Li Guanhua naturally did not believe that this group of people did not know who Xu Yong was.
He only threatened fiercely, "Don't pretend to be innocent for me. I'm here just for Yong'er! If you want to hide it from me, I'll take advantage of you."
When the leader heard this, he immediately begged, "Strong man, we really don't know who Xu Yong is? Why don't you give us a hint and let's think about it later."
Li Guanhua said excitedly, "Xu Yong is General Xu's son."
When he heard this, the man became even more confused. It was not that he didn't know Xu Yong. After all, the Xu family army was still very famous. He just couldn't understand why General Xu and his family came to this small town of Anxi when they were all in the capital. , Logically speaking, their place is quite dark, but this is not the case in their area. Aren't other places that do not go to the countryside similar to ours?
When he thought of this, the man immediately cried out, "We really didn't arrest General Xu's son. If we knew he was coming, we would have entertained him with good food and wine. How dare we do anything to General Xu's son?" , wouldn’t that be life-threatening?”
"Yes, this brave man, we definitely did not hide General Xu secretly. How could we have the courage? Could you have made a mistake here?"
I heard that this group of people actually dared to quibble in front of me.
Li Guanhua became more and more excited. He only said, "Drag them down and beat them! Beat them until they confess. Remember to beat me hard while everyone is watching!"
After hearing Li Guanhua's order, the soldiers below immediately cooperated and dragged these people down. Those people immediately shouted their injustice, but their cry of injustice only made Li Guanhua feel that they were provoking him.
So he even went out to watch them being beaten.
At this time, there was a bench outside the courtyard, and the people were being escorted to lie on the bench. They tried to struggle, just like a fish that came ashore to be slaughtered, but the fish could not escape from the hands of the people at all. Heart.
Naturally, there were not only others in the courtyard. In addition to the people arranged by Li Guanhua, there were also female servants in the courtyard. As soon as these female servants saw their master being pressed on that bench, and the people next to them were holding sticks, they immediately began to lose control. stand up.
Some people cried for master, while others pleaded for mercy. For such people, Li Guanhua let them make trouble.
Anyway, since he dared to come here to find someone without an order, he was ready for everything.
However, there were also some who were brave. When they saw this situation, they even wanted to rush to those men.
For this kind of female relatives. He'll get people to stop him.
Li Guanhua didn't take these women seriously. He immediately turned his gaze and said to them at the end, "Are you going to recruit them or not?"
He said with a sad face, "Sir, we really have nothing to recruit!"
They were telling the truth. It was impossible for Xu Yong to come to such a place.
However, Li Guanhua was convinced that Xu Yong came here. After all, he had received Xu Yong's handwritten letter asking for help. Could he still admit that Xu Yong's handwriting was wrong?
And even if someone wrote the letter as a trick, it's impossible for the token to be fake.
Li Guanhua really didn't believe this group of people, he just thought that these people were just tough talkers.
So he immediately got angry and said, "Hit me! Beat them until they confess! I want to see whether it is my stick that is stronger or their mouths that are stronger!"
With Li Guanhua's threat, the people below immediately shut up.
Then the soldiers holding sticks only hit the body hard with the sticks. However, considering that they were only trying to force a confession, the sticks did not fall on the waist where most people could kill. Instead, they landed on the fleshy and easy-to-feel waist. onto the sore buttocks.
They showed no mercy.
Sure enough, as the first stick fell, the group of people immediately let out miserable wails.
At the same time, Li Guanhua asked without blinking, "Are you going to do this or not?"
However, this group of people really didn’t know where Xu Yong was, so they just begged in an even louder voice than before, “We really don’t know where General Xu is! Sir, please spare us! We really have no idea.” How dare you do this to General Xu?"
After hearing what these people said, Li Guanhua continued to order, "Keep fighting!"
At the same time, he only said to this group of people, "I won't ask you any more questions. Whenever you confess, I will tell them to stop!"
After the words fell, Li Guanhua returned to the inner hall again.
He just sat leisurely in the inner hall, listening to the wailing of the men outside. Li Guanhua was particularly calm and relaxed at the moment.
This group of people didn't know how long they were beaten. Although the blow with the stick was not fatal, these pampered men had never been punished like this before. It didn't take long for one of them to faint from the pain.
Among those who had not fainted, some were screaming, and some were wailing. Along with the cries of the female relatives who were watching, this scene was like a scene from hell.
There was someone who finally couldn't bear the pain. Although he knew that he couldn't do anything, in order to relieve the injury for a moment, he immediately said to his superiors, "I'll attack! I'll attack them all! Please forgive me, my lord." Me!"
Hearing this, a soldier guarding the place immediately ran over to find Li Guanhua and told Li Guanhua what the man just said.
Seeing that they were finally willing to let go, Li Guanhua said, "Since they are willing to let go, let's stop fighting now and drag them in!"
After hearing Li Guanhua's instructions, the soldier immediately trotted out. At the same time, he only motioned to the torture soldiers around him to stop what they were doing. Then he ordered a few more people to carry him to the hall. At this time, he was already in tears. Si Hengliu looked embarrassed. As soon as he saw Li Guanhua, one of them immediately shouted like a conditioned reflex, "We will attack! We will attack anything!"
Li Guanhua just nodded slightly and said, "Since you can recruit everything, then tell me where did you get Xu Yong?"
In order to delay more time and avoid being beaten, the man naturally said as far as he could. "In the suburbs of Anxi Town, our village has many people who have offended us. If General Xu He didn’t reveal his identity, so maybe we caught him accidentally. If you want to find General Xu, he might be inside.”
"Zhuangzi in the suburbs, which Zhuangzi in the suburbs?" Li Guanhua asked puzzledly.
The man refused to say which village it was. He only said, "My steward knows. A strong man can ask my steward to lead you there."
Although Li Guanhua felt that this man was talking nonsense, he still let him go for the sake of Xu Yong's chance, so he just picked up the man. At the same time, he only said one word to the man "Where is your butler?"
The man was quickly picked out by Li Guanhua. He easily found his butler in the crowd. The butler was a thin, middle-aged man wearing a butler's uniform. However, this middle-aged man looked... A clever look.
The master then said to the housekeeper, "Wang Zheng, please accompany the military masters to my nearby village and see if General Xu is there."
After saying this, the master just secretly winked at Manager Wang. Manager Wang understood what his master meant almost instantly, and he immediately said, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely go back as soon as possible."
Li Guanhua didn't know that the two men were using these secret codes. When he saw that the other party recognized Manager Wang, he immediately motioned to his men to follow Manager Wang to the suburbs.
Not long after this group of people left, the police officer from Anxi County unexpectedly sent another letter. This time the handwriting of the letter was not Xu Yong's, but Xu Zhilan's.
He also knew Xu Zhilan, a quiet little girl who seemed to be Princess Liang now.
Huanxi, where Li Guanhua was based, had very little information. He didn't know that Xu Zhilan was already considered a dead person in the capital.
Therefore, after reading Xu Zhilan's letter, he thought that Xu Zhilan was also concerned about his brother, so he specially urged himself to find Xu Yong early.
However, after seeing clearly the contents of the letter, even though Li Guanhua usually had a good impression of this girl, he couldn't help but secretly scold the little girl for not being ethical in the film.
The reason why he had this idea was naturally because Xu Zhilan directly confronted him in the letter. Xu Yong's letter was fake. His brother was fine at all. He needed Li Guanhua's help to catch those thorns. .
But she had no reason, and she was afraid that Li Guanhua wouldn't come without a warrant, and she actually didn't want to
Reveal your identity.
That's why she borrowed Xu Yong's identity, but she didn't expect that Li Guanhua actually sent troops. However, one thing about him was beyond Xu Zhilan's expectation, that is, after he arrested the people, he did not follow the instructions in Xu Zhilan's last letter and escort them directly to Anxi County, nor did he think of contacting the county government. people cooperate.
After all, he himself actually looked down upon the group of civil servants in charge of administration.
This group of people kept complaining. If they waited for them to catch someone, the day lily would be cold.
And although Xu Yong is the son of General Xu and a junior general, in Li Guanhua's mind, Jiang is still old and hot. In addition, Xu Yong is still his apprentice. How can he, a master, listen to his apprentice's arrangements?
Without this, he took the people in his camp directly to Anxi Town.
In Li Guanhua's plan, he planned to send people to find Xu Yong first, and then deal with this group of people. After the matter was resolved, he would hand over these people to the county magistrate of Anxi.
And such an arrangement is naturally contrary to Xu Zhilan's arrangement.
For this reason, when the agent who sent Xu Zhilan's letter to General Li found out that General Li had no intention of cooperating, he immediately passed his information to Xu Zhilan.
When Xu Zhilan saw that something went wrong with her arrangement, she had no intention of continuing to operate under her brother's skin.
