Yuzhu Academy was originally established by officials who were exiled to Lingzhou, in order to educate the party and cultivate disciples. Yuzhu Academy is built on the mountain, and the mountains and forests where it is located are bamboo, so it is named. The environment of the academy is quiet and beautiful, and the officials, gentry, and literati of Lingzhou often gather here.

In a water pavilion surrounded by green bamboos in the academy, several people are drinking tea papers, talking and laughing freely, so comfortable. One of the people sat in the first seat, it was the current Lingzhou governor Zhang Shibi, in his forties, with white skin, some fat powder, slender Danfeng eyes, three strands of slender beard under the chin, after careful grooming, his expression was indifferent and majestic.

Those who were arranged by the imperial court to be officials in Lingzhou are generally people with no background, Zhang Shibi is exactly like this, he has also been an official for many years, step by step, before he climbed to the position of Zhizhou. Even if Lingzhou is not a good place, Zhang Shibi also made up his mind to make some political achievements, after taking office, he vigorously cleaned up some maladministrations, punished a number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, Lingzhou officialdom was suppressed, won the praise of many gentry and celebrities, and his reputation grew.

Da Da Da ......

Zhang Shibi was talking with a group of friends, and a rush of footsteps ruined the atmosphere, but a small official hurriedly came over.

"Panic, what kind of system!" Seeing that the person who came was his subordinate, Zhang Shibi shouted loudly, his face gloomy.

The little official's feet softened, and he immediately knelt on the ground, "My lord, the little one really has something important to report." ”

"Tell me, what?"

"Uh......"

"It's okay, everyone here is my best friend, don't scruple."

"Tell your lordship, many villages along the coast have been looted by a gang of bandits, many tax officials have been killed, and all the Qiongzhu who paid tribute this year have been robbed...... the little official cautiously reported.

"Hiss ——!!!"

Zhang Shibi, who had been indifferent, could no longer remain calm, took a breath of cold air, and his face immediately turned white and red, Qiongzhu was a tribute, and the tribute was looted, but it was a big deal, if the thief was not caught and the tribute was recovered, the blame from above would inevitably fall on him, no matter what, this matter must be strictly investigated.

Considering that he must be careful, Zhang Shibi had a straight face and asked the little official: "Where did the bandits come from?" ”

"They said they came from the sea." The little official hurriedly replied.

When Zhang Shibi heard this, his face couldn't help twitching, and he muttered: "...... at sea"

Lingzhou is famous for its many bandits, he had heard of it before he took office, and he didn't care about it originally, thinking that it was completely an official to tolerate and nurture traitors, and as long as they acted vigorously, the bandits would naturally be swept away. After really taking office, I knew how the bandits in Lingzhou were rampant, the people of Lingzhou were fierce, many people were for the people during the day, and they were thieves at night, it was difficult to identify who was the people and who was the thief, they were familiar with the local mountains and forests, and they came and went without a trace, and the little manpower of the government wanted to pursue it, which was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. In particular, a gang of bandits, now known as masked bandits, plundered the gentry and the gentry with impunity. Zhang Shibi continued to receive some complaints from the bitter masters, hoping that he would exterminate the masked thieves, Zhang Shibi had already ordered the county governments to send people to arrest the masked thieves, but there has been no progress, not that the county governments are in violation, but the masked thieves are really cunning and ferocious, and every robbery is extremely beautiful, leaving no clues and no rules to follow. There are a large number of them, and they all have martial arts, and the general government does not dare to provoke them at all. Moreover, since the masked thieves became famous, there were several more gangs of bandits who claimed to be masked thieves in various county governments, and they also learned some methods of masked thieves, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake in the government.

There is no clue about the masked thieves, and now there is a gang of pirates, and there is no way to do it on land, let alone at sea?

"This official is entangled in secular affairs, and I will meet with you all the virtuous people another day, say goodbye, say goodbye."

Zhang Shibi just felt a headache when he thought about it, where was he still in the mood to chat here, bid farewell to his friends, rushed back to the state office, and convened his staff to discuss countermeasures.

If many scribes in Daxia can't be officials, many of them rely on officials to become staff members, giving advice to the main officials, including some powerful figures, and they are also famous in the history books, Zhang Shibi is a governor, the official position is not low, and there are many staff, among which there are many people with high intelligence, even if they have limited knowledge of this group of pirates who loot tribute, they still quickly helped Zhang Shibi come up with a series of coping strategies.

Since it is a pirate, there is always a place for the ship to dock, as long as you find the location of its lair, find out the truth, and then send a large army to hunt it down. This strategy is simple to say, but it grasps the key point of the pirates, and it is also very feasible, but the premise is that the origin of this group of pirates must be found out first, and before that, it is not appropriate to use officers and soldiers to search for them on a large scale, because that will only startle the pirates and make the pirates panic and flee, so it is better to secretly investigate.

So, Zhang Shibi ordered the county government to send people to secretly investigate, and once there were clues, report immediately, in addition, Zhang Shibi also sent some of his own guards. These guards are not ordinary soldiers, but some martial artists who have taken refuge in Zhang Shibi over the years, and their martial arts are not weak, some come from some sects, and some have been in the rivers and lakes. Officials in Great Xia generally have their own guards, after all, many martial artists are lawless, and it is not uncommon to kill officials with high martial arts. Zhang Shibi has been able to come to this day, and he has relied on these guards many times to save the day, and these guards are familiar with the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and they can often find some friends in the rivers and lakes to help solve some problems.

Therefore, Zhang Shibi believed that the matter would soon be clear, and he just waited for a large army to be sent to suppress the pirates and capture them in one fell swoop.

Subordinates have gone out to investigate, Zhang Shibi did not sit in the state government and other news, specially went to check the situation of the Lingzhou navy, ready to arrange the encirclement and suppression of pirates, as a result, personally checked, and privately understand the situation of the navy, Zhang Shibi's originally high confidence fell to the bottom, now the Lingzhou navy many warships are old, in disrepair, unusable, the navy soldiers are not satisfied, the army generals also collude with the private salt dealers to pour private salt, and occasionally do some business, if it is not for the skin of the official army, Almost indistinguishable from a group of water bandits. Such a naval army, even if it finds the pirate's lair, can it really defeat those fierce pirates? Zhang Shibi really has no bottom in his heart.

The navy must be rectified, Zhang Shibi has some urgency in his heart, and immediately began to work on this matter, as a veteran of officialdom, he is also familiar with this kind of thing, nothing more than grace and power, first intimidated on the charge of selling illicit salt, and then made a promise to encircle and suppress the gold and silver treasures obtained by the pirates, and give a part to the navy, those sailors suddenly roared, and they wished to fight with the pirates immediately, but ......

A few days passed, and the reports from the various county governments came up, and after reading them, they were not useful at all. The guards also returned one after another, but as a result, they also found nothing, they went to the docks and other places to investigate, and asked some gangs in the rivers and lakes, especially some gangs who often walk on the sea, they did not know anything about this group of pirates, this group of pirates seemed to appear out of thin air, without any eyebrows.

Zhang Shibi and a group of staff members were at a loss, and at this time, one of the guards made a suggestion: "You may want to listen to Yulou for help in this matter." ”

Tingyulou is an assassin organization, with power all over Daxia, as long as you can afford the price, anyone dares to kill, in addition, Tingyulou also does some espionage intelligence, stealing important items of business and trading, through which they can obtain some information and things that are difficult to obtain by ordinary means.

This is an extremely dangerous underworld organization, not only ordinary people, but also the lives of court officials are also under their threat, yes, the Great Xia Imperial Court has always wanted to exterminate Tingyulou, but, Tingyulou has been created for hundreds of years, and the power has been established, and its members are hidden in various identities, before they are exposed, no one knows that they are members of Tingyulou, and the imperial court has designed it several times, each time it is a failure, but it has made Tingyulou hide deeper, becoming a terrible poisonous snake hidden in the shadows. However, Tingyulou has never shown hostility to the imperial court, and is still doing business, even if it is the business of the court officials.

As a court official, asking for help from such an underworld organization, Zhang Shibi really couldn't save face, but at this time there was no other way, so he had to order the guards to try to contact Tingyulou, hoping that the matter could be solved with the power of Tingyulou.

Three days later, Zhang Shibi received a report from his subordinates, saying that Tingyulou took over the deal, but for a period of time, Tingyulou has no news, Zhang Shibi really had no choice, and took the Lingzhou Navy to the sea to inspect for a few days, of course, nothing was found, and he and those sailors were defeated.

The robbery of Qiongzhu spread in Lingzhou, and people smacked their tongues at the boldness of this group of pirates, and on the other hand, they wished that it was themselves who robbed Qiongzhu, even if they robbed it, the government had no rut at all, what a lot of money it was! Any one is enough for ordinary people to eat for a lifetime.

At the same time, Xiao Tianlei was also struggling with how to deal with this batch of Qiongzhu.

Zhizhou Zhang Shibi ordered a secret investigation of the origin of the pirates, it is not a secret, there is no impermeable wall in the world, the county governments have mobilized a lot of manpower for this, there are many people, the news spread quickly, the secret investigation naturally became an open investigation, about that Zhizhou can not think of it. The Brotherhood is now considered a local snake, and among the members of the Brotherhood, there are some fathers, brothers and uncles who are on errands in the official mansion, and they got the news early.

Xiao Tianlei didn't expect that this matter would attract the attention of Zhizhou in advance, and he was relieved to learn that the robbed Qiongzhu was a tribute. However, he didn't have any special thoughts about it, and he didn't think they could find out anything.

Xiao Tianlei is very vigilant, and he will consider secrecy before doing things, although his fleet is rampant in Qionghai now, but there is no reputation, and he has no intersection with the characters on the rivers and lakes, and he usually does business normally, once he encounters something at sea, he will either kill them all every time, or he will be arrested and taken back as a hard laborer, and outsiders will not know the inside story at all. This time, Xiao Tianlei was only temporary, his hands and feet were clean, and it was extremely difficult to find out anything.

It's just that Qiongzhu is a little difficult to sell, scarcity is expensive, and most of the large quantities can only be sold cheaply, Qiongzhu is a tribute, and it will also attract some attention, which is not what Xiao Tianlei wants to see. In fact, these qiongzhu can also be stored there, but Xiao Tianlei likes to make the best use of things, and always feels that these beads are an eyesore, and it is only true to sell them for gold and silver.

"Why don't you grind it all into powder! That's right, grind them all into powder and make skin care products! ”

Xiao Tianlei had a flash of inspiration, Qiongzhu is not a large pearl, grinding it into powder to make beauty and skin care products, of course, Qiongzhu is a waste of making general creams, and if you want to do it, you can do high-end, so Xiao Tianlei found some powders and oils that are commonly used for makeup to make comparisons, and tried to mix up a high-end skin care product.

Cosmetics can not be developed in a short period of time, during this period, Xiao Tianlei took his brothers out to do another sale, but this time the goal is different from the past, it is a temple.

Many dignitaries and nobles believe in Buddhism, and there are many people who don't know how much money to donate every year, and the temple Taoist temple itself also has a large number of fields and industries, and there is no need to pay taxes, so it is a pity not to grab a handful. These temples and Taoist temples do not have fortifications, and there are generally some warrior monks and Taoist priests inside, at most, they are at the level of practicing gangqi, and if you want to say that you have a powerful role, you have to go to those temples and Taoist temples that are famous for practicing martial arts.

"Grab the temple...... Brother Lei, the Bodhisattva won't blame us, right? ”

"Bodhisattva? Who has ever seen the real thing? Even if there is, the Bodhisattva still needs gold, silver and jewelry? Those monks are a bunch of liars, cheating money under the guise of bodhisattvas. We have to put a lot of effort into robbing, and make a lot of effort, they can do it with their mouths, who will they rob if they don't rob? "Xiao Tianlei doesn't have a good impression of this kind of guy who doesn't do anything about production, if you really want to talk about the harm of these temples and Taoist temples, he still knows a lot, but he just said that his brothers don't know much about it.

"What Brother Ou said must be right, Brother Ou said that Brother Oh is the stars in the sky and the lower realm, and he knows the things in the sky best!" Xiao Tianfu took over the conversation.

Xiao Tianlei is also a little helpless about his brother's superstition, and it seems that he really can't explain what happened to him except for this statement, so most of his friends agree with this statement. Xiao Tianlei really couldn't explain it, so he could only go with them, for now, the advantages of this matter outweigh the disadvantages.

A few friends who had some doubts thought about it and felt that it made sense, so they immediately lost their worries and shouted: "Rob him!" ”

"Rob him!"

After all, there are only a few people who have some doubts about robbing the temple, and most of the members of the masked thieves are still Shanyue people, and do not believe in Buddhism, and Shanyue people generally believe in various natural gods, mountain gods, water gods, and the like.

Now Xiao Tianlei's robbery group has been highly specialized, under an order, the various systems cooperate seamlessly, first investigate which temple has more oil and water, formulate a looting and transportation plan, and then find a suitable night, sneak in, get those monks who are responsible for the night vigil, use the smoke to make the rest of the sleeping monks sleep more deadly, and then you can move things with peace of mind.

Two days later, Zhizhou Zhang Shibi received a report from the county guard of Le'an County, saying that the cool temple in Le'an County had been ransacked by a group of masked bandits, and even the gold paint of the Buddha statue had been scraped off. So vicious, insatiable, grain of rice does not remain, needless to say, it must be a genuine masked thief, although there are many bandits in Lingzhou, most of them are also masked, after the masked thief became famous, there are many masked thieves, but, such a clean and slippery, swept away style, only this one has no other branch.

"Lawlessness! Rampant! ”

Zhang Shibi was furious when he heard this, these bandits were really bold to the extreme, and they were really unscrupulous. Zhang Shibi was so angry, also because of the pirates, seeing that he was about to be condemned, his heart was depressed, he didn't believe it, he couldn't reach the pirates at sea, and these thieves on land could still turn the sky upside down? !