Yang Ning looked like a young man and said: "Many times, what the ears hear is far less than what the eyes see, although sometimes what the eyes see may not be true, but it is always better than what they hear." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWe are far away in the capital, and we have heard about the situation of the feudal city from other people's mouths, since we are here, where we are with our own eyes, it is always more accurate than going directly to the old mansion to hear it. ”

Gu Qinghan couldn't help but nodded: "Ning'er is right, it's all my fault, if it weren't for you, I would still be in the dark now." The beautiful eyes showed anger: "Tomorrow, I will ask the chief manager, why did Gangneung become like this?" Suddenly, he thought of something, his beautiful eyes turned slightly, he looked at Yang Ning with a smile, and asked, "Ning'er, let me ask you, where did you learn your skills?" ”

"What are you capable of?"

"Don't play fool with me." Gu Qinghan said angrily: "Who taught you the martial arts you practiced?" Could it be Duan Canghai and their private professors? ”

Yang Ning was most afraid that Gu Qinghan would ask these questions, so he could only say vaguely: "I was born in a martial arts sect, so it's not a big deal to know a little kung fu." ”

"But why don't I know?" Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "A few years ago, I asked you to practice martial arts with those guards of the Hou Mansion, but you didn't care, why do you have martial arts now?" ”

Yang Ning was thinking about how to give Gu Qinghan a reasonable explanation, after all, a woman like Gu Qinghan was not easy to deceive, and at this time, Han Yi had already come over to invite him to eat, which could be regarded as relieving Yang Ning.

The rules of this village, when outsiders arrive, women can't go to the table, but fortunately, Gu Qinghan is dressed in men's clothes and is also seated, so the farmer's meal is naturally not very particular, and there is a table full of dishes on the table, and Han Yi even invited several prestigious people in the village to accompany him.

At the dinner table, I had to express my gratitude to Yang Ning, the wine he drank was the rice wine brewed in the village, and it tasted good.

Everyone has seen Yang Ning's skills, and there is naturally a compliment on the table, and Steward Luo and others are mentioned, and several people feel that Steward Luo will definitely not rest.

"Don't worry, Steward Luo won't be arrogant for a few days." Yang Ning sneered: "I heard that the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion has sent someone to Jiangling, and when the time comes, as long as you report what happened here, you will have the good fruit of Na Luo's affairs to eat." ”

Han Yi shook his head and said, "Little brother, even if someone from the Jinyi Marquis Mansion really comes down, will they still be the masters for us?" Steward Luo is a subordinate of the Qi family, and in the future, he will never do anything to his subordinates because of a few poor people. ”

Gu Qinghan said solemnly: "Han Yi, I said before that the Qi family is not a gateway to rely on the strong and bully. What happened here, Jin Yihou would never know, and if he had known earlier, it would not have developed into what it is now. ”

Han Yi saw Gu Qinghan speaking for Jinyihou several times, and his words were affirmative, his heart was strange, and finally asked at this time, "Why are you so sure?" There is a sentence in charge of Luo, I think I am not wrong, without the permission of the Qi family, they will not dare to be unscrupulous here. ”

"Han Yi, you are the head of this village, and you pay grain to the Qi family every year, but you personally sent it over?" Gu Qinghan asked.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Exactly." Our fields have a fixed amount of grain production, and as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, there will be a fixed harvest every year. After a pause, he continued: "Every year, we will transport the grain that should be paid to the Qi family's old house and count it. ”

"As far as I know, the person in charge of the tax collection of Jiangling Fengyi is the general manager of the Qi family's old mansion." Gu Qinghan said: "I heard you say before, the Marquis of Jinyi now collects forty percent as a tax in the fiefdom, hasn't it always been two percent in the past?" This has suddenly increased so much, but what did the Grand Master himself say to you? ”

"Chief Qi Chief?" Han Yihu glanced at Gu Qinghan suspiciously and asked, "Do you know Chief Qi Chief?" But I thought in my heart, this person defended the Marquis of Jinyi twice and three times, and seemed to know very well about the taxes of Jiangling and the head of the Qi family, could it be that these two people actually had a relationship with the Marquis of Jinyi?

Although the old house of the Qi family is taken care of by the chief manager, this is not a well-known thing, for most of the people, all they have to do is to rest at sunrise and sunset, and pay food on time, until the Qi family is in charge, no one is worried, Han Yi is the head of the land, and he has to bring people to send food over every year, so he is naturally clear about the existence of the chief manager.

Since he suspected that Gu Qinghan had a relationship with the Qi family, he became cautious when he spoke.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a scream from outside: "Found it, found it, the beast that held the chicken was found, and hid in the mountain." ”

The voice was very harsh, but Han Yi had already gotten up, and several other people also got up, Han Yi said to Yang Ning: "Eat first, we still have some things." Without much explanation, he walked out quickly, and several other people also went out, leaving only two old men.

Yang Ning heard a noise outside, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" What was found? ”

"The beast that holds the chicken." An old man said: "In recent days, the chickens in the village have always been lost for no reason, there have been more than a dozen before and after, and there are no wild beasts on the mountain behind this, and the jackals have never seen them, and at first I thought that someone was stealing the chickens." Some time ago, someone was sent to keep vigil to hide in the dark to see what was going on, and that night I finally saw a shadow enter the chicken coop, so a group of people went to catch it, who knew that the beast ran so fast, and everyone did not see clearly whether it was a jackal or a wild dog. After taking a sip of wine, he continued: "The beast is covered in black hair, and everyone can't catch up with it, and some people say that the beast runs faster than a rabbit, and some people say that the beast runs with only two hind legs, like a human." ”

"Huh?" Yang Ning was stunned, "Only use two to retreat and run?" As far as he knew, there were not a few animals in nature that could stand on two hind legs, but according to the old man, the beast was extremely fast, and it was extremely rare to think that it could run on two legs like a man and be extremely fast, and he thought that it was not an ape.

"That's blinding." Another old man on the side had already said: "I have lived most of my life, but I have never heard of a beast that can run on two legs." ”

"That's not for sure." The old man argued, "Several people have seen it, but it is not necessary to be dazzled." He said to Yang Ning again: "After a few days, the beast touched the village again, this time everyone was ready, but the beast ran away, fortunately, everyone saw that the beast ran to the back mountain." The young man in the village searched for a whole day in the back mountain, but he found no trace, and he couldn't search for such a big mountain little by little. ”

Yang Ning asked, "There are no beasts in this back mountain?" ”

"In the early years, there were some jackals and wild boars, but in the disaster year, the people in the village went to the mountains to hunt to fill their stomachs, this mountain is also said to be small, but it is not too big, the wild things in the mountains have long been destroyed, these ten years, I have not found any wild things on the mountain, nothing more than some snakes, insects, rats and ants." The old man explained: "So suddenly down in the mountains a beast with chickens, everyone naturally can't let go, there are not many chickens in the village, they are like treasures, this time the beast stole more than a dozen, but I feel sorry for the dead, if I don't get rid of it, I'm afraid that the cattle and sheep in the village will not be able to save it in the future." ”

Yang Ning was already very interested at this time, and said to Gu Qinghan: "Three..... Third brother, you wait here, I'll come when I go. ”

Gu Qinghan wanted to stop it, but Yang Ning ran faster than a rabbit, and rushed out of the door in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the head of the village had gathered more than 20 young people, lit five or six torches, and heard one person excitedly saying to Han Yi: "This time the beast can't go, we ambushed people at the bottom of the mountain, look at it into the mountain, and immediately secretly follow, the beast just thinks it's okay to enter the mountain, you might as well be stared at by us, now you have found its lair, it's in a cave in the mountain, I've let people guard the entrance of the cave, and I can't run away." ”

Han Yi said: "Young and strong, follow me up the mountain, that beast is fast, one can run away if you are not careful, let's surround it to see where it can drill." With a wave of his hand, he led a group of people around the back of the village and went straight to the back mountain, where some of the villagers were carrying hoes and wooden sticks, and they were violent.

Yang Ning only wondered what kind of rarity the animal was, and he was curious, and followed behind the crowd.

A group of people arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and the messenger led the way in front, although the mountain behind is not high, but it is also rugged, the mountain is full of dead vines and old trees, the people scattered, walked for a while, and when they reached the halfway up the mountain, they heard the loud voice leading the way in front: "There it is." ”

When I got closer, I saw that there were already three people waiting here, and when I saw the villagers coming, one of them was already excited: "It's in the cave, we are staying here, and the beast has never dared to come out." ”

Yang Ning stepped forward, only to see a rather steep mountain wall covered by dead vines, and the middle of the dead vines was peeled open, revealing a dark hole, which was extremely silent and there was no sound.

"Are there any other openings that you won't run out of?" Han Yi leaned up and looked into the entrance of the cave, but he couldn't hear a sound, and couldn't help but be suspicious.

"We've checked nearby, and this hole is a dead hole." The man guarding the entrance of the cave immediately said, "We just threw a few stones into it, and we heard a cry. He squatted down, picked up a fist-sized stone, and threw it into the hole, and then he heard a strange cry, and the man laughed, "You heard it, and it was inside." ”

"Get some dry firewood." Han Yi is full of experience, "If you burn a fire at the entrance of the cave, the beast inside can't stand the smoke and will run out of it." ”

There are many people and great strength, but in a moment, a large pile of dry firewood was piled up at the entrance of the cave, and Han Yi ordered: "Everyone in two circles, that beast is very fierce, after coming out, don't be injured, but don't let it run away." He took a torch and lit the pile of dry wood in front of the cave.

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