"If I'm not mistaken, you are the one who makes the first move. The Third Boss is just checking the goods. If you can't pass this test, the other party will turn around and go back. They won't trade with the people in the village at all, right? So, are you from the Yizhou family, or are you someone Zhu Zhen uses to contain the First Boss?"
The village head pulled the corner of his mouth, wanting to deny it, but under Qiao Xin's cold gaze, he couldn't say it.
“Both!”
"I can't believe you're the winner of both!"
The head of the village blushed and stopped talking. Some things are one thing to do in private, but if they are brought to the surface and publicized, that is another matter!
No one would like to be around a two-faced person, especially when he can't figure out where the person in front of him comes from, he dare not say much!
But he didn't expect that after just the first encounter, he was already defeated and all his secrets were exposed.
There's no point in hiding it anymore. The other party has probably already investigated their background and is just waiting for them to come to them!
So, the governor answered whatever Qiao Xin asked!
The third in command was almost dumbfounded by what he heard. It turned out that there were so many things between the first in command and the head of the village that they were hiding from their brothers!
It turned out that the general had been using them from the beginning to the end, waiting for the day when he would ascend to a high position and then eliminate all these minions who had helped him do all the dirty and shady things.
Good, very cruel, worthy of being the Butcher General!
Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!
The Third Master sneered and said, "You are indeed a good dog raised by Zhu Zhen. Even at this point, you are still helping him conceal the truth. The iron mine map of Xiaogushan is in your hands! Even the gold and silver mines in Yizhou were dug out by you and your men, right?"
I (fuck), there is actually such a thing going on here!
Qiao Xin was visibly interested in watching the show.
They tried their best to find out the origins of these people in a short time. Including Zhu Zhen's original team, they all came from Yizhou. In the previous dynasty, they were all hidden households and slaves of Yizhou's noble families.
Taking advantage of the time when the country is destroyed, the family is ruined and the world is in chaos, break away from the control of the master.
No one knows how Zhu Zhen rose from a butcher to the position of a general in Southern Liang, and now most of the power in the court is in his hands.
This mass killing of local aristocratic officials in Southern Liang was actually intentional.
The children of aristocratic families in Yizhou watched as Emperor Wu gradually suppressed the gentry and promoted people who had passed the imperial examinations, while the young people from aristocratic families were not given important positions. So they turned their attention to Southern Liang.
Isn't this just a deal with Zhu Zhen, playing the trick of changing the cage and replacing the bird!
Zhu Zhen was not stupid. Although he hated scholars, he also knew that governing the country was inseparable from civil officials. The reason why he killed half of the civil officials in the court was that upon closer inspection, it was found that they were all from local aristocratic families in Southern Liang who had had grudges against him.
Now that the position is vacant, all the civil and military officials in the court are silent. No one is willing to take over, which is a good opportunity for the Yizhou family!
This time, along with the goods came a group of young men from noble families who were heading to Nanliang to explore the country, traveling with them under the pretext of studying!
Only the boss and the village head knew such important information.
The Third In Command was truly their godly assistant, as he revealed this important news as soon as he opened his mouth.
Qiao Xin felt a little regretful. She acted too hastily and sent the bandits to death too early. If she had given them more time, maybe she could have gotten some unexpected news!
The more Qiao Xin listened, the more she felt that none of these two gangs were easy to deal with. They would tell the truth about any questions you asked, but would keep silent about anything you didn't ask.
The main point is sufficient cooperation, but not thorough explanation!
Sure, let’s play the toothpaste squeezing game with her!
After packing up this batch of goods, she will have plenty of time to chat with a few people!
Keep listening, okay, there’s quite a lot going on!
It turned out that there was another stronghold like theirs on another hill. There were two other bandit groups like theirs in this area, but the bandits in their Xiaogushan were the most ferocious and had the strongest backing, so no one dared to provoke them easily.
While Wang Da Kui and others were getting angry, they were already sharpening their knives to attack the pigs and sheep, no, at the bandits!
Qiao Xin spat out the chestnut shell in her mouth and said with a smile: "Keep it to yourself. If you scare the little cutie, where will we find help?"
The head of the village and the third in command froze and stopped talking at the same time, as if they just realized what they had just said.
Qiao Xin looked at them with a smile.
Just watching them perform there quietly, you are treating him like a fool!
She is a thousand-year-old fox, why play Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio with her?
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Qiao Xin simply stopped interrogating them and had them put in solitary confinement.
"What's wrong with this, old lady?"
Wang Da Kui realized it belatedly and asked, "Why do I hear them using the hands of other gangs of bandits to consume our people?"
"Take away your feelings, that's what they plan to do!"
"So should we fight this bandit or not?"
"We have to fight, but not right now. We have to deal with things one by one. Tell Zhang Jun to talk more with other villagers when he has time. Maybe he can find out some secrets!
Wang Da Kui was so angry: "How cunning! Even at this time, he is still playing tricks on us!"
Qiao Xin looked at him with amusement: "Look at what you said, can a bandit be called a bandit if he is not cunning? Do you think any soft-hearted person can be a bandit?
Don’t think that those people are good people just because they have retired from the underworld. They may have killed more people than the bandits in the mountains!”
Wang Da Kui was silent!
Qiao Xin didn't dwell on this matter anymore and started asking about Qiao Yunqing's whereabouts!
"To reply to the old lady, the Second Master's people are already heading here and should be here tomorrow!"
"Let's send the kids away first. Since we are going to suppress the bandits, we can't let these kids hinder our progress! Let Qiao Yunqing's men take charge of the rest, and we can just assist. This area is under his jurisdiction after all, so it's perfect for them to take action!"
"What about the ball?"
"Send him away first. If the village head really cares about this grandson, he will put aside his little tricks! We can also give the villagers a chance to redeem themselves by seeing his performance!"
"Wouldn't that be a bargain for them?"
"We can't use the moral standards of prosperous times to demand those who survived the troubled times. That's unrealistic. Otherwise, there will be no innocent people in this world. The village head at least has some bottom line when doing things. Let's give them a chance.
Besides, these days, how lucky are we to meet someone who knows how to mine? In that aristocratic family, they would keep it hidden away as a treasure.
There is no shortage of people in troubled times. Along the way, there are refugees everywhere, but there is a shortage of capable people!
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