Jinan Prefecture governs 26 counties in four prefectures.

Yangxin belongs to Wuding Prefecture, not far from Jinan Prefecture.

There are two crops of rice every year, and according to the practice of the imperial court, after the Spring Festival, the state capitals will send special personnel to distribute the seeds.

Ordinary people have to get seeds according to the number of acres in the first month.

A little later in early February.

After getting the seeds, they should be soaked and prepared in the seedling field, and the seeds should be sown in the seedling field by the end of February and early March at the latest, and the seedlings can be planted in April when they are grown.

This is the season, and after this time, the season will be missed, which will affect the quality of seedlings and the harvest of farmers. Even the entire state capital's tax revenue this year is budgeted for next year because of insufficient tax grain, and such a vicious circle is a huge deficit for both the state government and the people, forming a burden.

Seeds are big plans, and there must be no sloppiness.

Therefore, this year, Jinan Prefecture was ten days late and sent seeds for nearly half a month, which made the people in various states and counties very annoyed.

When Sun Weili took Anfu to send the seeds one by one, he was also physically and mentally exhausted and hurried for several days and nights without rest, but the people didn't know that the yamen was useless, and Sun Weili was doing everything big and small.

Sun Weili was detained in a mountain col between the villages of Qiantao and Houtao on the banks of the Yangxin Xixia River.

Song Ning and Shen Wenyu came out last night, stayed at the Yangxin Inn overnight to inquire about the general situation, and entered the mountain col this morning.

Qiao Si said to the outside world that he was not in Jinan Mansion when he went out with Song Shi'an to run errands, but in fact he was in Yangxin last night and was waiting in the back mountain at the moment.

Twenty miles from the city, the locals call it Xixia Mountain, and at the foot of the mountain there is a stream called Xixia River, and eight villages are nurtured along this stream.

The source of Xixia Creek is in the mountains, the trickle stream does not stop every day, the stream water is clear and sweet, there are many small shrimp and big fish in the water, and there will be many children in the stream in summer.

Song Ning and Shen Wenyu went all the way to the edge of the stream, and only then did they begin to see the catchers and militiamen coming in and out of Yangxin County.

Yangxin County ordered to prepare to clear the mountain ghosts this year, and he had already let the word out, but now he heard that the mountain ghosts had arrested Sun Weili, and he brought people up early in the morning.

"Where are Lord Sun and Anfu?" Shen Wenyu grabbed a militiaman with a steel fork and asked.

"Be in there. We've just gone up the mountain, and we're still ahead. ”

"Yesterday, my grandson wrote a letter asking for a ransom, and he asked for 100,000 taels when he opened his mouth. There are no 100,000 taels in the entire Yangxin County. ”

After the other party finished speaking, he looked at Shen Wenyu in surprise: "Your surname, why did you inquire about this?" ”

Shen Wenyu flashed his waist card.

"It turned out to be Shen Zhutou." The militiaman's eyes lit up, "Did the government send someone?" ”

This morning, Zheng Hongshen was preparing people to come to rescue Sun Weili, and he was still on the way.

Shen Wenyu replied: "The people from the government will arrive at about noon, you and I will talk about the situation in detail." ”

The militiaman rejoiced and told what had happened.

"It's no wonder that Lord Sun doesn't understand our situation here. As soon as he arrived in Yangxin, he met an old peasant and an old woman, saying that their family's fields were deserted, and begging Lord Sun to take a look. ”

"Master Sun didn't know if he was really stupid or bewitched, so he actually believed it and let the old peasant and old woman get into his carriage."

"Well, as soon as they got on the car, the two of them were kidnapped by the old peasant and the old woman, and forced them to give the order to go out of the city. Well, the seeds of the three carts were driven out of the city and came here. ”

"Since the year before, there have been seventy or eighty mountain ghosts living on the mountain. This piece of land was all cleared by them, and the peasants in the eight villages on both sides were considered their tenants. ”

Mountain ghosts are different from bandits. Mountain ghosts are born as farmers, they will open up wasteland and farm, and they will also seize the mountains to build homes, and many of them will not harm the people nearby.

But like the mountain ghosts here......

"All the land in the eight villages was cleared by them?"

How is this possible, Song Ning can't.

"A small half, to put it bluntly, grab it. Did you see Xixia Creek, the source is on the mountain, they just need to pinch the source...... There was not a drop of water in the eight villages below. If you want to dig a well, they will come and poison it, and you have no evidence, so you can't catch it. ”

"So within a few months, all eight villages were recovered by them and surrendered to them."

"Those who do not return must be moved, and the fields will be taken away by them at a low price. There is no way, if people want to eat, they can only take a step back to save their lives. ”

Song Ning and Shen Wenyu looked at each other, and Shen Wenyu asked, "So the purpose of their kidnapping of Lord Sun this time is for money?" ”

"I want to take the opportunity to get a handful of money so that I can escape. The order issued by the government government is to suppress the mountain ghosts, give them time to let them leave by themselves, and if they don't leave, they will be suppressed. ”

"The mountain ghosts of the two mountains have withdrawn."

"There's a lot of people up there."

"There are dozens of people up there, why don't you hit it?"

"No, Lord Zhang is here with troops today, and now I'm afraid that if I fight, Lord Sun and they will be in danger."

The militia hurriedly said: "The little one still has something to do, you two go up by yourself, I still have to go to do something." ”

"Doing evil, a fellow knew that he personally came down to deliver food, and he was not at all vigilant, but he listened to the words of others and believed it. Do your best to cause trouble to others. ”

The militia grunted away.

Song Ning looked up at Xixia Mountain.

The mountain is quite high, lush and lush, the whole mountain is shaped like a big straw hat, and it is quite flat below the mountainside, but the top of the mountain suddenly rises and rises steeply.

Buildings can be seen on the hill.

"Go up." Song Ning said as he tied his horse to the side of the road and went up the mountain with Shen Wenyu.

The water is very clear, and you can occasionally see small fish at the bottom of the water.

Shen Wenyu followed Song Ning's side and asked in a low voice: "Don't rush to the front after you go up, although they are not bandits, there are also outlaws." ”

Song Ning nodded: "The main thing is to save Lord Sun." ”

Shen Wenyu bowed slightly, and thought of something: "Aren't you planning to take the opportunity to escape in this mountain?" ”

"If I escape, the prince will still look for me. No, I'll confess to the prince, I see that the prince has a deep affection for me. Song Ning said, "It should help me keep it a secret." ”

Shen Wenyu looked at her suspiciously: "Are you sure?" ”

"I'm not sure, the prince's mind is very unpredictable." Song Ning lamented, "I just ask the prince to spare my little life, don't force me to make a move." ”

Shen Wenyu was very curious that she made such a move.

"As soon as I made a move, of course it was earth-shattering."

Shen Wenyu looked left and right to see the scenery.

It's better than listening to her brag.

The two of them went up the mountainside, and they could already hear the sound of talking.

The militiaman said that Zhang Zhifeng, the county commander of Yangxin, was in front with a group of arresters and militiamen.

"There." Shen Wenyu pointed to it.

The two went along the road, and sure enough, they saw a middle-aged man in official uniform, with hundreds of militiamen resting in the middle.

On this mountain road, the stone steps are carved out the day after tomorrow, and the potholes are uneven, and it takes at least a cup of tea to reach the top of the mountain.

The mountain is not steep, and the attack is two hundred against seventy, and the odds of victory are very high.

In the final analysis, Yangxin's yamen was able to keep them untouched today, probably purely because they were afraid of trouble, after all, the mountain ghosts were not bandits, and the harm was not so great.

And they are now ordering the suppression of mountain ghosts, or because Jinan Mansion is now under the jurisdiction of King Qi.

Although King Qi doesn't care about things, he can't bear people's temper and unpredictable, so he has to show his sincerity.

As soon as the two of them went up, the people above looked at them.

A catcher quickly asked, "Who is coming?" ”

"Shen Wenyu of the government." Shen Wenyu flashed his waist card, Zhang Zhifeng's eyes frowned slightly, and he looked at Shen Wenyu expressionlessly, "Shen Zhutou arrived early in the morning, but the government sent troops?" ”

Shen Wenyu went up and said that Zheng Hongshen was going to send troops over.

"Master Zhang, what are you going to do when you go up?" Shen Wenyu asked, "Talk or attack directly?" ”

Zhang Zhifeng replied: "They bit 100,000 taels to death, and we can't take so much." ”

He sighed heavily.

Song Ning looked at Zhang Zhifeng, the other party was about his early forties, not tall, but his body was very thin, his eyes were sunken in his sockets, and he looked sharp when he looked at people.

"So you're going to storm and save people?" Song Ning asked him.

Zhang Zhifeng looked at Song Ning, thinking that it was someone from Shen Wenyu, so he politely saved face and didn't ask more.

He replied: "To be honest, even if the official walks here, he still can't make up his mind. ”

If you hit it, Sun Weili will definitely die.

If you don't fight, you won't be able to take out 100,000 taels.

"Anyway, go up first." Song Ning and Zhang Zhifeng said, "Because whether it is saving people or negotiating, we must first make sure that Master Sun and An Fu are free to die." ”

Zhang Zhifeng should be, and said: "Go up, go up and talk about it." ”

Everyone climbed up the mountain.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard someone on the hill shouting, "Don't come up again." If we go one step further, we will kill Sun Weili. ”

Zhang Zhifeng had a headache.

"Kill Sun Weili, and you won't get any money." Zhang Zhifeng shouted.

"Kill Sun Weili, and your Zhang Zhifeng's official can't be saved." The mountain ghost above roared.

Zhang Zhifeng was speechless.

Because what the other party said was right.

Song Ning and Shen Wenyu whispered.

Shen Wenyu glanced at her in surprise, and then shouted at the top: "Lord Sun is a dog official, you will kill it." ”

"But if you dare to threaten us, Lord Zhang, we will come up immediately to exterminate you."

There was no sound on it.

Zhang Zhifeng looked at Shen Wenyu in horror: "It's not good for you to say this, what if they kill Master Sun?" ”

"No, they don't get any good, they don't kill people easily."

He then shouted: "Come up now, let's sit down and discuss together, you may still have a way to live." ”

"Otherwise, you will die with Lord Sun!"

Zhang Zhifeng was frightened and waited nervously.

After a while, the mountain ghost shouted, "It's okay to come up, but only five of you are allowed to come up, and the others will retreat to the foot of the mountain." ”

Zhang Zhifeng went to see Shen Wenyu very naturally.

"You don't need five people, you can do two people." Song Ning replied.

Zhang Zhifeng looked at Song Ning in surprise: "Little girl, which two people go up?" ”

He didn't go up anyway.

"Of course, my lord, you can bring someone up."

Zhang Zhifeng's face darkened.