"Boss, there's news over there, saying that the kid who took Su Lun into the river that day has come back, and the fifth child asks if you want to do it?"

"Oh? Actually back? It seems that Su Lun is not dead. ”

"And now are we?"

"The things over there let the old five keep an eye on, and the things here are the most important, and they are related to the lifeblood of our entire cottage."

"But the Li family is a famous family in the entire south, and if we attack the Li family, I am afraid that it will attract the encirclement and suppression of the official army."

"Don't worry, if the officers and soldiers are there, someone will help us stop it."

This is a group of bandits, who are ambushing on an official road leading to Jinling City in the north, and the boss of the bandits is a scar-faced, smiling with a cruel smile when he speaks, which is extremely scary.

And they were also the group that assassinated Su Lun some time ago, just because Lin Yang led people to jump into the river, so that they returned in vain, and they also lost some masters, and most importantly, they refused to pay commissions on the grounds that they did not complete the task, and they were not opponents on the other side, so they could only focus on robbing other merchants.

Originally, they planned to do it directly in the city, but because Su Lun was assassinated, the entire Jinling City was in a big rage, and most of the people they hid in the city were found out, and the original plan was stillborn.

They are the bandits in the neighborhood, there are more than 100 people, who are doing the business of robbing houses and houses, most of them are wanted criminals, there is no way to be naturalized, and these more than 100 people also need three meals a day to solve the problem of food and clothing.

Usually, they can also tie up meat tickets, rob past merchants to barely survive, but with the martial law of Jinling City, most of their economic resources have been cut off.

Reckless people are more open-minded, like to drink a lot of wine, eat meat in large pieces, divide gold and silver in large scales, although the money comes quickly but also spends quickly, never have the habit of saving grain for the winter, just think about eating to rob it, so as soon as Jinling City is under martial law, their lives will be instantly poor.

Without money, there is no way to drink a lot of wine, eat a lot of meat, and they can't go to the Qinglou once or twice from time to time to get a little meat, such days are very painful for those of them who have already let themselves go.

In the past ten days, due to the exhaustion of food and the distance from the cottage, the food on weekdays was snatched from the nearby villages, and several villages in the vicinity were looted by them, and the people were miserable, so they had to jointly write a letter to the official.

It's just that Nangong Wang has been busy dealing with Su Lun's affairs for a while, and he has no time to take care of this matter at all, so he just handed it over to a catcher at will.

But just a catcher with a few servants, where can they fight against the other party's gang of thieves who rob the road with knives, so the officials are all yang and yin, although they take people out of the city every day, in fact, they are drinking tea in a roadside teahouse, until dusk, before returning, prevaricating with a lame excuse.

Although Nangong Wang also knew about this, he also knew that it was really difficult for a strong man to let a few quick officials go to do things and capture the thief, and if he wanted to succeed, he had to use the official army, so he had to turn a blind eye and let them go, anyway, it was just a show and delayed time.

His most important task at the moment is to solve the case of Suren's disappearance.

When a secret person came to report and learned that Lin Yang had actually returned, Nangong Wang immediately ordered the government to arrest and go to Luo's house quickly, and brought Lin Yang to the government for questioning on the grounds of assisting in the investigation of the case.

At this point, a day has passed, Luo Wan's condition has improved slightly, but when she saw that her eldest brother was taken away by the officials, she fainted again.

For the man standing in the hall, Nangong Wang was resentful, he couldn't help but be resentful, if he could, he would rather not see this person, he was afraid that he would be taken to the ditch again.

It's a pity that it concerns Su Lun, the governor of Jiangsu, the governor of a province, who was assassinated by thieves and uncertain about his life and death in the state capital.

"The people in the hall, do you know why this official summoned you here?" For Lin Yang, Nangong Wangyan dared to be careless, and he was afraid that he would be caught by this person, so he did not dare to act beyond the law.

The old guy is also cautious, and it seems that it is a little difficult to pit him again. Lin Yang stared at Nangong Wang sullenly, and said loudly: "The grass people were in disaster, they only returned home yesterday, and they were escorted to the court by the officials today. ”

Bang!

"The old man is the official of Jinling's parents, how can he bend the law for favoritism, you don't want to confuse your words in the court, otherwise you will not blame the official for the crime of spreading rumors and causing trouble. I asked the officials to invite you, not to let people capture you, you have to make this clear. Shocked, Nangong Wang's words were righteous, and he glared angrily.

For Nangong Wang's caution, Lin Yang was also amused in his heart, and his mind changed, so he pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "I can't see any attitude of inviting people, the adults sent officials to my house to get people, first, they did not issue any documents, second, they did not explain any crimes of the grass people, and third, they did not inform my family in advance, so that they wanted to shackle people with shackles, so that the seriously ill sister in the family fainted, if my sister has three long and two short, this matter will not be so simple to be closed." ”

Hearing this, the official who was in charge of inviting people was arrested, and his heart trembled fiercely, he originally wanted to use officials to oppress people and vent his evil anger for the master, but he never thought that he would provoke such many crimes.

Nangong Wang didn't expect that these people would be like this, and he shouted angrily: "How did the official instruct you when you went, you actually did such an overstepping thing, but you knew the law and broke the law at the palace gate, and you didn't give this prince a salute to make amends, and asked the prince to forgive, otherwise the official will punish you." ”

After speaking, Nangong Wang turned to get up, left the desk and walked in front of Lin Yang, and took the lead to clench his fists slightly: "This official is not effective in governance, and he has offended the son, and I hope to forgive him." ”

"This son, we are offended, please understand!" The few fast catchers also hurriedly bent down.

This old guy is not slow to react, and he is also in a high position, if he doesn't have this tactfulness, sooner or later he will fall into the abyss forever. Lin Yang said that he couldn't bear it, but he honestly accepted the gift without moving, and then pretended to help Nangong Wang: "My lord is condescending, I can't afford to be so polite to you." ”

Nangong Wang felt aggrieved in his heart: "You kid has suffered everything, why do you say such undesirable words, eventful, if it weren't for the old man walking on thin ice, I would definitely deal with this guy strictly." ”

"Get up too!" Lin Yang said to the few officials who bent down at 90 degrees, and a few people were amnesty, but before they could gain a firm foothold, Lin Yang's voice made them desperate again: "My sister is seriously ill, and you have given her such a fright, should you pay for the medical expenses and mental damage?" ”

When Nangong Wang heard this, his heart trembled suddenly, remembering that he was pitted for four thousand taels, and suddenly he could only give up the idea of talking to the four people, he didn't want to be dragged into the water by this person.

"Friends of the dead Dao are not dead and poor, you can ask for more blessings for yourself."

The four of them quietly looked at their own adults, and when they saw that their adults turned their heads away and didn't look at their own people, they immediately knew that the four of them were thrown away by adults, so they could only sigh lightly.

The head catcher said: "I don't know how much the son wants to claim, the four of us will compensate." ”

Although the Xia Dynasty had internal and external troubles, the Central Plains of the south of the Yangtze River was rich since ancient times, and the head catcher was on an errand in the yamen, and he could get seven yuan in a month, and he could get five yuan in a month, and he could get seven taels of silver and five taels of silver when he closed the silver, which was a good errand for a relatively fat man. (Consistent = 1000 Wen, 1000 Wen = one tael of silver, one tael of gold = ten taels of silver = 10000 Wen)

Thinking of this, Lin Yang was not polite, and said directly: "Since you have shocked your sister, but you have no intention, I will not charge you more, and each person will give twenty-five taels of silver, so this matter is over, how about it?" ”

"Twenty-five taels!"

The four dukes all changed color, which was equivalent to half a year's income, but despite this, they could only grit their teeth and swallow, and looked at Nangong one after another, and said: "Master, the younger ones have never carried so much money on them, and I also ask the master to convert the yamen money into payment, and we will not receive it again in the next few months." ”

Nangong Wang knew that he was quite sorry for these four people, so he agreed to their request, which calmed Lin Yang's emotions, and then began to ask: "Prince Lin Yang, it is said that when you were assassinated, you took Master Su into the Qinhuai River, and now you have returned safely, I don't know where Lord Su is now?" ”

Lin Yang's face suddenly showed a touch of sadness, and he burst into tears: "Tell my lord, the grass people don't know where Master Su is, where the two of us threw themselves into the water, maybe because of the siltation of sediment, which caused the riverbed to rise, and the water flow was relatively turbulent, I myself was nine deaths, and I was washed out of a long distance, if I had to be rescued by an old farmer, the grass people would have drowned in the Qinhuai River." Lord Su is kind to the small people, and please be sure to find Lord Su. ”

"You really don't know?" Nangong Wang's brows furrowed, he obviously didn't want to believe it, but he couldn't help Lin Yang's superb acting skills, so that he couldn't catch any omissions and flaws.

"Save your old peasant, where does your family live?" Nangong Wang continued to ask.

"The old farmer lives in Wuyi Lane, I lived in the old man's house for five or six days, before I was able to relieve the difficulty of being full of water, and I was able to get out of bed yesterday, so I didn't see the missing person notice issued by the adult, because I heard that my sister was suffering from a serious illness and died soon, so I rushed home yesterday, and was invited by the adult today."

Lin Yang handed him an ambiguous address, and the place where he actually lived was called Wanmin Lane, which was the fixed residence of farmers in the city, and the population was large and mixed, so it would be very difficult to send someone to investigate.

Nangong Wang frowned and said, "Can you lead the way for us?" Go meet the old farmer. ”

"Yes, but you may not see people, those people saw the officials and ran away resolutely, plus the thieves made a rebellion, the soldiers were on duty at night, and the people over there generally did not believe in the court." Lin Yang looked embarrassed and said, "I suggest that you let the public Qiao Zhuang change it and verify it secretly." ”