The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Wan Lianxing said, "Take it out. Dongqing and I will sit here and have a few drinks. You can take people to roast the game we hunted...you guys can go play over there."

He took down two jars of wine from the carriage and found a bag of peanuts for them to drink with. Then he took his men to roast game.

After two sips of wine, Ge Dongqing asked, "My Lord, where did your follower go?"

"Why are you asking other questions? I sent him out to learn skills."

"Learning skills?"

"He was idle all day and didn't take good care of Cheng Youning, which made my nephew's wife very dissatisfied with me. She was afraid that the follower would delay Cheng Youning's visit, so I had to assign a random task to the follower and sent him out. He came back after a few days."

Wan Lianxing successfully diverted the topic away from his follower with just one sentence. He assigned the follower a difficult task, and he was not sure when the follower would return.

"Brother, your daughter-in-law is not simple, right? I think she is quite good at hiding things."

Wan Lianxing said: "Hahahaha, that's what we call a little devil. She is good at collecting money, but she doesn't like money, and neither does my nephew."

"My Lord, it is said that your Wan family has endless rice to eat, endless silk to wear, and endless mountains of gold and silver to spend. Is that true?"

Wan Lianxing said: "It's just a rumor. No matter how much money you have, it will eventually be squandered. It's just that there is no shortage of money."

"I heard that big brother's family has a mine?"

Wan Lianxing raised his eyelids, "Oh? Where did you hear that, brother?"

"Who needs to tell me? Every year, a few people are exiled from Bian Jing, and they always bring a lot of news. They say they can be used to fuel the fire."

"Oh, you are talking about the coal mine." Wan Lianxing thought that the news about the iron mine had been leaked. If that was the case, he would have to make plans early.

"Brother, what does a coal mine look like?"

"You'll see it when we get back to the governor's mansion. It's black..."

Wan Lianxing had just said half of his words when he heard his attendant shout, "Stop those people later."

"Follow me, why are you stopping people?"

The attendant pointed to the distance and said, "My Lord, those people have knives on their bodies. I'm afraid they are assassins or robbers."

Those people were still quite far away from here, about a dozen of them, and their ages were hard to tell. But what the escort said was right, there was a metallic glint on their waists, it must be a knife.

Ge Dongqing said: "No one in Mochun County has heard of me as a robber. County Magistrate Chen is very strict in arresting people. If anyone is caught breaking the law, he will be beaten to a pulp. Besides, the poor here can't even afford to eat, so robbers can't get any money."

The attendant said, "We should be more careful. It's okay if one or two people carry knives, but if more than ten people carry knives, it's suspicious no matter how you look at it."

Ge Dongqing said: "That's right, everyone knows that Big Brother has come to Mochun County. There are many vicious people here. Maybe these people are coming for Big Brother."

Wan Lianxing said, "Call some kids over here."

Cheng Youning, who had just been digging through the grass, turning over stones, and lying in a cave, suddenly sat in Wan Lianxing's arms, holding a cricket he had just caught. "Little Grandpa, is there an assassin?"

"You are such a troublemaker with your little ears. You seem like a bad guy. I wonder if you are."

"Hurry up and call my father down from the mountain. They shouldn't have gone far."

Wan Lianxing hugged Cheng Youning and said, "What are you afraid of with your little grandpa here?"

Cheng Youning hugged Wan Lianxing's neck tightly, "Assassins are often fierce and brutal, and every strike is fatal. My grandson is a little scared."

"Don't be afraid, Grandpa can protect you."

At this time, Qiao Rong and Hong Yunrang also ran over, with expressions of horror on their faces. The bad guys hadn't arrived yet, but these people were already scared.

Ge Dongqing said: "Brother, go hide in the back. They are definitely coming for you."

Wan Lianxing raised the wine jar and laughed loudly: "Why are you hiding? Drink. Don't pay attention to those people. You will know after you catch them and ask them."

The people protecting Wan Lianxing were all agile and well-trained. They quickly lay in ambush on the roadside, waiting for an opportunity to ambush the dozen or so people of unknown origin.

Wan Lianxing glanced at the group of people who were getting closer and closer, "Follow them, they are talking and laughing, they don't look like robbers, don't hurt any good people by mistake."

Ge Dongqing also said: "Judging from their attire, they must be villagers from nearby."

At this time, the people were already close, and it was too late to say anything. The people who were ambushing on the roadside suddenly jumped out and held down eight or nine people. Another six or seven people were scared and ran away. Among them were some children around ten years old. They shouted, "Robbery, robbery... robbery..."

Ge Dongqing stood up suddenly and threw the small wine jar to the ground. "Brother, it's really a robbery. The person who dares to rob you in broad daylight is too reckless. Where did these robbers come from? They are too bold."

Wan Lianxing said, "Why do I feel something is wrong?"

Ge Dongqing said: "Brother, they are shouting about robbery, what can be wrong with that?"

Wan Lianxing said: "Not only do these people not know how to fight and kill, they are shrinking like frightened birds. Don't you think they are more likely to encounter bad guys?"

Wan Lianxing shouted, "Stop catching them."

The attendant said: "We caught them all. Not a single one escaped."

Ge Dongqing said: "Brother's men are indeed well-trained."

Wan Lianxing stood up and walked over to see that they were all villagers, and several of them shouted, "We have no money."

The attendant said: "If you don't have money, just come out and rob."

"You are the ones who robbed us, okay? We were walking peacefully and you suddenly jumped out. Go ahead and search us and take whatever you find. We have nothing anyway."

Wan Lianxing said: "Let him go quickly, this is just a misunderstanding."

The attendant ignored Wan Lianxing's instructions and continued to interrogate: "Why do you have knives on your body?"

"We are passing by the mountains, so let's cut some duck grass to feed the ducks."

"Where is your home?"

"It's the village ahead, just a few steps away."

"Then why did you come from the back?"

"You are from outside the area, right? The kind-hearted Marquis has come to our Mochun County. He paid for the water conservancy project for me. The government office went to various villages to recruit workers today. They want as many men as possible. There is also a better offer. The Marquis has said that we don't have to do corvée labor, and he will give us three copper coins every day. So we just ran to the city to sign up. The city is just behind us."

Wan Lianxing, who was known for his kind heart, kept his mouth shut tightly and did not dare to mention at all that he was the kind-hearted person they were talking about. It should be said that Chen Gongxiang handled the matter too efficiently. As soon as he spoke, Chen Gongxiang took action immediately. It turned out that Wan Lianxing had not misjudged the person. Only such an upright, non-greedy and incorruptible person could govern Mochun County well.