From the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry to Hunting Sins and Becoming Saints

Chapter 46 Clash

"What are your plans?"

The old man in the red robe asked.

"Is it you asking, or is it Zhou Jing asking?"

"Is there any difference?"

"If you ask me, I'll say I don't know."

014 replied.

"What if the young lady asks?"

The old man in the red robe said.

"I still don't know."

"Pfft."

The old man in the red robe suddenly chuckled: "I've been out for so long, and this is the first time a young man has dared to tease me like this."

"There will be many more in the future, believe me."

Thinking of his classmates who were even more extreme than himself, 014 said seriously.

In preparation for their arrival, the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry ignored the rampaging demons and wealthy households, so they naturally wouldn't meddle in other people's business and cause trouble for the county soldiers.

Ultimately, the two sides are bound to run into each other frequently, and as long as things don't go too far, the Dragon Knights will usually turn a blind eye. After all, too much clarity leaves no room for trouble.

However, the evidence in this report was conclusive, forcing the Dragon Knights to make arrests.

First, they instigated demons and wealthy men to attack the Tiger Riders, keeping me unaware of the situation outside. They also cleaned up the smuggling operation and sent people to report the county soldiers for corruption and bribery, forcing the Dragon Riders to arrest people. This caused the Dragon Riders and the county soldiers to become suspicious and mutually restraining of each other.

If I'm not mistaken, the next step should be to beat the drum and appeal for justice, with people lining up to report wrongdoing, making the officials in Gaoyang County feel insecure, and then sending people to create bloodshed and chaos around the county.

It's May now, the weather is dry and there's a lot of grain that needs to be harvested and stored.

If a fire were to break out at this time, followed by the spread of rumors and hoarding, Gaoyang County would be ten times more chaotic than it is now.

That wouldn't be something that the Dragon Tiger Cavalry could suppress. If there's no food, there will be refugees, and if there are refugees, there will be riots. Tsk tsk tsk, and if I can't pay my taxes on time, I'll basically be dead without a burial place.

014 looked at the county soldiers sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed in the prison cell, his thoughts swirling in his mind.

After just one attack, he realized that the current situation was definitely not something that could be caused by the powerful families and gangs within Gaoyang County.

Putting aside other things, the Tiger Riders' specific routes and missions, which allowed them to evade the surveillance of the county's Tiger Riders' spies and send out so many demons and men to attack without the Tiger Riders noticing, are something that no wealthy family or gang could do.

Thinking about it that way, it really does seem like a dead end.

If I said I only received my graduation thesis two months ago, then these people probably started setting traps for me and my fellow students three years ago when Qianyuan Academy was established.

Did the Prime Minister kill their entire family? A casual move in chess has made them feel so threatened.

To be honest, my situation is not bad; I'm just using a county as a place for my religious practice.

0103 They are the ones in a real predicament. One is to resolve the current chaotic currency trading situation in Da Zhao, prevent sects and powerful families from controlling the minting of coins and periodically harvesting wealth, and allow the central government to regulate prices, effectively weakening the power of the feudal lords.

Another measure was to establish extensive roads and canals throughout the main territory of Dazhao to expedite the flow of goods and prevent hoarding of rare commodities.

At the same time, it allows the army to be mobilized and launched attacks at extremely fast speeds, strengthens central authority, and addresses the current state system of the Great Zhao, which is rushing headlong into the tax farming system.

If they themselves are facing such resolute resistance, then these two gentlemen must be being served in turn. How could their good fortune be small?

014 thought of this and suddenly burst out laughing.

"How can you still laugh in this situation?"

"It's alright, I can actually handle this kind of situation quite well."

014's smile vanished, replaced by endless gloom and malice.

"I will make them wish they were dead!"

……

Gaoyang County is mostly mountainous, and although housing is scarce and many poor people live in cage homes and sampans, there are actually a lot of areas waiting to be developed.

However, due to the rampant demonic calamities and the tacit desire of the wealthy households who controlled the people to exploit them, the county government tried several times but eventually gave up the idea of ​​development after receiving generous "rewards".

After all, development requires money. As long as the territory is relatively stable and peaceful, it is better to do nothing than to make mistakes. This is the best way for officials to govern.

If it weren't for the fact that Gaoyang County had recently been plagued by a constant stream of dead people, putting his position in jeopardy, the county magistrate wouldn't have bothered with such trivial matters, let alone ordered the county soldiers to do anything.

Now that someone is using the title of Inspector to take the blame, he'd love to hide away and have some peace and quiet.

When the imperial guards came to his door saying he had embezzled money and needed to cooperate with the investigation, the county magistrate didn't even try to evade the issue and readily admitted it.

However, because it was rarely visited by humans, it also became a paradise for wild animals and monsters, just like Li Hong and Sun Youfu are now.

The man's head looked like it had been gnawed on by a wild beast, a bloody and gruesome sight. His body was strung up from the middle, and blood had already pooled into a small stream beneath him, the temperature not even completely gone.

Is this really a good idea?

Sun Youfu frowned as he looked at the dozen or so corpses of men, which resembled a string of candied hawthorns, and asked a question.

"Do you have a choice?"

Li Hong glanced at him: "The Dragon Tiger Guards have practically stripped us bare. They have all the ledgers, documents, and even smuggling routes. They probably know them better than we do ourselves."

In this situation, if you don't choose to cooperate with them and obediently act like a dog, are you preparing to have your whole family sent to their deaths by the Imperial Guards after the martial arts examination?

"I'm afraid that cooperating with them will only lead to our demise. Look at these people, they helped them assassinate the Tiger Cavalry this afternoon, and by evening they've been turned into candied hawthorns. They showed no mercy whatsoever. I find it hard to believe their promises when we cooperate with them."

Sun Youfu's face was gloomy.

To gain a foothold in the brutal struggles of Gaoyang County and almost monopolize the entire county's medicinal herb and tonic business, perhaps due to his limited vision and strength, he couldn't see too much, but he was definitely not stupid.

Those people not only knew them inside and out, but they could also produce detailed internal information about the Dragon Tiger Cavalry, as well as information on the bribery of officials of all ranks in Gaoyang County, which drove nearby fugitives to attack the Tiger Cavalry.

This proves that the other side possesses far more power than they imagined, and they are almost certain to have the officials in charge. In their eyes, these officials are not even worth as much as a chamber pot.

"Old Sun, actually, I'm only just starting to realize it now."

Li Hong and Sun Youfu stood side by side, and suddenly said slowly.

"How so?"

Sun Youfu asked.

"According to the information obtained from those people, our every move is actually under the surveillance of the Dragon Tiger Guards, whether it's smuggling blood food with those beasts in the mountains or driving gangs to squeeze out the living space of other merchants in order to achieve the goal of monopoly."

Li Hong said, "You have no objection to this, do you?"

"No, the documents were compiled in an unusually neat and orderly manner, not like they were forged. With this kind of evidence, we could have sent you and my whole family to the guillotine long ago."