Time passed bit by bit.
All of a sudden, burning torches appeared on the public road in the distance. The fire burned and drove away the darkness. As the fire got closer, there was the sound of hurried horse hooves.
In the blink of an eye.
In just a moment, a group of cavalrymen appeared in front of Du Ye's group. There were about twenty cavalrymen in this group, and each of them looked fierce and vicious.
"Kid, you're Du Ye?"
The leader of the group looked directly at Du Ye.
His name was Jiang Hu.
He was a relative of the Jiang Clan and had a very close relationship with Jiang Yu. He was tall and burly and was a military officer under Jiang Yu. He handled some matters for Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu's plan was to kill Du Ye. As long as Du Ye died and his corpse was thrown into the wilderness or destroyed, Jiangyin County would be in chaos.
Of course, even if he couldn't kill Du Ye, Jiang Yu still had other methods when Du Ye arrived at Jinling County.
In short, Jiang Yu would definitely not let Du Ye have an easy time.
Du Ye stood beside Mordor. When he heard the cavalryman's reply, he nodded and said, "I'm Jiangyin County Magistrate Du Ye. Why did you attack in the middle of the night?"
Jiang Hu smiled and said in a deep voice, "What do I want to do? What I want to do is to kill you."
Du Ye was not anxious because there were already reinforcements coming from behind. If there were no Imperial Army soldiers protecting him, Du Ye might be worried about whether Mordor could stop so many people by himself.
Without him as a burden, even if there were twenty people attacking, Du Ye believed that Mordor could easily win. However, with him as a burden, it would be more troublesome. But there were Imperial Army guards behind him, so Du Ye was not anxious at all.
Du Ye said, "Why do you want to kill me?"
Jiang Hu said, "I have my reasons for wanting to kill you. What's there to say? But thinking about it, you're also a dead man. There's no harm in telling you. "
Du Ye smiled and said, "I'd like to hear the details."
Jiang Hu said, "There's no choice. You're in Governor Jiang's way and even caused trouble for him. So, you have to die. If you die, there will naturally be no one to find trouble for Governor Jiang. "
Du Ye said, "How am I blocking Governor Jiang's path?"
Jiang Hu said in a low voice, "Why are you blocking the way? I don't know. I'm just following orders to kill you. Brat, I've already said what I need to say. Now, you can be considered a ghost who understands. When you meet the King Yanluo after your death, remember to tell him that the person who killed you was Jiang Hu. "
"Go!"
Jiang Hu waved his hand and gave the order.
His subordinates stepped forward.
Du Ye scolded, "Who dares to move?"
At this moment, a group of cavalrymen charged out from behind Du Ye. This group of cavalrymen was fully equipped with armor and held sharp swords in their hands. Although there weren't many cavalrymen in this group, there were only about thirty of them. However, the impact of these thirty people was far greater than that of three hundred or three thousand.
As the warhorses moved, their armor rubbed against each other, producing clanking sounds.
Their ferocious auras were especially intimidating.
It made one shudder.
Jiang Hu was also someone who had seen the world. The moment he saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat. Not to mention Du Ye's situation, just this group of people was definitely people who had seen blood on the battlefield and could kill countless people.
Jiang Hu's subordinates all stopped.
Everyone knew that the situation wasn't good.
If they charged forward now, they would definitely be courting death.
Jiang Hu's heart skipped a beat. In this situation, not to mention killing people, even protecting himself would be a problem. Jiang Hu's subordinates were at most some Wanderers with some ability. However, the people opposite were all dressed in military attire and were all fierce soldiers. Going against such people was courting death.
Jiang Hu asked, "Sir, who exactly are you?"
Du Ye said indifferently, "I'm Du Ye, the county magistrate of Jiangyin County."
Seeing that he couldn't get an answer, Jiang Hu had the thought of retreating.
Right now, he could only retreat.
It was definitely impossible for them to kill each other.
Du Ye saw Jiang Hu's erratic gaze and said indifferently, "Don't think about retreating. If you dare to retreat now, my men will immediately chase after you. I believe none of you will be able to escape in front of them. As long as you dare to flee, you'll die. "
Jiang Hu's cheeks twitched, his face full of fear and uneasiness.
He was scared stiff.
However, Jiang Hu knew that it was absolutely true.
In his heart, Jiang Hu still didn't think that a mere county magistrate could have such guards. He said again, "County Magistrate Du, it's impossible for you to have such elite guards. It's said that you're from a big family, so your Du family must be incomparably powerful. These are your family's guards, right? "
Du Ye said, "Jiang Hu, is there any point in asking so many questions? I order all of you to immediately lay down your weapons and surrender. Otherwise, you'll be killed without mercy. "
Jiang Hu looked around.
The brothers he brought were originally valiant and high-spirited. But at this moment, each and every one of them was terrified and looked like they were afraid of death. Even without his order, these people were ready to dismount.
Jiang Hu wasn't loyal to Jiang Yu, so after a slight pause, he had already dismounted and said, "County Magistrate Du, I surrender. I'm willing to cooperate with anything."
The rest of them also dismounted and knelt down.
All of them surrendered and admitted defeat.
Du Ye nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Uncle, take them all down and detain them."
"Yes!"
Mordor waved his hand, and the soldiers directly stepped forward. In a short time, Jiang Hu and the others were all taken down and detained. All the weapons and warhorses were taken down and controlled.
After everything was settled, Mordor looked at Du Ye and asked, "Young Master, what should we do after we arrive in Changzhou? Jiang Yu's behavior is really abominable. "
At this time, Jiang Hu interrupted and shouted, "County Magistrate Du, I'm willing to cooperate. I'm willing to fully cooperate and testify against Jiang Yu. I only ask County Magistrate Du to spare me this time. "
Du Ye scolded, "Shut up!"
Jiang Hu immediately stopped talking.
Jiang Hu was not a person without eyesight. He knew very well that Du Ye was by no means an ordinary person since he had such guards around him. Even the Jiangnan Road Director probably didn't have such elites around him. Therefore, Du Ye's identity must be extremely powerful. Such a person was very likely to come from the center of the imperial court, or even from the royal family.
Therefore, Jiang Yu was doomed.
What Jiang Hu was thinking about now was to save his own life.
Du Ye looked at Mordor and said, "Uncle, before we left, father authorized you to mobilize the army, right?"
Mordor said, "Yes."
Du Ye said, "In that case, mobilize the Changzhou garrison and take down Jiang Yu."
Mordor didn't say anything else and just nodded in response.
Du Ye sat down by the fire. After thinking carefully for a while, he shook his head and said, "It's still a bit unreasonable to directly mobilize the garrison. After all, the Changzhou Provincial Governor is a local official, and the garrison can't interfere with the government. To investigate and take down the Changzhou Provincial Governor, on one hand, it's the Jiangnan Road, and on the other hand, it's the local Censorate. With Jiang Hu as the leader, he will report and expose Jiang Yu's deeds, and then let the local Censorate officials in Changzhou take down the Changzhou Provincial Governor. "
Nowadays, there were officials from the Censorate overseeing the local areas in Xia Xia. These people only had one task, which was to monitor the local areas and make an evaluation of the local officials.
They didn't govern the local areas, but they were in charge of things like impeachment and review.
This was Du Qi's arrangement.
Mordor said, "It'll be more troublesome to let the Censorate come forward. It may even lead to more problems. "
Du Ye said, "It doesn't matter. Just do it."
Mordor nodded and said no more.
He was now by Du Ye's side and listened to Du Ye's arrangements. Therefore, he only needed to execute Du Ye's orders.
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