The wealthy merchants who had been secretly summoned nodded in agreement, they also thought the same, worried that the night would be long and dreamy, and it would be best to have food in their own hands.

"The soldiers guarding the granary have begun to slack off in the past few days, and it is the best time for us to get the grain back." Yang Wei squinted his eyes and said, "Tomorrow during the day, I will let my brothers go to step on it first, and at night, you prepare people, and we will act, but this time my brothers are fighting for their lives, so after the matter is completed, we will have thirty percent of the food." Yang Wei didn't feel that he was a lion opening his mouth at all, no matter what, life was much more valuable than food.

"What? Thirty percent? Why do you want so much? When some of the rich merchants heard this, they immediately screamed and jumped up.

"yes, too many."

"It's all given to you, and we have one more point, and there is not much left."

"Everyone, this time is different from before, what kind of person Jun Lichen is, I think everyone here knows more or less, brothers are fighting for their lives, after this vote, we think we have to hide and stop for a while. There are so many brothers on the mountain, they always have to eat. Yang Wei glanced around at everyone and said coldly: "Since everyone can't reach an agreement, and the brothers don't want to wade into this troubled water, let's take the brothers back to the cottage." "If it weren't for the fact that Lu Pingchang usually took a lot of care and so many benefits, he would be guilty of competing with that person, it would be a matter of losing his head, and he didn't want to give his life in vain.

"Boss Yang and so on. Wait a minute. Lu Pingchang hurriedly stood up and apologized: "Boss Yang's consideration of Lu can understand, but it is not easy for anyone here, now the plague is rampant in the upper county, and the tenants who farm have suffered countless deaths and injuries, and there will be no harvest within half a year. ”

"Yes, we also have a family at home to feed us, and there are really too many three. Please also ask Boss Yang to be considerate. ”

When everyone saw that he was leaving, they raised their hearts to their throats one by one, and they didn't care about anything else, so they quickly lowered their posture.

"It's just three percent, and one percent can't be less." Yang Wei was stunned and didn't let go, "Cheng, I'll take my brothers to do this vote at night, if it doesn't work, let's go back, the brothers are unwilling to do such a life-threatening thing, if I don't say it, let them see the past feelings, they reluctantly agreed." ”

"Boss Yang, do you think this will be successful, we will give you two percent of the grain, and add another five thousand taels, what do you think?" Lu Pingchang gritted his teeth fiercely and stretched out a palm.

Five thousand taels of silver is already a lot, and many people are still quite painful, but thinking that they can transport the grain back, they gritted their teeth and did not object, and acquiesced to Lu Pingchang's approach.

Yang Wei lowered his head and thought about it, and agreed to their condition.

"Okay, then it's decided, in the evening, you wait for the signal, and then each family will bring back their own grain."

The rich businessmen are even more unhappy when they have to pay out of the grain, which has already made the rich businessmen have a stomach full of grievances, and the rich businessmen are even more unhappy, but seeing his poisonous eyes, everyone can only be dissatisfied in their hearts, how dare they refute it out loud.

"Then I'll leave this matter to Boss Yang." Lu Pingchang gave Yang Wei a face.

Yang Wei nodded, "I'll arrange it." He slipped out the back door with his hat.

As soon as they left, the rich businessmen began to be indignant in the conference room.

"It's getting too much."

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you have food and silver, you have to give out your own people, what is it?"

"The amount of food is so large, he doesn't have enough people in his hands, and he will produce some people, why don't he want food." The corners of Lu Pingchang's mouth hooked up a touch of ridicule.

"How can you not want food."

"That's it, the president really likes to joke."

"In this case, if there is anything to complain about, let's go back and think about how to transport the grain back." This is the most headache, Lu Pingchang pinched his eyebrows irritably.

Jun Lichen dispatched the guards guarding the city to carry the grain, and it was almost impossible to be discovered, but there was so much food, how did they do it? This is a place to be questioned.

"Hopefully things will go smoothly." He is now worried that Jun Lichen has a trick, don't fall into his hands, otherwise it will be really~~~

"President, you're thinking too much." Some people don't think anything could go wrong at all.

"We don't just have to think about how to get the food back, we have to think about where to hide it?"

"Hiding in the cellar of the house for the time being, waiting for the defenders to relax a little, secretly transporting grain out of the city."

"I'm afraid that I can't be lax, and I can only ship it out at night, and there is a little time when I hand over/shift at night, but this time is far from enough." Worried, the food is obtained, and I have to worry about how to transport it out, hey~~~

Everyone began to talk about it.

"Don't go out tonight, just stay in the inn." When he finished eating in the evening, Jun Lichen suddenly told Qiao Xi like this.

"Hmm." Qiao Xi reluctantly responded, Hey, hey, see you for the first time, but unfortunately someone won't let you see it.

"What's so nice about this, the scene will definitely be bloody, for your good." This girl is actually not happy, what is so good about such a fighting scene, aren't the girls very scared, why is she, there is still a faint eagerness to try, it's really a headache.

"Cut~~~ If you don't go, you won't go." She just wants to see it, and it's not a confrontation between the two armies, where can it be bloody.

"You~~~"

"General, the lower officials have already gathered the officials." The prefect has been excited for a day since he knew that those rich merchants came to steal food tonight, and the excitement has not been pushed down until now, and the smile on the corner of his mouth is the best way to express it.

Maybe after tonight, these big families that limit his political achievements will cease to exist, and he will be more comfortable managing this area, thinking of the fate of those people, he only has two words to give them, that is, they deserve it.

"Has the powder been distributed?" Jun Lichen asked calmly.

"The lower officials have already been divided." The prefect was a little excited.

"Well, let them pretend to be a little sluggish and in bad spirits, and still do what they usually do. How did those who colluded with Lu Pingchang arrange it? ”

"They don't know anything, and the subordinates do everything according to the general's instructions, and arrange for them to be in charge of patrolling the granaries." The prefect thought of those things that were eaten inside and out, and his teeth itched with hatred.

"Well, go down and get busy with you." Jun Lichen waved his hand and waved away the prefect.

"If you bring the lily with you, maybe it will be useful."

"No, it's better to stay with you."

"If you want to take it, you will take it, what such nonsense." Qiao Xi was a little angry, and her tone and voice were raised a lot.

"I'll just take it, don't be angry." Jun Lichen couldn't see her angry, so he could only coax and promise to take someone with him.

"That's pretty much it. Lily, you heard me, and you'll come with you later. The first half of the sentence was said to Jun Lichen, and the second half of the sentence was said to the lily outside the door.

"Yes, Childe." The girl is not worried about Jun Lichen, I guess she doesn't want to have a good night's sleep this night.

"Rest well, I'll go first."

"Hmm."

After Jun Lichen and the others went out, they didn't come back all night, and even Lily, who went to help, didn't hear from them at all.

As Lily guessed, Qiao Xi tossed and turned all night, tossing and turning in bed all night without closing her eyes.

I got up early, I didn't have any appetite for breakfast on the table, usually Jun Lichen would accompany her, but there was no one today, "Hey, I don't know what happened in the city?" ”

After two bites, he commanded towards the door.

When they got into the carriage, several imperial doctors were really a little surprised that they didn't see Jun Lichen, and when they saw Qiao Xi's sad face, they pressed down the doubts in their hearts and followed into another carriage.

When the car arrived at the city gate, the number of guards guarding the city increased significantly, and the inventory became more and more strict.

Anyone entering or leaving the city was subjected to strict interrogation and inspection before being released.

Qiao Xi and the others didn't delay for too long, their faces had long been firmly remembered by the people and soldiers, and they admired the life-saving benefactors in the upper counties from the bottom of their hearts, and they basically let them go directly.

Because there was something in her heart, Qiao Xi separated from the imperial doctors, she did not go to the treatment point, but went to the yamen, and the imperial doctors went straight to the treatment point.

When I got to the outside of the yamen, I saw that there were a lot of soldiers standing at the door, and the intersection was tightly guarded, like an iron wall, and it was impossible to enter at all.

Qiao Xi was about to step forward to ask the soldiers, but saw Lily happen to come out of it.

"Childe." Seeing Qiao Xi, Lily immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"How's it going?" When Qiao Xi asked, he glanced behind Lily. TXT Book House

"After a long night's work, I finally caught all the rats. The general is now busy with interrogation, he hasn't closed his eyes all night, and he hasn't eaten yet, so I helped the general to interrogate those female dependents, so I didn't have time to go back and report the news. ”

"There's a food box in the car, you can bring it in." Qiao Xi commanded Lily with a cold face.

"Childe, I haven't eaten yet." Lily said anxiously.

"Everyone has a share, can I miss you?" Qiao Xi glanced at her.

They didn't return overnight, and although she didn't know the general situation, she could guess some, guessing that they must have patronized the interrogation, and that they must not have taken care of anything else, let alone this breakfast.

I went to the kitchen and asked them to cook more meals and bring them into the city for them.

"Mr. Qiao." While they were talking, a cool breeze came out. Seeing the food box from the carriage, I couldn't help but be happy, seeing that Miss Qiao was lukewarm to her master, but she still cared.

"The master is inside, and he hasn't closed his eyes all night, do you want to go in and have a look." Liang Feng said happily.

One or two don't look at her dress, this is because they want his master to sue his friends.

"I'm not going in, you can take the food box in."

"Isn't Childe still curious before, why is he leaving now?"

"It's Childe, those people are fun."

"You're having itchy hands, aren't you?"

"Hehe, why are you poking me out."

"Isn't it just those rich businessmen, could it be that there are others?" Qiao Xi's curiosity was really aroused.

"Yes, they colluded with the bandits."

"Then ~~ go in and have a look." Bandits, I don't know what the bandits of ancient times looked like.

The soldiers and officials guarding the door all knew Qiao Xi, and when they saw that the cool breeze was about to bring people in, they all got out of the way so that they could pass smoothly.

When they arrived at the lobby, the bandits didn't see a single one, but they saw a group of embarrassed rich businessmen, kneeling on the ground one by one.

I only heard the sound of 'pop' on the table and the sound of the wooden row on the table came into Qiao Xi's ears, and then the voice of the prefect sounded: "The human and physical evidence are there, what else do you have to say." ”

"My lord is wronged, and we are also forced." A gentleman howled and cried, as sad as he could, it was really as if his liver and intestines were broken, "The gang of bandits of the Golden Tiger Gang is vicious, he threatened the grass people with the lives of his whole family, and the grass people had to obey ah." After saying that, he cried even more heartbreakingly.

"General, we are all wronged, and we are all forced to be helpless." Except for Lu Pingchang, who didn't say a word at the scene, the others shouted for themselves.

"Lu Pingchang, what do you have to say?" The prefect looked away and looked at the unruly Lu Pingchang who was kneeling on the ground and asked.

"There is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, we are just ordinary people, but if there is a way out, how can we do such a disgraceful thing." Lu Pingchang sneered, anyway, he is alone now, and all the children and grandchildren in the family have been sent out, what else is there to fear.

Besides, as long as they stand on the united front, grit their teeth and do not let go, and push all the responsibility to Yang Wei, Jun Lichen can't do anything to them in the end, at most he will be sentenced to exile, as long as his life is still there, and his family will give some money to make a point, he can still be his eldest master.

"Really?" Jun Lichen smiled contemptuously, "Bring people up." ”

Soon, a large number of old people, small ones, and young people were escorted into the lobby by the soldiers.

"Son~~"

"Master~~"

"Dad~~"

"Grandfather~~" As soon as these people came in, they all cried towards Lu Pingchang.

"You ~~~ aren't you ~~ not out of the city?" Lu Pingchang never expected to see them here, and he stammered as he spoke.

"Dad, we were arrested as soon as we got out of town." Lu Pingchang's eldest son replied with a sad face.

"Dad, you can recruit it, otherwise our Lu family's lives will not be saved."

"Grandfather, I don't want to die."

"Grandfather~~"

Lu Pingchang is the backbone of the Lu family, and they have begged him.

"You guys~~ you?" Lu Pingchang understood that his family was the first to sell him.

"General, we recruit, we recruit." A wealthy businessman wiped his tears fiercely, knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to Jun Lichen. The matter of the Lu family told them that Jun Lichen knew everything about them, and it was impossible to hide it, so he took the initiative to admit it, and he might be able to save the lives of the whole family, so as not to let the family be extinct and cut off the incense.

"General, Lu Pingchang is the mastermind, and Yang Wei took someone to do it."

"Yes, what Wang Bing said is the truth, and I also recruited it."

Immediately afterwards, these wealthy businessmen gave a clear account of what they have done in the past few years.

"Lord Zhao, let them draw a charge." Jun Lichen had already seen Qiao Xi standing outside the hall, his heart was warm at the moment, and he just wanted to end everything in front of him quickly.

Jun Lichen spoke, of course the prefect would not delay, closed the case as quickly as possible, and put the people in the hall in prison one by one, waiting to be questioned.

Jun Lichen got up and came to Qiao Xi, "Bring more people with you recently." ”

"What? Someone escaped? Qiao Xi looked up and asked.

"The second leader of the Golden Tiger Gang and some people did not participate in this operation." He explained a little.

Qiao Xi nodded, indicating that he knew, he was worried that those people would go down the mountain to retaliate.

"I've brought you breakfast, I'm leaving." Roughly she had already understood, and the time was not too early, so she said a few words to Jun Lichen and left.

Jun Lichen looked at the back of the departure, and there was a trace of sweetness in his heart.

When Qiao Xi arrived at the treatment point, everyone was already busy.

Taking a deep breath, he hurriedly joined in the struggle to save people.

After another ten days of treatment and rescue, the disease in the city was completely controlled, and the main manifestation of this is that the number of people suffering from plague is decreasing, and the number of deaths is also falling sharply, and there is not a single case of death to this day.

Such a good phenomenon made the doctors and doctors in the county very excited, after returning from this trip to the upstream county, if there is no extraneous branch, there will be no less praise, and they themselves will get a lot of rewards.

The people were even happier, their lives were saved, they were full of hope for life, and everyone's faces became more smiling.

In the middle of noon, I heard the sound of gongs and drums.

"Hey, it's not going to be someone getting married, isn't that too creative?" In extraordinary times, all families are in the life-saving stage, especially everyone knows that they can't go to crowded places, and every family is basically engaged in hygiene, what to marry, birthday celebrations, and I don't know that I forgot to go into that miscellaneous stable.

The common people are all very curious, not only they are curious, but even the doctors and doctors, even Qiao Xi also feels very strange, who made the movement so big.

"Childe, I'll take a look." Sun Min, the youngest of the people brought by Qiao Xi, had the most lively temperament, and was the first to jump out and go out to find out the news.

Qiao Xi didn't stop him, let him go.

Now the patients at the treatment site are now under observation, and they are not very busy, and they are indeed panicking.

Sun Min went out quickly and came back quickly.

"Childe, you're so happy. The rich merchants who tried to steal the grain were all arrested, and now they are paraded through the streets, and when the common people heard the news, they all ran to see them, if they hadn't been able to throw eggs, vegetable leaves, or whatever, maybe they would have been covered in dirt by now. ”