Thief Emperor

Chapter 28 Eat both sides

"Your motherfucker!"

Snap, a loud slap sounded.

Liu Bo slapped Gu Cheng hard on the face, making the second young master Gu see stars.

Gu Er was so angry that his face turned blue, but he couldn't resist. He just clenched his fists and trembled all over.

The ninth leader, Liu Bo, slapped him and cursed: "Now you know how powerful our Erlong Village is?!"

"Shidai Gu family, bah!"

Spitting on the ground, Liu Bo cursed, "How dare you to plot against our Erlong Village? Damn it! If your family doesn't pay the money to us, I will tear your head off and kick it like a ball!"

Gu Zhang, who was tied to the side, had his eyelids twitching. After swallowing his saliva, he said, "This...this warrior, is there...some misunderstanding between us?"

"Snapped!"

Liu Bo was not polite at all. He slapped him again and cursed: "Did I talk to you?"

Gu Zhang immediately became timid and didn't dare to speak.

"I have found out everything."

Liu Bo said viciously: "It was your Gu family from Shidai who plotted against our Erlong Village. More than a dozen of our brothers died in the disaster. If it weren't for the fact that your Gu family still had some money, I would have skinned you alive!"

Gu Cheng was hit several times and his mouth was swollen. He felt very aggrieved.

Because he really didn't know about what happened in Erlongzhai.

Young Master Gu turned his head and looked at his uncle, who also shrank his head and dared not speak.

"For the sake of money, I won't kill you for now, but my brothers in Erlong Village can't die in vain. I have to avenge them!"

After Liu Bo cursed angrily, he glared at the two men and drew out a rusty sword from his waist, cursing, "You two are worse than pigs and dogs!"

The uncle and nephew of the Gu family had never seen such a scene before. They were frightened and their faces turned pale. Gu Zhang said in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, brave man, we are beasts, we are beasts..."

"We really don't know what happened in Erlong Village, but, but..."

He looked at the rusty knife in front of him and said in fear: "My elder brother will definitely send the money to all the warriors..."

If it was a very sharp knife, at most he would be killed by one blow, which would be a quick death. But if this tattered, rusty, and even chipped knife was chopped by one blow...

When Gu Zhang thought of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

That would be a big punishment!
Liu Bo gnashed his teeth and was about to take action when a rough voice came from above: "Fool! If you kill these two hostages now, you won't get any money!"

Liu Bo glared at the two of them, then sheathed his sword and responded, "Got it, Boss Peng!"

After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave the cellar.

Gu Zhang said in a trembling voice: "Brave man, we haven't eaten for more than a day..."

"Trouble!"

Liu Bo said without even turning his head: "Someone will bring you food in the evening."

His voice faded away.

After they reached the cellar, Liu Bo winked at Li Yun who was guarding the cellar door, lowered his voice, and smiled: "Second brother, am I acting okay?"

"You vented your anger."

Village Chief Li patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Not bad, you are much smarter than Hu Zi."

"Come on, I'll buy you a drink."

A few people then went together to the yard of Mr. Li, the great leader, to drink.

And so, several days passed.

That evening, the skinny Li Zheng returned to Cangshan Village from outside and found Li Yun along the way. He lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, I went to Erlong Mountain to check it out. The people of the Gu family seemed to be sensible and did not leave anyone in Erlong Mountain..."

Li Yun glanced at him and asked, "Are you sure? Don't wait until we get there and get surrounded."

"I left two people to watch over the Erlongshan trail."

"It's been a few days and no one is here. It's unlikely that anyone will stay. After all, a few days is enough time for us to transport the money back."

Village Chief Li thought about it seriously.

Five thousand strings of cash was a windfall for Cangshan Dazhai, but for those local tyrants who had been entrenched in the area for many years, it might just be a bit of a pain in the ass.

Maybe, it won’t even be considered as physical pain.

Besides, the uncle and nephew of the Gu family are still in his hands. It is indeed unlikely that he would give up two family members for such a small amount of money.

Li Yun thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Then how about this, tomorrow night, you and Lao Ba and Lao Jiu will take people to transport the money back to Cangshan."

"Put the money in my yard. Don't let Second Uncle and the others manage it. If you have any expenses, just ask me for them." Li Zheng responded and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Second Brother. We will take care of this matter."

He looked at Li Yun with admiration on his face: "Second brother is really a genius at being a bandit. He found such a big fat sheep just a few days after coming down the mountain."

In response to this "praise", Li touched his nose and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After everything was arranged, Li Yun went down the mountain early the next morning.

After going down the mountain, he rode all the way back to Qingyang County.

Because at this time, he needed to make clear information to County Magistrate Xue before he could make plans for the next step.

Because the speed of riding a horse is naturally very different from that of walking, in the afternoon, Li Dadutou returned to Qingyang. After he rode to the county government office, he went all the way to the back court and met County Magistrate Xue smoothly.

At this time, Mr. Xue had already heard the news that the uncle and nephew of the Gu family were kidnapped, and he was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Seeing Li Yun coming back, he stood up hurriedly and threw the brush in his hand onto the table without a care, splashing ink everywhere.

Magistrate Xue first grabbed Li Yun by the collar and asked in a low voice: "Where have you been!"

Li Dazhaizhu looked calm and said with a smile: "Of course I went to settle the matter for the county magistrate."

Magistrate Xue's face changed slightly. He turned around, closed the door, and looked at Li Yun with an extremely ugly expression. He tried to lower his voice.

"You are too brave...!"

Li Yun still looked calm: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Even if something happens, it will not implicate you, the county lord."

"Gu Zhang had an argument with me, and right after that he was tied up!"

Magistrate Xue said gloomily: "You also asked the county yamen runners to keep an eye on him, about this matter!"

"Can it withstand scrutiny?"

Village Chief Li smiled and said, "It's just suspicion at best, but there's no evidence."

"Don't doubt it!"

Master Xue took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "How can a person like you who lives in the underworld know that in the officialdom, even the slightest suspicion is enough for others to take action against you? The Gu family..."

"There's someone up there!"

Li Yun sat down, drank a sip of tea, and smiled: "I am also a little unsure about this matter, so I came back to see the county lord. Has the county lord handled my household registration? If it is done, these two people from the Gu family..."

"I won't have to kill him."

Master Xue walked to the door and made sure that there was no one outside. Then he sat down opposite Li Yun and said helplessly, "I've already done it for you. They won't find anything even if they check."

"That's good."

Li Dazhaizhu stood up, his face serious, and clasped his fists to Master Xue and said, "County Master, I have been investigating the traces of bandits outside these days. When I passed by Tangxi, I found that Erlongzhai bandits had kidnapped a good man. Please take a team of yamen runners out of the city..."

"Investigate the case and arrest the thief."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xue frowned at first, then looked at Li Yun.

The head of the Li Clan stood straight with a calm expression, "Your Excellency, I have been practicing martial arts since I was young. Ordinary bandits are no match for me. You can rest assured!"

Who is worried about you!
Mr. Xue's eyelids twitched. After a moment of silence, he probably understood what Li Yun meant and sighed silently: "Go ahead, don't make any more mistakes."

Li Yun smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry, County Master."

"My subordinates went out to catch thieves and robbers, which is also a political achievement for the county magistrate. Maybe the county magistrate..."

Village Chief Li was all smiles.

"It can go up one more liter."

Mr. Xue frowned, shook his head and sighed.

"Political achievements are no longer useful. If you want to be promoted now, you have to give..."

"That's all."

He sighed.

"There's no use telling you."

"Go... do your work."

Chief Li seemed to be thinking about something, then he smiled and did not salute, but just bowed slightly.

"I'll...go right away."

(End of this chapter)