Gao Fei sat on the bed and spoke softly, but Mao Bao, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was dumbfounded, he never thought that all of this, a series of things in the past few days, was caused by this child with refined salt.

Gao Fei told Mao Bao the ins and outs of the whole thing, but he didn't say everything, and he also concealed some of it. At least, how to offend Li Cheng, the richest man in Wujiang County, he said in detail. But in some key places, he never mentioned it, or it was rather vague.

Mao Bao's mouth couldn't close in surprise, and it took a long time to react, but he had a question in his heart, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Then where did you get your refined salt?" ”

"My uncle is the confidant of Su Jun, the prime minister of Lanling, every time he comes here from Lanling to visit me and my mother, he always brings some things over, and he brings these refined salts from Su Jun."

Mao Bao said "oh", and no longer asked about it, but instead felt sorry for Gao Fei's uncle and asked: "Since your uncle is Lanlingxiang's confidant, why don't you orphans and widows go to Lanling to seek refuge in him?" ”

"Join my uncle? I'm not going! ”

"Why? Since your uncle is Lanlingxiang's confidant, then he can be regarded as a figure with a head and face in Lanling, if you go, under his protection, won't you be able to live a good life? Mao Bao said puzzledly.

"You don't know my uncle at all, my uncle is a bad person, my uncle is bent on letting my mother marry Lanling Xiang Su Jun, and then he can consolidate his position in Lanling Xiang Su Jun's heart, he is using my mother as his stepping stone." Goofy's tone of voice was deliberately childish.

"So that's the case, then blame me for talking too much, I shouldn't mention it!" Mao Bao said humbly.

"County Lieutenant Mao, can I know what kind of task the Huan County Order gave you?" Goofy asked tentatively.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just checking for smuggled salt." Mao Bao said with a sad face.

Gao Fei asked: "Since it is to check the illegal salt, then you don't go to the salt market to check the Li Salt Shop, Guo's Salt Shop and Zhao's Salt Shop, the salt of the three of them should be private salt." ”

"Do you think we didn't check? As long as there is anything suspicious, we will check. But when they went to check each time, they had already prepared in advance, so they couldn't find anything. Moreover, the salt industry has a separate management system, and although the county magistrate knows that they are blatantly selling illegal salt, because of the interference of the salt officials, every action ends in nothing. Therefore, the county magistrate ordered me to secretly monitor the three of them and secretly collect evidence of their crimes. But these people are really cunning, and I have led people to spy on them for more than a month, but I have never found anything out of the ordinary. Mao Bao said with a complaining face.

Gao Fei asked: "County Lieutenant Mao, have you ever thought that the private salt you went to check is actually not private salt at all, but is itself official salt?" ”

After Mao Bao heard this, he was stunned, and said with a surprised face: "You mean, all they sell is official salt?" ”

Goofy nodded.

"How is this possible?" Mao Bao couldn't believe his ears, and he was even more reluctant to subvert his cognition.

Goofy retorted, "How is this impossible? As you said just now, the salt industry has a separate management system, if the three of them collude with the salt officials, they will use the official salt they bought to sell, even if you come to check, you are not afraid, because they also have legal purchase procedures, which are supplied to them by the salt officials, so for more than a month, no matter how you check, they will not be afraid, because they are not selling private salt, but official salt! ”

This remark completely subverted Mao Bao's cognition, if it was really what Gao Fei said, then wouldn't he be wasting his youth in vain for more than a month?

But after thinking about it carefully, whether Mao Bao was engaged in a surprise attack or a routine inspection, the salt shops in the salt market were not a little nervous, at first Mao Bao thought that the personnel had leaked the news, or that the people he brought were not reliable, so he also changed a group of officials and offended some people. Even with the reassurance of the personnel, he carried out several raids in a row, but they were not effective. Now it seems that it is not a matter of personnel, but something that Goofy said.

"Salt officials and local tycoons collude with each other, aren't they afraid of the imperial court's blame?" Mao Bao asked innocently.

Gao Fei said: "If there is turmoil today, the iron hooves of the Hu people have stepped into the Central Plains, but the imperial court is unable to deal with it, and the local heroes are also ready to move, the imperial court can only appease it, even if they know such a situation, with the current control of the local government, even if they are blamed by the imperial court, they will not be afraid." ”

Mao Bao's brows furrowed, and after listening to Gao Fei's words, he sighed heavily and said loudly: "Seeing that the great rivers and mountains have been occupied by the Hu people, but the imperial court has always refused to go on the Northern Expedition, it really hurts people's hearts. I Mao Baokong has a martial arts, but there is no way to serve the country, if it is not for the Huan County Order, I am afraid that I am still wandering elsewhere, now that I have become the county lieutenant of the county, I should do a good job of the county lieutenant, loyal and dutiful for the Huan County Order, and it is worthy of the Huan County Order's grace. ”

Gao Fei listened to it from the sidelines, and it was not difficult for him to hear from Mao Bao's words that this person was a bloody man, and his ideological realm was very high, he was worried about the country and the people, and he was bent on serving the court.

As the saying goes, heroes emerge in troubled times, and in such a troubled environment, heroes will emerge one after another.

At this moment, Gao Yunniang suddenly walked in from outside, looking nervous, and saw that Gao Fei was still chatting with Mao Bao, so she said directly: "Yu'er, it's not good, the people who came to arrest you last time are back again." ”

"With me here, I'll see who dares to make a mistake!" Lieutenant Mao stood up directly, although there was a many years of age difference between him and Gao Fei, it was not easy for the two of them to talk together.

Gao Fei said: "It's okay, this time they came, they should have come to invite me, and they wouldn't do anything to me?" ”

"How do you know?" Mao Bao asked curiously.

Gao Fei sneered: "This is the better time for me and their master, they will definitely come to pick me up at this time." ”

Mao Bao said: "What if not? ”

"If not, you can show your strength, so that they can know how powerful you are the county lieutenant!" Goofy laughed.

Gao Yunniang asked worriedly, "Yu'er, do you really plan to see them?" ”