"Brother Yuan, listen, so many people went to clean up these thieves, why did Geng Liao, that old bastard, send us here? It's really a miscellaneous! When he returned to the station, Mao Yun kept complaining.

But Zhao Yuan was thinking about the old man's words, there were no rumors of thieves and bandits in the place, why did Emperor Xiaowu order the capital of Zhongdu to drive away the thieves with great fanfare? And then there's the night patrol silver, what kind of bullshit? Under the guise of official family affairs to loot the people's fat and people's ointment?

"No, there must be a problem!"

Zhao Yuan's intuition suddenly appeared, and he immediately said hard: "Mao Yun, you take a few people to the Lizheng house in Chenjia Village to feel the situation, these officials' dogs, they are more evil than the masters... Wrong... Bring him the old boy, and the old man will interrogate him himself..."

Yaoguan Town, as the name suggests, the official goods are temporarily stored in the treasury town, about 200 miles away from the central capital, two days ago, under the order of Chen Dingshuo, Lu Zhaofeng personally led people to rush to this place, under the inspection of the treasury official, a batch of jade goods were pulled into the carriage and transported to the central capital. Because it is a tribute from His Royal Highness the King of Shu, Lu Zhao was extra careful along the way, for fear of a little problem, if it was usual, Yaoguan Town would transport a batch of goods to Zhongdu for two days and two nights at most, but now, I am afraid that it may not be possible to get to the place in seven or eight days.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaofeng hurriedly ordered the coachman to quickly find a place to rest, so as not to be drenched in the rain on the jade tribute.

Lu Zhaofeng shouted for more than half a moment, and the clumsy coachmen put the frame in place, and the soldiers in charge of the guard were in a team of ten people, taking turns to be vigilant, and Qin Liang came to the front with a water bag and said, "My lord, drink saliva first and rest close, and it will be good to barbecue meat in a while!" ”

Lu Zhaofeng took the water bag and poured it, and said with a smile: "This time let you come out with me to be a coolie?" What do you think? Do you have any complaints in your heart?"

Qin Liang smiled when he heard this: "Look at what the adults said, when I was able to enter our capital government from the Zhongxian Yamen, it was not all taken care of by adults, and the legs and feet were trivial, and the villain should be active, how could there be complaints?" ”

"You kid can talk!" Lu Zhaofeng was worried about the transfer of the officials in the near future, so he was in a good mood, and this time he remembered Chen Dingshuo's words, he threw the water bag to Qin Liang, and slapped Qin Liang on the shoulder: "Boy, do a good job, among these several assistants, I am most optimistic about you, if this capture is fortunate enough to be promoted to the commander, this capture will definitely advise Lord Chang Cheng to ensure that you are the chief catcher!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Qin Liang happily immediately knelt down and bowed: "In the future, if the adult is driven, the villain will definitely saddle the horse before and after..."

Yaoguan Town, in front of the small cabinet of the treasurer in the town.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Zuo Zhuo Taoan handed a silver ingot to the treasurer, and said, "My lord, the villain wants to ask where the tribute car of the Zhongdu Mansion is going?" ”

The treasurer weighed the silver in his hand, his eyebrows were high, and he 'hummed' out of his nose, Tao Anxin scolded the dog beast who didn't when he ate in front of him, but he still smiled on his face, and once again offered a silver ingot: "My lord, the villain doesn't know the situation of the house, so he has offended a lot..."

Under the effect of two ingots of silver, the treasurer spoke: "I left yesterday, with a batch of jade, and the record says to take Nanguan Road, and it is not clear if I don't get off the path and take a shortcut!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

After learning the situation, Tao An left with a smile, but as soon as he turned around, his face suddenly became cold as ice. In a resting inn outside the town, more than a dozen men sat here, and when they saw Tao An, these men immediately got up: "My lord! ”

"Nanguan Road, if you left yesterday, chase it immediately, and you can catch up early tomorrow morning!" Immediately, more than a dozen people galloped away and disappeared in the night.

Under the temporary rain shelter, reflecting the firelight, Lu Zhaofeng was annoyed by the drizzling rain, and Qin Liang said on the side: "My lord, either let the coachmen add a few more layers of rain felt, this early spring rain, the girls are homesick, and they will have no head... If water seeps into the jade box, it won't be good..."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaofeng hurriedly got up, woke up the coachmen who had just fallen asleep, and added a layer of poncho felt to the driver, just in case, he even braved the rain to check one by one, for fear of any leaks, but Lu Zhaofeng didn't pay attention when he was busy, but Qin Liang's eyes looked at him with a little more meaning.

In the woods outside Chenjia Village.

Li was sleeping with the concubine on the bed, and rushed into a few people coldly, and was dragged out of the house by Mao Yun and these young men with their faces covered and hung on their pants. The dark night, the drizzle, the cool night breeze made Li Zheng wake up suddenly, in the dazzling blades around him, Li Zheng's stomach grunted, and then the crotch of his pants was fishy, Mao Yun retched when he heard it, and whispered: "Old beast, you don't squeak when you are scared to pee, disgusting Lao Tzu?" ”

"No.. No... The villain doesn't know why the grandfathers are like this... I'm just the Li Zheng of Chenjia Village... I've never done anything wrong... Beg the grandfathers to spare their lives... Spare your life..."

In the dark night, Li Zheng's eyes were already frightened, except for the wail, he only had to kowtow to spare his life, Zhao Yuan approached and said in a deep voice: "Li Zheng, Lao Tzu asks you, what are the names of mountain bandits and bandits within a radius of 100 miles?" ”

"Bandits? A few grandfathers laughed... Aren't the biggest grandfathers... Other... I... I... I don't know..."

Hearing this, Mao Yun and the others laughed, daring to love this old bastard for treating them as bandits. Zhao Yuan grabbed his head and said provocatively, "What about other than us?" ”

"No... No more..."

"No?" Zhao Yuan didn't believe it: "In the past half a month, haven't there been thieves at the border from Zhongdu to Dongchangzhou?" Why not? Are you afraid to say it, or do you not want to say it? ”

"That's... That's fake..."Under Zhao Yuan's coercion, Li Zheng had no choice but to say these words.

It's just that when these words were heard in Zhao Yuan's ears, it was like dry firewood seeing fireflies, and his anger rose suddenly, and then, Zhao Yuan slapped Li Zheng over, and let the back knife press on Li Zheng's head: "Old brute, make things clear to Lao Tzu, patrol the night silver... The matter of bandits... A typo... Lao Tzu slaughtered you! ”

"Master... Spare your life... I'm just a Lizheng, who knows what... That's all, and those officials came here to eat and drink and overheard..."Between life and death, Li Zheng trembled, followed by another bubble of urine, so disgusting Mao Yun and the others couldn't wait to immediately slaughter this kind of dog leg scraping the ground.

"Say, if you don't say it within three breaths, you will die here!"

"Master... The silver for the night patrol was ordered to be collected by the Metropolitan Government and the Dongchang Prefecture Government... The officials of the various provinces stretched out their heads to communicate with us, and these villages were... Right now, everything in this world costs money... Catching bandits and thieves is a big deal, and even more so with the silver... I'm just a collector... Father... That's all I know... As for whether there are bandits or not....I really don't know... Spare me..."10