Mr. Li discussed with the county magistrate and requisitioned several small yards as temporary residences. After the resettlement, Mr. Li brought a plate of peanuts from nowhere and took Su Xiaolou to drink the wine he had secretly brought. This person is really timid, and he is also a really good person.
A school captain came in with a butcher and said that he knew there was a demon cult demon in a cave in Gongjiling.
General Li Qi and Su Xiaolou looked at each other and asked, "Are you sure?" General Li Qi has been in the Nanjing Town Government Department for more than 20 years. With his work attitude of not seeking merit but seeking no faults, he has been sitting steadily. Once he got to the position of general flag, he stayed there for six years.
He didn't really want to hear the news about the demon sect. According to his plan, he would sneak around the outside of Rooster Ridge for two or three days, saying that he found no trace of the demon sect, and then go back to resume his life.
The butcher disrupted all his plans.
The butcher said with great certainty: "Sure."
"How many are there in total?"
"About seventy or eighty people, and they still have firearms in their hands."
"You go back first! Take us to the ridge tomorrow to have a look!"
After sending the butcher away, Mr. Li Qi was no longer calm.
Su Xiaolou held a glass of wine and congratulated: "Old man Li, congratulations! The opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune has come. They haven't even reached our ordinary people. We will definitely capture them tomorrow."
Mr. Li Qi said with a troubled look on his face: "I heard that the demons of the Demon Cult are all highly skilled in martial arts, possess unique skills, and are extremely evil. They have three heads and six arms, cannibalize human flesh, drink human blood, and peel off human skin..."
Su Xiaolou said helplessly: "Old man Li, we are here to suppress bandits, not to collect monsters."
"No, I have to quickly report to the Governor that he is making a decision."
General Li Qi called a government official to go to Qing'an Mansion overnight to deliver the letter.
"It's okay even if it's a monster. You can bring a gourd over there tomorrow."
"Want away evil spirits?"
"You hold up the gourd and shout to the cave: Do you dare to agree to my call? As long as the other party agrees, the monster will be put into the gourd."
…
"Ouch!"
"Who!" General Li Qi had not slept very peacefully all night. He suddenly heard a cry and suddenly woke up and jumped out of bed. He saw Commander Lei Zhen with dark circles under his eyes, sitting on the ground in his armor. He was sitting on the ground yesterday. The place where the black dog blood was poured out in the evening was a bit at a loss!
"Ouch! My old waist and my butt, why don't you come over and give me a hand?"
When the governor of Lei Town heard the report from Meng County, he was worried when he thought that Su Xiaolou was also in Meng County. He led his elite horses to ride all night. When he arrived here early in the morning, he opened the door and saw a buttock.
General Li Qi immediately helped Lei Zhenfu to his feet with an embarrassed look on his face.
Lei Zhenfu was recuperating in Meng County, and General Li Qi led the team. A large group of people followed the butcher who reported last night into Gongjiling.
The internal terrain of Rooster Ridge is rugged, and there are hunting pits set up by hunters for hunting. It is very difficult to walk. The elderly Jin Yiwei is starting to lose strength. Both the scholar and the fat man had fallen to the back of the queue.
A group of people finally arrived at the entrance of the cave. General Li gave an order to leave a hundred people to surround the entrance of the cave while the rest went in to arrest people.
The light in the cave was dim, so there was no fire in order to avoid alerting others. Everyone was in high spirits. There was burnt wax oil on the walls of the cave, which showed that it was inhabited.
After hearing an unusual bird call, there was a noise deep in the cave.
General Li Qi sensed that something was wrong and ordered everyone to speed up. By the time they arrived, the large troops had already withdrawn, and only the last five or six men in black robes were left running towards the secret passage.
After several gunshots, they escaped. The cave was dimly lit and it was difficult to aim. After the mechanism automatically closed, it could no longer be opened. General Li Qi summoned the elite and used his internal strength to shatter the mechanism. The guards who chased into the cave were all shot with hidden weapons. No one dared to go in easily, and the person had already escaped. The duck disappeared and the duck he got flew away!
General Li ordered a search of the cave, but only found some papers with strange patterns on them. Su Xiaolou did find a strange book, which seemed to be used to make elixirs.
A group of people just went down the mountain dejectedly. He was very tired, he didn't eat any game, he lost his troops, and he didn't capture anyone.
When the governor of Lei Town found out, he didn't blame him. The devils of the Demon Cult were cunning and treacherous. They had been causing trouble for hundreds of years but the court couldn't do anything about it. How could they be easily caught?
He also understood that it would be difficult to catch the snake if he alerted him, and it would be useless to stay here. He ordered a small team to stay while the rest returned to Anqing Mansion.
Who should be left behind?
Mr. Li casually grabbed a handful of platycodon and said, "Come on! Let's draw! The team with the short draw will stay."
…
Su Xiaolou had a platycodon hanging from his mouth and sat cross-legged on a haystack in depression, watching the troops return to Anqing Mansion for a small banquet, sauna, and listening to songs.
Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a group of eunuchs going to a brothel!
"Boss, you now have the true legacy of General Li Qi!"
"..."
"Boss! Go back and find a temple to worship properly!"
"..."
In the past two days, Su Xiaolou and his gangsters went into the mountains to hunt game when they were hungry, and when they were bored, they made a target to practice shooting.
On the third day, Su Xiaolou had already planned to withdraw. The hard days were finally over. Unexpectedly, the butcher came again two days ago, saying that he had seen the devil from the Demon Cult again.
Su Xiaolou frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"
"It's absolutely true, sir. When I was hunting, I hid behind a hillside and saw them gathering around doing this."
Su Xiaolou finally understood Mr. Li Qi.
"Xiong Er, go to the Anqing Town Office and report this matter to the Chief Minister of Lei Town."
"Yes, boss."
When it was dark, a masked Jin Yiwei led the elite over. There were not many of them, but everyone was equipped with sophisticated firecrackers and well-trained.
The leader stepped forward and said to Su Xiaolou: "In next week's Ping, hundreds of households from the Jinyiwei Town Prefecture in Nanjing came to assist Su Xiaoqi in suppressing the bandits under the orders of the governor of Lei Town."
Su Xiaolou asked Xiong Er in a low voice: "There is such a person in our town government department? Why haven't I heard of him?"
"I've been in the Zhenfu Division for eight years and I haven't heard of it."
"Boss! I know that Zhou Baihu is quite timid. He never attends gatherings and never takes credit. The gangster who killed thirty-two people in a row was caught by Zhou Baihu, but his superior took the credit."
Su Xiaolou somewhat understood why Lei Zhenfushi sent such a person to him.
But he still didn't believe that a Baihu would listen to Xiaoqi's arrangements, and he tried: "Don't dare! Mr. Baihu, it is you who will coordinate this operation."
Zhou Baihu said stubbornly: "If the messenger from Lei Zhen said you would make the arrangements, then you would make the arrangements!" After saying that, he walked away.
A small flag is allocated to a hundred households. Those who don't know better think that Su Xiaolou is a related household.
In the evening, Su Xiaolou went to Zhou Baihu with wine to discuss the strategy of suppressing bandits, and saw Zhou Baihu still meditating on the bed with his face covered.
"Zhou Baihu, we are all our own people, so don't cover your face. I brought some good wine. I'll take off your towel and we'll have a drink."
"no."
"Why?"
"I won't be able to talk if I take off my hijab."
"..."
Su Xiaolou sat down by himself and asked, "If Zhou Baihu has any good strategies for suppressing bandits tomorrow, please tell us and we can discuss it together."
"No."
"I heard that Zhou Baihu is very skilled in martial arts and has captured many vicious fugitives. I wonder if he has ever fought against a demon from the Demon Cult?"
"No."
We couldn't talk about ten dishes of peanuts on this day. Su Xiaolou stood up and said, "Tomorrow we have to rely on Zhou Baihu to suppress bandits. Zhou Baihu should go to bed early."
