Fucha Mingxing wanted to immediately lead his troops to find Zhu Xiaosong's traces, then cut off Zhu Xiaosong's head, put it in a wooden box and send it to the capital to ask for merit.

But when Fucha Mingxing asked about Zhu Xiaosong's whereabouts, Chen Tailai, the governor of Jining Prefecture's river channel, couldn't tell the story of Chou Yin Mao.

Fucha Mingxing's face darkened and he asked: "Then which direction did Zhu Xiaosong go? There are 600 patrolling soldiers in Ningyang and Wenshang, and the two counties combined. Didn't anyone find out about Zhu Ni?"

trace?"

Zhan Hongbo, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture, and Wu Zude, the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, looked at each other, but found that the other's eyes were full of helplessness, and they immediately understood what was going on.

Chen Tailai quietly looked at Zhan Hongbo and then at Wu Zude, but when he saw that both of them had their heads slightly lowered and did not speak, it was inevitable that he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

What's the matter, you have a prefect and a magistrate, and all your patrol soldiers were slaughtered, but now you don't even have the courage to admit your incompetence?

Chen Tailai felt contempt in his heart, and he immediately raised his hands to Fucha Mingxing and said: "I would like to report to Mr. Futai, when I was passing through Wenshang County, I saw the corpses of many patrolling soldiers. I think they were killed by Zhu Ni.

"

Having said this, Chen Tailai glanced at Wu Zude again and said: "As for Ningyang County... with Zhu Ni's ruthlessness, I'm afraid that the patrol soldiers in Ningyang County have also been poisoned."

Hearing that Chen Tailai had no intention of covering up for the two of them, Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude quickly touched their horseshoe sleeves, knelt down and worshiped: "The lower official deserves to die if he is incompetent!"

Fucha Mingxing's face turned darker.

That's it? If the prefects and prefects of the Qing Dynasty were like these two things, wouldn't the country of the Qing Dynasty be in danger?

Fucha Mingxing said with a dark face: "Get up first. The top priority right now is to find Zhu Ni's whereabouts. As for the sins of the two of you, we will leave them for later."

Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude stood up with a lot of gratitude, and then they flattered Fucha Mingxing a lot. It took them a while to make Fucha Mingxing's face look better.

What's the damn thing is that after being delayed by Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude, half a day passed. By the time Fucha Mingxing woke up to find out what he was doing, the sun had gradually reached the west mountain.

After coming back to his senses, Fucha Mingxing also knew that he could not rely on these two losers Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude, so he immediately asked Chen Tailai: "Since you can't rely on the inspection of the Yamen, how can you find traces of Zhu Ni?

"

Chen Tailai was scornful in his heart, and answered with cupped hands: "I'd like to report to Mr. Futai. I thought that I could send people to Zhuangzi near Wenshang County to have a look. Even if I can't find any trace of Zhu Ni, I can also ask the Baojia of each village to do so."

Players, pay attention."

Fucha Mingxing hummed, and was about to agree, but Wu Yaozu held back his hand and said: "I'm going to tell Mr. Futai, Zhu Ni has always been ruthless in his actions. He has wiped out every village, whether it's a gentry or a Baojia. He wants to count on all the people.

I’m afraid it’s not going to be easy for you, village security chief.”

Seeing that the dignified magistrate of Yanzhou turned out to be such a waste, Chen Tailai felt even more contemptuous, thinking that I deserved my meritorious service today!

Chen Tailai retorted: "Even if the two county magistrates and the Baojia chief are exterminated, the newly appointed magistrate can still elect a new Baojia chief."

"Even if all the existing Baojia are wiped out, the new county magistrate will not take office for a while. The two adults can still be responsible for the temporary responsibility of the previous Baojia."

"Don't forget, Baojia changes every three years, and it is your duty to report suspicious people with mysterious behavior. As long as the Baojia of a few villages can report Zhu Ni's traces, it will be difficult for Zhu Ni to fly.

Escaped."

Seeing Fucha Mingxing nodding his head and about to agree to Chen Tailai's proposal, Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude wanted to take a needle and sew Chen Tailai's foul mouth immediately.

Why, Governor Lin is the only one who knows how to use Baojia, but we prefects and prefects don’t?

The key point is that the Baojia system in many villages has long existed in name only!

If it was during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Baojia system might still be somewhat useful, but by the time of Emperor Qianlong, the Baojia system had long been outplayed by those country gentlemen!

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the Baojia must be changed every three years, right? How simple is it? The clan members of the squire's family serve as the first round of Baojia, and wait until three years later to change to the servants? How can you do it in a short while?

Pick it up?

And Zhu Ni had always been ruthless in his behavior. How many evil gentry were not exterminated? And how could they have any protection left?

If those unscrupulous people would not take the initiative to report, who would know that the original Bao Jia had been killed by Zhu Ni?

In addition, the Baojia information in the county offices of Ningyang and Wenshang counties have been burned completely. It is already extremely difficult to find out the Baojia situation in each village. You still want to rely on the Baojia system to track down Zhu.

Inverse trace?

Also, does Governor Lin know what time it is now? It’s the third day of the first lunar month of the forty-ninth year of Qianlong’s reign! This damn year hasn’t even passed yet!

Even if I risk my life, I will force the officials below to risk their lives to implement the Baojia system, but the people in the villages below have to visit relatives, so how do you check it!

That’s your old mother!

But, even though Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude were so angry that they cursed in their hearts, they had to admit that compared to the situation where they were helpless, Chen Tailai's proposal, even if it had all kinds of troubles, was still considered a good idea.

The best way at the moment.

However, what is disappointing is that after Zhan Hongbo and Wu Zude each sent people to review the Baojia system under their rule, they found that there was no trace of Zhu Xiaosong at all.

It was not until more than ten days later that Tai'an Prefecture reported that Zhuangzi near Dawenkou had been attacked by Yuhuang Mountain bandits. However, when Fucha Mingxing hurriedly led his troops to Tai'an Prefecture, Zhu Xiaosong disappeared without a trace again.

trace.

Only then did Fucha Mingxing realize that he had been completely fooled by the rebel Zhu Xiaosong.

Fucha Mingxing didn't care much about the fact that he was tricked by the traitor Zhu Xiaosong, or he didn't have much time to care about it anymore.

Fucha Mingxing's master, Qian Deafangou, is about to leave for the south from the capital.

Fucha Mingxing, who had been angry many times recently, once again scolded Zhan Hongbo, Wu Zude, Chen Tailai, and Tai'an prefect Zeng Cheng.

Fucha Mingxing walked back and forth in circles and said angrily: "Long Live Lord is about to leave for the south, but I don't even see Zhu Ni's shadow! Tell me, who is Zhu Ni?"

Did he go to heaven? Or did he go to earth?"

"Let me tell you, if Zhu Ni's shadow is not found before Long Live Lord leaves, I will certainly not be in an easy situation, but you will not be much better either!"

Having said this, Fucha Mingxing rolled his eyes and said: "I know that the county governments below have always said that there is a quota, so today I will also set a quota for you!"

"Three days! I only give you three days, and you must find traces of Zhu Ni within three days. If not, military law will be engaged!"

Zhan Hongbo, Wu Zude, Chen Tailai, and Zeng Cheng hurriedly knelt down to apologize, and then patted their chests and made a promise, guaranteeing that traces of Zhu Xiaosong and his gang would be found within three days.

Fucha Mingxing's anger subsided a little, and he waved his hand to the four of them to get out and track Zhu Xiaosong's traces.

Just after leaving Fucha Mingxing's big tent, Chen Tailai's face drooped: "Three days, only three days, and now I don't even understand the security situation of your two counties. I want to find Zhu."

How easy is it to find a trace of Ni?"

Zhan Hongbo, Wu Zude and Zeng Cheng, the prefect of Tai'an, also frowned. After the three of them looked at each other, their expressions were three points uglier than those of their dead parents.

After a long silence, Zhan Hongbo pulled Wu Zude and Chen Tailai, and Zeng Cheng and the four found a secluded place and whispered: "Master Futai has set a limit for us, of course we can also set a limit for the following."

"It's just that Zhu Ni has disappeared without a trace now, and I haven't heard of any news about Zhuangzi's Baojia. This matter is a bit difficult to handle."

Chen Tailai sneered and said: "Now everyone knows that this matter is difficult to handle, otherwise we wouldn't have such a headache, but what's the use of just saying it's difficult to handle? You have to come up with a solution!"

Zhan Hongbo snorted coldly and said: "I do have some ideas, but I don't know if Governor Chen has the courage?"

Chen Tailai was moved in his heart and said: "If you don't tell me your plan, how will you know if I have the courage?"

Zhan Hongbo was silent for a long time before he said: "Zhu Ni on the left and right has disappeared without a trace..."

Chen Tailai interrupted Zhan Hongbo impatiently: "I know that Zhu Ni has disappeared without a trace. You don't need to say this again!"

Zhan Hongbo suddenly became furious and said: "Either you listen to what I have to say, or you come up with your own ideas!"

After losing his temper, Zhan Hongbo snorted again and said: "Among us, who has seen Zhu Ni? In other words, does anyone know what Zhu Ni looks like now?"

Wu Zude said: "None of us have ever seen Zhu Ni, so of course we don't know what he looks like. However, the villagers in Liumiao Village, Ningyang County probably know what Zhu Ni looks like?"

Zhan Hongbo hummed and said: "Since no one knows, this matter will be much easier to handle. Anyway, Master Futai only wants Zhu Ni's head, and in the mountains to the east of Ningyang County, there are many people who have always been at odds with each other.

A village that is accessible to outsiders..."

At this point, there is no need to go on. After all, the few people present are all veterans, and the river governor like Chen Tailai has long been used to killing good people and taking credit.

Zeng Cheng, the prefect of Tai'an, didn't care even more. He even wished that Chen Tailai could kill Liang and take credit for his crimes - Qian Deaf old dog may not go to Wenshang County or Ningyang County, but he will definitely come to Tai'an Prefecture.

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If Chen Tailai can get Zhu Xiaosong's head, then the problem of several villages being harmed by rebels under his rule will be big or small, and he can solve it with a little money.

The only question now is whether Wu Zude, the prefect of Yanzhou, is willing to let Chen Tai come to Ningyang County under his rule to kill good people and take credit.

When Wu Zude saw Zeng Cheng, Zhan Hongbo and Chen Tailai staring at him, he immediately stroked his beard and said: "Zhu Ni and his men are about a hundred young and strong. How can these many people fly away? I think they are hiding there.

Where did he end up in a poor ravine?"

After finishing speaking, Wu Zude solemnly bowed his hand to Chen Tailai and said, "I would rather trouble Governor Chen to lead the troops to investigate this matter?"

Chen Tailai grunted and accepted the matter, but Zeng Cheng said again: "For Zhu Ni's incident, I and the three of them were punished by Lord Futai. If we don't set a limit for the following,

Are you afraid that you will have to suffer for them in vain?"

The other three people understood it instantly.

It is said that the officials below cannot be given an advantage and a two-day deadline is set for them to compete. These remarks are pure nonsense.

The main reason is that it has to drag on for two or even three days, at least to find a reasonable time, a reasonable place, and a suitable place, so that Chen Tailai, the governor of the river, can "catch" Zhu Xiaosong's rebellious gang.
Chapter completed!