Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

It was almost August when news of a theft finally arrived from the capital.

It is said that Pan Awu and others confessed that when they were bandits in Taxkorgan County, they were considered a relatively large force in the local area, and sometimes they would even go straight into the county town to rob.

Later, through Pan Qing, who was a foreman in the yamen, they got in touch with Zhao Youwei.

On the one hand, they threatened Zhao Youwei's own safety, and on the other hand, they threatened the peace in Taxkorgan County, forcing Zhao Youwei to make an agreement with them.

As long as Zhao Youwei helped them suppress the murder case and did not attract soldiers, they would try not to harass Taxkorgan County. In addition, they could also give Zhao Youwei some benefits.

When Pan Awu's men had nothing to do, they went to the county government office of Tashi County to work as yamen runners. When there was something to do, they returned to the mountains to rob.

They worked well together over the years.

Later, they suffered heavy losses in a battle with another group of bandits, and happened to hear that Zhao Youwei was to be transferred to Pingle County.

The Pan brothers discussed and decided to follow Zhao Youwei to take up his post.

Zhao Youwei was also afraid that he would be ignored when he first arrived in Pingle County, so he agreed. After all, they had been working together for many years and were already familiar with each other.

After they arrived in Pingle County, they occupied Qushan and robbed passers-by.

Zhao Youwei slowly bribed the county magistrate and the chief clerk, making them choose to turn a blind eye.

This area is under the jurisdiction of Pingle County. If the people who have been robbed go to Xunlin County to report the case, they will naturally be pushed to Pingle County, and when they arrive in Pingle County, they will be suppressed by Zhao Youwei.

Another thing is that Zhao Youwei had discussed it with the Pan brothers since he arrived here.

This place is not like Tashi County, so it is not appropriate to rob people in such a big way, and try not to hurt people. If people are hurt, we must try to deal with it as cleanly as possible, anyway, as long as there is no confirmation that they did it, it will be fine.

As long as we don't attract the palace soldiers, everything will be fine.

But they didn't expect that it was an ordinary robbery and they would catch the instructor who was on his way to take office. They just treated him as an ordinary passerby who knew some martial arts.

They were not too worried when the teacher escaped. After all, they did not rob him of any money, and most likely the person would not report it to the police.

Unexpectedly, this attracted government soldiers, and they were caught off guard and dispersed.

They were all wearing masks, so they didn't have to worry about being discovered as long as they pulled off the masks and went down the mountain.

It was only when Pan Awu and others ran to Pingle County that they found out that Pan Qing had not returned.

They didn't know whether Pan Qing had been arrested or what happened to him, and they didn't know whether any other accomplices had been arrested.

Zhao Youwei didn't dare to keep them, for fear that the captured bandits would give him away.

Helplessly, Pan Awu and others could only take some silver from Zhao Youwei and hide.

It was only later that they found Asong and learned that Pan Qing had been shot and injured that they understood why they couldn't find him.

They were used to spending lavishly on a daily basis and soon ran out of money.

That's why there were cases where people failed to rob martial artists on the road and ended up getting caught.

As the leaders of the bandits, the three Pan brothers were sentenced to death by beheading. Another of their subordinates, Ma Feng, who usually acted as a "military advisor", was also sentenced to death by beheading.

The rest of the bandits were sentenced to caning and exile.

Now only two of the three Pan brothers have been captured, Pan Qing is still missing, and only about ten bandits have been captured. The capital has issued another reward for the remaining bandits.

The former Pingle County Magistrate Zhao Youwei, the County Magistrate, the Chief Secretary and others colluded with bandits, allowing them to commit evil and bring disaster to the countryside. Considering that they were coerced by the bandits, their crime was reduced by one level, their property was confiscated, and they were exiled 3,000 miles.

Qin Yunhe was a little surprised when he learned about the penalty.

It was a serious matter that an official appointed by the imperial court colluded with bandits, but I did not expect that the imperial court would show mercy and reduce the crime.

However, if Zhao Youwei was really coerced, there might be other hidden secrets that he didn't know about, so the three judicial officials would show some mercy...

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Soon the busy farming season was over, and the government office began issuing notices again. Qin Yunhe became busy again.

That day, Qin Yunhe was working on case files in his study when Zhuzi came in to report.

"Sir, Mr. Feng is here to see you."

Qin Yunhe was still in the case file. He looked up blankly and it took him a while to react: "Superb?"

"Yes."

"Please come in." Qin Yunhe looked surprised and quickly got up and walked out.

"Don't worry, sir. We have invited Mr. Feng to the side hall to serve tea."

Qin Yun was so happy that he talked a lot. Even though he knew he would see Feng Zhuo soon, he couldn't help but talk to Zhuzi as they walked.

"Brother Feng, why are you here at this time? Last time he came, he said he was going to visit Jiangsu and Anhui. I thought he would come after the August Festival."

Qin Yunhe walked quickly to the side hall, and when he saw Feng Zhuo leisurely drinking tea, he said, "Brother Chaofan!"

Feng Zhuo also laughed immediately, put down the tea bowl, and said, "Master Qin, I come to bother you again."

"Why bother you? I've been waiting for you to come. When did you come back? I thought it would be after the August Festival."

"I've only been back a few days."

The two men greeted each other and sat down again.

"How was this trip to Jiangsu and Anhui?"

"Haha, of course I was reluctant to leave. But I had to hurry back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Last year, my mother and wife scolded me for not being at home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Qin Yunhe couldn't help but say, "I'm coming back to celebrate the festival. Brother Feng, you're enjoying the scenery, I don't know how much your family at home miss you."

"I also don't want them to worry about me, so I asked them several times to go with me and appreciate the scenery of Anhui. But my wife and mother didn't want to go with me, haha."

Qin Yunhe gave him a helpless look, and Feng Zhuo started laughing again.

After a while, Xiao You brought another pot of tea, and Feng Zhuo hurriedly said, "Yunhe, try this tea."

Qin Yun was puzzled, so he poured himself a cup and took a sip. He felt the sweet fragrance that quenched his thirst, and the aroma was slightly different from what he usually drank.

"This is……"

“This is mustard tea!”

Qin Yunhe suddenly realized: "Did you really buy mustard tea?"

"I said, Yunhe, you are also a god. How do you know that this mustard tea will sell well?"

In May, Feng Zhuo came to visit and said he wanted to go to Jiangsu and Anhui.

Feng Zhuo remembered Qin Yunhe's previous magical prediction, so he asked Qin Yunhe if there were any other stories.

Qin Yunhe naturally has no other story.

But Feng Zhuo was determined and insisted that Qin Yunhe tell him the truth.

Later, Qin Yunhe had no choice but to talk about mustard tea.

Of course that's not much of a story.

It was just that Qin Yunhe heard from Li Chang during their casual chat that Mr. Li had tasted a kind of mustard tea in Jiangsu and Anhui and found it different from other teas. Later, he brought some back and shared it with his friends. Everyone found it sweet, fragrant and thirst-quenching, and very different.

But I didn’t expect that Feng Zhuo would really bring back mustard tea after hearing it.

"I couldn't help it, so I took care of the things at hand and came here right away. How could you be so accurate? This tea is really popular after I brought it back."

Qin Yunhe laughed: "How can I really say it for sure? In fact, I just heard it from a friend. If you insist on me telling you, I will tell you because I think the tea will not lose money anyway, so I told you."

"Well, no matter what, I have chosen you. I will look for you if I need this in the future."

The two hadn't seen each other for several months, so Qin Yunhe asked someone to prepare wine and food.

The two of them drank and chatted for a long time. They kept Feng Zhuo for one night before letting him go to Xunlin County to find Lin Zhaotang.