Seeing that Ergouzi reported a few sentences to Wang Shihua, he squatted down and poured out the contents of the small jar, and everyone was naturally very interested in watching.

"Master of the house, according to your orders, we have found two unlit lines of fire in front of us." Ergouzi pointed to the things poured out of the jar and said, "This is dug out of those two firing lines, there is black oil, chili powder, sulfur and some glutinous rice soaked in black oil. ”

Everyone was chilled when they heard this, but Wang Shihua sneered, and turned to Fang Jue beside him and smiled: "County Magistrate Fang, did you say that the other party counted that you are also here?" ”

County Magistrate Fang immediately rolled his eyes at Wang Shihua: Aren't you talking nonsense? Since the other party can have such a means and step on a better start, how could he not find out that he is also in it? But after thinking about it for a while, I immediately understood the true meaning of Wang Shihua's words: if I can count myself in it, I naturally hope that Wang Shihua is also in it, that is to say, the other party is likely to be the common enemy of the two, so that the scope of this suspicion will be greatly reduced, after all, killing a family head may not alarm the above, but to kill a county magistrate, especially if the county magistrate's father is still a popular vice governor, it will be a big trouble. Moreover, there is another layer of meaning in it: County Magistrate Fang, you are surrounded by wind everywhere, and it is better to check it when you go back, because this time it is most likely that the people around you leaked the news...... The Wang family is a big family, established for hundreds of years, and its local secrecy work is much stronger than that of the county magistrate Fang, who has only been in office for two years.

Thinking of this, County Magistrate Fang said, "I'll try my best to check when I go back." However, there are many people who wish I was finished, but it seems that there are no people who dare to kill me so ruthlessly. ”

Dare to kill the county magistrate, which is equivalent to rebellion, such a big crime, unless it directly threatens the survival of the family, otherwise, the greater the power, the more impossible it is, but the problem is that the iron stone has found the traces of a team of people and horses ambushed on the mountain yesterday, that is to say, the strength of the other party is not small...... The opponent's deployment is quite clever: no one found that they were buried in the fire line, and there were only a few ignitions, but there were traces of a team of people, so that you don't know whether the other party did this intentionally or unintentionally, and you couldn't specifically judge the strength of the other party. The key is that no one has been caught, even if there is a corpse, with the joint investigation of the Wang family and the government, it is absolutely possible to use the portrait as the target of the investigation, and turn the surrounding counties upside down, and there will be direct clues to the investigation.

Wang Shihua smiled and didn't say anything: The more rapid it rises, the more people will be offended, the more ruthless it will be, and the enemies will naturally be all over the world. Wanting to track it down from the Wang family is tantamount to whimsical.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both shook their heads helplessly.

"When we are all gone, send someone to burn the fire, so as not to hurt the innocent merchants."

"Yes!"

At this time, Erhu and others arrived.

"Stone, you are injured, and then let Erhu escort the grain to the county seat for you."

"Nope! The head of the family, this little injury is not a big deal. Get up from where you fall! Ask the head of the family to let the small one escort the grain to the county seat, and if anything happens along the way, the little one is willing to come to see him. ”

Iron and stone is called atonement for sins, and it is also called regaining face. Seeing him say this, Wang Shihua had to think about it, after all, he couldn't erase his previous merits because of a trivial matter, and if he wanted to reuse him in the future, he had to consider his face and requirements, let alone dampen his enthusiasm.

Tang Ming and Yang Sanfeng secretly glanced at each other, and at the same time knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Shihua, and said: "Ask the family master for permission, let the small one continue to escort, if there is a mistake, the little one is willing to come to see him." ”

At this time, Wang Shihua had no room to think about it, helped the three of them up with a smile, and said: "Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that confidence is gone." I am very happy to see that you are ashamed and brave, and I am glad that my Wang family has such a good man. Good! Let you continue to escort you. ”

Just after thanking San**, He Mei smiled and said: "Shihua, I haven't been to the county seat for a long time, and I don't know how much the county has changed under the governance of County Magistrate Fang." I've come here today, so I'll stop by the county seat for a walk. It's just that something like this happened today that makes me feel cold, otherwise, if you leave those 2,000 men and horses to protect me, plus the nearly 1,000 people and horses of Iron and Stone, I think, I won't be afraid. ”

What the hell are you going to say in this rambling? Wang Shihua looked at her suspiciously, thinking that there was a following, who knows, He Mei said something useless. Such a nonsense excuse is not like an excuse that a resourceful person like He Mei can use, there must be something else.

"It's good!" Puzzled, Wang Shihua still agreed very happily, turned around and commanded to Tie Shi: "Shi, these 3,000 men and horses are under your command, not only to protect the grain, but also to protect Aunt He and County Magistrate Fang." If they're missing a hair, I'll just ask you. ”

"Yes!"

"Shihua, I may have to go shopping for a few days, and you let them listen to me on the return date."

Wang Shihua glanced at He Mei more suspiciously, and saw that his smile was still nodding slightly, so it was even more difficult to ask questions in public, so he had to turn around and nod to Tie Shi, and said, "During this time, you all listened to Aunt He, do you know?" ”

"Got it!"

Subsequently, when Wang Shihua was waiting for the arrival of the large army at the east entrance of the canyon, he took the opportunity to invite He Mei aside and asked, "Aunt He, why do you suddenly want to go to the county seat?" ”

"You little bastard still have the face to ask? Am I not doing this for you? ”

"For me?"

"There are two reasons, first of all, you have to send someone to learn how to collect taxes from the county, although there is the cooperation of the county magistrate, but as the old saying goes, 'Hades is aggressive, and the little ghosts are difficult', at this time, if you don't have a strong force to back you up, how to deter those Xiaoxiao? If you can't be deterred, how can the people you send learn the real skills? Therefore, these 3,000 centaurs are the knives of force deterrence, and whoever dares to steal and play tricks on us can directly deal with them. ”

Wang Shihua had thought of this for a long time, and originally planned to wait for the day to come and personally lead the team to the county seat, but now he saw He Mei bring it up, and it was only three days away from the 21st, so it didn't hurt to go in advance, so he naturally agreed. Plain pretending to be taught, he hugged his fists and said, "It's still thoughtful for you." However, there are two reasons for this, and one more? ”

"Hey~! It was also a favor owed back then, and now that he is in trouble and asks for help, I have to help him and repay him this favor. ”

"He~?"

"You have eyes like bull's eyes, what do you mean?" After speaking, he thought of something, and suddenly twisted Wang Shihua's ears angrily, and said angrily in a low voice: "Don't think about it crookedly, what kind of person are you taking me He Mei for?" ”

In fact, Wang Shihua is really thinking: This him, could he be your old lover? I don't bother to care about the affairs of your previous generation, but you are now the fifth old lady of my Wang family, if you do something sorry for my father and lose the face of my Wang family, I will never agree.

"Aunt He! Let go, let go! ”

He Mei snorted heavily and let go.

"You'll know about this sooner or later, I'll say hello to you first, it's your second uncle Wang Jiping who asked me to give him advice."

"My second uncle?" Could it be that my father and my second uncle pursued you together, and in the end you chose my father. But as the old saying goes, 'nothing you can get your hands on is the best', and now you think my second uncle is the best, so ...... Thinking of this, Wang Shihua subconsciously asked, then quickly took a step back and covered his ears with his hands.

He Mei was about to raise her hand to twist Wang Shihua's ears, and when she saw Wang Shihua like this, she suddenly smiled bitterly and angrily: "You must have already inquired about what happened back then...... Although the old lady didn't want to kill me, the group of old immortals insisted on putting me to death and united to put pressure on the old lady, which made the old lady very embarrassed. In the end, it was Yoshihei who interceded for me, until he pierced his thigh with a dagger in public to show his determination to protect himself, so that the old lady had a step down, otherwise, the grass on my grave would probably be taller...... A few days ago, he sent a letter to tell him about the three years of taxes you took over from the county, and also said that because you want to be the king of Bancheng and plot against those merchants, then, at the beginning, it must be the most fierce opposition, although Jiping people are good, but their brains are not good - in her eyes, the world is good for her brains, and everyone else is treated like fools. However, he is self-aware, and knows that he cannot cope with the opposition of so many people, and it is difficult to tell you, lest you think that he is incompetent, so you ask me to help him. I originally wanted to tell you about it when you arrived in the county seat in a few days, but now it's just the right time to kill two birds with one stone. ”

"Damn, didn't I want him to keep it a secret? How can he still spread propaganda all over the world? Wang Shihua has heard this gossip, which is not unusual, but what makes him angry is that Wang Jiping actually dared to reveal this matter to He Mei, and even asked He Mei for help without telling himself...... can also imagine how good He Mei's methods were back then, and how powerful the infighting was.

didn't think about it, as soon as the words fell, his right ear felt a pain, and he was twisted by He Mei's lightning hand: "Okay!" Usually when you beg me, you are my only son-in-law, but now you don't beg me, you treat me as an outsider, right? ”

"It hurts! Pain! ......"I was really angry this time, I started with a little more force, and Wang Shihua, who was in pain, stomped his feet and exhaled in pain."

"Humph! Sure enough, it's the kind of old bastards, and they all have no conscience. With that, he turned around and left.

Wang Shihua knew that he was outspoken for a while, and offended He Mei, so he hurriedly chased after him while touching his ears and said some flattering words, but as a result, He Mei's face was cold and she didn't answer a word, which made Wang Shihua so embarrassed and boring.

It's just that when they separated, He Mei suddenly turned around and looked at Wang Shihua solemnly, and threatened in a low voice: "Little bastard, you don't care about me, but if you dare to treat Ah Xia a little badly, I will let you die without a place to be buried." ”

"Yes! Be! Be! I know! Know! It must be good for Ah Xia! It must be ......" Wang Shihua subconsciously nodded and hurriedly reassured, but as he spoke, he straightened up and shouted, "It's not right!" Aunt He, I'm very good to Ah Xia herself. ”

Wang Shihua's appearance made He Mei couldn't help but laugh, and seeing Wang Shihua showing a flattering smile again, she immediately turned her face and said, "It's not enough, it's better." ”

"Oh~!"

"A dignified head of the family, smiling so flatteringly? Get out of here! I get upset when I see you, and I don't know what my precious daughter likes about you. ”

Wang Shihua touched his head and was about to brag proudly, but He Mei didn't give him a chance and left directly. The angry Wang Shihua raised his fist and shouted: "That's good!" That's it! ”

"The head of the family, is that good?" Ergouzi asked with a flattering smile, but what he got was Wang Shihua's angry roar: "The head of the guard, why do you smile so flatteringly?" ”

Wang Shihua's heart was balanced, and it was the turn of the second dog to be depressed: Who did I recruit and provoke whom?

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