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On the waterway, the Tang family's boat was not fast, and it was only just past the Qinghe County area. The Xia family's convoy was robbed, which alarmed the entire Andong county, and the Xia family's large army went out of the city to find this bandit. The Tang family is not without action, at this moment, the Jin family and the Xia family have been patronized by bandits, they don't think that the bandits will let them go for the sake of the Tang family. Therefore, as soon as the news reached the ears of the little master of the Tang family, he also sent an escort team to meet the Tang family's ship.

It's just that their actions are still late, and when the sun sets, the people who went to meet them found that their own merchant ships had been robbed in the middle of the salt river waterway from Qinghe to Andong. Three of the nearly twenty guards of the Tang family were killed, and all the others surrendered.

Zhang Daniu took two squad soldiers to transport all the "Yan" soil, and the other goods were burned by the ship. It was already night, Zhang Renjie was still in the barracks to continue lecturing, and the heads of the Mu County Order and the Tang family and the Xia family in Andong came to find him.

"It's really too deceitful, and I don't take this official seriously at all!" Zhang Renjie slapped the table fiercely and shouted. "This official immediately dispatched troops to eliminate the bandits! However, can this group of bandits report their names? Where the hell did these people come from? ”

Tang Shaoren, the person in charge of the Tang family, is the third brother of the head of the family, Tang Shaode, and the third uncle of Tang Zhi, who is also Zhang Renjie's classmate, was the first to speak: "Back to my lord, the report number of the robbery of my Tang family's merchant ship is the old hammer head of the bandit in Funing County, but I don't feel right, the old hammer head has never run to Anton, and my Tang family also has business in Funing, so why didn't he rob it nearby, and also ran away to sign up for a robbery?" ”

"The bandits who robbed my convoy didn't have a registration number, but according to what my guards said, the leader had a piece of Beijing with him, and he probably just came to our territory from the north." Xia Liangui, the head of the Xia family, said.

Zhang Renjie said in embarrassment: "Tsk, this is difficult!" If it is really the old hammer head of the bandits in Funing, it will be easy to do, and there is a goal, the official can lead the troops to level his cottage, but if it is a stream of bandits, it will be difficult to do, they may have snatched a ticket and left, and now they don't know where they are, and it is difficult to exterminate them! ”

"By the way, Lord Mu, have you found any results from your investigation?" After Zhang Renjie finished speaking, he turned his head to Mu Xian Ling and asked.

Muxian Lingzheng is depressed, and the last half month has been full of bad luck. "The official has already asked someone to check on the spot, and the other party has not left the slightest trace, and he wants to follow the car wheel print to find it, and he disappeared when he walked out of the pear forest. And the merchant ships of the Tang family, strictly speaking, still belong to Qinghe County, but this official is not in a good past! ”

"The four bandits of our Huai'an Mansion, the Sea Dragon King of Hongze Lake were destroyed by you, and there is only this old hammer head in Funing, the earth-turning Jiao in Yancheng, and the Meng Tiger in Taoyuan, not to hide from the adults, when the caravans traveled back and forth between the north and the south, they generally encountered bandits robbing the road, and gave some money to buy the road, and they were all released along the way, but this time, I think there is a lot of ** not these few families!" Xia Liangui continued.

"That's right!" Tang Shaoren said: "In the past, the Sea Dragon King was the most ruthless, followed by the old hammer head, Yancheng's Tiantian Jiao specializes in eating sea noodles and has nothing to do with us, hey, it is very likely that Meng Laohu of Taoyuan did it under the name of the old hammer head!" ”

"How so?"

"Meng Laohu is different from several other bandits, he doesn't claim to kill the rich and help the poor, he likes to rob big households, especially hates us who sell big "cigarettes", in recent years, Taoyuan's business has been stirred up by him, but there is no such thing as this time, ah, enter the county town to burn and rob, ambush on the road to kill people and rob goods!"

"Oh, this Meng Laohu still knows how to kill the rich and help the poor?! How did I hear that he was also evil? Zhang Renjie asked with interest.

Tang Shaoren of the Tang family said with a dry smile: "Hehe, don't hide it from your lord, most of the news spread outside here was also spread by others, and my Tang family also spread it." It's just that this Meng Laohu is very cunning, cunning rabbit three holes, and he doesn't stay in one place for a long time at all. Although its rise is not long, but it is very difficult, Caoyun Governor Yamen has ordered the soldiers below to clear it several times, but they have not touched Meng Laohu's tail. ”

"yes, bandits, all of them should be killed!"

"I've heard that the guys in the hands of this group of bandits are quite powerful, and they are all short cannons, aren't they?" Zhang Renjie asked with great interest.

Speaking of this, the two families were energetic, Tang Shaoren took the lead and said: "That's true, the general bandits definitely don't have such equipment, listen to the housekeeper, those are the latest short cannons, either made in Britain or made in the United States, good things, just those dozens are worth a lot of silver!" And there is no place to buy it if you have money! ”

"That is, this group of bandits is indeed unusual, their hands and feet are clean and neat, but the two adults, there is such a big thing in the county, if it is every result, I am afraid that the above will also blame it, and please let the two adults bother a lot, and the bandits must not be allowed to be so rampant!"

"I'm interested in this bandit. There are more than 30 short cannons, and there are not a few in my battalion in total, so I was thinking about it! Rest assured, two bosses, I will pay attention to this matter. This, Lord Mu, you are familiar with the territory of Anton, send more people to find out the news, once there is a harvest, my 400 soldiers of the Renzi battalion will immediately attack and exterminate this bandit! ”

"Definitely, definitely, I will immediately send all the servants in the county government to the countryside, as long as this group of bandits has not left, there will definitely be news. Alas, in addition to such a thing in the county, in two days, the prefect will definitely send someone to reprimand him again, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to keep this black veil, these bandits killed by heaven! "Muxian Ling sighed with a sad face at the beginning, there have been two major cases in a row, and many people have died, plus this time it is enough for fifty integers, and he can be Amitabha Buddha without taking off his hat!

"The two bosses should not be idle, especially Boss Xia, you are a local family in Anton, and you have to contribute more. Now the road is so unsafe, in fact, my Renzi battalion can also send some people to help the two guards, presumably if the imperial court officers and soldiers escort them, it is generally difficult for bandits to dare to do it, right? The two bosses may wish to think about it! Zhang Renjie stood up and said with a smile. He wasn't so kind, in fact, Zhang Renjie was thinking that he would be able to visit the place of purchase with them on two trips to the caravan.

The news that came out of the Jin family's "Smoke" hall last time was not comprehensive, and it was the Jin family's. The Jin family's business is the smallest, and the channels are not fixed, far inferior to the Xia family and even worse than the Tang family. Sending a team to escort the caravan is important for him to figure out where he is going. And everywhere I went, I could also write down the characteristics of that place and report it to Zhang Renjie for information.

Tang Shaoren and Xia Liangui were a little moved in their hearts. In the past few days, they have seen this Zhang Dusi's training methods, and they know exactly what kind of virtue the green battalion soldiers are in this place, and compared with these soldiers in front of them, they don't know how many thousands of miles worse. Although I also have an escort team at home, I have to admit that the regular soldiers' families are regular soldiers, and although the weapons in their hands are still a little old, their every move can give people a sense of security.

This army that has always been able to fight, the defeat of the Sea Dragon King in the hands of this Zhang Dusi is really unjust. The two glanced at each other, although they were moved, but they had not immediately decided that this matter was not small, Tang Shaoren had to go back to report to his eldest brother in charge before he could make the decision, and Xia Liangui also needed to ask his father.

"Lord Toji stays, I'll leave later!"

"Zhang Dusi rest, the two of us must cooperate sincerely this time to wipe out this bandit in one fell swoop! I'm going back and send someone to find out where the bandits are!" ”