When he arrived at the county seat of Liuxian, Qian Jin found an inn, booked a room, deposited his horse in the inn, and then went out to the street and began to wander around; when he saw a tailor shop, Qian Jin walked in and discussed with the shopkeeper to make two long coats and three sets of strong suits, and he would come to pick them up before noon tomorrow; last night he had already thrown away a strong suit and a long coat, and both clothes were splashed with blood, and they were not suitable to wear again.

Qian Jin was chatting with the shopkeeper when a young man came in, "Old man Yuan, it's time to pay this month's money." ”

The boss sighed, picked out a piece of broken silver from the money he had just collected and gave it to him, touching about 5 yuan.

After the young man left, Qian Jin asked the boss, "How much tax do you pay here every month?"

Boss, "The tax is easy to say, the main thing is that these little ghosts are difficult, this is specially sent by the Zhao family to collect protection money; ”

"Isn't that your own façade?"

"This is my family's ancestral business, and I have always been a tailor here, but since the Zhao family made its fortune, it has collected a large number of social scum, collected protection money from door to door, and there is no way to do business if you don't give it. ”

"Does the government care?"

"Who cares? They can't win by eating seabucks themselves, so how can they take care of these things; besides, there are people in other families who are on errand in the yamen, and no one dares to beat the drum to avenge their grievances. ”

"If they don't, what will they do?"

"There used to be a restaurant, and the strength was relatively strong, and I didn't pay it at first, but then the Zhao family sent people to pull dung from the front of the restaurant every day, and deliberately sprinkled some out and splashed in front of the door of the restaurant. It's a pity that a century-old store was squeezed out like that and never opened again. ”

"Then the Zhao family should be very magnificent. ”

"That's right, who in the county doesn't know that there is a famous Zhao Mansion? That style is worse than that of the county government. ”

"How many people are in their family, can they support such a big family business?"

"Their family has two sons, one is in the government as a catcher, and the other is in charge of the ancestral business at home. ”

Qian Jin asked the boss again, if there were any villages surnamed Qian around, and I learned that I hadn't heard of it. After chatting for a while, Qian Jin said goodbye and continued to wander the street.

For dinner, Qian Jin found a restaurant, still asked for a pound of beef and a seasonal side dish and two bowls of rice, ate slowly, and listened to the diners chatting from south to north.

After the meal, Qian Jin paced square steps, found the Zhao Mansion, and carefully observed the surrounding terrain. The Zhao Mansion is really majestic, with blue glazed tiles, yellow door walls, red gates, and two huge stone lions at the door looking at anyone walking in front of the door, giving people an invisible coercion.

Qian Jin walked back to the inn slowly, and then went to bed and began to sleep.

When the end of the hour was approaching, Qian Jin woke up, put on a strong suit, dressed up as a night ranger, climbed out of the window, and went straight to Zhao's mansion.

Qian Jin walked around the corridor inside the Zhao Mansion and basically figured out the situation of each house, especially the three main targets of the Zhao Mansion. Seeing that there were still many subordinates working, Qian Jin touched into an arsenal and saw rows of big knives and spears inside, thinking that the strength of this family was really good, and it could form a small army. There were still five bows hanging on the wall, Qian Jin couldn't help but be a little happy, took down the bows one by one and tried them, selected the most convenient one, took off all the bows and arrows, counted them carefully, there were a hundred; this is a good thing, it is the first time he has used real arrows, and he used to use wood to cut them out; it is a pity that he can't take them with him, otherwise it is a good long-range attack weapon.

Bringing five quivers, a hundred arrows and the most handy bow to the roof, Qian Jin began to think about how to outwit the Zhao Mansion.

After the people gradually finished work, Qian Jin touched into the kitchen, lit a torch in the kitchen, ignited the kitchen, then set the arsenal on fire, then turned on the roof, drew the arrow and pulled the string, facing the three main houses opposite, the first thing to deal with was the boss who was a fast catcher in the county office, and then the head of the family.

After a while, the fire rose in both places, and Qian Jin shouted, "It's on fire!

The boss opened the door first, Qian Jin shot an arrow over, only shot his right shoulder, it seems that he is still not suitable for the weight of the iron arrow; immediately the second arrow passed, this time it hit his left chest solidly; Qian Jin did not dare to be careless, the third arrow flew over again, the fast boss was still looking at the arrow in his chest, it may feel a little incredible, the third arrow went straight to his head, he subconsciously deviated, but he was already slow to react, unable to avoid the arrow into the head; and then the woman who came out "wow" With a loud shout, he pulled the catcher into the room. Tighten the breath time, solve one person.

Qian Jin stared at the other two doors to see who would open the door first and die. The second child who opened the door next up, Qian Jin shot it into the room without much effort, and a woman's screams came from inside, followed by a wow-wah cry; for this kind of person, Qian Jin had only one word in his mind, "damn".

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the people didn't know that the three main characters had gone to the second, and they were all fetching water to put out the fire, and a person who looked like a housekeeper was conducting on-site command; Qian Jin saw that the head of the Zhao family had not opened the door and came out, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, he shot an arrow at the house, and shot all the ninety-six arrows, two of which were shot at the window wood, and the rest all entered the room, shouting in a hoarse throat, "Come on, the eldest young master has an accident!" The subordinates immediately came out, and a team of people ran to the room of the patrol boss.

Qian Jin shouted again with a sharp voice, "Come on, the second young master has an accident!" The firefighters divided part of the second child's room. The rest of the people could no longer control the fire, and the Zhao Mansion began to spread.

Qian Jin saw that the head of the Zhao family never appeared, and left the scene in chaos, threw all the suits, bows and masks into the fire before leaving, and ran back to the room along the street to start sleeping.

At about the hour, there was a bang on the door of the inn, and then all the guests were asked to get up and gather in the dining room, and Qian Jin honestly followed everyone to the dining room. There were six catchers in the dining room, who took the lodging register and checked them one by one, called one person out, asked where they came from and where they were going, and then opened each person's hand and looked at it.

He quickly looked at Qian Jin's hand and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I do everything at home, ploughing, raking, chopping wood, and hunting. ”

"Where are you going?"

"To Zhao County. ”

"Why stay here?"

"I'm tired from the journey and want to rest for the night. ”

"When are you going to leave?"

"I'm worried that it's too far, and I'm going to leave tomorrow morning, but I have some things to do until tomorrow afternoon. ”

When Qian Jin retreated, one of them stretched out his leg and mixed Qian Jin, and when Qian Jin touched the other party's leg, he deliberately wanted to jump up but didn't jump up completely, staggered back, and finally sat on the ground, causing everyone at the scene to laugh. Qian Jin glanced at Na Kuai angrily, then got up and continued to return to the team.

After checking everyone, the innkeeper stuffed a silver ingot to the head of the catcher, and even said that the other party had worked hard and had to come out to handle the case so late.

The head catcher said, "Today, the Zhao Mansion was destroyed, and the two Zhao brothers were all killed by arrows, and the old man Zhao survived because he did not return from visiting friends." If you find any suspicious people, you must report them to the government in a timely manner, and you must not slack off in the slightest. ”

The innkeeper said yes in a row.

After taking the catchers out, the tenants asked Zhao Mansion what was the origin, which made the catchers so dedicated.

The innkeeper gave a brief introduction to the situation of the Zhao Mansion, and finally said, "It's okay now, there is no need to be afraid in the future." ”

A tenant said, "Then the head of the Zhao family is still there, and the situation may not improve." ”

The innkeeper, "He alone is not useful, and if there is no one in the yamen, he will not be arrogant; who is not afraid of the yamen? Some of them are real guys, and they are worried about the life and death of the common people." ”

Qian Jin is a pity, he didn't expect that the head of the Zhao family was not at home, no wonder no one opened the door for a long time, but after this incident, I hope he can restrain himself and stop doing those immoral things. I don't think it will be so smooth in the future, after all, the thread of the yamen is broken, and I don't know how many years it will take to cultivate it again.

Then go to bed again, when he woke up, the sky was already bright, he had to get up later than usual, after eating breakfast at the inn, Qian Jin walked directly to the direction of Zhao Mansion, and saw that there was only a pair of stone lions at the door of Zhao Mansion, and there was already a ruin behind it; Qian Jin muttered in his heart, "If I had known that the head of the Zhao family was not at home, then Zhao Mansion would not have become like this, at most it would have burned a kitchen and an arsenal; it is a pity that the silver tickets at home have not been burned, otherwise many families can increase their income." ”

Looking at the four catchers who were guarding the ruins, Qian Jin turned around and left here and walked to the tailor shop, "Boss, how are my clothes doing?"

"Guest officer, only one gown has been completed yet, and the others are still being mended; rest assured, you won't be delayed in picking them up at noon. ”

"I went to the gate of Zhao's mansion to take a look, and it was all burned down, and only a pair of stone lions remained. ”

"Alas, retribution, it is estimated that the Zhao family has gone too far and attracted enemies; no one in the neighbors next door has gone in to put out the fire, think about this situation, you will know that the Zhao family is usually a person. I estimate that the head of the Zhao family will be stunned when he comes back, such a big family business was burned by a fire. ”

"Boss, isn't it far from here to Zhao County?"

"It's a hundred miles away, it's easy to walk, it's the state capital after Zhao County, it's very close, it's a prosperous area, it's much stronger than a place like ours." Little brother is going to Zhao County?"

"That's it, I wanted to leave yesterday, but I didn't expect my clothes to be torn, I can't help it. Then I can rush to Zhao County with my clothes today. ”

"No problem, you can rush to Zhao County in two and a half hours with good foot strength. ”