Touching Yue Su's gaze again, the hearts of everyone in the lower seat were hairy, and the timid ones had even been planted crooked on the chairs.

For the rich and unkind, this sentence is not bad at all, especially in that year, the rich people have more or less done some illegal things in the fish and meat township. Now Yue Su has worked hard in the blink of an eye, and he has done four more, the lightest of which are all raiding homes and cutting off heads, these people see Yue Su looking at themselves, which one is not cold, for fear of calling their names. God knows, this Lord Yue has no handle on them.

At this moment, an errand officer suddenly came running and said loudly: "My lord, the county lord asks to see you." ”

"Please!" Yue Su was long and went to greet him in person.

A group of people sitting below, one by one, neither sitting nor standing, didn't know whether to go out to greet them. After all, there are so many errand soldiers around him, who dares to act without permission.

Before Yue Su turned to the front, the county lord had already entered the back office, followed by the maid Zhu'er, who was holding a tray in his hand, which contained many jewelry. Behind them were a dozen or so guards, all of whom carried three boxes. Yue Su ordered the people to look at the seats above, and asked Mu Tianjiao to sit down, and then asked: "I don't know why the county lord is here, the lower officials have missed the distance, and please forgive me." ”

Mu Tianjiao smiled and said: "I heard that Lord Yue convened the gentry and wealthy men under his rule to discuss the matter of funding the former enemy, my Mu family has received the favor of the imperial court, and I should do my best, here are three thousand taels of silver, and some jewelry that I married, I am willing to donate them together to help my lord buy grain and straw to fund military supplies." ”

"The county lord understands the righteousness, and the lower officials really admire it. But I don't dare to accept the jewelry for the dowry, and I hope that the county lord will take it back. Yue Su said with emotion.

"The governor's yamen has proposed 30,000 stone of grain and 30,000 taels of silver, and the adults are unwilling to exploit the people, how can they raise so much at one time. Meager assets, please don't refuse. Mu Tianjiao said firmly.

"This ......" Yue Su deliberately turned his head to look at the people in the lower seat, and said with emotion: "The county lord's family is in Yunnan, and he is willing to take out the dowry jewelry in order to donate money." Your home is in Guizhou, together with the smoke of the beacon, if the king is defeated, it will inevitably burn to Tongren, will your net worth be preserved at that time? Here, I implore you to share the worries of the imperial court and the people of Guizhou......"

"Lord Yue, I am willing to donate five hundred taels!" Before Yue Su finished speaking, someone immediately jumped up and expressed his willingness to donate.

With the first one, then there is the second one, "My lord is right, the county lord's family is in Kunming, and he can still donate money for Guizhou, not to mention us." Xiaomin is also willing to donate 500 taels! ”……

For a while, everyone expressed their attitudes, the least was willing to donate 300 taels, and the most was 1,000 taels.

It's not that they were moved by Yue Su's words, but they were shocked by the scene just now, and now that the county lord has arrived, Yue Su said that again, obviously giving everyone a step down. If you don't, we'll give up, and if you don't, we'll wait and see. These people are not fools, they still understand how to spend money to buy peace, and they are generous.

Yue Su asked the clerk to record them one by one, and Gu Min of Lao Zhi County actually brought the cash silver, which happened to be half a year's worth of money. Sima Chen didn't dare to pretend that his grandson was not pulling out a dime, he saw the market and understood that Yue Su first knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, and then moved out of the county to play the round, and everyone couldn't donate it.

But this guy really didn't have much money, so he had to take the jade pendant on his waist and said, "My lord, the lower official thinks that the official is quite honest, and he didn't bring much silver with him this time, so let's donate this jade pendant." This jade pendant is a thing of the Song Dynasty, and when it is on the market, it is also worth two hundred taels. ”

Yue Su had already checked the details of this person and knew that he never took money, and he was quite honest. said: "Master Sima has this intention, that is the best. Register with Master Sima. ”

Sima Chen smiled indifferently, handed over the jade pendant to the secretary's office, and registered his name. In fact, Yue Suzhen didn't have the heart to accept the money from him and Gu Min, but at this time, he must not say such a thing.

After a while, the clerk's office had been registered, and the congregation donated more than 21,300 taels of silver, and that fraction was, of course, donated by Gu Min.

As soon as he finished his work, he suddenly saw Zhang Wei running over in a hurry, Yue Su saw it at a glance, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and asked, "Zhang Wei, what happened in such a hurry?" ”

"My lord, look at ......," Zhang Wei took out a sign from his arms.

Yue Su took a look, the brand was made of iron, and this dragon was carved on it, and there was a knife stuck in the dragon's back. Isn't this the token of the Dragon Slayer Gang!

Yue Su snatched it and asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

Zhang Wei whispered: "It was discovered by me and Li Chen when we just escorted Ma Han to the prison and undressed him and changed his prison uniform. ”

"Escort Ma Han to the back hall, and I'll interrogate him later."

"Yes, sir."

Seeing the token of the Dragon Slaying Gang, Yue Su was no longer in the mood to socialize with these people, so he sent Tongzhi and Gu Min and Sima Chen to greet these rich people, and arranged for the errand to come to the door to get the silver after it was over.

After the meeting was dismissed, Yue Su said that he was on official business, sent the county lord away, and then ascended to the hall in the back office. left and right "mighty" sounded, and brought the prisoner Ma Han to the hall.

The two messengers kicked on Ma Han's knees, Ma Han immediately knelt down at the bottom of the steps, Yue Su knocked the shocked wood, and asked loudly: "Ma Han, this mansion asks you, where did you get this token of the Dragon Slaying Gang?" With that, he lifted the iron token on the public case.

The token of the Dragon Slaying Gang seems to be divided into levels, but how to divide it, Yue Su doesn't know. It's just that I understand that the tin token seems to be the lowest level, like Chen Weihan and Ge Zhi. The level of the iron token is slightly higher, like the two mothers-in-law who can play Gu are iron tokens. Now that Ma Han's token was also made of iron, Yue Su certainly wanted to ask something about the Dragon Slaying Gang from his mouth.

Seeing Yue Su asking about the token, Ma Han actually raised his head and smiled bitterly, and said dismally: "My lord, I know what you want to ask, but what you want to ask, in fact, I also want to know." ”

"Oh?" Yue Su was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you know what I want to ask you?" ”

"If my guess is correct, you must want to ask me about the Dragon Slayer...... Haha......" Ma Han smiled bitterly again and said, "You don't need to ask more, Ma Han knows that he will die, so tell you everything I know." I was originally a poor scholar in Maqiao Town, but because of repeated failures, I had no choice but to defect to Brother Hu, and became his think tank. The so-called human heart is not enough to swallow an elephant, just like me. With the support of Brother Hu, I recruited some of my subordinates and robbed a few mines, but I am still Brother Hu's subordinates and offer him every year. To tell the truth, Brother Tiger was not kind to me, and he didn't care about my contributions, and most of them were rewarded, and I was willing to be his subordinate at that time. Until one day, a group of people found me, and they were the Dragon Slayer Gang. After those people met with me, they were very direct, and expressed their willingness to help me take down the entire Tongyin Mountain, and also let me see their strength, two or three hundred strong men armed with swords and guns, all mighty. They said that if they were willing to cooperate, it would be the best, if they were unwilling, they could also find someone else, anyway, there were people who mined on the Copper Seal Mountain, but when they helped others, they were enemies with me. Under coercion and temptation, I weighed left and right, and finally compromised, and with the help of their strength, I took the entire Tongyin Mountain in two years, and even the tiger brother who was kind to me at the beginning also killed ......"

Speaking of this, Ma Han's tone was even more bleak, "I look very beautiful now, but in fact, I have nothing, and I don't even have the happiness I had when I was under Brother Tiger." Ninety percent of the income on the Copper Seal Mountain will fall into their hands and be secretly transported away by them, and I will take care of the remaining one percent. Adults may not believe this, but when the army raids the house, they will know that the little savings in my family are not as much as Brother Hu's. I paid a lot and betrayed Brother Tiger, and in the end, what I got was nothing but that iron brand. They didn't tell me anything about the Dragon Slayer Gang, they just treated me like a puppet, a puppet, a tool in front of me. I'm sorry Brother Tiger, when I was just put into prison, I suddenly thought about everything, people are about to die, their words are good, birds are dying and their songs are also mourning, I just hope to die quickly, and kowtow to Brother Tiger three times under Jiuquan. ”

After saying that, Ma Han cried.

Yue Su above saw it sincerely, and knew that Ma Han was revealing his true feelings at the moment, and what he said should be true. So he said in a deep voice: "Ma Han, today you have lost your way and returned, and this government is also deeply grateful. I also want to ask you, since you are just a puppet of the Dragon Slaying Gang, who is the real person in charge of the Dragon Slaying Gang on Tongyin Mountain? ”

"The man's name is Cao Ge." Ma Han said truthfully.

"Cao Ge? I wonder what the characteristics of this man are? Yue Su asked again.

"This person is powerful and powerful, and he has a purple face, which is very easy to recognize."

Purple face. As soon as he heard this answer, Yue Su immediately remembered the purple-faced man he had seen in the forest, and it turned out that he was the real leader of the Dragon Slaying Gang. "Seeing that after Nie Gaochao's death, the Dragon Slaying Gang did not collapse, and the fact is just as I expected, there is another black hand behind Nie Gaochao." Thinking of this, Yue Su said loudly: "Zhang Wei, you immediately hurry up and catch up with Tie Qiu, let him be sure to capture a man named Cao Ge, that person has a purple face, you must remember." ”

"Subordinates obey."

After Zhang Wei left, Yue Su knew that he couldn't ask anything useful from Ma Han's mouth, and he basically said everything that should be said. He was ordered to be taken back to the prison until he returned.

With the donations of the wealthy and the income from the seizure of the family, Yue Su estimated that his errand would definitely be completed, but the grain needed to be transported from Huguang, and he didn't know if he could do it in time. He asked Tong Zhou to urge the grain merchants, and when he had dinner in the evening, he suddenly remembered whether he should also donate some to the imperial court.

Gu Min donated half a year's Yulu, and Sima Chen donated a piece of jade pendant, how much did he donate? To be honest, Yue Su's two Yulu are also a drop in the bucket if they donate it, but they can't donate it to their subordinates, so don't donate it yourself.

After thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly remembered that I had a jade pendant on my body, which I won by making a bet with the hairy boy as a carpenter in Beijing, and I don't know how much it is worth.

"You should find someone to ask, how much is this jade pendant worth, if it is not worth it, wouldn't it be ugly." Yue Su thought about it for a while, and felt that among these people in the family, Tong Xuan and Yin Zhu needless to say, they had never seen anything in the world, and they probably didn't know anything about jade. Although the brother "Li Ying" and the titular wife Ruan Aoyue are both big families, their level of appreciation is not much stronger. Those who have really seen the world have to belong to Qin Huai Oiran Du Shi Niang.

Back in the bedroom, Yue Su saw that Ruan Aoyue and Mei'er were there, and said, "Mei'er, you go and invite Shi Niang over." ”