Thief Emperor

Chapter 32 What is the goal!
Li Yun left Qingyang alone.

At this time, he first killed the bandits and rescued Miss Xue, then captured three more bandits and brought the uncle and nephew of the Gu family back to Qingyang. His reputation had already spread throughout Qingyang County.

As for those subordinates in the county government who had previously been disobedient to him, although they could not be said to be submissive to him now, they no longer dared to directly disobey the will of Master Li.

After all, Chen Da and Huang Yong had seen Li Yun fighting three bandits alone that day. With that kind of fighting power, even if more than 20 people from the county government came together, they might not be able to defeat Li Dutou alone.

In this situation, naturally no one would be dissatisfied.

When Li Yun said that he wanted to go to the vicinity of Cangshan Mountain to search for traces of bandits, naturally no one objected.

Chief Li rode a horse from the county government office and left Qingyang in a dignified manner.

This time, he did not use the word "borrow", and the person in charge of horses in the county government did not say much, so the horse became Li Dutou's "official horse".

After arriving near Cangshan Mountain, he changed his white clothes, stuffed the clothes into his bag, and then rode to Lijiazhuang at the foot of the mountain.

He was already very familiar with this village, or rather, the former village chief Li was very familiar with it. He tied his horse at the door of the village chief's house and knocked on the gate.

By now, it was already evening.

The sun shines obliquely on the farmyard, making it golden.

Because the world was not peaceful, it took a long time before the old village chief's voice came from the yard: "Who is it?"

"Father, it's me."

The old village chief closed one eye and looked out through the crack in the door with the other eye. When he saw Li Yun's figure, he was so scared that he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"You...why are you here?"

The old man swallowed, looked up at the sky which was about to get dark, and his tone was somewhat panicked.

"To fulfill the promise I made a few days ago."

Li Yun smiled kindly.

After a long while, the old village chief opened the gate and let Li Yun in. He looked behind Li Yun and made sure that Li Yun had no helpers. Then he stuck his head out, looked left and right, and then carefully closed the gate.

"Afterlife."

The old village chief turned around and looked at Li Yun who was looking at the courtyard, and said, "You are not in the mountain, why are you in the village? It's broad daylight, and there is a wanted poster with a reward for you on the big tree at the entrance of the village!"

Li Yun smiled and took out the wanted poster with a pockmarked face from his sleeve. After opening it, he placed it next to his face and looked at the old village chief.

"My dear, does this look like me?"

The old village chief took a look and then glanced at Li Yun.

"When you committed the crime, the soldiers didn't see your face clearly and said your face was covered in blood."

"Later, when they drew the wanted poster, they could only roughly describe your appearance. Plus, they heard your nickname was Li Mazi, so they drew some pockmarks on your face."

Seeing that Li Yun had no ill intentions, the old man sighed and said, "That day, the painter from the county government came to the village and asked me a few questions about your appearance. I told them what you looked like based on your father's appearance."

"Of course not."

Village Chief Li smiled and said, "Since it doesn't look like me, then it's naturally not me."

He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, placed it in front of the old village chief, and said, "When I went down the mountain that day, I promised you that I would pay for the money that the government troops had taken from the village. If converted into copper coins, it should be almost the same as what you spent that day."

"As for the money lost by other families in the village, please go and count it. I'll have someone send it to you in a few days."

The old village chief stood there in a daze, not saying anything for a long time, and did not dare to take the money from Li Yun.

When will the bandits start to spit out money?

It wasn't until Li Yun stuffed the silver bar into his hand that he came to his senses.

"Young man, you..."

The old village chief asked, "Have you changed your profession?"

Li Yun thought about this question seriously, then said with a smile: "I don't know if it can be considered a career change. By chance, it should be considered a transformation." "But I still have to work in the village."

Village Chief Li waved his hand at the old village chief and said with a smile, "I still have to go up the mountain, so I won't stay any longer. The horse outside is mine. I can't take it up the mountain road. Old man, take care of it for me for a few days. When I go down the mountain in a few days, I will come back to get the horse."

The old village chief looked at the silver ingot in his hand and agreed readily for the sake of the money.

Village Chief Li turned and walked away. After walking a dozen steps, he looked back at the village chief and said with a smile, "Old man, are there any unemployed young men in the village? I have a few vacancies for jobs now. If there are any suitable ones, let them work with me."

The old village chief was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept shaking his head.

Which good person would be sent to be a bandit with you?

Seeing that the old man disagreed, Li Yun shook his head and turned to go up the mountain.

When he returned to Cangshan Village, it was already dark. Li Yun did not wake anyone up and went back to his own yard to take a nap.

The next morning, Liu Bo, Zhang Hu, and Skinny Li Zheng, who knew that Li Yun had returned, gathered in Li Yun's yard, surrounded him, and called him "Second Brother" one by one.

Liu Bo raised his thumb and said with a smile: "Second brother is really amazing. Not only did he squeeze so much money from those two fat sheep, but we didn't have any problems afterwards. Now..."

"Those two fat sheep must hate Erlong Village to death!"

Li Yun was washing his face at the moment. After wiping the water off his face, he said calmly, "We are the only brothers involved in this matter. Keep your mouth shut and don't talk about it if you can."

Liu Bo responded, sat on the chair, and looked at Li Yun with a smile: "Second brother, the elders in the village all say that you are like a different person. Some people say that you got enlightened after someone hit you on the head last time."

After washing his face, Chief Li sat next to a few brothers, looked at them, and said, "I have a few things to do after this trip."

"First, I want to take two people with me to the county town to work as errand boys."

After these words were spoken, several people's faces turned unhappy.

Zhang Hu couldn't help but say, "Second brother, could it be that what Second Uncle and the others said was right..."

Li Yun frowned and asked, "What are they talking about behind my back while I'm away?"

Zhang Hu glanced at Li Yun weakly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Second uncle and third uncle said that no one wants to be a bandit for life. They said... they said that you, second brother, have seen too much prosperity in the city, so you... you won't come back."

"When I come back, I will go back to the city again."

Li Yun curled his lips.

"If I don't want to come back, where can you see me?"

If this were a peaceful and prosperous era, or at least a tolerable one, and Li Yun had a legitimate identity, he might not necessarily return to Cangshan Village.

He would even pull a few good brothers out of the "quagmire" of the mountain village.

But in today's world, the Cangshan village behind Li Yun can no longer be considered a quagmire. Instead, it is a help to him, or even his foundation.

This is an armed force that is not subject to official constraints! It is his reliance on breaking free from the shackles in the future!

"Going to the county town to work doesn't mean you won't come back to the village."

Li Yun said calmly: "Are we brothers going to stay in this Cangshan Mountain for the rest of our lives? We must go out and see the world and explore the world."

"Besides, we are going out to better develop the village. I plan to set up an anti-theft team in the county..."

As the leader of the village, Li, spoke eloquently, the three brothers all blinked and looked at him, their eyes clear and stupid.

Li Dazhaizhu shook his head helplessly and said in a muffled voice: "Come out with me, I promise you..."

"Everyone can marry a beautiful wife."

At this moment, Liu Bo, Zhang Hu and Shouhou all jumped up at the same time, their eyes filled with fiery excitement.

They even spoke in unison.

"Brother, I'm going out with you!"

(End of this chapter)