This person is afraid of things, not only afraid of all kinds of things, but also afraid of being punished for his words. But to give the silver, it has to be weighed again.

After taking the heavy silver handed over by Li Xuan'er again, the old shopkeeper carefully stuffed the silver into his sleeve, thinking, this female doll is really sensible, and then continued to speak, stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "Girl, let me tell you the truth, I heard that the brother-in-law of our county order family is the good brother of the leader of the Tietou Gang on Tietou Mountain!"

"Ah!" Li Xuan'er was taken aback, and whispered: "No, right? How is it possible, if this matter is exposed, the county commander's head will not be protected." ”

The old shopkeeper waved his hand and said: "Everyone knows that this is a matter of killing heads, but the county order him is not afraid." I also heard that the county order and the governor are classmates, and the relationship is iron, and the relationship with the governor who is walking sideways on our Bashu Road has a relationship with the governor, what are we afraid of. Besides, the Iron Head Gang doesn't kill people, it's just to grab some silver, and it's not to the point where the people's resentment is boiling. Speaking of this, the old shopkeeper kept silent again.

Li Xuan'er asked a few more irrelevant questions, and finally said: "I'll just ask casually, we are all ordinary people, and it's useless to inquire about these things." As a native of Beijing, I've seen these things here that are different from those in Beijing, so I'm just a little curious. Thank you, shopkeeper. With that, he took out another ingot of silver and handed it to the old shopkeeper, and then went upstairs to rest.

gave so much silver, and the shopkeeper was a little embarrassed.

The old shopkeeper glanced at Li Xuan'er's back and muttered in a low voice: "Are you still an ordinary person?

Li Xuan'er returned to the room and roughly understood what was going on with the Tietou Mountain Iron Head Gang.

Discretion.

It's all in that word.

The Iron Head Gang only needs money, not women, and no human life.

In this way, such a thief will not hurt any big people, and it is impossible to offend any big people.

Moreover, after the rich Iron Head Gang has money, they can use the money to buy the magnates of Tongba Middle City.

If what the old shopkeeper said is true, or, even if what the old shopkeeper said is false, the brother-in-law who is not the county order has something to do with the leader of the Iron Head Gang, it may also be that the seven aunts and eight aunts of the county Cheng and the master bookkeeper of Bazhong City have a relationship with the gang leader.

These, judging from the current situation, are all things that the Iron Head Gang can spend money to do.

The Iron Heads looted as much silver as they got every year, and distributed some of it to the city's magnates.

In this way, both parties benefit.

The proportions of both parties are well controlled, the thieves do not provoke the anger of the people, and the government often symbolically transfers troops to exterminate it, and it is fine, except that the people are not good, you and I are good, there is nothing to say.

The next morning, Li Xuan'er pushed open the door and saw the Feng leader waiting at the door.

"Madam, I have something to report below. Leader Feng bowed and bowed.

Li Xuan'er nodded and motioned for him to say.

"The lowly post sent someone to investigate yesterday, and it turned out that the Tietou Gang of Tietou Mountain seemed to have something to do with the county order here, and they were embarrassed to cheat the money of passers-by. Leader Feng's tone was not very angry, it was very flat, and he was not as surprised as Li Xuan'er when she first heard this. 258

Li Xuan'er said: "I also asked about this matter yesterday, and now it is in line with what you have heard, it seems that it is indeed unmistakable." ”

When Leader Feng heard Li Xuan'er say this, he was secretly taken aback in his heart, and thought to himself, you have been in the inn since you came back yesterday, and you haven't sent anyone out to inquire, why do you have to inquire before me? But this question only turned in Leader Feng's heart for a moment, and he was put aside, he knew that if Madame had other guards hiding in the shadows, it was also normal. So he said: "Madam, this Bazhong official mansion is so hateful, should we send someone to Beijing to sue for a royal complaint?"

Li Xuan'er shook her head and said: "Their local affairs are intertwined, I don't know how many people are stuck in them, we have more than one thing." In addition, I don't believe that no one in this huge Bazhong City can afford this responsibility, and we outsiders have to take care of it, if this is the case, then this Bazhong City is not worth our help. Let's leave tomorrow and get out of here. ”

Before going to bed that night, the bearded Ying Sheng suddenly came to Li Xuan'er and said Master, tomorrow I will bring a few women from my relatives' family to you to have a look, and pick a few good maidservants to use.

Li Xuan'er agreed.

So the next day, everyone who was about to set off stopped, and Li Xuan'er decided to stay one more day.

The bearded Ying Sheng said before that he wanted to introduce Li Xuan'er to the girl of the relatives here as a personal maidservant, and he just brought someone today.

There are more than a dozen daughters in the relatives' family, the eldest daughter is already married, and the bearded man has picked eight smart, diligent and sensible girls. The oldest of them is fifteen years old, and the youngest is eleven years old.

The bearded man led the eight girls into Li Xuan'er's house.

The expressions on the girls' faces varied, but they were all a little nervous. They only heard Uncle Ying say that they should introduce them to a good family as a handmaid, so that they can reduce the burden on the family and support themselves. Of course they are willing, it is too hard at home, they can't eat enough every day, they heard their mothers say that if they can meet a good family, then everyone who marries will have the main family for Zhang Luo.

So they are both looking forward and worried, and of course nervousness is inevitable.

The eight daughters stood in a row, and Li Xuan'er looked at them one by one: "This... This..."

Li Xuan'er ordered five girls.

The five girls who were selected happily said thank you to the master, thank you to the master, and the three girls who were not selected cried sadly on the spot.

Li Xuan'er wiped the tears from their faces with her own hands, and said softly: "I didn't choose you, not because you can't do it, but I think you should have a broader world, instead of being a servant girl by my side, do you understand?"

Of course, the three girls didn't understand, and only cried even more.

Li Xuan'er saw that there was no way, and said to the bearded man next to her: "Even if it is your relative, you send these three people back, and then give them some silver, just one hundred taels." ”

Ying Sheng said yes, yes.

Then send the three nieces home.

After the bearded man sent the three daughters home, the relatives of the family saw that the five daughters were selected to go out at once, and said happily: "Thank you for the child and his uncle, this time our family is having a better life, thank you to his uncle." ”

The bearded man waved his hand and said with a trivial expression: "It's all a trivial matter, I can tell you, if you can find our master, it is the blessing that the nieces have cultivated in their previous lives, and in the future, you will rely on the five nieces who were selected to take away." ”