The process of having tea and talking with the prefect of Jizhou was very relaxed.
Especially when Li Yunze once again presented several heavy gold bars as a thank you gift, the prefect was very enthusiastic.
He also said that he would write to the imperial court and ask Li Yunze to come to Jizhou to help suppress the bandits.
The biggest bandit problem in Jizhou is naturally Yinmachuan.
After receiving the prefect's promise that the thieves in Baoen Temple would be dealt with severely, Li Yunze declined the prefect's invitation to host a banquet, saying that there was an urgent matter in the west of Beijing and he would rush back immediately.
At this time, Yang Xiong stepped forward to express his position, saying that when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. He had a close relationship with the governor of the capital, and wanted to seek the post of superintendent of Yuncheng County with his help. He also asked the magistrate's minister to do so.
The prefect of Jizhou and Yang Xiong were also acquaintances. After receiving Li Yunze's approval, he immediately expressed his intention to let Yang Xiong go and paid a sum of money to Yang Xiong.
After some excuses and thanks, Yang Xiong took the paperwork, transferred the order and sued, said goodbye to the prefect and left with Li Yunze.
Returning to the mansion, Yang Xiong dismissed his servants to pack his luggage, hired a carriage to carry Pan Qiaoyun and his maid Ying'er, and asked Gongsun Sheng to be the driver. He and Li Yunze's horseback escort left Jizhou City together.
Everyone headed east, preparing to take the Grand Canal south to the west of Beijing.
After leaving the city and leaving the bustling place, and walking to an intersection surrounded by dense forests more than ten miles outside the town, they saw a fight going on here.
An old man selling charcoal was kneeling next to an overturned charcoal cart, crying and shouting. A young man was waving his pole and fighting with seven or eight ruffians.
What's even more exaggerated is that three tax collectors nearby are pointing and joking triumphantly.
Although the young man wielding the pole was extremely brave, he could not defeat the four-handed man with two fists. He saw that he was at a disadvantage and was beaten up by the thugs.
The leader, a gangster with stubble on his face and fierce eyes, raised the iron ruler in his hand and hit the man on the head.
'Woo~~~'
Amidst the sharp sound of breaking through the air, a sharp arrow whizzed out and shot straight through the ruffian's neck!
The ruffian leader looked down in disbelief at the sharp arrow that shot through his neck. The iron ruler in his hand fell to the ground, and he immediately fell to the ground.
This sudden change made everyone at the scene stunned, as if they were frozen.
Everyone looked towards the road. Li Yunze, who was on horseback over there, had already drawn an arrow and missed three arrows before releasing them again.
'Puff puff puff~~~'
Several rounds of arrows rained down, and all the gangsters fell to the ground.
When Li Yunze drew his bow and arrow again, this time pointing the sharp arrow at the tax collectors, they finally came to their senses.
The leading tax collector shivered and screamed, "We are the tax collectors of the imperial court!"
But his companion was already paralyzed on the ground, with moisture between his legs.
Yang Xiong and Gongsun Sheng also thought that Li Yunze would fall down, after all, he was a tax collector of the imperial court.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunze didn't even bother to say anything. He just let go of his hand and three sharp arrows roared out, shooting the three tax collectors to the ground.
"Brother...you..." Yang Xiong was shocked. He never expected that Li Yunze would not only be so ruthless in his attacks, but also fatal at the first move. He would even dare to kill the tax collectors of the imperial court!
"There are so many pains for good people in the world, and the reason is that these evil people run rampant." Li Yunze, who finally bowed his head, smiled slightly and responded casually, "It's not that troublesome to deal with evil people. If you kill one, you will lose one, and you will be wiped out."...Looking at Li Yunze With the smile on his face, Yang Xiong subconsciously felt cold in his heart.
He suddenly thought, if Li Yunze had rescued him not in the city, but in such a deserted wilderness, then...
The lives of Zhang Bao and others who were kicked to death were really great!
The old man selling charcoal was already frightened, but the man holding the pole was in a daze and then stepped forward to salute, "Thank you for your help, hero."
Li Yunze simply asked him, "Who are you? What happened here?"
"My name is Shi Xiu. I will risk my life to help when there is injustice on the road, so I am called the desperate man." Shi Xiu saluted and said, "The old charcoal seller pushed the charcoal cart to sell in Jizhou City, but he didn't want to be taken by the tax collector. A group of minions stopped him here and asked him to pay the tax. The old man said he had no money and asked to go to Jizhou City to sell it before paying. However, these people overturned the old man's charcoal cart on the spot and beat and kicked him. Next If you can’t stand it, just step forward to help.”
"That's it." Li Yunze nodded, "Go and rummage through those people, find the belongings, give them to the old man and let him push the cart away. Then dig a big hole in the woods nearby and bury all the murderers." ”
Shi Xiu looked at Li Yunze with slight surprise. Seeing that they had no intention of getting off their horses to help, he turned around and went to do things.
Yang Xiong couldn't stand it and was about to help, but was stopped by Li Yunze.
"Don't worry, since this Shi Xiu said that he would help him when the road is rough, let's see if his words and deeds are consistent. If he is worthy of training, it would be a waste for such a man to stay here to collect firewood. You can follow me to the army middle."
"I see." Yang Xiong suddenly nodded and said, "Being able to make a living with your brothers is naturally more promising than picking up firewood here. Let's see what his character is like."
As expected, Shi Xiu over there dug out a lot of money from the tax collectors and local gangsters. Although he himself was a man who survived by carrying firewood, he didn't take any money from the money and gave it all to the old man selling charcoal. .
After being shocked and crying, the charcoal seller quickly came to his senses.
After thanking him, he helped Shi Xiu to lift up his charcoal cart and put back all the spilled charcoal.
After that, he was so tired that he was panting to help dig a hole in the woods nearby. After dealing with all the gangsters, he panted and gave a big salute to Li Yunze, and then hurriedly pushed the charcoal cart away.
Yang Xiong was slightly worried here: "Brother, if he reveals the matter..."
"It doesn't matter if he is really that stupid." Li Yunze waved his hands indifferently. In the past, when he fought to conquer a city, the first thing he had to do was to clean up the ruffians in the city, as well as those subordinate officials who had been handed down from generation to generation. He didn't care at all about this.
He waved to Shi Xiu, "Throw away all your firewood, pick up your pole and follow us."
Shi Xiu was stunned, "Where are you going?"
Yang Xiong laughed and said jokingly, "Boy, you're lucky. This is a powerful official... the commander of the capital! With your martial arts skills and temperament, you are certainly the most suitable to join the army. Don't say more. Yes, just follow me."
While they were talking, several people were already riding forward with smiles on their faces.
Shi Xiu, who had not yet come to his senses, followed him in a daze. When the sky turned dark, he came to a restaurant in a town ahead and then he came to his senses. .... "I..." Before he could finish his words, Li Yunze had already put the horse rein into his hand. "For the time being, we will follow this general as a soldier. We will wait until we get to the battlefield to talk about the future. You Shi Xiulu will see injustice." Drawing a sword to help can only save one person, but if something like this happens today, you have to help yourself. Only by following this general can you truly save the world!"
Shi Xiu, who had never read a book, was immediately stunned by the deception. He looked at the reins in his hands and silently led the horse to the backyard.
"Store."
After entering the hotel, Li Yunze immediately greeted him, "Bring the wine and food here, and give up all your bedrooms. I'll stay here for the night and leave tomorrow."
The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Sir, it's already this hour, but the good wine and food are gone. As for the guest rooms, we still have a few guest rooms..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yunze had already put a piece of silver into his hand.
Weighing the silver in his hand skillfully, the shopkeeper immediately became energetic.
He turned around and ran to the backyard, calling loudly as he ran, "Quickly, kill the chickens in the yard! And send all the eggs I've saved in the past few days to the kitchen!"
"It belongs to the shopkeeper." A waiter responded, "That's a crowing rooster."
"Kill them if you are told! Go to the town tomorrow and buy ten of them!" the shopkeeper scolded. "My rooms will also be carefully cleaned, and new bedding will be put on for the guests. "
The talkative waiter once asked, "Where do you live, shopkeeper?"
The shopkeeper kicked me over and said, "I'll sleep at your place. Your kid will sleep in the woodshed tonight!"
There are no refrigerators or large-scale logistics channels these days.
Of course, this kind of rural hotel won't have any delicacies, not even cattle or sheep.
After all, cattle are strategic materials. Killing cattle and eating beef violates the laws of the Song Dynasty and will be punished.
Of course, only for ordinary people. Dignitaries and heroes are not included in this list.
As for sheep, they are something only the nobles can afford, and naturally they will not be raised in this town.
There was some pig meat, but the shopkeeper didn't dare to mention it at all because he was afraid of the anger of several guests who looked like they were not ordinary people.
Then we can only serve chicken, duck and fish.
Braised big rooster, stewed duck soup, cooked egg dishes, steamed delicious fish.
Paired with local soju, several people gathered around the table and ate it with gusto.
Shi Xiu, who was still confused, suddenly felt that it would be good to hang out with this general. At least he would eat well.
Li Yunze, who was chewing on the chicken legs, suddenly stopped what he was doing in his hands and mouth, and looked at the door with a slightly condensed expression.
Gongsun Sheng, who was sitting opposite him, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"A large group of cavalry is approaching, at least fifty or more!"
Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong were a little nervous, subconsciously thinking that the incident at that intersection happened during the day.
Pan Qiaoyun and the maid Ying'er looked at each other in confusion and had no idea what they were talking about. Anyway, they didn't hear anything. ….I stuffed the chicken legs into my mouth and rolled them out. When they came out, only the chicken bones were left.
He left it on the table, and Li Yunze stood up and told Yang Xiong, "Brother, guard the family scrolls here. I'll go out and have a look later."
If there were only a few dozen riders, Li Yunze had nothing to fear.
Li Yunze, who was holding the scabbard, came to the yard. The road in the town not far away was already filled with people shouting and horses neighing, and the lights and shadows of torches were constantly shaking everywhere.
"Go to the backyard and fetch the horse." He asked Shi Xiu to fetch the horse. Li Yunze turned to look at Gongsun Sheng and said, "Just protect yourself, Taoist Priest."
Gongsun Sheng pulled out his sword and nodded vigorously.
When Shi Xiu brought the horse over, Li Yunze immediately got on his horse, rushed out of the courtyard with a bow and arrow on his back and a long knife in hand.
When he came to the street, Li Yunze, who was hiding in the darkness, silently watched a group of bandits on horseback not far away scolding a few old men such as the town security chief.
The general idea is that the property fees have not been paid in recent months. Are you tired of waiting for death?
"emmmmmmm~~~I thought it was the Iron Kites and the Eagle Cavalry came. It turned out to be a group of bandits from Yinma River."
After hearing the whole story, Li Yunze breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he galloped forward on his horse, holding the long knife tightly in his hand and headed straight for the thief's head.
There are many horses in the north, and the bandits in Yinma River also ride many horses.
It's just that they have never seen such a brave general like Li Yunze. He rushed directly to Deng Fei, who had a pair of red eyes and was known as "Fire Eyes" by people in the world.
The horse thieves didn't even see clearly where Li Yunze came from. They saw that their second village leader had lost his head and fell off his horse.
Like a tiger among sheep, Li Yunze kept galloping among the thieves on horseback, with sharp knives flying in his hands. Every time he made a move, the thieves screamed and fell off their horses.
After a few horse thieves who were brave enough to rush forward failed to hold on for a round, the rest immediately jumped on their horses and ran away.
Li Yunze put away his long knife, but took down his bow and arrow.
He chased them for several miles and wiped out all the dozens of Yinmachuan thieves! .
The Greatest Good Is Like No Water reminds you: remember to collect it after reading it
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