In this era of martial power, force is a symbol of low status, and a fist that is hard enough is even more effective than gold that can be sharpened by ghosts.

It's like the saying, "In the face of absolute force, anyone must submit." "Although I don't know which madman said it, it is true, but there are exceptions to everything, for Zhang Song, who is backed by the imperial court and backed by the power of a country, no matter how strong the power is, it is in vain.

But in the end, what made Zhang Song bow his head was not the overwhelming power of the other party, but the small token.

The moment he saw the military order, he knew that today's trip was going to be in vain after all. The martial arts rights granted by the first-class military order are something he can't resist no matter what.

If the martial order is good, there is naturally a good reason, and the rights it gives to the warrior are the foundation of the transcendent status of the warrior. Therefore, the higher the level of the military order, the greater the power of the warrior.

The fight between warriors belongs to the grievances of the rivers and lakes. If there is a military order in hand, the imperial court will generally not intervene.

However, the grievances of the rivers and lakes are not equal to the indiscriminate killing of innocents, the two countries passed on the military force in the world, but also in order to develop national strength, so the control of the martial arts is very strict, and it is inevitable that people who practice martial arts will fight and kill, but if there are people who dare to shoot at the innocent people, Jianjing Division, the sharp blade in the hands of the imperial court, will not hesitate to wave the blade. Only the first-class martial arts order cast in copper can be opened to one side.

The first-class military order has a quota for killing, this is a secret, not a person in the rivers and lakes, very few people know, although Zhang Song is not in the rivers and lakes, but he is a person in the yamen, it is not surprising that he knows.

Yan Xingguan shook the token in his hand and sneered: "With this order, Meng Huaiyang died in vain, and besides, he was already innocent." ”

If it weren't for Meng Huaiyang's ill intentions and wanting to attack Meng Li, he would not have been killed by Meng Li, in the final analysis, he was to blame.

Zhang Song, who had already given up arresting Meng Li, sighed: "That's the case, why didn't you show the token in the first place?"

The more twists and turns the story, the more interesting it is, Yan Xingguan is a person who likes to be lively, and he does a lot of things to add fuel to the fire. Because of this, he has confirmed his name as a little demon king. Besides, he had the intention of relying on Shuizhen to train Meng Li before, and he naturally wouldn't let go of the opportunity to send it.

The reason why he didn't take out the martial arts order, Yan Xingguan naturally wouldn't tell Zhang Song, snorted, and didn't speak. It was Meng Li, who couldn't wait to say: "Now that the truth has been revealed, you can release Old Uncle Meng, right?"

"Meng Jiangxi?" Zhang Song realized that their actions were actually to protect Meng Jiangxi, and when he looked at Meng Li, the hostility in his eyes was cut by half. People who value love and righteousness can't be any worse no matter how bad they are, and Meng Huaiyang's death really can't blame him.

"It's too late now, and when it gets dawn, I'll let Meng Jiangxi out. Don't worry, he didn't suffer. ”

Hearing that the old Uncle Meng could only be released tomorrow, Meng Li was still a little dissatisfied, but after knowing that the latter did not suffer, he was also relieved.

"Okay, when the day dawns, release people immediately!"

Yan Xingguan reminded: "Remember, no one should tell us about our master and apprentice, including Meng Jiangxi. ”

One night is not too much, the sky turns from dark to bright, and when the sun rises and the sky is bright, in the prison of the Shuifu Ya, the middle-aged man who has been crawling in the river all his life and always has a little fishy on his body will inevitably be sent out unharmed.

It's just that before that, there are three more guests to be welcomed by the water mansion.

The town lives on the water, and there is a fish market in the town, which is overcrowded every day before dawn, and among these customers, in addition to the residents of the town, there are many caravans from outside early in the morning.

These caravans who go south and north to buy low and sell high can be regarded as the food and clothing parents of the water town, and the taxes they pay in a year account for almost half of the tax revenue of the water town.

When the city gates were opened today, there was a simple wagon mixed in with the many caravans. There were three people in the carriage, except for a young coachman, and the remaining two were old men with gray hair. If Meng Li is here, he will find that one of the two old men is actually the old village chief who left Mengjia Village not long ago and disappeared.

The old village chief, who always had a smile on his face on weekdays, had a calm face at this time, and he looked worried.

The old man sitting next to him, who had been friends with the old village chief for many years, saw his ugly face and said with relief: "Don't worry, Liang Shouming is a very measured person, if your nephew is not a murderer, he will definitely be safe and sound." ”

"I hope so!" The old village chief, who was worried about it along the way, was afraid that something bad would happen, and after hearing the other party's relief, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was almost a little better.

Meng Huaiyang's death was like a thunderclap, shaking his heart that had been dusty for more than ten years, and when Meng Huaiyang was driven out of Mengjia Village that year, he had already died to this nephew, and he also guessed that Meng Huaiyang's character would one day not die well. So when he learned that Meng Huaiyang was killed, he was only slightly shocked in his heart. What really worried him was Meng Jiangxi, who was arrested by the Shuifu Ya.

He has always regarded Meng Jiangxi as the successor of the next village head, and he has been silently observing and cultivating for nearly ten years, so that his understanding of Meng Jiangxi has reached the level of knowing it well, and it is in this way that he is convinced that Meng Jiangxi will never be the murderer of Meng Huaiyang.

Sighing again, the old village chief turned around, hugged his fist to his friend sitting beside him, and said gratefully: "This time my family was killed, fortunately I was accompanied by Brother Wang, and Meng was grateful." ”

The old man surnamed Wang said with a smile: "Brother Meng is polite, I was going to come to this water town, and with you along the way, it will not be too boring." ”

The old village chief said: "Yes, I heard you say it before, it seems to be for the tax and silver business?"

This time, the heavy face was replaced by an old man surnamed Wang. He nodded, and said suspiciously: "Relying on water town was rich in fish last year, and a total of 20,000 taels of silver were collected, according to the rules, this silver was originally going to be sent to the palace through Jieshui City, but for some reason, the martial arts hall in charge of escorting the tax silver in relying on water town has not made any moves. ”

The old village chief exclaimed in surprise and said, "Could it be that there is something wrong with this silver?"

The expenses of the imperial court relied on the tax and silver collected by various places, so a set of extremely strict procedures for the collection of tax and silver were formed. After the towns and cities collected the tax silver, the silver needed to be recast and stamped with the tax silver mark unique to the imperial court. The reason why it is so troublesome is that it is difficult to find it after it is lost.

In recent years, bandits have been rampant, and cases of loss of tax money have occurred one after another, so that some lucky bankers have also played the means of guarding and stealing.

Even if the silver is only a drop in the bucket compared to the gold and silver mountains in the treasury, the cases of losing silver have happened again and again, like a slap in the face, which makes the court very angry. The court is disgraced, so naturally it will not give up.

A few years ago, there was a rumor of "cutting and deciding" in the palace, and now it has intensified, and it has developed to the extent that it is full of disasters.

Relying on the water martial arts hall is a typical small martial arts hall, on weekdays by receiving some small tasks to find people and send things to live, doing nothing, the courage is getting smaller and smaller, if it is not the only martial arts hall in the town by the water, this task of escorting tax silver can not fall on his head. Not to mention that you have to think about taxes and silver, and you don't dare to borrow ten more dares.

The old man surnamed Wang shook his head, before he came, he had already had a detailed understanding of the Water Martial Arts Pavilion, and knew that with the courage of this small martial arts hall, he would never be able to do anything to steal from the guards.

The carriage was approaching the middle of the town, and when the sky was fully lit, the gate of the government office by the water town was already in sight.

The groom, who had almost never spoken all the way, said softly "arrived" after seeing the gate of the palace.

The two old men helped each other out of the carriage.

The old man surnamed Wang looked at the closed gate of the mansion not far away, and said, "Do you need me to go with you? Liang Shouming can still listen to my words." ”

An old village chief who didn't want to cause trouble to others shook his head, and was about to refuse politely, when he suddenly heard a "creak" sound, and then looked at the door of the mansion that was painted with red paint, which had been slowly pushed open from the inside out.

Someone opens the door, and naturally someone has to go out. The gate opened, and a total of two people walked out, these two people are no strangers to the old village chief, one is Zhang Song, the head of the fast hunting in the water town, and the other is Meng Jiangxi, the target of his trip.

"This ...... Why did it come out?"

The moment he saw Meng Jiangxi, the old village chief was suddenly stunned. He hurried all the way, in order to get Meng Jiangxi out of the government as soon as possible, why did he just arrive, and the people had already come out?

For Meng Jiangxi, this day can only be described in four words, which is incredible.

Unbelievable day, unbelievable experience, from last night to now, until he walked out of the gate of the mansion, he didn't figure out what happened.

Last night, Zhang Song also said convincingly, threatening to let him tell the real murderer, why did his attitude change drastically after one night?

When I saw Zhang Song early this morning, I thought that the other party was here to interrogate him, but as soon as he was ready to die, the other party said hurry up and bastard. He asked why, but the other party didn't say anything, just waved his hand vigorously, looking impatient.

When he walked out of the gate of the mansion, Meng Jiangxi asked why, he was so curious, and his intuition told him that something must have happened that he didn't know.

What could it be?

Meng Jiangxi's biggest worry is Meng Li's identity, and judging from the other party's reaction, it seems that it has not been exposed.

Meng Jiangxi thought about having a headache, but he didn't know that Zhang Song had a headache even more than him. When he came out of the Li Mansion yesterday, the black-robed senior had made it clear that he was not allowed to tell Meng Jiangxi about them, and now that Meng Jiangxi was asking endlessly, how could he justify himself?

Just when Zhang Song was embarrassed, the old village chief who was standing outside the door in a daze suddenly entered his field of vision, and he still had some impressions of this village chief. When the flood season comes, Liang Lingshou presides over the river sacrifice ceremony, and the gray-haired old village chief will always be the first to arrive.

Will also be the first to go afterwards.

When Zhang Song saw the old village chief, if he had been amnestied, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the latter, and couldn't wait to say: "Your village chief is here to pick you up, hurry up and go back with him!"

When Meng Jiangxi saw the old village chief, and saw the old man surnamed Wang dressed as a noble man in Jieshui City, the doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared. No wonder he was able to release it, it turned out to be the credit of the old village chief, and the one next to him must be the big man in Jieshui City!

Thinking of the old village chief's tireless work for him, Meng Jiangxi's heart was greatly moved, and he immediately stepped forward, hugged the old village chief and said, "Uncle, thank you for working for me!"

"It should be, it should be. "Although I don't know what happened, it is indeed a lot of hard work to say that he has worked hard along the way.

The old village chief thought that Meng Jiangxi was talking about this, but he didn't expect to make a misunderstanding, which made Meng Jiangxi more sure of his conjecture.

"You ......" The old village chief opened his mouth, originally to ask the doubts in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Forget it, don't stimulate him anymore, maybe he's suspicious!

There is also an important matter for the old man surnamed Wang, because he said goodbye to the old village chief at the gate of the mansion. The old village chief, who was afraid of extraneous branches, didn't want to stay more in Lishui Town, so he pulled Meng Jiangxi and quickly returned to Mengjia Village.

Zhang Song, who was hiding behind the door and observing the situation outside through the crack in the door, was finally relieved to see them all leave. At this time, Meng Li, who was still sleeping in the Li Mansion, did not know that someone had taken over the "pot" of their master and apprentice.