At dawn the next day, Lao Liang saw that Xue Bai was fine, so he was relieved.

Although he had been instructed beforehand, his worries were real.

"Ah Lang, are you alright? I.....

"It's okay, it's all your own people, you can treat yourself as a person from Luhun Villa in the future."

Xue Bai said, looked back at Song Mian, and asked, "Did Mr. Song say yes?"

"The county lieutenant and I are like brothers, and in the future, I will be half the master of Luhun Villa."

"It's a joke.

Xue Bai said: "There is one more thing I have to ask Mr. Song. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that.

"Wang Yanxian has an entourage Wang Yi by his side, who has a relationship with my staff member Du Cheng, who went to Wei Fu Yin to sue Gao Chong, and is now detained in the Henan Prefecture Bureau."

When Song Mian and Xue Bai first met, they denounced the collusion between officials and businessmen in Yanshi County, and probably never thought that the two would privately mint copper coins together in the future.

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At this point, it seems a little ridiculous.

His face remained unchanged, and he said: "I am close friends with County Lieutenant Wang, so naturally I will not abandon Wang Yi." But the matter ......

Wang Yi is a lowly and a slave. suing the official as a cheap slave, but refusing to produce key evidence, violates Tang law. ”

Xue Bai said: "What kind of key evidence."

"Books." Song Mian said: "Guo Wanjin's account books, smuggling iron and stone, plundering and selling beloved, and selling copper coins are all recorded, and Wang Yanxian stole them from the dark house.

Xue Bai said: "How about I persuade Wang Yi to hand over this account book?"

"Can the county lieutenant persuade him? tortured to extract a confession, but it didn't make him hand over the account books. ”

"Torture is useless for such a loyal servant, I can deceive him."

"Okay." Song Mian finally let go in front of Xue Bai and said with a smile: "I'll prepare food for you, and you can get back the account books for me." ”

"It's a deal.

The two talked and laughed, and left Luhun Villa together and went back to Yanshi County.

Yanshi County Office.

Song Li went out for the funeral, although Lu Linghao did not go, he also sent someone to express the condolences of the lord of a county.

He also has a good relationship with the Song family, but the high-ranking families in Yanshi County are not only the Song family, in comparison, the Song family's background is obviously not as good as the family with the surname, and Lu Linghao treats them equally.

Unexpectedly, the previous county lieutenant Wang Yanxian and Song Mian got close, and so did the current county lieutenant Xue Bai.

When he learned that Xue Bai had gone to Luhun Villa again, Lu Linghao sighed with emotion: "What's the use of personal friendships? You need to know that human affection is like paper.

Guo Jian said: "The county lieutenant is a young man, so he is inevitably naïve. ”

As he spoke, he handed over a book of grain.

The Ming Mansion looked at it, and recorded the 30,000 stone grain levied by Gao Chong, and the loss on the book was flattened, and there were more than 7,000 stones left.

"Okay, Xiangrui and the wine vessel will be sent to the capital when they are ready."

Although some disturbing things have happened in Yanshi County recently, it is murder and arson, but it has not delayed Lu Linghao from doing his business at all.

He really didn't understand what the significance of Xue Bai and Gao Chong's fighting to that extent? Instead of desperately fighting for one, the same mind is put on the relationship, and the assassin and the Taishou deserve it.

The New Year's gift is the real big thing.

"One hand in, one hand out, the county actually doesn't have much left." After discussing the big thing, Lu Linghao remembered with emotion and said, "By the way, when it comes to these 30,000 stone grains, how did Xue Bai know about it?" ”

"Isn't Sun Yuan confessing? He has been in charge of Hu Cao for many years, so it is not surprising that he knows about this. ”

"The county sent someone to the prison to ask him, and he said he hadn't recruited him."

"He didn't dare admit it." Guo Jian asked, "What doubts does the Ming Mansion have?" ”

"Yuan Yiheng, as my staff, seemed to be close to Xue Bai that night.......

At this point, Xue Bai had returned from Luhun Villa and asked to see Linglang.

Lu Linghao shook his head and said: "I must be here to ask for money and grain again, saying that it is even used to cast agricultural tools, and I have to make inches, and I don't take this county in my eyes." ”

He had given power to Xue Bai three times, and this time he would never agree to him, so he ordered: "Just say that the county is busy, don't see it."

"County Zun, the county lieutenant is here with Mr. Song from Shouyang Academy."

Lu Linghao and Guo Lian glanced at each other, and couldn't help but wonder: "Song Mian is used to pretending to be high, but in the past, he had been in contact with Wang Yanxian and had never spoken for Wang Yanxian from the county office, so should he come today?"

Guo Jian said: "The Ming Mansion will know it at first sight.

"Let them in.

Xue Bai has a brute strength in his body that does not achieve his goal, and he really came to beg for food today.

Although there were still 7,000 stone left after Lu Linghao settled the account, he already regarded this grain as his, and he never thought of giving Xue Bai 5,000 stone of grain.

"This is the grain in the county, the money for the officials, and the rations for the people, not a bargaining chip for the meritorious service of the county lieutenant Xue."

Song Mian said: "County Lieutenant Xue has considered it properly, Gao Chong's smuggling of iron and stone still has to be a big deal, and he bought this batch of iron and stone in the name of the county bureau to cover it up." Otherwise, it will make those strongmen unhappy, how can it be exposed? ”

"Five thousand stone grains are enough for five hundred people to eat for a year." Lu Linghao said: "This is not a trivial matter, I don't dare to exchange the grain in the county for iron and stone." ”

Xue Bai immediately heard that Lu Linghao was not as confused as he looked, and he knew many things clearly in his heart.

Song Mian said: "The county order knows that this is not a trivial matter, but I have thought that Gao Chong has already taken several batches of goods from the other party, if he doesn't give this year's food." What if the other party refuses to go home empty-handed? ”

Lu Linghao said with a straight face: "Is this county afraid of these people? ”

"In this way, is it good for the Song family to pay for this batch of grain?"

After all the words came to this point, Lu Linghao was helpless and sighed: "How can the Song family make the Song family pay for the casting of farm tools in the county office?" ”

After all, he still has to look at the face of the Song family, after all, the Song family has a lot of friends with Henan Yin and more important ministers, so he agreed.

In a dark dungeon, Gao Chong was looking up at the faint cracks in the stone slab cover, and his heart was full of yearning for freedom.

He didn't care about losing his official position, what he thought was that as long as he could get out and find his righteous brother, the world would be vast and he would have a lot to do.

It's like Fan Gao, when he was a bad handsome in Huaizhou, he didn't feel very comfortable, he should be angry everywhere. But since Diao Bing and Diao Geng's brothers resisted taxes and killed people, they were released by him privately, and Fan Gao came out of the cage like a trapped bird.

Gao Chong thought that his chance to escape was in Fan Gao.

Xue Idiot fantasized that he wanted to take over his huge business, but he didn't weigh how many catties and taels he had, he would definitely not be able to catch it.

This time, Lu Linghao must have swallowed the 30,000 stone grain, and it is impossible to give it out. When Diao Bing came with iron and stone, Xue Bai couldn't take out the food for that year, so he had to come forward to appease the Diao brothers.

The place of the transaction must be on the smuggling ship, which he is most familiar with, and he only needs to promise the Diao family brothers, Gao Shang can give three times the grain, which is enough for the Diao family brothers to help kill Xue Bai.

Thinking about this, I don't know how long it took, Gao Chong felt like he was going crazy every moment, and occasionally thought that even if Xue Bai burned himself a few times, it would be better than waiting in the dark.

Suddenly, the stone cover moved, and he became irrepressibly agitated, staring at it intensely.

It took a while for someone to come down with a torch. The torches were bright, shining like the sun, but they couldn't illuminate every inch of darkness like the sun.

Gao Chong squinted, and finally saw Xue Bai clearly.

In addition, there is another person, somewhat familiar.

Before Gao Chong could recognize this man, the other party roared angrily, rushed forward, and gave him a whip.

"Smack!

Gao Chong laughed, he was no longer afraid of pain.

"Wang Yi? You cheap slave, you finally let the county look at you. ”

Wang Yi whipped the whip again, and whipped it until the skin and flesh of Gao Chong were opened.

"Again...... Come again. Gao Chong went berserk, "Why don't you have any energy at all, haha, it doesn't hurt." ”

"Smack!

At the end, Xue Bai pulled Wang Yi and said, "Come to Japan, you go and take out the account book first, let my people copy a copy, and I will give it to Song Mian.....

"What did you say?!" Gao Chong suddenly shouted, "Who did you just say?" ”

"Song Mian." Xue Bai asked lightly, "What's the problem?"

"You, what do you know?"

Gao Chong lost his temper at this time.

Xue Bai's two sentences surprised and frightened him more than the whip answer.

Seeing this situation, Wang Yifang felt some pleasure of revenge, and slapped Gao Chong's face heavily, and took someone to get the account book first.

In the dungeon, Xue Bai lit a few oil lamps so that he could see the changes in Gao Chong's expression.

The stove was also lit, and the soldering iron was put into the fire and burned.

"I find that you've been belittling me, and you think you can't do what you can do, do you?

"How do you know? You shouldn't know.....

"Thanks to you, Lu Linghao, Song Zhiyi and others are very good to me." Xue Bai said: "They also need someone to do some dirty things for you, I can do it, so I will naturally know." ”

"You, you can't do it, you don't have my strength.

"Whew-"

Amid the screams, smoke filled the air.

"You can give reasons, but don't jump to conclusions and appear arrogant and ignorant." Xue Bai said: "Also, you don't seem to be used to it, I'm the thief." ”

"Eat dog intestines!

"Remember, I'm an anti-thief, and you're a thief. I am of the same nature as your master, not of the same nature as you, understand?

You are a dog-faced head who pees in the skirt of a Chang'an slut, and you deserve to be compared to Fujun.......

"Whew-"

After a while, Xue Bai threw the soldering iron into the furnace, knowing that today's psychological pressure on Gao Chong was enough.

"Don't talk about it, let's talk about Fan Gao, talk about Diao Bing and Diao Geng's brothers."

You?

Gao Chong's pupils were shocked, and he was shocked.

Xue Bai found Fan Prison so quickly, which was equivalent to shattering his dream of escaping.

"Fan Jiao used to be a bad handsome in Huaizhou, and his ancestors were also prominent, but his Ah Weng and Ah Ye were all from the side, and his family was in the middle of the road, and he couldn't even afford to eat when he was young. Fortunately, he was tall and burly, and he could read and write, and was appreciated by nobles, so he went to Huaizhou as a messenger, and later became a team leader. ”

"Diao Bing is a farmer, and he is from the same place as Liu Hua, who is the assassin of Lishan. Do they recognize me?

I don't know, but in the years after the drought in Kaiyuan, they made a lot of trouble and gradually became outlaws......."

Diao Bing took a heavy bite of the cake, and when he looked up, he could already see the Yanshi County in the distance.

On a snowy day, he wore a pair of thatched shoes.

It has nothing to do with whether he has money or not, it's habit. In fact, he still has a pair of deerskin boots in his baggage, but he has been used to saving since he was a child, and he is reluctant to wear his boots when he goes long distances.

"The weather is getting colder and colder every year, and when it comes to the wax moon, the Yellow River will not freeze, right?

"Brother is so much in charge." Diao Geng said, "Why, when the Yellow River freezes, do you still want to go back to your hometown to take a look?" ”

"I'm just strange, Gao Chong has such a big thing, don't run back to Hebei quickly, stay and wait for this batch of iron and stone, strange." Diao Bingdao: "I heard that Hebei is not too short of iron, and Gao Shang took the lead in letting us do this business, in order to let the brothers earn more livelihood, Gao Chong has no reason to wait." ”

Diao Geng said: "Does this not show that Gao County is righteous? If he didn't give the year's rations to everyone, he refused to leave. For me, I am the same. ”

"I heard that Gao Chong's accident this time involved Liu Hua's assassination of the emperor, and the crime is not small."

"Brother, where did you hear so many things?"

"When I passed the checkpoint, I listened to it a long time ago, and I asked more on weekdays to gain more knowledge." Diao Bing said: "I didn't expect that kid from the Liu family to come to this point and assassinate the emperor, he really has the courage."

"I'm really convinced of him, it's a character, and I'm relieved."

"Relief.

The topic was far away, and Diao Bing asked, "Is the accommodation arranged?" We have a lot of cars. ”

"Of course it's arranged, there is a small Zhuangzi not far south of the Yiluo River, and I can live there."

Diao Bing said: "You go into the city again." Find Gao Chong and make an appointment with him for a deal, but Mo will tell him where we are.

Diao Geng said: "Brother can't trust him? ”

Diao Bing said: "I'm afraid something will happen." ”

With that, he was well rested, and continued on his heavy mule cart.

The ruts were deep, and the cargo was obviously valuable, and the straw sandals were faintly hard to walk through the snow.

In Yanshi County, Ren Mulan was protecting Wang Yi to find evidence, and they were followed by two guys.

She is now completely dressed as a tomboy, with a disguise on her head, dressed in black, with a short knife at her waist, no matter how she looks at it, she may become a scoundrel in the future, and it sounds better to call her "Ranger".

Wang Yizhi frowned at this appearance, he thought that this group of children would have a brighter future.

"Brother Ayi, where did you put the evidence?"

Wang Yi didn't say, but said, "Just go with me." ”

That account book was bought by Wang Yanxian with his life, and he refused even if Wei Ji asked him to take it out, and asked Wei Ji to take someone to Yanshi to take Li San'er first.

It is also because of this that at that time, Wei Ji used various words to prevaricate, which made Wang Yi suspicious, and suspected that the well-known Yin of Henan Mansion was not innocent.

Wang Yi was unable to express the disappointment at that time.

Thinking of this, they walked in the direction of the dark house, and when they looked up again, they saw Kofukuji Temple in front of them.

Ren Mulan used to live in the sanatorium, and she was quite reluctant to come here, and she didn't come often, frowning when she followed Wang Yi in.

She thought that Wang Yi had hidden the account books in some secret place, but she didn't expect Wang Yi to spend forty yuan and take them to see the relics of the Keats monk.

"Amitabha, may the teacher protect the four donors with the supreme Dharma, and please put down the sword."

Ren Mulan had no choice but to put down the short knife and enter a small room on the third floor of the pagoda.

Pushing open the door, dust kicks up.

The afternoon sun shines through the small window, and it is golden, showing some of the sacredness of Buddhism.

"Little old monk, I'm here, and it's the first time I've come to see you since you died."

She muttered in a low voice, and when she looked at it, the little old monk had only become a few small gray stones on the golden silk, and couldn't help but say: "After you die, your brothers and sisters have fallen into the eyes of money." ”

Wang Yi stretched out his hand, touched under the table where the relics were placed for a while, and found an account book.

"Let's go."

"It turned out to be hiding here, how do you know that hiding here will not be found?"

"The most unpopular place in Shixian is here." Wang Yi said, "Those who have received the favor of Master Keats can't come up with money to see him, and those who can get ten cents think he's in the way." ”

Ren Mulan smiled heartlessly, turned around and waved her hand, and said, "Thank you little old monk for your blessing, the account book was not found by the bad guys."

Wang Yi held the account book tightly, and was still a little uneasy before handing it over to Xue Bai, so he found an opportunity to ask Ren Mulan a few words.

"You say, why does County Lieutenant Xue stay noble?"

"Not so." Ren Mulan said as a matter of course: "If you hand it over to the imperial court, you may be released by the imperial court." ”

"But, he behaved differently than all the officials I have ever met."

"Then wouldn't it be good if he could avenge County Lieutenant Wang? Are you angry? ”

Ren Mulan said: "That's not it."

When she said this, Wang Yi didn't solve her confusion at all, but even the faint guess she had was messed up.

But he knew that Li San'er died in the hands of Xue Bai, and finally handed over the account book.

For Xue Bai, this is a very important thing to take over Gao Chong's career, and he hurriedly told Du Shi to arrange for someone to transcribe Yi was busy with these, and Shi Zhong came again.

"Diao Geng came back and asked us if the food was ready, and they could already deliver it."

Xue Bai smiled and glanced at Du Shi, and there was a kindred excitement in his eyes again.

They are finally about to take over the first batch of materials for the rebellion.......