Thief Emperor

Chapter 113 The bandits disagree!
Da Zhou is now like an old man in his twilight years.

The Yuezhou Rebellion was originally just an inconspicuous scar on the old man's body, at most a boil.

The old man has a lot of things to do now, and he doesn't have much energy to focus on Yuezhou. Therefore, people like Qiu Dian have the opportunity to make it big.

And if one day, the imperial court discovered that the rebellion in Yuezhou was not just a festering boil, but a cancer that would kill the imperial court, or might even kill the imperial court, then even if there were chaos everywhere in the imperial court and it was struggling to cope, it would definitely devote some of its strength to deal with this matter and remove the festering boil in Yuezhou.

In other words, when the imperial court knew that Qiu Dian had proclaimed himself king, it would definitely send down heavenly soldiers to quell the rebellion in Yuezhou.

Even though such use of force might accelerate the decline or even the demise of the imperial court, the imperial court would no longer sit idly by and watch the "rebels" grow stronger.

Yuezhou will soon become the core area of ​​struggle among all parties.

Li Yun wanted to go to Ningguo in order to get as close to Yuezhou as possible and see if he could get a share of the pie in this chaos.

The best thing would be to own a piece of land of your own in the coming chaos.

Anyway, if it really doesn't work, he can always withdraw. His anti-bandit team is only responsible for suppressing bandits, not for suppressing rebellions.

Mr. Xue frowned and looked at the upright young man in front of him.

For a moment, he even doubted whether he had really misunderstood this Captain Li before.

After drinking a sip of tea, Master Xue slowly said, "You now have the state's anti-bandit document. No one can control you wherever you want to go in Xuanzhou. But I still want to remind you to be more cautious in doing things."

He paused, then continued, "I heard that you are now using bandits to fight bandits."

"Bandits are vicious after all. Even if they are used by you temporarily, you cannot trust them too much. You must be on guard in your heart."

Hearing this, Li Yun found it a little funny.

Because to be honest, the most ferocious bandit in the entire Xuanzhou is none other than the leader Li himself.

Mr. Xue might never have imagined that the bandits who surrendered from Shidai, especially those who had been defeated by Li Yun himself, could not help but tremble when they saw Li Yun.

There was no way. Li Yun’s almost abnormal fighting ability really left them with a deep psychological shadow.

"Don't worry, County Master. Since I dare to use them, I can subdue them."

Mr. Xue said "hmm" and waved his hand, "You should take care of this matter yourself."

At this point, he stood up and said, "It's getting late. You don't have to go back today. Just rest in the county government office."

"In the same room you lived in before."

Li Yun responded, stood up and clasped his fists, saying: "County Master, after I go to Ningguo County, once the chaos in Yuezhou spreads to Xuanzhou, even if I can't stop them in Ningguo, I can still resist them a little and buy some room for the people of Qingyang."

This sentence moved Magistrate Xue. He patted Li Yun on the shoulder and said slowly: "The rebels have formed an army. This matter is no longer something you can interfere with. Do everything within your ability."

"Don't worry, County Master."

Li Dutou looked calm: "I know what's going on."

"Besides."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Those rebels may not be as powerful as you think."

Qiu Dian's troops swept across the entire Yuezhou in just a few months. In everyone's opinion, this so-called King of Yue must be very powerful.

But in Li Yun's opinion, it may not be that powerful.

He had seen the combat effectiveness of the local army. Apart from anything else, if the more than 200 Xuanzhou soldiers were to be deployed to the wild plains, Li Yun would have the confidence to fight them.

And the soldiers of Yuezhou are not that strong.

Besides, Xuanzhou Sima Cao Rong was collecting salaries without doing any work, leaving only 200 soldiers out of 1,000 in Xuanzhou. How many soldiers were left in Yuezhou?
There is nothing surprising about Qiu Dian's capture of Yuezhou. To be more arrogant, Li Yun can now easily capture Xuanzhou and be called King Xuan, but it won't last long.

As for the fact that Qiu Dian resisted the attack of Zheng Yu, the governor of the East Road of Jiangnan, and even won a series of victories, in Li Yun's opinion, it was not too remarkable.

The army in this place has long been rotten.

After saying goodbye to County Magistrate Xue, Li Yun did not leave the county government office as it was getting too late, and instead stayed at his previous residence.

When he woke up, it was already the next morning. Li Dadu opened the door and the sun shone in. He washed up, then left the county government office and returned to his own small courtyard.

After going back to change into clean clothes and having breakfast on the roadside, he returned to the back hall of the county government office and happened to meet Dong'er who was walking towards him.

Li Yun went up to her and said with a smile, "Miss Dong'er, is the young lady home?"

Dong'er looked at him and turned away: "What do you want to do with my young lady?"

"It's been a long time."

Li Dutou coughed and said, "I came to visit you."

Dong'er glanced at Li Yun, gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but she didn't say it. Finally, she said in a muffled voice: "You... come with me."

The county government office in Qingyang is not big, so Miss Xue does not have an embroidery tower like the girls from wealthy families. However, as his daughter is old, Magistrate Xue still prepared a separate small courtyard for her to live in. Li Yun followed Dong'er to this small courtyard. Dong'er went in to report, while Li Yun sat down in the courtyard.

After a while, Dong'er walked out of the room, looked at Li Yun again, and without saying anything, she walked out of the yard and closed the door before leaving.

Li Yun scratched his head and was about to get up when the door slowly opened. Miss Xue, who was dressed in plain clothes, walked out slowly. She bit her lips lightly and looked at Li Yun who was sitting in the yard with some resentment in her eyes: "You..."

"When did you come back?" "Last night."

Li Yun smiled and said, "I was going from Xuanzhou to Shidai and happened to pass by Qingyang, so I came back to take a look."

"What are you looking for?"

Miss Xue asked.

Li Yun subconsciously wanted to answer "I'll come back to see you", but he wondered if that was too frivolous. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Take a look..."

Miss Xue turned her head away and said nothing.

Ever since the last time they held hands, their relationship had become ambiguous. Now that they were alone together again, Li Yun didn't even know what to say.

The atmosphere became charming.

After a long while, Li Yun stood up, walked to Miss Xue, and asked with a smile: "It's been more than two months, are you okay?"

"You've known this for two months."

Miss Xue's eyes were a little red and she turned her head slightly.

"There's nothing I can do about it."

Li Yun sighed: "I really have a lot of things to do and I can't get away."

"Last month, I found a very beautiful hairpin in Shidai. I wanted to ask someone to bring it to you, but I was afraid people would gossip..."

Miss Xue looked back at Li Yun's face and then extended her hand.

Li Yun immediately understood, took out a hairpin from his bosom and placed it in her hand.

Xue Yun'er looked at him for a few seconds, snorted lightly, and stopped talking.

Li Yun stretched his head and looked into the room. Miss Xue's face immediately turned red and she asked angrily, "What are you looking at?"

"No, I saw nothing."

Xue Yuner gritted her teeth and said, "You can't watch it now."

Li Yun smiled and said, "No, no."

"when are you leaving?"

Xue Yuner asked.

Li Yun thought for a moment and replied, "The anti-theft team still has a lot of things for me to deal with. I will leave the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Oh."

"Then when will you return to Qingyang?"

Li Yun thought about it seriously.

Next, he planned to go to Ningguo County, which was very close to Yuezhou. It might have been affected by the situation in Yuezhou at the moment. It was still unclear what the situation there was.

Therefore, it is difficult to say when he will come back.

Seeing that Li Yun remained silent, Miss Xue did not ask any more questions, but just said: "You...what are you thinking?"

Li Yun thought for a moment and asked, "Does the county magistrate know that I..."

"I didn't tell Dad."

Miss Xue lowered her head and gritted her teeth, "But Daddy is very smart. I think he probably guessed your identity, but he just didn't say it..."

Li Yun scratched his head and said, "Then I can only raise this matter with the county magistrate after I have wiped out the banditry in Xuanzhou."

Miss Xue snorted softly.

"You've ruined me and made me like this. I can't get married anymore."

"In a few months, I will become a monk."

Li Dutou reached out and grabbed her hand, smiling and said, "Whose house are you going to?"

Xue Yun'er struggled for a while, then stopped moving and whispered, "Go be a Taoist nun."

Li Dutou smiled.

"I'm afraid no Taoist temple would dare to accept you."

"why?"

Xue Yun'er was a little curious.

"Because there was a bandit leader..."

"disagree."

(End of this chapter)