Thief Emperor

Chapter 25: The heroes of Erlongzhai!
I don’t know if they are going to arrange something in Qingyang County. After the conflict with Magistrate Xue that day, the uncle and nephew of the Gu family stayed in Qingyang for two or three days and did not leave.

However, these yamen runners from Qingyang grew up in the county town, and the county town was not big, so they could find every household with their eyes closed. With them around, the uncle and nephew of the Gu family were kept under close watch.

As for Li Yun, Captain Li, during these three days, apart from paying attention to the movements of the uncle and nephew of the Gu family, he spent most of his time in the library of the county school.

Although Qingyang is a small county and the county school does not have many books, it still has much more books than the Cangshan Dazhai. Until now, Li's understanding of this era is still superficial. He really needs to learn as much as possible about the world by reading books.

The first reason why I choose to read books instead of asking people is naturally because many people of this era, or even most people, are uneducated, and what they know is not as much as what is recorded in any book.

The second reason is, of course, that books cannot speak.

If you ask people who the current emperor is, or who the previous emperor was, you will inevitably be criticized.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Li Yun was still borrowing books at the county school. The teacher of the county school knew that Li Yun was the benefactor of the county master's family, so he did not stop him. He allowed Li Yun to come and read books every day. Sometimes he would read for a whole day and never got tired of it.

It is said that we are not afraid of bandits being powerful, but we are afraid of bandits being educated!

Chief Li is determined to be a cultured bandit!
That afternoon, Li Yun, who had been reading for several days in a row, picked up a casual book and put it on his lap to read. As he was absorbed in reading, the light in front of his eyes was blocked by a shadow. He subconsciously looked up, and before he could say anything, he saw a familiar figure.

"Have you been here these days?"

It’s Xue Yuner.

Xue Yun'er was no longer alone at this moment, she was followed by a maid.

The maid's name was Dong'er. When Xue Yun'er got married that day, Dong'er followed her. Later, when a fight broke out, the Cangshan stronghold went to snatch the people but did not take the little girl with them. That's why she was "escaped" and was not taken to Cangshan.

At this moment, the maid was also looking at Li Yun with curiosity, as if she wanted to see what the legendary warrior Li Zhao looked like.

Village Chief Li closed the book and said with a smile, "Of course I don't stay here all the time, but I come here to sit when I have time these few days."

"how?"

He looked up at Xue Yun'er and said with a smile, "Miss Xue is here to read a book too?"

At this time, five or six days had passed since the two separated, and Xue Yun'er's original pitiful look had mostly faded, and she was no longer as timid as before.

Hearing Li Yun's question, she said softly, "There are many more books in my father's study than here."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Why don't you donate some money to the county school, Mr.

"loquacious."

She looked at Li Yun and gritted her teeth and said, "Come out, I have a few words to ask you."

After saying that, Miss Xue turned around and walked out.

Village Chief Li closed the book, put his hands behind his back and followed her. The two of them walked to the bottom of a pavilion. Miss Xue turned her head and looked at Li Yun, a little embarrassed: "Two days ago, someone from the Gu family came over. What did they say to my father?"

Miss Xue said softly, "My father was so angry that day that he didn't even eat. He wouldn't say anything when I asked him. You were the only one there at the time..."

Li Yun thought for a moment and said with a smile, "What does Miss Xue want to hear?"

"I want to know what the Gu family said..."

Miss Xue clenched her fists: "They must have said something bad about me, which made my father so angry."

Village Chief Li thought about the situation that day, and then said, "If they want to say bad things, they say bad things about Miss Xue, but they are more subtle."

He pointed at his nose and said, "Instead, he said bad things about me, but he said it to my face."

Xue Yuner blinked: "They don't know you, what did they say about you?"

"You said I was a beast."

Village Chief Li smiled kindly: "I still remember it."

"what…"

Miss Xue exclaimed, frowning and said, "The Gu family is also a family of scholars, how can they be so rude..."

"It's out of the way."

Li Yun waved his hand: "I am a generous person and don't care about these things."

"As for what they said about Miss Xue..."

Village Chief Li smiled and said, "They just said that it would bring shame to their family and they wanted to cancel the engagement. That made Master Xue angry, and he had a big fight with Gu Zhang from the Gu family, but they didn't say anything else."

"Hmph...door lintel."

Xue Yun'er was also a little angry, and gritted her teeth and said, "What kind of family is the Gu family? They are just flattering themselves. They..."

"Du Tou——"

Before Xue Yun'er could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a shout from a distance. A young man came running towards her in a hurry. It was Chen Da.

When he got closer, he saw Xue Yun'er there, and was a little overwhelmed. Li Yun stepped forward and whispered, "Any news?"

Chen Da nodded and said, "The two of them are almost out of Qingyang now."

"it is good."

Li Dutou patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Who has been watching them these two days?"

"It's my subordinate, and there's another brother."

Li Yun took out a small piece of gold from his arms, handed it to Chen Da, and said calmly: "Take it and share it with others to drink. Don't tell anyone about this matter."

In this era, gold and silver are not currencies.

The only real currency is copper coins, while gold and silver can only be considered precious metals.

Silver was too heavy to carry, so Li Yun carried some gold with him.

Chen Da took it and hesitated: "Captain, we haven't even paid tribute to you yet, how can we take your..."

"Just take it if I tell you to."

They have been keeping an eye on the uncle and nephew of the Gu family for two days. If any "accident" happens to them after they leave the city, it will inevitably lead to associations. At this time, they must keep their mouths shut to avoid future troubles.

Chen Da nodded, took the broken gold, and said, "Don't worry, our subordinates have never seen them."

"Well, let's go."

Chen Da lowered his head, saluted Miss Xue, then turned around and ran away.

Li Yun also turned around to look at Xue Yun'er and smiled, "Miss Xue, that was the situation on that day. It was nothing more than breaking off a bad marriage. Don't think too much about it."

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave now."

"Where are you going..."

Xue Yun'er looked at him and asked, "Are you going to leave the city?"

"After leaving the city, will you...come back?"

Village Chief Li turned and left, saying with a smile: "It's hard to say what will happen in the future."

"You can stay here and be a captain, that's... not bad either."

"On the mountain..."

Miss Xue stammered, "There are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains."

Li Yun smiled dumbly and clasped his fists towards her: "Got it."

After saying that, he strode away. After walking to the county government office, he borrowed a horse from the government office and left the county town leading the horse.

He had never ridden a horse before, but the Cangshan Village had robbed a few horses in the past, and the former leader Li knew how to ride a horse. Not long after he started riding, he basically mastered the riding skills.

After walking more than ten miles out of the city, he saw a familiar mark under a big tree on the side of the road, so he followed the mark. Not long after, he stopped under a big tree and found Liu Bo and Zhang Hu.

Li Yun got off the horse, and Liu Bo and Zhang Hu came to greet him. They looked at the horses with envy, "Second brother is really amazing. He has only been in the city for a few days and he already has a mount."

"Borrowed."

Li Yun rolled his eyes at them and said with a smile, "How many people did you bring down the mountain?"

"Not many, only seven or eight people."

Liu Bo was a little excited and asked, "Second brother, are we going to work?"

"almost."

Village Chief Li looked towards the direction of the county town and said calmly, "This time, we need to kidnap two people and take them up the mountain. If we succeed, we can make a lot of money."

"But before you get started, remember one thing."

"We are no longer the bandits of Cangshan Village."

Zhang Hu was stunned: "Second brother, then we are..."

Chief Li laughed.

"We are the heroes of Erlongzhai..."

"I'm here to seek revenge on the Gu family!"

(End of this chapter)