"My lord, it's not good, something happened to our caravan."

Kong Fang had just stepped into the gate of the county government with his front foot, and Wu Shiyue was already in a hurry to catch up.

"Elder Wu, don't worry, I've already received the news." Kong Fang comforted.

Wu Shiyue was stunned for a moment, he rushed to the county office immediately after receiving the news, they haven't met yet, how can the adults know?

Kong Fang didn't give him a solution and took him to the study.

"Elder Wu, tell me about the news you received." Kong Fang said.

"I received a message from the martial family's business in Shanyang County, our caravan was hijacked by mountain bandits in Shanyang County last night, and 10,000 catties of fine salt and escort personnel were all detained in the tiger's mouth."

"There are more than 100 mountain bandits in Laohukou, and the leader of the bandits is nicknamed the Red Heavenly King, but I don't know his real name."

"This morning, the mountain bandits asked people to bring a message to the business, and if we want to ransom people, we will take out the secret recipe of fine salt. Ordinary mountain bandits robbed the road, just seeking money, but they asked for a secret recipe, and I felt that there was something strange in it, so I came to the adults to discuss. ”

Kong Fang nodded.

"The mountain bandits are reckless, what's the use of asking for that secret recipe? Presumably, there is a black hand behind it. I have sent someone to investigate, and we will take action accordingly when the investigation is clear. ”

Wu Renyue felt a little comforted in his heart and said, "But be fast." The bandits were given only ten days. Once the time has passed, and they fail to get the secret recipe, they will kill people to vent their anger. ”

Kong Fang thought to himself, ten days, maybe time is enough.

He appeased Wu Shiyue again, and then sent him back and told him to wait for news at home.

After sending Wu Shiyue away, Kong Fang called Kong Yiji and asked him to send an official document to Shanyang County in the name of Qinghe County, explaining that the merchants of the county had been robbed in Shanyang County, and asked Shanyang County to help rescue the hostages and recover the looted property.

Kong Yiji handled it quickly.

After writing the official document, he sent an official messenger to send the official document away, and he seemed to want to stop talking.

"Lao Kong, if you have something to say, there are no outsiders here." Kong Fang saw it in his eyes and said.

Kong Yiji said: "Master, I guess that this official document may not work, if I guess correctly, our best result is to receive a very official, but no practical reply at all." ”

"The worst outcome is that this official document is like a mud cow in the sea, and there is no response at all."

"Then, if the martial family wants to redeem the hostages and property, there is no other way than to agree to the mountain bandits' demands."

"I didn't think that Shanyang County could help at all, I just did it routinely."

"Of course, I also mean to salute first and then soldier."

Kong Yiji was taken aback and asked, "Could it be that Master Fei is going to send troops to Shanyang to suppress bandits?" In order to do so, you must get the permission of the prefect. ”

"We are not familiar with Shanyang County, so if the prefect agrees, Shanyang County may not be happy. Without the cooperation of Shanyang County, we want to suppress the mountain bandits, and the difficulties are not small. ”

Kong Fang did not immediately respond positively, but asked, "Old Kong, do you know anything about Shanyang Zhixian?" ”

Kong Yiji smiled bitterly, "The world is as black as a crow." Of course, sir, you are a clear stream in the officialdom of the Daxing Dynasty......"

Kong Fang rolled his eyes, "Old Kong, you should understand, I don't like rainbow farts." ”

“……”

Kong Yiji scratched his head.

"Yan Song, the magistrate of Shanyang, a local in Shanyang, does not know a few big characters, and his greed and mediocrity are better than Zhu Dachang'......"

"Wait. You say Yan Song is illiterate? Kong Fang was surprised.

"Daxing Dynasty is an official, although it is mainly recommended, but doesn't it stipulate that you must be a showman or above to be eligible to be recommended?"

Kong Yiji smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The so-called policy at the top, there is countermeasures at the bottom. The stipulation is dead, but man is alive. ”

"Yan Song was born in the market, and he was originally a street bully. Some officials, with some dirty work in their hands, are inconvenient to do directly, so they secretly raise a few people who do dirty work for him. ”

"Yan Song did the dirty work for his predecessor, Wei Zhongxian, the magistrate of the county."

"Later, Wei Zhong was promoted first, and Yan Song used means to let him protect himself as the magistrate of Shanyang County."

"As for Xiucai's name, getting a fake certificate is that in the years of war and chaos, and then there is gold and silver to open the way, who will check the authenticity of Xiucai's name?"

Kong Fang sweated.

It turns out that the falsification of academic qualifications is not exclusive to the previous life, and the Daxing Dynasty is also popular.

He suddenly had an idea, could the boss behind the Laohukou Mountain Bandit be Yan Song?

After all, he has a criminal record.

Kong Yiji didn't dare to make a conclusion, although he also felt that Yan Song was suspicious.

Ximen Feixue came back to report that Fang Shiqing led the county soldiers to conduct field training in Litou Mountain, and he had already sent someone to inform her.

Fang Shiyi returned to Fangjiazhuang and also sent someone to inform him.

The monkey brought information again, and after the investigation of the Chunyulou detectives, the behind-the-scenes boss of the Laohukou Mountain Bandit was Yan Song, the magistrate of Shanyang County.

Kong Fang and Kong Yiji glanced at each other, and sure enough, they guessed correctly!

The monkey continued: Wu Shiyue has a business in Shanyang County, and the fine salt sold has caused a sensation in the local area, which naturally attracted Yan Song's greedy eyes.

I want to use the hostage to coerce Wu Shiyue to hand over the secret recipe of fine salt.

Kong Fang thought that the original decision was right, and he only had a cooperative relationship with Wu Shiyue as a sales agent, and he knew nothing about the entire production process of fine salt.

So even if he wanted to exchange the secret recipe for the hostages, he couldn't come up with the secret recipe.

"Do you know the specific situation of the mountain bandits?" Kong Fang asked.

The monkey nodded.

"The bandit leader Red Heavenly King, whose real name is Hong Rengan, was originally a homeless person in Shanyang County, and he once worshipped Yan Song. There are more than 100 bandits under his command, and these people are not to be feared. ”

"A few years ago, he accidentally saved Jiang Yang's thief Mao Laoba. Mao Laoba was grateful for his life-saving grace, of course, mainly because he committed a crime, and was being chased and killed by the government and the enemy, and had nowhere to go, so he stayed in the tiger's mouth, changed his name and surname, and became the second leader of the mountain bandits. ”

"This man is brave and powerful, and he is good at using a twelve-zhang long sword......"

"Wait......" Kong Fang stopped.

Twelve zhang long, one zhang is equal to ten feet; Twelve zhang is one hundred and twenty feet, that is, forty meters.

In the previous life, netizens talked about it on the Internet, and often took out a 40-meter knife to cut each other, but in reality, you carried a 40-meter knife to cut people to Lao Tzu.

The monkey looked at the information again, and was immediately embarrassed, "Master, it's a machete that is two feet long." ”

Kong Fang glanced at him.

The machete of one zhang and two is longer than Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue knife.

Could it be that Mao Laoba is more brave than Guan Yu?

The monkey looked at the information again.

"Master, this is indeed the description in the intelligence, it should not be wrong, after all, we are all professionals."

Kong Fang no longer struggled with how long the opponent's knife was.

No matter how high the kung fu is, he is afraid of kitchen knives; No matter how long the kitchen knife is, can a bird gun hit far?

The monkey took out another topographical map of the tiger's mouth.

Although the terrain here is steep, it is indeed a treasure land for the development of smashing and robbing.

But it's too far from Ploughshare Mountain.