The beautiful scenery is just a flash in the pan, but it leaves endless thoughts for Mao Wenlong, but unfortunately this is obviously not the time for the wind and snow, otherwise Mao Wenlong really has an impulse to do it for the two girls.

Just when Mao Wenlong was thinking wildly, suddenly, a figure broke out from the path on the mountain. caused a small commotion among the people, but fortunately, the person who came was none other than Chengzuo, who went to the mountain with Chen Jisheng to check.

As soon as Cheng Zuo came back, he looked around for Mao Wenlong's figure, and when he saw Mao Wenlong standing by the river, he dodged and was about to go over.

Haoda and Haoxiao appeared and stopped him: "The governor has orders, no one is allowed to disturb!" ”

Cheng Zuo's eyes suddenly widened, and he said viciously: "Bastard, if you delay the important matter of the military plane, can you two be responsible?" ”

When Haoda and Haoxiao heard this, their faces were embarrassed, but after glancing at each other, they said in unison: "The governor has spoken first, no matter who is allowed to come forward to disturb!" ”

Obviously, Haoda and Haoxiao still faithfully fulfill their duties, as Mao Wenlong's personal guards, they only listen to Mao Wenlong's orders, and everything else is secondary to them.

Cheng Zuo looked at the two wooden people in front of him, and he was so angry that he almost drew his sword to face each other. Fortunately, at this time, Mao Wenlong had already walked back with Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan.

Mao Wenlong said in a deep voice: "What kind of system is it that shouts and screams! ”

"Governor!"

Suddenly hearing Mao Wenlong's voice, the three of them immediately turned around and hugged their fists to greet them.

Cheng Zuo directly pushed away the vast and small ones in front of him, and hurriedly said: "Dudu, the nest of horse thieves has been found halfway up the mountain. Brother Chen has already arrested a thief for interrogation, and there are now only five young and strong people in the village, and there are only more than ten women, children, and children left. May I ask the Governor, are we going to attack? ”

Mao Wenlong pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Don't hurt the old and young, the rest dare to resist, kill!" ”

"Yes, Dudu!" Chengzuo was overjoyed.

Mao Wenlong's gaze turned to Haoda and Haoxiao: "You two stay, and the rest of you go with Chengzuo." ”

At the sound of an order, everyone immediately got busy, and Cheng Zuo was ordered to take the other guards and quickly run towards the mountain. Haoda and Haoxiao began to pack their things, led more than 20 horses to a hidden place, and then protected Mao Wenlong and the second daughter to hide at the foot of the mountain, waiting for Chen Jisheng and them to return in triumph.

Not long after, Mao Wenlong and others, who were hiding at the foot of the mountain, heard sporadic screams faintly coming from the mountain. Soon after, the cries of children, women and children were heard.

Then I saw Chengzuo, who had just gone up the mountain, turned back, found Mao Wenlong and said: "Dudu, there is no resistance in the thief's den, behead the third level, and now the thief's den has been completely occupied, please follow me up the mountain." ”

"Let's go!" Mao Wenlong did not hesitate, and immediately set off to the mountain, leaving only Haoxiao to guard the horses at the bottom of the mountain.

The thieves' nest is located in a slightly flat open space halfway up the mountainside, which is said to be a thief's den, but in fact there are only a dozen thatched huts. It's better to call it a small isolated village.

In front of a dozen thatched huts is an open space, which has been lit by a fire at the moment, Chen Jisheng, Liu Guangzuo and a few guards holding sabers, guarding more than a dozen women, children, old and children, who gathered around the fire and shivered.

Mao Wenlong glanced over, and saw that there were two young men tied up by the fire, and there were three corpses beside them.

The wounds on the corpses were exactly the same, the neck was cut by a blade, apparently the throat was cut and killed without defense.

The bloody scene made Mao Wenlong's heart feel uncomfortable again, and he tried to suppress the feeling of vomiting in his heart, Mao Wenlong took a deep breath and quickly returned to normal.

When Chen Jisheng saw Mao Wenlong coming, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Governor, all the people in the thief's den are here." ”

Mao Wenlong nodded, without saying a word, took two steps closer and glanced at the women, children, old and young, and then crossed them to the two young men who were tied up with flowers.

Looking directly at the two men in front of him, Mao Wenlong suddenly drew his knife and waved, the knife flashed, and the two men screamed miserably. When everyone followed the reputation, they found that the two men were not injured.

Mao Wenlong's knife just cut the rope on their bodies, and when he put the knife away, Mao Wenlong asked coldly: "The governor of Pontus only asks you now, do you want to live?" ”

The two men were shocked, and the moment Mao Wenlong swung the knife just now, they were already desperate and thought that they were going to die. This will find that the two of them are still alive, and they are relieved, how dare they talk nonsense, when even they said in unison: "We want to live, we want to live." ”

Seeing the two of them cooperate so well, Mao Wenlong nodded with satisfaction: "Since you want to live, it's easy to do." Tell me about your details, and why do you want to occupy the mountain here as the king and do this hurtful thing? ”

Among the two men, the younger one was the first to speak: "Master Jun, little Shen Qing, we are all ordinary people who have been exiled here in Ye County, and we are forced to do this unreasonable thing. As long as we can survive with food and clothing, we don't want to do this! ”

"Fart!"

Mao Wenlong suddenly shouted, and said coldly: "Do this hurtful thing, are you still reasonable?" ”

Shen Qing didn't expect Mao Wenlong's reaction to be so big, and he trembled with fear for a while. I can't wait to slap myself twice, but my mouth is so cheap that I can tell what is good and bad, what is this not looking for death?

"Master Jun, the little one doesn't dare, the little one is wrong." Shen Qing was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud.

This move caused Chen Jisheng and others to laugh, seeing that he was so cowardly, such a bandit should not be able to do it for a long time.

Mao Wenlong glared at Chen Jisheng who was laughing fiercely, and after seeing that he was restrained, he said in a deep voice: "Just now you said that you were exiled from Ye County, what happened to Ye County?" ”

Shen Qing was slightly stunned, obviously not understanding why the military master in front of him cared so much about Ye County. But with the lessons of the past, he did not dare to hesitate any longer, and told everything he knew.

Yexian County is dominated by the salt industry, and in addition to the official office, the rest are controlled by the four major families. In the year of peace, the people can still rely on casual work for the four major families to support their families.

But in the past few years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, salt merchants cannot come in and sell salt, and the four major families have repeatedly reduced wages. This comes and goes, how can the people survive, so they are all fleeing and fleeing.

And it is for this reason that Shen Qing and several partners in the same township have joined forces to settle down here and do this kind of business.

Hearing Shen Qing say this, Mao Wenlong suddenly felt that this Ye County did not seem to be peaceful. But now he is more concerned about the four major families, which he has heard more than a few times.

It seems that this Ye County is controlled by these four major families, but the officials of the imperial court haven't heard much of it?