Soon out of the city, sure enough, I saw a big village from a distance, which occupied several acres of land, and the four high walls were newly painted, with black tiles and white walls, and it looked very magnificent against the backdrop of the low farmhouse mud houses scattered near and far. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info was thinking about going closer to see, there was a burst of human voices behind him, and when he looked back, several young farmers with sickles and hoes walked in front with angry expressions, followed by more than a dozen old men and women, gossiping. Qiu Yinming listened carefully, and an old woman said, "Don't go!" I can't fight them. The first dealer in front of him said indignantly: "Anyway, I can't live, so it's better to fight!" Be sure to ask for an explanation today! The group walked past Qiu Yinming and walked towards the manor.

Qiu Yinming was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, these people must suffer losses, and they can't stand idly by, so they quietly followed.

When he was still quite far away from the gate of the manor, he saw a few sturdy men coming out of the village, blocking the peasants at the intersection, and in an instant they quarreled. A few farmer men were not convinced, and they waved their hoes and were about to break through. At this time, the door of the village suddenly opened. Qiu Yinming saw that more than a dozen people came out of it, and the leader was the guy with a double hook on his back who passed by on the street, and the thugs behind him looked like they were all sticks. The leader pursed his lips and commanded the thugs behind him: "Where are the countrymen from, give me all the beatings to death!" ”

The thugs listened to the order and rushed forward. Those Zhuang family members are the opponents of these people who have practiced kung fu, and they are about to suffer. Qiu Yinming didn't think much about it, jumped off the horse, rushed forward, grabbed a thug who was picking up a stick and beating an old farmer, snatched his stick, and punched him in the face, and a sauce shop suddenly opened on the man's face. Immediately afterwards, four or five thugs around him also fell to the ground with a shout. A group of chaotic people were stunned and froze there. Qiu Yinming wiped his hands, raised a stick and pointed at the leader, and said sharply: "You." Register your name. ”

The leader grinned, raised his eyebrows, and said, "What are you, you dare to come here to spread wild." He reached out with both hands, put a pair of iron hooks in his hands, and said, "Uncle is here to teach you." "Stepping up, opening the bow left and right, attacking Qiu Yinming.

Qiu Yinming avoided the man's few moves unhurriedly, and then, without waiting for the man to get closer, a series of sticks pressed up, the man was suddenly in a hurry, his face was embarrassed, the empty door suddenly opened, and he ate a stick firmly under his ribs, and was kicked out of Zhang Yuyuan by Qiu Yinming. Qiu Yinming didn't wait for him to hold his chest and want to get up, stepped forward and clubbed him to the ground, turned back to the stunned peasants and said, "You guys go quickly!" ”

At this time, more than a dozen people came out of the village, and one who seemed to be the leader shouted: "What people! ”

Qiu Yinming looked at it, and the person who shouted was almost dressed like the guy in his hand, and he was probably a small leader, and said: "You beat the people in broad daylight, I can't look past it, so I will teach you a lesson." Acquaintances go back, or I'll abolish him. ”

The leader, who was unable to move on the ground with a stick and pestle, said to the door: "Fourth, we are not his opponents, let's wait for the boss to come back." ”

The leader at the door looked at it, but it didn't work, so he said, "Count you ruthless, let's withdraw." Qiu Yinming saw that he waved his hand, and the thugs all returned to Zhuangzi, so he let go of his hand. The man staggered up, picked up the double hook, turned back to Qiu Yinming and said, "We'll see." ”

When all these people entered the Zhuangzi, as soon as the door was closed, the peasants behind them surrounded them in twos and threes. An old man said to Qiu Yinming: "Hero, thanks to the hero's help today, otherwise we may not be able to go back alive." ”

Qiu Yinming hurriedly helped him up and said, "The road is uneven, so you can't ignore it." Where your family lives, let's go back quickly. ”

The old man sighed and said, "Home, home is gone." ”

A farmer on the side said: "This area of a hundred miles, more than a dozen large mines, are now occupied by this Longquan Village." A few days ago, they came to forcibly demolish our house. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Then what should you do now?" ”

Zhuang Han said: "I had to flee elsewhere." I don't go to work in the mines when I die. ”

Talked to these farmers all the way. It turned out that in the past, the large and small copper and iron mines in the vicinity were under the jurisdiction of the government, and the surplus labor of the peasants in the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of the county was requisitioned, or the unemployed vagrants in the county market towns went to work in the mines. Every year, it is busy before and after the autumn tax collection. However, since the Longquanzhuang bought out the mine from the government, in the past two or three years, it has continued to forcibly buy arable land, charge several times the land rent, and forcibly requisition labor, and those who cannot pay the rent are forced to go to the mine to work as coolies, and open mines to smelt iron and copper day and night. When the mine owner is not satisfied, it is a common thing to kill people. Someone once complained to the magistrate about their evil deeds, and the magistrate also sent people to arrest their thugs. But I heard that just a few days after being arrested, the magistrate was beaten by a group of masked people, and then had to be released. The people in the neighborhood all said that the people who beat the county were the people of Longquanzhuang. The boss of Longquanzhuang is called Ding Tong, and the three sworn brothers, collectively known as the Four Tigers of Jiangzhou, were originally robbers on the rivers and lakes, and later attached to the Qingliuhui, a big force that colluded with the government, so they dared to be so lawless.

Qiu Yinming listened to the peasants and thought about where to start investigating. Unconsciously accompanied the peasants to the place where they temporarily settled, only to see a dozen or so low thatched huts behind the ditch in front of the woods on the edge of the ridge, with wind on all sides, and a few unkempt peasant women boiling a large pot on the open bonfire. Only children do not understand the suffering, and play with the mud on the side. Several old men left him to drink saliva, but Qiu Yinming couldn't refuse, so he had to sit down on the stump and take a bowl of water handed to him by an old man. According to the old man, Ding Tong, the owner of Longquan Village, is not in Daye County every once in a while, and if he comes back, most of them will also go to the mine to inspect. Among the other three tigers, there is the old three Huang Li, that is, the one who makes the double hook, the worst, and likes to go from village to village to loot farmhouses when he has nothing to do. Qiu Yinming asked about the situation in the mine again. The old man said that in the past, when the government was in charge, it was very loose, and the common people could secretly go into the mountains to mine some mines to sell for money in the famine years. Now the idlers can't get in. A few months ago, there were coolies who escaped, saying that it was miserable and that it was common for people to die.

At night, when he returned to the Yamen of the governor of Wuchang Mansion, Qiu Yinming couldn't sleep peacefully all night. Early the next morning, he wrote a letter to the county magistrate of Daye County, asking him to come to Fucheng for a meeting on the third day. In the past two days, I have received receipts from the main hall officials of the major yamen, and the date of the visit has not been mentioned.

Another day will be the day when Governor Liu's mansion will be promoted to the court to try the bandit leader of Feihu Village. Qiu Yinming came to the yamen hall of Wuchang Mansion on time, and after a brief salute, he sat on the chair on the right hand side of the prefect. After a while, the officials struck their canes and shouted to the court, only to see a seven-foot man wearing a wooden flail on his head outside the door, and his feet were dragged and chained in. The big man's clothes were tattered, there were dried blood stains everywhere, and he seemed to have suffered a lot of knife wounds, but he did not flinch at all, but walked more vigorously than the official beside him, strode up, and refused to kneel, so he squinted at the prefect.

When Qiu Yinming saw his face, he was stunned in his heart, this look is so familiar! Just as he was thinking about it carefully, Governor Liu was shocked and said, "Bold thief, see that this mansion still doesn't kneel!" ”

The big man glanced at Governor Liu's mansion and was still standing there. Seeing this, the two officials behind picked up a stick and hit him on the leg, and after a few blows, the big man knelt down. The mouth said: "Dog officer! ”

"You! Come on, give me ...... first" Governor Liu just picked up the wooden stick in his hand, turned his head and saw Qiu Yinming looking at him with some dissatisfaction on his face, so he put his hand down and said with a calm face: "This mansion doesn't care about you." Honestly, what's your last name? Where are you from? ”

Dahan smiled at him and said, "Uncle is Qiao San, the second master of Flying Tiger Village. A hero in the rivers and lakes, he has no place of origin. ”

A flash of inspiration flashed in Qiu Yinming's mind. It turned out to be him! Isn't this exactly the Sanzhai master who fought with Dongfang Lin in the lake for half a day and was exhausted by each other when he went to Bibo Village in Poyang Lake to claim back the robbed dart silver, and he fought in the lake for a long time, and each other was exhausted! How did he become the second leader of Flying Tiger Village?

At this time, I heard Governor Liu say: "Okay." Let me ask you again, how many thieves are there in your Flying Tiger Village, and what is the name of the owner of the village? ”

Qiao San said: "We only have heroes in Flying Tiger Village, and there are no thieves." ”

"You ......" Governor Liu almost slapped the table, but he still endured it, and said with a deep breath: "Okay, how many heroes do you have?" What is the surname of the owner of the village? ”

Qiao San said: "It's pretty much the same. But Uncle just won't tell you, you can guess for yourself. ”

Qiu Yinming couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard this, and hurriedly lowered his head to hold back. This made Governor Liu angry, slapped the table, threw out an arrow, and shouted: "Bold! Thirty boards are waiting! ”

Qiao San is strong in the end, and after thirty boards, his voice is still very loud. I saw him spit on the ground and said, "I won't tell you if I kill him." Anyway, it's a capital crime, and it's a hard shot. ”

Qiu Yin looked at Governor Liu's mansion in the Ming Dynasty, and saw that his face was ugly, and he wanted to have a seizure, but maybe it was because of his governor's bad face, so he tortured him to extract a confession, so he said softly: "Lord Liu, this kind of Jiangyang thief is useless. It's better to let him draw a charge first, and then slowly use other methods to interrogate. ”

Governor Liu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Come on, take out the charges and read them." ”

The master, who was standing on one side, immediately picked up a copy of the guilty statement that had been written and read it aloud. When Qiu Yinming heard it, there were more than a dozen robberies of the government's money and grain, several ransacking of the surrounding mines, encouraging the miners to join the gangsters, and there was even a siege of Longquanzhuang and an attempt to burn the manor. Qiao San's kung fu is good, and the master of the big village must not be ordinary. It seems that this Flying Tiger Village still has some strength.

After reading it, Governor Liu said: "Do you admit your guilt?" ”

Qiao San said: "Yes, it's all made by the uncle." ”

Governor Liu said: "Since the prisoner has confessed, let him be detained." The crime is serious, and the death penalty cannot be escaped. He was first put on death row, reported to the Criminal Department, and executed in the fall. Retirement. ”

After Qiao San was taken down, Governor Liu sighed and said, "Lord Qiu, you also saw it." This thief is so arrogant, how do you say to make him tell the truth? ”

Qiu Yinming said: "It has just affected the adult's trial of the case, and Qiu is a little reluctant to go. Still, I have a way to get him to tell the truth. I am close friends with Lord Fan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he once told me some methods of the Beizhen Fu Si Judge, specifically to deal with this kind of outlaw who is not afraid of punishment. Governor Liu was curious: "Is there such a way?" Qiu Yinming said: "Lord Liu, can I go to the prison later today to talk to Qiao San alone?" ”

As soon as he heard the name of Jinyiwei's command, Governor Liu was already startled, so he naturally had no opinion, and immediately said: "Of course, of course." Mr. Qiu, please take care of yourself. Xiaguan waited for good news. ”