Chapter 417: All Tricks

That night, some people quietly came down the mountain and surrendered.

Meng Jingfeng regretted very much at this time that he had not listened to Chen Jinlong's words during the day and was the first to accept the recruitment.

It can be seen that the Liaodong Army is determined to eliminate banditry on their territory. For details, please refer to the Eighteen Villages in Liaodong.

When he quietly came to the foot of the mountain with his confidants, he found that someone was already talking to the Liaodong Army in front.

This person is none other than Feng Shuo, the leader of Qin Qiu Village.

At that moment, Meng Jingfeng gritted his teeth with hatred, Mom, someone had taken advantage of him! As expected, Feng Shuo is an old cunt.

This time Chunqiu Village gathered six village masters from Xuantu County. Now one is captured, two quietly surrendered, and what will happen to the remaining three?

Early in the morning, the three of them looked at each other and decided to surrender. Feng Shuo, the leader of Chunqiu Village, has surrendered. Why don't they surrender and wait for Feng Shuo to lead someone to kill him? They don’t want to be Feng Shuo’s meritorious deeds!

According to what Chen Jinlong and others said when they went as representatives to recruit people, they could redeem their punishment in three ways: redemption by meritorious service, redemption by gold and redemption by residence.

As the owners of the major cottages in Xuantu County surrendered, their cottages also quickly surrendered.

Meng Jingfeng and other village leaders looked at the bandits who showed no resistance at all, and secretly gritted their teeth, you should at least resist! The bandits looked at their village leader angrily and lowered their heads one by one.

Later, in order to reduce their crimes, they all revealed the location of their treasury.

I don’t know how long it took, but boxes of gold, silver and jewelry brought back by the Liaodong Army from various cottages were piled all over the ground.

Qin Sheng walked around them and said, "Are you sure all your gold, silver and jewelry are here?"

"Yes, yes, half of my life's savings are here."

"Prince Qin, Master Qin Liu, we have contributed all our belongings, so you have to commute our sentences."

Meng Jingfeng and others wailed one by one.

Qin Heng said, "I can reduce some of your crimes appropriately, but it is impossible to erase them all. After all, the gold, silver and jewelry you obtained are also ill-gotten gains."

Chen Jinlong spoke up and said, "This is already very good. Look at us, why don't we have to serve?"

Meng Jingfeng and others stopped talking, okay, everyone is the same, it seems there is no other way.

"Let me ask you for the last time, are you really sure that all your gold, silver and jewelry are here?" Qin Sheng and the village leaders who had been recruited confirmed again and again.

"They're all really here!" Feng Shuo, Meng Jingfeng and others still said the same thing.

"Okay, just say yes." Qin Sheng thought to himself, being tough? It's good to be tough.

Qin Sheng's soldiers all suppressed their laughter.

Feng Shuo, Meng Jingfeng and others felt uneasy, and they always felt that Mr. Qin Liu knew something.

Then they comforted themselves in their hearts not to think wildly. No one would put eggs in the same basket. Cunning rabbits have three holes. So what if they guessed that they still had hidden property? They don't admit it, and the other party can't do anything to them.

Qin Sheng said to Qin Heng, "Brother, something has happened here. You can escort them back to Houcheng first." He would go back later.

"Okay." Qin Heng knew what he was going to do.

Seeing the reactions of these people, Chen Jinlong thought about the belongings they had hidden before but disappeared, and he felt enlightened.

Just when Feng Shuo, Meng Jingfeng and others were escorted back, Qin Sheng led his soldiers and visited their villages one by one.

The large army marched slowly, mainly because Qin Heng deliberately slowed down, because it was not a rush march, and he did not need to overwork the soldiers.

Therefore, while Qin Heng and his party were still on the road, Qin Sheng had already returned to Houcheng ahead of him.

The first time Qin Sheng returned home, he presented treasures to his wife and complained to her, "These people are dishonest. No one really knows about their little ninety-nine."

Lu Songli smoothed his hair and said, "They are indeed dishonest. Now that you have taken away all the treasures they have hidden, they will only suffer a loss."

"That's what they deserve." Qin Sheng turned over and said, "Lili, there are two if you have one. I always feel that these people may still be hiding money."

Lu Songli confirmed his guess, "It's possible for a cunning rabbit to have three burrows."

Qin Sheng frowned, "I've checked all their villages, there's no way I've missed anything."

"Maybe he's not hiding in the cottage anymore."

Qin Sheng's brows furrowed even more tightly. If they were more honest, it wouldn't be impossible to leave some money with them, but now Qin Sheng just felt unhappy.

But now the location where they hid the silver was unknown, and he couldn't search for it.

Seeing her husband's frown, Lu Songli was amused. She reached out and touched his forehead, "Do you want to force them to take out their hidden belongings?"

"I think about it, but I'm afraid it won't work to extract a confession through severe torture, and it's not a good idea." After all, they are considered to have been recruited. If they still use torture, it will not be conducive to their future work.

"You are like this..."

After Feng Shuo, Meng Jingfeng and others were escorted back to Houcheng, the sentencing was quickly passed.

The leaders of the six major villages are required to serve from half a year to one year.

On the first day of work, they were very uncomfortable.

Chen Jinlong secretly told them that they could use gold as ransom and give them more silver to shorten their service time.

If they could find someone to borrow some money, he would go and intercede for them.

Chen Jinlong and others no longer have to serve prison terms because they have meritorious service in recruiting them.

At first, Feng Shuo, Meng Jingfeng and others were only slightly tempted, but within two days, they gave in, all because the service was too hard. If it can be solved with money, then use money to solve it.

They told Chen Jinlong where they hid their treasures and asked him to go and deal with them.

They didn't dare to touch the property hidden in the mountain village, so they could only move elsewhere.

This method really worked. Chen Jinlong's deal reduced their sentences by three to six months.

Then there were those who were rich and powerful, such as Meng Jingfeng, who wanted to use property to avoid punishment directly. He told Chen Jinlong two hiding places for property.

Several people were successfully reduced to two months, but no matter how much money they spent, they couldn't get the remaining two months.

In this way, several times in a row, all the property they hid was emptied.

These people gradually came to their senses. They seemed to have been deceived?

The last time Chen Jinlong came to see them, he also brought them some food and daily necessities.

"You kid, are you trying to trick us?"

Chen Jinlong just smiled, "There are only two months left, you should serve your sentence well."

They understood, routine, all routine! They were fooled! They beat their chests and stamped their feet.

Some of the perceptive ones couldn't help but worry, are the treasures they buried in the village still there?