The next day, he personally led people up the mountain, led by Old Man Qiu, to Kou San's lair.

Jianmi and Xue An stayed behind to protect Jiang Linglong and them, and the luggage in the carriage.

Old Man Qiu didn't really come in, and in the end, Kuang Yu guessed the general location based on the mountain situation, but when he arrived at the mountain bandit village, he found that it was already empty.

They also found cellars where people were locked up and torture chambers were used. In the innermost part of the village, there is also an alchemy room, which seems to be newly opened for Chang Ci.

His people found a few women's rooms, with women's jewelry on the dresser and women's clothes in the closet, so they came over and led the old man Qiu to check if there were any belongings for his daughter.

There is no trace of a fight in the whole village, although there was no one living for a while, and a thin layer of ash has accumulated, but the large and small furniture is still very neatly placed. It's like I cleaned up before leaving.

What do the bandits need to pack? It's all snatched things, and there is no such thing as treating and cherishing well.

Kwong Yu went to the back kitchen.

There are several jars in the yard, and when opened, there are some fresh pickles inside. There are also a few strips of air-dried bacon in the kitchen.

It was so well organized, as if they were planning to come back.

Are they still planning to come back?!

Why?

Mountain bandits will not want to live by robbery all their lives, and when they are old, they are most afraid of death and want to be taken care of the most, and even dream of enjoying life in the future.

Kou San was already preparing a longevity pill for himself. This shows that he has plans to stop.

When you finish the last vote, go to a place that no one knows, buy a house and buy a few people, and you will live well.

Just thinking about it, Old Man Qiu stumbled back, full of sadness and anxious, "No, this guest officer, I have seen everything, there is nothing for my daughter, there is nothing!" He didn't dare to go on, so he could only ask, "Have you found any other rooms?" Is there anything else that is close to people? ”

Kuang Yu asked Su Jinyu to take the old man to check room by room.

He turned it inside and out three times, but still found nothing.

The old man sat on the ground, his eyes were silent, and finally he was helped down the mountain by Su Jinyu.

At the door of the post station, Jiang Linglong and Orange Moon waited with the old lady. The old woman pressed her anticipation and sat on the wooden chair at the door, rubbing her hands, looking at it.

Seeing the appearance of a person in the distance, she quickly stood up, and without waiting, she walked briskly towards the group of people.

Jiang Linglong hurriedly went over to help her, and Orange Moon led Si Huang to follow. Xue An sat on the roof, and saw that it was indeed Kuang Yu and them, so he didn't follow. Mi was guarding the carriage behind.

The old woman had taken a few more steps, and when she saw that her daughter was nowhere to be seen, she did not move, waiting for her husband to return.

Master Qiu shook his head at her.

All these years, it's been like this. I thought it was my daughter who went down the mountain, but when I saw it, I found that it was just a similar girl, and I thought I had a chance to enter the mountain, and I was beaten out again and again. He used to carry the wind under his feet, but now his body is mostly scarred, half-bent on his back, and his steps are staggering.

Accustomed to disappointed hopes again and again.

"There is a labor officer, and I would like to trouble you to take the old man on such a trip." He waved at Kuang Yu, and followed the old woman into the back room, helping each other around.

Kuang Yu returned the salute and saw the old man go back, before he told Jiang Linglong, who came to pick them up, about the situation in the village.

The group set off and headed for Hanlian.

This time, Kuang Yu did not ride a horse, but sat in the carriage with Jiang Linglong.

"Mr. Qiu was originally a teacher in a private school in Hanlian." Jiang Linglong told Kuang Yu what Mrs. Qiu said when she sat at the door and waited and chatted with them in the morning, "The old lady's family is also a scholar, and they only have one daughter under their knees, named Qiu Rong, who married at the age of eighteen seven years ago. The husband's surname is official, and he is a well-known businessman in Hanlian, who buys and sells rice grain and official salt. ”

An official who buys and sells official salt in Linguo, Kuang Yu has heard of it.

Lin Guo does not say that all salt is purchased from the Yan Kingdom. The imperial court collects salt and sells it to the outside world, allowing merchants or private individuals to buy salt cards and buy salt products from the imperial court and then sell them to the outside world. However, because it is food that is eaten in the mouth and bought from the imperial court, the imperial court has also screened the buyers, and they are generally reputable, and it is easier for those who have a place to safely store food to obtain audit.

Earlier, Kuang Yu also wanted to test Liang Yanran by selling official salt, after all, it was a direct way to communicate with the imperial court, if Liang Yanran fully believed him, he would inevitably delegate the matter of buying and selling official salt to him.

But Liang Yanran let the people below refuse. He was not even tried.

The reason is probably that the Xunyun business is already powerful, and if it gives the official salt channel again, it will cut off the livelihood of other merchants.

Liang Yanran doesn't want to and can't see a dominant family.

It's just that I didn't expect that even so, Kuang Yu only spent an extra year, and he was able to rely on his own financial resources to make him a pivotal figure among the people and even the court.

After all, he can occasionally borrow a small amount of money to the treasury.

After all, the money lent out was for the country and the people, and he didn't think about getting it back.

Who doesn't like a young man who is loyal to the monarch and serves the country, worries about the emptiness of the treasury all day long, and moves money to the imperial court?

Liang Yanran couldn't move him.

This is the past.

So Kuang Yu has an impression of the officials who buy and sell grain.

Their grain and oil shop also faces the entire southwest, and to the northeast is another merchant surnamed Wu.

The old lady of the official family died of illness more than ten years ago, and the family was taken care of by the eldest son, Guan Youcai, and there were two half-brothers under him, namely Jincai and Dacai.

According to the straightforward naming style of the official master, it is hard to imagine that his eldest son married her because of Qiu Rong's talent. But Jiang Linglong said that the relationship between the couple is very good, Qiu Rong gave birth to a grandson a year after entering the door, and the official wealth did not look for flowers and willows or collect the maid during his wife's pregnancy, and the store and the yard were two o'clock and one line every day, Qiu Rong was in the month of giving birth, he even went to the store once a week, and took care of it in his wife's room almost every day.

After the child was born, he often took Qiu Rong with him, and only the two of them went out to the lake or outing.

When Kuang Yu heard Jiang Linglong say this, he also felt in his heart that this official was indeed a loving wife. At least that's the case with him, many times he can't think of Chu Chen, only when Long'er mentions or sometimes thinks of Long'er's suffering, he will think about that kid. I don't know if the golden pupil has recovered. If it hadn't recovered, would it have taken the opportunity to harm Liang Yi'an's court?

He heard Jiang Linglong say this, and the two of them each had some other guesses.

But they are all conjectures with no empirical evidence, and each one is more fanciful than the other.