"I can't give them the money they want, they start to grab money everywhere, whoever has more money is easy to be targeted, after targeting, they don't kill people directly, let me find a way to ask for money, I have to find ways to cooperate with them in order to save my life.

Some people were forced to donate money and eat coptis as dumb people, while others did not do it and found out that I had hidden the money at the foot of the hill in Xiaohe Village, waiting for someone else to come and collect it. I couldn't persuade them to go up the mountain to beg for money, and then, before they could go up the mountain, they went back from my house, and when they got home, they died. ”

"I know, I know it's the people who are afraid that their hiding place will be discovered, and they will kill people. But there's nothing I can do......"

"The matter is getting bigger and bigger, the emperor has sent Lord Su and the prince successively, and I know that those people can't escape. I didn't dare to contact the prince and them head-on, I was afraid that those people would make trouble for me, so I hid and handed over all the things to Boss Huang, I thought that this would be safe, who would ...... it"

Unexpectedly, Su Ningxue and they came to the door, but he still did not escape.

"You said that this group of people came here more than ten years ago and have been safe and sound, so why did they start to be restless ten days ago? Is there something special going on? Think about it again. Su Ningxue asked.

Mayor Mare furrowed his brow and thought hard, "Not really." Our town is big or small, and if something had happened, it would have spread long ago, but I haven't heard anything about it so far. I only found that they seem to be short of money lately, and the lion opens his mouth more and more than the last. ”

"Lack of money?" Su Ningxue thought about it seriously.

People will suddenly lack money, either because of great expenses or because of the loss of financial resources.

This group of people has been collecting twenty taels of silver from the mayor all these years, which shows that the money given by the mayor is enough for their expenses, so why is it suddenly not enough?

"Have they added any new people lately? Have you noticed, in the town, in the village, have there been any fresh faces? ”

"This ......," the mayor began to recall, and the woman next to him pushed him and said, "Yes, it seems that this is the first time I have seen someone who came to the house to make trouble that day." ”

"That's right! Yes, yes, before I hid, two of them came to the house and warned me once, and I always saw the man in the lead, but the man who followed him, I had never seen before. ”

Su Ningxue and Mo Xiao glanced at each other.

This group of people is suddenly short of money, is it because there are more people hiding in the mountains?

They hid in the mountains more than ten years ago, if they had friends, or had the intention of recruiting new people, why did they not move at all in the past ten years?

"Is it possible to guess that the appearance of unfamiliar faces was also unexpected for the group of people on the mountain?"

Stepping out of the house, Su Ningxue and Mo Xiao stood in the courtyard to discuss.

Mo Xiao nodded slightly, agreeing with Su Ningxue's thoughts, and said, "Maybe it's not one or two people who appear, but a few people." There are so many people that they don't have enough money to spend, so they will try to rob the villagers. ”

"Makes sense." Su Ningxue agreed.

The two of them lowered their heads and fell into deep thought again.

Ten days ago, nothing special happened in Shili Town, so what was the reason why these people suddenly came here?

Ten days ago, ten days ago......

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split in Su Ningxue's mind, and her eyes widened in disbelief.

Wasn't it the day Cai was taken into custody by the Criminal Department more than ten days ago!

With this guess, Su Ningxue hurriedly went to Su Zhe's house to verify, and sure enough, after Cai's was imprisoned, he never explained the hiding place of the mountain bandits, and at that time, in Qifu Lane, the Criminal Department only caught four people.

Based on the furnishings in the house and the tools used in the kitchen, Su Zhe deduced that the house was not often inhabited, and although it was complete, it was not shallow in the dust, and those people seemed to only occasionally go there to meet with Cai.

After getting this answer, Su Ningxue was even more sure that the people hiding in the mountains were related to the mountain bandits that the Cai family had been harboring.

Just imagine, Jingling City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, patrols are strict on weekdays, if their group of people live in the city blatantly, how can they not be discovered for more than ten years; But if they live outside the city and only go into the city when they need it, then it makes a lot more sense.

Moreover, Cai's management of Su Mansion Zhongfed must not be less greedy for money, and the money she was greedy for was supplied to the mountain bandits, plus the twenty taels of the town mayor, the mountain bandits could indeed live a good life.

Cai was arrested, there was one less expense, and the number of mountain bandits hiding in the mountains was still more, how could he not be in a hurry to find money to spend?

After figuring everything out, Su Ningxue told Su Zhe and Mo Xiao about her guess.

After Mo Xiao asked Yun Huanan, he immediately made a decision, "I arranged for someone to investigate the bandit suppression incident back then, and saw how many people there were, how many General Su killed, and how many fish slipped through the net. ”

"Okay."

"Thank you for your help, then Su Zhe will order someone to go back to find out his mother's tone, if she can explain something, it will also be convenient for us to do things. cough cough" Su Zhe's fever did not subside, and he couldn't help coughing after saying a few words.

Su Ningxue saw that his face was pale, and she couldn't bear his hard work, so she persuaded him: "Leave the matter to me, you take care of your body first." After all, the prince has no intention of being in the limelight, and helping you is also to go back early, you don't have to worry about being punished by the emperor when you go back. ”

"Hmm." Su Zhe responded and didn't say anything more.

Leaving Su Zhe's room, Su Ningxue sent Liu Bucheng back to report to Su Jianwu, she believed that with Liu Bucheng's savagery, it was not difficult to move Su Jianwu to cooperate. On the other side, the lonely bird asked Su Zhe: "Young master, do you still want to send our people back?" ”

Su Zhe thought for a while and said, "Let's send some people to follow, and show up to help when necessary." ”

Lonely Eagle was slightly stunned and went down according to Su Zhe's orders.

At dinnertime, Yan Wujing came back, after a busy day, he was so tired that he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or rain on his forehead, and stepped into the restaurant with the water droplets on his face, before he had a chance to eat, he happened to see Su Jin come out to serve Su Ningxue food, so he simply followed Su Jin to Su Ningxue's house.

"Miss Sue."

"Well, you're back, have you eaten? Why don't you sit down together if you haven't eaten? ”

Su Ningxue had just finished washing her hands and sat down, looked up at Yan Wuxian, and said to him. Yan Wu smiled in surprise, "This... Not quite right? ”

"What's so bad? Do you like to go hungry and watch others eat? I don't have the habit of letting others stare at me eating, so why don't you stand outside the door and wait until I'm full? ”

Su Ningxue sent the chopsticks to Yan Wujing's eyes.

"Hehehe, then thank you Miss Su." Yan Wuxin took it carefully.

Although it is not the first time he has cooperated with Su Ningxue, he always accompanies and curries favor in front of Su Ningxue, who let Su Ningxue help him make money.

"Okay, let's talk about today's progress."

"Well, today I did it again in the town and a few villages next door, and according to you, I have already hinted that there is not necessarily a problem with their Xiaohe Village, and it may not be that someone did it on purpose. Some villagers didn't believe me, but some wavered. I heard that the mayor of the town has been very tolerant of Xiaohe Village over the years, so there are many grievances among the villagers. ”

"Well, keep up the good work. I have sent someone to investigate, and I only need an opportunity to let the villagers witness the grievances that Xiaohe Village has suffered over the years. ”

"Whoa." Yan Wu was surprised.

After Su Ningxue lay down at night, she couldn't let go of the accident of the little boy's family in the center of her brain.

She insisted on bringing Cai to justice, and if she hadn't arrested Cai, wouldn't all this have happened?

And the ten taels of silver she gave to the little boy, she never thought that this little money would ruin the child's life.

"Hey..."Su Ningxue sighed. Thinking about it, if she was given another chance, she knew that she would definitely choose the same approach, because she couldn't tolerate Cai's repeated murder of her, and she couldn't turn a blind eye to a helpless child.

Early the next morning, Liu Bucheng rushed back. Su Jianwu personally went to the prison of the Criminal Department and asked for a lot of news from Cai's family, after Su Ningxue heard it, she went to find Su Zhe first, and then went to see Yun Huanan.

Yun Huanan had a calm face, a little unhappy.

When Su Ningxue could use him, she was very cheerful, and when the matter was settled, she went to find Su Zhe first, and then remembered him. Is he such a casual existence?

"Lord Wang." Su Ningxue saluted. Yun Huannan had a cold face and didn't even look at her.

Su Ningxue was depressed, she didn't know when she offended this ancestor again, and when she looked at Mo Xiao for help, Mo Xiao said that she couldn't do anything.

When the hidden guard came back to deliver the news just now, the prince's face was quite good, who knows what kind of wind was pumping at this time, and he would be unhappy if he said he was unhappy.

"Lord Wang, there's news from Cai's side, you-"

"Needless to say, the king who should know already knows, and the king who shouldn't know also knows. You're good to go. ”

"Huh?"

Anything else you shouldn't know?

Su Ningxue looked at Mo Xiao again, Mo Xiao didn't squint, he wouldn't spit out a word without the prince's order.

"Lord, is there anything else I should know?" Su Ningxue asked cautiously, Yun Huannan raised her eyes and glanced at her, "No." ”

At this time, the situation on the mountain is not optimistic either. The disappearance of the mayor made everyone nervous, and the mountain bandits sent another person to Jingling City to inquire about the news, and they were even more nervous after learning that Su Jianwu had visited the Cai family in the prison of the Criminal Department.

"That won't betray us, will she?"

"She didn't dare, what happened back then was planned by her father, if she betrayed us, her family's good life would come to an end." Although the leader said this, he did not know the bottom in his heart. What's even more bottomless is that he doesn't know how much Su Jianwu knows, whether the Cai family has explained everything, or will he explain some of it in exchange for his own life.

"Boss, if you want me to kill that sick man, it's useless for him to be locked in the house anyway. Kill him, give the others a wake-up call, they dare to send people again, send as many as we want, we will kill as many as we want! ”

The boss didn't say anything this time, because he was also shaken, after more than ten years of carefree and not licking blood on the knife, he really didn't want to go back to the life he lived more than ten years ago, let alone be caught in the net.