As he spoke, he threw another grain of silver.

As a result, the smile on the shopkeeper's face became even more flattering, and his eyes narrowed into a line of happiness.

"Guest officer, I must know everything."

Wen Fuxuan's expression was alienated and cold, completely different from the gentleness and elegance when he was in the capital, like an ice sculpture of jade, beautiful but intimidating, "Our group is out to study, this trip wants to go to the capital to have a look, passing by you here." Do you have a lot of guests in your county? ”

Xiao Er was first taken aback by Wen Fuxuan's attitude, and then heard Wen Fuxuan's question, and was diverted from his mind.

"Much, why not more? Because our county town is close to the Guanlan River, it can be regarded as the richest place in this area. There are a lot of strange things in the city, so there are also many people from other places who come to us to buy some things and go back to enjoy them. ”

When Wen Fuxuan and the others heard this, they were all relieved, which showed that they should not arouse suspicion when they mixed in as unfamiliar faces.

"Who are you county guards?"

"Our county guard, it's the criminal master. It's hard for us ordinary people to say this specific name. ”

"You guys look like you've been doing this for a while, too."

Xiao Er's eyebrows immediately danced, "Eh, the guest officer has good eyesight, although our store is not a hundred years, but at least it is a few decades old." It has been renovated many times after succession, because there are many people and old customers who praise it, so the shopkeeper has been reluctant to give up this store, and it has been passed down. ”

Wen Fuxuan's jade fingers rubbed against the cuffs, "Really?" In that case, you know a lot about the affairs of this county. ”

"Of course, let's not talk about anything else, I also grew up in this county town, so there's nothing I don't know."

"Then do you know when this criminal master took office?"

"Master Criminal? It seems like it was seven or eight years ago! Yes, it was seven years ago, and it was seven years ago that Master Criminals took office. ”

"How do you remember so clearly?"

A hesitant look appeared on Xiao Er's face.

Chang'an looked at Wen Fuxuan, and then shouted: "There is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, we will definitely not spread it out." ”

"Then I won't hide it from a few sons, this matter was told to me by the shopkeeper. Seven years ago, because the store was really old, the shopkeeper used a few years of savings to renovate the store. It was at that time that the criminal master took office. The first thing he did after taking office was to collect taxes from various shops. We used to levy taxes once every two years, but they had already been levied that year, and it was because of this that the shopkeeper dared to use the money to renovate and exaggerate the store. ”

"Didn't any of you raise an objection?"

"Although the people don't fight with the officials, there are also people who are not afraid of death to make trouble. The criminal master said that since he had already taken office, he would naturally have to re-leviate taxes, and he was directly forced to suppress them. The shopkeeper still scraped together the tax money, otherwise this store would probably be long gone. Because of this, I remember it very clearly. ”

Wen Fuxuan hooked the corners of his lips with sneer, it seems that this Xing Fei is not very clean at the end of the year!

"Apart from these, what else have you done as a criminal master?"

Xiao Er said mysteriously: "The villain is now talking to all the sons behind closed doors, and please don't say anything outside, otherwise I don't know how the villain died." ”

"It's natural, you can rest assured!"

"Except that this criminal lord has more taxes every time, there are nothing too many other things that are too much, but there is one thing that is strange. It was only in the past two years that it began, and every year in the late spring and early summer, the criminal lord would strictly guard the side of the Guanlan River, and no one would be allowed to go to the Guanlan River in the evening, and he was not allowed to go out at night. Although there was no one wandering outside this night, it was really strange to give such an order. ”

"Then no one of you asked?"

"To tell the truth, how can ordinary people like us dare to ask about this official family! Besides, it really doesn't matter to us, so we don't care. ”

Wen Fuxuan nodded and glanced at Chang'an.

Chang'an understood, "Okay, our son's words have been asked, you can go." My son-in-law doesn't want to reveal his whereabouts, so don't talk about today's events. ”

"Don't worry, I understand! I know! ”

After Xiao Er left, Chang'an looked at Wen Fuxuan, "Childe, it seems that this Xing Fei is not a good thing now." ”

Wen Fuxuan snorted lightly, "Naturally, it won't be a good thing, otherwise it would have done such a thing." ”

Changsheng said even more sarcastically: "I don't think this Xing Fei has done anything excessive, he didn't dare to do it, for fear of being found out and ruining the affairs of the eldest prince, so he didn't dare to do it!" If it weren't for that, I think he would definitely be a corrupt official. ”

"Childe, what do you want to do?"

"Don't worry, let's not move here first, let Changping and Changqing divert their attention first, let them relax their vigilance. Let's find out the situation in the county first, and then go to the county guard to find out, and then make plans. ”

"Yes."

Three days later, "Childe, Changqing and Changping have already started. ”

Wen Fuxuan nodded, "The situation in the past two or three days has been almost understood, and we should also do it." Tonight I will visit the county guard's mansion at night. ”

Chang'an said excitedly: "Yes." ”

Night fell, and the entire county fell silent.

Several dark shadows suddenly flashed from the rooftop, and swept in the direction of the county guard's mansion.

At the corner of the side wall of the county guard's mansion, Wen Fuxuan made a gesture, Chang'an bowed his head, and tapped his toes, and took the lead in climbing over the courtyard wall and falling into the mansion.

As soon as Chang'an landed, he heard footsteps coming, and hurriedly got down, lowered his head, and hid in the bushes. Then I saw a team of guards patrolling this side with a lantern.

After the group left, Chang'an let out a few cat meows.

Wen Fuxuan and the others, who were guarding outside, jumped into the county guard's mansion.

"Chang'an, your side, our side, half an hour later, whether you find it or not, we will meet outside."

"Yes."

Everyone dispersed, and Wen Fuxuan rushed towards the location of the study. Cautiously dodging the patrolling guards along the way, he cautiously touched the vicinity of the study. There was a light on in the study, and the shadows of two people were projected on it, one fat and one thin, Wen Fuxuan just wanted to step forward, when he heard footsteps coming this way, and quickly hid behind the pillar.

A little maid came over with tea and pastries.

"Knock-"

"Who?"

"My lord, the slave has come to bring you tea and pastries."

"Come in."

The maid opened the door and went in. Wen Fuxuan hid behind the pillar, staring at the silhouette cast on the window. The maid put down the things neatly with her hands and feet, and retreated directly. Closing the door, she walked around the corner, and a sharp blade was attached to her neck. The maid was frightened, and subconsciously wanted to shout.

A deep voice said, "Don't shout, as long as you make a sound, I'll cut your throat." ”

The maid trembled uncontrollably

"Do you understand?"

The maid nodded quickly and repeatedly, for fear that if she slowed down, the sharp blade at her neck would directly cut her throat.

"I ask you, how many people are in the study? Don't speak, than gestures. ”

The maid trembled and stretched out her two fingers and made a "two" gesture.

"Very good, is one of them your county guard Lord Xing Fei?"

The maid nodded her head as "yes".

"Who's the other one? Do you know each other? ”

The maid nodded and shook her head.

Wen Fuxuan frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "You mean, you've seen him, but you don't know who he is, right?" ”

The maid nodded.

"What are they talking about in there?"

The maid shook her head, tears already welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Wen Fuxuan was not disappointed, he didn't expect a maid to know much. Seeing that he couldn't ask anything anymore, Wen Fuxuan directly slashed at the back of the maid's neck with a hand knife, and then dragged the fainted maid to the grass on the side. After Wen Fuxuan did all this, he returned to the vicinity of the study, bent over, and hid in the corner of the wall, holding his breath and listening to the sound of the book inside.

There were two people sitting opposite each other in the study at this time, one was Xing Fei who was dry and thin, and the other was strong and burly, but extremely handsome and upright, if Wen Fuxuan saw it, he would definitely know that this was Wei Ziyao, a Wei general with 100,000 soldiers.

Xing Fei smiled and said, "General Wei, are you really no longer thinking about it?" ”

Wei Ziyao's eyes were blazing, "I won't agree to this matter, it's impossible to want me to be in the same stream with you!" ”

Xing Fei's expression turned cold, "General Wei, what are these words, why did you go along with it?" I just invited the general to join the camp of His Royal Highness the Great Prince, His Royal Highness admires the general's righteousness very much, so he wants to get close to the general, how can the general say this? ”

Wei Ziyao's eyes were full of disdain, "Although I, Wei someone, am just a rough person, I also know that I am loyal and patriotic." I am a servant of Your Majesty, and I dare to be loyal to Your Majesty alone. Whoever is the monarch, Wei someone will be loyal to whom. ”

Seeing this, Xing Fei didn't say anything anymore, changed the topic, and talked about some inconsequential things. Wen Fuxuan lowered his eyes and pondered, General? Wei someone? is both a general and surnamed Wei, who else can appear here?

Before Wen Fuxuan could figure it out, someone quickly approached him. Wen Fuxuan looked over vigilantly and found that it was Chang'an. It is estimated that they have been delayed for too long, and they think that something has happened to them, so they came to find them.

Chang'an made a few gestures and asked Wen Fuxuan if there was anything wrong, Wen Fuxuan shook his head and made a "go" gesture.

The two carefully walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion all the way, met up with a few people who were equally outside, and then quickly returned to the inn where they had stayed before.