"Eh, what's going on, our family has also been poisoned!" Several rich people sat around, all with sad faces, and kept complaining.

"What happened to your family? Do we have anyone here who hasn't been hacked by those people? The head of the Lin family asked, with a sad face and didn't know what to do.

The head of the Chen family next to him couldn't help but be angry, "If you want me to say, you should blame the Mu family, the warriors who fought the Northern Martial Arts were not good at fighting one by one, why did they let this bandit run rampant?" ”

"You're stupid!" The head of the Xiao family slapped the table, "Don't forget, we haven't paid taxes for several months, and now calling Xiaolin's people over, isn't it luring wolves into the house?" ”

"yes, yes." The head of the Lin family echoed, "Don't forget what we have done. ”

The head of the Chen family disagreed, "Then let that gang of bandits run amok?" Count that we have each lost thousands of taels of silver, even if we have money, we can't afford to be so hocky! ”

It turned out that in recent days, there have been many burglars in nearby counties, and the target is the rich people in the major counties, who do not hurt people, only steal small pieces of jewelry and silver, and steal every night, and leave a text saying that it is a bandit in this vicinity. After hearing about this, the yamen sent several groups of people to check and arrest them, but there was no trace of them on the mountain, and the modus operandi was extremely clever, and they could not catch a single flaw. After a few days, they calculated that the previous and backward families had lost more than 20,000 taels of property together.

The head of the Chen family poked his head over, "Mu Changchuan must already know about us, with his ability, we won't believe it if he doesn't know." But he hasn't made a move, and he must be afraid of us, so why not fight? ”

"No, no, no." The other two shook their heads like rattles, saying that they did not agree with anything.

So several families persisted for a few more days, stepping up patrols every night, but the property was still lost.

These families are all local snakes, who wants to offend them? So these yamen took matters into their own hands and directly sent people to report to Tianbei City, asking for support from Tianbei City.

By the time several families knew about this matter, the yamen had already received a reply from Tianbei that they would deal with the matter properly, and the county magistrate also ran to a few people like a merit and said that the angry people almost didn't beat people out. But the matter has come to this point, and it can't be stopped, and a few people worship the sky and the earth, hoping that the Mu family will not come to settle accounts with them.

After Xiaolin's men and horses arrived, they didn't even enter the county seat, and immediately turned their heads and ran to the mountains and forests. I thought that Mu Changchuan had any great ability, but now it seems that he is only afraid of softness and hardness.

No one knew what method Xiao Lin used, and in just one day, Xiao Lin arrested the gang of bandits, tied them with hemp ropes, put them on their hoods, and escorted them back.

These big families couldn't keep their mouths shut with joy, and finally they didn't have to be bothered by this gang of thieves disturbing their houses. As a result, when Xiaolin's army left, a few people suddenly remembered that Xiaolin had arrested people, and the property had not been returned!

A few more families were worried, and the yamen went to communicate with Tianbei, but Tianbei had to ask the victim to go in person, there was no way, the heads of these families had to pack up their things and honestly went to Tianbei to find Mu Changchuan.

Just when he was worried here, the former army smiled.

It turned out that this group of bandits was none other than a group of soldiers who were strong in rock climbing and wall walking led by Xia Qingchen himself. These more than 200 people are all elites, how can they be caught by the people in the yamen? If it weren't for the code with Xiaolin, it would not be easy for Xiaolin's people to arrest them.

In order to make up for them being tied up, Mu Changchuan authorized them to take as much as they wanted, and one-tenth of it could be used as a former military subsidy. They took out sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver from the houses of several families, and when they brought them back, they were all loaded in ox carts. A tenth for a former army subsidy? There are also more than 6,000 taels of silver, you know, generally an ordinary family of five, the money that can be saved in a year is only two or three taels of silver, more than 6,000 taels of silver, and one or two of people participating in the task, which is worth half a year's income.

Mu Changchuan also smiled, and the remaining more than 60,000 yuan of silver was just enough to replenish the city treasury, although he had to return half of it in the end, Mu Changchuan was ready to make a ruthless mistake.

The heads of the family soon ran to Tianbei to ask for their belongings.

As soon as they entered the Mu Mansion, several family heads were stunned. Mu Zijin and Mu Xuyun exchanged hands in the front yard, their clothes fluttering, the sword swords, the sword swayed in the sun, and from time to time the sunlight was reflected on their eyes, shining with a tingling pain. But the servants didn't care so much, and still invited a few masters of the house to walk through the front yard and go to the hall. A few people didn't hesitate, they struggled for a long time, money was still important, and finally followed the servant and took a step.

The two who were fighting naturally noticed this situation, and as soon as the two looked at each other, they knew what the other party thought. When the servants led a few people to the nearest place, Mu Zijin stabbed them with his sword. Mu Xuyun saw the opportunity and slapped the person's wrist.

The long sword came out of his hand, and with a clanging sound, it was nailed straight to the side of the route traveled by several people, and several people fell in panic, and they fell down, and one by one they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs trembled.

Mu Xuyun looked at their appearance, holding back a smile, and almost didn't hold back his internal injuries.

Mu Zijin also wanted to laugh, but he suppressed the smile, walked over and pulled out the long sword with a "swish", and danced a sword flower, the sword was cold and cold, and he stood in front of people again, and several people hurriedly covered their faces for fear of seeing the sword fall towards them.

After Mu Zijin finished dancing with a sword flower, he turned into a backhand sword and hugged his fist with a big grin, "I'm sorry everyone, I accidentally got rid of it." After speaking, Mu Zijin didn't care whether a few people returned the salute or not, and continued to recruit him with Mu Xuyun.

Several people stood up tremblingly, helped each other into the main hall, and as soon as they entered, their feet were almost weak again. It turned out that on both sides of the main hall, all kinds of weapons were lined up, which made the entire main hall shrouded in a solemn feeling.

Mu Changchuan sat on the main seat, smiled at a few people, and stretched out his hand to the side as a point, "Everyone is here, please take a seat." ”

Even if Mu Changchuan laughed, in the eyes of several people, he was like Shura, and he reluctantly sat down. At this time, the servant on the side suddenly said, "Master Hou, when the eldest prince and the younger prince were practicing martial arts in the front yard, the little prince disturbed several masters. ”

When Mu Changchuan heard this, he immediately straightened his face and shouted, "What? This bastard, call him in for me. ”

This drink scared several family heads enough to watch the development of the situation with trepidation.

Soon, Mu Zijin came in, and the long sword was already in its sheath, but it was still worn at his waist. Mu Zijin saluted honestly, "Dad, are you looking for me?" ”

Mu Changchuan slapped the table, "You bastard, this is a distinguished guest, how can you disturb them." ”

Mu Zijin knelt down the moment Mu Changchuan slapped the table, and several family owners over there were so frightened by the loud sound of slapping the table that they almost couldn't sit steadily, they hurriedly held on to the handle, and looked around at the weapons in the hall, and couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.

"The child knows it's wrong." Mu Zijin lowered his head, looking like he had indeed done something wrong.

"Get out of the study and get on your knees!" Another loud shout.

Mu Zijin bowed, got up and walked out of the main hall with his head down.

Mu Changchuan looked at several family heads with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry, the dog was rude and contradicted you, I hope you will be tolerant." ”

Several family heads hurriedly waved their hands, because they really felt that the person in front of them was no different from Shura.

And after Mu Zijin left the main hall with a knowing expression, he turned around and saw Mu Xuyun standing in that corner waiting for him, he couldn't hold back all of a sudden, laughed heartily, and almost rolled on the ground. Mu Xuyun looked at him like this, and also heard the voice inside, and laughed while leaning against the wall.

Mu Zijin waved his hand, "Hey, hey, I'm laughing to death." Don't let me do this next time, do you know how hard I'm holding back in there? ”

Mu Xuyun couldn't stop laughing, "When it comes to being scolded, I can't compare to you, if I were there, I guess I would laugh when I went in." ”

"Those old men really laughed at me, they all shrank there and didn't dare to speak, and they were the heads of the family, so they were scared." Mu Zijin finally relieved.

"Just these people still want to steal food from us? Think of them beautifully! Mu Xuyun also took a few deep breaths and then eased up, his face full of disdain.

"Humph!" Mu Zijin snorted coldly, "Forget it, don't care about them, there is a father anyway." Let's go, go back to your room and rest. ”

"Back to the room? Didn't Dad tell you to go to the study, on your knees? Mu Xuyun deliberately slowed down his speech and said word by word.

Mu Zijin just calmed down and couldn't hold it back, and laughed out loud, "Go, go, kneel, go back to the room." ”

Mu Xuyun also laughed, "Let's go." ”

The two laughed as they went back to the backyard.

On the other hand, looking at the few people who were still in the main hall, the atmosphere was not ordinary awkward. Several people were frightened by Fang Cai's situation, and they didn't dare to speak.

And Mu Changchuan saw that the role of killing chickens and monkeys had been achieved, and now he was in a very comfortable mood, seeing a few people talking about the property, Mu Changchuan immediately pretended to be annoyed, "Everyone, it's not that I don't give it to you, but these thieves, the property was squandered as soon as it arrived, and now what is left is only half of what you reported." ”

Several people hurriedly waved their hands, "It's okay, it's okay, that's half... See if you can give it back to us..."

"Eh!" Mu Changchuan clapped his hands, "I'm really embarrassed, I'm not strict with my subordinates, these individual soldiers of mine, the big-headed soldiers are one by one, and they don't know the big characters, let alone understand the law." Those boys saw that they had paid so much money and turned it all over into the treasury, and now they were going to take it out... Even I can't open this mouth! ”

Several people looked at each other, "This, Mu Dashuai, what kind of thing do you say this is, it's our property..."

"Oh? Is it? Mu Changchuan suddenly realized, "But how did I hear that you didn't hand over the property that should belong to the public treasury?" ”

A few people immediately understood that there were so many in front of them, all in preparation for the last sentence. After whispering for a while, he remembered the previous incident again, and then looked at the swords, guns, swords, and halberds around here, and several people estimated that if they did not agree, I am afraid that Mu Changchuan could kill them directly here, and how dare they not agree to pay taxes.

The head of the Chen family came out first and said, "Mu Dashuai, the taxes owed by my Chen family must be made up!" You will also be able to pay your taxes on time in the future. ”

As soon as he said this, several others hurriedly agreed.

Mu Changchuan clasped his palms together and laughed, "Heads of the family, in fact, no matter what you do, of course we will return this property." ”