A knife in love

Chapter 1387

Li Qiufeng heard the owner of the Wang village say this, cupped his hands and said: "After I came to Dongliao County, I heard people say that the owner of the Wang village is compassionate and a generous elder. What I saw and heard later, I know that this statement is wrong. False. As the saying goes, good people are rewarded with good rewards. With the power of one person, the owner of Wangjiazhuang has made the people in Wangjiazhuang have no worries about food and clothing. This is a great merit. , but the water is about a foot wide and can be crossed in one jump."

The owner of Wang Zhuang smiled bitterly, and said in his mouth: "Thank you for your good words. Wang was born in a humble background and knows the sufferings of the common people. Therefore, after a little money, even though he speaks lightly, he also upholds the way of great harmony in the world that the sages said, Only then did the clansmen be taken to Liaodong, and the poor and helpless people were taken in. They just thought that everyone would have something to eat, and that there would be a place to shelter from the wind and rain on windy, snowy and rainy nights. As for the great merit that the young master said, Wang himself Ashamed, I dare not accept it."

Wang Xiaoyu saw that the owner of Wang Zhuang was calm, and hurriedly said: "Father, you only care about talking to Mr. Zhu, and the food and wine are cold. Since today is my daughter's apprentice banquet, don't talk about these unhappy things."

Master Wang laughed loudly, and said in his mouth: "This girl is right. I am so confused. How can I say such depressing words when I am so happy."

When he said this, he raised his wine glass and said to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan: "Come on, let me offer a toast to Mr. Zhu and Miss Murong. Although you two are young, they are chivalrous and kind. I am a girl who deserves favor. We are grateful. Let's drink this cup together and say thank you."

Everyone was relieved and raised their glasses to drink together.Then they drank and ate vegetables, chatted and had a good time.While drinking, Wang Yuanwai said to Li Qiufeng: "Yesterday, I led people to search for the big ship in the south of the city for a whole day, but unfortunately, no sign of the big ship was found. This time, all the ships, big and small, disappeared at the dock, and the people on the shore were also gone. I heard The clerk from the yamen quickly said that it would definitely not be the work of an ordinary green forest cottage that could do such a great thing. I heard that there was a group of thieves on the Daxue Mountain who escaped from the Central Plains more than ten years ago. After they arrived in Liaodong, Then they hid on the Daxue Mountain. The imperial court was out of reach and unable to arrest them, so this group of people took root in Daxue Mountain and recruited troops everywhere, intending to rebel. The Liaodong Governor's Yamen and the Liaodong General Army once sent troops to attack this group of madmen, but they failed. Gui, I can only watch this group of thugs grow up. It is said that there are 2000 people in this group of thieves. At first, they just ransacked some villages, but later they dared to attack the county town and confront the officers and soldiers of the guards near Daxue Mountain. This time The disappearance of the big ship that Young Master Zhu was on and the people near the pier may be the work of this group of thieves."

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and said: "I heard that the Daxue Mountain is more than a thousand miles away from Dongliao County, and it is the source of the Lujiang River. These thieves really have such a powerful force, they dare not travel thousands of miles to Dongliao County Come to do the case, can't you?"

The owner of Wang Zhuang smiled and said to Li Qiufeng: "If there is no internal response, no matter how powerful this group of thieves are, they would not dare to come to our Dongliao County to do anything wrong. They can't help but have someone secretly collude with the thieves, so they can do it so recklessly. bad thing."

Li Qiufeng was startled and suspicious, and said in his mouth: "I would like to hear the details."

Owner Wang took a sip from his wine glass, and said in a deep voice, "It's no secret that the horsemen in Majiazhuang are engaged in the timber business on the surface, but they secretly sell stolen goods for some thieves in the green forest cottage, and earn the difference from it. I heard that when he was doing peace work for a green forest cottage last year, there was trouble between the two sides. The gang of thieves robbed the horseman of a batch of wood, and wanted to force the horseman to pay a sum of money. Moreover, the gang of thieves also fired green forest arrows to make people Don’t do business with Ma Yuanwai in any cottage. Ma Yuanwai’s family has a big business, relying on timber sales and selling stolen goods for the Green Forest Cottage to make a fortune. Now that these two sources of income have been cut off, wouldn’t it kill him? Ma Yuanwai He has always been at odds with me, and it's not once or twice that he made trouble behind my back. But this time I was ordered by the yamen to build the Zhongkui Temple on Motianling, and he invited me to Majiazhuang. , and asked me to bring his platoons to Motianling to build a temple. Steward Wang inferred that Ma Yuanwai could earn more than 200 taels of silver from these 200 or [-] platoons. For the [-] The extra taels of silver are willing to bow their heads to me, which shows that the difficulties encountered must not be small."

At this point, the owner of the Wang Zhuang took a look at Li Qiufeng, and then said: "The old horse is cut off from the source of money now, so he must find a way to get the money as soon as possible. And the gang of thieves on the Daxue Mountain have already brought disaster to the area hundreds of miles away from the Daxue Mountain. The people fled far away. They couldn't grab property and could only sit and eat. Most of the old horse's wood came from the old forests of Daxue Mountain. There must have been collusion with this group of thieves. Both sides encountered difficulties. After thinking about it, the old horse acted as the eyes and ears of this group of thieves and led them to Dongliao County."

The more Li Qiufeng heard it, the more frightened he became. Wang Xiaoyu and Murong Danyan were also extremely frightened, and they put down their chopsticks at the same time.Seeing the serious faces of the three, Master Wang laughed, and said, "Young Master Zhu, Miss Murong, these are just my random guesses. Quan is talking nonsense on the wine table, and it can't be true. Come, let's have another drink."

Li Qiufeng drank the wine in the cup, and then said to the owner of the Wang Zhuang: "According to the outsiders, is the big ship still near Dongliao County?"

Wang Yuanwai pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Dongliao County is a remote place. Although there is a pier, it is extremely simple. I think Mr. Zhu has seen it too. There are not many boats at the pier. But apart from this pier In addition, there is no place for ships to anchor on the coast of Dongliao County. The gang of thieves who stole the big ship have nowhere to park their boats, so they will not stay near Dongliao County."

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said: "Yuanwai has lived in Dongliao County for many years, and I think he is very familiar with the surrounding situation. I would like to ask Teacher, where will those thieves hide the big boat after they steal the boat?"

Wang Yuanwai said: "About [-] miles to the northeast along the coast of Dongliao County, you will find the mouth of the Green River. There is an island in the sea seventy or eighty miles east of the mouth. This island was originally called Dashan Island. It is under the jurisdiction of Daming, but there are no officers and soldiers stationed on the island. Dashan Island is only forty or fifty miles away from the coast of Dongyi, so some traitors from Dongyi came to live on the island, and they regarded this island as the land of Dongyi. But then a group of pirates came to Dashan Island and fought with the Dongyi traitors who occupied the island. The two sides suffered heavy casualties, and finally had to sit down to negotiate. After some quarrels, the east side of Dashan Island was given to the pirates, and the west side was given to Dongyi Traitors live here. When I was selling medicinal materials in Liaoyang Mansion, I heard people from the magistrate’s yamen say that the pirates on Dashan Island also colluded with the green forest cottages on land. So I thought that after Mr. Zhu’s big boat was stolen by thieves, It will definitely not stay near Dongliao County, but drive to Dashan Island and sell it to the pirates on the island."

(End of this chapter)