Thief Emperor

Chapter 14: The Lord of a Village! (Happy May Day!)
This matter really made Li Yun quite annoyed.

I don’t know if he was really angry or was affected by Li Mazi’s temper, but he really had the urge to fight with Zhou Liang.

However, when Li Yun was thirteen or fourteen years old, he was invincible in Cangshan. Now he is still young and strong. Fighting with him is almost tantamount to seeking death. Even though Zhou Liang is a generation older than him, he dare not force himself and can only kneel down and admit defeat.

The reason why he knelt so quickly was mainly because there were no outsiders in the hall. If those old brothers were still there, he might not be able to kneel so neatly.

Seeing the elder kneeling down and admitting his mistake, Village Chief Li did not rush to help him up. Instead, he sat on his tiger-skin chair and said in a deep voice, "Uncle San, our village has its own rules. We cannot bring outsiders up the mountain casually, especially at this time."

"Erlong Village is not much worse than our Cangshan Village. It has only been a short time since they defeated us and turned us into ashes."

“It’s hard to say who the so-called fat dart was aimed at.”

Li Yun said in a muffled voice: "If they are really government officials who wiped out Erlong Village, who knows if Peng Hai and his men have been recruited by the government? Are they scouting the mountains for the government and acting as internal supporters?"

"Uncle San, there are more than thirty brothers in this village, including the family, there are about fifty people."

"If anything happens."

Li Yun slammed the table hard. He was so strong that the sound of the slam was deafening.

“Who will take this responsibility?”

"I'm going to say something unpleasant."

The head of the village, Li Da, groaned, "The government troops have really come to my doorstep. I am confident that no one can catch me in this mountain. Even if I stay and fight the government troops to the death, I still have no children. At worst, I can die. But you, Third Uncle, have family members in the village."

"Why are you so careless?"

Zhou Liang's face flushed red as he lowered his head and said, "Yes, I broke the rules!"

"The village chief should punish them!"

Li Yun said coldly: "Tell me, how should I punish you?"

Zhou Liang stood up, pulled out a dagger from his waist with his right hand, placed his left hand on the table, and gritted his teeth and said, "Village leader, can you spare two fingers for me?"

Li Yun didn't say anything, just stood up and looked at him.

Zhou Liang gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and was about to chop down with the dagger in his hand, but was firmly grasped by a big hand and could no longer move.

"What do I need your fingers for at this time?"

Li Dazhaizhu snorted and said, "Uncle San, you brought them up here, so I'll leave them to you to take care of. Change their clothes and take off everything they brought up the mountain and check it."

“Just give them food, and don’t let them go anywhere else in the village for a month.”

Zhou Liang held the dagger and gritted his teeth, saying, "Village leader, I will kill these troublemakers directly!"

"No."

Li Yun shook his head and said, "We have already brought them to the mountain. We cannot kill them. If the news gets out, the reputation of our Cangshan Village will be ruined. We must keep a close eye on them and don't let them have the chance to contact the outside world."

"Everything... After I settle the matter, I will consider how to deal with them."

During this period of time, Li Yun has already understood the situation of this world.

Because the world was not peaceful, many people were forced to go to the mountains and become bandits. Not to mention anything else, there were nearly a dozen or twenty mountain strongholds of all sizes on the mountains within dozens or hundreds of miles of the Cangshan stronghold.

Although the number of people in each village is not large, with the largest village having only over fifty people, when added together, they form a considerable force.

Mr. Li is now well-known in the green forest.

Since he is already a bandit, he must become bigger and stronger, and become the biggest bandit. He cannot let his reputation be ruined.

Otherwise, the difficulty will increase dramatically when expanding power in the future.

Although Mr. Li doesn't necessarily have to become a bandit leader in the future, it's good to have an extra way out. Besides, these four people will not pose any threat to him or the Cangshan Village at the moment.

Zhou Liang responded and said quickly, "Okay, I...I will go and look after them right away."

"Just go."

Li said with his hands behind his back, "This concerns the survival of the village, Uncle San, please be cautious."

"Yes!"

Zhou Liang turned around and strode away.

Li Yun watched Zhou Liang's back as he walked away. After Zhou Liang was completely far away, a smile finally appeared on his face.

By using a combination of intimidation and coaxing, he was able to initially subdue the heavyweight figure in the village.

After that, as long as he does a good enough job as the village chief, Zhou Liang will become more and more loyal and become a die-hard fan of the village chief Li.

In addition, he had deliberately raised the status of Zhang Hu, Liu Bo and others these days, as well as his original prestige. Unknowingly, the entire Cangshan Village had been firmly in his hands. This was also a solid step forward for Mr. Li.

Although this village is small, with only a few dozen people, from this moment on...

His surname is really Li.

………………

at dusk.

After a busy day, Li Yun returned to his own small courtyard.

It was summer and the yard was still bright. Miss Xue was sitting on a wooden stool in the yard, holding a book in her hands and reading it page by page.

She watched very seriously and didn't notice until Li Yun approached.

Village Chief Li was behind her now. After reading a few pages, he suddenly whispered, "Did you break into my room and steal the book?"

These words frightened Xue Yun'er, who was in a trance. She almost jumped up. After turning around and seeing that it was Li Yun, she was relieved at first, but then felt a little embarrassed: "What do you mean by stealing? What you said is so ugly..."

"Your door is not closed..."

Village Chief Li rolled his eyes at her and said unhappily, "My door doesn't even have a ring. I can only prop it up from the inside with wood. How can I close the door when I'm outside?"

"You can only pretend to be innocent. You little girl stole my book and refused to admit it."

Xue Yun'er's face turned red after what he said, and she lowered her head and kept silent.

She was indeed in the wrong in this matter.

She was too bored, so she found a book to kill time.

She was about to explain when she saw the young man in front of her smile carefreely: "But stealing books doesn't count as stealing, so I won't bother with you."

After saying that, Village Chief Li turned around and walked towards the large water tank in the yard. He began to draw water from the tank, preparing to boil water for the girl to take a bath.

He himself was also preparing to take a good bath.

Maybe because she felt guilty, this time Miss Xue was too embarrassed to just stand by and watch. She put down the book in her hand, took the initiative to pick up some firewood, and placed it next to the big iron pot.

However, she moved very slowly and only picked up a small amount of firewood. Li Yun had already poured the water and was ready to make a fire to boil water.

Xue Yun'er stood there at a loss, not knowing what to say, so she found a topic herself.

"When will you take me down the mountain?"

Village Chief Li looked up and glanced at her.

"Didn't we agree on a month? Now let's count the days."

"About twenty days."

Mr. Li thought for a moment and then said, "A mountain stronghold was destroyed these past two days. I guess it was either the people your father hired or the people sent by your in-laws."

At this point, Li Yun smiled and said, "But it seems that they just want to vent their anger and have no intention of looking for you."

"That…"

Xue Yuner clenched her fists: "That must be the Gu family, they...they care about face the most..."

Li Yun said "Oh", and then continued: "Speaking of which, your fiancé is really not a good guy. When you go back, cancel the marriage and don't have any contact with his family."

Xue Yun'er nodded dazedly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Soon, the hot water was ready, and Li Yun helped her get the hot water and brought it into the house.

Miss Xue closed the door and was about to take off her clothes when there was a knock on the door again.

She hurriedly covered her body, turned back to look at the door, and asked in a panic: "What...what are you doing?"

The person outside the door didn't answer, but just stuffed two brown cattail sticks from under the door.

"This thing seems to repel mosquitoes when it's lit."

The lazy voice of Village Chief Li came.

"I asked someone to find it. There are too many mosquitoes on this mountain."

Mr. Li yawned loudly and walked towards his room, muttering to himself as he walked.

"It's like he wants to eat people."

(End of this chapter)