Returning to the room, An Xin lit the candle and took out the secret pavilion hidden behind a landscape painting from the study of the county guard's mansion, and a few account books and a box were placed, in which there were 100,000 taels of silver tickets.

An Xin sat at the table and poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it, touched her chin and thought, and then she went to the study of the county guard's mansion again.

With her experience as a small thief many times, the study of the county guard mansion has not found any private treasures except for a dark pavilion behind the landscape painting.

That is, a very ordinary official's study.

Coming out of the study, An Xin also traveled around the county guard's mansion by the way, that is, except for the silver taels in the mansion that the account room has normal expenses in the house, An Xin really didn't find any property in other places.

It is said that if a county keeper does not say that his family has a lot of money and a mountain of gold and silver, it is absolutely impossible for him to have only about 10,000 taels of silver at home.

If that's the case, An Xin will give the breeze on his sleeves to the county guard.

It's a pity that it's not, because every year the people sent out by the county guard will forcibly collect all kinds of exorbitant taxes from the people.

How could the Lingnan County Guard be a clean official with clean sleeves.

When An Xin opened the account book that the county guard had privately recorded, most of the various taxes collected by the county guard yamen every time were pocketed by King Liang, and a flash of clarity flashed in his eyes.

In view of the situation of the county guard, it also verified An Xin's speculation.

Next, An Xin counted the days when Leng Xiangbai and Zhu Shijing left with Gongsun Shangshu, and it was almost time for them to come back.

In this way, they can also move and stir up the stagnant water in Lingnan, and they don't believe that at that time, King Liang, the ambitious vassal king, can continue to pretend to be in poor health for the people and bandits, and deceive the people's hearts and minds for his use.

Before going to attack the mountain bandits, An Xin went to Hujia Village.

When An Xin took Jiang Chenxi and Feng Yujue, Liu Huai, Lu Qinlong, and Fang Qingping, who changed into a simple women's clothes.

In the dark night, several people rode horses to the house of the village chief Hu, and when a room of people saw them come in, they stood up with their hands rubbed together and stiffly.

As long as Shan Yushi snorted coldly at An Xin when he saw An Xin coming in, expressing his displeasure with An Xin for throwing him here.

"Shan Lao, this is a toothache?!" An Xin smiled and teased: "Aze, Shan Lao is angry, you let him drink more water in the past few days." ”

Chen Runze, who followed Shan Yushi to Hujia Village, nodded very seriously, and said in a pleading tone: "If it weren't for the discovery of Master Xiaoshan, I wouldn't have known that Shan Lao had a toothache on fire, so I would have made a pot of tea for him to drink." ”

Shan Yushi looked at the back of the solid-eyed little boy running out of the door, glared at An Xin in annoyance, and said helplessly and angrily: "Isn't there something wrong here?"

Village Chief Hu received a letter from you, and he has already called the village chief who he has been with in all directions and feels trustworthy, Li Zheng, to wait here. ”

An Xin also knew that this was not the time to comfort the old man's emotions, and besides, Shan Jinzhe was just joking, and he was not really angry that An Xin arranged for him to come to Hujia Village to teach the villagers to build terraces.

Some areas of Lingnan have many mountains and little land, and if the terraces proposed by An Xin can really be built, this is a major event for the country and the people, how can he be angry because of this.

Jiang Chenxi and Feng Yujue were surprised for a moment when they saw Shan Yushi here, they only knew that he had left the cottage, and they didn't know that he had come here.

An Xin was invited by Village Chief Hu to sit down on a bench in the middle of the hall, and the daughter-in-law of the family brought them a bowl of sugar water, which was already the best thing for the farmhouse to entertain guests.

A county town has about a dozen counties, Bailaige villages.

An Xin looked at the village chief Hu in front of him, the leader of each village, and the village chief who contacted each other and thought that he could be trusted, the chief, there were more than thirty people here, and there were really a lot.

But it's not worth trusting, and it really doesn't have much to do with An Xin.

After all, if they are not strict in their mouths or there are people who are not clear about the people they bring to do things, then they will suffer in the end.

An Xin knew that during this time, the mountain bandits who were in the five peaks were still rushing for the newly harvested grain from each village.

If her guess was correct, some of the looted food had been ordered by someone to be transported to another group of people who needed more food.

And even if An Xin had the ability to clean up the group of mountain bandits, the grain would eventually be returned to these robbed villagers, just like when they passed by the robbed Hujia Village that day.

The grain that had just been harvested was still drying on the scene, and before they could take it back and hide it, the mountain bandits came to rob it.

Seeing that the food that the family had been working for a year was robbed, more than a dozen people died in the village because of the fierce resistance of some people.

There are many villages like this that have happened, and if we don't return this food to them as soon as possible, we don't know how many people will starve to death this winter.

So An Xin spoke: "Three days later, at night, you secretly took the strong labor that the village could believe, and went to several mountain bandit dens near your village.

In the hour of the child, I will send someone to wait for you at the foot of the mountain.

When the time comes, you will follow you up the mountain, and you may be able to bring back some of the grain that was robbed by the mountain bandits in your village. ”

"It's... Is this true? A middle-aged man squatting in the corner with a sad face, excited and incredulous, asked.

People from other villages also looked at An Xin in astonishment, and even Village Chief Hu, who didn't know about it in advance, stared at her expectantly.

"Is it true that you may not be fully convinced now." An Xin's tone was straightforward: "Anyway, when you bring someone there, you will know if it's true."

Even if it's not true, it's nothing to lose you, is it? ”

All the village chiefs, Li Zheng thought to himself, isn't it?

Every village of them is now poor and almost gnawing the bark of a tree, with no food or wealth, and they are left with a handful of bones, and there is really nothing to worry about.

Jiang Chenxi glanced at his teacher, saw her nodded, looked at these people, and said seriously: "But I still remind you, if we succeed in suppressing the bandits, there is still food left there, and it is best for you not to make a noise after you pull them back."

Otherwise, if other mountain bandits know about it and be robbed again, I am afraid that they will not be so lucky. ”

The village chief, when Li Zhengmen heard this, his heart was excited.

Originally, I didn't pay attention to this situation, but now after Jiang Chenxi's reminder, I have also woken up.

If they are robbed again, no one may be willing to fight the bandits again and take them back.

After seeing An Xin and them explaining, he followed the old man who was sitting next to him and drank tea to say hello, and then rode his horse and disappeared into the hazy night.

So these people all had a half-believing attitude, and also said goodbye to Village Chief Hu and left here, if An Xin could really take back the grain that had been robbed in so many of their villages from the hands of the mountain bandits, let them give her a card.

And with hope in their hearts, everyone prayed that what An Xin said was true, and that they would be able to bring back the looted food in their village.

In particular, villages that have been looted before the food has been taken back to their homes.

Even if not all of them, even if they could bring back half of the grain, they would be satisfied.

Shan Jinzhe squinted, stood at the door and watched An Xin and their hurried figures, feeling that it was not for nothing that this person would be reused by the emperor.

(End of chapter)