After the tiger's cry, both sides rushed towards each other. For a moment, the forest was filled with shouts of killing. This was a real hand-to-hand fight. The two sides refused to give in. Either you died or I lived.

Seeing such a scene, Li Qiongying and Ruan Aoyue were frightened. Even Yue Su, who had seen big scenes, could not help but feel palpitations. This kind of hand-to-hand fighting had only been seen on TV in his previous life. They did not expect to experience it in person, so terrifying.

He did not step in to stop him because he knew that he was unable to stop him now. If you say you are the prefect, who would believe it? You might even have to put your head in it. Yue Su is just, but he is not stupid. There is a saying.

, When you are a corrupt official, you have to commit adultery, and when you are an upright official, you have to commit adultery even more.

Yue Su was frightened, but he couldn't help but wonder what they were doing with so many servants suddenly appearing. How could they just sit back and watch the private fight between the two parties without paying attention? Could it be that they came here to make soy sauce?

The answer was finally revealed. After nearly an hour of fighting, the shouts of killing stopped completely. The open space was littered with corpses, each one too horrific to look at. The winning party was Ma Han, and the party that was slaughtered was a mountain tiger. The body of a mountain tiger

He was stabbed six times and his death was quite tragic. Yue Su still remembers that when he was about to die, he tightly twisted a person's neck and broke the person's neck.

Everything was over. The two catchers who were standing aside and watching the excitement finally moved. They walked towards Ma Han together, clasping their fists as they walked and saying: "Boss Ma, congratulations, congratulations...Boss Ma has unified Tongyin Mountain."

"Brothers and I will have to rely on you a lot in the future. If anything happens in the future, Boss Ma will take care of you."

After hearing this, Yue Su almost lost his temper. How could this look so much like the gangsters and gangsters in Hong Kong movies, a family of cops and robbers?

"Tan Captou, Zhang Captou, you two are very polite. I will rely on you two more in the future. It's just a small comment, but it's not respectful. I hope you don't dislike it. When the things here are over, I will thank you very much.

"As he spoke, Ma Han took two stacks of gold leaves from his arms and stuffed them into the palms of the two catchers respectively.

These two people got gold leaves, and they were all smiles, "Boss Ma is too polite, you should be rewarded for your merit, you should be rewarded for your merit..."

Seeing this, Yue Su couldn't stand it anymore, but in order to understand the situation, he could only endure it. At this time, Ma Han ordered that all the corpses on his side be taken away, and the corpses on the mountain tiger's side should be taken away.

The two catchers were affected. After receiving the money, the two catchers immediately expressed their duty to do so.

Only now did Yue Su understand that there were so many servants who were working as loaders and unloaders. They would move corpses out of the forest. There would be vehicles prepared in advance outside, and then they would go back to town and that would be it.

Yue Su and the others waited until the final cleanup of the scene was completed before walking into the open space. When they saw the bright red blood stains on the soil, Yue Su couldn't help but cursed: "How could something like this happen in the world, and it happened under my rule?

If you don't take care of such a waste of human life, why would I be a prefect?"

"Brother Yue, this is really strange. So many people died at once. How come the murderer and the guards acted like nothing happened? It seems to be commonplace. Aren't you afraid that the family members of the deceased will report it to the government?" Don't look at Li Qiongying as a wealthy family.

This rich young lady has extremely careful thoughts, otherwise she would not be able to escape from the house and elope with others easily.

Ruan Aoyue on the side also nodded and said: "Brother Li is right, I think there is something fishy about this matter. Let's go to the town to inquire about it and see what is going on before we make any arguments." After that, she

Look at Yue Su.

"That's it, let's go back to the town now, meet up with Tie Qiu and the others first, and then go and inquire."

The three of them quickly returned to the town. As soon as they entered the town, they heard the sound of crying, presumably from the family members of the deceased. After walking into the town for a while, they happened to see a policeman driving a cart, delivering corpses from house to house.

, as soon as the deceased man saw the body, he immediately burst into tears. However, just crying is useless, you have to stuff money into the hand of the policeman, otherwise you will not be able to get the body back.

"What kind of world is this place? Isn't it true that under my rule in the Ming Dynasty, there are no kings?" Yue Su kept scolding in his heart, but at this moment, he heard someone shouting from the opposite side of the road: "Master, you are here."

Yue Su turned around and saw that the person calling was Pang Xiao, the servant of the palace, so he walked up to Pang Xiao in a few steps and said, "Where are Tie Qiu and the others now?"

"Back to you, sir. Let's all stay at the inn in front. Manager Iron sent us to look around and meet you, sir."

"Lead the way, let's go to the inn first."

Pang Xiao led the way, crossed a street, and came to an old inn. This inn had more than a dozen rooms, and it was already taken over by Tie Qiu. Yue Su was frugal, so they looked for something smaller along the way.

Because of his status and the fact that he has women around him, he always rents these small shops. After all, there are many people, so he needs a lot of guest rooms, and there is no shortage of the remaining two or three rooms.

After entering the store, Yue Su found Tie Qiu, entered the pre-arranged room, and asked a guard to look after him. Then he asked: "Tie Qiu, after you stayed, did you ask why these people went out with weapons?"

Private fight."

Tie Qiu replied: "Sir, after I checked in, I called for my assistant. I just said that when I entered the town, I encountered many people with weapons and going out in a hurry. I wonder if something important happened. Are there bandits here?

.Unexpectedly, the man replied that they were robbing the mines. I then asked what mine they were robbing, but the shop owner called the man, and he left in a hurry and did not have time to answer."

"Robbing the mines..." Yue Su muttered, remembering that the people in the forest also talked about the mines, and asked Mountain Tiger to hand over the mines in Tongyin Mountain, otherwise they would take action. It seemed that they were really trying to grab the mines.

When he thought of this, Yue Su reacted, "That's not right. The imperial court has a ban on private mining. Once discovered, the family will be confiscated and exterminated. Who is so bold and dares to mine without permission? In the local area, the police officers clearly know that, regardless of whether

If you don't tell me, you are still acting as an aid to the tiger. Even if you want to come to the local county magistrate, it is impossible to be clean."

After estimating the time, it was already Shen Shi, and it was not far from dinner time. Yue Su said, "Well, let's ask the guy again during dinner later."

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At two o'clock in the hour, Yue Su and others went to the front hall to have dinner. Thirteen people sat at two tables, six servants at one table, and Yue Su shared a table with the others. This was also Yue Su's rule, especially when going out, in order not to cause trouble.

People are suspicious, and it's harder to identify someone if you look casually.

For this meal, Yue Su deliberately ordered eight dishes and some wine. When the waiter had brought the wine and food, he said: "Man, when I just entered the town, I saw the police officers delivering corpses door to door.

What's going on? Could it be that there are horse thieves? If so, we'll leave immediately after dinner and don't dare to stay here anymore."

The waiter's name is Jia Si. He is the nephew of the shop owner. Both his parents are dead. He lives with his uncle. All his food and drink expenses are directed at this inn. It is rare for an inn to accommodate so many guests. When Yue Su said that he was worried about horse thieves, he did not plan to

He stopped, was startled, and quickly explained: "Master, you have misunderstood. We don't have any horse thieves here. This is a fight between Master Ma and Master Hu to grab the Tongyinshan Mine."

"Ah..." Yue Su pretended to be surprised and said: "Why did you use real swords and guns to grab the mine and kill people? Aren't you afraid that the government will find out? You must be lying to me, don't believe it, don't believe it..."

"Sir, you are from a foreign country and may not know much about the world here. Listen to me, there is a mine in Yinjiang County called Tongyin Mountain, which is ten miles outside the west entrance of the town. You can go west when you go out.

Look, you can see that mountain. This mountain is rich in copper mines. Nowadays, if you have copper, you are afraid of not having money, so local people with some skills go to the mountain to mine. Tongyin Mountain is so big, it doesn’t take just a few people to do it.

It was hollowed out, so more and more people started mining. That Mr. Hu was from Maqiao Town, and he was also the first one to lead people up the mountain to mine. Over the past few years, he made a lot of money, and later he worked in

The town recruited many people to work for him, and his strength became stronger and stronger. With more people, the mine was still so big, and the money was obviously not as much as before, so Mr. Hu began to grab other people's mines. Don't

The mine owners also hope to make money from mining, so how can they give up the mine? The two sides disagree and fight, inevitably there will be casualties, and those who die will consider themselves unlucky. Of course, the losing party must give up the mine.

Over time, an unwritten rule has formed in our Yinjiang County. Whoever wants to occupy other people's mines must defeat the original party. Two years later, Mr. Hu occupied the other people's mines by robbing them.

Nearly 30% of the territory on Tongyin Mountain belongs to one of the most important people in Yinjiang County. The party facing him today is Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma was originally a subordinate of Mr. Hu. Because of his many ideas, he won the respect of Mr. Hu, and he also joined him.

They recruited dozens of people and relied on Master Hu's power to rob two mines in Tongyin Mountain. However, at that time, Master Ma had to make contributions to Master Hu every year and obey Master Hu's orders. Who knows what would happen next?

After three years, Master Ma invited a group of people from nowhere. This group of people was very fierce. In less than two years, Master Ma helped Master Ma capture nearly 60% of the territory of Tongyin Mountain in one fell swoop. During this period, there were many fights like this

There are countless people who died, and hundreds of people died. It can be said that none of the owners of the mines in this mountain are easy to mess with. After laying such a large foundation, Master Ma will no longer be under the control of Master Hu, but the two parties are.

The water in the well does not offend the river. But not long ago, Mr. Ma suddenly announced that Mr. Hu would give up the mine. Of course, Mr. Hu would not show weakness. The two sides decided to have a showdown in the woods outside the town today. I just heard that it was

Lord Tiger was defeated and his life was at stake, and now his whole family is crying in the house."

After listening to Jia Si's story, Yue Su realized what Fa Tian was even more. He still pretended to be surprised and said: "There are still things like this. You are not bragging. So many people died at once. Don't the government just ignore it?"

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"Every big man in the county eats his own food and eats his own food. Regardless of whether he is beaten or beaten, he is given money. Who do you want him to do? He can only turn a blind eye.

I closed my eyes and pretended I didn't see anything. The family members of the dead people initially went to the Yamen to file complaints, but the county boss pushed them back with just one sentence, "If a slap in the face can't make a difference, you are voluntarily fighting for your life. Now,

If you are dead and complaining, then why go up and fight?" After saying that, he asked the police officer to give the complaining person a slap in the face and drive him out. From then on, no one complained again, but the fight on Tongyin Mountain never happened.

It has never stopped. Maybe this means that people will die for money and birds will die for food, and they will be beaten or endured."

After hearing this, Yue Su nodded with a wry smile and thought to himself: "That's true. I'm really willing to fight and suffer. I know that I might lose my life, but I still go ahead and do it. It seems that money is too tempting.

No matter ancient or modern times, there are people who take risks just for money."

He coughed dryly and then said: "I remember that the imperial court has a ban on private mining. Anyone who violates this will have their homes confiscated and their families destroyed. Don't you people here know that?"

"Who doesn't know this? But as long as the county magistrate takes the money, he doesn't care about it. There are so many mine owners on the mountain, and no one will pay him filial piety. Over the past few years, the family has been filled with gold and silver. How can there be anything?

Don’t worry about the prohibition. After all, he doesn’t care about this kind of thing. How could the emperor know about it when he is so far away in Beijing?”

Well, your Yinjiang County is really as high as the sky and the emperor is far away. You can become a local emperor here. Yue Su was so angry that his teeth itched with hatred, but his face remained calm and he said: "They beat people to death in order to earn money from mines. Why are they still there?"

Is the county government officer helping to deliver the body? What is going on is really hard to figure out."

Jia Si said: "The Ma Kuai team leader in the yamen has been fed by these mine owners for a long time. When fighting over mines, these poor men would eat other people's mouths and ignore them. Of course, they would ignore them. In the past, two families fought over mines.

During the fight, most of the people who were killed were abandoned in the wilderness. If wild dogs passed by or vultures flew from the sky, their bodies would inevitably be damaged. If they could see the bodies, their families would be sad and angry, but they could still bear it.

It is inevitable that there will be emotions when there is a corpse, and it is impossible to file a complaint in the county. If you go to Tongren Mansion to file a complaint, you will have to spend a lot of money on the county magistrate. Seeing that the county magistrate is always worried about this matter, Mr. Ma came up with an idea.

When a fight occurs, it must be reported to the Yamen in advance, and someone from the Yamen will be responsible for supervising and returning the body of the deceased. The officer cleans up the body, which is not in vain. The victorious party will be rewarded. I heard that the reward is all gold.

..." Speaking of this, Jia Si paused and then said: "The guards can also get benefits when they return the body. The family members of the deceased must pay the guards money. This is called errand fee. In order to see the body, the family members

Every corpse has acquiesced in this case of money."

After listening to Jia Si's series of words, Yue Su quickly concluded that this man named Ma Han was a very scheming and powerful character. Thinking that Tongyin Mountain must be a mixed bag, he could stand out in just a few years.

It is not difficult to imagine the extraordinary features of annexing the entire mine. Yue Su said calmly and politely: "It turns out that it is such a thing. It seems that I misunderstood. Don't be in a hurry to eat. Eat slowly.

After eating, have a good sleep."

Seeing Yue Su not leaving, Jia Si felt happy and ran to the kitchen to eat.

Li Qiongying, Ruan Aoyue and others snickered in their hearts, thinking that Yue Su could really deceive people and make the waiter stunned. No wonder he could solve so many cases. Du Shiniang and others were shocked by the waiter's words.

I really can't believe that this place is so lawless. It seems that our Lord Yue is going to be furious again.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Yue Su was in front of everyone, and of course he had to share a room with Ruan Aoyue. However, there was only one bed, so he had to make a bunk on the floor.

After blowing out the lamp and taking a rest, Ruan Aoyue asked Yue Su how he wanted to deal with Yinjiang County. Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "How else can we deal with it? Let's make the punishment clear."

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To be continued...