Five hundred bandits were unwilling to let Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze go, and Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie were unwilling to let Huang Batian go.

The two sides began to confront each other again.

Nearly noon, just when everyone was tired, the officers and soldiers of Shuzhou came, and the leader was no one else, but the Shuzhou Tongzong Qiu Tong.

This time, Qiu Tong brought 800 soldiers, most of them carrying bows and crossbows.

In the past, these bandits had already run away.

Because bandits are not the one-piece enemy of fully equipped regular troops.

But this group of people was quite loyal. For Huang Batian, he did not leave, and quickly approached the Land Temple, almost all of them surrounded the entrance of the Land Temple.

When Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze saw this movement, they naturally walked out of the Land Temple quickly and came to the door.

And at this moment, Qiu Tong, who was sitting on the tall horse, saw them.

"It turned out to be those two boys!" Qiu Tong couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Last night, he received a report from villagers that a large number of bandits gathered here. He thought someone was going to rebel, so he led his troops to come over overnight. However, he had never thought that he would meet Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze.

These two sons, one is the son of Wen Xiang and the other is the son of Cai Xiang, and Qiu Tong cannot let them have any accidents.

"Listen, the people inside quickly let the two prefects go, otherwise I will attack you!"

The bandits looked bitter.

Let it go? How do they let it go?

Now they are attacked from both sides, and they are not going to retreat, and they are not going to retreat.

A middle-aged bandit said to Kong Ze, who was seven or eight meters away: "You...If you let our boss go now, we will leave immediately!"

"No, you can't leave. You have to stand here, at least for an hour. Let's run first, or I will kill your boss!" Kong Ze said very seriously.

"ah?"

The bandit couldn't help but look confused.

"Aren't you... you are also officials? Why... why are you still running away?"

Xiao Zijie thrust his chest and said, "We... we still have something to do!"

Even if Qiu Tong pardons them and their imprisonment are not guilty, they will never follow Qiu Tong back.

Both of them are people who love face. They have not collected evidence of the magistrates yet. If they go back, their face will be greatly lost.

They came to Shuzhou to make achievements, rather than letting their father wipe their butts after doing something wrong.

Immediately, Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie released Huang Batian from the crossbar.

As soon as the two of them took out the rag from Huang Batian's mouth, the guy shouted loudly: "You two villains have the ability to fight me. Using this evil trick is not considered a hero! I want to..."

Before Huang Batian could finish his words, Kong Ze stuffed the rag into his mouth again, and then placed the big knife on his neck.

"Now, we will take you away from here and wait until it is safe before letting you go. If you don't cooperate, you will kill you directly!" Kong Ze said coldly. He had been on the battlefield, and he spoke with a murderous aura.

Huang Batian, who was tied up in a strong manner, dared not move at all.

Soon, the bandits gave up a passage and asked Kong Ze, Xiao Zijie and Huang Batian to escape in front.

Although they could not defeat the officers and soldiers, they still had many tricks.

A group of people fled around and fought each other, so that the officers and soldiers knew where to chase them.

When Qiu Tong discovered that Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie were no longer in the Land Temple, they had already run away.

Qiu Tong was naturally able to guess what the two thoughts and immediately ordered to pursue these bandits with all their might to create the best investigation environment for Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze.

In one day, more than 200 bandits were arrested.

The most unlucky one is Huang Batian.

At noon, he was tied to a big tree near the road by Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie, but before his accomplices came to rescue him, he was caught by Qiu Tong.

It took dozens of soldiers about a quarter of an hour to capture him completely and then take him to the state jail.

According to the crimes he has committed so far, it may be difficult for him to come out in his life.

Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie completely disappeared.

Four days later, the commander of the Imperial Army, Shen Tuyi, led 5,000 Imperial Army to Shuzhou and announced Zhao Yan's sage.

Pan Wenyue and Qiu Tong immediately began to sentence according to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Under the absolute suppression of five thousand imperial guards, any resistance is futile.

In just one day, Pan Wenyue announced the penalty decision on officials of various prefectures and counties.

Ten prefects suspected of being corrupt were killed and executed.

Eighty-six county magistrates suspected of greed for the Imperial Palace killed twenty-six people, exiled forty people in Qiongzhou, and demoted them to twenty common people.

Such punishment almost dismissed all the officials in Shuzhou.

But this is not because the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty were too strict, nor because Pan Wenyue’s sentencing was too heavy, but because the crimes committed by these officials were indeed unforgivable and could not be forgiven.

After the verdict was announced, the people of Shuzhou cheered and praised His Majesty's wiseness today. The officials who thought they could escape but were arrested could only hope that they could live for a few more days.

This time, more than 30 people were killed, and they were basically all in the literati class.

This has never happened in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The news soon reached the ears of scholars in Changdan City. When these people heard that His Majesty the Emperor was going to kill so many scholar-official officials, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

These people used to be role models in their hearts.

Some scholars secretly speculated that His Majesty is now deliberately targeting the scholar-official class and focusing on martial arts and suppressing national policies.

Especially those scholars who were seventeen or eighteen years old and had not yet achieved fame, under the induced by some officials, began to write petitions and sit in front of the tribute court, hoping that the emperor could handle it with ease.

For a time, Changdan City was in a turmoil, and even a large number of memorials appeared on the Zhao Yanlong case.

Most of the people said that Zhao Yan's sentence was too heavy, and the ten emperors of the past treated the scholar-official class well.

Faced with these memorials, Zhao Yan basically blocked them by Xiao Jingye. Zhao Yan didn't even look at these scholars' wishes and the pleadings of some officials.

Over the years, the weakest part of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not actually because of the weak army, but because of the weak nature of the king.

If he wants to achieve national reform, he must fully demonstrate his attitude.

At the same time, Yang Hong and Xiao Zijie finally returned to the Shuzhou Prefecture Office, with a proud expression on their faces.

Because through on-site visits, they found some evidence of Shuzhou officials being greedy for ink and fish and meat.

Pan Wenyue looked carefully and immediately added three additional officials to death, and the exiled people in Qiongzhou became fifty.
Chapter completed!