Three days later, the four of them finally left the realm of Gaochang Mansion and entered Jiazhou Mansion, and sure enough, thieves began to rise here, Fang Heyu avoided a group of thieves with the twilight snow realm, but he also frowned, the situation here was obviously much more chaotic than he imagined.

The villages and towns had already fallen, and the soldiers of Jiazhou Mansion could not manage these places at all, so the villages and towns had no choice but to form their own escort teams to resist the thieves who were making trouble everywhere.

On this day, Fang Heyu and the four of them came to a small town called Riverside, which was named because the town was located next to a large river called the Turbulent River. The Tuan River is a large river with a water volume no less than that of Yishui, and there is also an endless stream of boats coming and going on the river, which shows the development of water transportation here.

The scale of the riverside town is several times larger than that of Zhiyishui Town, and the town is quite prosperous, with a population of millions. On the outskirts of the town, a large number of strong men were building a city wall, and Fang Heyu knew that this was to guard against thieves who were wandering.

Like the small town in Jinping Mansion, there is no need for a city wall, once there are thieves in trouble, the town official will notify the state capital as soon as possible, and the state government will send troops to exterminate it, and the thieves who have not yet become a climate in Jinping Mansion have no destructive power, and everything seems very peaceful.

Fang Heyu and the four of them entered the town and stayed in the inn, the three daughters all gathered in his room to eat, Fang Heyu said: "This riverside town is located on the main traffic road, which is why it is so prosperous, but looking at the busy work of those strong men, I think there should be something big happening here, should we take care of it?"

Wu Yi said, "Can you manage it? Don't forget that we still have to go to Lingqiu Mansion to participate in the Hundred Grass Meeting." ”

"There are still a few months, we can't get there, and then wait in Lingqiu Mansion for a few months. ”

Qian Feifei said: "Do you want to take the opportunity to try, can you include Jiazhou Mansion in the territory?"

"There is indeed this idea, with the strength and resources of Gaochang Mansion, it should be no problem to send tens of thousands of cavalry to exterminate the thieves here, right?"

Wu Yi said: "Theoretically, it is possible, but it can only be dispatched after figuring out the situation in Jiazhou Mansion, and there are so many thieves here, it is not easy for the team to exterminate them." ”

"Yes, at least we need to know the general distribution of thieves in the province, and I think the head of this town should be able to give us some information. ”

"Then let's go to the mayor of this town after dinner. ”

In the Donghua Empire, every town has an official government directly under the government, and the mayor is the supreme leader of the town, and also accepts the orders of the state government, and the real place of residence is in this set of government offices.

Fang Heyu took the three daughters to the mansion, and after the transmission, he successfully met the mayor.

The mayor of the riverside town was a slightly chubby middle-aged man, and when he saw the four people with a good temperament, he said, "The four of you are passing through here, and you don't know what is going on with me?"

Fang Heyu clenched his fists and said, "I haven't asked the mayor of the town for his name." ”

"In Xiawu Chang'an, I haven't consulted ...... yet"

Fang Heyu said: "Below Heyu, these three are the wives below, Qian Feifei, Wu Yi, and Yoshida Meixing. ”

Wu Changan stood up when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that he is the Fang Mansion Master of Jinping Mansion?"

Fang Heyu was surprised: "The mayor has heard of the name below?"

Wu Changan hurriedly knelt down and said: "I have long heard of the name of the Fang Mansion Master, I have seen the Fang Mansion Master, the Fei Fei Fairy, the Lady Yi Fairy, and the Apricot Fairy. ”

Fang Heyu helped him up and said, "The mayor of the town can be so sure that he is not lying?"

Wu Changan sat down, and it took a long time to calm down his excited mood, and said: "There is an endless stream of business travelers coming and going from the riverside town, from the mouths of those business travelers, I learned that the Fang Mansion Lord pacified Gaochang Mansion, killed Zhou Guo, and led the three ladies to Lingqiu Mansion to participate in the Hundred Grass Meeting, I didn't expect the Mansion Master to live in our riverside town, it is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Fang Heyu said: "It seems that our reputation is a little bigger. ”

"It's not just big, now many people are beginning to think of escaping from Jiazhou Mansion and settling in Gaochang Mansion or even Jinping Mansion, because I heard from the merchants that it is quite peaceful there, and all of this is given by the Lord of Fangfu. ”

Fang Heyu said: "Mayor Wu, I don't know if there is something going to happen in the riverside town, I think the atmosphere is a little tense?"

"Alas, there is a group of thieves cruising nearby, numbering in the thousands, burning and looting everywhere, and also attacking the town on the banks of our river several times, so that we have suffered heavy losses, and the state capital is powerless to exterminate it, so we can only be self-sufficient, and build the city wall to defend against the thieves. ”

Wu Yi said: "Thousands of people, so many, don't you say that they are all rogues?"

"The fairy Yiyi doesn't know, the so-called rogue is in chaos, that's just a legend of outsiders, the thieves in Jiazhou Mansion are actually divided into three parts, they are the grass beam thieves who are cruising nearby, and the Wanshan thieves and the black mountain thieves, the reason why they call the three names is that their gathering places are Caolianggou, Wanshan Mountain Range and Black Fog Mountain, among which the grass beam thieves are the weakest group, and the other two groups each heard that there are more than 20,000 people, otherwise it will not cause huge pressure on the state capital. ”

Fang Heyu frowned and said, "Thieves of all sizes, it is indeed a little difficult to exterminate. ”

"If it's just these three gangs of thieves, then the state capital should still be able to exterminate, in addition to these three gangs, the state capital is indeed full of a large number of small-scale thieves gangs, wandering around to commit crimes, and sometimes even dare to steal into the capital to commit crimes, which is extremely rampant, which leads to a sudden increase in pressure on the state capital, and does not dare to dispatch troops at will. ”

Qian Feifei said: "Is there any problem with the administration of Jiazhou Mansion, otherwise why would there be so many thieves?"

"The lord of Jiazhou Mansion is indeed a good person, but most of the rogues here are from other provinces. The four of them may not know, the further they go to the northwest, the more Liukou there are, and because of Zhong Yunfei's Feiyun Village in Gaochang Mansion before, Liukou did not dare to enter Gaochang Mansion at all, otherwise it would already be full of thieves. ”

Fang Heyu said suspiciously: "Even if there is chaos in the imperial family, there will not be so many rogues." ”

Wu Chang'an said: "I don't know much about this, in short, there must be a reason for it, it is nothing more than that the lords of various prefectures want to establish themselves as kings, and in order to recruit troops and horses, increase taxes and provoke civil uprisings, or it is caused by improper governance, and the empire has no jurisdiction and thus worsens." ”

Fang Heyu knew that this question would not be clear for a while, and asked: "Looking at the tense and busy appearance of the strong men in the town, it seems that the grass beam thief is coming to burn and loot again?"

"Then I don't know, those thieves come and go like the wind, and we are just planning ahead and trying to speed up the progress as much as possible, so that we can have defensive power when the time comes. ”

Wu Yi said: "Looking at the mayor's expression, it seems that he is quite worried about the arrival of the grass beam thief, I don't know why?"

Wu Changan sighed and said: " A few days ago, although they looted, but did not kill, because they also know that talent is fundamental, if there is no one, they may rob nothing in the future, but the last time they left to warn us, let us prepare 3,000 beauties, 100,000 stones, as well as money, cars and boats, etc., if you don't give it, you will slaughter the town, although our town has a large population, but most of them are floating population, and the guards in the town are less than 2,000 people, not to mention a large number of war horses, how can they compete with this gang of thieves, so I ordered people to start building the city wall, hoping to survive this catastrophe。 ”

Fang Heyu's eyes flashed coldly, and he said, "How dare they be so blatant?"

"There's no way, they're really tough, we can only resist as much as we can, and it's impossible for me to agree to their request. ”

Qian Feifei said in an angry manner: "Since this matter has happened to us, then we must take care of it, Brother Yu, and teach them a lesson." ”

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Fang Heyu's eyes, and he said, "It seems that I have to start a killing spree, but there are many of them, even if we cultivate to a high level, but if we want to kill thousands of people, we have to die of exhaustion, after all, they won't stand there stupidly waiting for us to kill." ”

Wu Changan said: "If the Fang Mansion Master is willing to help and is willing to transfer the escort team to the Mansion Master, as long as we can stop this gang of thieves and solve the difficulties of my riverside town, the Fang Mansion Master can offer any conditions, as long as we can do it." ”

"I don't have any conditions, and this time I'm ready to kill, because these thieves are inhumane, and they even threaten to slaughter the town, and they already have a way to die. ”

"The Fang Mansion Lord is really benevolent and righteous, and on behalf of everyone in the riverside town, I thank the Fang Mansion Lord for his righteous action. ”

After Fang Heyu inquired in detail about the strength of the three gang of thieves from Wu Chang'an, he left the mansion with the three daughters

Returning to the inn, Fang Heyu said: "Since they are thieves, then the time of their attack cannot be determined, we can't wait endlessly, so we should take the initiative to attack." ”

Wu Yi nodded and said, "Since they are in Caolianggou, we can go over and take a look, with our strength, we can also cause them huge trouble." ”

Fang Heyu said: "Yes, start a beheading operation, lock the head of the thief and kill it." ”

After discussing, Fang Heyu left the riverside town with Wu Yi and Yoshida Mixing and flew towards Caolianggou. Caolianggou is a weedy ravine, and the environment is quite harsh, but some houses have been built in the ditch, and it is difficult for these thieves to find such a hidden place.

Caoliang Gully is not only hidden, but also the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if a large group of men and horses attack, it is difficult to conquer in a short time, and there are two ways out of the ravine, unless it is to surround here, even if it is attacked head-on, it can be quickly evacuated from the rear.

In Caoliang Valley, a large number of thieves are resting here, which saves Fang Heyu a lot of things, through the twilight snow realm, Fang Heyu locked several thieves of the ninth order of the Ascension Realm, and then took out the Moon God Bow, and killed these people in an instant in a sneak attack, the thieves were suddenly in chaos, and began to get on their horses one after another, and they were about to escape from Caolianggou.

After Fang Heyu killed some thieves with explosive arrows, these thieves finally escaped from Caolianggou on horseback, but they were already in a state of collapse, and all of them scattered and fled, becoming unorganized real rogues.

However, the number of thieves was too many after all, even if they were strong, they only killed less than a thousand people, and the remaining more than 5,000 people fled in the wilderness, and they fled in a panic, leaving the three of them unable to pursue.

Fang Heyu finally understood that the Earth Immortal masters really didn't have any good ways to deal with these rogues, and without a large team of men and horses to encircle and suppress, it was impossible to completely solve them.

Returning to the town, Fang Heyu sent a message to Zhong Yunfei and asked him to send cavalry over, he had decided to completely solve the bandits in Jiazhou Mansion, at least he could still solve the problems here, as for the more he went to the northwest, the more he could only sigh in vain.

The danger of the riverside town was naturally lifted, but Wu Chang'an still urged a large number of strong men to build the city wall, so that they could be done once and for all, with the defense of the city wall, the cavalry of the thieves will be useless, and as long as the city head is guarded, there is no need to be afraid of the thieves wandering around.

Fang Heyu waited in the riverside town for a few days, and the brigade led by Huo Qi finally arrived, with a total of 50,000 people, of which 40,000 were elite cavalry, and the other 10,000 were heavy soldiers responsible for logistics and supply. Fang Heyu knew that Gaochang Mansion had strong troops, and these were only one-tenth of Gaochang Mansion's troops, but he was not worried that the city would be empty.