In winter, Wanmu is depressed, and it is not only Wanmu that is depressed.

As soon as you enter the Bazhou realm, a large area of wilderness comes into view, especially desolate in the endless snow. The dead branches shivered in the wind and whimpered.

Yang Ling is still Qincha, but Qincha is different from Qincha, now it is just an order to investigate a corrupt official, there is no big pie, Yang Ling's honor guard is mainly from the Ministry of Justice, the two flag officials are also assigned by the Criminal Department, and the family of the Guogong Mansion is only twenty people, led by Liu Dabang, with him.

In addition to the generals brought out of the Guogong Mansion, and the people from the Criminal Department. According to Liu Jin's octopus surname, now that he has the power to intervene, of course he will not let go of this opportunity.

Although he didn't think about getting any benefit from the money confiscated from the construction of the princess Baiyi Nunnery, he still sent a celebrant eunuch Liang Hong to be appointed as the admiral of Jinwu's right guard, and asked for the decree to be the deputy envoy of the Qin mission to cooperate with Yang Ling to handle the case.

During the Song Dynasty, Bazhou, as the border area of the Liao and Song dynasties, took nearly 50 years to build a city with military defense as its main function. For 120 years after the signing of the alliance in 1004, the Song Dynasty designated this place as a field for Liao, and traded with Liao, and exported agricultural products and handicraft products from the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions to the north, as well as overseas incense medicines. From then on, Liao imported livestock, leather goods, medicinal materials, pearls and jades to the Central Plains, and the Great Song Dynasty collected a lot of Yang merchant taxes.

It stands to reason that such a place should be very prosperous, but in the past hundred years, a large area of grain fields in Bazhou has been encircled by the royal family and the government as an imperial village and an official village, and the land has been annexed to the point of no return. Since the eleventh year of Yongle, in order to strengthen the cavalry strength against the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, after the implementation of the horse policy in this count, it was stipulated that one horse should be raised under fifteen ding, and two horses should be raised above fifteen ding.

As soon as he entered the Bazhou realm, Yang Ling got out of the sedan chair and changed to a horse. Occasionally, there are a few dilapidated hamlets on the snowy expanse, and the dilapidated houses in the small villages are closed with doors and windows to protect them from the cold. Occasionally, only one or two pedestrians, dressed in bloated and tattered black cotton jackets, watched the brightly armored procession pass by the roadside with their hands in their hands, their eyes glazed like clay sculptures, and occasionally they could only be seen moving, raising their sleeves and rubbing the snot that flowed to their mouths.

This is the hometown of the Red Lady! Is it the hometown of Cui Ying'er, who is illiterate in big characters, but has the aura of heaven and earth, and is as cute as a piece of uncarved jade? She is only younger than Cheng Qiyun, and she has been mixed among the bandits since she was a child, and she is used to seeing blood and ugliness, but her heart and temper are still straightforward and simple, like a clear spring rippling out of a mountain stream.

Is it this land that gave birth to her? Her team of horse thieves is crisscrossing this land, but why can't there be a single mountain in sight? When Wanmu recovers, this large area of empty land should be either fertile land or grassland, right?

The green grass was higher than the horse's belly, and an unrestrained horse carried an unrestrained man galloping across the grassland. The horse is like a dragon, the person is like a fire, the red clothes that are flying and dancing are like dancing flames, and the person on the horse is her, the red lady.

The eclectic small waist, with the snow-bright Zhanlu Wu hook, the bundle of green silk, the crystal eyes, and the distant mountain-like eyebrows are such a woman full of wild surnames and self, perhaps only such wild landscapes can be cultivated. Just like Li'er, Li'er is literate and literate, but her spleen and surname, isn't it like this? Perhaps it is precisely because they come from similar places that they have similar aura, and they have the courage and courage that ordinary Ming women do not have.

Thinking about it leisurely, a tail of snowflakes fell leisurely and landed on his face, with a sweet feeling in the coolness. It's going to snow again. Looking into the distance, a black dot came into view, and Bazhou City arrived at the palace of Zhang Zhong, the eunuch guarding the town of Bazhou.

His mansion stretches from West Street to the South River Bank, covering an area of 100 acres and more than 500 houses. The houses in the house are distinct layer by layer, scattered, the pavilions are magnificent, and the bearing is extraordinary. Entering the gate, the middle door, facing the living room of the stone foundation wooden pillar, the square flower window, the partition door is picked, and the inside and outside are decorated with large pieces of wood carved flowers and birds, which looks antique.

If Yang Ling saw this mansion, he would not be surprised by the large area occupied by the princess's nunnery, although the rich man of the north may not be comparable to the rich gentry in Jiangnan, but the size of the mansion is beyond the reach of the exquisite and elegant gardens of the rich people in Jiangnan.

At this moment, there are two groups of men and horses standing in the hall, one team of officers and soldiers with bright armor, holding swords and arrows, murderous, and the other side is less numerous, dressed only ordinary people, but still holding swords, and the fierce spirit is several times better than that of officers and soldiers.

There is another scene in the hall, the room is warm like spring, the silver lamps on the four walls are hung high, and there is a person sitting high on the main seat, about half a hundred years old, with a good appearance, a ruddy face, a reunion, wearing a purple satin copper coin robe, and a rich gentry at a glance.

On his left hand sat a row of burly men, headed by a square face, with heavy eyebrows and tiger eyes, not angry and arrogant, and quite imposing between his eyes. On the opposite side, there is a row of lieutenant generals in the army, and the costumes are also listed according to the rank of the generals.

There was a makeup beauty sitting next to everyone on both sides, and in the winter, she actually wore a spring dress made by Kira, with narrow sleeves and a scarlet spring shirt, exposing the wonderful curves of the breast augmentation and thin waist.

The wall in the room was burned warm, and there were eight large bronze tripods in the hall, which had smokeless animal charcoal emitting bursts of heat, so they felt warm in their spring shirts, but the officers and soldiers and big men sitting on both sides couldn't help but sweat on their foreheads.

The women are like snakes and slick their own good **, teasing the men they are responsible for serving, but all of them are staring at each other, their fierce eyes seem to be ready to fight at any time, ignoring their teasing, and even their hands are tightly clenched on the blades at their waists.

The beauties had to take the initiative to tear off the spring shirts, their breasts were half exposed, and they grinded their shoulders charmingly with **, but through the thick armor and cotton robes, it is unknown whether they can play a role in seduction.

The gentleman wearing a purple satin copper coin robe laughed and said, "Everyone, in my mansion, I, Zhang Zhong, promise not to fight, why be so nervous?" When you enter my door, you are my Zhang Zhong's guest, let me ask you what great hatred you have, why do you have to fight to the death. ”

"Father-in-law, this person on the other side is a big thief, he once led the crowd to plunder a large household in Hejian Mansion, and the lower official chased him all the way, and the father-in-law asked me to sit with him, and I hope that the father-in-law will explain it to the lower official."

"Oh, hehe, you said this, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, he just had some personal grudges with the rich man, and led a few brothers to take revenge, didn't there be a big incident? It's like".

He plucked out his ears impatiently and said, "It seems that he hacked to death two family guards and didn't hurt others, right?" ”

The big man who led the opposite side hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, we will kill two, and we are still a dog minion."

"Father-in-law, as far as the lower officials know, this person is a thief who dominates several places, and besides, he robbed that family."

"General Yuan!" Although Zhang Zhong's amiable face was grim, he shouted sharply, and as soon as General Yuan touched his poisonous snake-like eyes, he couldn't help but shiver.

"Hehehehehe", the evil anger on Zhang Zhong's face was hidden, and it was as warm as a spring breeze: "General Yuan has just been promoted, we are not very familiar with each other, and we have dealt with each other a lot, you will know that I Zhang Zhong is a person, I Zhang Zhong is a person from all over the world, easy to make friends, three religions and nine streams, and there are friends who are irreversible." Yesterday, our family was eating and drinking with you, Deputy Chief Zhang."

A maid in front of him poured him a glass of wine, Zhang Zhong held the cup and smiled: "General Yuan, in fact, your name has been admired by our family for a long time, a few days ago, I returned to Beijing, and more than ten generals who were promoted were stopped in the matter, and only three people passed, one of whom was named Zhou De'an, who was promoted to Jinling; One is Datong Jiang Bin, who was promoted to guerrilla; There is another one, that is, you, General Yuan Biao, Yuan, were promoted from a thousand households to a general.

When Liu Yu of the Ministry of War asked for the appointment letter, our family happened to be there, and I saw Liu Gonggong sign the pledge, it has only been a few days, we have met, and it is also fate, and we should get along well in the future. ”

When Yuan Biao heard this, his face suddenly changed, this eunuch guarding the town is too powerful, the deputy chief soldier is his own top boss, that's it, he actually called the name of the military department, it seems that he is still a popular person in front of the powerful Liu Gonggong, is this a person who can afford to provoke himself?

Zhang Zhong raised his glass and said: "Yuan Shen will come here to catch thieves, which shows that he is loyal to the imperial court, and when our family returns to Beijing, he will definitely talk about the general's loyalty and bravery in front of Gonggong Liu and the military department." Our family sincerely befriended the general, and we must talk about the existing matter."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhong pointed to the dignified man on the left and said: "This person is actually my clan brother, named Zhang Mao, who is martial arts and chivalrous, and is a good man in Bazhou, please take care of the general!" A certain relative offers a glass of water and wine, and if the general is willing to give this face, please drink as much water and wine as he can."

Yuan Shen got up with the maid beside him, walked over and took the wine glass with both hands, returned to Yuan Biao, held the cup with both hands over the top, and knelt in front of the desk.

Yuan Biao looked around in a panic, and saw that the group of thieves on the opposite side was murderous, and it seemed that they would jump up at any time, and the first Zhang Zhong sat still, but a pair of eyes narrowed slightly, and the faint eyes were indescribably terrifying.

This brave and skilled general with repeated military exploits was fearless in the face of a strong bandit enemy, but in the face of this invisible pressure, this network of power and interests, he was sweating profusely, and he did not know how to deal with it.

No matter how brave and good you are, what about fighting? People have hands and eyes all over the sky, and the officials of the generals are not small, but he may be able to get himself down with a word, and the bright future is all gone, at least with his power, just by squeezing out, his own reputation in the army is not good.

He looked back at the robes he had followed for many years, and most of them had lowered their heads, and they had lost the murderous aura just now. The beautiful woman in front of her held her glass in her hands, her arms were shaking sorely, and the wine was spilling out, but she was still motionless.

Zhang Zhong's face gradually became difficult to look at, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The glass of wine in front of him was really more oppressive than a sharp sword, Yuan Biao took a long breath, and finally slowly let go of his right hand holding the knife:

I am an official, he is a thief, and Gonggong Zhang openly shielded the robbers, and he trusted each other so in person, it was clear that he was extremely hard in the background, and he didn't care about my identity at all. If I really want to pursue it, I'm just asking for trouble. Even if this case goes to heaven, I am afraid that all the evidence of the crime will be destroyed at that time. Is Zhang Mao a good citizen or a thief, will the court believe me, or will it believe in Grandpa Zhang?

Yuan Biao took the wine, and suddenly dried it up in one gulp, the wine was bitter, and he couldn't taste anything else.

"Hahahaha" Zhang Zhong laughed loudly like a duck, poured another glass of wine, and raised it to Zhang Mao and said: "General Yuan will be friendly with you from now on, and in the future, don't disturb General Yuan's territory again, making it difficult for General Yuan."

"Yes, follow the orders of the eldest brother!" Zhang Mao smiled happily, took the cup and walked in front of Yuan Biao, knelt down on one knee, and said, "General Yuan, there are many rudenesses in the next place." The so-called do not fight and do not know each other, and in the future, we are willing to be commensurate with General Yuan's brothers and be friendly with each other."

Officers and soldiers caught bandits, and they became brothers. Yuan Biao smiled bitterly, and also raised his cup in response. Zhang Mao drank all the wine in the cup and returned to his seat. The tense atmosphere in the hall suddenly eased.

Zhang Zhong smiled and got up to persuade him to drink, and the beautiful maids who served beside Yuan Biao and other generals got up and left their seats, and after a while, they each returned to them with a tray, each plate was full of more than a dozen ingots of gold, and the generals didn't seem to squint, but they secretly saw it, and the look on their faces eased a little.

Zhang Zhong occasionally talked about the high-ranking generals in the army he had befriended, and the Chinese martial arts officers of the dynasty, one by one, listened to Yuan Biao's secret awe, and since he had decided to accept it, he also put down his body, and he was happy for a while.

After waiting for Yuan Biao and other thieves to 'return with a full load', Zhang Mao said uneasily: "Big brother, this surnamed Yuan won't regret it anymore, right?" His official position is not low, if he goes back, he will make a statement."

Zhang Zhong sneered and said: "A young child who has just been promoted, he has no blood, and he has no way to sue our family and let him ask for help!" Don't worry, the eldest brother has already asked people to hold the sticker, to inform his boss and colleagues, and when he goes back to know how powerful our family is, if he wants to be promoted again, he has to worship under my door, and the gold he took out today will have to be obediently doubled back, complaining? Hum! ”

Zhang Zhong is in charge of the military horses raised by the people of Bazhou, so he often deals with officers and soldiers and generals from all over the country, and they have a very large relationship network, which is indispensable in the local area.

After he finished speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe, and then lowered his face and said: "Why did you run to Hejian Mansion to make trouble, and you were chased all the way." If it weren't for our family, your inheritance would be gone, and it would be too careless to act like this. ”

Zhang Mao smiled bitterly: "Isn't Yang Da Broom coming, this guy is a big scourge, when he was far away in the capital, he made Bazhou chickens and dogs restless, and Yang Hu's brother's cottage was suppressed, causing him to flee to Shandong." Qi Yanming was also arrested and put in prison by the bandit officers and soldiers, he is too famous, big brother, you have come forward, and you have not got him out until now. My brother didn't dare to commit a crime in Bazhou, so he had to run to the river."

Zhang Zhong said disdainfully as he walked back: "You said Yang Ling? He has been overthrown by Gonggong Liu, and now he is just a vain prince, he came to Bazhou to confiscate the property of the Yin family, can he still manage our family? ”

Zhang Mao said cautiously: "Big brother is careless, haven't you heard?" It is said that this person is a heavenly killing star, and wherever he goes, there will be a military disaster, you say that where he has been in the past two years, where has he not seen the sword light and blood? It's really evil, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

Now that the imperial court and Duoyan Sanwei are in the market, and borrow the grassland to raise horses, it is estimated that in two more years, there will be a large number of war horses to supply the army, and at that time, we will cancel the horse policy of Bazhou Jiding and raising horses, and it is difficult to say whether the eldest brother can still guard this place, we have to take advantage of the two years of hard work to make a big profit."

Zhang Zhong said with a smile: "How to fish?" How many big families do you rob? Stupidity! Look at our family, I just asked Gonggong Liu for an envoy, not only to supervise the military horses of Bazhou, but also to be responsible for mining for two years, to ensure that the gold mountain will come back."

Zhang Mao was surprised: "Mining? Do we have a mine in Bazhou? Gold, silver or copper? ”

Zhang Zhong didn't say anything with a smile, he thought for a while and said: "But there is some truth in your concerns, there are still people with great magical powers in this world, this surnamed Yang has been a prince of the country for two years, and he is angry, and he is indeed evil." Hmm".

He pondered for a moment and said: "Go back to Longquan Temple and invite the four Buddhas to do a Hongen ** thing, eliminate his murderous aura of Yang cutting off his head, our family will send someone to Zhizhou Yamen to say, let them sell the property, land deeds, and servants of the Di family as soon as possible into cash, and simply buy it for our family, so that the surnamed Yang can return to Beijing as soon as possible, so as to save him from getting in the way here!" ”

"What's the hurry, it's too late to go back to Beijing for the New Year anyway, let's stay here for a few more days, what do you think?" Yang Ling made up his mind to go out of Beijing to kill time, delaying time to make Liu Jin mess up, he used to be resolute when he went out of business, and he couldn't wait to finish the business trip back to the capital in the fastest time, but this trip was very leisurely in his heart.

Originally, it was just a property raid, and I couldn't think of anything big when I broke my head, the focus was on the Jingshi's side, but now I had to avoid it, but what could I do in this place?

Usually I want to go back to Beijing early but can't leave, but now I don't want to go but I don't have a reason not to go, thinking of Yang Ling can only smile bitterly.

Liang Hong heard it but was in the middle of it, the best way for the Beijing officials to fish for oil and water is to make a mistake, it is rare that Gonggong Liu sent this messenger to him, if he cleans up in three or two days and returns to the capital immediately, isn't it in vain?

Liang Hong hurriedly responded: "What Grandpa Guo said is that the lanterns in Shengfang Town, Bazhou are extremely famous, since we are here, how can we see it."

"Look at the lanterns? It was only the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the time was still too little for Liu Jin to toss, so let's slowly think of excuses then", Yang Ling thought, and when he looked up, the Bazhou Zhizhou led a group of officials who were already waiting at the gate of the city.

The city also looked very depressed, and Fan Mo, the governor of Bazhou, accompanied Yang Ling and Liang Hong, and introduced the situation in Bazhou while entering the city. Yang Ling was concerned about the civil affairs of Bazhou, the situation of the extermination of horse thieves in Bazhou, and how much property he had in the middle of the night, but he had just entered the city, so it was inconvenient to inquire about these things, and he just listened to Fan Moli's introduction casually.

"Whose chastity archway is there, why is it so dilapidated, the archway is crooked, and the government will not come forward to renovate it?" Liang Hong suddenly saw a chastity archway, so he asked in an official tone.

Fan Moli smiled at first sight: "Back to my father-in-law's words, this archway was set up by a magistrate in Bazhou in the fourth year of Jianwen to his widowed mother, but his widowed mother was later annihilated by others, and she was pregnant, and her house was raided for the crime of bullying the king."

This archway has not waited to smash, it is crooked, everyone said, this is the gods of heaven and earth in the underworld, so it is crooked the archway, can not deceive people. Therefore, it was not smashed, but it was a wake-up call for future generations, so that those who are righteous men and gentlemen in the open and men and women in the dark know that heaven and earth have eyes and gods are at ease, and stop doing things that deceive the heavens and the king."

In the fourth year of Jianwen, it was the year when King Yan rebelled, the world was in turmoil, and it was strange that someone took care of this kind of thing, and it is no wonder that the chastity archway of the lost people is still standing until now.

Liang Hong was very interested when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? Is this really the case? Is it really a gods? ”

Eunuchs are more looking forward to the existence of heaven and earth ghosts and gods than ordinary people, and they are more looking forward to the afterlife, and they are naturally particularly interested in hearing ghosts and gods.

Fan Moli was very interested in seeing this Admiral Jin Wuwei, and couldn't help laughing: "There should be, there is still a joke about this." In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, a local filial piety on the book for the widow to set up the archway, said that his sister-in-law from the age of 19 to the widow, the door does not go out of the two doors, the son of filial piety to the in-laws, very virtuous, the first emperor issued a decree to allocate five hundred taels of silver to set up the archway.

Unexpectedly, his widowed sister-in-law was terrified after hearing about it, she had also heard of unchaste people, the archway could not stand, and she had no choice but to say to the little uncle that she had a love affair with others.

The little uncle was shocked and frightened when he heard this, the criminal was going to behead the king, and he didn't care about pursuing his sister-in-law at this time, so he had to spend a lot of money to ask a Taoist priest.

After receiving the money, the Taoist priest made a ritual, saying that his sister-in-law had stolen people a few times, so he sprinkled a few soybeans under the archway to break the law.

When the filial piety went back, he asked his sister-in-law how many times he had stolen people, and his sister-in-law squeaked for a while before saying: "Uncle, don't talk about it, you just take the dustpan and pour it into the pit, two dustpans will definitely be enough."

Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this, and the Admiral Liang couldn't straighten up with laughter on the horse, and asked vigorously: "Then what happened later, hehe, but later he really broke this law?" ”

Lord Fan of Zhizhou said with a smile: "That filial piety listened to the purple skin, and the seizure was unbearable, for fear of accidents, secretly sprinkled three dustpans of soybeans into the pit, and then people set up the archway."

He can not rest assured that the archway is set up, and his sister-in-law goes to see it every day, but within a few days of effort, the archway began to be crooked, and filial piety killed his sister-in-law and the nephew who did not know if it was his brother's blood and blood, and he also looked for a short time.

"Ahh Liang Hong exclaimed: "It turns out that it is really such a god, oops, this god is really undeceivable, undeceived."

Yang Ling heard that it had caused such a tragedy, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, what god appeared, sprinkled soybeans under the archway, and sprinkled with three dustpans, soybeans sucked the earth's gas, ate water, swelled and sprouted, can it not arch up? Alas, although this woman is shameless, what she does is harmless to others after all, and it ends like this.

Because of listening to this joke, Yang Ling couldn't help but take a few more glances at the leaning chastity archway, there was a person sitting under the archway, wearing a torn cotton jacket, struggling to stand up with a wooden stick, and there was a big bowl on the lower edge of the archway, which seemed to be a person who wanted to eat.

Yang Ling saw that the man was unkempt, very dirty, and only had one leg in his lower limbs, he couldn't bear it, and was about to turn his head, but when his eyes touched the man, he suddenly felt a little strange.

Yang Ling didn't recognize who this beggar was at all, but from the beggar's gaze at him, it was clear that he recognized him, Yang Ling couldn't help but move in his heart, turned his head and stared at the person again.

Dirty and tattered, thin and black, I have never seen this person, but his eyes, his gaze fell on his broken leg, Yang Ling's heart was shocked, and he suddenly remembered someone.

He immediately called Liu Dabang's mallet and whispered a few words to him, Liu Daba's mallet understood, and immediately led several generals of the Guogong Mansion to slow down their pace, and when the honor guard passed, they greeted the beggar who asked for food.

The beggar had already reacted, and was about to walk away in a panic, but he was inconvenient to move, which was the opponent of these fans from the inner factory, and was sandwiched by the two fans, and the four families were surrounded, so he unknowingly mixed into the back wing of the Qincha honor guard and entered Bazhou City, as usual, the civil and military officials wanted to wash the dust for the minister, and then sent the two Qincha to the residence.

Yang Ling's residence is the old house of the Di family, and as soon as the imperial court decreed, the Bazhou government put all the Di family members who had seen them into the prison and confiscated all the properties of the Di family, and sent them home for both long and short jobs.

This mansion is close to the edge of the city, the houses are one after another, only the main house covers an area of more than 80 acres, across two streets, the back house courtyard goes out, is an endless land, that nearly a thousand hectares of land are purchased by the dark family over the years. Worried that the servants of the Dian family would be detrimental to the Qincha, the prefect of Bazhou recruited some male servants and maids from elsewhere for the two Qincha to drive.

Yang Ling climbed the attic and looked at the thousands of snowfields in the back house, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised by the amount of wealth that the dark family had encroached upon. Di Dongchen manages the dirty penalty treasury, which is specially designed to store the jewelry and jade of the corrupt officials and the confiscated criminals, and all kinds of valuable property.

After these things were registered, they were shipped to the dirty penalty warehouse, and some things were put away for decades, and after a long time, they could not be counted again, so Di Dongchen took the opportunity to steal them. In addition, some officials were later released by grace, and when the property was returned, he falsely claimed that it was damaged or could not be found, and those officials who had just been released did not want to make any extraneous troubles, so they had to swallow their anger, and these assets alone amounted to 10,000 gold.

In addition, some treasures have not been identified, and only the name of the instrument is recorded in the account book. For example, the best jade bottle, which is obviously a priceless treasure, was stolen by Huang Dongchen and replaced it with some ordinary bottles that were only worth a few pennies, so he stole a lot of wealth.

After being an official for less than ten years, this little rat with a low position has raised a big mouse, if Yang Ling was not personally responsible for raiding the Yin family, he really couldn't imagine that a small household department in charge of the treasury department could buy such a huge property.

Liang Hong stood aside with a smile, tiptoeing at the boundless land outside the back house and said: "Good guy, the Di family has such a big piece of land, this thousand hectares of fertile land just collects rent, how much harvest does it get in a year."

Yang Ling nodded, and suddenly remembered something and said: "Along the way, many places have been encircled as imperial villages and official villages, and the wealthy gentry and rich people have a lot of land, and the people of Bazhou have to raise horses, and there is not much grassland left, can you raise good horses?"

Once the horses do not meet the standards, or the horses die of disease and starvation, the government will punish a large amount of money, this alone is a burden that the people can not bear, it seems that the horse administration in Bazhou and even Henan and Hebei is really a heavy burden on the people.

Alas! If you suffer these people, let's stay up for another year or two. Now that several large horse farms outside the customs have been built, a large number of free-range horses can be purchased as soon as spring begins, and soon a stable source of war horses for the army and a large number of high-quality war horses will be provided, and at that time, these people will no longer have to suffer such exploitation and labor. Coupled with the promotion of new crops, let the people mix food and clothing first.

The opening of the sea to trade from the coast to the interior will gradually expand its influence on the distribution of crops and native products, and expand the overall prosperity of handicrafts, commerce, transportation, and service industries. ”

He glanced at Liang Hong, yawned deliberately, and said, "I'm a little tired all the way." Father-in-law Liang, let's go back and take a bath, rest early, and tomorrow morning, let's listen to the report of Governor Fan's mansion on the raid."

As soon as Liang Hong heard that the eviction order had been issued, he didn't think he was angry, so he said goodbye with a smile and returned to his own residence, and Yang Ling immediately asked someone to bring the beggar into the inner hall.

The black and thin one-legged man was helped into the warm inner hall, sitting on a chair, Yang Ling paced in front of him, stared at his face, and took a long breath and said, "Sure enough, it's you, you are a black harrier!" ”

The black thin man kept hanging his head to avoid his gaze, and when he heard this, his body suddenly shook, and then he raised his head and laughed miserably: "Yes, it's me, my black harrier was also a well-known man, and now he has become a beggar."

He lowered his head, his loose hair covering his eyes, but Yang Ling saw two lines of tears, running straight down his dirty cheeks and becoming cloudy on his chin.

The black harrier muttered, "If it weren't for the blind old lady, I'd rather die like this, freezing to death on the streets." But I still have an old lady, I'm not filial, I'm not filial! ”

As he spoke, he pounded his broken leg fiercely, Yang Ling grabbed his hand and asked, "How can this be?" When you left, I gave you a large amount of money for the consultation, how can you and Lingtang live on this money, how can Ying'er not give you the silver? ”

"Ying'er?" The black harrier raised his eyes and looked at him with a strange expression: "You call Sister Cui Ying'er?" Did she really follow you? ”

Yang Ling shook his head slightly, also sat down next to him, and said abruptly: "Her Bazhou Laozhai was suppressed, Old Man Cui died under the arrows of officers and soldiers, she was bent on revenge, how could she follow me?" I owe her a lot, I really want to take good care of her for the rest of my life, and I really want to pity that she won't give me this opportunity."

The Black Harrier's eyes rolled when he heard this, 'I owe her a lot?' ’

Thinking of Cui Ying'er's constant disappointment since she returned to Bazhou, Black Harrier concluded that there must have been a relationship between the two. One of the two is an official and the other is a bandit, how can there be a relationship between men and women? Didn't he rely on his power to forcibly take possession of the red lady?

Thinking of this, the black harrier jumped up suddenly, grabbed him by the neck and shouted, "You took advantage of Sister Cui, didn't you?" You bastard! Oh! You are now the prince of the country, such a big official, you are about to catch up with the prince, Sister Cui is as kind to me as a mountain, you dare to be sorry for her, I will kill you! ”

As soon as Liu Dabang and a few others saw him, they were about to set him away with a shouting and scolding, Yang Ling stopped them with a wry smile, and said to the black harrier: "I didn't need to come forward to check the property of corrupt officials in Bazhou, I took the initiative to ask for a decree to come, just hoping to have the opportunity to see her." I wish I could find her and take care of her, but how could I be sorry for her? ”

The black harrier was skeptical, but thinking about the Red Lady's attitude towards Yang Ling, if he was forcibly annihilated, how could he treat him, not only when he was in Yangyuan, but also when he returned to Bazhou, the man who thought about it at night and couldn't keep his soul was also him.

The black harrier sat back in his chair and said: "In Yangyuan, I found out that the relationship between you and you is extraordinary, your official is getting bigger and bigger, although Sister Cui is young and beautiful, her background is not good, and she can't read, but you really treat her with the surname Yang?" ”

Yang Ling smiled bitterly: "Yang Ling's heart, heaven and earth can be learned. It's just that she's like a wild horse that can't be tethered, where can I stop her? A few days ago, she saw me in the capital, and then disappeared again, I thought she would return to Bazhou, this is not chasing me? ”

The black harrier's face was relaxed, he thought for a while, and said: "I believe you, Sister Cui likes you, since she returned to Bazhou, she has been in a state of soul all day long, I have never seen her like this, she always carries two paintings by her side, that was when you asked people to paint it for her when she was in Yangyuan, right?" Even when she came to visit me and my wife at my house, she was reluctant to leave, and once I accidentally bumped into her, and she was still anxious with me, she must have liked you."

Yang Ling was very excited when he heard this, he just wanted to speak, but suddenly saw Liu Dabang and others looking outside, but the look on their faces was very strange, and he couldn't help but stop his mouth and said: "Bang mallet, you take someone out for a while, prepare some wine and food, I want to invite Brother Harrier to eat wine."

The residence was originally prepared with wine and food, a few platters, and a few fried hot dishes, the black harrier was also really hungry, and he hadn't seen wine and meat for a long time.

It turned out that the red lady hired a car to take him back to Bazhou, placed him and his mother in Bazhou City, and restored his real name Miao Gang. used the money Yang Ling gave them to buy a house, and bought a few acres of real estate, rented it out to collect land rent to live, and often came to visit them after returning to the cottage.

Although the black harrier has become a cripple, he and his mother have no worries about food and clothing with this money. Cui Yinger since telling Yang Hu's father, Lao Zhai has canceled support for Yang Hu, fortunately, Yang Hu's own forces have been quietly removed, did not suffer too much loss, although he often goes to Lao Zhai, hoping to get Cui Boss's understanding, but most of the time to go back to his own secret mountain gate to preside over the overall situation, the red lady is out of sight and out of mind, and she is quite comfortable in the cottage.

It's just that she always has a sullen expression, the black harrier can't bear it in her heart, and this place is too barren, and the poor family can't afford to support the widow's mother-in-law, and the mother's family is not willing to stay, so since ancient times, she has not formed the shameful concept of remarrying, especially the women in the cottage, and they don't have these scruples.

Yang Hu is despicable and shameless, the red lady did not make his dirty things public, she has done her best to be benevolent, and she has no obligation to observe the festival for him. The black harrier saw that her heart was firmly tied to Yang Ling, and when she heard that Yang Ling was in the south and fought Western devils, she felt that this person was also a good man, so she persuaded her to find Yang Ling, but the red lady just shook her head and smiled, and said: "He is a big official of the imperial court, I am a thief, and this identity can't be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River, don't turn to ridiculous thoughts."

The Black Harrier thought that it was true, and he didn't mention it anymore. In the first few months, Zhou De'an and Yuan Biao and other fierce generals were dispatched to exterminate the bandits, because Yang Hu's main force had moved elsewhere, they only caught some old and weak women and children, which was not a great achievement, so they marched all the way to clear all the cottages, because the old village was also attacked, the war was tight, and the red lady never came again.

After another month, it was reported that all the cottages in Bazhou were cleared, and the big boss of the Cui family also escaped with an arrow, the black harrier is Yang Hu's person, and he has no feelings for the Cui family's old village, and all he cares about is the whereabouts of his own benefactor, the red lady, and secretly inquired about it, and did not hear the news that the red lady was injured or captured, so he put his mind at ease.

Unexpectedly, he secretly inquired about the news of the bandits in the hands of the government, and the Bazhou magistrate received the news, and after a check, he knew that he had just broken his leg not long ago, and he and his mother moved to Bazhou City to live, and a homeless person who had no property and no job actually bought a house and land, and there were often a few men on fast horses who often came to visit, suspecting that he was a robber who was injured and quit the thief gang, so he was arrested and tortured and interrogated by the government.

Poor Black Harrier was originally a bandit, where can he tell his own ins and outs, but fortunately, he is a man, no matter how he tortures, gritting his teeth is not admitting that he has entanglements with the bandits. In the end, his mother sold all the house and land, and took out all the rest of the gold and silver, and gave it all to a well-known local lawyer, Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi has a daughter Wang Mantang, who is said to be married to a nobleman, so the Wang family got acquainted with many squires and landlords, and after he went up and down, and then entrusted these local celebrities to come forward to say goodbye, and finally saved the black harrier, but he had become penniless, so he lived in a dilapidated Dragon King Temple, and became a beggar.

Yang Ling heard that there was nowhere to go out, if you really want to count it, that pusher is still a capable official, and with this clue, he can catch a reclusive bandit, of course, it is not excluded that he is usually used to blackmailing, and he just implements the crime at will, but he stands up for the black harrier, then it is not right.

Yang Ling was stunned for a long time, and then smiled bitterly: "I came to Bazhou this time to clear the family property of the corrupt official Yin Dongchen, you and Lingtang have nowhere to go, I will take you away when you return to Beijing, Ying'er can no longer take care of you, I will take care of you for her."

The hero is in trouble, and the begging thing has been done for so long, how can the black harrier still maintain his arrogance, so he is ashamed to agree. Yang Ling said: "So after the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, Bazhou has quieted down? I don't know where she led the people of Laozhai to go. Alas! I hope she doesn't get into trouble again."

The black harrier shook his head and sneered: "Bazhou is a den of thieves, among the four thieves, the scourge of our bandits ranks last, and the thieves have been wiped out and are in peace?" The people are suffering from other thieves, especially our thieves! ”

Yang Ling was stunned and blurted out: "The four thieves? Where does this begin? ”

Black Harrier hesitated. Yang Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Miao, how you behave below, you should have heard more or less about it now." From north to south, everywhere Yang went, he was scolded as a broom and a sky-killing star, and I didn't know it. But who is the one who scolds me for being a broom star and is afraid that I am a heavenly killer? Is it the poor? No! It's those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who have ghosts in their hearts!

The people are keen to make a rumor, and they are keen to spread this rumor, not because they are afraid of me and someone. I wish there was such a great scourge as me, and I would do more to plague those who harm the people. It's going to be the New Year soon, and every household sticks to the door god, and the door god is to block the ghost, but can the door god really stop the ghost?

One of the four thieves in Bazhou has gone, and there are still three thieves left! Tell me who they are, now that I, the fierce god Tai Sui Tian Killing Star, have come, if possible, I will get rid of these demons and monsters for the people! ”

The black harrier gritted his teeth, slammed a glass of wine, and said, "Good! If you want to hear it, I'll tell you. Do adults think that the Bazhou bandits are the number one scourge that plagues Bazhou? Wrong, there are not many mountains in Bazhou, although the location of the Bazhou bandits' activities is in Bazhou, the cottages are stationed outside, and most of the bandits have their own isolated land, and they always gather people to go down the mountain to loot when they can't use it.

And what about the government? The eunuchs, the Bazhou government, and the officials and soldiers of the guard office joined forces to harm the people, enclosing land, imposing fines, extorting large households, and doing all kinds of evil! The real scourge of Bazhou, the first of the four thieves is the official thief! ”

Yang Ling's cheeks twitched, the black harrier was originally a thief, his words could not be trusted, but it could be investigated, if the situation was true, let those who thought they had become toothless tigers taste their own power, punish corrupt officials, save the people, and just take the opportunity to stay in Bazhou for a while, killing two birds with one stone.

He said lightly: "Go on, what is the second thief?" ”

The black harrier said: "The second thief is a divine thief!" It is because of poverty here that Buddhism is very popular, but these monks and humanists are not monks at all, not only deceiving money, but also cheating sex, they are also good at making friends with those high-ranking officials and nobles, unscrupulous, I don't know how many fools and foolish women are deceived! ”

When he said this, he smiled bitterly and said: "It is said that the bystanders are clear, we thieves are watching the people being deceived, but we know it, but when it is our turn, we are not the same as Liu Laodao, I believe that Yang Hu's thief is what Ziwei Xingjun descended to?" Hey! He, the purple microstar, has repeatedly defeated you as a heavenly killer, which can be regarded as retribution! ”

"Using Buddhism to make money? Could it be related to Maitreyaism? They are the best at using missions to make money and absorb foolish people. ”

Yang Ling was secretly vigilant and asked, "What about the third thief?" ”

The black harrier said: "The third thief is the ringing horse thief!" ”

Yang Ling Yiqi: "Ringing horse thief? Isn't it the same as those of you who gather people up into the mountains and live by plundering? ”

The black harrier shook his head and said: "It's different, we are thieves, we are dignified and have mountain gates, and we also have our own banners for going down the mountain to loot." The ringing horse thieves are different, the people of Bazhou raise horses at home, everyone is martial, and these ringing horse thieves are usually ordinary people.

They cover their faces with scarves when they are thieves, come and go like the wind, and leave after robbing, they are thieves when they get on their horses, and they are people when they get off their horses, which makes people unguardable and difficult to pursue. In the past, most of them committed crimes, and most of them planted the cases on our bandits, but now the Bazhou bandits have been completely eliminated, and they are still active, only to be discovered that they are different from the bandits."

"I see! No wonder Ying'er told her sadly and indignantly that the people of Bazhou are like hell on earth, this official is a thief, God is a thief, and the people are also thieves, not hell on earth! ”

Yang Ling slowly exhaled a breath and said softly: "After a while, I will ask someone to accompany you back, bring your old mother from the Dragon King Temple, and settle down." Rest assured, aren't you the four thieves? One of the four thieves has gone, and now I will come to him to eliminate the three evils! ”

Yang Ling suddenly remembered the eight characters arranged for him by Zhang Tianshi, saying that he was a lifelong killer and a man, taking his life and taking people's lives, it seems that this is really the case, isn't it just to go to Bazhou to copy a house, who would have thought that he would have to copy a hand of blood again?

He shook his head, with a strange look on his face, and said something that the black harrier couldn't understand at all: "It's the New Year, it's really the New Year!" I increase my longevity as the days increase! ”

(To be continued)