was asked to see by a thief in the middle of the night, Xie Yuhou, the county guard of Tanzhou, was very angry, even if this thief had secret dealings with him.

Of course, the fourth child knows the height of his eyebrows, but this is a task, even if he breaks his head, he must see the county guard tonight.

"Adult, it's not that the villain doesn't know the general situation to bother. It's really a big thing in the mountains, and I have to come to ask for help. ”

Have an accident? Distress?

The county guard sneered: "The affairs in the mountains are in the mountains, although this official is the county guard, the parent official who knows the land of a state, but the affairs of your thieves are not in the hands of this official." ”

But isn't it, blatantly taking care of your bandits' affairs, what has become of that? Spread it out, let the family know, say that I, Xie Yuhou, openly colluded with bandits?

The fourth child fell to his knees and cried loudly: "My lord, our Five Tiger Village has been destroyed, and there are more than 500 people in the whole mountain, and none of them ......are alive."

Oh? Five Tiger Village was destroyed? When was this?

I thought it was a turf fight between bandits, but I didn't expect the Five Tiger Village to be destroyed, this is really a big deal, Xie Yuhou finally got serious.

The fourth child told the story, crying and saying, "The matter still starts from the day before yesterday. The day before yesterday, we made a transaction and harvested tens of thousands of taels worth of gold, silver and jewelry......"

"Wait, gold and silver jewelry worth tens of thousands of taels? On the ground in this Tanzhou, there are mostly poor people, which big family is so rich? "The county guard is more concerned about money.

"The stupid son of an unknown jewelry merchant from Chang'an, who pretended to go to Lingnan to find relatives and was taken down by us."

"Oh...... So, it is you who have made a fortune, and others have been heard, and you are hated because of your wealth? So destroyed? Hehe, there is nothing the official can do, and it is impossible for the government to help a group of bandits avenge. "The county guard complained in his heart, damn, you have made a fortune, but the county guard has not caught a penny, and he doesn't even know the news, you still have the face to come to me?

The fourth child cried: "No, my lord. Our Five Tiger Village forces are okay, and we don't dare to attack when we are idle. ”

"It's because the treasure is moving, there is infighting in the village, and the third brother and the fourth brother kill people and seize power. A tragic infighting, our five tiger village vitality was greatly damaged. But he didn't think that the third brother Yu Dang went down the mountain to inform, and leaked the news to Sanlong Village and Heifeng Village. These two families joined forces to destroy our Five Tiger Village. ”

Hiss......

It's really exciting, first there was infighting, and then there was an invasion of foreign enemies, and it seems that the five tiger villages are going to die.

The county guard thought for a while, sneered and said: "Okay, the Five Tiger Village is dead, and this official is not the one who unloads the mill and kills the donkey." You've always been in charge of business in the city, so continue to do so in the future. The purchase and sale of the Five Tiger Village in Tanzhou City has returned to the Xie family. With the cover of the official, the people in the mountains dare not make a move on you. ”

Yes?

The fourth child was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head, I didn't mean that.

"Adults, villains are not here to ask for shelter."

"So what do you want to do? Do you want this official to destroy the Black Wind Village and the Three Dragons Village, and take revenge on your Five Tiger Village? ”

The fourth shook his head and said, "You misunderstood." The Black Wind Village and the Three Dragons Village didn't get any benefits. I don't know how I leaked the news, and I was trapped in the three houses of the horse village, and a praying mantis caught the cicada and the yellow finch was behind. Just this morning, the two families of Heifeng Village and Sanlong Village were all destroyed. Even the people with money and food in the land were all taken captive to the trapping horse village. ”

What???

How is this possible?

"The gang of people in the trapping village, although the official has no contact, he also knows that they are a group of poor ghosts, do they have the courage to do it? The strength of Black Wind Village and Sanlong Village is not weak. The county guard exclaimed.

The fourth explained: "When the Black Wind Village and the Three Dragon Villages destroyed our Five Tiger Villages, they were also greatly damaged. The three families of the Trap Horse Village combined with nearly 1,000 people, and they were caught off guard by setting up an ambush halfway, so no one expected it. ”

The county guard began to pace back and forth thinking, if the Five Tiger Village was destroyed, he didn't care much, because the left and right were just a group of bandits, although they paid tribute to themselves every year, but without them, there were also Black Wind Village and Sanlong Village, and when the time came, just send someone to urge the increase.

But now it's different, but the Black Wind Village and the Three Dragons Village have also been destroyed, so they can't do their business in the mountains, which is equivalent to being cut off an arm. The three families of the trapped horse village, because of the tinkling of poverty, have no money to pay tribute, and they often do not even take the government seriously.

The fourth child said at the right time: "My lord, the villain survived by luck, originally for revenge." But now that the Black Wind Village and the Three Dragons Village have also been destroyed, there is no point in revenge. I came overnight to give advice to the adults, and in the future, the villain wants to sincerely join the adults. ”

Suggestions? What's the meter?

"My lord, I made a yellow finch in Trap Horse Village, and took away all the money and food of the three families of Black Wind Village, Five Tiger Village, and Three Dragon Village. Roughly calculated, at least 100,000 taels of silver. While they had just transported their things away today, and before they had time to share the spoils, if they were to be wiped out......"

Oh?

The county guard's eyes lit up, and his heart beat involuntarily.

Out of caution, he opened his mouth and asked, "How many of you little thieves can have more than 100,000 taels of silver?" ”

The fourth child said seriously: "I don't know how much money the other two families have, but there are at least 60,000 taels in the treasure house of Wuhu Village, which is the savings we have been operating for ten years." Coupled with the jewelry of the fat mutton ticket the day before yesterday, the money of Wuhuzhai alone is worth at least 100,000 taels of silver. ”

Hiss......

So, is it really more than 100,000 taels of silver?

The county guard's breathing is different, and he secretly scolds in his heart, Lao Tzu has been an official for many years, and he doesn't have more than 100,000 taels of silver in his hands, so you gang of thieves have so much money?

"Someone! Immediately send people to go out of the city overnight to investigate, to see the situation of Heifeng Village, Five Tiger Village, and Sanlong Village, and to see if they have been destroyed. Immediately after the discovery, it will be rewarded. ”

Lao Sixin said it, or Hou Ye is smart, no wonder he took someone to Trap Horse Village today, it turned out that even the lies were made up for me.

Early the next morning, the county guard ordered that the captain of the city defense army personally led the 1,500 city defense troops in Tanzhou to wipe out the three bandits led by the trapping horse village.

The captain of the city defense army is a member of the county guard, and he also has him when he divides the money, and I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of silver waiting, which is quite positive.

And the fourth child who surrendered by fraud was left by the county guard, "If you really destroy the trapping horse village this time, then you will be the first merit, and the official will not be stingy with rewarding you." ”

"Thank you, Lord for appreciation."

"Today, I will wait for news in the city with this official for the time being."

The fourth child scolded secretly, this is not to believe Lao Tzu, hehe, wait and see, it is better to be with you, I can see your death with my own eyes.

Approaching noon, there was still no news from the front, and the county guard gradually became a little anxious, but almost all the soldiers and horses under his command were sent out, and there were only 20 or so guards guarding the yamen around him, and he couldn't even find out the news. Alas, let's wait patiently for news.

Although the bandits are not easy to exterminate, they definitely do not dare to confront the government head-on, even if they can't take it, they can be deterred, and nothing can go wrong.

"My lord, there are three living people outside the door, saying that they have something important to ask to see your lord." The guard at the door came to report.

The county guard was upset, waved his hand and said: "Don't see me, this official has every opportunity, do you have to meet any cat or dog?" ”

"The other party said that it was in the mountains, and you have an old relationship with your uncle."

"What? In the mountains? Darn! This official is a county guard, how can he interact with people in the mountains? Blasted away! ”

But on second thought, what if someone is giving a favor?

So he summoned the fourth child, "There are three people from the mountains outside, you go and see if you know each other, if it's an acquaintance, then bring it in through the back door." See what's going on with them. ”

The fourth child's heart jumped, and he immediately guessed who the visitor was. Isn't it that Hou Ye wants to come forward to eliminate the harm in person? I didn't say it when I made the plan, if he left, how would the bandits in the mountains be subdued?