Xu Liang actually wanted to keep Huang Ziren in the patrol camp, but the patrol camp was full and the funds were tight, so there was really no way to get Huang Ziren in for a while. At the moment, he had to respond in vain, and he would be the first to leave Huang Ziren as soon as he had the opportunity. Huang Ziren listened to it, and also knew that what Xu Liang said was the truth, in the final analysis, Xu Liang was only a third-in-command in Jianchang County, there was a county magistrate who was not very in charge, and there was a county magistrate who had been tested by officialdom for a long time and was cunning and close to demons. With such two great gods pressed on it, Xu Liang always had to be restrained in his work.

At the moment, the two of them were in the private room of Zhiwei Building, pushing cups and making cups, talking about the past before the crossing, and the crossing accident caused by taking pictures, both of them were emotional.

Four jars of rice wine saw the bottom, the banquet was withdrawn, out of the Zhiwei Building, Huang Ziren refused to go to Xu's mansion to rest, in his words, the chief scoop of the Poyang Lake heroes went to Jianchang's house for the night, this is really not suitable.

After another two days, the patrol battalion made a breakthrough in the interrogation of Fang Fu and Luo Baiguan and others who were captured in Zhiweilou that day, and under the repeated bombardment of the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion with sticks and fatigue, Fang Fu of the Tiger Gang's rabbit master finally failed to hold on, and the experience of Tan Erye instructing him to secretly sell young girls was revealed like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

When Xu Liang saw the interrogation file, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the patrol battalion to arrest people according to the list. But I don't know if he has any scruples or what, in a series of lists of arrested people, there is no name of Tan Zhisheng, the second master of Tan.

Hu Xiaoyong, the sentry officer of the patrol battalion who was responsible for the arrest operation, had doubts, and according to his many years of experience in catching fast work, he carefully approached Xu Liang, who was standing by the river with his hands behind his back and talking to Ge Qiao, the deputy envoy of the patrol battalion, before leaving, and kindly reminded: "My lord, this shooter shoots the horse first, and the thief captures the king first, this time the evidence is conclusive, should we arrest Tan Erye first, lest he hear the wind and run away in advance?" ”

Xu Liang listened and didn't speak.

The whistle officer thought that the patrol envoy did not understand, so he repeated it clearly, and looked at Xu Liang, pricked up his ears to listen to the teachings of the patrol envoy.

Xu Liang took a deep look at the whistle officer, but still didn't speak.

"Your Excellency?" The whistle officer asked, confused.

At this time, Ge Qiao, the deputy patrol envoy of the patrol battalion who was standing on the side, said in a deep voice: "Hu Whistle Officer, the warrant of the Lord is very clear, you only need to arrest people strictly according to the warrant, and there is no need to ask more about the rest." ”

"Uh, yes!" The whistle officer finally understood the meaning of the Shangguan not speaking, and he didn't dare to say anything more at the moment, so he turned around and left.

Looking at the back of the whistle officer leaving in a hurry, Xu Liang sneered, "Hmph, if this will arrest the main master, then who will pay the ransom money for those small fish and shrimp?" Xu Liang sighed lightly and said: "Alas, the big boss of the patrol battalion is okay with things, but I think it is to engage in economic income generation, and I have to rely on me, the patrol envoy, to think of recruitment." ”

The arrest lasted for two whole days, and all the Tigers who had anything to do with the girl's disappearance, whether you had survived the boat, or stared at the tip, or helped kidnap someone, or even knew about it by chance, in a word, as long as the person whose name was said by Brother Fang Fu of the rabbit master, they were all arrested and put into the patrol camp.

In two days, nearly fifty or sixty people were imprisoned in the patrol camp, and they were not allowed to visit the prison, and Tan Zhicheng, Uncle Tan, soon knew. When he learned from the explanations of the people below that this qiē was caused by his second brother, Tan Zhisheng, the second young master of the Tan family, who trafficked young women, he was immediately angry, called Tan Erye over and scolded a dog, and finally threw a cruel sentence to Tan Erye: "No matter what method you use, I will return the people who were locked up in the patrol camp within three days, otherwise, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!" ”

Second Master Tan really didn't want to come to see Xu Liang, but he had to come again. His eldest brother Tan Zhicheng's temper is no one clearer than him, that has always been a master who says nothing, Uncle Tan said that he wants to clean you up, then it will definitely not take care of you, let alone a brother, a father.

Xu Liang seemed to have guessed that Tan Er Ye was going to come to the door a long time ago, and met with Tan Er Ye in the patrol envoy's office in the patrol camp camp.

A pot of West Lake Longjing is brewed with hot boiling water, and a full cup is placed in front of Tan Erye.

Second Master Tan looked at the heat, and saw Xu Liang coming over with a smile on his face, so he said without words: "It seems that Lord Xu, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion are not treated well, and they are all drunk in Longjing." ”

Xu Liang chuckled and shook his head, and said, "Second Master Tan is really wrong this time. I think that it has been less than two months since the construction of my patrol camp, and my family background is shallow, so I am thankful that I can take care of food and clothing, how dare I dare to drink Longjing. Actually, this Longjing is specially made for Tan Erye. ”

"Oh?" Second Master Tan was surprised, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, this is too polite, this patrol camp camp is not less than twenty miles away from Jianchang County, Tan just sat down, and Longjing was soaked." Even if Lord Xu immediately ordered someone to go to Jianchang County to buy, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so fast, right? ”

"If it's a temporary purchase, of course it's too late." Xu Liang said faintly: "Actually, the pot of dragon well in front of Second Master Tan was prepared by the official two days ago, and he is waiting for you to come to the door, Second Master." ”

When Second Master Tan heard this, his face changed, and he said embarrassedly: "...... Lord Xu, I have a heart. ”

The atmosphere in the room was dull, and Second Master Tan had a calm face, thinking about how to provoke a suitable topic, so as to lead the matter of letting the patrol battalion release people.

Xu Liang consciously sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and looked at Second Master Tan with a playful expression, not in a hurry at all.

Second Master Tan thought for a while, raised his eyes and was about to speak, when he saw Xu Liang's look of being sure of you, he couldn't help but be angry, his face turned from yellow to red, from red to blue, and finally said in a deep voice with a blue face: "Lord Xu, you and I are both smart people, let's open the skylight and say something." How can the patrol battalion release people? ”

"Happy!" Xu Liang clapped his palms and said happily: "This official appreciates such a refreshing person as Second Master Tan. ”

"The adult praised it falsely, Tan couldn't afford it. Make a price. Second Master Tan said with a sneer.

"Each of the Tigers who came in was ransom for ten taels of silver, paid the money with one hand, and released them with the other." Xu Liang said.

"What?" When Second Master Tan heard this, his face turned even greener, and he got up angrily and said, "It's really a lion's mouth, and you can buy a girl ring on the street for ten taels of silver." ”

Xu Liang took out a blank piece of paper full of names from the drawer, and said with a smile: "Actually, the official also knows that the price is a little higher, but the impact of this matter is too bad for the disappearance of eighteen young girls one after another, and the county lord personally ordered that he be severely punished." If the second master feels that the price is too high, then it's nothing, just let them be locked up in the patrol camp, you can rest assured, although the conditions in the patrol camp are more difficult, but three meals a day are still guaranteed. Saying that, Xu Liang stood up, shook the white paper in his hand in front of Second Master Tan, and said: "It's not early, if the second master has nothing else to do, please go back, alas, the few people who were caught in this are too dark in their hearts, and their hearts are extremely inauthentic, and they actually exposed a lot of things about other people, second master, look at it, I don't know how many people and how many things to pull out of this pull?" Alas, the official has to hurry up and order someone to find out one by one. ”

Tan Erye took advantage of Xu Liang's efforts to shake the white paper, glanced at the white paper, and actually saw the names of several Tiger Gang members on it, he was shocked, and the root of his teeth was gritted loudly, he grabbed Xu Liang, squeezed out a little smile on his face, and said, "Lord Xu, don't be in a hurry to leave, we haven't finished talking about this yet." ”

"Alas, doesn't Second Master Tan feel that the price is too high?"

"Cough," Second Master Tan said: "Just now Tan thought about it carefully, in fact, it is not very high, these scum, bastard things, were blinded by lard, and they actually did such a thing that lost their conscience, punished the key points, and taught them a lesson." Don't worry, my lord, when I go back today, I will have the ransom money delivered. ”

"Second Master Tan's idea became so fast, but don't force it?" Xu Liang said with concern.

"Not at all." Tan Erye squeezed out a smile, but his smile was more ugly than crying.

"Well, in this case," Xu Liang sat back at his desk, thought about it and said: "Eighteen girls have disappeared one after another, presumably their families must be very sad, in case the patrol battalion releases people back, and the families of those girls come to make trouble, it will be quite troublesome." ”

"Well, those families who have lost their daughters, we, the Tiger Gang, are willing to give each family a pension of ten taels of silver." Second Master Tan gritted his teeth and said again.

"That's good." Xu Liang said with a smile. He picked up the small cup of Longjing in front of him and took a sip.

Seeing this, Second Master Tan got up and said goodbye and left.

To say that Second Master Tan's work efficiency is high, an hour later, Second Master Tan sent someone to send seven hundred and forty taels of silver to the patrol battalion.

Xu Liang was also very trustworthy, and when he saw the white silver in the cloth bag, he waved his hand and let him go.

After another hour, Second Master Tan broke into the patrol camp in a rage, and shouted with a red face and a thick neck in the office of the patrol envoy: "Lord Xu, be kind!" Everyone else has been released, why is Fang Fang still locked up? ”

Xu Liang stood up on the ground and shouted: "The second master must speak according to his conscience, at the beginning, we could have said that ten taels of silver were a gang, and the rabbit master was not only the manager of the Tiger Gang, but also your second master's brother-in-law, and his status was more than a little higher than that of the gang." ”

Tan Erye was stunned when he heard this, pointed his finger at Xu Liang for a long time, took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and pressed it on the table, and shouted with red eyes: "Release people!" ”