The full moon banquet of the son of Zhang Mengjin, the big boss of Jinding Mountain, has indeed become very lively under the auspices of Zhang Mengcheng.

Although the other leaders of Jinding Mountain did not come, Cai Xiaozi from the top of Artemisia also took several leaders to suppress thieves in Dongchuan. However, with the presence of other powerful people in Baoan County, and Hou Sanguang, the magistrate of Baoan County, also attended in person, this banquet really showed the proud pomp of Jinding Mountain.

The actors singing on the stage are now singing a new play in the Qin dialect.

The story of the opera is that a group of officers and soldiers fought repeatedly to repel the invading Mongols and put down the rebellion of the rebels around them. After that, he fought everywhere and defeated the thieves who were raging everywhere.

The scene that is being sung now is that one of the officers and soldiers of this group sacrificed his life for the country, and the other generals are paying tribute to the dead brother.

Some of the plot arrangements are quite sensational, and under the performances of several famous actors, many audiences in the audience burst into tears.

Although there is a person who does not know the world, he is asking whose story this is about. But no one answered him, but offered a bunch of white eyes. The children in the Jindingshan School watched the performances on the stage seriously, and applauded loudly from time to time.

At first, the children behaved more disciplined, but when they found out that the teacher in the school did not know where to go, they gradually turned into a group of monkeys.

Their noise disturbed many of the other visitors, and a young woman walked up, took one of the more noisy children by the ear, and reprimanded them severely. At this time, two older boys came to put order in order.

The child, whose ears were pulled, was dragged away by the young woman. The woman seemed to be the aunt of the noisy child, who begged for mercy and cried out in pain while constantly looking for opportunities to escape. However, his actions ended in failure, and he was dragged before several of his elders, where he was punished in a new round.

After this farce, several people who presided over the banquet in Jindingshan hurriedly served a lot of delicious food for the guests present to start enjoying.

On the table of each guest, there are very rich delicacies such as wine and meat, and there will be no shortage of red eggs. Such a meal for the guests refreshed everyone's concept of luxury for full moon wine.

Although many people were disdainful of the nouveau riche behavior of the former bandits, they were still glad that they were able to participate in this banquet.

Because this can attend this banquet, it means that he is an influential figure in Baoan County. And everyone can also think that this is the temptation of Zhang Mengjin's third brother and the left-behind leaders of Artemisia to other local tyrants in Baoan County.

Now that the nest of thieves and thieves in Dongchuan is about to be swept away, Jinding Mountain and Artemisia Peak, the two big Buddhas who have been protecting Baoan County from being harassed by thieves, seem to be unnecessary in the eyes of some people.

At present, some people have already used their personal connections to spread the news to the officialdom in Shaanxi, saying that these two bandits are a serious hidden danger in northern Shaanxi.

Hou Sanguang, the magistrate of Baoan County, actually had this idea, although Jin Dingshan did not owe any taxes. However, with a strong private armed force, they are indeed a very annoying existence for him, the supreme power in the legal sense of the county, when the rebellion of the thieves is about to be eliminated.

Although the two forces of Jindingshan and Artemisia Peak are not as influential as they did on Baoan County when they were still thieves, their size still deeply affects the entire Baoan County.

In the past, when they were at their peak, the two cottages controlled almost half of the entire Baoan County except for the county seat.

Although they have now accepted the imperial court's recruitment, they have changed their methods and continue to directly or indirectly influence one-third or even half of the land and population of Baoan County through various means. Whatever they want to buy, the price of the security guard will rise. What they are going to sell, the other people in Baoan County who produce this thing will start to worry.

For Hou Sanguang, the county magistrate of Baoan County, these two too large forces are still too much of an eyesore. Even though they did not owe any formal taxes to the imperial court, they have always ignored the temporary apportionment of some county officials.

And these two forces are still secretly taking in outlaws from all over the world. Although Hou Sanguang did not catch any strong evidence, the forces of these two villages are indeed a huge unstable factor.

Hou Sanguang had also secretly prepared some materials before and reported them to his superiors in private. However, these two families were quite appreciated by the soldiers of Yansui West Road and the new governor of Yansui, Chen Qiyu, and Hou Sanguang's superiors just asked him to appease him and continue to supervise on the sidelines instead of making trouble at will.

Hou Sanguang, the magistrate of Baoan County, looked at the roast sheep on the banquet, and then turned his head to look at the other banquets, which were also quite extravagant.

It seems that under the governance of that talented leader, Jinding Mountain is indeed relatively wealthy. Hou Sanguang calculated in his heart how much silver would be spent on this sumptuous feast, and how much he would gain if he could recover the illicit assets in their hands.

"Lord Zhixian, my lord and Master Cai are invited in the back room."

At this time, a strong man from Jinding Mountain walked up to Hou Sanguang and spoke to interrupt Zhixian's thoughts.

Hou Sanguang has also seen this person, he is the confidant of the "Xiucai" leader of Jinding Mountain, and his name seems to be called Xigui. Because the surname Xi is relatively rare, Hou Sanguang can only remember it. For so many years, he has only seen a businessman surnamed Xi in Shanxi, and other names that start with Xi are all homonyms of some foreign names, not Han surnames.

"I don't know what is going on with your master, why can't you talk about it at the banquet?"

As soon as Hou Sanguang heard that it was a joint invitation from Jin Dingshan and Artemisia Peak, he directly knew that the words he talked about were some things that were not convenient to make public. He's asking here, just to get some information so that he's prepared a little.

"This villain doesn't know, the magistrate can know when he goes." Hee Gui didn't say much, just continued to invite.

Since he couldn't ask for any useful information, Hou Sanguang could only get up and accept the invitation. People are the masters here, and they can't do anything too rude.

After being guided by Xigui, the magistrate of Baoan County met the leaders of Jin Dingshan and Artemisia Peak in a fairly clean thatched house.

It's just that Zhang Mengcheng, the leader of Jinding Mountain's Xiucai, did not kowtow, but waved his hand to Hou Sanguang, the county magistrate who was standing, and his next words were also very rude.

"Houzhi County doesn't need to be polite, although I have lost the fame of Xiucai, but the court's kindness still rewarded me with a thousand households. Although this position is also a military attache of the fifth grade, we also know each other very well, so this courtesy will be waived. ”