Hope for luck

Chapter 73
Since Zhongli Mountain was occupied by bandits, the villages near Zhongli Mountain have suffered greatly.

Sanfenzhuang is a small mountain village only a dozen miles away from Zhongli Mountain.

At this moment, at the time when black and white are handing over in the evening, all the workers in the village have returned to their homes, and every family has raised smoke, creating a peaceful scene.

At this moment, about [-] bandits rushed out from the woods behind the village.

After rushing into the village, there was a random killing. Before the people in the village could react, many people had already been killed.

The whole village screamed and shouted in an instant, completely dissipating the originally peaceful and peaceful scene.

Knowing that the bandits were coming, many villagers ran away desperately.

But there were these rough and crazed bandit opponents. Except for a very few people who escaped, the rest were chased and killed by the bandits.

"Haha, my head, it hurts so much, we've all faded away from the birds on the mountain, this is what we bandits should do!"

The short-cut young man among the bandits, with a contented smile on his face, said to the tough man in the lead.

While speaking, he wiped the blood on the weapon in his hand with his hands, and then licked the blood off his hands with his mouth. There was a ferocious pleasure on his face, which looked very bloody and violent.

"Tell the brothers to hurry up, we only have one hour, otherwise, if the government comes, I will be in trouble!"

The tough man in the lead said excitedly at this moment, looking around with great satisfaction.

"Okay, it's just that you don't need to enjoy one? It's been a long time since you've had meat, right?"

The short-cut young man said with a lewd smile.

"I don't like these village women, they are ugly and old, hurry up, the government will come, I will not care about you, I will run first!"

The sturdy man shook his hand, as if he didn't care much, he left the village first and guarded at the entrance of the village.

Seeing this, the young man with a short cut was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head nonchalantly, turned around and shouted loudly:
"Hey, save one for me... As I said before, there is only one hour, don't play too crazy, and you will be caught by the government at that time, don't blame me for not reminding you..."

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In the middle of the night, someone called Gao Pan out of bed, his face was full of tiredness.

However, when he heard that there was an urgent official report from the county government arrester, he had no choice but to get up, wondering in his heart, it must be those bandits who had news, but they just appeared in the middle of the night for some reason?

As soon as Gao Pan got up, Peng Lanshu had already come to his bedside, silently helping him get dressed, everything seemed so natural.

Gao Pan didn't think too much, just said with a bitter face:
"I'll make you suffer too, go to bed earlier, don't wait for me!"

Peng Lanshu just replied indifferently, and didn't say much, which made Gao Pan feel warm in his heart.

He knew that Peng Lanshu would definitely not go to bed first, which made Gao Pan feel guilty.

However, he can't ignore the official business outside, he has to deal with it.

After getting dressed, Gao Pan hurriedly walked out of the backyard. At the door of the backyard, he saw a large group of people, holding lanterns and torches, waiting for him.

The leader is Deng Wenshan, behind him is the head arrester Shi Zhichang, and Li Lun, the deputy envoy of the county regiment training, and then a group of government officials and Xiangyong.

"grown ups!"

When everyone saw Gao Pan coming out, they all bowed and saluted.

"What's going on? Bandits appear in the middle of the night?"

Gao Pan asked solemnly.

Seeing this, Deng Wenshan and others were a little surprised at Gao Pan's perception. Before they said anything, Gao Pan had already guessed it.

"My lord, there is news from Sanfen Village in Qingzhuang Town that about twenty or thirty bandits have entered the village, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes. It seems that the bandits have long wanted to do evil!"

Shi Zhichang quickly told the truth.

Gao Pan's face changed slightly when he heard the news. He was not surprised by the news, but felt somewhat guilty in his heart.

He is the magistrate of Dantang County. Since he is wearing a seventh-rank official uniform and a black hat, he must bear some responsibilities.

Although people had been sent to look for the traces of these bandits long ago, such a tragic thing still happened, which made Gao Pan feel very uncomfortable after hearing about it.

After gritting his teeth, Gao Pan said in a deep voice:

"Call everyone who went to the regiment training camp, half of the clerks of the county government will stay, and the rest will go to Qingzhuang Town with me. Tonight, if these bandits are not caught, we will not come back!"

After hearing this, everyone solemnly agreed.

Afterwards, Gao Pan sat in an official sedan chair and led a group of people towards Sanfenzhuang, Qingzhuang Town.

Gao Pan was urging everyone to walk faster all the way, and they only walked for less than [-] quarters of an hour for the [-]-mile journey.

The town's security chief has long been waiting at the entrance of the village. Three-pointed villages are already on fire, and many living villagers are kneeling on the ground crying and shouting. Gao Pan's heart trembled a little.

"Lord magistrate...the bandits killed all the men in the village, raped the women, robbed valuables, and finally set fire to burn down the whole village! If there were not a few The young man runs fast, and the people in Sanfenzhuang are afraid that they will all be silenced..."

The security chief of Qingzhuang Town is an old man in sixties. When he saw Gao Pan coming, he told Gao Pan about the crimes of the bandits with tears and snot in his nose.

Gao Pan looked at the trembling appearance of the Baochang, and he was sweating for him. Hearing the angry news again made Gao Pan feel even more upset.

"Search, search all the places within a radius of two or three miles..."

The only thing Gao Pan could do was to send someone to search the vicinity to see if he could still find traces of the bandits.

"My lord, we are late. It seems that these bandits have left for a while!"

Deng Wenshan came behind Gao Pan silently and said.

"This official also knows, but they have done so many evil things. If I do nothing, how can I be worthy of these dead people?"

Gao Pan looked very angry at the moment, and said through gritted teeth.

This made Deng Wenshan instantly admire and admire Gao Pan even more. Gao Pan always puts the people first, which is much, much better than other officials in the county government.

Even in Deng Wenshan's heart, he just mourned for a while, and felt that it was normal for some people to die, and their government had done everything that should be done!
Later, when Deng Wenshan came back to his senses, Gao Pan had already gone in front of many villagers and comforted them. This made Deng Wenshan admire him even more. Gao Pan was not just talking.

"Lord magistrate, please take revenge for my family..."

"My parents, wife and children all died at the hands of bandits..."

"If the magistrate doesn't dislike it, I can join the regiment training camp and vow to kill all these bandits..."

The three villagers who survived were all young and strong young men. At this moment, they all looked indignant and hated the bandits!

(End of this chapter)