Li Hao and Ouyang Xiu are both ready for a protracted war, and even temporary camps for leisure have been prepared.
But the end time of settlement is very fast.
Before the end of the day, several groups of people received good news from each other. The entire settlement progress was completely beyond Li Hao's expectations.
Along with the follow-up clean-up work, everyone began to evacuate Wuyou Cave after Shen Shi.
The first batch that came out was the various abducted women and children rescued from the Wuyou Cave; the second batch was the various gangsters who were captured alive; and the third batch was the various treasures seized from them.
After these things were transported out, Kaifeng Mansion personnel went in to clean the battlefield and remove the bodies.
After a while, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan came back together and wanted to report the situation to Li Hao and Ouyang Xiu.
After asking about the casualties, Li Hao asked curiously: "Why was the settlement so fast? It was over in less than two hours?"
Gu Tingye replied: "The thieves and bandits are not good at fighting, and the imperial army is brave.
Therefore, as soon as they made contact, the thieves were completely defeated, and the pursuit and settlement went smoothly after that. "
After saying this, Gu Tingye wanted to say something else, but looked at Ouyang Xiu and held back.
This change was seen by both Li Hao and Ouyang Xiu.
So Li Hao did not start asking in detail, but said to Ouyang Xiu: "Sir Ouyang, the rescued people may have to be resettled by Kaifeng Mansion. Think of a way to see if their relatives can be found and sent back."
Ouyang Xiu agreed to this matter, and after a few more explanations, he left in a sensible manner.
After Ouyang Xiu left, Li Hao asked again: "What happened down there? Why do you feel so weird all the time?"
At this time, Gu Tingye wanted to open his mouth to speak, but was stopped by Yang Wenyuan.
Yang Wenyuan said: "There's nothing wrong, let's not mention it now, let's pack things first.
The specific situation will be discussed in detail after I return. "
After hearing this, Li Hao was really surprised. After taking a deep look at Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan, he said: "Let Xu Ning stay and lead the handover. You and Yang Wenyuan will go back with the team first, and I will arrive later." .”
After receiving the order, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan began to organize their troops and bring them back to the camp.
On the other hand, Li Hao went to say goodbye to Ouyang Xiu and returned to the camp, saying, "Today, I will trouble my uncle to report victory to the officials first.
I will write out the specific report when I get back. Then I will give it to my uncle and we will report it together. "
Ouyang Xiu agreed with what Li Hao said, and even though Li Hao wanted to lead the team back, he did not stop him.
But later he asked what Gu Tingye said mysteriously.
It's a pity that Li Hao himself didn't know why, but Li Hao thought that since Gu Tingye concealed it so much, he couldn't let others know.
So Li Hao excused himself and said, "It's just that we lost some troops and our faces are a little ugly. It's nothing serious."
After hearing what Li Hao said, Ouyang Xiu didn't think much about it. In the end, Li Hao didn't want to miss the reporting time, so he let Li Hao go.
When Li Hao returned to the camp, he saw Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan already waiting inside.
Seeing the two of them, Li Hao asked: "What happened to be so mysterious?
And what about Yuan Wenshao, why didn't he let him come? "
Gu Tingye replied: "I didn't let Yuan Wenshao come in. Now I ask him to help patrol outside and keep people away."
At this point, Li Hao somewhat realized the seriousness of the matter.
At this time, Gu Tingye took out a few letters from his arms and handed them to Li Hao.
Li Hao took the letter and read it, and found that it was full of records of instigating people in Wuyou Cave to do various bad things, including those who attacked Rong Feiyan.
Although King Yong's name was not mentioned in these letters, the clues between the lines were very clear. As long as anyone wanted to check, these would be clear evidence.
Li Hao quickly asked: "Where did you get these letters? Apart from the three of us, who else has read them."
Gu Tingye replied: "Probably not. Although these letters were collected by the soldiers, they would not open them.
Then the letter was handed into my hands. After that, only Wen Yuan and I had seen it, and Wen Shao had not seen it.
As for the origin of these letters, we have to talk about what happened after we entered.
All the bandit leaders were dead before we entered.
I checked the cause of death and found that these people were all poisoned and their bodies were still warm. They should have died not long ago.
As for these letters, they were placed on the table openly, as if they were deliberately waiting for someone to pick them up. "
After hearing this, Li Hao also fell into deep thought.
But Gu Tingye still asked: "What should we do next? Should these letters be handed over to the officials?"
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "If you don't hand over, you can't get greedy in this muddy water. Let's just make sure we don't help each other."
Gu Tingye was a little worried and said: "But this letter is already in our hands, if we don't hand it over.
Once someone is involved and they say we are protecting the feudal lord, it will not be clear at that time. "
Li Hao thought for a while and said: "You said that the camp accidentally caught fire and accidentally burned all the things we brought back today.
It happened that the letters I brought back were among them. Before we even had a chance to read them, they were burned. What do you think we should do? "
After hearing this, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan looked at each other and thought it was a good idea, so they agreed.
However, Yang Wenyuan sighed at this time: "King Yan, a wise king, seems to be really not simple now.
I now somewhat believe that Chen Jingfu and Zhang Zhong are from King Yan. "
Li Hao didn't say anything after hearing this, but he made up his mind.
Since in the plot, these two people are short-lived ghosts.
Now in reality, Li Hao doesn't mind letting these two people be short-lived ghosts together again.
After all, judging by the way these two people act, if they really ascend to the throne, their officials may really have a hard time.
In this case, it's better to send them away together.
After thinking about it, Li Hao said to Gu Tingye: "Hurry up and set the fire. I still have to write an apology note. This matter cannot be delayed."
After saying that, they kicked the two people out to work. After a while, the camp started to make noise, and there were people everywhere carrying water to put out the fire.
In contrast, Li Hao was calm at this time. After slowly writing the apology post, Li Hao left the camp.
By this time the fire had been put out, but Li Hao still called Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan to scold them.
Then he acted out a show of courage to take responsibility, and went to find Ouyang Xiu with the zhezi.
When Ouyang Xiu heard from Li Hao that there was a fire in the army, he quickly asked Yan whether it was serious.
Li Hao explained: "The fire was put out in time. It only burned two warehouses, where the loot was stored. No one was hurt."
Then he sighed with emotion: "You think it's unlucky. Just after you have made a meritorious service, this happens. I don't know how the officials will punish me?"
Ouyang Xiu said: "You should be punished too. How could you be so careless in the army? Fortunately it was during the day and nothing big happened, otherwise you should be worried about your head.
Now come to the palace with me, just in time to take advantage of the official family's happiness to handle this matter. "
That's what Li Hao meant here. As long as things are done in advance, the things burned to ashes will naturally not be taken out.
Waiting in the palace, first report to the officials about the destruction of Wuyou Cave.
The officials were very happy after hearing this. Taking this opportunity, Li Hao reported the fire. As expected, the officials did not impose any punishment.
It's just that the merits and demerits are equal, and there is no reward.
But this way Li Hao felt relieved and could stay out of the matter and see if there would be a good show tomorrow.
