Tan Lun has always been very low-key, since he was sent to Zhejiang, he has always adhered to the principle that more things are better than less, trying not to conflict with them, and even trying to sit in the corner and not participate in the discussion.

As for the reason, there is no other person, and the current few people are all members of the Yan Party: Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, is a student of Yan Song, He Maocai, the envoy of Zhejiang, and Zheng Michang, the political envoy of Zhejiang, are all people used by Yan Shifan, the old man of the small pavilion, and they also have an inexplicable relationship with the palace.

And the Qingliu faction, he is the only one Tan Lun.

Now that he heard that Zheng Michang insulted his respected colleague like this, Tan Lun couldn't bear it anymore and confronted him.

"You might as well repeat what you just said, I, Tan Lun, will read a book for you in the future!"

"The official said, what's the matter? Bullshit! Even if Xu Jie stood in front of me, I would dare to say so. ”

"You!" Tan Lun was angry, and then rolled up his sleeves and prepared to hit someone.

"Come on, when I'm Zheng Michang, I'm scared?" Zheng Michang was not afraid at all, and said sarcastically.

"Alright, stop arguing! Do you still have a trace of reading people? How is it different from the ruffians on the street? ”

Seeing that the two were about to fight if they quarreled any longer, Hu Zongxian, who was sitting at the top, opened his mouth to calm the turmoil.

"Humph!"

The two glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of malice towards each other.

Immediately Tan Lun took the lead in bowing down to say goodbye, Zheng Michang looked at Tan Lun's departing back, couldn't help but spit on the ground, and scolded in a low voice: "What!" ”

……

On the way to Taoyuan Village, Gao Hanwen repeated the ins and outs of the matter to Ma Ningyuan.

Ma Ningyuan couldn't help but be furious after hearing this, and waved his hand quite angrily: "These people are Diao! ”

"I think these villagers should have been bewitched by thieves, so they were so impulsive, and even did such a thing as killing soldiers, and when they went later, I hope that Master Ma can show mercy to his subordinates and not hurt the innocent."

Seeing that the Hangzhou prefect was so violent, Gao Hanwen was a little worried, and couldn't help but comfort.

After listening to Gao Hanwen's request, Ma Ningyuan smiled: "Don't worry, Lord Gao, this official has his own measure. ”

Seeing that Gao Hanwen did not respond, Ma Ningyuan continued: "I don't know if Lord Gao has ever heard such a sentence, the people can make it, but not it, I think you are too good to those Diao people, so let them kick their noses in the face, rest assured, the official will seek justice for you!" ”

"The people can make it, but can't they know it......" Gao Hanwen fell into deep thought after listening to Ma Ningyuan's words.

The speed of the troops was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived at the place of the previous incident - Taoyuan Village.

"Look over there, my lord!" There were sharp-eyed soldiers in front of them to report.

"What?" Ma Ningyuan said, took the monocular from his subordinates, and looked in the direction pointed by the soldier before.

I saw four or five corpses hanging from the big trees near the village, their clothes stripped of their bodies, and all kinds of insulting words left on their bodies.

Ma Ningyuan suppressed the anger in his heart, put down the binoculars, and commanded his subordinates: "Speed up!" ”

Soon, the troops marched to the entrance of the village, and when the soldiers saw their colleagues who were hanging from the trees, they could not help but be angry, and a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox could not help but rise in their hearts.

The people who were hanging from the tree may have been playing together the day before, and they had made an appointment about where to drink, and who knew which girl was the best-looking, and who knew that they would leave in such an undignified way.

"Fence off the whole village and don't let out a single fly." Ma Ningyuan commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The soldiers received the order and surrounded the entire Taoyuan Village, and then searched from house to house.

At this time, several corpses hanging from the trees were also lowered and neatly lined up.

Gao Hanwen couldn't help but be stunned for a long time when he saw that these soldiers who were desperately covering his escape had turned into corpses with no temperature, only to see them slowly walk in front of the corpse, lean over, and keep muttering something in his mouth.

"My lord, there is no one in the village!" The soldier who had been in charge of searching the village returned to report.

"Hmph, this group of Diao people is smart and knows that what they have done is not small. Search around here to avenge the dead brethren!" Ma Ningyuan laughed cruelly and commanded with a wave of his big hand.

"Yes." The soldier took the order and began to search the neighborhood.

"Bring me a map of the area." Immediately after, Ma Ningyuan instructed his subordinates.

Ma Ningyuan took the map from the hands of his subordinates, and after carefully browsing it, he found that there was no place to hide in the vicinity.

"Your Excellency, I've searched all around here, but there's no one."

"We're over there too!"

Ma Ningyuan frowned, but in his heart he kept thinking about the possible hiding places of the villagers.

"Master Ma, as far as I know, there is no hiding place in this vicinity, is it possible that these villagers are not hiding." Gao Hanwen finished his condolences, his expression returned to normal, and then he spoke.

"You mean to say?"

"That's right, I guess these villagers are not hiding, after all, their purpose in the first place is to protect their fields, and I guess they are guarding near the fields at this time." Gao Hanwen said and pointed out the location of the farmland in Taoyuan Village on the map.

"It makes sense, it's worthy of being Xiaoge's old protégé, why didn't I think of it?" Ma Ningyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and patted his head excitedly.

"All the soldiers obey the order, target the farmland of Taoyuan Village, and go!"

"Yes!"

……

The farmland of Taoyuan Village is less than two kilometers away from the village, and the whole village gathers here, with the old and weak, women and children resting on the periphery, and the able-bodied young people gathering to discuss countermeasures.

"What now? Let's kill the official, it's a big deal! In a few moments, a large number of soldiers will arrive. ”

"What are you afraid of, we have so many people, it's a big deal to fight with them! Want my family's land unless you step over my corpse! ”

"Yes, fight with them!"

"There are so many people, and we still have so many old, weak, sick and disabled, how can we fight? Are you stupid? ”

"It's all to blame on the big bull, what officials want to rob us of our land! Otherwise, we wouldn't be so impulsive. ”

"Yes, it's all to blame, if it weren't for him, why would I flee here now?"

Everyone discussed it sentence by sentence, but for a long time they still did not come up with a reliable solution, and gradually they turned their attention to the big cow that was resting under the big tree.

Da Niu, formerly known as Zhang Da Niu, a villager of Taoyuan Village, is one of the few literate people in the village who can write and read, and the characters on the previous killed soldiers are also his masterpieces.

It was he who told the villagers that the officials were measuring the land in order to annex their land, and it was also he who raised his arms and led the people to actively resist.

"Otherwise, we will tie up the big cow and transfer it to the government, and we can also be exempted from other crimes."

"I think this is a good way, and sacrificing one of them is better than all of us suffering together."

"My son has only been born for a few days, can't he be without a father?"

"I still have an eighty-year-old mother to support."

……

Soon, everyone reached an agreement and tied up Zhang Daniu, who was still asleep.

Zhang Daniu woke up from his sleep and said in shock: "What are you doing? Let me go! ”

"I'm sorry, big bull! Sacrifice yourself a little, or everyone will suffer with you. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Daniu's eyes were full of despair.