"What is the real purpose of your visit this time?"
Huang Tiansheng asked slowly while turning the wine glass in his hand.
Li Dingguo smiled slightly:
"Didn't I already tell you? We're here to suppress the Japanese."
Huang Tiansheng shook his head slightly: "Suppressing Japanese? I don't believe it.
These Japanese pirates are hiding on the sea, coming and going without a trace. You don't even know where their dens are, how can you suppress them?
Judging from your actions, it doesn’t look like you’re here for gold plating.
This county is really curious, what exactly are you here for? "
Li Dingguo still had the same expression as before, and said calmly: "I'm just here to suppress the Japanese."
"Tsk...hehe."
Huang Tiansheng clicked his tongue, shook his head and chuckled:
"If you don't want to say it, forget it. As long as you don't bring the matter to this county, I don't want to get involved in so many other things."
“We still need Magistrate Huang’s help when necessary.”
Li Dingguo was still smiling slightly, but Huang Tiansheng stopped turning the wine glass in his hand, and glanced at him coldly. After a while, he stood up with a cold snort and said:
"It's late at night. General, please go back and rest early. During these days when the army is in Wusu County, the county government will transport food and grass to the army's garrison every day. The county can't take care of the rest."
With that said, Huang Tiansheng walked out with his hands behind his back.
When he walked to the door and was about to open the door, he heard Li Dingguo's voice suddenly ring out: "Magistrate Huang, has the county been calm recently?"
Huang Tiansheng's movements paused.
For a long time, Huang Tiansheng still turned his back to Li Dingguo, but his voice started to sound.
"It's not bad. Except for the incident at Tianjing's house that was a bit big some time ago, everything else is fine.
By the way, the Jing family moved to Wusu County three years ago. They have developed rapidly in recent years, and their opponents are also very unlucky. "
After that, Huang Tiansheng said nothing more, opened the door and walked out.
In the box, Li Dingguo touched his smooth chin and began to think silently, and murmured in a low voice: "The Jing family..."
The next day, the military camp was stationed.
"General! General! Found it! Found it! The information you want is found!"
A subordinate hurried in and handed a densely written letter to Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo picked up the letter and read it. It detailed the incident in which the eldest son of the Jing family killed someone on the street and was released without any punishment.
On the surface, this is just a matter of ordinary gentry and powerful people oppressing the people. This kind of thing happens often in Bianjingdu, let alone Wusu. There is nothing strange about it.
But the last piece of information at the end of the letter attracted Li Dingguo's attention.
"Li Ergou's parents encountered Japanese pirates that night and were cut into human pigs and hung in the house for food. Only at midnight did the whole village realize that they were no longer breathing, and Zhao Ergou's family was wiped out."
This short sentence made Li Dingguo fall into deep thought. It is not surprising that he was killed. It is the temper of your powerful people not to retaliate that offends the powerful people.
It's just that this one is a bit cruel and will destroy the whole family directly.
But it is strange that it is Japanese pirates who are taking action?
Since the Japanese pirates had already entered the village, why did they single out Li Ergou's family, who was not rich to begin with, instead of robbing the whole village?
This is a problem and there is no way to explain it.
Think about what Huang Tiansheng said back then.
"By the way, the Jing family moved to Wusu County three years ago. It has developed very rapidly in recent years, and their opponents are also very unlucky."
"hiss!"
Li Dingguo had a suspicion in his mind that the Jing family might have colluded with the Japanese pirates.
You just need to find evidence to confirm, and then you can do it yourself.
Thinking of this, Li Dingguo immediately called his younger brother and led people to Zhao Ergou's house to see the specific situation.
When Li Dingguo led people to Zhaojiacun, they came to Zhao Ergou's house and looked at the blood stains that had not been wiped clean on the ground, and two long ropes hanging dangling from the beams. He was being blown by the wind that blew in as Li Dingguo opened the door.
He walked into the room slowly and looked around. With his experience in the military, he could easily tell. There were no traces of fighting in the room. The other party took control of Zhou Zhao Ergou's parents as soon as they came up, and then controlled them tightly and killed them.
Look at the door. It was also forced open. How brave these people are!
Li Dingguo walked to the door and looked at the damaged door, then looked at the ground and smiled.
He waved and walked out with his hands behind his back.
"General, what's going on?"
Immediately, some of his subordinates came forward to ask. Li Dingguo nodded and shook his head:
"A little bit of discovery, but not enough."
The subordinates nodded, and everyone was about to go back when they found a child hiding behind a tree and looking at them. He was holding a small bamboo dragonfly in his hand. He looked at them with eyes that were a little eager and a little timid. .
Li Dingguo noticed this, looked at each other, and then walked up quickly.
"Kid, what are you doing here?"
The child raised his little face. He looked at Li Dingguo and asked, "Are you officers and soldiers?"
Li Dingguo was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded: "Yes, we are officers and soldiers."
"Is it a garrison like Uncle Zhao at the head of the village before?"
the child asked again.
"Garrison? Why do you ask? Is there any difference?"
Li Dingguo said in confusion.
The child clenched his fist and said, "Uncle Zhao and the others dare to fight the Japanese pirates, but they are so powerful that no other officers and soldiers dare to!"
Li Dingguo remembered that Huang Tiansheng once said that the garrison dared to fight bloody battles with Japanese pirates.
Then he nodded and said: "Yes! We are that kind of garrison!"
The child's face suddenly showed joy, and he took something out of his arms and handed it over: "Then you must avenge Ergou and his family! I also wanted to return the bamboo dragonfly I borrowed from Ergou that day, but But he happened to see a group of people rushing into his home.
I picked this up at their house later, here it is for you! "
As he said that, the child handed over something that looked like a sachet. Li Dingguo took it and looked at it. There were two words embroidered on it - evil.
Li Dingguo put it away, looked up at the child looking at him expectantly, nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely avenge your good friend's family."
"good!"
The child smiled, but then something seemed to ring out, and he said, "By the way, I know who was the leader that night!"
Li Dingguo was surprised, and then asked happily: "Do you know him?"
The child nodded seriously: "I saw him when I was playing on the street. He was the housekeeper of Otoi's family in the city, but I couldn't understand what he said that day, and I didn't know what he was talking about."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Dingguo suddenly laughed.
The child looked at him with some confusion, but Li Dingguo reached out and touched the child's head and asked, "What's your name?"
The child thought for a while and then said: "My name is Li Goudan! But my father said that I have a famous name, which was given by my grandfather, called Li Yuanfang!"
"Hey, we are still from the same family!"
Li Dingguo smiled and reached into his arms to dig around. He actually took out a piece of snow-white crystal and handed it over: "Here you go, this is sugar, rock sugar!"
Li Goudan took it carefully and licked it tentatively with his tongue. It was sweet, and a smile appeared on his face. He stuffed it into his mouth, and his little face immediately bulged.
"tasty!"
"It's delicious. Just do your uncle a favor. Do you dare to give you more?"
"What are you busy with?"
"Help uncle identify someone!"
"good!"
…
Yunzhou County.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Pingbo Port that a ship that had no news before has returned. It turns out that after the storm that day, they deviated from the route and went to the Japanese island.
It happened that two villages on the island were fighting, thinking that they were helpers invited by the other party to attack them. They defeated them all, robbed their gold and silver, and returned with their leader! "
"Oh, did you bring the leader back?"
"Yes, it seems they called the leaders some name! That's right, that's the name.
Your Majesty, why do these Japanese pirates call the village chief by his famous name? "
Zhao Jun: “Daming???”
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(End of chapter)
