There are several villages not very far from the headless mountain, which are separated by four or five miles from each other, and the villages are not large, built near the water.

Duan remembered: "That one is called Nanshan Village, that one is called Zhongshan Village, and that side is called Beishan Village...... There are about forty or fifty households in each village, and the county government has received information that most of the bandits on the headless mountain are villagers from these villages. ”

Han Mu asked: "Since it is the villagers who fall into the grass, then they can't rob the village under the mountain, who are they robbing?" ”

Duan Ji pointed to the official road that meandered in front of him: "This official road connects to the border of Chen State, and it can also reach Qi State, and caravans that want to trade with the two countries will take this road, and there will also be people from other two countries who will enter my Great Zhou through this road." ”

Gu Junruo was a little surprised, "There is no mutual market between the three countries, but there are caravans?" ”

Han Mu didn't feel strange, and said: "This is the border, the three countries were one country a few decades ago, what's so unusual about each other?" ”

Duan Ji nodded, "Not only will there be merchants coming and going, sometimes even the border line will move. ”

He said: "There are five or six villages in Yixian County that are often invaded because they are on the border, and after two years, they will become Chen State, or Qi State, and the villagers are used to it. ”

Gu Junruo was surprised when he heard about this kind of thing for the first time.

Han Mu went to the border pass, he was accustomed to this kind of thing, and when he saw Gu Junruo being so strange, he smiled and said: "This is unusual, there are two brothers, because the houses are located in different locations, one is from this country, and the other is from that country." ”

Gu Junruo: "...... So, don't they usually interact? ”

Han Mu said: "Naturally, how to live your life and how to live." ”

Gu Junruo: "Then what is the significance of the existence of this boundary?" ”

Han Mu gave her a detailed introduction, "Taxes, labor, and security for each country, and this is a truce, since the three countries covenant five years ago after the non-aggression of each other, it has been so peaceful, before the covenant, the life of the border people should be the most difficult." ”

"Yes," Duan remembered, "In the past, the three kingdoms fought against each other, and in the villages on the border, not to mention the merchants, they were always the first to be plundered, and their lives were very bad. ”

He said: "There is no mutual market, they only dare to secretly do some small business, the business travelers of the three countries want to sell goods, then they have to spend money to open the checkpoints, but this year's floods, the situation of the three countries in this part of Jiangling is not good, the business travelers have hoarded a lot of goods in their hands, they must be in urgent need of action, bandits are entrenched in the mountains, if the passing business travelers bring not many guards, then there is only a share of slaughter." ”

Gu Jun thoughtfully, "Guards? Can a business traveler bring in as many people as he wants? ”

"No, it depends on the amount of goods they bring, as well as the relationship with the garrison or the county order," Duan Ji said after a pause: "The first county order has always been cautious, and the review is very strict, but General Jiang is stationed at the pass, and his official position is higher than that of the county order, so the first county order can't control him." ”

Gu Junruo and Han Mu understood, and asked, "They only let the business travel enter the customs, and they don't guarantee the safety along the way?" ”

Duan remembered: "Naturally, who can afford to hire a garrison escort? That's another price. ”

Han Mu, who was short of money, thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Our county government can do this work." ”

Duan Jishi lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Gu Junruo just didn't hear it, "Let's go, go and ask the people who came down the mountain about the situation on the mountain." ”

The bandits who came down from the mountain were working in the fields with hoes.

Seeing Ding Si and Changgui in government uniforms, he was about to run, but Ding Si hurriedly chased after him and shouted: "What to run, what to run, you are all good, we are here to ask you, not to arrest you." ”

The village chief who was called to lead the way also ran behind, "Jin San, stop, this is not to arrest you, come back to me!" ”

Jin San, who ran out of the distance, stopped hesitantly, and when he saw that Ding Si was still chasing, he couldn't help but run a few steps forward, hesitating and not daring to stop.

The village chief had already caught up, and he slapped him on the head, "What are you running, what are you running, you are not sensible at all, why don't you come and see the county commander and Mrs. He." ”

Hearing that there was a county order here, he was so frightened that he took a step back, hesitated to look at Han Mu and a few people, and finally fixed his eyes on Han Mu's face.

I've heard that the new county order is particularly handsome, that's it?

Because Han Mu and Gu Jun were kind-faced, Jin San hesitated for a moment and still stepped forward and knelt down.

Han Mu stepped forward, waved his hand and said, "No need, get up." ”

When they stood up, they asked, "What are you running?" ”

Jin San wanted to kneel down again, but Han Mu was disgusted, "Don't kneel, we have something to talk about." ”

"Yes, yes," Jin San peeked at Han Mu, and said tremblingly: "The little one, the little one went up the mountain and fell into the grass before, listen, I heard that the adults hate robbers the most, and you will kill them when you see them, so the little ones ran away......"

Han Mu glared, "Who spread this?" ”

The village chief on the side whispered, "Didn't you let you pass it?" ”

Han Mu glared, "Did I let it be passed on?" How did I not know? ”

The village chief was also stunned, and said: "What Li Zheng said, said that as soon as you arrived in Yixian, you arrested the bandits who blocked the road and robbed, and sentenced you to Qiu beheading on the spot, and also found Li Zheng to say, you hate robbers the most, and you can't see robbers in Yixian, otherwise you will kill one when you see one, and kill one pair when you see one." ”

"Oh," this Han Mu was impressed, and calmed down: "I'm talking about robbers who have killed people, so aren't Sun Daguang who followed Chen Huang and Tian Feng to rob now serving in the county town, and I killed them?" ”

Han Mu looked at Jin San suspiciously, "You...... Killed? ”

Jin Sanyi, who was relieved, was shocked, and hurriedly waved his hand in horror, "No, no, I haven't killed anyone." ”

Han Mu: "What are you afraid of if you haven't killed anyone, this county also said that anyone who went up the mountain and fell into the grass due to the flood, he was not to blame in the past, let you come down to farm, why do you only listen to the first half of the words, and not the second half?" ”

Han Mu looked Jin San who was cowering up and down, and also felt that he didn't look like he could kill, and asked, "How many villagers did you use to go up the mountain and fall into the grass?" ”

Jin San was silent for a moment, and said cautiously: "There are twenty-six." ”

"That's a lot, how many came down with you?"

"There are twelve."

Han Mu: "What I asked is how many of the twenty-six miles that originally went up the mountain with you went down the mountain with you?" ”

Jin San wanted to cry, "There are only two, counting me, a total of three." ”

Han Mu snorted, and when he saw Gu Junruo tiptoe slightly, his center of gravity swapped left and right, so he paused, swallowed what he was about to say, looked left and right first, and then walked to the big stone next to him and stopped.

He wiped it casually with his sleeve, and beckoned to Gu Junruo and the others, "Come and sit down, let's sit and talk." ”

He Ziyou immediately stepped forward, "But I'm tired to death." ”

Han Mu pushed him and asked him to sit on the other side, and Xiaochan immediately helped Gu Junruo up and sat down.

Han Mu leaned on the side of the stone, beckoned to Jinsan, and asked, "How many people are there on your mountain?" ”