The expression on Mr. Zhou's face became more and more disappointed, and it could be seen that his mood became very bad.
After a long time, he said: "Mr. Wang, I want to visit every place where the bandits passed. Can you arrange a guide and guards?"
"It's easy. Just wait for my arrangement." Wang Yehao saw his expression change unpredictably, from surprise to disbelief, to fear, hatred, disappointment... It seemed that Liu Wei's words had an effect.
It turned out that these things were not fabricated out of thin air. Wang Yehao had long seen that the Hearthstone Immortal seemed cynical, ignorant of the importance of his words, and a little greedy and lustful, but in essence he was a "good person."
Just look at his attitude towards his slaves, and you will know that ordinary people, no matter how high or low they are, don't have such an easy time treating the wife of a bright matchmaker, let alone a slave.
In a word, Hearthstone Immortal is a soft-hearted and kind-hearted "good-for-nothing guy".
If he is asked to continue to follow him wholeheartedly and not defect to his Australian accomplices, he can only stir up discord.
The bandits' burning, killing, and looting outside the city of Guangzhou actually helped him invisibly.
"Kun Thief has now established himself as the Yuan Dynasty." Wang Yehao said, "This matter will be troublesome!"
Pirates and bandits are not uncommon. The imperial court can suppress or appease them, but if they want to be called Yuan, they will have to fight against the imperial court. Even if the bandits in the northwest are extremely powerful, they only call themselves a certain king or a certain general, and they still use the title of the next year and no national title.
Mr. Zhou naturally understood this truth and immediately asked: "They founded a country? What is it called?"
"After the Kun thieves claimed to be from the Song Dynasty, they used the banner of the Australian Song Dynasty. However, they sometimes claimed to be the Song Dynasty's Australian troops. To the outside world, they called themselves Fubo Army."
Mr. Zhou, who originally had a gloomy face, suddenly showed an expression of laughter. It seems very ridiculous.
"Where's the year number?"
"Say it's AD..."
"A.D.?!" Taoist Hearthstone claps the table and stands up, "Advocate for foreigners and favor foreigners!"
"What?" Several people were stunned.
The Hearthstone Immortal then explained that the so-called A.D. is the calendar used by the red-haired people and the Franji people, and is popular in Western countries.
"I see." Wang Yehao became more and more confused. What does this Australian have to do with Westerners? You might have connections with foreign countries, so be careful!
"This is strange." Jin Wenchi whispered: "It is common for people to start armies and separatist regimes, pretending to be the legacy of the previous dynasty, but I have never heard of anyone adding a prefix in front of the country's name. Doesn't this make it clear that he is not Zhengshuo? The Song Dynasty Australia is the best - it's still a title."
"I think there must be a mystery in it." Liu Zheng's divination instinct began to show, "The country relied on fire to establish virtue, and the former Song Dynasty also relied on fire. How can it be possible to attack fire with fire? Therefore, the thief adds one'ao The word "want to turn into water virtue". I heard that the thief Kun's attire is either black or blue, so I think he had this consideration."
"Yes, most of their announcements to the outside world now call themselves the Fubo Army. In addition to aiding horses and aiding the old canon, they probably also adopt a water virtue."
Wang Yehao asked without making any judgment, "What do you think Mr. Zhou?"
Mr. Zhou looked confused, and even Zhou Lezhi could see it. Mr. Zhou knew nothing about this. But in order not to show any timidity, he still nodded pretending to be profound:
"Well, what Master Liu said makes sense. Well... was the former Song Dynasty also a fire virtue? I thought it was a wood virtue."
"Sir, don't you hear the saying 'Yan Song is prosperous and Zhou Zen is influenced'?" Liu Zhen looked surprised.
Mr. Zhou really couldn't remember the source, but judging from everyone's expressions, it seemed that he was the only one who didn't know, so he didn't have the nerve to ask, so he smiled.
"This traitor has a disobedient heart when he changes his name to another name." Wang Yehao sighed, "It's just that Guangdong has suffered such a disaster. All life has been devastated, and the mountains and rivers have been shattered. For a while, they will no longer be able to suppress them!"
Jin Wenchi understood the master's thoughts best and said: "Now we can only hold back and wait for the Kun thief to cause chaos. It's just that we don't know much about the Kun thief's inner story..."
Liu Zhen smiled and said: "What's the difficulty? There are ready-made people here. They are originally from Lingao. They escaped from the Zhentai expedition to Lingao. He knows the situation of the bandits very well."
"There are still people like this?!" Wang Yehao was a little surprised, "Where are they?"
"He ran back and didn't dare to show his face. Now he is hanging around in Doukou. I sent a few people to keep an eye on him. If the master wants to ask, I can catch him at any time."
"Get him here and place him there, don't scare him." Wang Yehao ordered. What he needs most now is someone who understands his love.
After Gou Xunli escaped from Liu Zheng's clutches, he changed his mind, found a Doukou family, and worshiped Dagu, thus becoming a member of the local beggar gang.
As for the protection of the people from the Imperial Temple, his status as a fugitive is no longer an issue, and the government will not come to Luo Su. Because he was a scholar and was proficient in writing, he was left by Da Gu to do some clerical work, and his life was quite comfortable. Gradually I became less alert.
Unexpectedly, when I went to the street that day, I was tied up with a sack. In the dark, I was stuffed into a sedan chair and carried for an unknown distance. He was greatly afraid, fearing that the thieves would come to take revenge.
When he untied the sack, he came out and saw that he was already in a hall. Standing face to face was the fortune teller!
Gou Xunli panicked. This Taoist had grabbed hold of him and now tied him back... What kind of peace of mind was this?
"Don't you know your surname?"
Another man's voice came slowly. Only then did Gou Xunli realize that there were several people sitting in the hall.
Judging from their appearance, some are young and middle-aged, and they are all dressed as gentry or scholars, so it is difficult to tell the real story. But the person who spoke was older, and his demeanor and behavior were different from ordinary people. He was obviously an official, and a high-ranking official at that.
Gou Xunli's mind was spinning rapidly, and he knew that the person who came was not an ordinary robber - he had nothing now, and he was not a handsome young man. As long as he was not a thief, he could talk to anyone. Immediately he composed himself, cupped his hands and said, "Students must follow the rules. I don't know, sir..."
"Since you call yourself a student, you must be a scholar. Why do you hang out with beggars?"
This question touched Gou Xunli's heartache, and he couldn't help sighing: "To be honest, sir, the student was originally a member of the school, and his family had a small income. However, his family suffered a disaster, and he ended up like this."
"Oh, in that case, come and listen."
Gou Xunli felt more and more that the old man in front of him was unfathomable. He had already determined that the old man in front of him must be a high official, and it seemed that he was not a thief. When the thief was about to land in Lingao, Gou's village was attacked, and he and his father acted together. He escaped to Guangzhou, how he later dispersed his actions, defected to He Zhentai's command, made plans for the conquest of the Kun bandits, and then how he was defeated in Lingao and fled back to his original position.
"...You said that the entire Goujiazhuang was massacred?" Before the old man could speak, a young man next to him who looked like an aide interjected in surprise.
Gou Xunli looked carefully and saw that he did not know this person. He did not know why he was so interested in Goujiazhuang.
"No one, male or female, old or young, was left alive. The student's uncle and several aunts were either killed or committed suicide. All members of the family, old and young, were slaughtered, including the maids and servants. Poor me, the four to five hundred people in Gou's family village were killed. Cleanly, escape from us, father, son, master and servant..."
Thinking that he was originally the eldest son of the Gou family who dominated men and women in Lingao County, and now he has become a beggar. During this period, he ran away, was scorned, insulted, injured... all kinds of pain came to his heart, and he couldn't help but cry loudly.
The staff member who asked the question looked pitiful and sat down in a daze.
But the old man was calm and calm, and said: "Since your father has also escaped, and there are two other servants, where are they now?"
"My father and one of his servants were originally in Danzhou, contacting the martyrs and preparing to meet the heavenly soldiers. The other one followed me to Lingao, but his whereabouts are unknown..."
The old man obviously didn't know where Danzhou was. Another middle-aged staff member beside him whispered a few words and nodded. Gou Xunli felt that the other party was appreciative, and the originally dark fire in his heart began to rekindle.
"So, you have a grudge against the Kun thief."
"We are irreconcilable." At this moment, Gou Xunli was completely sure that the other party was Kun Thief's enemy, and he became more determined in his words.
"Now that the imperial court has failed in its expedition against the Kun thieves, the Kun thieves are becoming extremely powerful. How should we deal with it?"
Gou Xunli was startled: There was a vague meaning of government inquiries in these words, this old man is not simple! He thought for a moment and said: "Be patient and wait to wait for the internal strife among the Kun thieves!"
Wang Yehao was secretly surprised: "Patience and waiting" are not uncommon. The current situation in Guangdong requires patience. The so-called standby is just an excuse to pretend to be a grandson. But the last sentence is the real deal.
"Sir, why do you think there will be civil strife among the Kun thieves?"
"I don't know something. This bandit is different from ordinary bandits..." Gou Xunli immediately thought that the bandits were all elders. Although Wen and Ma were named bandit leaders, their status was only one of the elders. "...Among the Kun thieves, some have long been dissatisfied with Wen and Ma for stealing power. At the beginning of the landing, there were originally a thousand Kun thieves. Later, due to the unfair distribution of women, they killed each other, and only a few were left. Centenarian."
"I see." Wang Yehao twisted his beard and pondered. It seemed that "the civil strife among the bandits" was not an empty talk. At this moment, he unconsciously paid more attention to Gou Xunli. After all, no one had been able to provide such detailed and accurate information so far. In contrast, this Hearthstone Immortal knew nothing about this... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Mr. Zhou.
The Hearthstone Immortal looked as if he had eaten a fly at this moment. He asked slowly: "Are they really going to fight over a woman?"
Gou Xunli said categorically: "Is this false? Everyone in Lingao knows it!" Although he didn't know why this staff was so concerned about this matter, when he mentioned the scandal of the thief, Gou Xunli immediately became energetic, added fuel and jealousy, and finally said: " In order to protect themselves, Wen and Ma sent many people to search and rob women for their sexual pleasure. This time they invaded the Pearl River and robbed many women..."
(End of chapter)
