The man was covered in blood, obviously tortured, and when he saw Cao Yin, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Miss Cao, I'm just a messenger, I told you everything I know, please spare Xiao's life." ”

Cao Yinli ignored him and smiled at Yuan Qing: "Do you know who he is?" ”

Yuan Qing couldn't keep up with the situation for a while, and shook his head.

Cao Yin took out a letter from his sleeve and said, "This is a letter written to me by Lin Mo, let me deal with Sun Shaoqing with him!" ”

Yuan Qing's head was a little confused, and he asked, "Who is Lin Mo?" Why did he deal with Miss Sun? ”

"He is Lin Zhao's eldest son, he thinks that the reason why the other three of the four chambers of commerce fell was because of the betrayal of the Sun family, and now that Sun Shaoqing has entered the county government in a grand manner, how can he not hate."

It took Yuan Qing a long time before he finally understood what Cao Yin said, and snorted: "They are self-inflicted, and they are actually to blame on Miss Sun." ”

Cao Yin said with a cold face: "Are you talking about me?" ”

"Of course not, you're not like them!" Yuan Qing said hurriedly.

"What's the difference?"

"You're a good person, they're a bad person!"

Cao Yin snorted secretly and thought, "What a fool." Said:

"After my torture, I learned that he has a group of businessmen whose interests have been damaged by the reform of the commercial market, and they have united a group of officials who are dissatisfied with Sun Shaoqing, and they have also hooked up with the Shen family, and now they are preparing to incite a civil uprising and attack Sun Shaoqing!"

Yuan Qing said in disbelief: "Official? You mean the officials in the county office? ”

"Who else is it not them? Lu Xian ordered a merchant girl to take care of them, how could they not have resentment in their hearts. ”

Although it was on the surface that Wan Tianqi made a market order, everyone knew that he was a deacon of Sun Mansion before, so he naturally listened to Sun Shaoqing.

Yuan Qing said loudly: "The common people won't listen to these bad people!" ”

"It's really naïve, they just need to say to those foolish people that Sun Shaoqing is the remnant of the four major chambers of commerce, and now they have confused the county commander, and put him under house arrest, ready to cover the sky with one hand, and put She County in the hands of Sun Fu, what do you say will happen to those foolish people?"

"Nonsense, Miss Sun is a good person, and there are many more people on the back street of the commercial market! And Lu Dacai was not placed under house arrest by her. ”

"What are you yelling at me, what should the foolish people do if they ask Lu Xian Ling to come out and speak?"

That's right, Lord Lu is not in She County now, if it is really as Miss Cao said, things will be very bad! Yuan Qing thought blankly.

He turned around and was about to leave, to inform Miss Sun of this matter, took two steps, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "Miss Cao, why are you telling me this?" ”

Cao Yin was looking closely at his back, and when she saw him suddenly turn around, she hurriedly looked away, and hummed: "You finally know how to ask, it's not to give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, and then you don't forget my good." Also, don't say I told you that. ”

The real reason is that she knows that since the county order can exterminate the eleven villages, there must be a strong armed force under her command, and with this force in hand, Sun Shaoqing will be invincible, and at most the reputation will be even worse.

So this gang will definitely lose, she is worried that they will pull themselves as a cushion before they die, Sun Shaoqing will not be polite to herself, so she can only take the initiative to report them.

Yuan Qing scratched his head and said, "Then Miss Sun asked me how I knew, what should I do?" ”

"Won't you think for yourself? Let's just say that you found this person secretly talking to a county official on a street corner, and you saw it, no? ”

Yuan Qing nodded "oh", and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard Cao Yin say to the two big men: "Sink him into the Xin'an River." ”

The man fainted in fright.

Yuan Qing was taken aback, turned his head and said, "No!" ”

Cao Yin said coldly: "He is Lin Zhao's person, what does it matter if he kills him?" ”

"How can you kill people indiscriminately?"

"It doesn't matter if someone else is there, but this person must die, if he goes back to report the news, won't Lin Mo and them be on guard?"

"No, you can't kill people for this reason, you have to act according to the law, I can lock him up first."

Cao Yin said angrily: "Then if you let him go in the future, Lin Mo and those people will know that I betrayed them, do I still have a way to live?" ”

Yuan Qing hurriedly reassured her: "Don't be angry, after I tell Miss Sun about this, she will definitely clean them up, and they won't be able to threaten you." ”

"There is also the Shen family involved, and she can't clean it up." Cao Yin said coldly.

"Then I'll lock him up until the Shen family can't pose a threat to you, and then I'll let him go!"

Cao Yin thought to herself: "This is about the same. His mouth said, "Didn't you say that you would walk according to the law?" Why do you care about someone for no reason? ”

When Yuan Qing heard what she said, his face changed slightly, and Cao Yin hurriedly said: "I'm joking, I know you're for my good." ”

"I'm not a good catcher, but you're kind enough to report the news, and I can't let you get hurt." Yuan Qing bowed his head and said.

"Is it just because I'm kind enough to report the letter?"

Yuan Qing bowed his head and was silent, and after a long time, he said sullenly: "I'm going to report the news." As he spoke, he took the messenger in one hand and strode away.

A purple-clothed man said, "Miss, then we're going out." ”

Cao Yin waved the fan lightly, signaled agreement, paced to the window, and quietly looked at Yuan Qing who was walking away quickly outside the window. She didn't fully trust Yuan Qing, so she didn't tell me about the prisoner exchange.

County office.

In the city room, Sun Shaoqing was listening to Yuan Qing's report that the Lin family colluded with the county officials and the Shen family and others to incite the civil uprising.

Wan Tianqi said lightly: "I said that those officials have been smiling lately, and I thought they were convinced of the girl, but I didn't expect to make trouble behind my back." ”

He had shaved off his beard and tied up his hair, and he looked radiant, which was very different from when he lived alone in his own courtyard.

Sun Shaoqing was extremely annoyed in his heart, and secretly thought: "I have always been afraid of letting others gossip about Brother Yuan, so I avoided suspicion everywhere, they made trouble for me, and I just lightly punished them, but I didn't expect them to kick their noses in the face, it seems that they were too polite to them before!" ”

She has an extremely cold side of her personality, but she tried her best to suppress it after following Lu Yuan, for fear that she would not like him.

She said coldly: "Yuanqing, you go and ask Zhan Zhutou to come and see me." ”

Yuan Qing responded, but in his mind, Miss Sun's angry expression was very similar to Miss Cao.

After a while, Zhan Yuan came.

"Zhan Arrest Head, you immediately send someone to secretly arrest all the direct members of the Lin family, interrogate Lin Mo, and ask who he colluded with to plan the civil rebellion, and if necessary, he can be punished. At the same time, send someone to keep an eye on the Shen family, and report any changes at any time. ”

"I see."

Zhan Yuan had already heard Yuan Qing report what had happened, and since Lord Lu had asked him to cooperate with Sun Shaoqing in business matters, and he had vaguely guessed the relationship between Sun Shaoqing and Lord Lu, he naturally cooperated very much.

……

The autumn breeze is bleak, the rice is fragrant, and before you know it, it is September, and in the fields on the outskirts of Ningguo City, the rice is already ripe, showing a golden color.

The willow trees on both sides of the official road have changed from emerald green to yellow, and with the autumn wind, the leaves of the willow trees dance, and in the blink of an eye, it seems that only the bare trunk remains.

Lu Yuan was riding on a horse, and when he saw this bleak picture, he was also a little melancholy in his heart. He stayed in Ningguo City for more than ten days, and his official position was promoted to the sixth grade, so he should be happy. But after learning that Ning Guohou was about to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, he felt as if a big stone had been pressed in his heart, and he felt very heavy.

If there were only two people before, he and Lu Yutong, he would naturally be so troubled, and it would be a big deal to fly away and flee to the north.

But after staying in She County for two months, he not only had two more responsible women, but also shouldered the fate of Hou Kaishan and others, and shouldered the expectations and yearning of the people of She County for a better life.

Presumably, this is the price that needs to be borne in a high position, and the more you have, the more you need to carry.

Only Hou Kaishan and Jin Yuanwu were accompanying them, and the other regimental training battalion sergeants had already returned to Shexian.

At this moment, Lu Yuan was taken aback, blinked vigorously, and saw a person on the road ahead with his back to him.

He hurriedly reined in his horse and was about to inquire, when the man turned around and said quietly: "Master Lu, have you been doing well lately?" ”

Lu Yuan's heart was suffocated, this woman was wearing a black tights, and it was the White Lotus Holy Maiden "Liu Yiyi". Lu Yuan was almost killed by her before, and he was very afraid of this seemingly weak, but actually weird woman.

Jin Yuanwu saw at a glance that this woman was not good, and said loudly: "Brother Hou, you take Lord Lu to go first, and I will stop her!" ”

As soon as the words fell, his body jumped up like a big bird and attacked "Liu Yiyi".

"Liu Yiyi" had a few tricks with him, and he was slightly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that there would suddenly be more masters around Lu Yuan, and he immediately concentrated on the enemy.

Hou Kaishan watched the battle for a while, and found that Jin Yuanwu had fallen into the disadvantage, and hurriedly said to Lu Yuan: "My lord, let's go quickly!" ”

Lu Yuan nodded, and was about to bypass the two of them.

Lan Liuyi wanted to stop it, but she was entangled by Jin Yuanwu, she knew that if she didn't solve this big enemy, she wouldn't be able to catch Lu Yuan today, so she no longer cared about Lu Yuan, and used all her strength to attack Jin Yuanwu.

Lu Yuan and Hou Kaishan rode rapidly for a while, and then asked, "Brother Hou, Brother Jin will be fine, right?" ”

Hou Kaishan hesitated for a moment and replied, "I should be able to survive." ”