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Bamboo cane and mango shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid, a cloud of smoke and rain Ren Pingsheng.

Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine.

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In the dark night, Yuan Fang walked alone on the street.

Yuan Fang was walking home, suddenly a person came behind him, Yuan Fang quietly held his steel knife with his hand, when this person walked behind him, just about to draw the knife, suddenly heard the person behind him whispered: "Lord Yuan Fang, it's me!"

Yuan Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard that it was Zhang Long's voice, he turned his head and asked strangely, "Brother Zhang Long, is it so late?"

Zhang Long was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Lord Yuanfang, the mayor of the town has a personal matter to find you, and I didn't take the liberty of being overwhelmed by the crowd just now." ”

Yuan Fang's brows furrowed, and he thought, "Could it be that Lord Fei said on the surface that he would not investigate the matter of last time, and secretly wanted to punish me?" and asked strangely, "I wonder what the town elder is looking for me?"

Zhang Long smiled and said, "How do I know what the adults are looking for you, but there should be a lot of serious things, you can come with me quickly!"

Yuan Fang nodded, and silently followed Zhang Long towards the mayor's hall.

Yuan Fang came to the mayor's hall, saw Li Zunbao sitting in the hall, and hurriedly bowed: "My lord, call back Yuan Fang late at night, I don't know what happened to my lord?"

Li Zunbao smiled and said, "Yuan Fang, there is nothing particularly important, it's just that I haven't been back to the town in the past month, and I have a few things I want to ask you." ”

Yuan Fang was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Yuan Fang is a quick catcher, just say hello if you have something." ”

Li Zunbao nodded and said, "Yuan Fang, what kind of existence is this Zhao Hu in Qingshan Town?

After hearing this, Yuan Fang thought for a while and said: "My lord, Zhao Hu's father and grandfather are both fast catchers in Qingshan Town, it can be said that it is a family heirloom, after his father was injured, he let Zhao Hu take over the catcher, he is a black-and-white character in Qingshan Town, as long as something happens in the town, there is basically nothing he can't solve." ”

Li Zunbao didn't expect this Zhao Hu to be a successor, "Oh, since it's so powerful, why didn't he solve the murder case of a hundred people outside the village?"

Yuan Fang took a cold breath and said, "My lord, although Zhao Hu has a wide path, he has not yet reached the Lanshan faction, but the important clues are basically inquired by Zhao Hu. ”

Li Zunbao thought to himself, "It seems that this Zhao Hu can't be underestimated." He continued to ask, "Then does Zhao Hu have anything to do with the Black Dog Village King Batian?"

Yuan Fang was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the mayor to ask about it, and said after thinking about it: "My lord, I don't know if it has anything to do with the villain, but every time the villain wants to go to the Black Dog Village to arrest the prisoner, Zhao Hu will persuade him not to go, I heard that Zhao Hu's father once went to the Black Dog Village to save the hostages, but he was seriously injured when he came back, so he passed the arrest to Zhao Hu." ”

Li Zunbao nodded and said, "It's strange, since Zhao Hu's father was seriously injured, why didn't Zhao Hu go to the Black Dog Village to take revenge?

Yuan Fang whispered: "The adults don't know, the villain later found out that Zhao Hu's father and the three masters of the Black Dog Village had an ulterior secret, and he almost left Zhao Hu's father in the Black Dog Village at that time, and then he sneaked back, and since then he has been incognito and has not asked about the world." ”

Li Zunbao smiled in his heart, "Could it be that Zhao Hu's father didn't give him any money?" However, Zhao Hu didn't want to investigate the Black Dog Village, maybe he didn't want his father's affairs back then to be exposed. ”

Li Zunbao continued: "Yuan Fang, tomorrow about the Black Dog Village, do you think there will be any problems because of Zhao Tong?"

Yuan Fang shook his head and said, "My lord, I don't think Zhao Hu dare, after all, you are an adult, he is just a catcher, but my lord, you have just been here for a long time, maybe there will be some mistakes." ”

Li Zunbao pondered in his heart, "It is estimated that this Zhao Hu will definitely find a way to obstruct the arrest of Wang Batian tomorrow, I have to think of a way." ”

continued: "Yuan Fang, I don't know if you know the Medicine Mountain Sect?"

Yuan Fang bowed for a moment and said, "The Medicine Mountain Sect is more than 200 kilometers away from us, Yuan Fang has been there before, I don't know why the adults ask this?"

"It's nothing, I have to trouble you to escort me to the Yaoshan Sect at that time, and then you go back to Qingshan Town, I don't know how long I will go there this time, from tomorrow, you will be the deputy mayor of Qingshan Town, with full authority to manage the affairs of the town, if there is anything, come to the Yaoshan Sect to find me." ”

Yuan Fang felt strange in his heart, he didn't know why Li Zunbao went to the Yaoshan faction, but he still had a little expectation for the position of deputy mayor, after all, it would be much easier to investigate the case if he did anything in the future.

Yuan Fang bowed: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't know what your lord is doing in the Medicine Mountain Sect?"

Li Zunbao smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing too big, it's some of my personal things, but I still hope that Yuan Fang will keep it a secret for me." ”

Yuan Fang suddenly realized, bowed and said, "Yes, my lord!" It seems that he is not a close person of adults, and it is better to ask less about the private affairs of adults.

Li Zunbao nodded and said, "Okay, Yuan Fang, it's not early, you go back early, you still need to go to the Black Dog Village tomorrow to arrest Wang Batian." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Li Zunbao watched Yuan Fang walk out and began to ponder, tomorrow to arrest Wang Batian, Zhao Hu will definitely secretly report the news, or obstruct it, but even if Wang Batian knows in advance, so what, he has already arranged a plan, and it will be difficult for Wang Batian to fly!

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Zunbao came to the town hall and saw that Yuan Fang and Huang Zhao were already in place, only the others did not appear.

Li Zunbao asked strangely, "Hmm?

Huang Zhao stood up and said, "My lord, Zhao Hu said that he didn't know what happened when he went home yesterday, and suddenly he had a headache, and he couldn't come today!"

"Oh?" Li Zunbao was stunned, but he didn't expect Zhao Hu to strike, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the hundred officers and soldiers now?"

Huang Zhao said helplessly: "My lord, Zhao Hu didn't make it clear yesterday!"

"Hmm, what's that?" Li Zunbao asked strangely.

Huang Zhao shook his head and said, "My lord, although there are a quota of one hundred officers and soldiers, half of them are empty salaries, which is what Qingshan Town has always done. ”

Li Zunbao was unhappy in his heart, he didn't expect Zhao Hu to dare to encroach on the empty salaries of officers and soldiers, this is a big crime to kill his head.

Huang Zhao was afraid that Li Zunbao's face would be unhappy and that he would misunderstand, so he hurriedly continued: "My lord, in fact, there is no way to do this empty salary, your previous appointment made such an arrangement, and it was not decided by Zhao Hu without authorization. ”

Li Zunbao Yile said: "Even if it is the previous mayor, but when I take office, I must put an end to this kind of thing, so that the court will know that even if I have two heads, it will not be enough to cut off!"

Huang Zhao sighed and said: "My lord, I don't know, before you, the Black Wind Village in the south actually led a thousand men and horses to attack our town, and Qingshan Town, regardless of men, women, and children, all went into battle to resist, and many people died at that time. Afterwards, the imperial court only sowed a small amount of pensions, and there were many people who had lost their relatives who did not get the money, so the mayor had no choice but to take care of the salaries of the officers and soldiers. ”

Li Zunbao didn't expect this to be so complicated, and asked, "Isn't there still half of the officers and soldiers?"

Huang Zhao continued: "This time you are going to attack the Black Dog Village, the other half of them heard about it, and half of them resigned directly, they are all children of rich families in the city, and a certain official position is just a mess, let them go into battle to catch the bandits, it will definitely not work." ”

Li Zunbao calculated, there should be twenty-five people left, and said: "Then there should be twenty-five officers and soldiers left?"

Huang Zhao whispered: "My lord, the remaining twenty-five people heard that you were going to the Black Black Dog Village, and they all asked for leave!"

"What? They asked for leave for such an important matter today?" Li Zunbao shouted angrily.

Huang Zhao said helplessly: "My lord, I heard that there are more than 100 bandits in the Black Dog Village, if we can beat hundreds of people, but there are only more than 20 people, it makes no difference if the root is sent to death, so I advise my lord, let's dispel this idea!"

Li Zunbao is angry, yesterday he planned to send officers and soldiers to attack the Black Dog Village today, as long as Wang Batian was injured, there was no need to capture him alive, and then he led the officers and soldiers to retreat, in the middle of the night Zhao Er was blind and they went to sneak attack again, and they would definitely be able to take the Black Dog Village, but they never expected that none of the officers and soldiers would come today.