Chapter 82

After Tang Yin escorted the brothers Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao back to Hengcheng, he did not directly throw them into cells in the city, but imprisoned them in the county magistrate's house. He then ordered a notice to be posted stating that the officers and soldiers had wiped out three roads. The people in the county no longer need to be afraid of the bandits in the Sandao Ridge area. Read the full text of the bandits in the area.

This news is insignificant to ordinary people, but it is great news to merchants. The Shangguan brothers have been subdued, and they no longer have to worry when passing by Sandao Ridge in the future. In order to express their gratitude, merchants came to the county governor's house to visit Tang Yin one after another, and also brought many gifts.

Tang Yin smiled and accepted them one by one. He was still very polite to these merchants. Whether Pingyuan County can regain prosperity as soon as possible depends on these people. While he was entertaining everyone, a servant in his early twenties came from outside. When he came to Tang Yin, he first bowed and saluted, and then said respectfully: "Sir, Shangguan Yuanji wants to see you!"

When he heard that Shangguan Yuanji had arrived, Qiu Zhen, who was next to Tang Yin, smiled and whispered in his ear: "Shangguan Yuanji finally couldn't sit still and came to the door."

"Haha!" Tang Yin chuckled. He looked around at the merchants present and said with a smile: "I have received your thoughts. If you have nothing else to do, please go back first!"

Shangguan Yuanji came, and he knew without asking that it must be about his two brothers. The merchants were all smart people. Who would want to stay and disturb him at this time? Everyone stood up and said goodbye to Tang Yin.

After all the merchants left, Tang Yin asked his servants to invite Shangguan Yuanji to come over.

Tang Yin thought that if Shangguan Yuanji could become a very important person in Pingyuan County, he must be a treacherous, slick and extremely sophisticated middle-aged man. But after meeting him, he realized that he was wrong. It was not yet clear what kind of person Shangguan Yuanji was. He came out, but he was much younger than Tang Yin imagined.

Shangguan Yuanji looks to be in his early thirties. He is tall and thin, with a white face and no beard. Judging from his appearance, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth. His face has sharp edges. He can be called handsome. He is dressed in white and has a graceful demeanor and temperament. Outstanding, there is no resemblance to his twin brothers. If you don't know better, it would be difficult for people to believe that they are biological brothers.

Tang Yin was sizing him up, and Shangguan Yuanji was also sizing up Tang Yin.

He didn't pay much attention to the new county magistrate. After all, none of the county magistrates in the past could make him like him. As for Tang Yin, he was younger than the previous magistrates, and he was Shangguan Yuanji didn't even pay attention to him because he was a powerful person in the royal court. Even on the day Tang Yin took office, he didn't come to visit.

But he never dreamed that this young new county magistrate could capture his two brothers with lightning speed and annihilate their bandit den in one fell swoop. While worrying about his brothers' lives, he also He was amazed by Tang Yin's outstanding ability and swift style.

Seeing Tang Yin at this time, he secretly took a breath.

Tang Yin has an outstanding appearance, with sharp eyebrows and tiger eyes, a high nose bridge, and naturally raised corners of his mouth. Even if he has a straight face, he seems to be smiling. His fair face is so clean that no flaws can be found. He is not the kind of handsome man, but he has natural traces of The wildness and evil aura revealed can be unforgettable, especially the pair of eyes, which are dark and deep, and flicker with a cold light from time to time as they turn.

This person is not simple! There was no need to talk, just looking at the appearance, the hairs on Shangguan Yuanji's body stood up unconsciously, and he felt wary in his heart.

"Your Excellency is Brother Shangguan. I have long admired your name!" Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

His words were very polite, but his attitude was extremely arrogant. He sat on the chair and did not even move, let alone getting up to greet him. He was holding a teacup while speaking and did not look at the other person.

"Shangguan Yuanji, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Tang." Shangguan Yuanji didn't care at all about Tang Yin's arrogant attitude. As he spoke, he raised his hands and bowed to the ground.

Logically speaking, Tang Yin should ask the other party to take a seat at this time, but he had no intention of giving up his seat. He slowly put down the tea cup, glanced at Shangguan Yuanji, and said with a smile: "Brother Shangguan is a busy man. I don't know why I am so free today. Why can I be here?" Why don't you take time out of your busy schedule to come to my house?" His words were full of mockery.

Understanding that Tang Yin was secretly blaming him for not being able to visit him on the day of his inauguration, Shangguan Yuanji smiled bitterly in his heart, secretly thinking that Tang Yin was a narrow-minded man. No matter how capable he was, it would be difficult for him to be generous just because of his broad-mindedness.

He was disappointed and depressed. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Tang Yin say: "Brother Shangguan, please sit down! Those who use people should face the front, and those who don't need people should face the back. This is the world in a hot and cold world. I have seen this kind of thing many times."

When Shangguan Yuanji heard this, his face looked a little ugly.

Tang Yin is very arrogant, and he himself is not the same. If Tang Yin was a person with mediocre abilities, he would probably ignore him. Now that Tang Yin has shown extraordinary abilities and captured his two younger brothers, Shangguan Yuanji can only come here shamelessly, and it is understandable that he will be ridiculed. .

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Qiu Zhen hurriedly came out to smooth things over. He chuckled and said, "Brother Shangguan's family has a big business. It's understandable that it's hard to get away on weekdays. You must have something to do when you come here today, right?"

Only then did Shangguan Yuanji notice Qiu Zhen's existence. Qiu Zhen has an average build, average appearance, and ordinary clothes. His whole person looks featureless, making it easy for people to ignore his existence.

"Excuse me, brother, who is..."

"Qiu Zhen!" Qiu Zhen replied with a smile.

"Oh, it turns out to be Brother Qiu!" Shangguan Yuanji smiled politely and saluted, and then said to Tang Yin: "Master Tang, I do have something to do when I come here this time!"

"Brother Shangguan, please tell me something."

"I'm doing it for those two lousy brothers!" Shangguan Yuanji was arrogant, but his brother was in someone else's hands. Even if he didn't like Tang Yin, he could only bite the bullet and endure it. "Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao are aggressive by nature, but they are not bad in nature. I hope Master Tang can be noble this time and let the two brothers live."

"Oh! It turns out that Brother Shangguan is here for this." Tang Yin said quietly, "I don't know something. I wonder if Brother Shangguan can give me some advice?"

"Excuse me, Master Tang!"

"Brother Shangguan has always been generously supporting Pingyuan County officers and soldiers with food and grass. He must be a good person who is generous and generous. I am also very grateful for this. However, the two younger brothers turned into bandits, blocked the road and robbed, harming one party. This is really difficult to understand. Is it possible? Brother Shangguan has never dissuaded your brother, or has Brother Shangguan been indulging in your brother?"

"Master Tang is unaware of something. It's not that I indulged my two younger brothers, nor did I fail to dissuade them. It's that they simply refused to listen to persuasion and insisted on going their own way..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin interrupted with a smile: "Since Brother Shangguan can't dissuade your brother, if you let me release him now, wouldn't it mean that I would let him go back to the mountain and give him two opportunities to continue causing trouble?"

"This..." Shangguan Yuanji was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

Tang Yin secretly laughed in his heart, sighed deliberately, and said: "My brother is violent and arrogant by nature. In order to prevent future troubles, I can only kill the killers due to emotion and reason. At noon tomorrow, I will behead these two people in public. Brother Shangguan is Pingyuan. I will keep in mind the contributions made by the county officers and soldiers, but please stop pleading for my brother!"

Hearing his determination in his tone, Shangguan Yuanji's heart trembled. No matter how much the two brothers Yuanwu and Yuanbiao made him angry or disappointed him, they were brothers after all. Their bones were broken but their tendons were still connected. How could he sit back and ignore the lives of the two of them.

At this time, he was also a little anxious and said: "I am willing to donate food and grass to the army. I think this is also my obligation as a citizen of Dafeng. I have never dared to ask for anything in return. Now, I only ask for Mr. Tang can open his eyes and let the two brothers Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao go. If they become bandits again, without Mr. Tang taking action, I will personally go and capture them and hand them over to Mr. Tang!"

"This..." Tang Yin frowned and did not answer immediately, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Seeing that his tone showed signs of loosening, Shangguan Yuanji immediately said: "If Mr. Tang doesn't believe me, I can sign a letter now. If one day, even if Mr. Tang wants my head, I will have nothing to do with it." Complain!”

"hehe!"

Tang Yin smiled, stood up, and paced back and forth in the hall.

It can be seen that he is now considering Shangguan Yuanji's words.

Shangguan Yuanji didn't say anything more, but kept his eyes on Tang Yin, and his heart rose to his throat. Whether the two brothers live or die now depends on Tang Yin's words.

After walking for a moment, he paused, turned around, and smiled at Shangguan Yuanji: "Brother Shangguan, you are serious. I believe what you said, and I can also consider releasing Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao. However, I also have a condition. "

condition? Shangguan Yuanji was stunned at first, and then immediately understood that there was nothing in him that Tang Yin could value, except money.

He said: "Master Tang, please rest assured. I will never let Master Tang help me in vain. As long as Master Tang's request can be tolerated by me, I will accept it."

"Of course you can afford it!" Tang Yin smiled slightly, walked up to Shangguan Yuanji, and said, "I have a plan to set up two deputy county governors in Pingyuan County, one to help me with military affairs, and the other with government affairs. ." As he spoke, he extended his finger to Qiu Zhen and said, "Qiu Zhen is good at strategy and is in charge of military affairs. I am relieved, but I have been undecided about who will be in charge of government affairs."

At this point, he deliberately paused and did not continue.

Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji were both stunned. The former was stunned because he didn't expect Tang Yin to give him the position of deputy county magistrate, and was surprised and happy, while the latter was stunned because he didn't understand what Tang Yin meant when he suddenly said this.

"Master Tang means..."

"I think Brother Shangguan will be the deputy county magistrate in charge of government affairs!" Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile.