Water Margin people

Chapter 711 Insincere Recruitment

Jeju Province.

Li Gang looked at the state capital in front of him with complicated eyes. The city was clean and tidy, and the people came and went in an orderly manner. It didn't look like a state capital that had been breached by thieves.

A 24-year-old young man rode a horse and led a group of strong men slowly out of the city.

"This is Li Gang and Li Boji, right?"

Sun Lei cupped his fists at Li Gang and smiled.

"You are Sun Lei from Liang Shanbo?"

Li Gang looked at Sun Lei in front of him unexpectedly, a young man who looked like a son-in-law had no connection with that vicious thief at all.

"Exactly, please!"

Sun Lei smiled and nodded as a gesture of invitation.

Li Gang was about to take out the imperial decree from his sleeve. As the emperor's envoy, he would read the imperial decree as soon as he saw the Lord, to show the emperor's majesty.

"Please!"

Everyone behind Sun Lei shouted in unison, that posture made Li Gang frown, this is not giving him a chance to read the imperial decree.

"Sun Lei at Liangshan Po accepts the order!"

Li Gang still took out the imperial decree, raised it above his head, looked at Sun Lei and said loudly.

Sun Lei just rode his horse and looked at Li Gang with a smile. He had no intention of getting off the horse and kneeling down to receive the order. The rest of the people were also like this. Many people looked at Li Gang with a murderous look.

"Mr. Li, I don't think you have read the imperial decree yet, have you? Don't read it anymore. I guess there must be nothing good to say about it. It will make everyone look bad if you read it in public!"

Sun Lei looked at the imperial decree of Longxiu Huang Duanzi who was tied up with a yellow rope and said with a smile.

"Let's invite you to the city first. This is my third invitation. According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, if you don't go, you will lose face. Then you can only come according to the rules of the rivers and lakes."

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and continued.

"Master Li, let's go into the city, this is not a place to talk!"

Zhang Ganban was terrified by the knife-like eyes of everyone behind Sun Lei, how dare he disobey Sun Lei's intentions.

Li Gang looked at Sun Lei, then looked at the edict in his hand, but he still didn't open it in the end. His impression of Sun Lei has changed a lot along the way. Just as Sun Lei said, the words in this edict must not sound good. Read it in public. Coming out will only make both sides unable to get down, and Zhao'an will be ruined by then.

Entering Jeju Mansion, Sun Lei smiled and took Li Gang straight to the government office. The people on both sides of the street looked at the people coming from the court with disgusted faces, which made Li Gang feel like being paraded through the streets, and they were almost thrown stones and rotten leaves.

"You guys don't need to go in, brother didn't invite you!"

After Li Gang entered the government office, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng stopped Zhang Qianban and Li Yuhou outside with Fang Tian drawing a halberd.

"We are the envoys of the imperial court!"

Li Yuhou was furious, looked at Lu Fang and roared.

"Li Yuhou is such a powerful official. This is the territory of Liangshanbo. If you want to die, Lin Chong will definitely help you."

Lin Chong's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he picked up the flower gun in his hand, and the tip of the gun reached three inches from the tip of Li Yuhou's nose.

"Lin...Lin Chong!"

Li Yuhou immediately recognized Lin Chong. Back then in Tokyo, as the Marquis of Taiwei's Mansion, he played a lot of prestige in front of Lin Chong. He didn't expect that the soldier who was subdued by him at the beginning would become so Fierce, with a murderous look that made his hair stand on end.

Lin Chong's arm shook slightly, and the tip of the gun swayed, shaking, and the gleaming spear tip seemed to be piercing out, frightening Li Yuhou to back up, but his footsteps were unsteady and he fell to the ground paralyzed.

"Coach Lin, why bother with this villain, just kill him!"

Wang Jin walked out with a smile.

"Wang Jin!"

Li Yuhou was really scared at this time, Lin Chong and Wang Jin, these two people he personally helped Gao Qiu to frame, these two people had a blood feud with Gao Qiu.

"Two brothers, let's save their lives first. Anyway, it's already in our hands. It's not a matter of saying how to deal with it!"

Zhu Wu walked over with a smile and said.

Lin Chong and Wang Jin had no interest in killing Li Yuhou. Although they had a grudge, they would not kill a servant to vent their anger.

"You guys better be honest with me, otherwise..."

Deng Fei played with the dagger in his hand, a pair of blood-red eyes glanced coldly at the two of them, and then added the dagger with a strange expression on his face, as if he was about to eat.

This frightened Li Yuhou and Zhang Qianban into a fool. They hugged each other and shivered. Rumor has it that red-eyed people only get red-eyed if they eat too much human flesh. Could this red-eyed villain in front of him be trying to cut their flesh to eat?Thinking of this, Li Yuhou and Zhang Ganban's lower body was hot and humid, and they were so frightened that they lost control.

"Pull away, pull away!"

Deng Fei didn't expect these two people to be so frightened, he waved his hands in disgust, and asked the soldiers to drag them away.

In the government office, the banquet has already been set up.

"Mr. Li, don't hold that thing. If you don't read it first, we'll have nothing to say after reading it."

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang who had been holding the edict and said with a smile.

Li Gang hesitated for a moment, but still opened the imperial decree in his hand, he was going to take a look first.

"Zhi said: Wen can stabilize the country, and martial arts can establish the country. The five emperors established borders by virtue of rituals and music, and the three emperors determined the world by killing. Everything follows obedience and adversity, and people have virtue and foolishness. I inherit the great cause of my ancestors and open up the sun and the moon. The brilliance of the sky, rule the land, and do not surrender. Recently, Sun Lei and others gathered in the mountains and forests, and plundered counties and towns. I wanted to use the sky to ask for it, but I was afraid of laboring my people. Today I sent Li Gang, the housekeeper, to call for security. When the imperial edict arrives, there will be money, food, military equipment, horses, and ships, and the officials will be appointed, the lairs will be demolished, and the leaders will go to Beijing. This is an edict, if you want to know."

After reading the imperial decree, Li Gang's face changed slightly. This Zhao'an was insincere, not so much a Zhao'an as a threat, no matter how stupid a bandit was, he would not agree to this kind of Zhao'an.

"No sincerity, huh?"

Seeing Li Gang's abnormal expression, Sun Lei said with a smile.

"You already knew?"

Li Gang looked at Sun Lei and asked.

"Isn't this obvious? How many people have I offended? Yang Jian and Gao Qi all have big enemies, and Cai Jing and Tong Guan also have conflicts. How can these people make me Zhaoan? It's because they came here sincerely , I also have to consider whether there is any conspiracy, will it be plotted against me in the future? Those people are not good people, killing a group of petty officials is not trampling a group of ants to death?"

Sun Lei said with a smile, he is very clear-headed, he can decide everything by himself with Liang Shan, and he surrendered to the court, he is a bull and horse at the mercy of others.

"Aren't you going to recruit?"

Li Gang squinted his eyes at Sun Lei.

"Don't look at me like that. The last person who looked at me like that was a master. Taking someone's head within five steps is like picking something out of a bag, but now it's mine."

Sun Lei smiled and said, Zong Ze is capable of both civil and military skills, while Li Gang is just a pure literati, Li Gang is no threat at all in terms of force.

"Besides, what's so good about Zhao'an? Treating a fool like Zhao Ji as a dog?"

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and asked back.

"Don't think that Liangshan defeated a few prefecture armies and occupied a few prefectural cities. Once the elite of the court arrives, can you stop it!"

Li Gang looked at Sun Lei and asked back.

"Ha ha!"

Li Gang's words elicited roars of laughter.

(End of this chapter)