The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 431
Gaojun, Shihu, Changle and the others left the city from the north gate of Shangzhou City with more than a dozen guards. Before leaving, they asked the locals in the city for a while, and only then did they know a small road leading to the Qinling Mountains.

After all, within a hundred miles of Shangzhou City is the territory of Yingtou. Even if Qin Zhan came, he would not blatantly take more than 30 people to the official road. Therefore, the only choice is this road leading to Qinling, that is, the path leading to Qin Zhan's old nest.

A group of more than a dozen people left the city and rode away on fast horses.

"Gao Jun, what should we do if Qin Zhan's master really brought someone here?" Shi Hu asked.

"Don't worry, our task is to capture Qin Zhan alive, don't go head-to-head with that master, that master has some background, I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with." Gao Jun said: "So, we have to stop Qin Zhan before that master brings people over. Cham."

"Brother Shi Hu, don't worry, Lord Hou is in Shangzhou City, and the government will support us. Even if we are surrounded by that master, Lord Hou will have a way to rescue us." Chang Le said.

As Chang Le said, after Long'er came back, Xiao Er went upstairs to wake Xuan Shijing up.

Xuan Shijing went downstairs, Long'er was waiting in the lobby.

"Have you found out clearly?" Xuan Shijing walked down the stairs and sat at a table in the lobby.

Long'er nodded and said: "I got it clear, the state governor of Shangzhou City has a good reputation in the city, and there seems to be some agreement between the local government and Yingtou's cottage, as long as Yingtou's people don't go down the mountain to harass Ordinary people, the government in Shangzhou City will just turn a blind eye and just muddle through."

"What about the merchants who passed by? Didn't anyone tell the government about Yingtou collecting tolls on the commercial road?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Master Hou, this is a very common thing in the Tao, and merchants know this rule. For these merchants, it is to spend money to buy peace. If you pay money on these people's sites, when you pass by , this bandit is much more useful than the government, and the merchants have no time to find a backer, so how can they rush to offend people." Long'er explained.

Xuan Shijing suddenly realized and nodded: "I see, this means paying the protection fee."

This is a bit of a pier.Xuan Shijing touched his chin and thought with a smile.

"Master Hou, Gao Jun and the others have set off now, do we have to communicate with the government?" Long'er asked.

"Well, let's go, go to the government." Xuan Shijing got up, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the inn.

Shangzhou City can be regarded as a rich place. After all, it is an important place for the north-south transfer station. There are many merchants in the city. If there are more merchants, there will naturally be more taxes. Except for the taxes that are handed over to the national treasury every year, most of the rest can naturally be used. It's time to repair the city walls and government offices.

Therefore, when Xuan Shijing came to the gate of the official mansion, what he saw was the very tall and majestic gate of the mansion that had been repaired.

He took Long'er and walked towards the official mansion, and when he reached the door, he was stopped by two yamen servants.

"Who are you? No famous assassin dares to trespass in the government office?"

Xuan Shijing frowned and looked at Long'er.

Long'er hurried forward, took out Xuan Shijing's token from her bosom, and waved it in front of the yamen servant: "Hurry up and ask your lord to come out to greet him."

The yamen servant looked at the token in the girl's hand in front of him and said "Gaofeng Dongshanhou" written on it, and immediately understood that a nobleman has come to the yamen today.

Not daring to delay, the yamen servant hurriedly turned around and went into the government yamen to report the crime.

Not long after, Ling Yin from the Shangzhou City Government Office came out and bowed his hands to Xuan Shijing.

"Your official, Qin Li, pay homage to Lord Hou. When Lord Hou is here, the government office in Shangzhou is really full of splendor." Qin Li said, bowing and cupping his hands.

"Are you Ling Yin of Shangzhou Mansion?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Exactly." Qin Li cupped his hands and said.

"So, do you know that a group of bandits has come to your Shangzhou City and intends to kill this Marquis?" Xuan Shijing asked with a straight face.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Qin Li's heart thumped, and he bowed even more fiercely: "I don't know, this matter is an omission of this official, I will definitely send someone to investigate immediately, Lord Hou, please rest assured... ..."

"Of course I don't worry, because my people have already gone to capture those criminals." Xuan Shijing interrupted Qin Li and said, "I know more or less about the things on the green forest road. There are some things that you officials turn a blind eye to and go on like this, and I won’t say anything more. Presumably, Lord Yin, you also know that the Qinling Mountains and the green forest roads near Shangzhou have been divided up. Although, the imperial court may not pursue them, but they must also abide by their duties. The nobles of the imperial court have the courage to intercept and kill them. If this continues, they may still poke some big holes. This time it is the Marquis, What about next time? Benhou is destined to come to Shangzhou alive, what about the others? When something happens, Benhou would like to know how Mr. Ling Yin should explain to the imperial court, the nobles in Chang'an, and His Majesty! "

What Xuan Shijing said was very serious, and it also scared Ling Yin of Shangzhou City half to death, because what Xuan Shijing said was the truth, the bandits in the Qinling Mountains were indeed rampant in private, but Shangzhou City Backed by the Qinling Mountains, as soon as some bandits heard something, they would immediately escape into the Qinling Mountains. This also caused a headache for the government, so the governor of Shangzhou had such an unwritten rule with the bandits. , people on the road are not allowed to harass ordinary people, put them on those merchants, those who are capable have dozens of guards at home, and the bandits dare not touch them, those who are incompetent will either form a group or give them protection Fei, just muddled through. This time, I really didn't expect that this group of people would be so rampant, and started to intercept and kill important officials of the court on the way. Is this paid off?
"I don't know if Lord Hou can find out, but it's those bandits who are so bold?" Qin Li asked cautiously.

Xuan Shijing smiled when he heard the words: "Maybe this bandit is still in the same family as you, Qin Linghu, Qin Zhan."

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Ling Yin was frightened to death. This joke is really frightening. As a court official, how dare he have anything to do with bandits: "Hou Ye Mingjian, this official and this bandit But it doesn't matter at all." Ling Yin said tremblingly.

"Don't be so nervous, this Marquis is just joking, but this Marquis wants Master Ling Yin to do me a favor." Xuan Shijing laughed.

Hearing what Xuan Shijing said, Qin Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Xuan Shijing asked him to help, and hurriedly clapped his hands and said, "Just say what you have to do, and I will try my best to cooperate with you." .”

(End of this chapter)