Xu Zizhen never liked reading in his previous life, but at least he knew some stories, including this incident in the late Northern Song Dynasty. In order to flatter the Jin Kingdom, a treacherous minister specially sent many beauties to the Jin Kingdom Emperor. The Jin Kingdom Emperor
He also particularly liked Jiangnan beauties. At that time, this incident aroused widespread resentment among the people, and it was also a famous scandal in history.
By the way, that traitor seems to be a prime minister, but he forgot his name.
When he thought about this, he suddenly became angry and gritted his teeth and said: "This bastard is inhumane. It's a good thing he is a fucking prime minister!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he immediately woke up and his heart thumped: It's broken!
Sure enough, Magistrate Wen narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Prime Minister?"
Xu Zizhen was speechless, his mind racing with thoughts. He quickly found a reason to explain his words, and after holding it in for a long time, he laughed dryly: "I... I just guessed."
Magistrate Wen glanced at him thoughtfully, smiled slightly and said, "It is a serious crime to slander a high official of the dynasty, so be careful what you say!"
"Yes, yes..." Xu Zizhen didn't dare to say anything and responded hurriedly.
Magistrate Wen paused and said in a deep voice: "It will take half a month to get from Suzhou to the Jin Kingdom at the fastest, and the time limit given by the Jin Kingdom to 'that man' this time is the first day of September."
"The first day of September?" Xu Zizhen said in astonishment, "Doesn't that mean they only have three or five days to catch Jiangnan beauties? What do you want me to do when you come to me? Find that group of people?"
Magistrate Wen shook his head: "How can it be so easy? Suzhou City is not big, but it is not small either. Where are you going to find them?" At this point, he paused and then said, "This time I am looking for you.
This is not what I came here for. At noon today, Taihu water bandits robbed three fishing villages outside Dongzhu Town."
Xu Zizhen was stunned. Magistrate Wen worked hard to govern. How could there be water bandits under his rule?
Magistrate Wen seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said: "The waters of Taihu Lake are extremely vast, and there are many waterways and countless small islands. If the water bandits really want to hide, they will most likely be searched by all the soldiers south of the Yangtze River for a month."
Nothing comes out."
Holy shit, guerrillas! Xu Zizhen was about to say something when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind and he blurted out: "No, isn't this the off-season for fishing? The fishermen are all tightening their belts to get by. They are living at this time.
What kind of robbery?"
At this point, he suddenly came to his senses: "Could it be that those water bandits were specially invited by 'that man' to cause trouble for you? Do you want to save you from devoting all your manpower to catching those robbers?"
A flash of admiration flashed in Magistrate Wen's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Zizhen and I thought of the same thing."
Xu Zizhen stood up excitedly: "Sir, what do you want me to do? Just tell me."
Magistrate Wen said word for word: "I want you to go find the Taihu water bandits tomorrow to make sure that this matter was not their fault."
Xu Zizhen was immediately dumbfounded: "Sir, didn't you say that those water bandits are hard to find? Where...where can I find them?"
Magistrate Wen smiled: "I believe you have your own way."
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Xu Zizhen left the inner hall in a depressed mood. He still couldn't figure out why Prefect Wen had so much confidence in him. Tens of thousands of troops couldn't find him, so why should he believe that he could find him? I'm not a fucking land lord!
Thinking of this, he suddenly had an idea, Lord of the Land? Isn't the old flower the same as the Lord of the Land? Apart from Lei Captou, who else in Suzhou has a wider area and more news than him? Thinking of this, he didn't even bother to eat dinner and got out of his way.
Just go to Panmen.
Hua Ye has now become a big man and has become the only gangster leader in Suzhou City, but he still stays at Jixiang Gambling House every night, and Xu Zizhen found him easily.
After several things happened, Master Hua is now 100% obedient and respectful to Xu Zizhen. When he saw him coming to see him, he immediately took him into a clean room in the gambling house and made him tea and served snacks with his own hands. Xu Zizhen
Don't be polite and get straight to the point.
"Taihu water bandits?" Mr. Hua was obviously stunned for a moment, "Brother, why are you looking for them? They are a group of people who are not easy to mess with."
Xu Zizhen glared at him: "I don't want to cause trouble for them. What's not to do? Just tell me if you know."
Mr. Hua laughed dryly, turned to the door and shouted: "Get He Liangliang for me!"
Not long after, a lean and short young man walked into the room, his eyes flickering and timid. Master Hua glared at him and whispered to Xu Zizhen: "Brother, this kid's name is He Liangliang, and his
My brother-in-law is from the Taihu Water Village, if you have anything you want, just ask him directly... It’s just that this kid is so timid, you are laughing at me."
Xu Zizhen smiled and waved to He Liangliang: "Come here and talk."
He Liangliang looked a little scared and walked over with a sneer: "Big brother."
Hua Ye then added: "Oh, by the way, brother, this guy found the place we found in Loumen last time."
Xu Zizhen suddenly realized that he really relied on this kid to talk about the matter last time. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know that everyone was smuggled away. Thinking of this, he patted He Liangliang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You worked hard last time."
Yes, I came in a hurry this time and didn’t bring anything with me. I’ll give you a thank-you gift next time.”
He Liangliang was immediately flattered and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I don't dare. The big brother's business is the little man's business. How dare you ask for any thanks?"
Mr. Hua smiled and kicked him over, then threw the ingot of silver to him: "Brother, just take it if it's for you. Stop being so fucking polite. Here, I'll save you from worrying about it. I'll give it to you first."
He Liangliang took the money and let Master Hua kick him on the butt lightly. He smiled at Xu Zizhen and said, "Thank you, big brother. I wonder if big brother has any business with the villain?"
Xu Zizhen smiled, trying his best to appear friendly, and asked: "I heard that you know Taihu Water Village, right?"
The smile on He Liangliang's face suddenly froze, and Hua Ye kicked him in time: "Brother is not an outsider, just say it, you are afraid of a bird!"
"This..." He Liangliang crossed his fingers with each other, looking extremely embarrassed, "Brother, this Taihu Water Village villain knows someone, but, their rules are big, I can't say anything."
Xu Zizhen became curious and asked: "Oh? Why are there such big rules?"
He Liangliang smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest with you brother, the villain's brother-in-law is a leader in the village. Logically speaking, the villain should follow my brother-in-law to live on the water, but... But the rules in the village are that you can rob but not steal.
So my brother-in-law didn’t take me with him.”
"Can you rob or steal? Ha!" Xu Zizhen laughed, "What's the difference between a bandit and a thief? They are quite interesting."
He Liangliang suddenly looked solemn and said seriously: "Brother, although this village is known as water bandits, it never robs the people. They usually only collect some fishing protection fees. This is what they call robbing."
." He glanced at Mr. Hua and said, "Just like... just like big brother."
Xu Zizhen became more and more curious: "Oh? I will never rob the people? Really?"
He Liangliang nodded and said: "That's true. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people around Taihu Lake." At this point, he lowered his voice and said in Xu Zizhen's ear, "It is said that the leader of the water village was originally an officer and soldier, so
He became a bandit because he was dissatisfied with the sycophants in the court."
Hearing what He Liangliang said so seriously, Xu Zizhen became more and more convinced that the water bandit incident was committed by others in their name to distract Magistrate Wen. He pondered for a moment and said: "
Two Liang, I want to... pay a visit to the village leader tomorrow, can you introduce him to me?"
"This..." He Liangliang was shocked, but the look in Xu Zizhen's eyes did not look like he was joking. He hesitated for a while and said, "I do believe in the big brother, but if the leader of the village sees you, I can't guarantee it."
Xu Zizhen smiled slightly: "You send a message for me, saying that if you don't see me, then the crime of robbing the people this time will be placed on him."