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Chapter 22 Lianwu Lake Thirteen Villages
In the Yizi Hall, Luo's bearded man was restless and dusty. When he saw Du Ruo, he jumped up like a nail on the stool, and said urgently: "Bang... Master, something big happened, we... …us……"

"Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly." Du Ruo said.

The bearded Luo picked up the teapot on the table, took a sip, wiped his mouth, and said, "Master, three days ago, I sent that batch of porcelain to Fushui at Sanchakou. When passing by Lianwu Lake, Thirteen The people from the village showed up. I used to pay the toll according to the usual rules, but this time, they insisted that we tied up the girls in their village and robbed our goods. Whether anyone is tied up by us is not up to them!"

The bearded Luo took a breath and said, "It's like they detained more than sixty of our brothers, and all the eight ships were also detained by them, and they also detained more than thirty of our brothers, saying that they want you to go there personally. Shisanzhai give them an explanation, otherwise they will not only kill people but also destroy goods, we are more than thirty brothers, and there are ships and goods..."

Du Ruo sat on the chair, slowly covered the fox fur on his legs, smoothed it gently, then raised his head and smiled slightly, and said, "I heard that there is a daughter's valley in this thirteen villages. I don't know that our brothers have entered it." Are you still in the mood to come back? The people in Shisanzhai didn’t just detain them in Daughter’s Valley, did they? Then we don’t need to worry!”

The corner of Luo's bearded mouth twitched, and he said, "Master, this is not the time to be joking. You should come up with a charter. There are more than thirty brothers. You should have heard of those people in Shisanzhai. The Miao people are not very polite. What if we really kill our brothers? Moreover, that batch of goods is worth more than [-] taels. If it is destroyed, our Juyi Gang may lose everything ah!"

Du Ruo poured a cup of tea slowly, took a sip, and said, "Then what do you think you can do now?"

"I..." The bearded Luo choked, and he said after a while: "Anyway, we can't let the leader go to the Thirteen Villages... Otherwise, we will call all the brothers to fight with them. Damn, he won't let us have a good time. We don’t make it easy for them either.”

Du Ruo shook his head slightly, and said: "The Thirteen Villages are located at the junction of the middle of Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou, and the terrain is complicated. Even the imperial court is letting go of that place. How many people are there in our Juyi Gang? What's more, the Thirteen What kind of power is the village, any random cottage is not something our Juyi Gang can afford, and the Thirteenth Village is even more united, if we go to beat them, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out if they can't get in."

"Then what should we do?" The bearded Luo asked anxiously.

Du Ruo waved his hand and said, "Go back and rest for a while, and I will find a way."

The bearded Luo wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth, didn't say anything, turned around and left with his hands clasped.

After Luo Dahuzi left, Du Ruo slowly stood up, sighed, and muttered, "Thirteen villages, this place is really troublesome!"

The Thirteen Villages is a very special place, which belongs to the middle of Shu, but is hardly under the management of the government. Strictly speaking, it is more like a Jianghu force, but it is somewhat different from the traditional Jianghu forces. The only contact with the outside world is to control the Lianwu Lake.

The Thirteen Villages is the largest settlement of the Miao people in central Sichuan. They are basically self-sufficient. They are composed of thirteen Miao villages. Each village is independent, but there is one most authoritative person in front of the general village. The master, in charge of the thirteen villages, is responsible for mediating internal conflicts.

However, it happens that such a Thirteen Village, which seems to be an ordinary village, is very famous in Central Shu. It is also very good at medicine, so it is jokingly called the Valley of the Medicine King in Sichuan.

The second point is Lianwu Lake, which is three hundred miles away. This is the center of the waterway at the junction of central Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou. Set up a life.

If there is a conflict between the Juyi Gang and the Thirteen Villages, Du Ruo does not believe it. With the background of the Thirteen Villages, it is a matter of blowing his breath to deal with a Juyi Gang who is not popular. Judging from the current situation, Du Ruo It is almost certain that the sudden attack on the thirteen villages was due to the matter of Yi Jianmen.

Du Ruo didn't suspect that Zhuo Bufan didn't keep his word. If Zhuo Bufan repented and wanted to deal with the Juyi Gang, it would not only be as simple as detaining a batch of goods and arresting a few people, but also would not give Luo Dahuzi and others a chance of survival.

Du Ruo had heard a rumor in the world that the master of Yijianmen had entered the Thirteenth Village three times, and since then Yijianmen and the Thirteenth Village have been on good terms.

Du Ruo was [-]% sure that the attack on the Thirteen Villages this time was due to someone wanting to take a sigh of relief for Ling Xiaoxiao, that's why he deliberately named him to go to the Thirteen Villages.

Thinking of this, Du Ruo couldn't help but sighed deeply. It really is that the situation is overwhelming. It would be a lot of trouble to provoke a world-class power like Shangyi Jianmen. They don't care about it at all, but A casual leak of a little trouble is enough to hurt the Juyi Gang, and the matter of the Thirteen Villages can't be dragged on for too long. If it gets out, the business of the Juyi Gang may plummet in the future.

"Thirteen villages, this trouble is really big!"

Du Ruo couldn't help rubbing his brows.

If he dares to go to the Thirteen Villages now, the future is really unknown, but if he doesn't go, it will not be a problem to procrastinate like this.

"There are still too few contacts, and their own strength is too weak."

Du Ruo sighed, and the appearance of County Magistrate Song appeared in his mind. He sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "I don't know if he will sell it for that little friendship..."

That night, Du Ruo took a few people to Shuixi County.

Now, he can only think of two ways, the first is the most stupid way, go to the Thirteen Villages in person, and leave his results to God to decide. A person with a good status leads a thread to build a bridge, and the big things are turned into small things, and the small things are turned into small things!
Although the Juyi Gang is pretty good in Shuixi County, but looking at Sichuan...even in Fengyang County, it is impossible to get on the table, and it is impossible to know anyone who can talk to the Thirteen Villages, after thinking about it Go, there is only one Song county magistrate, after all, he has the status of the seven-rank county magistrate of the imperial court.

Du Ruo prepared a lot of gifts, and visited County Magistrate Song overnight, but he was not too sure. Whether or not the Thirteen Villages would sell County Magistrate Song's face was a problem, and whether County Magistrate Song would sell his face was even more urgent. .

(End of this chapter)