Su Hanshan was unkempt, dressed in tattered clothes, took a branch as a crutch, and walked to Shiqiao County.

The dignified land of a county divided by the Great Chu Dynasty, even if you don't count the more than eighty percent of the uninhabited wilderness, not counting those towns and villages, only counting the downtown area where the county government is located, there are tens of thousands of families.

I saw the streets vertical and horizontal, small bridges and flowing water, large markets, shops and inns, common people's residences, houses, rich homes, vast manors, and farmland fruit mulberry, craftsman workshops, bustling, innumerable.

People who live in the east and west of the county may not meet once in their lives.

But Su Hanchuan hadn't entered the downtown area yet, so he casually found an old man who set up a stall on the street to sell vegetables, and after inquiring a few words, he heard the news of East Third Street.

Dongsan Street, formerly known as Dongshan Street, is close to a large cedar forest, hence its name.

Most of the people who live there make a living from logging, and although they are not wealthy, as long as they have strong laborers in the family, they can participate in logging or learn some carpentry work, and they can have some surplus on hand.

It's just that since the new county commander took office eight years ago, he has signed several large orders with the caravans outside, and in two or three years, he has cut down all the cedar trees over there.

Those lumberjacks, if they want to have a job to do in the future, they can only go over the mountains to find wood farther away, not to mention the hard work, there are many dangers, when walking around in the county, there are often complaints, and many people know, Dongshan Street, it gradually became Dongsan Street.

But it really makes East Third Street widely known, and even a remote place, an old man selling vegetables has heard of it.

It was because of the tragedy caused by the ransacking of East Third Street by a group of bandits more than half a month ago.

The fire at night burned from the Yang Ji carpenter's shop after the bandits looted, and I don't know if it was because of the strong wind or what, in a moment, it burned thirty or forty households.

When the bandits had withdrawn, the county government and the people in the vicinity worked together to extinguish the fire, but they could not save a few people, and most of the residents of the street were said to have been burned to death.

Su Hanshan pretended to be a refugee, went to Dongsan Street to find relatives and take refuge, and asked some people one after another.

Those people all showed pity and sympathy, and the words they said were not much different from those of the old vegetable seller.

When he found East Third Street, he found that among the coke ruins, there was still a group of fast catchers walking around.

However, looking at their appearance, it does not look like they are investigating the case and looking for clues, but it is like supervising the work, directing a large number of craftsmen and coolies to clean up the ruins and measure the land.

There were also a few rich men in brocade and silk robes, looking at the foreman's drawings, all holding folding fans in their hands, pointing and pointing.

Su Hanshan didn't get too close, and found a place at the corner of the alley to sit down.

Half an hour later, Li Erhu and others, who were also pretending to be beggars, came here one after another, found Su Hanshan, approached the past, and talked about the news they had heard.

The most famous Ouyang family in this county is the family of the old man Ouyang, who has been in the position of the county magistrate for twelve years, and after returning to his hometown, he did not return to his hometown, but quickly moved to Shihao County.

There are not many relatives in this person's family, but this old man loves to accept righteous sons, and those righteous sons accept righteous sons, and many people see the opportunity, and often do not mention things when they come to give gifts, but only ask to worship a father-in-law, so a big family was quickly formed.

When this county magistrate took office, he was very close to the Ouyang family, and suppressed the officials from several other wealthy families in the county government, and became the dominant family of the Ouyang family.

“…… It is rumored that the Ouyang family is going to set up a few green buildings here, plus wine shops, rouge gouache, silk Zhuangzi, and inns and hostels, which can re-cover the entire street, attract passing tourists, and do big business. ”

Li Erhu whispered, "When I heard that the residents on the street were not all burned to death, even if they were burned to death, there were several relatives who did not live on this street." ”

"But when the county government announced that it would sell this land to the Ouyang family, those survivors and relatives either didn't say anything, or they disappeared directly."

When Su Hanshan heard this, he couldn't help but snort.

He has also been to Daming, and he has not taken any history classes in his previous life, and he can be called well-informed.

But it may be because of the existence of Gao Wenzhong, the commander of Cangshui County, that he subconsciously overestimated the county government of Dachu.

Gao Wenzhong is also alone, but he can quickly gain a firm foothold in a complicated place like Cangshui County, and so far he has not let the Lei and Huang families really steal the power of the county government.

On the contrary, the Lei family in the arrest and the Huang family among the scribes were relatively reduced, so that the battle of the five major martial arts halls never had a clear impact on the people of the county.

It can be seen that Gao Xianling may not be a good person, nor is he a firm ally to talk about, but at least he should be a good official.

In contrast, the county order of this stone trench county is not only confused, but also obviously suspected of complicity.

Su Hanshan said: "The residence of the Ouyang family, the number of Hao slaves, and the level of the nursing home, have you inquired about it?" ”

Li Erhu nodded, spoke carefully, and said at the end of the sentence: "This kind of scum, when a few of us inquired, we heard a lot of things that made people's teeth itch, should we personally attack their family?" ”

"There's no hurry."

Su Hanshan said, "What's going on with Shangliangfang?" ”

Li Wuniu said: "There is the former county magistrate living there, and it is said that he is a master of Qi Hai Dacheng, and there is a young personal guard who also belongs to Qi Hai Dacheng by his side. ”

"This old man has a good reputation, and after he retired, several times when a certain type of price on the market skyrocketed inexplicably, he called on merchants to stabilize prices, and many merchants who supported him were also in Shangliangfang."

"Needless to say, these people must have made enemies with the Ouyang family, so when the Ouyang family wants to borrow the bandits, they will get rid of this boss."

Li Erhu shook his head: "I don't think they want to get rid of the boss, most of them want to invite the boss and his personal guards away, so that the bandits can make it easier." ”

"As long as those merchants are dead, at least the losses are heavy, and even if the boss is still alive, he won't have much prestige."

Li Wuniu pondered Su Hanshan's thoughts, and took the initiative to say, "Then should we give that old man a wake-up call?" ”

Su Hanshan pondered for a moment and chuckled: "Don't worry for the time being, they want to put on a good show tomorrow night, let's let them start the show safely, and then add some more material to them!" ”

"What about the bandits?"

Su Hanshan's words changed, "The gang of bandits who burned East Third Street, how did you inquire about the relevant news?" ”

Several people next to him talked about the news they had found.

To sum up, the total number of bandits in that group was about fifty, and the person who led the way at that time was holding a golden sword in his hand, which should be the "Bronze Sword Crazy Lion" Tan Ying himself.

Since even the big leaders have been dispatched, even if there are other people left behind in their dens at that time, there will not be too many.

Even, considering that they were going to loot the entire street of food and goods, it is very likely that they came out of the nest that day.

Su Hanshan thought of the few sentences of description of Tan Ying's skills in that booklet, and he was sure in his heart.

"Hey!"

On the other side of the ruins, there was a sudden shout, and several sturdy men, with wooden sticks in their hands, strode over.

"What about you, where did you come from, where did you come from, today is the auspicious day of the zodiac when Li Gongzi started to start ground, and it will be an auspicious time later, you guys of bad things, where did you come from, get out of here."

Ouyang Li shook off the folding fan, fanned the wind, and looked at the beggar, his face was very unhappy.

It's winter, but because he is wearing high-quality materials, he doesn't feel cold at all, there are still a few beads of sweat on his forehead, and he doesn't look obtrusive with a folding fan in his hand.

Seeing that the beggars fled in a hurry, a few righteous brothers next to him were asking him if he wanted to send more people to discount the legs of the group of beggars.

Only then did he put away the folding fan and slapped it in his palm with a snap.

"After all, it's an auspicious day for the zodiac, spare them, otherwise...... Hmph, an eyesore! ”

These people didn't really take the group of beggars seriously, so naturally they didn't know that some of the beggars had gone away, so they stared at them carefully.

Li Wuniu turned around and said hatefully: "The person who was held by a few dogs should be the only son of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Li!" ”

"Don't worry."

Su Hanshan held on to the branches, staggered, his voice was slightly deep, and said, "It's still the bandits that are more unpredictable, let's go and kill Tan Ying's gang first." ”

"I'll go down tomorrow night."