Early in the morning of the second day, Cao Yi took the red sleeves to the Jiangning Mansion early to go through the registration and tax inspection and other related procedures, with Yang Gong's entrustment, the efficiency of the following departments has become fast, within an hour, everything has been handled, all the deed price and tax silver have been paid, and stamped with the red official seal.

After the contract agreement was registered and recorded, Cao Yi found Yang Gong again, originally wanting to say goodbye, and after all, it was a great help, but Yang Gong said that he had something to do.

In the room used to rest in Yang Pingshi's mansion, Yang Gong looked at Cao Yi, as if he was hesitating to say or not, Cao Yi didn't know what Yang Gong wanted to say to him, so he didn't urge, just sat and waited for Yang Gong to speak, and after a while, I heard Yang Gong say: "Nephew, what you told me before, about the attack on your restaurant's wine convoy, I just replied to me in the morning, saying that I had found the bandit's nest......"

Cao Yi stood up suddenly, and asked eagerly, "Yang Gong, where is it and which direction?" ”

Yang Gong took out a map of Jiangning Mansion from his arms, handed it to Cao Yi, and pointed out the location where the bandit was hiding with his finger and said: "At the junction of Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Prefecture, a place called Soul Mountain, where the road is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, that thief really picked a good place!" ”

Cao Yi took the map and looked at it carefully, it was indeed in the middle of Jiangning City and Dangtu Gu City in Taiping Prefecture, the location was really dangerous, Cao Yi raised his head and asked: "Yang Gong, I will borrow this map for the time being, let me go back and draw a few pictures, and then send it back." ”

Yang Gong shook his hand and said: "No, you can take this one, there is still it in the official government, but I want to remind you that this bandit is extremely vicious, but it is extremely cunning, our Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Prefecture have jointly encircled and suppressed, but unfortunately the bandits are very familiar with the local terrain, as soon as we go to them, they will flee to the surrounding mountains, and when we run away and come back, we are very angry." ”

"Yang Gong, leave this group of bandits and bandits to me, I have received a reward order issued by the government, and I am also famous, but I have to prepare for a period of time, first understand the bandits' activity area and escape route, and arrange the corresponding means in advance, otherwise it is very easy for them to escape again." Cao Yi looked at the map in his hand and said confidently.

"It's just a matter of escaping, I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will suffer a loss in the face of thieves, and the gains will outweigh the losses......" Yang Gong frowned and said worriedly.

"Don't worry, Yang Gong, I'm going to encircle and suppress, not to send me to death, if I can't do anything, I won't force it to hit hard, it's best to succeed in a sneak attack, first ambush and kill the living force with all my strength, and then think about the prisoners. But for now, I'm going to have someone investigate first, and I'll be ready before I plan to do it! ”

Yang Gong nodded when he heard this, and said with concern: "In fact, there is no requirement from the government at all, as long as the bandits are removed." Zhaozheng's nephew, the old man still wants to advise you, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, some things do not need to be done personally, you can hand over this bandit to Wang Zhiyuan and Liu Baiqing to do, you don't have to take risks yourself. ”

"Thank you Yang Gong for your concern, I have a number in my heart, you also know that my Cao family has been a general for generations, and every boy has the fantasy of fighting on the battlefield, I am just more interested in military strategy...... And this time I can also take the opportunity to train those nursing homes in actual combat, and in the future, my caravan will need to be used when I go to other state capitals to open a drunken immortal building, and after the actual battle, I can have a significant improvement. Cao Yi hurriedly replied, folded the map and put it in his arms, and after a while, he asked again, "Then Yang Gong, now can I ask Cuiweilou and Qingyuanlou for money according to the punishment clause in the contract!" ”

"Of course you can, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the way of business naturally abides by the terms of the contract, and now your white deed has been stamped with the official seal of the government, which already has legal effect, so you only need to let the two restaurants pay you according to the amount stated in the terms, if they are not willing to pay, you just tell me, I have the witness, you also have the physical evidence, and the official seal is also on it, if you want to deny it, I will seal their restaurant and let them compensate!" Yang Gong waved his hand very domineeringly and said.

"With Yang Gong's words, then I can rest assured, I will have a showdown with them in the next two days." Cao Yi's eyes were full of fierce looks, for this kind of person, he didn't have that kind of woman's kindness, and he needed to kill chickens and monkeys to set an example. 5599

Then Cao Yi talked to Yang Gong about the trivial matters of the New Year, saying that his son Yang Ziang would almost come to Jiangning tomorrow for the New Year's reunion, and when the time came, let Cao Yi also come over, have a light meal at home, and get to know each other, Cao Yi naturally agreed.

The two chatted for a while, and Cao Yi said goodbye with interest, although it is nearly the end of the year, some of the official affairs that should be closed have already been completed, and there are so many subordinates performing their duties, but Yang Gong is the prefect of a government after all, no matter what, it can be regarded as a court official with real power, and even compared to the Jiedu envoy, it is more like a feudal official, judging from Cao Yi's official position before the crossing, it is the position of the secretary of the provincial party committee, and there must be a lot of official documents to be reviewed and approved every day, so when Cao Yi proposed to leave, Yang Gong did not keep it.

When Cao Yi and Red Sleeves returned to the Drunken Immortal Building, they had just gotten off the carriage, and they saw Qingwen trotting down from the gate all the way, running to a foot in front of Cao Yi before stopping, and said urgently after a blessing......

Cao Yi nodded, first instructed the red sleeves to put away these contracts, and then sped up his pace to the seat, and when Cao Yi walked in, he saw Jin'er lying on the table, whimpering in a low voice, and his shoulders twitched together, from sobbing from time to time to continuous low crying, as if he heard the footsteps, raised his head, his eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and the tears were still hanging on his fair face.

Jin'er opened her red and swollen eyes, and when she saw Cao Yi coming, she was just crying in a low voice, but suddenly a "wow" broke out, and she cried even more sadly. Cao Yi was helpless, so he had to take a silk handkerchief to her, and persuaded him in a good voice: "Miss Jin'er, what's wrong with you?" Where's your young lady? ”

Cao Yi didn't ask, but when he asked where Jin'er's fish mystery was, Jin'er immediately cried even louder, Cao Yi was helpless, so he had to patiently comfort: "Okay, Jin'er, don't cry, tell me if there is anything, I can definitely help, I don't know what's going on if you keep crying now......"

Jin'er may have been crying too sadly, and at this time she obviously wanted to stop and tried her best to stop crying, but unfortunately her body still didn't obey the call, and her shoulders still twitched from time to time. Cao Yi was also anxious to wait over there, and finally had no choice but to threaten: "Jin'er, if you don't say anything, I'll leave!" ”

"Ahh Other! Cao ...... Cao ...... Son...... Woo woo woo ......" Jin'er quickly stood up and spoke, but before she could speak, she began to cry again.

Cao Yi sighed and said, "Jin'er, is it that your young lady has an accident, if you don't say it, if you delay time and cause things to be irreparable, then you will really regret it!" ”

Jin'er was so frightened that she quickly wiped away the tears on her face with both hands, and said with a sob: "Cao ...... Son...... I want to ...... I want to find you...... The ...... who borrowed money" glanced up at Cao Yi, then immediately lowered his head and whispered: "My young lady and I will slowly save money...... Give back your ...... to Cao Gongzi little by little."

Cao Yi laughed unconsciously when he heard this, but when he saw Jin'er who was still sobbing, he felt embarrassed, so he coughed and said softly: "Miss Jin'er, how much do you want to borrow?" ”

"One...... One...... Ten thousand taels! Jin'er seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage, raised her head firmly and said quickly, but seeing Cao Yi's stunned expression, she immediately lowered her head again, and said nonorly: "Ah no, Cao ...... Cao Gongzi, nine thousand taels is enough! ”

Cao Yi was a little amused by Jin'er's surprise, but he still held back and asked softly, "Miss Jin'er, why are you borrowing so much money?" ”

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