Chapter 42: Lord of the Land

Xu Zizhen never liked to read books in his previous life, but he did not know some stories, including the events of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, a traitor sent a lot of beauties to the emperor of the Jin country in order to shoot the sycophants of the Jin country, and the emperor of the Jin country also liked the Jiangnan women very much.

By the way, that traitor seems to be still a prime minister, but he forgot his name.

As soon as he thought about this, he suddenly became angry, gritted his teeth and said: "This bastard destroys humanity, and he is still a fucking prime minister!" ”

As soon as the words came out, he immediately came to his senses, and his heart chuckled: It's broken!

Sure enough, Governor Wen looked at him with narrowed eyes: "Prime Minister? ”

Xu Zizhen opened his mouth and stammered, his mind was like electricity, and he quickly found his own words, and held back a dry laugh for a long time: "I...... I just guessed. ”

Governor Wen glanced at him meaningfully, and said with a slight smile: "It is a serious crime to slander the current court, be careful!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Xu Zizhen dared to say anything, and responded busily.

Governor Wen paused, and said in a deep voice: "From Suzhou to the territory of the Jin Kingdom, it will take half a month at the earliest, and the deadline given by the Jin Kingdom to 'that person' this time is the first day of the ninth month. ”

"The first day of September?" Xu Zizhen was stunned and said, "Doesn't that mean that they only have three or five days to arrest Jiangnan Girl?" What do you want me to do? Find out who guys? ”

Governor Wen shook his head: "How can it be so easy, Suzhou City is not big, but it is not small, where do you go to find them?" Speaking of this, he paused, and then said, "This is not for this reason when I came to you this time, at noon today, Taihu Lake water bandits robbed three fishing villages outside Dongzhu Town. ”

Xu Zizhen was stunned, Governor Wen worked hard, how could there be water bandits under his rule?

Governor Wen seemed to guess what he was thinking, and said: "The waters of Taihu Lake are extremely vast, and there are many waterways and countless small islands, if the water bandits really want to hide, they will send all the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River to search for a month, and it is very likely that they will not find anything." ”

Holy, guerrillas! Xu Zizhen was about to say something, but a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "No, isn't this season the off-season for fishing?" The fishermen are tightening their belts to get by, what are they robbing at this time? ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly reacted: "Could it be that those bandits were specially invited by 'that person' to cause trouble for you?" Save yourself all your men trying to catch those robbers? ”

A flash of appreciation flashed in Governor Wen's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Zizhen and I went to one place." ”

Xu Zizhen stood up: "My lord, what do you want me to do?" Say it. ”

Governor Wen said word by word: "This government wants you to go to the Taihu Lake bandits tomorrow to make sure that this matter is not their doing." ”

Xu Zizhen was dumbfounded: "My lord, didn't you say that that gang of water bandits is difficult to find?" I...... Where do I find it? ”

Governor Wen smiled: "This government believes that you have your own way." ”

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Xu Zizhen left the inner hall depressed, and he couldn't understand in his heart, why would Governor Wen have so much confidence in him, tens of thousands of troops couldn't find anyone, why should he believe that he could find it? Lao Tzu is not a land lord!

Thinking of this, he suddenly had an idea, Lord of the Land? Isn't the old flower equal to the lord of the land? In addition to Lei Hunting Head, who else in this Suzhou territory is more widely informed than others? Thinking of this, he didn't care about dinner, so he pulled out his legs and went to the panmen.

Hua Ye has now become bigger and has become the only gangster leader in Suzhou City, but he still stays in the Jixiang Gambling House every night, and Xu Zizhen easily found him.

Since a few things, Hua Ye is now 100% obedient and respectful to Xu Zizhen, as soon as he saw him come to him, he immediately took him into a clean room in the gambling house, and made tea and snacks for him with his own hands.

"Taihu Lake bandits?" Hua Ye was obviously stunned for a moment, "Big brother, what are you looking for them?" That's a bunch of people who don't want to mess with. ”

Xu Zizhen glared at him: "I don't bother them, what's there to mess with?" You just say that you don't know the way. ”

Hua Ye laughed dryly, turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Find him two taels for Lao Tzu!" ”

It didn't take much time for a thin and short young man to walk into the house, his eyes flickering and cowering, Hua Ye glared at him, and whispered to Xu Zizhen: "Big brother, this kid's name is He Liangliang, his brother-in-law is from the Taihu Lake Village, just ask him directly if you have anything...... It's this kid who is timid, and you laugh. ”

Xu Zizhen smiled and beckoned to He Liangliang: "Come and talk." ”

He Liangliang looked a little frightened, and walked over with a smile: "Big brother." ”

Hua Ye added at this time: "Oh yes, big brother, the place I found in Loumen last time was found by this kid." ”

Xu Zizhen suddenly realized, it really depends on this kid to talk about that last time, otherwise everyone was smuggled away, he didn't know what to do, thinking of this, he patted He Liangliang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I worked hard for you last time, I came in a hurry this time, I didn't bring anything, and I will make up for you next time." ”

He Liangliang was suddenly flattered, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, don't dare, the big brother's business is the villain's business, how dare you ask for any thanks?" ”

Hua Ye smiled and kicked over, and threw the ingot silver to him: "Big brother will take it for you, less politeness, oh, save you from worrying, Lao Tzu gave it to you first." ”

He Liangliang took the silver one by one, let Hua Ye kick him lightly in the ass, and smiled at Xu Zizhen: "Thank you, big brother, I don't know what happened to big brother looking for a villain?" ”

Xu Zizhen smiled, tried his best to make himself look kind, and asked, "I heard that you know Taihu Lake Water Village, right?" ”

The smile on He Liangliang's face suddenly froze, and Hua Ye kicked it in time: "Big brother is not an outsider, just say it, I'm afraid of a bird!" ”

"This ......" He crossed his fingers on both hands, looking extremely embarrassed, "Big brother, this villain in Taihu Water Village knows people, but, but their rules are big, I can't say it." ”

Xu Zizhen became curious and asked, "Oh? What's the rule? ”

He Liangliang smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the big brother, the villain's brother-in-law is a leader in the village, it stands to reason that the villain should follow my brother-in-law to ask for a life on the water, but ...... But the rules in the village are that you can't rob but not steal, so my brother-in-law didn't take me. ”

"Can you rob or not steal? Ha! Xu Zizhen smiled, "What's the difference between a bandit and a thief?" They're interesting. ”

He Liangliang's face suddenly turned grim, and he said seriously: "Big brother, although this village is known as a water bandit, it will never rob the people, they only rely on collecting some fishing fees on weekdays, this is what they call robbery." Saying that, he glanced at Hua Ye, "Just follow ...... It's the same as Big Brother. ”

Xu Zizhen became more and more curious: "Oh? Never rob the people? It's true? ”

He Liangliang nodded and said: "That's true, if the big brother doesn't believe it, you can ask the people by Taihu Lake." Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and leaned into Xu Zizhen's ear and said, "It is said that the owner of the water village was originally an officer and soldier, but he turned into a bandit because he was dissatisfied with being a courtier. ”

Hearing He Liangliang say it so seriously, Xu Zizhen became more and more convinced that this water bandit incident was committed by someone else in their name to distract Wen Zhifu's attention, he groaned for a while and said, "Two two, I want to ...... Tomorrow, I will visit the owner of the village, can you introduce me to him? ”

"This ......" He Liangda was taken aback, but looking at Xu Zizhen's eyes, it didn't look like a joke, and he hesitated for a while and said, "I believe in the big brother, but if the owner of the village can't see you, the villain won't dare to guarantee it." ”

Xu Zizhen smiled slightly: "If you pass the word for me, just say that if you don't see me, then the sin of robbing the people this time will be on his head." ”