Seeing the confident look on the county magistrate's face, the master also laughed. How much money he could earn was directly related to the county magistrate.
Although generally speaking, the county magistrate eats the meat and his subordinates eat the soup, but if the county magistrate is happy, he can give them some minced meat if the food is not enough.
"Sir, are we going to send someone to that Taihu Mountain next?"
The county magistrate touched his beard and looked outside, then nodded confidently.
"Send someone!"
Early the next morning, a figure carrying a baggage galloped away from the county gate on horseback. Judging from the clothes he was wearing, he must be from the county government! However, although passers-by knew that he was from the public gate, he
I don't know where he is going on this trip.
After reading this, let’s talk about yesterday’s incident where the county magistrate asked the shopkeeper who was full of guests to pick up his nephew today.
The shopkeeper came to the cell waiting early in the morning. He thought he had settled everything yesterday, so when he came here today he felt relaxed. He had even thought about how to teach his son a lesson for his dead old friend.
However, he waited from morning to noon, but he never waited for his nephew to come out. In the end, he had to wait for the master.
"Hehehe, Master, I wonder if you are here to bring up my unsatisfied nephew. If so, please trouble Master."
The first time he saw this master, the shopkeeper who was full of customers smiled apologetically and walked over. However, the master didn't. His eyes drifted over the shopkeeper's head intentionally or unintentionally, and he didn't pay attention to him at all.
It wasn't until he passed by the shopkeeper that he said it coldly.
"I'm not here to let your nephew go. His insulting the county magistrate in public is not over yet. I'm here to interrogate him today. You don't have to wait. No one dares to let your nephew go until the case is over!
"
The shopkeeper who was full of customers immediately fell to the ground when he heard these words. He thought that the matter had been settled and he could not guess where the mistake was.
"grown ups…"
"Here is your thousand taels, take it and get out of here. If you make me unhappy, I will arrest you too!"
After taking out the two five hundred taels of silver notes from his sleeve and throwing them on the shopkeeper, the master led the people and walked past him. After walking past, he deliberately patted his head and said.
"That's right! Look at my memory. I've forgotten everything the county magistrate said. Shopkeeper, the reason why I didn't return the two hundred taels to you is because the two hundred taels were for that boy yesterday.
The first thing I said is to pay the bill. We adults are always naive when doing business, so the shopkeeper must not take this matter to heart. When you want to do business with us adults in the future, you must not be polite.
"
After finishing speaking this time, the master did not stay any longer and strode into the cell. However, a distant voice reached the shopkeeper's ears.
"There's no need to wait for your nephew. In addition to insulting the imperial officials, he also colluded with the bandits in Taihu Mountain. This time, my lord has given an order to get to the bottom of the matter. No one can be spared. Shopkeeper, you'd better go back and take care of yourself.
Just go and live your life, after all, your wife and children at home are still waiting for you to go back!"
The shopkeeper who was full of guests slowly got up from the ground. He knew that his nephew was in danger this time, colluding with bandits? How could someone like his nephew, who couldn't entertain guests, collude with bandits?
He understands that these are just excuses. There must be a story behind this so-called collusion with bandits that he doesn't know, but what can he do even if he knows it? To put it nicely, he is the owner of the largest restaurant in Baoshan County, but to say it is ugly
At all he is just a small businessman. Apart from some money,
What else can he use to fight the county magistrate?
…
Taihu Mountain is steep. There are at least five natural dangers from the foot of the mountain to the place where Taihu Mountain Village is located. These natural dangers protect Taihu Mountain like barriers, making Taihu Mountain truly a
A treasure land that is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
However, Taihu Mountain has been quite honest over the years. Apart from collecting some money to support the family, the bandits in Taihu Mountain have not made any big noise in Yuanshan County. This naturally makes the Sheriff of Yuanshan County
He thought they were cowardly and never thought of sending troops to encircle and suppress them.
After all, as far as Taihu Mountain is concerned, it would be impossible to attack it without five times the number of soldiers as many as the bandits! The shrewd county guard would not do such a thankless job.
But at this time, there was a person walking swiftly among these five natural dangers. This was not the messenger who came from Baoshan County. After all, as a member of the government, he had no chance to go up to Taihu Mountain to see it.
Look, even if he had a chance to go up there, he wouldn't survive.
When the named yamen officer came to the foot of Taihu Mountain with a letter, he was stopped. When he reported the name of Zhenshan Tiger Pang Zhen, a man who looked like a team leader showed a panicked expression.
.
And after he explained his purpose of coming and took out the letter from the county magistrate from his backpack, the squad leader grabbed the letter from his hand and started running up the mountain. It was precisely because of this that he came to Taihu.
A man running desperately appeared among the five natural dangers of the mountain.
The Taihu Mountain village was close to the top of the mountain. When the team leader who delivered the message ran up panting, he ran to the hall with the words "Zhongyi Hall" written on it. There sat Taihu Mountain.
The nominal head of the mountain and the second head of the house.
"Second brother, third brother, it's not good!"
The team leader who delivered the letter had already started shouting loudly before he entered the Zhongyi Hall, which just happened to wake up the second and third masters who had just fallen asleep inside.
The two people who had their sweet dreams disturbed were very angry. They looked at the squad leader and said angrily.
"If you can't tell me what's wrong, I want you to look good!"
The person who spoke was the nominal second master of Taihu Mountain. This man’s name was Fatty An. Although he was born with a rough face, he had an innate power that was enviable by others. If his mind was not really stupid, he would not be able to do anything in Taihu.
The position of Shan is not only the second in charge in name, but at least the real second in charge.
Unlike Fatty An, who was making a lot of noise, the nominal leader seemed much calmer. As for their true identity, it can be seen from the title of the team leader.
The second brother is the boss!
"Don't be anxious. Please tell me slowly and word for word what happened, so that your second boss and I can think about it and figure out what we should do."
Hearing the boss's comfort, the team leader's nervousness did not diminish, and he spoke with a trembling voice.
"The big boss, the big boss was caught and fell into the hands of the Baoshan County magistrate."
"What!"
The two people who were originally drowsy fell asleep instantly, and then they exclaimed together.
"When did it happen, where did the news come from, and when did you know about it!"
"Second brother, a government official from Baoshan County came down from the foot of our mountain this morning. He said he was here to deliver a message to a gangster named Zhenshan Hu. He also said he wanted to see our Taihu Mountain talker!
"
"Where are they?"
Upon hearing his second brother's inquiry, the squad leader was hesitant and speechless.
"say something!"
"I was busy delivering a message to my two brothers, so I forgot about him at the foot of the mountain."
The actual second in charge of Taihu Mountain, that is, the second brother looked at him very speechlessly and said.
"Where's the letter?"
The squad leader quickly took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to his second brother. The latter opened it and read it. While the second brother was reading the letter, the squad leader continued to speak.
.
"Second brother, I heard from the Baoshan County government official who sent the letter that the boss has been arrested for some time, and it has been almost half a year since he was fully prepared. If we don't rescue him, the boss will be in danger. I think...
…”
"Shut up and let me read the letter. I won't even be able to understand what's written in it."
After Wu Mou, the second brother and Taihushan military advisor, successfully read the letter, Fatty An asked eagerly.
"What's going on? Why was eldest brother arrested?"
"The letter didn't say anything. It just said that we should bring eight thousand taels of silver to redeem our elder brother. It also said that there was a business to discuss with us. From the looks and handwriting, this letter was written by the county magistrate, not us.
Written by my eldest brother."
After hearing what his second brother said, Fatty An's already impatient temper became even more uncontrollable.
"What? Eight thousand taels? How much money do we make in one year's business! He asked for eight thousand taels, why didn't the Baoshan County magistrate grab it! Where is the officer who delivered the message? I'll kill him first to find out.
Relieve anger."
The second brother and the team leader smiled speechlessly. The third boss really forgot that their money was stolen. Looking at the third boss who was about to go down the mountain, Wu Mou stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Okay, okay, he's just a messenger, why are you doing so hard for him?"
After finishing speaking, he said to the squad leader again.
"Okay, we get it, you go down, and remember to let that yamen officer go back. Even if we want to find someone to take revenge, we will go to the county magistrate. There is no need to cause trouble for a small yamen servant. If this is accidentally revealed to others
I thought we were too stingy!"
"Yes, second brother!"
After the squad leader went down, Fatty An couldn't bear it and said to Wu Mou.
"Second brother, do we really have to spend 8,000 taels to redeem our eldest brother? Even though we don't have much money, we can afford it, but I don't know why but I feel a little uncomfortable."
Wu Mou laughed at this, he looked at the somewhat silly Fatty An and said.
"Take a damn 8,000 taels. It's money. The magistrate of Baoshan County must have fallen into the eyes of money! And do you really think that the eldest brother is waiting for us to bring 8,000 taels to redeem him? You
If I spend eight thousand taels to rescue him, my custodial brother will beat you until your mother doesn’t recognize you! According to my brother’s temper, even if he dies in prison, he won’t let me use the money to rescue him.
!”
Fatty An still didn't understand what Wu Mou meant, so his silly face was still full of doubts.
"Then...Second brother, what should we do? You should come up with an idea!"
I saw the second master let out a long breath, and then spoke like thunder in his ears.
"Money for his mother's grandmother's mother's head, I will lead people to rob the prison!"
After hearing the second brother's answer, Fatty An also became excited. Looking at him, he seemed to be close to clapping his hands in joy.
"Yes! The county government of a small Baoshan County also wants to do business with us. I think that old boy is tired of living! If he pays for his mother's grandmother's mother's head, I will go to jail!"