In Fushui County, the snow-covered city walls extend, and rows of houses are covered with snow.

The heavy snow has stopped, and occasionally there are scattered snowflakes falling on the streets. The New Year is approaching, and people who have been busy for a year finally have free time to accompany their relatives to buy New Year's goods at this time node.

In the bustling long street, a stall was surrounded by water, looking at the basket full of carp and pointing at it.

"... Sure enough, the carp sold is so much larger than ordinary fish."

"This head is almost catching up with my two fists."

"Hey, what are you eating? Where did you get it from when you grow up so big?"

"...... I'll give me two. The fish is delicious, but there are too many thorns. I bought one yesterday and thought about it again today."

"I want it too!"

....

"...Did you hear that what happened in Rawzui Ridge?"

The white air rose from the mouth of the people and floated above the long street. The cold wind squeezed into the window frame. The people on the second floor of the restaurant were making noise. The literati and elegant guests whispered lightly. There were also travelers from all three mountains and five roads. Merchants rested here, drank and kept warm, and talked about some of the experiences on the way.

A businessman wrapped in fur clothes put down his wine glass and looked at his friend opposite him.

"Three months ago, I was doing business in Tongling County. When I came back, I saw the officers from the county yard there, and the headmasters were dispatched and several cars of corpses were pulled... After I asked someone I knew in the yamen, I found that there were thirty-four ones. What are the identities of these people?"

A head started to his mouth, which immediately aroused the interest of nearby drinkers. Even if he turned his ears to listen to the following words, some people couldn't help asking.

"You should tell me quickly, what are your identities?"

The merchant turned his head and looked at this side. He was quite satisfied with the atmosphere, holding the wine glass and lowering his voice.

"Bandit!"

Some of the second floors are literati and poets in the city, and some merchants who come and go in many places, or green forest knights, who hate the thieves who are scissoring the path.

Someone cheered and clapped his hands: "What's so rare about dying a few bandits? Such people want to die more."

A green forest man with a knife on his back reached out to roast the roasted charcoal.

"Why did the big thing happen? The result was that several bandits died, most of whom were killed by those righteous knights."

The merchant waved his hands repeatedly, stood up, and whispered to the people around him: "Do you know that those bandits are not covered in strands, and their deaths are even more ferocious and terrifying, and they don't even have a wound. When the bandit leader Liu Erlong was carried out of the car, he twisted his whole body into a mess, and his head turned to his back, just like he twisted a person into something."

hiss

The second floor was full of smoke.

Someone asked in a low voice: "Is there any living thing on the mountain?"

"It must be gone. If you kill someone, will you leave a living?" The merchant spread his hands, thought about something, and said, "The yamen runner who is familiar with me said that at that time, the left captain of our county yamen discovered it, and there was a strange place. Before the bandits died, they even made a deal and went down the mountain to rob a place called Lujia Village. Do you know where it is?"

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and the two drinkers who were leaning against the other window stood up.

"It's okay if you don't say this. As soon as I talk about it, I remember that there are many fish and shrimp sellers in this city recently, and it seems that they were sold from the Lujia Village."

Now the conversation started, and many people followed suit.

"There is such a thing. The fish and shrimp are all very big, and the meat is tender and delicious. I also asked my daughter-in-law to buy a few more in the water tank to prepare to entertain guests at the end of the year."

"Yes... I remembered one more thing. I heard that the county magistrate Wang accepted a student, and it seemed that he was from Lujia Village."

"If that's true...that place is really impressive."

Two long streets separated from the building.

A carriage drove through the noisy streets, and the snowy road surface rolled out two tracks. Soon, at the entrance of the Fushui County government office, Min Changwen dressed in casual clothes and sent his wife to the office courtyard on the side, and pushed open the door with a squeak.

The cold wind squeezed in, and the lights on the long table were blown and swayed.

The old man behind put down his brush, looked at the county magistrate coming in, and stood up with a smile: "The county magistrate doesn't stay in the back hall to accompany his wife and daughter, why do you come here to accompany me, the lonely old man?"

"When you have nothing to do, come and see Mr. Shuhua."

Min Changwen came in, shook the cold air on his robe, sat opposite the old man, and reached out to the stove to warm up: "By the way, sir, have you gone out recently, and listen to some experiences in the city?"

The old man poured the drinks over and put them in front of the county magistrate: "No, what's new outside?"

"How about the carp I ate yesterday?"

Wang Shuhua picked up the wine glass and toasted it, nodded: "It's melted when you put it in your mouth, and the soup is delicious."

The county magistrate smiled, took a sip of wine and put it on the table.

"That's what I fished out from the river in Lujia Village and sold it in the city, but it's good..." His words were filled with a long sigh, and then he paused, and the tone changed: "Does Shuhua remember what happened when Captain Left came back from Yazui Ridge that day?"

"Of course I remember."

The old man frowned and recalled for a moment: "Thirty-four bandits went down the mountain to rob... the body was not injured, and it was consistent with the death of Chen Yuanwai's family..."

Speaking of this, Wang Shuhua stopped and frowned even more. Before, when Chen Yuanwai's family had a sneaky incident, the forty idle men disguised as masters, and all the rogues in the market were registered, nine of whom were from Lujia Village.

Seeing that the old man stopped talking, Min Changwen sighed and patted the back of the old man's hand.

"This county hates evil and does it as a hero. If you turn a blind eye, he is a student of his husband. If you go on the right path and go on the sidelines, it will only destroy his talent."

"Does the left captain know?" The old man took his hand back, picked up his glass and took a sip.

"A person who doesn't know the specific one."

"You and I'm just guessing."

"Sir, you should know that when I was an official in Beijing, I often dealt with those traitors... Forget it, I won't mention these, but there is another thing. Most hunters and farmers in Lujia Village have no money left. How can Lu Liangsheng learn to read?"

Min Changwen stood up and breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his hands, and moved the official documents in front of the old man away.

"Sir has been busy these days. Why not go to Lujia Village to see the snow scene on the mountain, recite poems and essays, soothe your mood, and also look at your student."

The old man nodded and then laughed.

"Okay, I have been sitting for too long these days. It's time to walk around and take a few fish back to replenish the county master."

"Haha, Mr. Shuhua is so proud, I'm greedy for that fish."

Soon, Min Changwen lent his only carriage to the old man, sent several more officers to follow him, and pulled him to the left captain who was preparing to leave after the New Year and headed for Hegu County, and set out west early the next morning.
Chapter completed!