek redress after being beaten like this?

It was that simple. Dong Ping really went in, and Yun Liwan followed him in, saying, "The general is so powerful!"

When Dong Ping arrived, he knew that going to jail was just a small matter, but he raised his head slightly and said, "It's not a big deal."

The prison in the government office was quite large, with dark rooms inside. When outsiders came, the prisoners would all lie down to look. Yun Liwan looked everywhere, searching for him.

In the study room at the back of the government office, someone also rushed to the prefect to report: "Sir, this is unbelievable. General Dong actually broke into the government office jail for no reason..."

"What?" Cheng Wanli was also shocked, and felt that Dong Ping was really crazy and audacious.

"What should I do? Please give me your instructions, sir."

What should I do? What else can I do? I can file a petition to the imperial court and the Privy Council to impeach him. What else can I do?

By the time the Privy Council reacted and the impeachment was carried out, the sun had already set.

Cheng Wanli waved his hand: "Let him go, let him go, as long as he doesn't break into this back office."

Even Cheng Wanli knew why this guy broke into the prison. Fortunately, someone was a smarter person and did not bring him to Dongping Prefecture, but just sent him to Daming Prefecture in Beijing.

Let him look for it in prison...

"Then..." The person who reported was a little surprised by the prefect's reaction. "Don't say this and that, just go..." Cheng Wanli was in a bad mood. This helpless prefect, is there anyone else in the Song Dynasty?

The person who reported it retreated with a puzzled look on his face. He didn't understand what was going on in this world.
This prefect is really a little...

You can't talk about the prefect, and you have to stop criticizing him in your heart. Don't think too much, just leave quickly...

The prefect was sitting in his study, not sighing, but gritting his teeth, and saying: "Just go ahead and make a scene, and then we'll see how you can clean up the mess..."

Many things, when not taken seriously and when no one cares, are trivial matters and not a big deal.

When you take it seriously and exaggerate it, it can be a disaster beyond your control.

However, Dong Ping took Yun Liwan to search for him in the prison, and the more they searched, the more anxious they became.

Yun Liwan even shouted loudly: "Xi Men Qing! Xi Men Qing..."

Still can’t find it!
Yun Liwan was already sweating profusely from anxiety, but it was Dong Ping who started to scold him: "You bastard, you are really useless!"

After searching for a long time, Dong Ping asked, "Where is the person?"

Yun Liwan frowned and thought, and said, "He is not here. Then... I am afraid he went to Yanggu County Government Office again."

"Hmph!" Dong Ping snorted and walked out of the prison. He looked around and said, "Let's go!"

Yun Liwan quickly followed: "General, I will go back to Yanggu County right away. As long as I am in Yanggu County, it will be easy to talk."

"You've really been fooled by a small captain, and you even made me follow you around and do nothing." Dong Ping said in an extremely impatient tone.

"Don't worry, General. We will definitely be in Yanggu County this time. As long as I return to Yanggu, everything will be fine." Yun Liwan bowed repeatedly.

Dong Ping waved his hand and swung the whip in his hand. He was not hitting anyone, but just expressing his dissatisfaction: "Once the matter is clarified and done smoothly, come back and report."

"Yes, yes, sir!" Yun Liwan bowed repeatedly, watched General Dong leave the yamen, got on his horse and left.

Yun Liwan wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly mounted his horse, and hurried back to Yanggu. He felt much more at ease in his heart. As long as he was not in the government office but in the county office, everything would be fine.

In fact, it is not difficult to deal with Meng Yi. Even if there is something difficult to do, it is still in his own territory. In such a dangerous situation, he should find a way to accomplish it.

On the other side, Su Wu was less than halfway through the 200-mile journey, while on this side, Yun Liwan had already arrived at Yanggu County.

Just at the city gate, Yun Liwan raised his hand and the officer on the city wall rushed down.

Yun Liwan didn't care that he was exhausted, and asked, "Did Su Wu bring anyone back? Did he see Ximen Qing? Did Su Wu and the yamen runner named Wu Song enter the city?"

After asking three times, the head officer just shook his head and said, "General, I have been watching you, but I haven't seen you..."

"Hmm? What about the other city gates?" Yun Liwan asked again.

"I know that the general has instructed me to do this, so I have sent people to ask around from time to time, but I have never seen anyone come back. There are people watching over the county government office, but I have never seen anyone enter the county government office..."

Yun Liwan slapped himself on the forehead and looked around, feeling a little dazed: "What is going on? What is going on..."

"General, what's wrong?" the chief officer asked.

"Go to the parade ground and beat the drum to gather the soldiers!" Yun Liwan didn't know what to do, but he still had a battalion of soldiers under his command. They were the basis of his status and the capital for his survival.

It’s not that I want to do anything ridiculous, nor can I do anything ridiculous, and I dare not do anything ridiculous.

But we have to find a way, so the only way is to send people out of the city to look for it, to look everywhere.

If I can't find this, how can I sleep or sit still?
(End of this chapter)