"Stop, everyone!" shouted the bandit leader. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the other seven people saw that the leader was captured, they all looked anxious and embarrassed, and they all stopped. When Lu Gongzi saw that the other party stopped, he signaled his subordinates Huayang and a few people to stop attacking.

Seeing that Xu Yang had captured the other party's bandit leader with just one move, Lu Gongzi nodded towards Xu Yang. There was not only gratitude for Xu Yang's action and admiration for the exercises, but also a trace of doubt about Xu Yang's identity.

"You can take me and hand me over to the government, but please let my seven brothers go. Eight of my brothers have robbed a passing merchant here, and have never killed any of them, and I am willing to bear all the blame alone. The bandit leader said loudly.

"Who are you, you are not ordinary mountain bandits, why are you hijacking passers-by here for money?"

Under "Fang Zegang", the line does not change the name, and the surname does not change. My brothers are also ordinary people in this northern city. ”

"Fang Zegang?" Lu Gongzi frowned when he heard this. Fang Zegang seems to have heard the name from there?

After thinking for a moment, he said: "You are Fang Zegang, who won the first place in the Beicheng Civil Martial Arts Conference last year, and then refused to be hired by the government. ”

"It's just down there. ”

"It's a pity that you are a cultivator, but you do this kind of robber's work. ”

"At the moment of drought, the people of Beicheng are miserable, the big people in Xijun City have done nothing, and they are forced to be helpless, and we poor brothers can only rob the rich and help the poor. ”

Since there was a great drought last year, he personally led the soldiers and civilians of Xijun to build a water storage dam in the lower reaches of the "Tai River". Unexpectedly, in order to ensure its own water source, Dongjun in the upstream also built a water storage dam in the upstream this year, which led to no water storage this year and a serious drought. The county lord has sent people to Dongjun to discuss this matter, and it is believed that in the near future, there will be water in the upper reaches of the Tai River to ease this year's drought. ”

Most of the people living in the "West County Town" were rich nobles, but they took advantage of the drought to hoard and maliciously raise the price of grain, making a fortune to make a lot of money. The ordinary people living in Beicheng have jointly applied for the opening of the official granary by the Lord of the West County many times, but they have all been lost in the sea. In another month, the food in Beicheng will be eaten up, so how can many people in Beicheng live. ”

"I believe that the malicious increase in food prices is only the work of a few profiteers. To tell the truth, it was the commissioner sent by the lord of the West County to Beicheng to investigate the matter, and as for the opening of the official grain, it was not trivial. The territory of the Xiaoxian Realm is limited, and there are only two cities and counties in the East County and the West County, and the war between us and the East County in the past few years has consumed most of the official family's grain reserves. At present, the official grain stock is already insufficient, and the opening of the official grain can indeed immediately solve the current famine of the people. But if the East County side takes the opportunity to attack the West County on a large scale, what will the West County use as military rations, the consequences will be unimaginable. After speaking, Lu Gongzi showed a rectangular black wood card, with the words Xijun clearly engraved on the front and a tiger head engraved on the back.

Fang Zegang stared at the black wood plaque with wide eyes, which was the identity tag of the official family. The signs of the official houses of the Xijun City are engraved with dragons, tigers, leopards, bears, wolves and other patterns on the back, and the tiger-shaped token shows that the identity of Lu Gongzi in front of him is not low.

"We are just ordinary people in Beicheng, and we don't think as much as your official master, our brothers can only rob the profiteers who come and go here, and distribute the property and food to the victims of Beicheng, but it's just a drop in the bucket. ”

"Nonsense! Robbing merchants and merchants, who dares to come to Beicheng to do business, can only make the price of food in Beicheng higher, and food will become more scarce, and you are doing this is counterproductive and aiding the abuse. Lu Gongzi reprimanded loudly.

"This!" Fang Zegang was unexpectedly red-faced by Lu Gongzi's words, and he was speechless for a while.

Several of Fang Zegang's subordinates also look at me, and I look at you, at a loss.

Xu Yang listened to the conversation between the two of them, and secretly thought in his heart, this Lu Gongzi is really eloquent, it seems that he should be a member of the official family of Xijun City, and his status does not seem to be low. The "Little Sage Realm" is divided into two counties in the east and west, and there is a competition between them, so it seems that there should be no major sects of cultivating immortals in this region. If it is the same as the Northern Regions where he is located, the disputes between the countries will eventually develop into a contest between the Xiuzhen sects behind them. With Fang Zegang's Void Realm cultivation turned out to be just ordinary people in the northern city, presumably there was a state where a large number of monks and mortals lived together in this little sage realm. And in the northern region where he is located, there are also monks who occasionally appear in the mortal cities and counties, but most of them practice within the major sects, far away from the mortal realm. Since there is no cultivation sect in this little sage realm, if you want to leave this place, you may be able to get some useful clues from this official family's Lu Gongzi.

Lu Gongzi glared angrily, and Fang Ze, a seven-foot-tall man, was like a child who had made a mistake at this time, bowing his head and saying nothing, his face red and his ears red.

"Fang Zegang, your original intention is not bad, I won't escort you to the government today, as a punishment, I want you to guide me to investigate the unscrupulous merchants suspected of hoarding in the famine in Beicheng, and your other brothers have all dispersed. ”

"We are just dedicated to the people of Beicheng, since Lord Lu is willing to contribute to the people, someone on our side is willing to serve the people. ”

"You're still a little conscious. ”

"Brothers, this time Master Lu is here to help us investigate this matter, so let's all go back to our homes and wait first. Fang Zegang said to the other brothers.

"Brother Fang, take care, if this Lord Lu goes back on his word and makes things difficult with you, my brothers will seek justice for the eldest brother even if they fight for their lives. One of the thick-eyebrow men said.

"Your brothers can rest assured, since I promised Fang Zegang, I will no longer be difficult for him, internal and external troubles, the official family is the time to employ people, I hope that all people of insight can judge the situation, join the official family, and contribute to the long-term peace and stability of Xijun." Lu Gongzi replied.

"Master Lu, our brother will go back and wait for your good news. The thick-eyed man said.

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Watching the other seven people gradually walk away, Lu Gongzi walked in front of Xu Yang, looked at Xu Yang carefully, and then asked in a low voice: "With Xu Gongzi's skills, why haven't I heard of the number one person in Xijun before?" Xu Gongzi can't be a secret agent sent by Dongjun." ”

Xu Yang saw that Lu Gongzi doubted himself, and explained: "Lu Gongzi forgive me, I am indeed not from Xijun, but I am not ...... either."

As soon as he was halfway through the sentence, he was interrupted by a wave of his hand from Lu Gongzi.

"Is Xu Gongzi lost?"

Seeing that Lu Gongzi interrupted his words, he thought in his heart, it seemed that outsiders were a taboo topic here, so he smiled and replied: "Oh, so to speak, there are three of my two friends. ”

"It's not appropriate to talk about it in detail here, if you want to, you can go to the county town to find me after I finish investigating this case. ”

Xu Yang thought about it, he might as well go to Beicheng to see the situation here first, and it was not in vain.

"Then I'll thank Lu Gongzi in advance, I also want to go to Beicheng to have a look, so I'll accompany Lu Gongzi on a trip. ”

Lu Gongzi readily agreed, adding Xu Yang as a powerful bodyguard is the best.

With the strong man Fang Zegang in Beicheng, the road was quite smooth, and half an hour later, the group came to the outside of Beicheng.

From a distance, I saw that the tall Beicheng tower stood in front, the city wall was made of blue bricks, the city gate was wide open, and there were more than a dozen soldiers standing at the gate to check the passing merchants and people.

When everyone came to the city gate, Lu Gongzi showed the previous sign and smoothly entered the city with his subordinates and Xu Yang.

Entering the city gate, the crowd passed through a relatively wide square. More than a dozen iron pots the size of grinding plates were erected in the square, and the steaming gruel in the iron pot kept tumbling. A large blue flag was stamped on the ground, and on it were written three large characters: "Good Food Place". There were hundreds of people queuing up to receive free porridge and food under the banner, but the queue was very neat and orderly.

Entering the northern city, there are several places in the same "good food place", and the victims who receive porridge and food are also lining up in an orderly manner, and there is no scene of chaotic food grabbing.

Fang Zegang introduced that the good food places in Beicheng are all people with better conditions who take out their own rice and donate it to the good food office.

Lu Gongzi went up to inquire about the situation of several victims, had a general understanding of the number of victims, and took out a small bag of silver and handed it to his subordinates to donate to the good food department on his behalf.

After that, under the leadership of Fang Zegang, the group visited several rice shops in the north city. Sure enough, it was found that the price of rice had risen more than five times compared to usual, which greatly exceeded the grain limit previously issued by the county town. The bosses behind it turned out to be wealthy businessmen with official backgrounds in Xijun City.

"These wealthy businessmen from big families with thousands of dollars in their pockets keep saying that they love the township, but they are still a profiteer in their hearts, so they are not afraid that the common people will rebel and change their lives. When I go back to the county town, I must verify this matter and severely punish these scum. Lu Gongzi said indignantly.

This kind of hoarding and curiosity, Xu Yang has seen a lot in the Fang Market of the Xiuzhen Realm, if there is a shortage of a certain elixir, there will be a business alliance that deliberately hoards goods and seeks huge profits.

"There is nothing wrong with the merchants seeking profit, and if the disaster is not alleviated, the stock of rice in this city will be exhausted, and even if the rice is cheap, I am afraid that there is no price in the market, at least for the time being, there is still rice to buy in the market. Xu Yang said.

Xu Gongzi didn't know that there is a "Tai River" that runs through the entire region in the Xiaoxian Realm, and there have been bumper harvests of grain over the years, and the people have plenty of food and clothing. Before the Tay River was reduced, there was no major war between the East and West Counties, although there were frictions. Therefore, the government does not collect much official grain, and most of the grain is freely circulated in the market as a commodity. In recent years, most of the grain stockpiles have been hoarded in the hands of wealthy merchants. If they are all put on the market, it will be enough for the people to survive for two years. Lu Gongzi said.

Xu Yang listened and nodded.

"It seems that Lu Gongzi is really prepared, and he admires it so much. Fang Zegang on the side said approvingly.