Shock the snake?

Ying Yi's heart turned around and he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

If the thief took the lead in capturing Ye County, then this batch of military pay would definitely not be transported to Ye County again, and there would be variables. This is one of them. Ying Yi also believed that maybe Hao Yaoqi wanted to take it alone. Two million taels of silver was not a small amount. With Hao Yaoqi's thief's character, it would be more reasonable to eat it all.

Ying Yi thought of the woman named Yuan again for a moment. Maybe this woman would suffer a great loss in the end. She defected to the thief and used the news of military pay as a letter of surrender. But if this batch of military pay was secretly swallowed by Hao Yaoqi, in order to avoid the news from reaching the thief, how could he know that Hao Yaoqi would not kill people to silence him?

Ying Yi had a clear mind and thought of it all at once.

He even thought of what Zheng Yunzhi, the county magistrate of Ye County, did. He thought that although this person was a good official, he was incompetent. But now it seems that it is probably related to this batch of military pay.

According to the current situation, once the military pay arrives, Ye County will definitely become the frontier core of the battle to suppress the thieves again. When the Huguang troops set off here, this is the military town. The people stay here, and with the evil strategies of Zuo Liangyu and others, they may suffer greatly. It is better to let them go earlier and make a living.

At the same time, the county town was vacant for resettlement of troops. In addition, there was less fish and clear water, which would avoid the mixing of fish and dragons, confusing the ears and ears, and less trouble.

Thinking of this, Ying Yi suddenly reversed his view of Zheng Yunzhi. Perhaps this county magistrate is indeed capable of doing it.

After only a moment of thought, Ying Yi thought about it and asked again: "What are your plans?"

When asked this question, before the old thief could answer, Ying Yi thought of it again. It was nothing more than waiting for the military pay to arrive, Hao Yaoqi's army came to the city and surrounded Ye County, and then worked inside and outside to eat.

The key to this is the time difference.

In other words, the military pay must come earlier than the Huguang soldiers. Otherwise, the Huguang soldiers will come first and then the military pay will arrive, and the possible self-sacrificing thoughts of Hao Yaoqi will be wasted. With Hao Yaoqi's own troops, he will definitely not be able to win tens of thousands of Huguang soldiers.

"Even if a thief can reach this point, he must be a little smart. I can be sure now that if he can take over the military pay, Hao Yaoqi will not let it go. If he cannot, he will definitely tell the thief, and then the army will attack together, and he will also be rewarded."

At this moment, the thief was worthless to Ying Yi anymore. He was about to break the thief's neck and take his true spirit, but suddenly stopped.

Thinking of: "Sun Xiucai and Erniu are still in Ye County. If the incident happened in these two days and I left, they will be in danger..."

After thinking about it, Ying Yi pressed his thumb on the old thief's neck, and the old thief fainted without saying a word. Then Ying Yi mentioned his old thief, walked around the streets, and soon returned to Xishan Tower. He clamped the old thief under his ribs and climbed into the wall, avoided a few young brothers, and quietly touched Sun Xiucai's room.

At this time, Sun Xiucai and Erniu were both in the room.

"Brother Ying!"

Seeing Ying Yi bringing someone back, the two were shocked.

Sun Xiucai said: "Who is this?"

Ying Yi closed the door: "Listen to me."

Let’s tell you about the previous events one by one.

When the two of Sun Xiucai heard this, they opened their mouths wide. They never thought that there was such an important thing here.

After saying that, Ying Yi gave the two some time to digest, and then said, "There are two ways now. First, don't care. You can go out of the city with me immediately and leave this place of failure earlier. Second, hand over this old thief to Zheng Yunzhi, and then use the trick to give the thief a ruthless move."

After hearing the news, Sun Xiucai and Erniu were in a state of silence. Although Sun Xiucai was a scholar, he had no talent in making changes in the situation. He would catch things blindly when encountering sudden events. Not to mention Erniu. After hearing Ying Yi and his two suggestions, Sun Xiucai and Erniu reacted and made completely opposite choices.

Erniu thought he should leave immediately. Sun Xiucai felt that the old thief should be handed over to the county magistrate Zheng Yunzhi.

This is the difference in status and status, which leads to different choices. Erniu is just a commoner. The biggest characteristic of ordinary people is that they are unwilling to cause trouble. However, Sun Xiucai is a scholar, and scholars generally have higher horizons than ordinary people.

The two made a choice and finally looked at Ying Yi together.

Ying Yi was silent for a while and said, "I have an idea. Please help me learn more."

Sun Xiucai and Erniu immediately cheered up.

Then Ying Yi said, "Two million taels of silver is a huge fortune, and it must not fall into the hands of the thieves who are despicable. But the officers and soldiers are all kind of money, like Zuo Liangyu, I'm afraid scholars have heard of it, and their bad things are no less than those of the thieves."

Ying Yi stopped when he said this.

But Sun Xiucai gradually reminisced about it and said with a look of surprise: "Brother Ying, you are so bold! That's two million taels of silver!"

The two cows were confused.

Ying Yi said: "I'm not surprised by the millions of taels of silver, but..."

Ying Yi had a vague thought in his mind, but he was still very vague and had no idea for a moment, saying, "The experience of the villagers in Xiao Wangzhuang is always difficult for me to let go. This is the case in this world, how many people have encountered it like Xiao Wangzhuang? If you have these two million taels of silver, you might be able to do more."

Erniu was ignorant, but Sun Xiucai took a long breath. He gritted his teeth, and an unprecedented light burst out from his eyes, and said fiercely: "I'll help you!"

"I'll help you too, Brother Ying." Erniu was stupid.

Ying Yi nodded: "Okay. Let's take a closer look..."

...

County government office.

After Zheng Yunzhi implemented the strategy of limiting income and not limiting outflow, the population in Ye County was lost in large numbers. Until now, almost all those who can leave are almost exposed. Except for some families that are not small, relocation is not easy, and they need to prepare more, or there is no good place to go, the population remaining in Ye County may not exceed one thousand people. Among them, there are more than 500 soldiers.

Even the standing yamen runners of the county yamen have long been disbanded.

The entire county government office was deserted and revealed a sense of desolation.

Zheng Yunzhi is in his thirties and is in his prime. He is not a man of rigidity, but he values ​​rules very much. He is especially strict with himself. Even though Ye County is like this, he still wears an official robe every day and returns to his own neatness.

At this time, Zheng Yunzhi was sitting upright in the study room and holding a book to read. His face looked calm and firm, without any decadent atmosphere.

With a few knocks on the door, Zheng Yunzhi put down the book and said lightly: "Come in."

"master."

An old butler in his forties and fifties pushed the door open and entered.

Zheng Yunzhi smiled: "Uncle Huai, is there something wrong?"

Uncle Huai is Zheng Yunzhi's old servant. He has been with him for decades and is not worse than his relatives.

Uncle Huai said: "Master, Li Xiucai, the student of the county's entitlement, asked for a meeting."

"Li Xiucai?" Zheng Yunzhi thought for a while: "Is it Li Mingyi from Beifang?"

"It was Li Xiucai." Uncle Huai said: "There were two people who came with him. One seemed to be a scholar, and the other was hard to say."

"It's hard to say?" Zheng Yunzhi became interested and said, "Uncle Huai has been through personnel for a long time, and there are people who are not good at it?"
Chapter completed!