"I died nine times on the battlefield, and when I was a teenager, I caught up with the defeat of Pinglingpo, and I was lucky enough to crawl out of the Shura field of the mountain of corpses and blood on Pinglingpo."

"In the next few years, I have been staying in the army, although it is not a meritorious service, but on the battlefield I also cut off several heads full of real barbarians, and by virtue of my military exploits, I became a flag officer step by step from an ordinary soldier."

"Later, as the officers and troops retreated, I was wounded during another retreat and could not continue to serve in the Northern Army."

"My general is very much to take care of and support, can't bear to let me return to my hometown for the people, under his guidance, plus I have studied in a private school for a few years, know some words, after returning to my hometown to get the position of deputy envoy of the Wuguan Inspection Department."

"The general is a good man, and I have always been grateful to him, but unfortunately not long after I left the northern border, the Manzhen army entered Shenzhou, and the general was martyred in the battle to defend the city."

Lin Fan could see that even though more than ten years had passed, Song Mao still remembered his previous days in the army.

Thinking about it at that time, he was also an innocent and simple hot-blooded young man, and his mind was simple, all of which were the idea of killing the enemy to serve the country and serving the court, and there was not so much deception.

I just don't know if he would have thought that one day he would become what he is today!

"Although I changed from a seventh-rank martial artist to a nine-rank civil official, I was still very happy at the beginning. Because I have seen my superiors countless times, those usually majestic generals, look inferior in front of civilian officials, and I know that the status of civil officials in the imperial court is much higher than that of military officials. ”

"But I didn't expect that I would stay in this position for more than ten years; At the beginning, every time the inspector was transferred after his term expired, I would think, this time it should be my turn, but no! ”

"Just because I was born in the military and have no fame, I can only watch them transfer one inspector after another. Those wine bags and rice bags stepped on my head one by one, and I worked hard to get money, and then used the money to make a dot on it, and then I was promoted to make a fortune, and I was transferred to other places to continue to enjoy myself. ”

"As for me, I can only watch here, the position of the patrol envoy is only one step away from me, but it can never be mine!"

Maybe it's because he's never said these words to anyone all along, and he's been holding back in his heart for too long, and these things are about to become his heart disease.

In his eyes, Lin Fan is already a dying person now, so naturally he doesn't have so many scruples, it is a rare opportunity for him to vomit as soon as possible.

Song Mao vented his long-suppressed emotions to Lin Fan, and Lin Fan, as a good listener, didn't interrupt him, just picked up the water cup and took a sip of tea from time to time.

"Why should I be in the company of bandits, you ask? I would like to be in the company of you officials, but have you given me a chance? ”

"I flattered them carefully, letting them come and go as soon as they wanted. I'm like a dog, incredibly obedient. I will do whatever they tell me to do, and I will bite whoever I want. ”

"But what about them? I waged my tail so much at them and begged for mercy, but they wouldn't even give me a bone! ”

"I just wanted to be a small inspector to be satisfied, but it's been ten years, and they have promised me countless times, but they haven't fulfilled once."

"They were kind to me on the surface, and that was because I could help them get money, and I could act as a thug for them, and even do shady things for them, without having to dirty their own hands. And when I'm useless, they don't hesitate to kick me away. ”

Looking back on the past, Song Mao was already a little crazy. In fact, it's not just Song Mao, it's the same for everyone, there is no family background, and there is no fame, so it's not easy to get promoted! ”

"Especially for people in the military, if they don't have military merits, don't even think about it, countless people have been low-level military attaches all their lives, and they can't get promoted.

Whenever the officials are evaluated, the official in charge of the assessment may only sneer a few times, laugh and say that he is another Qiu Ba, and he dares to be whimsical, and then cross out your name from the promotion list.

Of course, if you have a big backer behind you, this situation will be much better; However, it is obvious that Song Mao is not among them.

This is the reality, not everyone is as lucky as Lin Fan, in addition to extraordinary talent, there is also a background and family background that others cannot match.

It can be said that without his father, husband and Jiangzhou Lin clan behind him, Lin Fan's road would not have been so smooth, and he did not have the confidence and confidence to do these things since he took office.

If Lin Fan was placed in the same situation as Song Mao, Lin Fan didn't dare to say whether he would make the same choice as him.

Therefore, Lin Fan didn't think that he had a position to evaluate whether Song Mao was right or wrong, and just listened quietly.

In just a moment, Song Mao recovered from his memories.

He calmed down and sneered: "Later, I looked away, go to the fucking court, go fucking promotion!" Now I just want to make some money, save some money, and let my family live a good life. ”

"But I didn't expect that I couldn't even do this, those officials above are too ruthless, even worse than scraping the ground. I'm just a deputy, and I can't even speak, let alone how much money I can share. ”

"Since you won't let me be promoted, and now you are reluctant to give me even the money, then I can only think of other ways to control the inspection department myself."

"So I gritted my teeth and was ruthless, contacted Li Tianming, the thief of Yan Huanshan, and took advantage of an opportunity to suppress the bandits and kill the patrol envoy at that time."

"In this way, I actually became the head of the inspection department. Just half a year later, I killed another one, plus you, this is the third one! ”

Lin Fan remembered one thing and suddenly asked, "Why do you want to destroy the Tian family?"

Song Mao replied: "You are to blame for this, adult!" Since the adults came, you didn't have to be greedy, and you also cut off our financial routes, forcing me to have no choice. ”

"It's just that you were kind at this time, and gave Tian Liu and them the silver to let them escape, so that I saw the opportunity. I told Li Tianming the news, and we got three or seven cents of silver, and he was seven and I were three; Anyway, it's not the first time I've done such a thing, and I'm familiar with it! ”

Li Tianming, who got the news, would not let go of such a fat sheep, so he robbed them halfway. After asking for the news of Yinzi and the Tian family, Tian Liu was killed on the spot; A few days later, the maid named Ping'er was also tossed to death by them. ”

Although according to various information, Lin Fan had guessed that this would be the result before he came, but now it has only been confirmed.

But Lin Fan still couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, and even a little guilty. Originally, I wanted to save people and fulfill this pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, but I didn't expect the two of them to escape the Tian family, but they still lost their lives.

At this time, Lin Fan looked at Song Mao's eyes, and for the first time there was a little disgust.

Officialdom climbs and fights, you can use all your scheming methods, Lin Fan will not say anything.

But it is unforgivable to extend the butcher's knife to innocent people just for some money.

But now that he has torn his face, Song Mao will still care about this, he continued: "After getting the news from the Tian family, Li Tianming has long wanted to take the bandits down the mountain. It's just that some time ago, because of the uproar about Fu Tianlin, Li Tianming didn't make a move. ”

"I waited until the news passed recently, and I sent them a message, and they didn't make a move."

"Originally, I thought that they would grab some property at most, but I didn't expect them to be so ruthless, directly destroying the Tian family's full door, and causing the imperial court to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress."

Saying this, he glanced up at Lin Fan, "I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the adults chose Yan Huanshan as the target first, and I took the opportunity to set up an ambush with them today!" ”

In fact, Lin Fan wasn't sure if Yan Huanshan had done all this, but the combination of these clues made him a little suspicious.

But anyway, I don't know who did it, and all the bandits have to be suppressed, so it's better to choose one that you think is the most likely, and the chances are greater.

In this way, it was not until the night before yesterday that he learned from the restaurant owner that this incident was really done by Song Mao and Yan Huanshan, and it could be regarded as meeting the main owner. But naturally he wouldn't tell Song Mao about this.

"In order to kill me, you threw away all the cottages, their families should be on the mountain, right? Are you so confident that you think that they can't beat the cottage? Lin Fan asked with some confusion.

Song Mao smiled: "Of course not, today's inspection department is far more than in the past, and they can't hold it at all with the few people left behind in their cottage."

"But so what, you can't occupy the cottage, you have to come down sooner or later. Just kill you, and then hit an ambush on their way down the mountain and catch them off guard. ”

"As long as you throw your head into the crowd, under the chaos of the army, how much combat power can they have, and it is not easy to win against them?

"As for the deaths and injuries of some women and children in the fighting, it is inevitable. For these people who lick blood from the knife edge, they don't know if they can see the sun tomorrow, how can there be so many people with heavy feelings, do you think they really care? If the wife and son die, they will die, and if they are gone, they will rob it, and they will be born! ”

Song Mao's cold words did not carry the slightest emotion, and Lin Fan sighed. In the troubled times, it is not possible to save one's life, let alone talk about other extravagant things, so that human nature has fallen to this.

Lin Fan's expression Song Mao saw it in his eyes, and he said with emotion: "Actually, I sometimes regret it, if I could have met an adult earlier, I would never have become what I am today, it is really a trick."

"But it's too late to say this now, now that we've taken this step, there's no room to turn back, so I can only say sorry to my adults!"

He made a gesture of toasting tea to Lin Fan, then drank all the tea in the cup, and then slammed the cup in his hand on the ground paved with bluestone slabs.

Seeing Song Mao's movements, Lin Fan felt a little funny, how can people nowadays love to smash cups at every turn, and then the knife and axe hands who had been ambushed a long time ago swarmed up and cut others into pulp, is this a story that I have heard too much!

"Smack!" With a bang, the crisp sound spread in all directions, the cup was shattered, the residue splashed, and flew away.

Looking down at the shattered teacup on the ground, Lin Fan was thoughtful.

At this time, the other people who were originally guarding outside the pavilion rushed in when they heard the movement, and they all drew their knives and aimed them at Lin Fan.

Recently, He Fang and Zhang Ping have been serving as Lin Fan's guards, and seeing this situation, the two who were farther away didn't know what was going on.

The two were shocked, and they didn't know why there was a sudden infighting, but they still stood up in front of Lin Fan and shouted at the others: "What are you doing, are you going to rebel?"

Except for the two of them, the rest of these people are Song Mao's henchmen, and they were arranged by him in Jinhai's team, so today's plan can be so smooth.

However, although these people knew what they were going to do today in advance and had prepared in their hearts, when it came to the end, they still looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

Jin Hai stood behind Song Mao, hugged his fist at Lin Fan, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry! My lord, you and I have different positions, and we are forced to do today's affairs! ”

Song Mao sighed and said: "My lord, if you pretend that you don't know anything from the beginning, then after a while, the bandits will come over, and only the adults themselves will die, and the others will be injured at most when fighting with the bandits, and they will be charged with poor guards."

"But my lord, you know too much, I can't guarantee that the two of them have listened to a word, so even the two of them can only die!"

"Don't worry, my lordship is loyal to the country, and I took the lead, but I died tragically at the hands of thieves today, I will definitely report to the court truthfully, and let the court give you the mercy of the lord and the two brothers!"

Lin Fan sat on the stone bench and didn't move at all, as if he didn't care about the tense situation here, let alone be affected. He drank tea by himself, looking leisurely and contented, which was a little out of place with the solemn atmosphere here.

He wouldn't believe Song Mao's words, murdering Shangguan was such a big crime, how could Song Mao let He Fang and Zhang Ping, two people who were not his henchmen, live.

Besides, the Lord will be dead, and how many people will not die in the past. The reason why Song Mao said this was just to disturb He Fang Zhang Ping's mind.

As long as the two of them lose an inch, or even resent Lin Fan, even if they don't turn against the water because of this, or they are caught, their combat power will be greatly reduced.

He Fang and Zhang Ping heard it at this time, it turned out that they really wanted to rebel and murder adults.

Although they have not been following Lin Fan for a long time, they have great admiration for what Lin Fan has been doing. Therefore, the two of them looked a little frightened and a little flustered, but in the face of a traitor who was several times their size, they did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and they still guarded firmly in front of Lin Fan, and Song Mao's plan was in vain.

Lin Fan smiled and let the two stupid boys in front of him dodge away, and face to face with Song Mao, he said, "Brother Song, haven't you felt any difference until now?"