Of the seven men in the room, only four were brewers. The other three were the farmers of the Grange, and one of them was a strong man, who was kicked in the lower body by Sanfanger. And this person is the head of the village, Wang Gui. They didn't just start drinking this morning, but from last night until noon this day.

"Where did those two women come from?" Qin Zhong asked with a cold face.

"That's, that's." The steward Tian Fugui glanced at Wang Gui, as if he was afraid, and he didn't dare to speak.

Qin Chong knew in his heart that there was something else going on. glanced at Wang Gui and saw that he just lowered his head and knelt on the ground without saying a word. But Qin Chong still found that Wang Gui's muscles were tense all over his body, and his legs were slowly adjusting his posture. Is this trying to run away from the door, or is it trying to hurt people?

Looking at the other two, although they lowered their heads, they were patrolling left and right, exchanging glances with each other. Qin Chong frowned, and finally had a trace of doubt, feeling that something was wrong. The farmers in the grange are all honest and responsible farmers, like these three people, their eyes are wandering, and they are full of fierceness.

Qin Chong secretly paid attention, got up and walked in front of Wang Gui, and said, "You come with me." ”

Qin Zhong wanted to separate the three of them and interrogate them individually.

Wang Gui stood up, hunched his waist slightly, and followed behind Qin Chong. Kankan walked to the door, Wang Guihu's eyes showed a fierce light, and he bent down and pulled out a dagger from his boots. Leaping forward two steps, he stabbed Qin Chong in the back of the heart with a single sword. The other two also made a move, jumped up, one left and one right, and pounced on Qin Chong.

Qin Chong seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and in the midst of lightning, he turned around in a staggered step, grabbed his hand like lightning, grabbed Wang Gui's wrist holding the knife, and dragged it forward. Wang Gui lost his center of gravity, and he couldn't help himself, Deng Deng planted forward, only to hear a "bang", and hit the door frame hard.

The two people in the back pounced, Qin Chong's short body, a sharp sweeping leg, a crisp "click", one of them screamed and flew up, with all fours facing the sky, "bang" and slammed on the ground.

Qin Chong swept one person away, took advantage of the situation to turn around and stand up, kicked out, and hit the other person's heart.

"Mother." There was another oozing scream, and the man who was kicked upright, his body bowed into a shrimp, flew out upside down and hit the back wall, and fell to the ground with a bang, his limbs twitched a few times, and there was no movement. Everyone in the house felt that the whole house was shaking. For a time, the house was dusty.

Looking at it again, the three people who were fierce just now were all lying on the ground, screaming and wailing. One of them was kicked and his leg was broken, and the other was silent, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Wang Gui hit him hard, lying on the ground, struggling but unable to get up, a blood mark split his face into two halves, and his nose and mouth kept bleeding.

The workshop steward and the other three craftsmen knelt on the ground, their mouths wide open, dumbfounded. Of course they had heard of the prestige of the third young master of the Qin family, otherwise, Fang Cai would not be so afraid. But in the blink of an eye, the three fierce men were all beaten half to death, beyond their imagination.

This is still the result of a sneak attack from behind with a murder weapon.

"The third young master spares his life, it's none of our business." Tian Fugui took two steps forward and suddenly howled.

"The third young master spares his life, it's none of our business."

"The third young master spares his life, it's none of our business." When the other three saw it, they immediately burst into tears, and they also shouted, all of them were anxious to clear themselves, afraid of following in the footsteps of Wang Gui and others.

"Talk back, the young master will judge himself." At this time, Sanlier settled the two women and returned here. As soon as I stepped into the door, I was surprised to find that the house was already in a mess.

"They took the two women captive."

"Wang Gui is familiar with Yu Qing, the steward of the Qin Mansion."

"The three of them are all strongmen in Wolf Mountain."

..........

The steward Tian Fugui and a few people competed for your words and my words, and gradually made things clear.

Qin Zhong listened silently, his face pale. Hearing the strongman, Qin Chong's eyebrows jumped. After pondering for a while, I suddenly figured out that the strongman at this time was talking about bandits. "Bandits?" Qin Chong realized it later, and stood up suddenly, his heart was not so calm. 's own grange has become a den of bandits?

If this matter leaks out, with Yao Pingyuan's roughness, he won't treat the Qin family to death?

The Qin family really can't afford the crime of gangsters.

"Find the rope and tie it all up." Qin Chong was angry and shouted loudly.

Wolf Mountain, the name of a mountain. This place, Qin Chong had heard of, was far north in Tongguan Town. This fellow official is not Tongguan. Although the two are the same sound, they are two different places. Tongguan is bitter and cold, and the wind and sand are constant all year round, and it has always been a place of exile for criminals in the imperial court. Bandits are rampant, and the government is powerless to eradicate them.

Wolf Mountain is a treacherous place, it is said that there is a black dragon pool at the foot of Wolf Mountain, and there is a dragon hidden in the pool. Some people have described that Jiaolong is a male and a female, both of which are more than ten zhang long, with a magnificent head and horns, and can spit clouds and mist. This pair of dragons has been practicing for a long time and has advanced Taoism, but they are a pair of evil dragons, which feed on human children.

Qin Chong never imagined that Wang Gui and the three of them were bandits from Wolf Mountain. More than a year ago, the three of them came to Shayuan Prison and found Yu Qing, the steward of the Qin Mansion. I don't know what kind of deal there is, Yu Qing recommended Wang Gui to Qin Yutian and became the head of the grange. The three of them settled down in the Shayuan Prison.

Wang Gui is greedy for money and lustful, relying on the status of the head of the village, and often bullies the women in the village. However, he knew that his identity could not be revealed, so he did not dare to be blatant, for fear of offending the public. Even so, there are several wives and daughters who have been able to do both soft and hard by Wang Gui. The Zhuang family is timid and afraid, and they can only swallow it in their stomachs when they are wronged.

What's more, it is a disgraceful thing, and the so-called people are terrible, and they dare not mention it.

These two women were not from the Grange, but Wang Gui and others went out once and were taken captive from Heyang County, north of Shayuan Prison. Because of the beautiful appearance, Wang Gui was reluctant, so he stayed for a few more days. And it is not the first time that Wang Gui has abducted a woman from a good family. Tian Fugui alone knew, there were three times.

The captive women were locked up in the workshop cellar for Wang Gui and others to vent their animal desires.

In a few days, the women will be sold. As for where to sell, Tian Fugui doesn't know. But every time they make a move, it is very convenient, so Tian Fugui suspects that they have a way to sell the stolen goods.

As the inquiry deepened, Qin Chong became more and more frightened. The current situation is no longer something he can handle. After thinking for a while, Qin Zhong summoned Sanfeng'er and said, "You go to the barracks quickly and ask my master to bring someone here." ”

"Okay." Sansa'er also felt that the matter was serious, and ran out very quickly.

After San'er left, Qin Chong had nothing to do for a while. Turning his head to look at Tian Fugui on the side, he saw him shrinking in the corner of the room, drooping his head, and sighing all the time. Then he asked, "How much wine can be produced here in a year?" ”

"Huh?" Tian Fugui didn't react for a while, and looked at Qin Zhong blankly.

"I ask you how much wine you can produce in a year." Qin Zhong said again.

"Oh, the wine, not much." Tian Fugui calmed down and said, "There is not much food, and when the year is full, there is less than a thousand catties of wine, and all of them are sent to the Xiaoqi camp." ”

Qin Yutian opened this workshop, not to make money, but for his comrades in the army.

There is little grain and wine on the market, and the price is expensive, and the little military salary of the soldiers is not enough to drink two meals of wine. It's just that these rude men are not used to drinking sour and astringent fruit wine, and they like spicy and rushing knives the most. Therefore, Qin Yutian opened this wine-making workshop, secretly brewed some grain wine, and sold it to the army at cost price.

Every year, the tenants paid the rent, and in addition to their own food, the rest was used to make wine. It's just that there isn't much of this food, and there isn't much wine to brew, so it's better than nothing. Speaking of grain, Tian Fugui seemed to think of something, sighed, and then said, "The rent of the land on the village has risen to fifty percent. ”

"Fifty percent?" Qin Chong was stunned for a moment, staring at Tian Fugui and waiting for Tian Fugui to follow.

"yes, fifty percent." Tian Fugui raised his head, looked at Qin Chong, and said, "Since they came to the Grange after beating Wang Gui, the land rent has risen to fifty percent. ”

"Why don't you go to the house?" Qin Zhong said it, and when he arrived, he also understood, with Yu Qing in the middle, he must be deceiving his superiors and subordinates. The house is now headed by Aunt Liu, fooling a woman in the house, wouldn't she be caught?

"Thanks to Wang Gui's coming, the days are not long, and the farmers have some surplus grain, and they can still settle."

"This crumb." Qin Zhong gritted his teeth, eager to beat Yu Qing again.

Yu Qing colluded with bandits, hid filth and dirt, and made the grange into a miasma. Fortunately, if Wang Gui goes down, this matter will be exposed sooner or later. Once the incident happened, the Qin family would bear the brunt of the catastrophe and never recover.

No wonder, the dealers I met stopped talking one by one, and there seemed to be something unspeakable. It turned out that they wanted to tell themselves about Wang Gui, but they were worried that they didn't care, but they were retaliated by Wang Gui.

The bandits also liked wine, so they used the brewery as a stronghold, coerced and coerced a group of craftsmen, and became their accomplices in their crimes. At this moment, Qin Chong's gaze was not good, and he swept over several craftsmen one by one. As if they felt something, the craftsmen looked up at Qin Chong, and lowered their heads in a trembling manner.

"It's not a good thing." Qin Chong looked disgusted and scolded.

Suddenly, Qin Chong felt lost, his wine-making plan had not yet begun, and it seemed that the curtain had come to an end.

Although the brewing craftsmen here have skills, they have bad character and are in the same stream with the bandits, which makes Qin Chong very disgusted. Even if you want to continue making wine, you don't plan to use them anymore. He had heard that if a winemaker is not of the right character, the wine he produces will not taste right. The so-called people are like wine, and wine is like people.

More than half an hour passed, and Shi Yong rushed to the brewing workshop with a team of soldiers.

"Master." Qin Zhong stepped forward and saluted and greeted Shi Yong.

"Hmm." Shi Yong's face was solemn, and he nodded in response to Qin Chong. The three full-bodied children spoke very vaguely. When he saw Qin Chong at this moment, he wanted to ask clearly. With a slight pout, he walked to the side. His soldiers pushed open the door with a "bang", rushed into the house, and controlled everyone.

"Tell me more about what's going on." Shi Yong said.

"Three of them are Wolf Mountain bandits." Qin Zhong said directly.

"Wolf Mountain bandits?" Shi Yong was surprised and delighted, and was surprised, how did the Wolf Mountain bandits escape to the Shayuan Prison and hide in the Qin Family Grange? Happily, the Wolf Mountain bandits are famous, and the government has already offered a reward for arrest, as long as one is caught, it will be a reward of 100 pieces of silver. This time, I caught him, but it was a big windfall.

Shi Yong couldn't hold it back, left Qin Chong, and strode towards the house. Of the seven people in the house, three of the Wolf Mountain bandits were tied up sturdily, and the remaining four were pale and were escorted by military swords and guns.

Shi Yong looked left and right, and he had locked on Wang Gui. stepped forward, grabbed Wang Gui's collar, and pulled it to both sides, suddenly exposing his shoulders. Sure enough, on the smooth shoulder, there was a hideous wolf head tattooed. Looking at the other two, they also have wolf heads tattooed. This time it was confirmed, there was no doubt that it was indeed a Wolf Mountain bandit.

A wolf's head is tattooed on his shoulder, which is the mark of the wolf mountain bandits. However, not everyone can get a tattoo. Naturally, there will be no shrimp soldiers and crabs, only the descendants or leaders will be tattooed with wolf head marks. Whether it is the people or the government, they all know that the Wolf Mountain bandits are brave and extremely difficult to catch. That's why there's such a high bounty.

Seeing that the Wolf Mountain bandits were true, all the soldiers laughed, this is a windfall from heaven.

"Shut up, take it all back." Shi Yong ordered.

Under this order, several craftsmen completely collapsed and immediately cried. The means of being a soldier are simple, with a knife on the back of the mouth, and the crying and shouting stop abruptly. pushed and shoved, and escorted out of the house. The three wolf mountain bandits, naturally taking special care, stuffed gravel in their mouths, and covered their heads with black cloth covers, and the two of them walked together.

"Yu Qing is in collusion with them." Qin Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully.

"Yu Qing? Your housekeeper in the outer court? Shi Yong asked in surprise.

"Hmm." Qin nodded emphatically.

"What's this?" Shi Yong has a headache, how to deal with this? It is definitely not okay to come to the door to get people. Once it makes a big fuss, it will not be good for Qin Yutian's official reputation. If there are people like Yao Pingyuan, who have been staring at Qin Yutian, how can they not take the opportunity to be demons? If you don't catch it, you can't do it, leaving a scourge in the Qin family, it's unreliable to think about it.

"I have an idea, I don't know if it's okay?" Sansa'er's heart was lively, and when he saw Shi Yong's hesitation, he immediately guessed his dilemma. Standing up from behind Qin Chong, he said a little timidly.

"Tell me about it." Shi Yong knew that Sanchuer and Qin Chong were close, so he was not surprised, and immediately said.

"Ask someone to secretly send a message to Yu Qing, saying that Wang Gui has been arrested." San'er squinted, but he really looked like a little fox, "Let's ambush on the periphery, and when he escapes from the Qin family, we will be arrested immediately." ”

"Shout?" Qin Chong couldn't help but look at it differently, he really didn't notice that Sansheng'er still had this heart.

"Yu Qing is a thief with a weak heart, and he will definitely flee when he hears the wind." Shi Yong nodded frequently, and also felt that this plan was good. Wait for Yu Qing to escape from the Qin family. When you reach the realm of no one, you will be suddenly arrested, and you will not know it. Since it was not caught in the Qin family, the Qin family's involvement was naturally greatly reduced. Even if it is mentioned later, there are arguments.

"And." As soon as Qin Chong's words came out, he was interrupted by Shi Yong.

"What else?"

"And two women from good families." Qin Chong touched his nose and felt that there were more things. "They are from Heyang County, and some time ago, they were taken captive and ruined by Wang Gui and others, which is very pitiful."

"This?" Shi Yong was really embarrassed and didn't know what to do.