Fang Zi'an was quite depressed in his heart, and today he wanted to take advantage of the advantage of reason to rectify these people. In the end, it is best to reach some kind of compromise with Xia Liangdong, so that he understands that he is not easy to mess with, and he will not be able to point fingers at himself in the future. But being rushed out by Shen Ling'er to make such a fuss, the plan was completely ruined.

Shen Ling'er is an outsider, it doesn't make sense for her to get involved, originally Fang Zi'an took care of it, but Shen Ling'er ignored it after she did it. In the end, they can only take a step back and not pursue each other.

"Come here." Fang Zi'an glared at Shen Ling'er and said.

Shen Ling'er walked over with her head down, and before Fang Zi'an could speak, she apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm ruining your business, right?" It's my fault, I won't be next time. Don't tell me to go back. The girl will scold me. If you get angry, just punish me. ”

Shen Ling'er does seem to have changed sex. Fang Zi'an had never heard her speak so low-brow and pleasing before. As soon as she apologized like this, Fang Zi'an was a little embarrassed to talk about her.

"Hey, have you turned a deaf ear to what I told you before? I didn't tell you to make a move, why are you so impulsive? That's it, forget it this time, and next time, I'm really going to punish you. Fang Zi'an sighed.

"Well, there won't be a next time. I actually saw them with their blades and wanted to do it, and I was worried."

"Worried they'll kill me? You don't want to think about it, these people can't even beat you, and they still want to hurt me? Fang Zi'an sneered.

Shen Ling'er was speechless, indeed, Fang Zi'an's martial arts were above herself. You don't have to do it at all. But at that time, I was really in a hurry, so I shot without thinking. Why was he so worried that Fang Zi'an would not be able to cope with it at that time? It's really weird.

"But you're quite skilled, and you can solve these people by dividing them by two. The leather whip worked so well that I sighed to myself. That's it, let's not talk about it, let's go to Qiantangmen, I made an appointment with someone. Fang Zi'an said.

Shen Ling'er hurriedly went to lead the horse, Fang Zi'an said hello to Wang Jin, told him to inspect the patrol shop outside, and then got on the horse and took Shen Ling'er straight to Qiantang Gate.

At noon, Fang Zi'an fell on the square inside the Qiantang Gate. The Hidden Fire Brigade stationed here is not difficult to find, as a tall watchtower on the north side of the gate is built on the sound of the city wall. Taking advantage of the height of the city wall, this watchtower built on the city wall is ten feet high. Standing on this watchtower, you can observe the situation of many neighborhoods within a radius of several miles. If there is smoke or fire anywhere, it will be seen at a glance and immediately warned. More than 100 soldiers of the four submarines stationed below, the remaining soldiers, will immediately go to extinguish the fire according to their actions. This is already a very good early warning tool.

When Fang Zi'an rode his horse to the front of the camp of the garrison of the defense army, there were already several people waiting at the door. Seeing Fang Zi'an coming, Lei Hu, who had been waiting here for a long time with a few people, hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

"Your Excellency, you're here. We've been waiting here for a long time. I thought you would be here early in the morning. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled and saluted: "There are some trivial matters in the yamen that have been dealt with, and some efforts have been delayed, so you have to wait for a long time." ”

Lei Hu smiled: "That's nothing, we're here at noon anyway." My lord, let me introduce you, this one is the leader of our submarine fire team, his name is Li Dalong. It's my good brother. ”

A lean soldier in his thirties stepped forward and said, "I've seen Lord Fang, I actually knew Lord Fang yesterday, and I also appreciated Lord Fang's demeanor." It's just that you don't know the villain. Today, the fat tiger brother said that you are going to come to inspect, and the villain is very happy. ”

Fang Zi'an arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Dalong, do you have a good relationship with Brother Lei Hu?" ”

Lei Hu said: "Then do you need to say? I and Dalong are brothers. Dalong is the most righteous person I have ever met. He is not a member of Lord Xia, Dalong turned out to be the tower leader, leading four submarine fire teams. Because he offended Lord Xia, he was demoted to a team. ”

Li Dalong smiled: "Brother, don't say this, what is this?" ”

Fang Zi'an looked at Li Dalong and smiled: "Why did you offend Lord Xia?" ”

Li Dalong said: "It's nothing, I don't want to listen to him, if I do something with no conscience and no asshole, he will be unhappy." I didn't have to do this team for long, and soon I was nothing. Xia Liangdong will not allow people who don't listen to him to be the right person in the submarine fire team. He has only been here for eight or nine months, and the Hidden Fire Team is changing twenty or thirty, and anyone who doesn't listen to him will find fault and replace him. ”

Fang Zi'an nodded slightly and said, "It seems that you are all bitter, let's go, go in and chat carefully, I came here today to understand the situation." Tell me anything. ”

Lei Hu arched his hand and said: "Yes, we have already thought about it, what does Lord Fang want to know today, we will pour all the beans from the bamboo tube, say it all, and absolutely not keep it." ”

The garrison was stationed in an open area enclosed by the city wall at its back. Four submarine fire teams are stationed here, so the area is not small. On all sides are rows of barracks and warehouses, and in the middle is an open field with a radius of 100 steps, which should be a place for training on weekdays.

When everyone walked inside, they walked through the empty church field and startled a flock of sparrows to fly. Fang Zi'an frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that there are four submarine fire teams stationed here?" Why can't you even see a figure? Have you all gone out to put out the fire? ”

Li Dalong said: "My lord, there is no fire in the left near today. The soldiers must be resting in the camp. ”

Fang Zi'an said: "Do you sleep without fire?" Don't you come out for training? ”

Li Dalong said: "More than 20 of my brothers were on duty last night and are sleeping now. I'll in the afternoon. Other people and villains can't take care of it. ”

Lei Hu said on the side: "Dalong, what are you doing around the bush, just say it." Adults, except for us training, the rest don't train. At this time, I guess they are gambling money. It's okay, and the gang snuggles together to gamble and drink. ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and said, "Their lives are free. Didn't you say that Lord Xia deducted money? Doesn't it mean that life is difficult? How can there be money to gamble and drink? ”

Li Dalong smiled bitterly: "When the adults enter the barracks, let's report slowly." ”

A row of barracks on the north side is where Lei Hu Li Dalong and his team are stationed, the soldiers in the barracks are all asleep, Fang Zi'an didn't bother, and followed Lei Hu Li Dalong to a small room next to him. It looks like a public house with a team.

After sitting down, Fang Zi'an talked carefully with Li Dalong and Lei Hu. Lei Hu and Li Dalong really had no scruples, what Fang Zi'an asked, they answered, and they didn't hide it at all. As the conversation deepened, Fang Zi'an's understanding of the situation can be described as shocking.

"My lord, since Lord Xia came to the Yamen of the Fangyu Army, most of the salaries of most of the people in the Fangyu Army have been deducted half. All of them were held in his hands, and he said that this was for everyone's safekeeping, and he was afraid that everyone would spend it all in their hands. When someone disagreed, he beat him so hard that some of his soldiers were almost killed. He co-opted the teams of the various submarine fire teams and gave them some benefits, so that the people below could not make trouble. Here, he covers the sky with one hand, he is simply like a soil emperor, and no one dares to raise any doubts about him, otherwise there will be no good life. He tried to win me over, but I didn't ask for his money, so he removed my tower captain and demoted me to the rank of captain. Hey, my lord, you don't know, they have gone too far, and they are already robbers and bandits. ”

"Yes, Lord Fang, what Brother Da Long said is true, these are what we have seen with our own eyes. There are even more outrageous ones. You know what? It's our duty to go out and put out the fire, isn't it? But Lord Xia actually asked us to collect money from the people. He said that the family that caught fire had to give money to put out the fire, and if he did not give money, he would let his house burn to the ground. If we give more, we will make a big effort, and if we give less, we will make a small effort. For example, we could have put out the fire and kept the house and belongings of the people who caught the fire, but if they refused to give the money, the firefighters would wait until the fire burned up and burned everything, so as to punish the people who refused to give the money. ”

"The fat tiger brothers are telling the truth, in addition to delaying the fire and forcing people to take silver, they also used the name of firefighting to steal other people's property. Some people's homes did not burn their belongings, but they were looted by the firefighters who took advantage of the chaos. It's a shame on our defense army. Even if the common people are suspicious, there is no evidence. They will say that it was burned by fire. Now the situation is, let me just say this, we go out to put out the fire now, and the people won't let us save it. They would rather put out the fire themselves, and seeing us is like seeing a thief. Behind our backs, they all scolded us as fire rats and robbers who took advantage of the fire. ”

"Yes. Lord Fang, let me tell you something more outrageous. I heard that in order to make money, some people in our defense army even had the audacity to set fire to other people's houses, and then ran to put out the fire and blackmail people's money. You say, "Is this still a matter of admitting it?" This is simply more odious than bandits and bandits, it is simply disgusting. Although I haven't seen this in person, I guess some people can do it. In order to win over everyone, the surnamed Xia made a red envelope with dividends, and distributed silver to the team leaders and leaders every month. Where did the money come from? It was obtained by these vile means. Each submarine fire team had to hand over the silver they got first, and then Lord Xia distributed it in the name of red envelopes, and of course he himself took the lion's share. Although Brother Da Long and I also went, they never took red envelopes, because we knew that they were all money with no conscience, and we couldn't ask for anything. Lord Fang, we see that you are not afraid of things, and you are also a good official. Can you stop these acts, otherwise, our defense army will be bandits and robbers. ”

Fang Zi'an listened to what Lei Hu and Li Dalong said, and he was completely stunned. According to what they said, the defense army is already rotten, and it is already a group of robbers and bandits with no bottom line. If it goes on like this, sooner or later, the defense army will be thunderstormed, and everyone will be finished. Not to mention that the duty of fighting fires for the people and ensuring the safety of the fire in Lin'an City cannot be completed, and when the liquidation is carried out in the future, he will inevitably be unlucky. This situation must be reversed, not only for the sake of duty, but also for the sake of not being implicated in it.

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