"The owner of the village is not good, a group of people rushed in outside the door!" The guard of Changshengtang suddenly came to report.

The owner of the village, who was still waiting to sit on the heavy money, was suddenly startled, and suddenly bounced up from the throne: "What? How did they find out about our stockade? Why don't you take someone and kill them all? ”

The guard shook his head: "No, the owner of the village, those people are strong in martial arts, and half of our brothers have gone to the dock to transport agate, and the current manpower is not enough to compete with them!" ”

Hearing this, the owner of the village became more and more flustered in his heart, it seems that it is really as Gu Huanli said, they are a group of downright shrunken turtles, they have only relied on the hidden terrain here to hide and survive all these years, and they have never fought with anyone.

Just thinking about it, a shadow suddenly flew in the middle of the main hall, and the owner of the village looked at it before he recognized it as a person in his village.

Seeing this, the owner of the village hurriedly walked up to the man: "What's the matter?" ”

But before the man could respond, a sharp sword was already on the side of the neck of the village owner, followed by a cold voice like frost: "Where were the two of them locked up last night?" ”

"Who is the hero talking about, I haven't been an outsider in this village for the past two days." The owner of the village refused to let go when he was dying.

Lin Wei then pressed the blade towards his neck, and the blood slowly flowed down the knife.

Seeing the blood, the owner of the village suddenly weakened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" I said, I said, they are in the firewood room, in the firewood room. ”

"Take me!" Lin Wei immediately scolded sharply, and then escorted the owner of the village towards the firewood house.

At that time, Gu Huanli, who heard the sound of the fight, was already sitting in place lightly.

Suddenly, I heard a loud noise at the door, followed by Lin Wei's clean salute: "My subordinates are late to save the car, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me." ”

At that time, the owner of the village, who was escorted by the secret guards, was dumbfounded, and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses: "Palace, Your Highness? Who the hell are you! ”

When Lin Wei heard this, he turned around and glared at the other party angrily: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is His Royal Highness the Famous Fierce King of my dynasty!" ”

"Fierce, fierce king?" Hearing Gu Huanli's title, the owner of the village was even more frightened and fainted, and after thinking for a moment, he hurriedly knelt down: "The villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, so that His Highness is frightened, ask His Highness for forgiveness, ask His Highness for forgiveness!" ”

The lord of the village kowtowed and begged for mercy in front of everyone, and he really had no backbone at all.

Gu Huanli didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and then motioned to Lin Wei: "Give it to the local government for interrogation, be sure to ask about their evil deeds over the years, and as for the results of the disposal, you must satisfy this king." ”

This simple sentence is equivalent to putting two torture instruments on the entire village, and if you want to escape the government, you may be able to rely on shady means such as bribery.

But with Gu Huanli in charge, it depends on which unconscious official has such courage.

After that, Gu Huanli immediately took Lu Xuan away, and Lin Wei led the crowd to follow, and after a while, the second master and others who were escorted back from the dock by Wanmei also met with Gu Huanli on the way back.

"Your Highness, everyone is here." Wan Mei reported to Gu Huan Li and personally returned his jade pendant to its original owner.

At that time, seeing that all the people in the village who thought they could survive were arrested, the owner of the village was like a knife.

"Yongzhou Zhizhou Liu participated in His Royal Highness the Fierce King as usual, but I didn't know that His Highness was coming, and I missed the welcome."

Gu Huanli handed over the people of Changshengtang to the Yongzhou prefect nearby.

"Excuse me." Gu Huanli looked impatient, looking at this Liu Ru's usual flattering face, no matter what the reason, he was really unbearable.

"Liu Zhizhou, are you guilty?" Liu Ruchang heard Gu Huanli's words as soon as he got up, and he was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground again: "I don't know, please ask Your Highness to make it clear." ”

Gu Huanli immediately scolded him: "There is such a big bandit den in your Yongzhou territory, and you don't even know it as a Zhizhou?" Do you know how many merchant ships they have stolen? and robbed the king. ”

Hearing this, Liu subconsciously glanced at the people in Changshengtang who were escorted on the other side, and then turned his head: "The lower officials are busy with government affairs all day long, so they really didn't pay attention to this matter!" ”

"Oh? Is it? But as far as this king knows, your government has received a lot of business reports, so how do you deal with it? On the surface, Gu Huanli looked like he didn't care about himself, but he knew everything here.

Liu Ruchang was so shocked by his words that he panicked instantly, and Emperor Jiji replied that he had already caught the person who hijacked the ship.

Gu Huanli didn't ask much, only turned to look at Lin Wei: "Give these people to Liu Zhizhou." ”

Lin Wei immediately stepped forward to hand over, and by the way, he came to Liu Ruchang's ear and warned coldly: "Lord Liu is so self-conscious. ”

Frightened, Liu trembled as usual, and hurriedly ordered someone to put the people of Changshengtang in prison.

"Your Highness, did you just hand over the person to the prefect of Yongzhou?" In the post house arranged by Liu as usual, Lu Xuan asked Gu Huanli suspiciously.

Gu Huanli turned around when he heard this: "Lord Lu doesn't think there's anything wrong?" ”

Lu Xuan is also a person who has been a county magistrate for a few days, and she has still practiced the ability to observe words and feelings, and when she entered the door and saw Liu Ruchang, she was already suspicious.

After brewing for a while, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Lu Xuan spoke: "Your Highness, I just saw the appearance of the Yongzhou Prefect and Changshengtang and the others, and I always felt that they might know each other. ”

Gu Huanli raised his lips and smiled when he heard this: "I do know it." ”

"Your Highness already knows?" Looking at Gu Huanli's indifferent attitude, Lu Xuan was taken aback.

Only then did he explain: "So many merchant ships have been hijacked, but Liu Ruchang, as a Zhizhou, can let such a big bandit den exist under his nose, what does Lord Lu think is the reason?" ”

"Could it be that all this is secretly agreed by Liu Ruchang? He also wants to make a lot of money with the help of Changshengtang? Lu Xuan guessed.

But Liu Ru was thinking more than that-

"In addition, if the robbers are not eliminated for a day, there will be businessmen who will continue to be robbed, and what should the rest of the businessmen do to protect themselves?" Gu Huanli asked Lu Xuan tentatively.

Lu Xuan also reacted quickly: "The only thing ordinary people can do at this time is to ask for help from the government, so that Liu Ruchang will have a large windfall in his pocket, and his plan to kill two birds with one stone is really wonderful!" ”

Thinking about it this way, Lu Xuan couldn't help but be a little worried: "Then His Highness handed over Changshengtang to Liu Ruchang, isn't he afraid that he will cheat for personal gain and steal the day?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Huanli couldn't help but sneer contemptuously: "This king is still worried that he won't show favoritism." ”

On the other side, Liu Ru pretended to be a prisoner and came towards the prison where the owner of Changshengtang was imprisoned.

When he arrived at the door, he left all his subordinates outside, leaving him alone to go in.

"Lord Liu, save me, Lord Liu!" As soon as he saw Liu Ruchang's figure, the owner of Changshengtang immediately begged him for help.

Liu Ruchang was a thief, and hurriedly whispered to him: "Shut up!" ”

"How many times have the official told you to converge and converge, but you are good, not only did you not listen, but also recruited the living Hades to the official, how can you tell the official to protect you?" Liu said with an angry look as usual.

When the other party heard this, he hurriedly threw out his sincerity: "I also have a lot of treasures in my private collection, if the adults can protect my brothers in the village, I am willing to give all those treasures to the adults!" ”

As soon as he heard that there was a baby, Liu Ruchang instantly wavered, but on the surface, he still pretended to be helpless.

forced Changshengtang to continue to curry favor: "That treasure was robbed from a merchant in the Western Regions last month, all of them are priceless agate jade, if you have those treasures, you can have no worries about food and clothing in this life!" ”

Such a big temptation is that it is many times stronger than Liu Ru's usual life as a mediocre Zhizhou scribbled life.

Liu Ruchang was instantly persuaded, and then sighed: "That's it, for the sake of your loyalty to the official for many years, the official will try his best." ”

"Thank you, thank you, your lord!" The owner of Changshengtang is grateful.

Liu Ruchang was frightened, and hurriedly warned him: "But this official advises you to keep your mouth shut, don't mention the relationship between you and me to anyone, otherwise no one will be able to protect you, do you hear?" ”

"The villain understands, the villain understands!" The owner of Changshengtang agreed, and Liu left with a stomach full of joy as usual.

In the middle of the night, the post house came with the news that Lin Wei had sent back, claiming that Liu had made a move as usual, and Gu Huanli and Lu Xuan hurriedly got up.

When he came all the way, he saw Liu Ruchang directing a group of officials to carry the corpses out.

"What is Liu Zhizhou doing?" In the middle of the night, the voice that suddenly appeared behind him was cold and deep, which frightened Liu Ruchang, who was already a thief, was startled.

When he turned around, he saw the person in front of him clearly, but the fear in his heart was not alleviated by this.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness came here late at night, but the layout of the post house is not in line with Your Highness's wishes, disturbing Your Highness's rest?" Ryu tried to divert the subject as usual.

Gu Huanli didn't eat this, and instead glared at him with Ling eyes: "Talk back!" ”

In just two words, Liu Ru was so frightened that he suddenly knelt on the ground: "The lower official knows the mistake, the lower official knows the mistake, the guards in the prison have sent news that the people in Changshengtang committed suicide at night, and the lower official sent someone to deal with the corpse." ”

Gu Huanli naturally wouldn't believe such absurd words, so he immediately asked, "Is it?" So dare to ask Liu Zhizhou, which one is the owner of Changshengtang? ”

Although Gu Huanli didn't know the others in Changshengtang, he remembered the scarred face of the village owner clearly.

But when Gu Huanli mentioned these requests, Liu Ruchang did not have a look of panic on his face, but responded to him indifferently: "The thief drew all his faces before committing suicide, and the official really can't tell the difference!" ”

"What? It is already inconceivable that a few bandits committed suicide en masse, so how can they invariably disfigure themselves? Lu Xuan questioned.

Liu Ruchang just sighed helplessly: "This matter is really weird, but the lower officials can't explain it." ”