The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

The simple four-course dish, although not full of color and fragrance, is the most delicious for those who are hungry on the road.

But before eating, Xiao Rui directly threw a piece of silver to the tavern clerk, the clerk thanked him a thousand times, and immediately became attentive.

"I have something to ask you, and the answer satisfies me. See? This silver is also yours." Xiao Rui put another broken silver on the table.

The man nodded and bowed, and asked, "Guest officer, please tell me, as long as I know, I will never hide it. This money is a magical treasure that can make the kid let go."

Xiao Rui asked: "I heard that there is a group of bandits outside Qiuyang County, engaged in trail-cutting activities? Your county magistrate contacted the local united forces, and did not wipe them out after many rounds of encirclement and suppression?"

"Guest officer, are you from other places?" The man hesitated and asked.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Yeah, what's the matter, can't you tell me? We're passing by here, so I'm worried we won't run into each other."

The man said: "There is such a group of bandits who robbed passing traders and pedestrians on the official road, and even captured rich merchants to extort money, causing the people to complain, but they hid in the dense forest to the west of the county seat. It’s too late to encircle and suppress.”

Xiao Rui's chopsticks paused, he and Zhuge Liuying looked at each other, it seems that there is something tricky about the bandits.

"What are the other reasons?" Xiao Rui asked.

The buddy said with a sneer: "I am humble, so I don't know the secret."

Xiao Rui took out another piece of broken silver and put it on the table.

The guy still hesitated.

Without further ado, Xiao Rui put another piece of broken silver, and said, "If you don't say anything, I will ask other people, and I believe others will tell me."

The clerk quickly scraped away the broken silver with his hands, and said in a low voice: "Three guests, it's not that you are a villain and don't say anything, but because you are afraid that you will cause disaster if you make a mistake. Since the distinguished guest is a foreigner, why don't you say this? mouth, but enters your ears."

Speaking of this, the buddy said in a low voice: "People in the county have rumors that there are people behind the gang of bandits who cut the trails, and they are backed by the masters of the county. If this is true, who do you think can wipe out the bandits? Right, three Honored guest."

"Indeed, it will definitely not be wiped out." Xiao Rui squinted his eyes and asked again: "I heard that who is the master who supports it?"

"I really don't know." Seeing Xiao Rui waving the money again, the buddy waved his hand and said, "The villain wants money, but he can't slander it randomly. I really don't know."

Xiao Rui threw the silver to him, knowing that he really didn't know.

Thanks a lot, the buddy stepped back, and the three chatted in detail.

"If people from the yamen really backed us up and tipped off the news, this group of bandits would indeed have nothing to fear. If we want to exterminate them, we need to plan carefully." Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Even, we have to pull out the big cancerous tumor in the yamen."

Zhuge Liuying said angrily: "Dare to collude with the court salary, damn it. Xiao Rui, you have a lot of tricks, what do you think we should do first?"

Xiao Rui gave him a supercilious look, what do you mean by a lot of ghost ideas, do we know each other well? Haven't taken a shower together yet, do you know me that well?

"Check tomorrow to see if we can find the person behind the bandits. It's best if we can find out. If we can't find out, we'll kill the bandits." Xiao Rui said: "We should be able to kill a small bandit gang if we take action. From their mouths, one should be able to tell who is behind the scenes."

"No problem, I will fight for you." Zhuge Liuying was full of confidence.

After dinner, the three found an inn to rest.

The next day, the three of them wandered around the county town to inquire about the details of the yamen and the bandits, but as the tavern clerk said yesterday, it was just a rumor, and no one dared to say that any master in the yamen colluded with the bandits. Whether this rumor is true or not remains to be confirmed.

What Xiao Rui didn't expect was that the county magistrate, county magistrate, master Bo, and county magistrate of Qiuyang County were all at odds with each other. Heh, the county magistrate couldn't control the tiny county town, and lost his identity for nothing. However, after learning that the county magistrate is about to be sixty years old and is about to become an official, there is a reason why he has more energy than energy.

Emperor Xia stipulated that civil servants should retire at 60, and military officials can be postponed to 65. If they are reused, they will be used separately.

It is impossible to find out who is behind the bandits, but the gangs in Qiuyang County know it when they ask.

The county magistrate is old and has become a bare-handed commander. The county magistrate began to dominate, and the boss and the county lieutenant team competed with him. According to the promotion system of the Great Xia Kingdom, in middle counties like Qiuyang County, the county magistrate stepped down. As long as there is no major imperial examination event to replenish new officials, as long as it is operated, it is basically the promotion of the county magistrate or the master.

Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying's investigation was fruitless, so there was no delay, and they left the city in the afternoon to look for the bandit's den.

To the west of Qiuyang County is an undulating mountain range, about a dozen miles away. Although the mountains are not as steep as in the north, most of them are earthy mountains, but the vegetation is lush, which is very suitable for hiding. The official road just passed through the mountains, which provided convenience for the bandits to cut the trail.

Xiao Rui, Zhuge Liuying, and Wu Zhanfa came to the outskirts of the mountain range. There were two ways in front of them. One was to search the mountain. Although the range of the mountain range was small, it was still very difficult to find the bandit's den.

The second is to wait for the rabbit. I heard from the people of Qiuyang County that this official road connects the north and the south, and is the only official road. Therefore, there are more merchants and merchants, so the frequency of bandits cutting trails is very frequent, and they will do it in almost three to five days. a trip.

Nowadays, many vendors join forces and hire guards to dare to walk through. Even so, many passers-by who were not familiar with the situation in this place were captured and extorted for money.

The last time the bandits cut the trail was about three days ago.

So Xiao Rui speculates that the bandits won't be able to wait long this time, so Xiao Rui is going to sit back and wait.

Sure enough, near noon the next day, a group of people slowly entered the official road. When they reached the center of the mountain range, a dozen or so bandits suddenly rushed out from the dense forest path outside the official road and directly stopped the pedestrians.

Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying hid in the dark, naturally witnessing everything.

The dozen or so bandits were all young and middle-aged, and the leader was a one-eyed middle-aged man, wearing a green sweater, with a beard, and he was extremely vicious. At this time, he was dragging the passengers off the carriage and making them kneel on the ground.

The pedestrians were tourists, and they seemed to be visiting relatives. An old couple with a young girl, an old servant driving a carriage, and a middle-aged coachman carrying a luggage carriage, a total of five people.

Five people knelt on the ground and begged, the three bandits watched them, and the others rummaged through the suitcases on the carriage.

"Your Highness, except for the one-eyed middle-aged man who is a first-rank martial artist, the other bandits are ordinary people with some proficiency in martial arts." Wu Zhanfa had a high vision and reported to Xiao Rui.

Zhuge Liuying said: "I'm not wrong, the highest is the first grade, which is the most suitable for you to practice swords, and you don't have any compassion for killing them. Should we do it now, or go back to their lair with them?"

Xiao Rui was about to speak, but he was annoyed when he saw that the bandits didn't seem to find any gold or silver. The one-eyed middle-aged man even walked towards the passenger kneeling on the ground with a knife in his hand.