Ma'am, do you dare to answer?

The next day, when Lian Yan packed up and went to the meeting hall, Ouyang Lu was already waiting, except that his face was somewhat reluctant, but he was still cooperative, not only came by himself, but also brought over all the classics and affairs He was holding a pile of county chronicles, all of which were records about Cang Lan's gangsters disturbing the people over the years, and they were all very detailed. It can be seen that Ouyang Lu was quite attentive.

After flipping through the materials roughly, Lian Yan selected a few county annals with more detailed records and asked, "Can I take it back and have a look?"

Ouyang Lu nodded: "General Lian can do whatever he wants."

"Lord Ouyang don't need to be so sad. The troubles of bandits don't happen overnight, and naturally they can't be solved overnight. Why don't Lord Ouyang tell me about the current situation?" Lian Yan asked his own question: "I Along the way, I didn't see any bandits. Although Canglan City has a high wall, although there is no nightly singing and dancing inside the city wall, it is still prosperous, and it is not disturbed by bandits like the rumors in the court. , It’s miserable. Come to think of it, besides Mr. Ouyang’s credit, there should be other reasons, right?”

Ouyang Lu looked at Lian Yan who had changed out of his armor and was only wearing a blue shirt, and hurriedly lowered his head to stare at the county annals in front of him, but he still couldn't help sneaking a peek at Lian Yan from time to time.Although he had known for a long time that General Lian Yan was a female general, she really had a different feeling after taking off her armor. Now that he looked closely, he felt that Lian Yan beside her was rather picturesque, and he couldn't compare her to the one before. The somewhat cold general is connected together, the difference is too great.

Seeing that Ouyang Lu didn't answer for a long time, Lian Yan looked up at him, saw Ouyang Lu watching her wandering, coughed lightly in displeasure, and said, "What is Master Ouyang thinking? I saw that there are many places in this county chronicle It is recorded that Canglan Bicui Mountain, what is this place? This Bicui Mountain looted Canglan people hundreds of times a year, it is too rampant!"

Ouyang Lu hurriedly lowered his head, pointed to a record in the county annals and said: "Jicui Mountain is a tyrant in Canglan. Judging from the records in the county annals, the first looting of Zicui Mountain was in the early years of Jiajin. Here, General Lian Please take a look." Ouyang Lu moved the open county annals to Lian Yan's hand: "Although the records are not exhaustive, after that time, Zhecui Mountain frequently appeared in the surrounding area of ​​Canglan City. Be filial and filial on the Zicui Mountain, otherwise you will never want to pass the mountain."

Lian Yan frowned as he looked at the records in the county annals.

"Bandits were already rampant in Canglan, and the passing of Jiecui Mountain was naturally concealed by other bandits. There are only so many travelers coming and going, and there is Jiecui Mountain in front of them. After that, they will not be able to find anything. Things, under the pent-up anger, some people began to gather other bandits, ready to fire and cover Cuishan." Ouyang Lu closed the county chronicle and sighed: "But these are all rumors, there is no record in the county chronicle, and now Zhecui Mountain still occupies the mountain as the king, and is so arrogant!"

"Jicui Mountain is located in the southwest. It is narrow and steep, with complex and changeable terrain. There are bandits all year round. Although the scenery is beautiful, no one dares to appreciate it." Lian Yan read a sentence from the county chronicle in a low voice. , then said: "It's good to occupy the mountain as the king. In this way, the current Canglan bandits should be led by Jiecui Mountain?"

"You can say that, but it's not true." Ouyang Lu shook his head and said, "General Lian doesn't know much about these bandits. Now that the Jacuishan family is big, they have no choice but to be a dwarf. If their arrogance is suppressed, that is when they will emerge, and then a new leader will appear."

"Then let's start with Zicui Mountain first." Lian Yan's eyes were heavy, she still likes to gnaw hard bones, and she likes to start wherever it is difficult.Since Zicui Mountain has been entrenched in Canglan all year round and its status is different from that of ordinary bandits, when she takes down Zicuishang, will she still worry about the few little shrimps left?

Lian Yan stood up confidently and said to Ouyang Lu: "It's still early, why don't you trouble Master Ouyang and take me to the Jicui Mountain to have a look."

"I can't go, I can't go." Before Ouyang Lu could speak, Dian Shi who was standing by the side became anxious: "My lord, we can't go to the Bicui Mountain. We are members of the official family. When we reach the boundary of the Bicui Mountain, if we are caught If Master Qin finds out, it will be a big trouble!"

"Master Qin?" Lian Yan asked, "The leader of the bandits in Jacui Mountain?"

"Yes." Ouyang Lu said somewhat helplessly: "This person's name is Qin Jian, he is not a simple person, not to mention brave and resourceful, but this person is absolutely proficient in the art of war, and we will eat in his hands." A lot of losses, moreover, this Qin bamboo slip is different from ordinary gangsters, I heard in the early years that he hated the people in the government, never lenient towards the people in the government, and many colleagues died in his hands, He's a ruthless character."

"There is one thing. It is said that Qin Jian dotes on his only daughter very much. That eldest lady is soft-hearted. It's just a pity that she was born into the wrong baby and entered the bandit's den." Ouyang Lu shook his head and said, "General Lian wants to go. It’s okay to have a look, let’s go now.”

Lian Yan nodded, and was about to step up when he saw the yamen servant outside the door rushing in in a panic, shouting: "My lord, my lord, something has happened."

Ouyang Lu's expression froze, and he quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Master Guan was robbed at Jaicui Mountain when he returned to the city!" said the yamen servant.

"Speak carefully!" Ouyang Lu gripped his sleeves tightly, frowning.

The person next to him said in a panic: "How is this possible? Didn't you agree? How could you be robbed? You obviously took our money, it was agreed!"

Seeing that these people had different expressions and their words were very strange, Lian Yan took a step back, looked at Ouyang Lu and asked, "What did you agree? My lord, speak clearly, don't cover up, the words are unclear!"

But Ouyang Lu didn't pay attention to her, stepped forward and grabbed the yamen servant's arm, and asked again: "What's going on?"

"Master Guan went to the county mansion to pick up his daughter and go home to visit relatives. He thought it would be all right, but unexpectedly, when he reached the border of Jacui Mountain, a group of bandits rushed out and took Miss Guan's family away. Miss is short of a wife, please ask Miss Guan to go up to the mountain to stay for a few days, if you teach me well, then, I will stay in Jaicui Mountain." The yamen servant finished his sentence in one breath: "Master Guan passed out on the spot, and he still hasn't woken up yet. Come here, who doesn't know, how could there be a reason to come back after going to Zhecui Mountain!"

"You bastard! You bastard!" The veins on Ouyang Lu's face bulged, "You bastard who doesn't keep promises!"

"My lord, that's a bandit." Dian Shi said cautiously, "How could a bandit trust us, alas."

"What's going on!" Seeing this, Lian Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and patted the table: "Speak clearly, what was agreed, and money, what did you agree with? What's going on!"

The incident happened suddenly, which directly disrupted Lian Yan's thoughts. She was dizzy at the moment, and she couldn't figure out what kind of tricks these people were playing. He sat back directly, pointing to the person who spoke earlier: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Qian Shi glanced at his lord and saw that Ouyang Lu had no intention of stopping him, so he said, "Oh, it's not a glorious thing. If it's cold today, ordinary people's lives are not easy, so the life of the bandits on the mountain will be difficult." It's even more difficult, the more difficult it is, the more they will come out to fight the autumn wind, but the common people also have to live, so there is no oil or water."

"So, what agreement did you make?" Lian Yan glanced at Ouyang Lu. He thought he was a smart person, but now he seems to be stupid. To negotiate with a tiger and a bandit, a fool would not do such a thing!

"What agreement can I make, that is, my lord will take out all my savings in recent years, plus the funds raised by several big families in Canglan, and give a total of 5000 taels of silver to these bandits, hoping to live a stable life, thank you Let everyone have a safe year." With regret on his face, "Your Excellency is also kind, but who would have thought that this group of people actually took the money out of here, the poor Miss Guan family only got married this year, but she went home to visit her." Visiting relatives, to be in such a catastrophe, if I had known this before and got married, I shouldn't have come back!"

"Ugh!"

"Master Ouyang is really a genius, there is so much money that there is nowhere to spend it!" Lian Yan didn't know what to say, the dignified Canglan Zhizhou, a fifth-rank official of the imperial court, was reduced to trading with bandits in exchange for a moment of peace. I don't know whether to say that Ouyang Lu is incompetent or hate Cang Lan's banditry is really rampant!

"What can I do?" Ouyang Lu poked his neck and his voice was a little hoarse: "The common people have to live their lives. They come down here and there to make troubles, making every family feel uneasy. The imperial court sent people to suppress the bandits several times, but in the end It's just scratching the surface. They earned fame and returned to the court and received great rewards, but the people of Canglan are still suffering. I'm just a scholar. I can't beat those bandits. I can only use my own method to let the people live in peace for two days. day."

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Lian Yan was a little embarrassed: "Well, I didn't mean that, Mr. Ouyang, don't take it to heart, I'm sorry. Mr. Ouyang's dedication to the people of Canglan makes me admire, but this method is a little lacking A little bit, but it doesn't matter, things have happened, and we should find a way to solve it is the right way."

Ouyang Lu rubbed his sour eyes, and laughed at himself: "Let General Lian see a joke, it's true that I am a man of seven feet who can't even protect the women and children in my own jurisdiction. Master Guan!"

"I just said that Miss Guan was robbed from Mount Cui to become the wife of that bandit's daughter?" Lian Yan felt a little strange: "Isn't this bandit's daughter too precious?"

"Oh, it's not just Jingui." Ouyang Lu also found it ridiculous when talking about this matter: "It's not a joke to say that Qin Jian dotes on his daughter. I thought he wanted his daughter to know two characters, but I heard that Qin Jian not only let his daughter know how to read, but also learned everything from four books to five classics, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is more than enough for a rich lady from a wealthy family."

"Oh?" Lian Yanzheng heard it for the first time: "I want to come to Qin Jian to find a good family for my daughter, otherwise what are you doing here?"

"That's not it." Ouyang Lu shook his head: "This is also an anecdote about Canglan. The eldest lady is already twenty this year. A girl from an ordinary family should have married a long time ago, but Qin Jian doesn't seem to have this at all. Thinking about it, there were people in the surrounding villages who wanted to propose marriage, but Qin Jian beat them all back. In my opinion, the Qin family wanted to train that young lady as the next bandit leader."

After hearing this, Lian Yan glanced at Ouyang Lu lightly, and with just one glance at Ouyang Lu, he knew where he had said something wrong, and said quickly: "I didn't mean General Lian."

How could he have forgotten that this General Lian was two years older than the eldest lady on the Zhecui Mountain, and no one had said that he was married so far. It was also an anecdote in the court. Shut up and stop talking.

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