Chapter 146

Liu Wei's brow furrows.

"A major incident?" Liu Wei asks, puzzled, with a frown: "What major incident?"

Chen Ye speaks hesitantly.

"My lord... yesterday... yesterday... yesterday the Longshan bandits, Lishan Feng and the others, were wiped out," Chen Ye says, keeping his head low.

"What?"

Liu Wei's hand shakes, and the tea in his bowl spills out.

He stares at Chen Ye with wide, astonished eyes: "What did you say?"

"Say it again!"

Chen Ye lowers his head further, his voice even quieter: "My lord, the Longshan bandits, Lishan Feng and the others, were wiped out by someone yesterday."

Liu Wei clutches his forehead, feeling his head buzzing.

Then, gritting his teeth, he says resentfully: "Who was it? Was it Dong Zhongying!"

The Longshan bandits numbered over three hundred.

They have entrenched themselves in Jinyang for so many years, and their fierce reputation is well-known.

Without strong troops, how could they be wiped out?

And in this Taiyuan Commandery, besides Dong Zhuo, who else would do such a thing?

When Dong Zhuo first came to Bingzhou, he wanted to kill to establish his authority.

He wanted to use the Longshan bandits as an example.

It was he who intervened several times.

Only then did Dong Zhuo fail to exterminate Lishan Feng.

But this matter happened years ago, and Dong Zhuo should be clear that Lishan Feng is connected to him.

"That Dong Zhongying, he is determined to oppose me to the end!" Liu Wei grinds his teeth.

The fat on his face is trembling.

If it were just an ordinary mountain bandit, Liu Wei naturally wouldn't be so angry as to grind his teeth.

But this bandit wasn't wild; he was raised by Liu Wei.

Why did Liu Wei raise Lishan Feng?

The main reason was poverty.

Liu Wei, coming from Wuyuan Commandery, did not have the vast wealth and grain of the great noble families.

And ever since the first year of the Guanghe era, the Emperor ordered that officials must pay a fee according to their rank before taking office.

The twenty million cash Liu Wei paid to take office as Taiyuan Commandery Governor was borrowed from friends.

Bingzhou is bitter and cold, the land is barren, and the population is sparse.

How could it be easy to make money?

Fortunately, Bingzhou has a border market, which allowed Liu Wei to see a path to wealth.

And thus, the raising of Lishan Feng came to be.

In other words, Lishan Feng was equivalent to Liu Wei's money bag.

"That Dong Zhongying..."

"My lord..."

Before Liu Wei could finish speaking, he is interrupted by Chen Ye: "My lord, it was not the Inspector Dong."

Hm?

Liu Wei, who was about to lose his temper, is stunned.

"Not Dong Zhuo?"

Chen Ye shakes his head: "No."

"Then who was it?"

Chen Ye takes a deep breath, knowing he cannot hide this, so he lowers his head and says: "It is... it is the Wucun Township Patrol Officer, Duan Yu."

Wucun Township?

Patrol Officer?

Duan Yu?

What kind of thing is that?

Liu Wei thinks he heard wrong.

Liu Wei doesn't know Wucun Township.

A Patrol Officer is a minor official.

And what is Duan Yu?

Liu Wei feels more confused the more he hears.

So, frowning, he looks at Chen Ye and says: "Tell me clearly, what exactly is going on."

"My lord, the cause of the matter must start with Wang Yun's eldest son, Wang Gai..."

Chen Ye, with his head low, describes the cause and the process of the matter in minute detail.

From Wang Yun's eldest son Wang Gai seeking his help, to him sending the Bandit-Suppressing Officer Liu He to Wucun Township, and then to Duan Yu going to suppress the bandits...

He explains everything in detail.

"My lord..."

"That is the course of events."

"At this moment, Duan Yu is outside the East Gate of Jinyang with the heads of over three hundred Longshan bandits," Chen Ye says.

Liu Wei is almost choked with rage by Chen Ye.

He had painstakingly raised the Longshan bandits for several years.

With the border market opening again this early spring, it was time to make money again.

And now, they have been wiped out in one fell swoop.

And by a mere minor Patrol Officer from a village, no less.

"Chen Zizhen, oh Chen Zizhen, should I call you a piece of trash?"

"Or should I call you incompetent?"

"A tiny Patrol Officer from a village has caused you so much trouble, and now he has even slaughtered the Longshan bandits."

"If that Lishan Feng isn't dead, and if he reveals my affairs, do you know the consequences?" Liu Wei says with a dark face.

Chen Ye is so scared he immediately kneels on the ground.

"My lord... your subordinate... your subordinate didn't expect this," Chen Ye explains.

Liu Wei takes a deep breath and says: "What is the use of saying this now?"

"The priority is to handle this well."

Liu Wei, with a dark face, rolls his eyes and says: "Pass on my order."

"Immediately mobilize the commandery troops, say that bandits are disturbing the city, and first arrest that so-called Duan Yu for me."

"He must absolutely not be allowed to reveal the matters between me and Lishan Feng."

"I want to see for myself who this Duan Yu really is." ===== CHAPTER 148 =====