In the study room of the Yahoutang of Cangshan County, Yuan Chong, the county magistrate of Fuling County, Miao Youdao, and the county magistrate of Liyang County, sat on the side, nervously staring at Niu Tianci, who was holding the edge of the huge table with both hands and staring at an unrolled map. Niu Tianci stood beside Qian Song, the lieutenant of Cangshan County, and the county lieutenants of Fuling County and Liyang County. The county lieutenant of Liyang County was briefing Niu Tianci on the situation of the on-site investigation after the tax was robbed. After the tax was robbed in Liyang County, the case has not been solved, and the robbers have not been caught. This group of robbers was very arrogant, and in just a few months, they committed crimes one after another, and so far four of the counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou have been robbed of their taxes. This is a shocking case, Jizhou Assassin Shi has mobilized all forces to track down the traces of the robbers, and strictly ordered all counties to cooperate in the arrest of the robbers, but to this day there is still nothing.

In desperation, the counties that were robbed of taxes had no choice but to use the autumn tax as collateral to borrow money from Wantong Money Bank to make up for the taxes. This time, the county treasury was exhausted, and the last resort was to borrow money from Wantong Bank. Wantong Money has made several big deals, and after a few months, there will not only be a large amount of profits to be made, but also a stable foundation in Jizhou, and all the exchange business involving business in Jizhou will be included in the hands of Wantong Bank.

There was a sound of thumping footsteps, and a man in his forties, dressed in leather armor, walked into the study. When he came in, he just bowed his hand to the three county lords, and went straight to Niu Tianci. The three county lords didn't think they were angry, and nodded at the man.

Dayan soldiers have a high status, especially those with military merits. Even if you have been discharged from the army, you still have a variety of benefits. For example, if you don't kneel when you see an official, and for example, after breaking the law, you must report that you have to take away your military merits before you can try the case and ask for the crime. This man is a man with military merits, and looking at the silver medal pinned to the left chest of his leather armor, you can know that this person has a high position in the army.

Qian Song quietly told Yuan Chong that this person's name was Feng Madness, which might be a code name or an alias, anyway, everyone called him that, but I forgot what his real name was. Looking at the medal on the chest and the style of the leather armor, you can guess that the wind madness is at least the rank of captain of Zhiguo in the army, and the grade on the seventh grade is the same level as several county commanders.

Wind Maniac is now the leader of the Scout Team of the Woniu Town Regiment, and not long ago he also slashed his wrist and became Niu Tianci's retainer. For a while, he took his apprentices to track down the whereabouts of the robbers, and today he came to Tianci to report the situation.

Feng frantically strode up to Niu Tianci, and after hitting his chest with his right fist, he said, "Young Master, after many days of investigation, the traces of the robbers have been found. However, the robbers' whereabouts are secretive, and the exact location of the robbers needs to be carefully analyzed. ”

The title of young master was discussed by He Shang with everyone. In the past, they called Niu Tianci very messy. Some are called young owners, some are called sons, and some are called young owners. In the end, in order to unify He Shang and Tianci, after consulting with Tianci, he decided to call Tianci Young Master when he was in front of outsiders, and call him the head of the family at home or without outsiders. Dayan has a strict hierarchy, and people like Niu Tianci who are not in the status of an aristocratic family are also guilty of trespassing, and can be convicted of rebellion and punished according to the law.

"Uncle Feng has worked hard. Are those children alright? God's gift asked.

"Okay, one by one, they are waiting for the young master's order."

"Good. Uncle Feng, tell you what you have discovered. ”

Wind Storm carefully explained the situation to everyone one by one. Tianci followed the narration of the wind and used charcoal to mark on the map. Dayan's map production is very fine, it has used latitude and longitude lines to determine the exact location, contour lines to mark the height and height, the scale of the map edge is also very accurate, and the tools used for drawing such as compasses, protractors, rulers and so on are also readily available. Niu Tianci secretly admired the wisdom of the ancients while marking. Don't look at the simple latitude and longitude lines, contour lines and scale bars, but the scientific and technological content and knowledge contained in them are extremely rich. Without more than 100 years of accumulation and research, it will never reach this level.

With Niu Tianci's annotation, a clear vein jumped on the paper. Tianci did not stop writing, but calculated according to the scale, took the marked points as the outer circle, and used the ruler to draw straight lines through the dots on the outer circle. This straight line is long and short, and finally according to these straight lines, Tianci draws a series of extended dotted lines, and finally intersects at a point, only to see that the point is clearly marked with the three words "Mangdang Mountain". Niu Tianci threw down the pen and raised his head, but saw that Feng Maniac was looking at him with surprised eyes.

"Drawing deduction? Young master, do you even know this? ”

Niu Tianci is very strange, as a former elite of the Huaxia Dragon Group, how can such a simple method not be. Wind Madness's next words made him suddenly realize.

"Young Master, drawing deduction is an important skill that the students of the Royal Martial Arts Hall must learn. Officers who have graduated from the lecture hall must be proficient in the use of it, and they cannot teach others without permission. Where did the young master learn it? ”

"Oh, I figured it out myself."

Feng Mad's face immediately fell, and when he was teaching drawing and deduction in the martial arts hall, he was not less exposed to the board of teaching. I barely learned it, and I still don't know much about the principles. Tianci said that he figured it out by himself, and it was simply a blow to the self-confidence of the wind maniac.

It's actually quite simple to say. No matter how cunning and swift the robbers are, they also need a place to settle down to recover their strength and store their stolen goods. Even if the robbers were all cavalry, their radius of movement could be roughly estimated. In addition, after the robbers robbed and killed people, they had to set aside time to move their finances and return to their foothold. As long as it is accurately calculated according to its maximum range of activity, using the scale on the map, it is possible to roughly determine where the robbers will stay. Of course, the distance depicted on the map is a straight line, and there will be some discrepancies between it and the actual situation. However, after the general direction is determined, the search will be determined to be within a small range, which is more efficient than the search of the three county lieutenants like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Uncle Feng, based on the information you just said, I deduced that the place where the robbers settled is here, Mangdang Mountain." Tianci said, pointing to the map with his hand.

"I know that Mangdang Mountain is not large in scope, it is a lonely mountain. I remember that near the peak there was a natural cave where a hundred and ten men could be hidden. However, Mangdang Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, only one side faces the main road, and the mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the robbers really hide where it is really quite tricky. Qian Song rubbed his hands and said.

"Uncle Feng said just now that in addition to robbing and paying taxes, these robbers have recently attacked passing merchants. They still adopt the usual practice of robbing money and then killing people. Judging from these cases, no living mouth has been found so far. Oh, no. It should be said that no living mouth has been found except for women. These robbers should have other purposes than to prevent people from discovering their whereabouts. In my opinion, they are covering up some kind of secret. What kind of secrets do you need to cover up with murder? ”

"Could it be a rebellion?" Miao Youdao said.

"It's very likely, but there is no real evidence, and I don't dare to make a rash assertion. However, this gang of robbers has a clear goal, moves quickly, and has very hot methods. It should not be just for money in the ordinary sense, it should be an organized and premeditated action with a certain purpose. I wonder if there is a similar situation elsewhere besides Jizhou? ”

"There is no such situation in Suzhou at present. Suzhou is the supply base of the Northern Army, and there is Yanmen Xiongguan, where the Yanmen Branch of the Royal Lecture Hall is located. Therefore, there have always been heavy troops, and no matter how rampant the robbers are, they dare not confront the Hundred Battles Heroes. So there is no such thing in Suzhou at present. Miao Youdao analyzed carefully.

"Yesterday, there was some information recorded in the newspaper. The old man calculated that a similar situation occurred in six states, including Jizhou. But strangely enough, near Gyeonggi, nothing like this ever happened. Yuan Chong said suspiciously.

"This shows that these robbers do have a purpose, and as for what the purpose is, as long as they are caught and interrogated, it will be known." Niu Tianci said.

"Well, since the location of the robbers has been roughly determined, can we report to Lord Assassin Shi and General Ma, the Jizhou guard, and ask them to send troops to suppress the bandits?" Yuan Chong asked God.

"Master, the specific location of the robbers has not yet been determined, and Lieutenant Qian has already said that Mangdang Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if you rush to send troops, it is inevitable that you will suffer heavy losses. Moreover, the army was dispatched with great momentum, and it was inevitable that the news would leak out, and the robbers would know that they would flee to other places, which would be in vain. ”

"What do you think?" Yuan Chong looked at his disciples with satisfaction, and then looked at Miao Youdao and Liyang County Ling's eyes that envied him, Yuan Chong's heart was full of pride and pride.

"The disciple plans to lure the snake out of the hole."

Niu Tianci told everyone in detail about his plan, and Feng Mad showed a very experienced military command ability at this time, constantly supplementing and perfecting Tianci's plan. During the discussion, Tianci proposed that we should pay attention to suspicious people entering and leaving the county town to prevent the robbers from knowing about the plan. The three county commanders said that they could mobilize the assistance of armor protection, but if they couldn't, the whole city would be under martial law. Niu Tianci and Feng Crazy shook their heads in opposition, saying that as long as they found suspicious people to tell them, they must not startle the snakes, and the time to close the net is only after the team sets off. The three county magistrates nodded in agreement and went to arrange the arrangement.

Niu Tianci said to Feng Maniac: "Uncle Feng, send someone to bring Xiaoxian here." Whether he can lure the snake out is up to him. ”

The wind laughed wildly, gave a thumbs up and said, "The wealth is moving." Master, sometimes I really don't think you're an eleven or twelve-year-old child. Master, are you the kind of person who those people who read books say are born to know? ”

"Uncle Feng, I usually call this kind of person a genius."

Hahahaha, the two of them walked out of the study with a smile and went to arrange the layout.