After the grand pilgrimage, the envoys or kings from various countries returned to their countries one after another.

In the next few days, Yun Chu was so busy that Shenlong could not see the end of the matter, and Yun Qian was also busy arranging something.

A period of time a year ago seemed calm on the surface, but secretly a huge conspiracy was raging.

On this day, Yun Qian, who was still making tea around the stove with Wen Li, was summoned into the palace by an order.

The summons came in a hurry, and Yun Qian hurried into the palace without thinking about how to clean up.

"The bandits outside the city have been particularly rampant recently. Yesterday they raided another village. The people were miserable and the local officials could not suppress them, so they had to report it to the court."

The Queen stood on the steps with her hands behind her back.

Yun Qian looked through the memorial that was presented to him, and every word was filled with the panic and uneasiness of the person who wrote the memorial.

Nowadays, bandits are rushing to achieve results at the end of the year, are they rushing to KPI?

"I'll go ahead. It's just a bandit. It won't take long to deal with it." Yun Qian took the order on his own.

"Okay, bandits are fierce and they don't distinguish between good and bad. Please pay attention to your safety."

"clear."

.........

The raided village was dozens of miles away from the capital. When Yun Qian led a group of soldiers there, there was no one outside.

The doors and windows of every house were closed, and some houses had various signs of damage. Some doors were crumbling, and some windows were cracked.

Yun Qian got off his horse and walked alone outside the yard of a house.

"Is anyone home?" Yun Qian shouted.

There was silence at first, and Yun Qian could only hear the whistling wind.

Yun Qian waited patiently outside without rushing, and even repaired the door of that house.

There was a very small sound of the door opening, and a woman carefully poked her head out of the door.

The woman looked around and found that there was no sign of the bandit, so she walked out a little bolder and asked, "Who are you?"

Yun Qian pinched the general's badge on his waist and said, "I am sent by the imperial court to encircle and suppress bandits. You don't have to be afraid."

"Will... general?"

The woman reacted for two seconds, then a look of joy appeared on her face. She hurriedly walked out, shouting as she walked: "Folks, come out quickly, it's the general, the general is here to encircle and suppress the bandits!"

With one sentence, the village that was lifeless just a moment ago was brought back to life.

After a while, Yun Qian and the soldiers behind him were surrounded by villagers.

"General, you're here now. Look at how badly we've been ruined by those bandits."

"Yes, General, you have no idea how hateful they are."

"My poor child was kidnapped by them. General, please save my child."

A woman came up crying and wanted to kneel down. Yun Qian quickly supported her with quick eyes and hands.

"Don't worry, tell me what's going on."

The memorial submitted only vaguely stated that the village was looted by bandits and suffered heavy casualties, so Yun Qian still needed to know the exact situation.

According to the description of the villagers, the leader of the bandits is a strong woman with scars on her face. They have been in this generation for a long time, and they usually come to collect protection fees occasionally, but for some unknown reason this time, they led people directly to break in. Enter every home.

They plundered money and food, and also robbed some young boys and girls. One family resisted fiercely and refused to surrender, and the group of people burned down the house.

After hearing this, Yun Qian's expression became a little serious. She ordered the soldiers to distribute the food and some daily necessities they brought to the villagers, and she went to the village chief's home with the village chief.

The village chief is an old woman in her sixties, with a wrinkled face that shows a calm dignity.

"The bandits this time are coming very hard. Most of the villagers have been looted. There is nothing left. I only have some coarse tea left here. If you don't mind, General, just drink it." The old voice of the village chief was worried about recent events. And hoarse.

Yun Qian drank a whole cup of tea without hesitation.

"I don't know why these bandits suddenly did this to the village."

"According to my guess, there are only two reasons. One is that the New Year is approaching and they came down to stock up on things to prepare for a good New Year. The other is that they were instigated by others and someone was fanning the flames behind their backs." Yun Qian analyzed.

The village chief's home was poorly furnished, and Yun Qian didn't have the airs of a general sitting on a small bench.

The village chief held the teacup in both hands, the rising heat blurred her brows, and she felt inexplicably lonely.

"Why don't you see the village chief's child?"

Hearing the word child, the village chief was in a daze for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "My child was kidnapped by bandits when he was very young."

"...I'm sorry to have touched your sadness."

"It doesn't matter. I've already let go of my old heart."

The village chief spoke hoarsely and took a sip of hot tea. "Now I just hope that those bandits will be punished for their evil deeds. They should pay the price for what they did. I can only trouble the general with this matter."

Yun Qian's eyes were firm: "I will, village chief, don't worry."

The bandit nested on a hill not far from the village. Yun Qian led the people towards the bandit's village from the path pointed out by the villagers.

This time the person who came with Yun Qian to suppress the bandits was Vice General Chen. Because he had been with Yun Qian for many years, he also had the same out-of-touch temperament as Yun Qian.

"General, tell me later whether we should capture him alive or just..." Vice General Chen made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Yun Qian: "..."

Yun Qian: "Are they bandits or are we bandits?"

"They they."

Vice General Chen zipped up his zipper and shut up.

There was a sentry at the gate of the bandit's village, and soldiers on patrol came out to walk around from time to time.

Yun Qian led the people to a higher place near the village. They squatted and hid in the grass that was almost half a person tall.

"They are pretty good at defense." Vice General Chen was quiet for less than a quarter of an hour.

"The mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Coupled with their defense system, this is why they have been able to occupy this mountain for many years." Yun Qian said.

From where Yun Qian and others were, they couldn't see the scene inside the cottage, so Yun Qian didn't act rashly.

Yun Qian thought for a while and suddenly patted Vice General Chen on the shoulder, "Have you ever played a dress-up game?"

"........."

What about changing clothes?

Yun Qian smiled evilly and gave orders to the soldiers behind him to wait for the signal from her and Vice General Chen.

Yun Qian and Vice General Chen put on coarse cloth clothes and prepared to enter the stronghold.

Yun Qian often did this kind of thing of entering the enemy camp alone. The main thing was to cooperate inside and outside.

The two of them were dressed like beggars, their hair was messy, and Yun Qian wiped two handfuls of mud on his face regardless of the impact.

The two of them come to terms with each other.

Vice General Chen followed her general to the mountain stronghold with his back bent.

When the two were approaching the mountain stronghold, they were discovered by bandits standing on guard at a high place.

"who?"

Several bandits quickly surrounded the two people with weapons, and a man who looked like a small leader walked out of the crowd.

"Who are you? Don't you know where this is?"

Yun Qian gave Vice General Chen a look, then raised his head tremblingly, "Sir, please give us something to eat. We haven't eaten in several days."

"What do you think our place is? A place for charity?"

"Don't come here begging, I won't even look at you."

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