Yuan Jinpei picked up the teapot on the table and wanted to pour a cup of tea for Gu Qingchu, but found that the teacup was missing a corner, and the tea leaves were black and looked inferior.

"Why recruit refugees."

What Yuan Jinpei asked was also what Gu Qingchu wanted to ask.

If Hongjiazhai wants to expand its numbers and become stronger, it should definitely not take the refugees away with such fanfare, and the government will investigate them sooner or later.

The move of the bandits who live in a remote area is to declare war on the imperial court, and it will not be them hiding in the back mountains for more than a month, even if they wait for half a year, the soldiers will have to guard and eradicate people.

This kind of recruitment is no different from rebellion.

The leader of the bandits didn't dare to look at Yuan Jinpei directly, looked down at the ground, rolled his eyes, licked his lips and said, "Qingfeng Village and Hongjiazhai a hundred miles away have a festival, and the little one wants to take the refugees to loot them." ”

Yuan Jinpei glanced at the guards guarding outside the hall, and his subordinates immediately understood, kicked at the knee of the bandit leader, and when he arrived, the person knelt on the ground, and the guard reprimanded: "My lord is willing to give you a chance to talk to you, and then dare to play tricks and correct the law on the spot!" ”

"Yes, yes, the adults forgive their sins, and the little ones say everything." The leader of the thieves begged for mercy, regretting it in his heart, knowing that Tianwei Si was not a foolish person, he dared to get an axe, and his life was going to be gone!

"It was the small one who heard the news that the silver that the imperial court gave to Huainan for disaster relief passed by Chaoge, and the small one wanted to do the last vote, and then return to the mountains and forests, let the refugees join Hongjiazhai, in order to let them give us the forward life, and then put the blame on them."

After being frightened, the leader of the bandits told all the previous plans, because robbing the official seal is a felony, and now that it has not happened, he naturally does not dare to say what he thinks in his heart, thinking about concealing it, but he did not expect to be seen through in an instant.

As soon as he said this, Gu Qingchu nodded slightly, no wonder the people of Hongjiazhai spent their money to recruit refugees to join the gang, this is to send them to death, if it is really successful, the silver taels for disaster relief are enough for these bandits to worry about the rest of their lives.

"Where did you hear the news?" Yuan Jinpei asked.

The leader of the thieves trembled and swished, saying that he met Huang Er when he returned to his hometown in the village. Yuan Jinpei asked the leader of the bandits to bring the man in, only to find that the man was gone.

According to the people in the house, Huang Er didn't come back when he went out to run errands a few days ago, everyone was not surprised, there was money in his pocket, and it was normal to linger in the city for a few days looking for a flower girl.

"Take it away." Yuan Jinpei didn't ask any more questions, and directly asked the guards to take people away.

Huang Er needs to be checked.

*

It was getting overcast, dark clouds covered the sky, and a light rain began to fall, and as the clouds gathered more and more, the rain became heavier and heavier.

The government soldiers rushed to Hongjiazhai after receiving the news, and Gu Qingchu and Yuan Jinpei left on horseback, leaving the guards and officers and soldiers to escort the robbers down the mountain.

This was requested by the prefect to Yuan Jinpei, who was afraid that the Tianwei Division would no longer be able to resist the bandits' resistance.

Gu Qingchu said that she was in a hurry to go home to report her safety, in fact, because the poison of the Southern Barbarians came out today, and she had to receive Yuan Jinpei as Ning Lianghou in the afternoon, so she needed to hurry back and prepare.

Along the way, Gu Qingchu left Yuan Jinpei far behind, whenever she thought she had thrown Yuan Jinpei away, the next moment she would look back and the person would be not far from her.

In this way, one after the other, until the gate of the city, the two parted ways.

The jade bracelet in the mansion was already like an ant on a hot pot, thinking that if the young lady didn't come back before the afternoon, she could only take Ning Lianghou's token to the mansion to report to the official.

Seeing Gu Qingchu return safely, the jade bracelet stroked his chest and said, "My young lady, you are finally back, did you encounter any difficulties?" ”

Gu Qingchu told Jade Bracelet about her encounter with bandits in Hongjiazhai, and Jade Bracelet listened to it with tears in her eyes.

"God doesn't have long eyes, Miss, you are such a good person, why are you so difficult, today I realized your difficulty, if this happened before, I could still find your staff or trusted subordinates for help, but today I found that no one can be found, I didn't realize that it was not thirty years ago......"

The more she talked about the jade bracelet, the more distressed Gu Qingchu became, now that the young lady woke up alone, she should have felt the big gap a long time ago, but she didn't know anything.

"Stupid, it wasn't much more difficult back then, wasn't it reborn by me in adversity, you just need to believe me." After speaking, Gu Qingchu patted the shoulder of the jade bracelet, and then entered the pharmacy.

She knows that the jade bracelet is a grassy character that cannot be suppressed and optimistic.

Sure enough, the jade bracelet immediately wanted to open, the current situation is difficult, but it is already very good than before, and it will only get better and better in the future, Miss still has her by her side, and she must do things more steadily in the future, and she can't drag Miss back!

She has to think carefully about finding a few available maids for Miss, and it is best to be clever and cultivate her from a young age so that she can be loyal, and Ming'er will go to Yaxing to pick a few......

In the afternoon, Yuan Jinpei came to Ningliang Houfu, and the antidote of the Southern Barbarians was made, not only that, but Gu Qingchu also prepared a return gift for the Southern Barbarians.

"The Southern Barbarians are insidious and cunning, in order to maximize the benefits of toxicity, the poisoned people linger on the sickbed for months without dying, and they are contagious, so they give the patient a chance to be treated......"

Gu Qingchu talked about how to use the antidote, and then asked the jade bracelet to hand Yuan Jinpei a wooden box full of purple pills.

"What is this?" Yuan Jinpei, who had put away the antidote and formula, asked puzzledly, what are the antidotes just now?

"Since the Southern Barbarians dare to use poison, wouldn't it be rude for us to fight back in Great Xia?"

Yuan Jinpei raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he asked cooperatively: "It's really a bit rude, I don't know if Ning Lianghou can have a high opinion?" ”

This is also Yuan Jinpei, if he comes to another official, he will never dare to answer, and he will never dare to say anything about the means of the south.

Gu Qingchu was satisfied with Yuan Jinpei's attitude, this was to be embarrassed with her, not to be like-minded!

"I have fought with the Nanban, I know each other's weaknesses, they are born allergic to weeds, accidental ingestion can cause itching all over the body, paralysis and stiffness of the limbs, and weakness of the whole body and can't walk, this is a pill made of weeds, you just need to throw it into the water upstream"

Back then, Gu Qingchu used this to make the Southern Barbarians cry and call their mothers, which was not just a tragic word, but now due to the terrain, the Southern Barbarians can be poisoned unscrupulously, but the Xia Dynasty cannot.

The people of the Great Xia Dynasty are all on the land, and it doesn't matter if they use the Herb Pills, the people of the Xia Dynasty are not afraid of this, only the unique physique of the Southern Barbarians will be recruited.

This was discovered by Gu Qingchu later, at that time, the southern barbarians had been defeated and retreated, and a small force was left on the run, and after discovering this from the captives, Gu Qingchu used it on that group.

made the other party miserable, and took the initiative to surrender a few days later.

Because it was the late stage of the war, this method was not widely used, so there were not only people, but even the Southern Barbarians only thought that Gu Qingchu had poisoned him.

didn't know that his weakness was mastered by Gu Qingchu, and if he used this point well, it would be easy to repel the Southern Barbarians.

This is not just a riposte, but also a favor to Yuan Jinpei, this information is now in addition to Ning Lianghou, but only Yuan Jinpei knows.