Song Gongya raised his eyes to look at him, this is indeed a first-class hero.

I saw that he was seven feet five inches long, white and clean, graceful, with black hair and three locks of long hair fluttering down. Just looking at the face, he is at most thirty years old, and looking at the roster of generals, he is already thirty-six years old.

Laizheng, the word Pingrong, Rongzhou Xindao people, his ancestor is really the grandson of the ancestor of the north. In Xindao County, the branch to which he belongs has thirty-two brothers alone. He was the fifth of these brothers.

The big brother of this generation happens to be Nagato's, and he is called to stand up, ten years older than him. It is said that Laili sells cinnamon all the year round, and travels back and forth between Jiaozhou and Nanzhao, Biguo, Lu Zhenla, Huanwang, Wendan, and Shuizhenla.

In recent days, the Marquis of Xiangcheng has already heard that this is good at using poison. Even if it is a seven-step snake, he caught it, squeezed it with his hand in an instant, sprayed the venom, and then tore it again, tore off the snake's skin, dug its liver and gallbladder, and gnawed it without incident. This trick alone can suppress many knights.

Not only the good use of snake venom, but also the good use of grass venom, including black venom, has been deeply studied. That's why people call it the god of poison.

When Song Gongya, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, heard him say this, of course, it was difficult to refuse, and expressed his condolences, and immediately said: "Lone is allowed to be invited." Since his brother and father were sick, he went to serve tea to show his respect. After retiring the account, Gu settled the military and political affairs slightly, and went to Xindao County with his brother Tai to visit Ling Zun. ”

Laizheng didn't expect this Song Gongya to be so powerful, so he was speechless, groaned slightly, and hurriedly thanked him.

Song Gongya immediately ordered the marching Sima Yanhou Ganji to act as the chief general of the Chinese army, and Wu'an Hou Li Ji to act as Du Yuhou, and the other positions remained unchanged. Ordered the observation envoy Pan Lang, the nail king Gao Laobo, the king of the palm Wang Kefang and the Yongguan general Hu Yanzhang, with thirty soldiers, after returning the account, followed him to Xindao County to visit Laizheng's father.

Pan Lang hurriedly found Wu'an Hou Li Ji, withdrew twenty yuan of fees, and galloped to Xindao County with Uncle Gao, Wang Kefang, Hu Yanzhang and others with Song Gongya and Laizheng.

Sixty miles from Beiliu County to Xindao County, because of the rugged road, it took an hour and a half to arrive at Xindao County. Pan Lang bought some gifts, and everyone went to the home of the ancient camphor tree in Nanguan.

Laizheng's father called him to come and rely on it. It seems that Laiyi did have muteness, and Laili saw that the Marquis of Xiangcheng just gestured with his hands and talked with a pen.

Lai Zheng instructed his subordinates to set up a banquet to wash the dust for Song Gongya, and express his gratitude. was about to have a banquet, and the running god Yu Leopard, the water god Chen Gu, and the needle god Jixiu came in together.

When they heard that the eldest brother had taken leave to go home to treat his father's illness, the envoy had come home in person, and they all asked for leave with the lord and came to visit.

They are the four gods of Lingnan, Song Gongya, Pan Lang, Gao Laobo, Wang Kefang, and Hu Yanzhang are five, and they are just crowded at a table. The rest of the entourage were all sent to a restaurant on the nearby street by Pan Lang, led by three fire chiefs, and thirty people were not allowed to eat or drink.

simply ate and drank, and did not have time to rest, so Song Gongya resigned. Yu Bao, Chen Gu, and Jixiu asked to stay here for two more days before returning to the army, and Song Gongya agreed. Song Gongya led the crowd all the way back to Beiliu County.

The four gods of Lingnan sent them out of the long pavilion ten miles away before they parted. Not long after they broke up, more than 30 horses walked less than three miles in the direction of Beiliu County in the southwest, and arrived at the edge of a village under a mountain, where the water is surrounded by mountains and the scenery is beautiful.

The third brother, Uncle Gao, is a native of Maping, Liuzhou, and is very familiar with the situation in this area. He introduced that the name of this mountain is Pansnake Ridge, and all kinds of snakes and insects are everywhere in the mountain. None of the people who went up the mountain were not wearing leggings and holding bamboo canes.

When farmers go up to the mountains to farm and work, they should take advantage of the three or four hours before noon to avoid the time when snakes and insects are active. Therefore, it is customary to have breakfast at the beginning of the year and go up the mountain, and finish work and have lunch at the end of the application. This is how the custom of two meals a day came about, as did Chengdu, Rongzhou, Jiazhou and Nanzhao.

Song Gongya was listening to the third brother's speech, and suddenly saw a woman in front of him holding up a white silk and writing the word "injustice" loudly, and was about to kneel down and stop Song Gongya's team.

Suddenly, a big man came from behind and shouted, "Put it away." ”

The woman hurriedly put it away, flew back and ran. Song Gongya hurriedly ordered: "The ninth brother went to chase the peasant woman, and the third brother went to chase the big man, and they were all called to be arrested and interrogated, and they gathered on the stone platform under this ancient banyan tree." ”

Song Gongya rolled the saddle and dismounted, came to the banyan tree, and sat on the stone platform. Zhonglang General Pan Lang urgently ordered ten guards to follow Wang Kefang and Uncle Gao respectively. Without much effort, Wang Kefang brought the peasant woman here. I saw that her face was full of gloom, and when she saw Song Gongya, she turned over and knelt down, her lips trembled, and she didn't dare to speak.

The Marquis of Xiangcheng looked at everyone with the same yellow hat, but the color of the clothes was different according to the grade. He is a three-grade costume, a purple robe, and a thirteen gold and jade belt. The eighth uncle Pan Lang is a four-grade costume, a deep scarlet robe, and an eleven gold belt. Everyone else is uniformly dressed as a soldier.

Could it be that this peasant woman has never seen the third or fourth grade master come to the countryside and is frightened?

Pan Lang went over and asked with a pleasant face: "May I ask who the eldest sister is? Why did you see us raise the word of injustice, and as soon as the person shouted at us, she put it away and ran away? Don't be afraid, this is the envoy of the Strategy, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, Song Gongya, I am the envoy of Rongzhou, the envoy of the Strategy, and the general Pan Chuliang of Jin Wuwei, what is the wrong?"

The peasant woman was about forty years old, and she cried before she could speak, and said tremblingly: "Xiangcheng Marquis Song Jingluo is a thousand years old, General Pan, the people have been wronged, and if you say it, I am afraid it will affect you." The last time I sued, my husband and I hadn't gone to Rongzhou yet, and the Marquis of Anqiu was driven away by Du Yu Houlai after a thousand years of age. ”

When Pan Lang heard this, he probably understood a little, and hurriedly helped her up and motioned for her to sit down and speak. Ling Hu Yanzhang spread out the pen and paper and began to record.

Pan Lang continued to encourage her: "No matter how big the grievance, just say it. This time, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, Song Jingluo, and I waited for the four generals of the DPRK and China, but no one could rush to move. I'm afraid that if you don't say it, it will be difficult to redress the grievances. ”

When the peasant woman heard him say this, she immediately lifted her spirits and said: "Chen Jin, a folk woman, is 43 years old, and her husband Lin Zhaoyun, 45 years old, is originally from Dangyang County, Jingzhou. Lin Zhaoyun has been in the army for 18 years, and he has been the general of Dingyuan, the commander of the cavalry, the founder of Rong County, and the women of the people have also been awarded the title of Rong County.

"Seven years ago, due to the serious illness of my in-laws, I resigned from the army and returned to Dangyang County. After his parents died of illness, he came to the fiefdom of Rong County and lived in the Snake Ridge and the surrounding 20 hectares of land in the Snake Township. The first two years were safe, but since last year, this brother-in-law Sima Zhen has come to the vicinity of Pansnake Ridge to find fault for no reason.

"In the spring of this year, he is even more nonsense about what Snake Ridge is his family's ancestral property and wants to take it back. asked Sima Zhen to take out the credentials, but he said that he would not take them out until he went to Jinglue Mansion. Rongzi took the voucher of the household department's allocation of land, and dragged him to Beiliu County to find the Marquis of Anqiu.

"Who knew that he was intercepted and killed by more than a dozen masked gangsters halfway, and Rongzi was beaten into a mountain stream and almost lost his life. My nephew and two guards were killed. Knowing that Sima Zhen did it, Rong Zi organized the guards of the palace to secretly investigate his situation. During the investigation, three thousand-year-old white fruit trees on Pansnake Ridge were stolen overnight.

"Rongzi reported to the Anqiu Marquis King's Office. Wang Jingluo asked him to write a good paper, and he wanted to accept it publicly. As a result, we wrote the paper, went halfway to Rongzhou, and drove Wang Jingluo away when we came to Zheng.

"Therefore, it is we who have involved Wang Jinglue. This morning, I took my son up the mountain to worship the snake temple, and when I saw that your team of people and horses were wearing yellow hats, I knew that it was Xiangcheng Hou Song Jingluo passing by. I want to sue, just now Rong Zi stopped and said, don't make trouble for Song Jing a little, he can kill Lai Zheng and Sima Zhen himself. ”

Pan Chuliang asked again: "Do the three thousand-year-old white fruit trees have official certificates, or are they imperial seals or something?"

Chen Jin said: "There are 45 thousand-year-old trees on the Snake Ridge, 10 white fruit trees and 10 camphor trees, 9 pine trees, 7 cedar trees, 5 cypress trees, and 4 banyan trees. The official credentials of the state and county are all present every three years. ”

Pan Chuliang praised: "Okay, can three thousand-year-old trees still be put into the cellar? Submit your papers, and General Ben will definitely find out about this case. ”

Chen Jin was about to take out the paper, when the one who had stopped him from filing a complaint just now came, and Uncle Gao and the five guards also followed. The big man came up to worship and shouted: "Rong Zilin Zhaoyun visited Song Jingluo Chitose, and where he was offended, he also looked at Haihan." ”

Song Gongya hurriedly got up, picked him up, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Rong Xianjun has already explained the reason, and three lives have died in Rongzi's mansion. Although the forcible occupation of mountains and forests has not succeeded, it is a fact that ancient trees are illegally logged. This case has been taken over by General Jin Wuwei Zhonglang and Rongzhou Observation Envoy Pan Chuliang, and Rong Zi will inevitably be given justice. ”

Lin Zhaoyun said: "Brother Shicai Feiding Great Sage Gao has already said what happened to Chitose this time, and Rong Zi admires it so much. Rong Zi originally planned to do it alone with Sima Zhen, but since Pan Observation took over, Rong Zi actively cooperated, and there was absolutely no reason to retreat. ”

Song Gongya immediately decided to visit Rongzi's mansion. Not far away, on the southwest side of Pansnake Ridge, there is a feng shui treasure surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are seven rooms in Lin Zhaoyun's mansion, four courtyards, and nine doors to take photos. There are all flowers, birds, insects and fish in the yard, and the bamboo shadows outside the yard are fluttering in the wind.

After this visit, Lin Zhaoyun went to the Rongguan Jingluo Mansion every ten years to report on major and minor matters as agreed.

In Rongzi Mansion, after in-depth conversations, Song Gongya, Pan Lang, and Lin Zhaoyun became close friends. Lin Zhaoyun set up a feast and drank booze. During the banquet, Rong Zilin Zhaoyun provided a lot of useful clues.

According to Lin Zhaoyun's investigation, Sima Zhen has occupied two mountain forests in Rong County, and has privately cut down 12 ancient trees. Except for a cypress tree left for his father and Laizheng's father to make coffins, the rest were all sold to some wealthy merchants and gentry for longevity. The value of the goods is extremely high, and the profits are huge.

And Sima Zhen used various means, and the lord of the mountain and forest was injured or killed by masked people to varying degrees. Since these lords of the mountains and forests can't grasp the handle, they also accuse them of failure.

If this case is not solved, the ancient trees in Rongxian County will be cut down by the coffins of wealthy businessmen and gentry, and the mountains and forests will be seriously damaged. At that time, the mountain gods will be angry, flash floods will occur, and the mountains and forests will be unable to store water, which will cause serious soil and rock collapse, mountain peaks will collapse, and the people will be miserable.

Of course, Pan Lang and the others knew what evil consequences the felling of ancient trees would lead to a mountain, and the imperial court made a register of thousand-year-old trees and issued them to the head of the household. Even if the household is mainly felling, it must also obtain the approval of the state and county officials. Many of the thousand-year-old trees near some ancient temples have been awarded generals or even titles by the Son of Heaven in previous dynasties.

According to the Sui and Tang dynasties, if there are more than 300 thousand-year-old trees in a mountain, the mountain will be named an earl, more than 600 will be a marquis, more than 1,000, and the whole mountain will be a duke. These mountains are equipped with corresponding management personnel according to the level of the title, and the household department has special funds.

In particular, Wu Zhou was more strict in the protection of mountains and forests, and anyone who privately cut down a thousand-year-old general tree would be beheaded. After the Anshi Rebellion, although it was not so strict, it was still a felony to cut down ancient trees privately.

Pan Lang listened to Lin Zhaoyun's narration and took the case: "Sima Zhen of Caota Niang, just a legitimate umbrella, dare to kill the family of the knighted general, Lao Tzu does not cut off these two dog heads and is not surnamed Pan." ”