Yinba hadn't come back yet, but the meat had already been cooked, and the old man was neither too hot nor too hard, so he ate meat and drank wine in a big gulp.

After a bottle of wine, he said with a greasy and satisfied mouth: "Sure enough, you have to follow the rich and noble family to live a good life, those bandits on the mountain are too poor to be good, but the old man is greedy." ”

Zhuang Rou sat next to him, looked at him with a smile, and said with a slight smile: "Grandpa, tell me about the rivers and lakes." ”

The old man quickly took another sip of wine before smacking his lips and said, "No problem, let the old man tell you interesting things about the rivers and lakes, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

"The ten masters besieged the Demon Sect Master, or the glamorous valley master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers with hundreds of masters, or the most interesting of your female baby, the legend has ruined the lewd/thief Huayulou of thousands of women, and it looks like a jade tree in the wind, and everyone loves it."

"Huh?" Zhuang Rou paused, these rumors in the rivers and lakes are so powerful, Hua Yulou's crime has been spread to thousands of people, and the government has not remembered so much.

Besides, he is still a few feet away from Yushu Linfeng, not to mention the little county king, even a eunuch is better looking than him.

The old man immediately laughed and said, "How is it, do you want to hear Huayulou?" I know you girls like this the most. ”

"No, I'd like to hear something else." Zhuang Rou said with a smile.

Not interested in this kind of thing?

The old man asked in disappointment, "Then do you want to listen to the palace master of the Wanhua Palace or the besieging demon sect master?" ”

Zhuang Rou said: "Grandpa, tell me, what do those sects in the rivers and lakes live on?" ”

"What?" The old man looked at her inexplicably, he had never been asked about this kind of thing, didn't the common people and these rich and noble people be interested in the fighting and killing of the rivers and lakes, and felt mysterious?

Why did this girl have such a strange idea and want to inquire about such a thing?

Zhuang Rou really wanted to know about this, and when she saw the old man stunned, she thought that he didn't want to say it, so she planned to provoke him, "Old man, don't you know either?" ”

Although he lives like a flower child, it is impossible for all the people in the rivers and lakes to live like this. The Sun family in Cangwu Mountain has Zhuangzi, she knows this, but other sects can't be a family.

"Of course, I know that the Damen faction has its own land and Zhuangzi, and rents it to tenant farmers to take care of it. And there will be many wealthy families who send their sons who can't read to them, and donate some money every year. The old man spoke awkwardly, he was really a little unaccustomed to such serious chatter.

"Anyway, the general sect will get a few shops and fields, and then collect some donations from the disciples' families, so that they can get by. Besides, all the sects will keep the land safe, and then collect some money from the people. ”

Zhuang Rou nodded suddenly, "I know this, the pimpies always collect the copper plates of small vendors along the street, and the sect only collects all the local people's." ”

The old man glanced at her, can she talk about splashing skin and rivers and lakes?

Forget it, the little girl who doesn't understand anything, don't bother with her.

"Not only the dart bureau receives darts, but also many small sects, and also takes guards and other work. Of course, the most are the local magnates, who give silver to the sect, so that they can protect the safety of their families, and they can also send some personal guards to ensure their travel, and they are not afraid to have holidays with others. After the old man finished speaking, he felt that there was nothing good about this kind of thing, and the wine was tasteless.

Zhuang Rou touched her chin, stared at the fire and said to herself: "The Jianghu sect makes a fortune and fights with others first, drives the other party away, and occupies that piece of land. He told the people that to protect them, they had to pay their money every month and every year, and if they didn't, they would smash their houses or beat them. ”

So that when the people were afraid, they handed over their money every year. And when those poor children saw that they were so majestic and could still eat food, they went to join the sect as the lowest subordinates. The rich family sent a few bastards over, and they became personal disciples. ”

She nodded thoughtfully, "After a long time, the local sect will be like an iron bucket that cannot be provoked, maybe the government will have to give them benefits, otherwise they will not be promoted to the official if they make trouble, and they can only collude with them or curry favor." ”

The old man looked at her stunned, this girl just said that she was a colt or something?

It seems to be a classic history, and occasionally there are people who have heard of this name and caught the little thief.

Zhuang Rou raised her head and smiled, "Grandpa, thank you for your doubts, it seems that the sect and the government are a little incompatible." ”

"One people, how can two people be in charge. In addition to paying taxes, they also have to pay money to the sect, and if they don't give it, they may be smashed, and the government is also afraid of the sect, so it will only be muddy. In order to stop being bullied by the sect, their best option is to join the sect. ”

"Even if you can't learn martial arts, you can take advantage of it when you become a subordinate, which is not good. After all, this is the world of the Dahao Zhou family, not the people of the rivers and lakes. As she spoke, she picked up a bottle of wine and handed it to the old man.

"Grandpa, do you think I'm right?"

The old man took the wine and looked at the people around him curiously, "Female doll, these you bring look like ordinary people, not like officers and soldiers." It is impossible to rely on these rabble to encircle and suppress all major sects, right? ”

Zhuang Rou was amused by him, and giggled for a while, "Grandpa, you are so funny, these are the people who came out of Hongzhou to run business and join relatives, there are too many beasts and bandits on the road, so they will go with me to ask for protection." ”

"I brought my younger brother out with me, how could I go to encircle and suppress the various sects, they really want to protect the local people, that's also a good thing."

She suddenly changed her tone, stared at the old man with shining eyes, and asked with a smile: "Old man, you must know where Lingge is, right?" ”

Asked for a long time, is this what it is?

The old man finally understood, this girl wanted to buy murder, as long as she became an official, even if she was a woman, she was so ruthless?

He smiled, touched his beard and said, "Of course I know, the famous killer nest in the rivers and lakes, as long as you can afford it, you can buy anyone's life." ”

"Do you know how to find them?" Zhuang Rou asked happily.

The old man said: "At a young age, don't be so fierce, no matter whose life you want to buy, the old man will advise you to stop." ”

"I also know a few people in the rivers and lakes, and I know that not everyone is a bad person, and the old man also has a good heart. Don't worry, I'm not buying murder, I'm going to do something else. Zhuang Rou smiled, there have always been more good people than bad people in this world.

Looking for Lingge in addition to killing people, what else can you do, and you don't help find people over there, who can be deceived with this excuse.

Some displeasure arose in his heart, "If you don't kill people, then what are you going to do?" ”

Zhuang Rou pursed her lips and smiled, picked up a few branches and threw them into the fire, looked at the old man and said: "Lingge grass cares about people's lives, ignores the royal law, I brought my younger brother out this time to destroy this Lingge." ”

"Of course, I have to find out where they are first."

"It's child's play! Just the two of you? The old man scolded angrily, it was just wishful thinking for two people to destroy the Ling Pavilion.

It's almost the same to go to death in vain, and I still want to destroy the Ling Pavilion.

Zhuang Rou pouted unconvinced and said, "My brother is amazing." ”

By the way, she has an elusive master brother.

The old man said, "Doll, the old man wants to see your brother." ”

"Okay." Zhuang Rou agreed, thinking that she had already seen it just now, why did she still have to introduce it?

At this moment there was a strange noise in the woods, and the old man said casually while drinking, "Your beast has returned." ”

Zhuang Rou looked back at the woods, and sure enough, a huge black shadow appeared, and Yinba came back intact. It smelled the smell of meat from afar, and ran directly to Zhuang Rou's side, wanting to grab the meat in the pot but afraid of the fire, so anxious to keep roaring.

"Don't worry, I'll catch it for you." Zhuang Rou grabbed a basin that had been prepared earlier, scooped all the meat in the pot into the basin, and Yinba picked it up and ran to a place far away from the fire to sit down, and gnawed it down.

The old man saw that the beasts had returned, and Zhuang Rou's younger brother should also have returned, but he didn't feel it at all, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of surprise and vigilance in his heart.

Zhuang Rou fished some meat from other pots at this time, poured it into the pot and prepared to give it to the old man, and said casually: "Old man, that's my brother, you have already met before, but you seem to want to formally introduce it." ”

"Huh?" The old man looked up at Yinba, who was munching on meat, and suddenly realized that he had misunderstood something.

He was so angry that he threw away the bones in his hand, and scolded angrily: "You girl doll, go home early and enjoy your happiness, and run out to seek death!" If you were a junior in my family, the old man would have broken your leg and sent you back! ”

"The little girl is not at home and stays at embroidery, run out to learn what rivers and lakes to run, hurry up and go back to get married, see that you are not too young!"

When Zhuang Rou heard this, she threw the pot and spoon into the pot, and said angrily: "Then don't follow me, don't want to drink a piece of meat or a drop of wine from now on, go back to your poor cottage!" ”

The old man was stunned, and immediately said shamelessly: "Oh, the girl is heroic, she is a talent who runs the rivers and lakes, and the old man admires it." ”

"The seniors really have a vision, dare to ask the seniors the name of the high surname, the name of the rivers and lakes?" Zhuang Rou instantly changed her smiling face and asked kindly.

What kind of person is this!

The old man despised it in his heart, and replied: "Old man Song Shangtian, the people of the rivers and lakes are called Shangtian King." ”

Zhuang Rou stared at him in surprise, "Three days king? ”

"Yet! Okay, good! ”

"Fate!" Zhuang Rou carefully looked at the old man's dirty face, and the more she looked at it, the more kind she felt.

This frightened the old man, "What fate?" ”

"It's nothing, from today onwards, my predecessor will be my own grandfather. In the future, I will be Song Rou, the granddaughter of King Shang Tian, known as the soft rabbit in the rivers and lakes. ”

The old man's ass jumped up as if he was on fire, and he was shocked, "How can there be a person like you who wants me to die!" ”

"I have money, and I will never use it all, as much as I want. Do you have one, grandpa? Zhuang Rou patted the money bag on her waist and looked at him with a wink.

"......" The old man was silent for a long time, and finally bowed down to the money, "Good grandson." ”

"Hey, grandpa, let's go to the rivers and lakes tomorrow."