Two days later, Fanning's ship arrived in Yin County, perhaps because of its proximity to the sea, Yin County was a little warmer than Hangzhou, but it was far less prosperous than Hangzhou, and quite similar to Wu County.

The pier was very close to the county office, and everyone got off the boat and looked at the surrounding scenery curiously.

Although it was late winter, it was not as bleak as winter, many of the trees were still green, there were not many pedestrians on the shore, but they were relatively neatly dressed, and the buildings were the same, although the buildings were not tall and surrounded by long walls, but they looked like a few heavy rains.

The roofs and streets were washed clean, the roofs were blackened with tiles, and the bluestone slabs on the floor were rubbed to shine.

"Senior brother, this county seat is quite clean."

Lin Hong looked around and said with a smile: "Just look at the river and you know, the water here is indeed clear." ”

Fan Ning nodded and said with a smile: "Wu County relies on the water transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but here it relies on shipping, of course the river water is relatively clean, let's go to the county government." ”

When everyone went up to the dock, they saw a man who was far away, curling his tongue and shouting in official language: "Excuse me, are you Fan Xiaoguan and his party from Wu County?" ”

Fan Ning was a little surprised, how did Wang Anshi know that he was coming over at this time today?

He hurriedly said: "It's Fan Ning of Wu County down there." ”

"That's right!"

He smiled and said, "Wang Xianjun estimates that you are coming today, let me wait on the dock, please come with me!" ”

"Would you like to hire two ox carts?" Su Liang asked.

"No need, let's take a shortcut, and we can get to the county government in a moment."

He took everyone through an alley, and after a while, he arrived at the square at the entrance of the county yamen, only to see several long queues lined up in the square at the entrance of the county yamen, about hundreds of people.

These are the people who came to the county government to borrow money to prepare for spring ploughing, and each of them held a wooden card in his hand, which was a farming card issued by the government. After the money borrowed by the government last year is paid off, you will get this farming card, and with this farming card, you can borrow money from the government to prepare for spring ploughing.

Seven or eight archers were maintaining order, and each peasant who had borrowed money craned his neck and stared at the row of tables in front of the line.

Several clerks are busy registering information and signing the loan deed.

In fact, the peasants could not borrow much money from the government, and they borrowed 500 wen per mu of land, which was enough to buy seeds and rent cattle.

If you have a good repayment record last year, you don't need any collateral.

If last year's loan is overdue, it is not impossible to borrow again, but it needs to use the land as collateral, which arouses the dissatisfaction of many farmers, and the group complaints that go to Hangzhou are triggered by this.

Fan Ning and his entourage came to the small square at the entrance of the county government, and Fan Ning saw Wang Anshi from a distance, who was sitting behind a table to review the qualifications of farmers, and asked a few questions from time to time.

I haven't seen him for more than two years, and Wang Anshi has become thinner and darker.

Generally speaking, the term of office of the prefectural order is three years, and it can be extended by one to two years if there are special circumstances, such as when there is a major matter that has not been completed, and then it is retained by the local people, etc.

If nothing else, this year will be Wang Anshi's last year in Yinxian.

Wang Anshi also saw Fan Ning and his party, he smiled, got up to come over to greet him, but at this moment, someone in the distance suddenly shouted: "The cow is startled, get out of the way!" ”

I only heard the sound of hooves like thunder, rumbling against the ground, shocking.

Look closely, but it is two sturdy big green cows galloping from not far away, the speed of the two cows is too fast, the people who are queuing up have not understood what is going on, one cow rushed straight into the crowd, and the other cow knocked over a dozen people, and continued to rush to the table.

The people were so frightened that they cried and shouted for their mothers, and fled in panic, but for many years, the people could not run fast and were knocked down by the big green ox, which trampled on the human body and rushed towards other people.

The other big green cow rushed straight to the table, and Wang Anshi was also stunned, standing there without dodging.

'Click! Click! ’

Da Qingniu knocked over two tables in a row, and when it saw that someone was blocking the way in front of it, it became more and more angry in its heart, so it simply lowered its head, snorted heavily, and slammed it towards Wang Anshi with its horns.

Seeing that the big green bull was about to top Wang Anshi, at this critical moment, I saw a short crossbow arrow shot like lightning, and the power was extremely strong, and it actually penetrated the bull's head.

The big green cow fell to the ground with a bang, foaming at the mouth, twitching its limbs, and died on the spot.

Only then did several other archers react and stood in front of Wang Anshi one after another......

By this time, the other ox had been subdued by the archers, and the small square was a mess, full of cries and shouts, and a dozen people who had been knocked to the ground, some struggling to get up, some motionless.

Fanning and his party reacted very quickly, and immediately rushed forward to help the people who fell to the ground.

Fanning walked quickly to the slain bull, and he could see clearly that an arrow was shot from the alley about twenty paces away from the opposite side.

It was this arrow that saved Wang Anshi from being knocked down by the frightened bull.

Who shot the key arrow? Is anyone secretly protecting Wang Anshi?

There are also these two cows, Fanning can also see it clearly, each of them has a dagger stuck in their butts, obviously someone is deliberately causing trouble.

Fan Ning walked quickly to the big green ox, Wang Anshi had been protected by the archers into the county office, and no one could guarantee that there would be a second attack.

The alley on the left was empty, the man who shot the arrow was nowhere to be seen, and a few archers in the distance were searching where the green ox had come, and it seemed that they had found nothing.

The big green bull that fell to the ground was dead, and the dagger stuck in its ass was completely pierced into its body, leaving only the hilt outside, but it was not a fatal wound.

The fatal wound was a crossbow bolt stuck in the top of its head, this short crossbow arrow was at least five inches long, and it was shot from the center of the eyebrow, and most of it also sank into the bull's head, leaving only the tail of the arrow outside.

It can shoot through the skull of a cow, which is not something that ordinary short crossbows can do, only large military crossbows have this possibility, but crossbow arrows are obviously not shot by military crossbows.

Although I can't figure out the reason, someone is secretly protecting Wang Anshi, which is a good thing anyway.

At this time, Duan Yu came to Fan Ning's side and whispered: "Four people died, eight people were seriously injured, three of them are very dangerous, and it is estimated that they will not survive." ”

Duan Yu is relatively weak, he has been in contact with doctors for many years, he knows a little first aid, and even if he says that he is powerless to return to heaven, it is estimated that he will really not be able to save him.

"County Jun, you can't go out, it's still dangerous outside!" There was a fierce voice of dissuasion from the county office

"No matter how dangerous it is, you have to get out!"

Wang Anshi's angry voice came from the county office, "The life and death of the people are unknown, what is it if I hide here?" ”

Wang Anshi finally walked out of the county office, his face was pale, and his eyes were burning with anger.

He knew very well that these two cows would not fall from the sky, and no one else would do such a thing except for those money shops?

It's just that Wang Anshi didn't expect that the other party would actually use such extreme means to deal with him, which made Wang Anshi's heart rise with monstrous anger.

He glanced at the wounded who were being rescued, then at the big green ox that had fallen to the ground, and finally his eyes fell on Fanning.

There was a little more apology in the angry look in his eyes.

"Brother Fan Xian, I'm really sorry for the insecurity incident you encountered when you first came!"

Fanning shook his head and said lightly: "We are not unsafe, we are just watching, but now I am afraid that it is not as simple as an incident, it should be called a bloody case." ”

"What?"

Wang Anshi was taken aback, he understood the meaning of the word 'bloody case', which meant that human life was lost.

At this time, Wang Anshi couldn't take care of Fan Ning for the time being, and walked quickly under the east wall of the county ya, which surrounded a large group of people.

The corner of the wall was already full of people watching the excitement, and several officials stepped forward to fight to break through the crowd.

"Let's let go, the county gentleman is here!"

Wang Anshi walked through the crowd, only to find that at least six people had been covered with straw mats, which made his brain 'buzz!' 'With a bang, six people died?

At this time, a doctor who lived nearby was helping another seriously injured old man, he sighed lowly, stood up and shook his head at Wang Anshi behind him.

Wang Anshi's heart was cold, and one more person died, and now there are seven deaths, this is a big case anyway, but if there are more than ten dead, then it must be reported to the imperial court.

Wang Anshi asked urgently, "What is the condition of the other injured?" ”

"Qiyu County Jun, there are three more fractures and two minor injuries, there should be no more deaths."

Wang Anshi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but the bloody case of seven people who died still weighed on his heart like a mountain, making him very angry.

At the same time, it was like a gust of wind that struck him off guard.