Xiao Yunfan glanced at the drawing and said, "Brother Luo, what is shown on this patrol map is a shift change map, but it is unknown where the prisoners are. Luo Jiutian said: "You said that I couldn't imagine this layer of big brother, but the people who were judged by the judge have all been replaced, and the people who have been replaced have also been transferred to other places by the imperial court." This patrol map was drawn not long ago, and I personally investigated and drew it. ”

Xiao Yunfan nodded and smiled: "Big brother, junior brother has a way to get the internal structure diagram of this prison." I don't know how Big Brother plans to save people?" Luo Jiutian said: "Speaking of saving people, I asked Xiang Ying to go elsewhere to find thirty top masters. And the jailers who guarded the prisoners numbered hundreds, and if they wanted to rescue people from here, they could only attack by force. ”

Xiao Yunfan shook his head and said, "If you want to attack too much, it will inevitably alarm the patrol guards." Luo Jiutian said: "Could it be that Brother Fei Xian has a better way?" Xiao Yunfan said: "Big brother, do you have a map of Chengdu Mansion here?" Luo Jiutian said: "Well, there is no ready-made one." I have to ask Xiang Ying to go to the black market and find someone to buy it. ”

After the two of them discussed, Xiao Yunfan hurriedly got up and took Mi to the Wuhou Temple to meet the Rat King. Luo Jiutian led a team of people to meet with several important officials of the state capital.

The Feng family's anti-book case shook the government and the opposition. According to common sense, after the governor plays the imperial court, he needs to send someone to escort the prisoner to the Beijing division and hand him over to the three law divisions for trial. However, due to the arrest of salt barons, the eradication of bandits, and the relief of local victims, there is a real shortage of manpower. had to temporarily put the Feng family in prison and wait for the Jingshi to appoint someone to assist in this matter, so Xiao Yunfan was given a chance.

In a secluded house on the outskirts of the city. The courtyard was heavily guarded, the house was brightly lit, and three people sat at a round table. Luo Jiutian, under the guidance of an entourage, walked into the house. With a smile on his face, he said to the three people at the table: "Cao Min Luo Jiutian knocked to see the three adults. ”

One of them, dressed in red and with a face like a full moon, stood up and walked over, helped him up, and said, "Brother Luo doesn't have to be formal, get up quickly." The person who spoke was Xu Yuantai, the governor of Sichuan, and the other two were Li Yingxiang, the chief soldier of Sichuan, and Zhou Guanghao, the envoy of the inspectorate.

Xu Yuantai picked up a wine glass and said, "Everyone, let's have a drink first." Let's get down to business. As he spoke, the four of them touched their glasses lightly and drank them all. Xu Yuantai stroked his beard and said slowly: "Since Benfu took over Sichuan, everything depends on you. At the moment, the Feng family's anti-book case is not very important, and the people from the imperial court will arrive soon. On the contrary, it is Songpan and Maozhou in northern Sichuan that are the troubles. As he spoke, his eyes shot at Luo Jiutian's face.

Luo Jiutian said with a smile: "Lord Futai has a life, and the small ones are the work of dogs and horses." Xu Yuantai glanced at Li Yingxiang, and Li Yingxiang said loudly: "Brother Luo Xian, the people of Futai care about the people of Sichuan, and they are very preferential to you businessmen. Now is the time to show your loyalty. ”

Luo Jiutian pondered the thoughts of this General Li soldier, immediately laughed, slapped his palms three times, and Xiang Ying and the two entourages were each holding a brocade box in their hands outside the door. Xiang Ying opened the first brocade box, and inside was a century-old ginseng. The other two boxes opened, one was a well-carved jade horse, and the other was a Song version of "Jiannan Poems".

Luo Jiutian pointed to these treasures and said: "This hundred-year-old ginseng is dedicated to the Lord of Futai by the villain, and the adult attaches the most importance to filial piety, and this century-old ginseng is just for Mrs. Tai to recuperate." Mr. Li galloped on the battlefield, heroic and dry. This jade horse is the most suitable to dedicate to the general soldier, but there is a way to succeed, and the good news is frequent.

Zhou Zhaocha has always been good at ancient times and admires the sages. The villain specially found this Song version of "Jiannan Poems" from elsewhere to present to adults. ”

The three of them naturally smiled when they got a baby, and Li Yingxiang said: "Brother Luo is very good at doing things, I like this horse very much, but if you give me something else, I will like it even more." ”

Luo Jiutian said: "But according to the orders of the adults, the small ones must do their best." ”

Li Yingxiang said: "I want 100,000 stone rice." Luo Jiutian glanced at Xu Yuantai, then at Zhou Guanghao, and said with a smile: "The adult is joking with the villain." 100,000 stone of rice, the market price is 250,000 taels of silver. Even if the villain smashes the pot and sells iron, he can't raise so much for a while. ”

Li Yingxiang's face sank, and he said: "The official family wants you to do something, it is to reward your face, how can you allow you to push back?" Xu Yuantai stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother Luo, I know that you will be embarrassed about this." But how much oil and water there is at the large and small land and water wharves in Sichuan, I never ask you.

The annual tax and silver are collected according to the minimum of each province, and if you can't take out the 100,000 stone of rice, Benfu will not believe it. ”

Luo Jiutian sighed: "It's not that the grass people don't want to serve the imperial court, and I really can't get this 100,000 stone rice for a while." Zhou Guanghao interjected: "Who wants you to take it out in one day, General Li just instructed you in advance, as for the time to raise it, Lord Futai and General Li will talk to you in detail." ”

Luo Jiutian looked at his wrench and said: "Don't hide it from you, last year's disaster relief, our Chishui Gang gave out 20,000 stone rice, and Lord Xu said that it was borrowed, and to this day, the official family has not returned a grain of rice to the grass people. ”

Xu Yuantai took a sip of tea and said: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." You are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and you deserve the help of the imperial court. Your 20,000 stone rice Benfu said it was borrowed, do you really want the court to pay it back to you? Under the Chishui Gang's nose, I really don't know what you are doing.

Just by virtue of Yan Chongxiao's dealings with the Feng family, Benfu can play you a crime of treason to the court. Just 100,000 stone of rice, in exchange for your Chishui Gang a peace. This kind of business, your brother Luo will not be unaware of the stakes. ”

Luo Jiutian saw that Xu Yuantai had something to say, and it seemed that the Chishui Gang had something in the hands of the officials. At that moment, he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly smiled: "Where the adults say, the villain didn't say it, but it was sent by the adults." I don't know if Mr. Li is in a hurry to get this food?"

Li Yingxiang took a piece of fat and chewed it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Naturally, the sooner the better, I'll give you a month." Luo Jiutian nodded and said, "Okay, but the villain has a word first, and he can raise as much as he can for the adults, and do his best." ”

Li Yingxiang stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the table and said, "Don't be sloppy with Lao Tzu." 100,000 stone of grain, not a single grain is missing. Luo Jiutian smiled bitterly: "Okay, the villain will do his best." ”

Xu Yuantai saw that Luo Jiutian would accept the matter of raising military rations, so he said in a soothing tone: "That's right! Brother Luo is a native of the rivers and lakes, and he is the most arrogant. With us in Sichuan, no one will dare to touch the brand of your Jinsha Gang. I said Lao Li, do you have to toast Brother Luo. This 100,000 stone of rice is indeed a generous gift. ”

Li Yingxiang laughed and said: "What Futai said is very true. Brother Luo, we soldiers are all straight-tempered, don't take it to heart just a few angry words. I asked you for this 100,000 stone grain, also to ensure the peace of Sichuan. Once the situation in Sichuan is turbulent, your business will not be easy. Come, brother, toast you. ”

Luo Jiutian smiled at the moment: "It's rare for Mr. Li to appreciate his face, it's really a villain." As he spoke, he drank all the wine in his glass. He poured himself another cup and saluted the three of them one by one.

The next day, Luo Jiutian went to the inn to secretly meet Xiao Yunfan. As soon as he entered the room, there seemed to be a gloomy look on his brow. Xiao Yunfan said: "Big brother, why are you bothered?" Luo Jiutian briefly said that the general soldier asked for food, Xiao Yunfan slapped the table and said: "They are too bullying. ”

Luo Jiutian took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Brother, eldest brother is different from you. You are a prodigal son, but I am always troubled by the affairs of the world. The Chishui Gang seems to have a big business, but this business belongs to the imperial court, and the imperial court wants us to live, so we can live. A lot of the time, it's a matter of looking at the face above.

None of us dared to offend these moths who ate imperial food. Because their relationship is intertwined behind them, they don't know which gods they offend if they are not careful. Although the Chishui Gang has a few backers in Beijing, these old gang leaders will not visit until the last resort. There is a lot of discomfort that only the people below know. However, this incident has helped us a lot. ”

Xiao Yunfan said: "Big brother means to mix these people into the grain transport team and take them out of the city?" Luo Jiutian smiled: "Brother Xian and I want to go together." Xiao Yunfan immediately took out the topographical map of the prison and marked the cells where the prisoners were held.

It turned out that when the rat king saw that Xiao Yunfan kept his promise, he immediately sent many rats and rats to investigate the cell. It was based on what those rats said that Xiao Yunfan drew a topographical map of the cell. Luo Jiutian saw that the picture was going to appear, and said curiously: "Where did this picture come from?" Xiao Yunfan smiled: "There is a way that cannot be revealed." This brother doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Luo Jiutian stretched out his hand and pointed at him and smiled: "When did your kid become mysterious and secret?" Xiao Yunfan said: "I also read the map that the eldest brother sent to my brother." Why don't we ......" Luo Jiutian said: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Just do as you say." ”

Half a month later, the two went their separate ways, Luo Jiutian went to the governor's house to drink in order to avoid suspicion, and the rescue was handed over to Xiao Yunfan and Xiang Ying. The moon crawled out of the clouds, revealing half of its face. A faint silver frost was sprinkled on the ground, and a few dogs barked occasionally in the deep alleys.

Suddenly, a shout came from the famous Shu King's Mansion in the city: "Go water, go water." "The flames ran down the roof tiles of the palace and rushed into the sky with billowing smoke. People up and down the palace panicked and fetched water to put out the fire.

In an alley, Xiao Yunfan stretched out his hand to lift the big hat, looked in the direction of the palace, and saw thick smoke billowing out. Xin said: "It seems that the rat king has succeeded." ”

It turned out that he asked the Rat King to help him go to the palace to set a fire, and the Rat King arranged for some subordinates to sneak into the ancestral hall of the palace along the rat hole. Snap off the candles on the candlesticks and knock over a few more oil lamps. The flames burned along the curtain, first on the table and then on the pillars, and the fire spread rapidly.

This palace in Chengdu is called the palace of the king of Shu. The king of Shu is the vassal king of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, although he has no real power, he is still a relative of the emperor. The palace was on fire, and the patrol battalions in the city went to help. As a result, chaos erupted in the streets.

The thirty masters invited by Luo Jiutian took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the outer courtyard of the prison along a secret passage. These patrolling jailers are all superficial in martial arts, so they are naturally no match for these men in black. In addition, they made incense again, and broke the prison without much effort.

The man in black cut the chains of the cell door with a sharp blade, drove all the prisoners out, and gathered them in an open space in front of the prison. The leader said in a deep voice: "It is the people of the Feng family who have all taken a step forward. ”

The prisoners were all frightened and had to do so, and they quickly found out the people of the Feng family. Then they were counted one by one, they were hooded, and the original criminals were sent back to prison.

A group of black-clothed men fled with these Feng Jiaqin prisoners along the secret passage. It turned out that during the day, Luo Jiutian frequently traveled to and from the major city gates in the name of escorting grain and grass. In the evening, too. Those little officials guarding the city have received many benefits from them on weekdays, and they are also very polite to the people of the Chishui Gang. When he saw that the people were going to carry grain again at night, he immediately commanded the city gate to be opened and let go.

The crowd walked non-stop to the south, and they traveled sixty miles in one night. At sunrise, the crowd reached a valley. The leader of the men in black who accompanied him ordered his subordinates to untie the people in the car. Xiao Yunfan turned around and lifted the curtain and glanced in. Several of them wore black cloth covers on their heads, their hands tied behind their backs, and their bodies trembled. There was a fishy smell from the trousers under his feet, obviously terrified.

He walked in and reached out to remove the cloth cover from a man's head, and an old man with a wrinkled face said in a trembling voice, "Don't, don't kill me." This old man's appearance is somewhat similar to Feng Yuchun, Xiao Yunfan speculated that this person was probably Feng Yuchun's younger brother, and he couldn't help but feel pity.

Then he opened his mouth and comforted: "Don't be afraid, uncle, I have no malice." The old man's eyes were still full of suspicion, and Xiao Yunfan untied the rope behind his back for him. He took off the cloth cover on the heads of the other three people.

Of the three, one was about forty years old, and the other two were teenagers, eighteen or nineteen years old.

Xiao Yunfan saw that they were embarrassed, and he couldn't bear it, so he reached out and took off a burden hanging on the roof of the car. said to the middle-aged man: "This big brother, there are some clean clothes in this baggage, you can change them." ”

Then I went to check on other cars. When he took off a woman's hood in the eighth car, his heart suddenly warmed when he saw the pale and haggard face.

The woman looked at him in a daze, and then he turned his head away from hers, and reached out to remove the other man's hood. When everyone in the car was untied, the leader arched to Xiao Yunfan: "Brother, we have to go back to our lives!" Xiao Yunfan hugged his fists and saluted everyone in return: "Everyone, cherish!"

They left a wagon behind and returned along the long road. The Feng family, old and young, was reborn after the catastrophe, and the old and young women and children saw each other, each hugging their heads and crying. Seeing that his relatives and entourage were all fine, the old man walked up to Xiao Yunfan with the support of his son, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you for saving me." As he spoke, he bowed down, and the female servants behind him knelt down.

Xiao Yunfan hugged the old man and said, "Uncle, please get up quickly, everyone should get up too." The valley here is a secluded place, with 100 acres of fertile land in the valley, mulberry cattle and sheep, and a house for you to live in. The people of the imperial court couldn't find it here for a while. However, there is one thing to keep in mind, once you enter the valley, you are isolated from the rest of the world. ”