Wei Xuan could often see his subordinates kneeling on the ground in the Wei Mansion waiting for Wei Su's reprimand or passing by. But there were so many people, among them there was also a white-haired old man, who came from later generations, walked a few steps quickly to help up a few old men who took the lead, and then said: "Fellow villagers, what Liu Ming said is true, except for the IOUs of a few ploughing cattle that were hidden by Steward Cao, the other IOUs were burned by me."

In addition, on behalf of the Wei family, I have exempted you from the rent for today's farming. Go back, you don't have to. Although it is not easy for the Wei family, it is better for Bill to wait. In the winter, I will have gruel soup near the manor. Go back and tell everyone that my Wei family is going to recruit young people to form guards against thieves, the food treatment is good, and those who are young and strong in the family can go to Steward Cao to report their names. As long as you are hired, you will not have to worry about eating and drinking. ”

The people who finally stood up with a few old men hula and knelt down again! Wei Xuan knew that he couldn't get them up, so he turned around and went back to the manor. He had to explain what happened here to his father as soon as possible, so he pointed at Liu Ming and said, "You go back now to explain the matter here to the people in the house, and the fourth brother and I will not have much delay if we go to Yanchi." ”

As soon as he heard that Wei Xuan was leaving, Steward Cao, who was crying to death, ran a few steps to Wei Xuan and hugged Wei Xuan's thigh: "Childe, you have to bear it for the little one." Otherwise, the captain would have to kill the little one. ”

Wei Xuan said angrily: "Everyone in this manor knows your loyalty to the Wei family, get up, I don't have anything to reward you, you select twenty loyal people in the manor for me and I will take them to Yanchi." In addition, now that the ledgers and IOUs have been burned, there is nothing to do with this manor, so you should follow to the salt pond, where you are in need of someone like you! ”

When Steward Cao heard Wei Xuan's instructions again, he was overjoyed. Although Xuan Gongzi's words were sarcastic, he was old and sophisticated, and he knew that Wei Xuan still appreciated his loyal behavior of protecting the Lord. Hurriedly wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, replaced it with a flattering smile and asked, "Childe, but something happened to Yanchi?" ”

Wei Xuan glared at him, and the prenatal education was about to kick his ass, but Steward Cao hurriedly dodged away and went to arrange manpower with a smoke cannon.

The two Wei Xuan brothers did not hide in the manor, and after a brief meal under the beckoning of Steward Cao, they led people towards the salt pond in the southwest direction. This time it was Wei Xuan's turn to be in a good mood, and Wei Zheng was worried.

Wei Xuan's behavior in the Wei family manor was a bit excessive, but Wei Xuan was in a big house, and because of Wei Su's high status in the Wei family, Wei Xuan took over the White Tiger Hall, and Wei Zheng also saw it. So he only persuaded Wei Xuan a little, and he didn't dare to really fight Wei Xuan head-on.

Of course, although the ledgers and IOUs burned by Wei Xuan are still within the scope of the Wei family. But he was also worried that Wei Xuan would be messing around like this when he arrived in Yanchi. The importance of the salt pond is naturally much more important than this small estate.

Wei Xuan didn't mess around next, but the salt pond was unexpectedly lively. The Wei family also sent two stewards in Yanchi, one was a side descendant of the Wei family called Wei Mai, and the other was called Cypress. The cooperation between the two is not bad on weekdays, Weimai is mainly responsible for the daily management of the salt pond, and Cypress is responsible for the safety of the salt pond. One article and one martial arts, so that the Wei family is very relieved to hand over such an important industry as Yanchi to the two of them. But today there are serious divisions.

The reason is that a group of people came from Linxian and Ji counties in the early hours of this morning, saying that they came to visit their old friend Cypress.

Cypress is a bold person, and he is well-known in Hedong, and after being appointed by the Wei family to be a steward in Yanchi, he is also serious and responsible, and his miner brothers also obey him. As a member of the Wei family, Wei Mai also likes his temperament, and the two complement each other in the salt pond to provide the Wei family with a steady stream of coarse salt.

Hearing that Cypress had a friend visiting, Wei Mai couldn't stay idle, so he came to Cypress's residence early in the morning, only to hear that Cypress's friends seemed to be desperate and wanted to hide in this salt pond for a while.

Wei Mai hurriedly asked Cypress, and Cypress did not hide it, it turned out that there were seven people in this group, all of whom were well-known light men in Ji County. Wei Mai had occasionally heard of the name, but one of them startled Wei Mai.

This person went to Du Zhong, surnamed Du and was the second oldest in the family. It's the leader of several people. This eucommia is also good in the township on weekdays. But a few days ago, there was a lazy man in the village who didn't deal with him, Du Ming, because he couldn't get used to what Du Zhong and others did on weekdays, and he couldn't do anything about Du Zhong and others, but he wanted to take Du Zhong's mother out of anger.

Du Zhong's elder brother died young, his father died early, his mother took Du Zhong and his younger brother Du Kun to barely survive, and he was very cautious in the township.

Du Ming scolded very badly, in short, it was some ominous person Kefukezi or something. The old lady couldn't say anything, so she could only hide at home silently and shed tears.

When Du Zhong came home at night, he saw that his mother was not in a good mood and asked his younger brother, who was a scholar, and he knew that he couldn't hide it and told him about the day.

This Du Zhong is a hot temper, and Du Ming, who looks down on being lazy on weekdays, came to the door to theorize, and the two fought, that Du Ming is lazy and lazy on weekdays, and his body is weak, so he is naturally not Du Zhong's opponent, and in the end, Du Zhong actually beat Du Ming to death.

Of course, some people think that Du Zhong is an intentional homicide, because it is not the first time that Du Ming has bullied Du Zhong's mother! In short, Du Ming is dead, and the murderer is Du Zhong! Naturally, Du Zhong did not dare to stay at home and fled overnight. After someone in the township found out that Du Ming died, he naturally went to the county government to report to the official as soon as possible.

After the county government took people to inspect the scene, they naturally drew a portrait of Du Zhong in accordance with the law, and offered a reward everywhere for arrest. The whole county knew about it at once.

When several light men who were better on weekdays heard the news, they found Du Zhong and followed. After leaving the Yongji Realm, everyone discussed and thought about going to the salt pond of Anyi Wei's house to join the cypress tree first, and wait until the limelight passed. Cypress was originally a righteous person, and when he heard that Du Zhong was killed because of Wei's mother's anger, he naturally prepared to hide Du Zhong and the others in the salt pond without saying a word. But I never thought that it would be revealed in less than half a day.

Although Wei Mai has a good relationship with Cypress on weekdays, he is the Wei family after all, and this salt pond belongs to the Wei family, if the Cypress quietly hides Du Zhong in his own home, Wei Mai does not plan to care.

But this is the territory of the Wei family, and harboring the murderer is a big crime, and besides, the head of the Wei family, Wei Su, was assassinated recently, how can he be complicit with the murderer?

Just when the two were arguing, someone hurriedly came to report: "Two stewards, there are many people from the north, it seems that they are coming towards the salt pond!" At the head of the group were several people on horseback. ”

Both of them were panicked when they heard this, Ji County was just north of Yanchi. Could it be that the county government caught up so quickly? Could it be that Du Zhong was followed when he set off.

The two of them didn't care about Du Zhong and the others, and hurriedly came out and walked towards the north. Du Zhong and the others were also anxiously looking for a place to hide in the miners' dormitory. There are also a few who are going to go to the absenteeism to find shovels and the like, and they are prepared to escape in case the people from the county government chase them.

Wei Mai and Bai Shu hurriedly met the loss of the people, but found that the people who came were the Wei family, including Xuan Gongzi and Young Master Zheng. He also brought more than forty guards. The two of them thought imaginarily, was it the person who came to Yanchi at the invitation of the county order or the Taishou? But Du Zhong left in a hurry after the killing, and the county order of Yongji County did not have this even if he came and went at the scene of the killing, and it was even more impossible to determine that Du Zhong was in the Yan Chi of the Wei family, so it was certain that Wei Xuan and the others did not come for Du Zhong and the others.

However, since Wei Xuan had arrived, Bai Shu naturally didn't dare to hide it, so he glanced at Wei Mai. Wei Mai was annoyed in his heart, but he still mustered up the courage to salute Wei Xuan and Wei Zheng, and stammered about Du Zhong and the others.

Without waiting for Wei Xuan and Wei Zheng to express their opinions, Bai Shu hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The villain was confused for a while, and I hope that the son will spare the little one." The small one, let Du Zhong and the others leave, and it will definitely not affect the Wei family! ”

Wei Zheng didn't have the heart to care about this kind of bad thing, he glanced at Wei Xuan, but found that Wei Xuan was looking at Bai Shu and Wei Mai with a smile and interest, for fear that this guy would be impulsive and let the two loyal stewards go away. So he said: "Zhongdao, since Steward Bai said to let them leave, they didn't stay in Yanchi for long anyway, so there should be nothing wrong." ”

The two stewards glanced at Wei Zheng gratefully, especially the cypress tree, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Xuan nodded, but instead of answering, he rode on horseback and said to the cypress: "How many people know about their arrival?" ”

"Many people have seen it, but the only ones who know the inside story are me and the Wei steward." Cypress said, still on his knees.

Wei Xuan looked at Wei Mai, and Wei Mai nodded. Wei Xuan said to Wei Mai: "Steward Wei, my fourth brother and I and these brothers behind me are going to live here for a period of time, you go and arrange it first." ”

Wei Mai thought that Wei Xuan was going to teach Cypress a lesson alone, so he glanced at the old man sympathetically and turned around to go to the accommodation of Zhang Luo, Wei Zheng and others.

Wei Xuan then turned to Wei Zheng and said, "Fourth brother, just let the steward introduce the situation of the salt pond to you, and then find a place suitable for refining salt." I'll talk to Steward Kashiwa about something. ”

Wei Zheng was relieved to see that Wei Xuan did not intend to pursue the meaning of the cypress tree, nodded and beckoned to the guards who stopped not far behind him, and entered the salt pond under the leadership of Wei Mai. Only Wei Xuan, Bai Shu and four personal guards were left at the scene.

Wei Xuan frowned when he saw that the four of them did not leave at all, and said to Chunqin: "This is already a salt pond, you guys should also go with the steward, let him pick a few better rooms for you." If you're late, you don't have to. ”

Chunqin shook her head and glanced at the other three sisters, and then the four of them took more than twenty steps back at the same time, and then stood still on all sides, obviously just to avoid suspicion but not to leave Wei Xuan too far.

Wei Xuan was helpless, and said to the cypress tree on the ground: "Get up and speak!" ”

The cypress tree trembled and got up from the ground, stood aside, lowered its head, and did not dare to breathe. Wei Xuan was able to reprimand him alone, this was to protect him, but Chunqin and the others refused to leave, and they were anxious but didn't dare to speak out because they didn't know the details of Chunqin's four daughters.