The "Misty" Foggy Mountains surround the three counties in a semi-arc shape, divided into the northern, central and eastern three foothills, each part has many mountains and mountain road forks, these mountain roads are like old trees intertwined, connecting the surrounding counties, but many of these mountain roads are the only way to go to the counties or the fast way, so there is never a shortage of merchants to pass by, which also raises the bandits of the "Misty" Foggy Mountains to fatten, and there are more than a dozen cars of materials sold on the black market every day.

Moshui Village is located in the northern foothills of a mountain called Cui Mountain, at the foot of Cui Mountain is a big lake in the mountains, named Moshui Lake, the name of Mo Water Village comes from here, outside the northern foothills, it is no longer the jurisdiction of the fief.

Standing on the edge of Moshui Lake, you can vaguely see the "exposed" cornices on the mountainside, the lake water is clear, you can see swimming fish, and even a few fishermen sit on the edge of the lake to fish.

These fishermen are not young, and there are a lot of fish in the fish around them, and their demeanor looks very leisurely, as if they don't know that this mountain is a thief's nest.

To go up the mountain, apart from some remote mountain roads that are well known to local hunters, the largest mountain path is along the lake, the mountain road has obviously been repaired by hand, although the ground is not paved with stone slabs, but it is heavily hammered with wooden stakes, so it appears strong and smooth, and the trees on both sides of the road are also cleaned.

Not long after going up the mountain road, when I came to the foot of the mountain, I saw two large stones more than one meter high stored on both sides of the mountain road, like a mountain gate, next to the stones, two young thieves stood on the left and right, chatting in a whisper.

As soon as they saw a young man in white walking up the mountain, the two immediately became vigilant, and one of them asked loudly, "Who is it?"

Fang Ling smiled: "I'm a friend of Niu San, and I'm here to find him." ”

"It turned out to be a friend of Third Brother Niu, you wait, I'll call him down. The young bandit laughed.

Fang Ling walked to the edge of the stone and said to the remaining young bandit: "Little brother, I saw that there are people fishing by this lake, don't they know that this is the territory of Moshui Village?"

The young bandit was no more than 18 or 9 years old, and his figure was still a little thin, and he wore two layers of cotton clothing, and a large knife that did not fit at his waist.

Hearing Fang Ling's question, the young bandit smiled and said, "Little brother, it's the first time you've come to us, it's not only that there are people fishing in the lake, but there are also hunters hunting in the mountains." ”

"Oh, there is such a thing, it seems that your Moshui Village is different from other cottages. Fang Ling said.

The young thief said: "Of course, our village owner said that although it is a robbery, there must be a degree. Therefore, every time we rob money, we will leave half of the goods to the other party, and we never fight the idea of the people, whether they are willing to come to the lake to fish or go to the mountains to hunt, we do not stop them. ”

Fang Ling secretly admired when he heard this, it seemed that Qiu Yi was indeed upright, even if he was a bandit, he did not have the slightest cruelty and ferocity, and even his subordinates were taught to behave.

At this moment, Niu San had already come down from the mountain, and when he saw Fang Ling, he immediately shouted with joy: "Little brother, it turned out to be you!"

He rushed over in three steps and two steps, shook Fang Ling's hand and said: "The owner of the village has been talking about you recently, saying when will you come here, little brother, and I regret that you left in too much hurry and forgot to ask what your name is and which cottage you belong to." ”

Speaking of this, he said to the two people beside him proudly: "Do you know who this young man is? ”

The two of them were taken aback for a moment, and their faces were adored.

Niu San pulled up Fang Ling and walked towards the mountain, don't look at the mountain road is only one, but there is a convenient checkpoint every other section, Niu San went to a place, and proudly introduced Fang Ling to everyone.

As a result, before the two of them arrived at the cottage, the news had already spread out like fire, and the entire cottage was like a thunderbolt on the ground.

When Fang Ling came to the entrance of the cottage, the front of the village was already crowded with people, and all the people opened their eyes wide, looking Fang Ling up and down, all wanting to see this young man who killed one of the thirteen murderers.

Fang Ling walked with a smile on his face, his eyes swept over the building of the cottage, the cottage was built on the flat land on the mountainside, the place was very wide, enough to be the size of half a county town, which showed that it also took a lot of work.

There are wooden towers built at the gate of the village, and you can see the situation of several checkpoints below from a high position, and there are large and small wooden houses built in the village, and the wooden houses in the center are a head higher than the surrounding houses, which is quite imposing.

At this time, Wu Tiansheng and the others also walked out and welcomed Fang Ling in, everyone took the initiative to get out of the way, and whispered discussions, the young man in front of him was the same as Niu San and others said, he was handsome and not strong, but he was able to kill the horns of the thirteen murderers, which was unbelievable.

When he came to the village, Qiu Yi had already walked out of the big house, and when he saw that Fang Ling was really coming, he immediately laughed heartily and said: "Little brother, I finally looked forward to you, I'm really afraid that you will dislike our small village, just talking." ”

Fang Ling smiled: "Qiu Zhai Lord ......"

Qiu Yi hurriedly interrupted him and said sincerely: "Little brother, you are my Qiu Yi's life-saving benefactor, and you are a gift with the skin of a fierce beast, you are too much of a village master, if you don't dislike it, just call me Uncle Sheng." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Uncle Qiu, this big village is not small, especially the big house in front of it is quite magnificent." ”

Qiu Yi smiled and said: "A few of my subordinates are carpenters, and they don't have anything to do in the mountains. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man beside him said suspiciously: "Big brother, this is the boy who killed Tongpi? ”

Qiu Yi shook his head and smiled, and said to Fang Ling: "Little brother, don't mind, my second brother's name is Hou Ding, and he speaks so straight." Then he said to Hou Ding: "Don't underestimate the little brother, even I am not his opponent." ”

Hou Ding's eyes lit up, and he said to Fang Ling: "If you are really so powerful, when will we make a few moves?"

Qiu Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Little brother, don't care about this guy's nonsense, come, please come inside." ”

Fang Ling smiled and followed Qiu Yi in, although Hou Ding spoke straighter, but this kind of person who has a single intestine to the end is much better than those who are so deep in the city that they can't 'touch'.

Walking into the lobby, Fang Ling saw that there were still many people guarding outside the hall, so he said, "Uncle Qiu, I came to visit you today to discuss important matters, can you find a secluded place?"

"Okay, please come back with me. Qiu Yi didn't hesitate at all, and Hou Ding also followed.

Qiu Yi said: "Little brother, don't mind, my brother is loyal to me, although he speaks straightly, he knows what to say and what not to say. ”

Fang Ling smiled slightly: "It's okay. ”

Walking into the room, after the three of them sat down in turn, Qiu Yi said: "Little brother, if you have anything to say, just say it, I, Qiu Yi, said that day, if you have something, just come to my Moshui Village, and my brothers in the village and I will definitely help." ”

Fang Ling said slowly: "Uncle Qiu, do you still want to be a head catcher?"

Qiu Yi didn't expect Fang Ling to suddenly ask about this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know what he meant for a while, but Hou Ding snorted heavily: "How can the eldest brother go to be the head catcher again?

Fang Ling said calmly: "That's because the county order is afraid of power, if the county order is honest and upright, this kind of thing may not happen." ”

Hou Ding smiled disdainfully and said: "Qing official, except for the Cao County Order in Feng County, which can be regarded as a Qing official, I haven't seen a few people who are Qing officials." However, even if he is a Qing official, he has no power or power, and when the king of Shicheng gives an order, he still has to obey obediently? To put it bluntly, isn't the county order just a dog, and isn't being a head catcher just listening to the dog?"

Qiu Yi saw that Hou Ding's words became more and more unreasonable, waved his hand to signal him to stop, looked at Fang Ling seriously and said, "Little brother, although I don't know what you mean by this, it is impossible for me to be a head catcher in this life." The world is as black as a crow, and officials protect each other, even if there are several clean officials, which one ends up with a good ending? In this officialdom, it is not whether you are honest or not, but whether you know how to flatter. ”

Fang Ling looked at him equally seriously, and said word by word: "Then let these corrupt officials and the common people, can Uncle Qiu feel at ease?"

Qiu Yi looked up to the sky and sighed: "The general trend of the world is like this, even if there is a lot of enthusiasm, how can it be? Our brothers in this cottage can't stand those corrupt officials in the surrounding counties before they fall into the grass, if the world is really peaceful, how many people are willing to bear this infamy?"

Hou Ding interjected on the side and said: "Yes, Lao Tzu was originally a pig killer, and he couldn't stand the county soldiers extorting money, so he ran to the mountains to become a thief in a fit of anger." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Uncle Qiu, what if you become an important minister above ten thousand under one person?"

"One person is above 10,000 people?" Qiu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "Although this is the Arabian Night, if I really sit on such a big official, then I will arrest all the corrupt officials in the world!"

Hou Ding also slapped his hands and said: "Yes, we must not let go of those dogs!"

Fang Ling smiled slightly, and said leisurely: "Uncle Qiu, we have been talking for so long, you don't seem to know what my surname is, right?"

"Oh, you look at my 'sex', I'm really sorry, I've lived in the mountains for a long time, and people are rude, but I forgot this etiquette, dare to ask my little brother's surname?" Qiu Yi hurriedly apologized.

Fang Ling said lightly: "My surname is Fang, and my single name is a Ling character." ”