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However, Zong Yinglin, the prefect of Chizhou, was not arrogant.
The Nanling Magistrate's understanding is that if you want to borrow troops from others, you always have to lower your face to ask for it.
Tang Tianyuan knew that Zong Yinglin's reluctance to suppress the bandits was mostly because Phoenix Mountain was too close to Tongling County. For him, Tongling County was definitely a place of right and wrong.
But this old Mei is so brave, he dares to say anything. Tang Tianyuan reminded him, "My county chief here is surnamed Zhou, and you will see him in a while. Don't mention the prefect in front of him."
Mei Laowu was mysterious and asked in a low voice, "Is he from the prefect?"
Tang Tianyuan laughed. This rough guy is also careful.
He let Mei Laowu settle down first, and then he took a closer look at the documents that Mei Laowu brought.
The documents are all recorded in great detail, when, where, and who reported the officials, what was robbed, whether there were any casualties, and so on. After Tang Tianyuan read it once, he felt that something was wrong. He took out the first document again and looked at it.
The bandits on Phoenix Mountain first appeared more than half a year ago.
This time is the time when Lao Tie cheated and escaped, and the time when gold thieves killed people.
Tang Tianyuan suddenly found a new idea.
Gold mining and alchemy are all physical labor, and there should be a lot of coolies. Except for the five who died, where did the rest go? At first, he thought the rest might die in other mines—a mine is big, there should be more than one, although he hasn't found the others. But do you think, who would disperse the bodies after killing people, how many in this one and how many in that? Decentralized processing is obviously easier than centralized processing, and no one will be so stupid.
There was only one explanation. The mine they accidentally found was the one where the bodies were collected. There were only five bodies in total.
Something must have gone wrong here. It is very likely that there was a problem with the silence link, which caused Sun Yuanwai and the others to not know that the bandits on Phoenix Mountain were the same group of coolies. Otherwise, Sun Yuanwai is unlikely to report to the official, the reason why he dared to report to the official is to choose to believe that Lao Tie is dead, which is in his favor. have to say that Sun Yuanwai probably lost his food because of the pain and was in a hurry, so this is the way. Or the old iron has become so different from the past that it is difficult to identify.
All of the above are speculations and need to be confirmed. But if they are true, Tang Tianyuan only needs to arrest all the bandits and ask them, and he will know all the details of the gold mining.
Thinking about it is really a little excited.
The author has something to say: writing reasoning is really brain-burning T_T
☆、Chapter 51
The county magistrate shut himself in the room and thought hard, and after finally realizing it, he convened a meeting together.
Mei Laowu was invited to attend the meeting. He has already met the county magistrate and the master of the county. The county magistrate is the eyeliner of the prefect An Cha, and the master is a girl. Having seen such a unique combination, Mei Laowu began to worry about the reliability of the county magistrate.
Sure enough, the county magistrate said silently, "We need to suppress the bandits."
Mei Laowu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, isn't this nonsense. To suppress bandits and bandits, you have to have soldiers to suppress them. What... Mei Laowu wanted to complain again, but just glanced at Zhou Zhengdao, and he shut his mouth.
Tan Lingyin didn't know these mysteries yet. She asked, "Then when will we start? Do we need to go to the mansion to rescue troops first? Also, what did you say last time, my lord..."
Tang Tianyuan was afraid that she would reveal what happened before, so he waved his hand to interrupt her, "What you want to say is not in a hurry, we will discuss it later. Now, we need to send someone to ask the prefect to move troops."
As for who to send... Tan Lingyin and Mei Lao Wu Cong looked at Zhou Zhengdao in unison.
These young people are just not subtle enough, and what they want to say and do is written on their faces. Zhou Zhengdao coughed, "I'm humble..."
"Zhou Xiancheng still has something to do, so I don't need to bother you with such trivial matters. This official has a suitable candidate in mind."
Everyone was a little confused, and even Zhou Zhengdao was surprised.
"Cong Shun."
"exist."
"Go and invite Sun Yuanwai."
Tan Lingyin immediately understood his intention. Nanling County was also troubled by bandits before, but there has been no suppression of bandits. It is difficult to say that it was not Zong Yinglin who prevented it. If this is the case, isn't Tongling County still unable to suppress the bandits? Unless you can say that the movement should be Lin. As for who to ask to persuade, Zhou Zhengdao is a dog, so naturally he can't persuade his master, so it is best to use money to invite him. I invited Sun Yuanwai over and told him that it wasn't that our county government was not interested. It was because the Futai adults didn't let go, and we didn't know what to do... By then, Sun Yuanwai would probably have gone to Chizhou Mansion with a gift of money.
Tang Tianyuan saw that everyone else had dispersed, only Tan Lingyin was stunned in the chair, with a stunned expression on her face. He laughed, walked over and poked her in the face lightly, "Why, are you reluctant to leave?"
Tan Lingyin came back to her senses and praised sincerely, "Sir, you are so smart."
Tang Tianyuan has been praised by many people before, so he doesn't take it seriously when he is used to it. But the feeling of being praised by Tan Lingyin is completely different now. If he had a tail behind him, it would definitely be up at the moment.
Sitting next to Tan Lingyin, he quickly explained everything.
Tan Lingyin's eyes went straight, "Really, really?"
"It's just speculation, you don't have to look at me like that." Really, Xiao Gan'er started thumping again.
"Oh." Tan Lingyin had a ghost in her own heart, blushing and bowing her head.
Tang Tianyuan kept looking at her secretly, seeing that her face was as red as a ripe apple in the golden autumn, her eyes twitched uneasily, causing her eyelashes to fly, she was indescribably cute. He suddenly remembered something, so he took it out from his arms, took out a small cloth bag, a long thing wrapped in crimson silk cloth, he opened it carefully, and took out the thing inside, it was a hairpin.
"Here." Tang Tianyuan handed the hairpin to Tan Lingyin's eyes, and she couldn't help but ignore it.
Tan Lingyin was stunned, "For me?"
"Hmm." He smiled and nodded.
Tan Lingyin took the hairpin. The whole hairpin is made of pure gold. The handle of the hairpin is thin and tapered. The tail is expanded into a fan shape. Small gems are set on the fan surface.
Tang Tianyuan pointed to the handle of the hairpin and deliberately said, "The core here is silver."
"It's not pure gold..." The tone was slightly disappointed.
Tang Tianyuan helplessly raised his forehead, "You really don't know what that means?"
"I don't know." After Tan Lingyin finished speaking, she grabbed the hairpin and pulled her legs away.
Tang Tianyuan knew she was shy, so he followed and watched her go out. He held the door frame and smiled, "What are you going to give me?"
What responded to him was an ever-faster footstep, as if fleeing for his life.
Tang Tianyuan smiled even more and shouted at her back, "I don't want toads!"
Tan Lingyin felt like there was a fire on her neck, so she went back to her residence. She closed the door tightly, sat down and took a sip of water.
Looking at the hairpin in hand, was so nervous that palms were sweating and the handle of the hairpin was slippery. She wiped the hairpin carefully.
This kind of hairpin is called Qibao Tongxin Hairpin. The silver core wrapped in gold is not to save money, but it is named "Tongxin", how could she not know it.
Tang Feilong gave her the Qibao Concentric Hairpin.
Tan Lingyin was full of sweetness. She turned the hairpin over and over, looking at the patterns on the hairpin and looking at the gems in the sunlight, and she couldn't put it down.
After watching for a while, she was a little melancholy again. Tang Feilong is about to be engaged to the daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites, so why did he give her this? He didn't know that she liked him a little, so he deliberately played with her and misunderstood her?
With Tang Feilong's character, it is very likely that he would do such a thing. Besides, didn't she just beat him a few days ago, in case he just wanted revenge...
No, no, no, Tang Feilong wouldn't be so tasteless. And didn't he say that he likes a girl? How many girls are there in the county government? Except for his few maids, it seems that she is the only one left...
What if it's a girl somewhere else? Before he came to Tongling County, what kind of girl did he know?
After thinking about it, Tan Lingyin's brain was about to burst.
Tang Tianyuan told Sun Yuanwai the difficulty of suppressing the bandits, and as expected, Sun Yuanwai had to pack something and set off on the same day, and he had to go to Chizhou Mansion to ask for help.
There is no way, the three thousand mu of land, the new and old grains together are nearly a stone, and it is worth 20,000 taels according to two taels of silver and one stone. Moreover, this year is different from previous years, and the food and taxes have to be paid according to the actual number. Now that the food has been emptied, he has to pay the money and tax himself. Just thinking about it makes him so painful that he can't sleep.
The arrival of Sun Yuanwai was quite unexpected to Zong Yinglin, but he still received him. When Sun Yuan met outside, he cried: how difficult it is to grow some food, how abhorrent the bandits are, how the villain I have nowhere to go, if you help me snatch the food back, you will be my reborn parents, and I will definitely repay You, blah blah blah.
Zong Yinglin is a sensible person, and after listening to his cry without hesitation, he asked, "How did you find this official here?"
Sun Yuanwai thought that Zong Yinglin was blaming him for being abrupt, so he quickly apologized with a smile on his face, and asked someone to bring the ordered things over.
Zong Yinglin had to ask the details carefully, and finally understood: it was Tang Feilong's idea. This kid is smart enough. If he can't do things by himself, and he doesn't want to pay for trouble, he encourages others to do it.
Zong Yinglin then said, "You have come all the way here, and if this official doesn't help, it will be too unapproachable."
Sun Yuanwai hurriedly said yes.
At this time, a person walked in from the outside, without looking at Sun Yuanwai, and walked directly to Zong Yinglin.
Sun Yuanwai felt that this person was too conspicuous, and the person inside was talking about something, so why did he come in without knocking on the door.
The man looked in a hurry, walked to Zong Yinglin, lowered his head and said a few words in his ear. The voice was so low that Sun Yuanwai didn't hear a word.
Zong Yinglin's face changed slightly and nodded, "I see."
After the man left, Zong Yinglin said to Sun Yuanwai, "It's a little troublesome. You'll talk about it later."
"But, my lord..." Sun Yuanwai was a little embarrassed, and when he said it, it made people feel at a loss. This time it's not the same as last time. They are in control, aren't they just a bunch of bandits? Just fight.
Zong Yinglin shook his head helplessly and scolded, "You talk about it, just for the few taels of gold, how much I wiped your ass these days! Originally, I expected you to keep an eye on it, but it turned out to be good. Just keep an eye on it, let's not talk about it, how much trouble you have caused!"
Such a scolding made Sun Yuanwai very confused, "Sir, what did the villain do wrong, please clarify."
It seemed he was still in the dark. Zong Yinglin waved his hand weakly, "Forget it, you can go back first. In short, the bandits on Phoenix Mountain can't be suppressed yet."
Sun Yuanwai was defeated and returned.
He wanted to find someone to complain about, and scolded Zong Yinglin for being unreliable. After searching around, he couldn't find a suitable person. In the end, he had to speak to the county magistrate.
Tang Tianyuan was a little surprised. Thinking in the worst direction, Zong Yinglin has noticed something?
He was going to discuss with Tan Lingyin. He hadn't seen each other for a day. He was thinking of her. By the way, he could see what she had prepared for him.
The more he thought about it, the more dàng he became, Tang Tianyuan went to the south study.
Oh no one. He asked around, and if he had seen her, he said that Master Tan went out early in the morning.