Although Ouyang Kai had gone out of the mountain with his master before, in fact, there was no way in and out of Jinwu Mountain, and although he did a good job, it still took seven days to get out of Jinwu Mountain.

Out of Jinwu Mountain is Bali County, Bali County is the southernmost county among all the counties under the jurisdiction of Dangzhou.

Although it is called Bali County, but its jurisdiction is more than Bali, although the area is very large, but most of it is the Jinwu Mountains, only there are villages around the location of the northern county seat, and the county seat of Bali County is only more than 300 miles away from the state city of Dangzhou.

Hao Haidong, the magistrate of the county, really couldn't sleep and eat during this time, all because of the current thorny case of missing people, no, the case of robbers and robbing people,

He really couldn't figure out how he, a county magistrate in such a remote place, could be involved in such a big and difficult case.

How could anyone have the idea of a place like Bali County, where the mountains and rivers are far away, and the birds don't pull S, if he has the ability, he really wants to dig out the thief's head and see what is inside.

Since a month ago, women have continued to disappear in the inland of Bali County, and then women have also begun to disappear in the county.

It's just that thieves are very rampant, and they still secretly robbed people in the front, and then they evolved into blatant robbers, and half a month ago, they robbed the daughter of He Yuan's family in the city.

This made Hao Haidong scold his mother in his heart, this ordinary people robbed it, Hao is not afraid, if there is only one He Yuanwai, he is not afraid, but He Yuanwai's sister is the wife of Lord Lu, the governor of Yunjiang Mansion, this is the existence that he dare not provoke.

Although Dangzhou is not under the jurisdiction of Yunjiang Mansion, if the daughter of the He family has a winter melon and tofu, with Lord Lu's connections in the court, his black gauze hat will not be able to keep it, I am afraid that he will not even have to take his life.

Therefore, since the abduction of the daughter of the He family, the county government has successively sent several groups of people to Niulanshan to arrest the thieves and rescue the abducted women.

But not only did the woman not come back, but she took the lives of more than a dozen fast catchers, which was very fatal to the county government, and the yamen was about to lose the fast catch.

He also wrote to the thieves on the mountain, hoping that the thieves would put He Yuanwai's daughter down the mountain, but he never received a reply, and I don't know if the thief deliberately did not reply or could not read the words.

When he wrote the letter, it was clearly neatly written stroke by stroke, and the sentences were easy to understand, and the average literate person could understand it.

Hao Haidong scolded and scolded again, if you don't plant a good field, don't plow a good land, what's the point of being a thief! Isn't it fragrant to read, read, write, and write a little people's fat and people's ointment?

He sighed, the yamen was sure that he couldn't gnaw on this hard bone;

With the character of Ge Chixiang, the governor of the state, it is good if he doesn't trouble himself, and it is useless to report to the governor;

The mobilization of the army is not something that his small county order can accomplish, and matters involving the dispatch of the army have always required the emperor to give orders in person.

There is no way, Hao Haidong can only pay out of his own pocket to issue a reward notice,

Spend three hundred taels of silver to reward the head of the thief on Niulan Mountain, it makes his heart ache just thinking about it, his silver is not blown by the wind, it is what he scavenged bit by bit, three hundred taels of silver, how long will it take him to scavenge back!

But the thought that three hundred taels of silver could save his life and the black gauze hat made him feel a lot more balanced in his heart, and he was not afraid of having no money to scrape.

Ouyang Kai didn't plan to go up to Niulan Mountain to find thieves, but when he was about to leave after reading the notice, he heard someone say that the thieves in Niulan Mountain had good hand and foot skills, especially their good palm skills, which made him a little moved.

He is not familiar with the place, he needs to inquire about some information about the Niupen Mountain Thieves, at this time, the news in the tavern is often better than the government, and there is more news than the government.

Although Bali County is remote and poor, there are taverns, but the number of people who come to patronize them will be a little less than the taverns in the big city, but it does not affect its well-informed information.

The county seat is not large, and Ouyang Kai soon found a tavern on the street.

"Yo, guest officer, please come in, you have come to the right place, the best wine in Bali County is here with us, what do you need?" The shopkeeper led Ouyang Kai into the tavern and sat down at a table of eight immortals.

"A pot of sake." Ouyang Kai took out a piece of broken silver and said lukewarmly.

"Okay, guest officer, please wait a minute, your wine will be here soon!" After collecting the money, Xiao Er quickly went to prepare the drinks.

"Have you gone to see it, the county magistrate has issued a reward notice of three hundred taels of silver, which is on the city wall next to the city gate." There were two drinkers sitting at a table next to Ouyang Kai, and the other table was a man in Tsing Yi, and the fatter of the two drinkers spoke.

"Why is this iron rooster so generous this time, the sun has come out of the west?" The thinner drinker, apparently ignoring the sign, asked.

"It's not to destroy the gang of Niulanshan thieves who robbed the He family's daughter, the case of Niulanshan has caused the Yamen to suffer a lot......" The fat drinker obviously knew more about this, and said eloquently.

Between the words, Xiao Er brought Ouyang Kai wine, "Come, guest officer, your wine, please use it slowly!" After speaking, he poured a full cup for Ouyang Kai.

Xiao Er and Shopkeeper He in the tavern are definitely the most informed and well-informed in the city, just give some tips, and they will tell you.

took out a piece of silver and put it in front of Xiao Er, Ouyang Kai said to Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, tell me about the case of Niulanshan." ”

"Guest officer, you really have found the right person, there is nothing in this Bali County that my two dogs don't know, from the county magistrate's court to the court to the Li family's widow taking a bath, I know everything." The shopkeeper put away the benefit fee given by Ouyang Kai and said with a smile.

Ouyang Kai didn't care about the shopkeeper's bragging, and he didn't bother to do such a thing as peeking at the widow taking a bath.

Seeing that Ouyang Kai looked calm, he was not affected by his words, and the shopkeeper did not sell Guanzi, and talked about the case directly.

"The first case that happened was the disappearance of the daughter of the old Zhang family outside the city, that girl is very smart, anyone who sees it will be excited, my second dog just looked at it and ......" The shopkeeper began to talk eloquently.

"Ahem, say Niulanshan!" Ouyang Kai was not interested in what the girl of the Zhang family looked like, and said coldly.

Xiao Er also found that he said something crooked, and quickly turned back, "A month ago, the girl of the Zhang family disappeared, and Lao Zhang came to Yamen to report the case, and was blasted out by the county magistrate, saying that the daughter of the Zhang family may just go out to play, and will come back in a few days.

Next, every two or three days, villagers from outside the city came to report that their daughter was missing, and Lord Hao saw that there were more missing people, so he ordered an investigation.

Soon I knew that it was the thieves in Niulanshan who robbed people, but it was useless to find out, Lord Hao did not send people to rescue those women, so that the thieves became more and more rampant, from sneaking and robbing people to robbing people openly,

Half a month ago, the daughter of He Yuanwai's family was plundered by thieves on the mountain in full view of everyone, He Yuanwai was very angry, and told Hao that if he could not save his daughter, Hao would be responsible for the consequences. It's just that people were not saved, but they took the lives of many quick catchers. ”

Ouyang Kai drank the wine gently, and he had a little understanding of things in his heart.

"Guest officer, I also know the number of some bullpen mountain thieves, can you see ......" The shopkeeper saw that what Ouyang Kai wanted to know was not what he had just said, and looked at Ouyang Kai with a flattering expression.

Ouyang Kai looked at the shopkeeper with an indifferent face, which made the shopkeeper tremble a little, his eyes were a little sharp, and then Ouyang Kai took out another piece of silver and gave it to the shopkeeper.

Xiao Er is also an understanding person, and then he opened his mouth to introduce the Bullpen Mountain Thief,

"More than a month ago, that group of thieves had entered the store, there were a total of thirteen or fourteen of them, the leader was a bald head, no hair, according to them, the bald head was a martial arts master, kung fu is very good, what to say to learn from the Panlong Sect Master, what will be the Nine Shadows Palm Method."

Nine Shadows Palm Technique? This attracted Ouyang Kai's attention, the master was interrupted by someone with a palm technique and died, recalling the scene before the master's death, Ouyang Kai's hatred in his heart was instantly released, and an amazing chill erupted on his body.

The shopkeeper suddenly shivered, it was so cold!

Noticing Xiao Er's movements, Ouyang Kai put away his thoughts, "You go on!" ”

Xiao Er Chang breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "They also mentioned what is not a miracle, the girl of the Zhang family was robbed ten days after they left, and it was not until later that they entered the city to rob people, and we recognized them,

And later, when they went to rob the daughter of the He family, the He family's family had already discovered the thief and called more than 20 family members to besiege them. ”

Martial arts master? Scold! Ouyang Kai's eyes were full of contempt, but he was sure that the hairless thief leader was not the murderer who killed the master, but maybe the bald head knew something.

Xiao Er didn't notice Ouyang Kai's disdainful expression, and continued to talk about the bravery of the bald head, "That bald head is really powerful, he has gone up the mountain many times to catch thieves, and every time he has lost his soldiers and returned, and he who can't come back is slapped to death by the bald head.

But then again, these thieves are indeed cunning, they actually chose Niulan Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is only one small road in the entire Niulan Mountain.

If the government wants to rectify them, there is no way to do it, otherwise Lord Hao, who is not pulling out a dime, would not have issued a reward notice of three hundred taels. ”

Ouyang Kai already had a general understanding in his heart, and waved his hand to signal that Xiao Er could go down, Xiao Er was like being amnestied, this guest officer was too cold, too crazy, turned around and wanted to leave, but he knew that one of his feet was soft and almost fell, but fortunately, his hand speed was fast enough and he held on to the table next door.

Ouyang Kai knew what he wanted to know, and after settling the bill, he left the tavern.

"This brother, that gang of thieves is not easy to deal with, let's cooperate!" A soft voice came from behind.