Thief Emperor

Chapter 42 Is there a rebellion?

"Second brother."

In the residence of the great village chief Li, the skinny Li Zheng took the newly copied list and placed it in front of Li Yun, then said, "This is a list sent by merchants in Qingyang. These are the goods that will be shipped to Qingyang in the next few days."

Li Zheng paused and said, "Second brother, you said that after we took over, no one would rob them, right..."

The skinny monkey looked around and whispered, "Isn't this too fake?"

Li Yun put down the National History Summary in his hand, looked up at Li Zheng, and said with a smile: "Why are you so timid, kid?"

"Brother, it's not that I'm timid."

Li Zheng sat opposite Li Yun and whispered, "It's too obvious. I'm afraid they will get suspicious."

"Don't worry, I've already arranged it."

Li Dazhaizhu put down the book in his hand and said, "For those who have paid, our yamen runners will send people to escort their cars. For those who don't pay, there will be no yamen runners to escort their cars."

"I have already informed Lao Jiu. They will come down the mountain and pretend to do one or two jobs in the next few days. Then I will wait for the government troops, fight them fiercely, and drive them back."

At this point, Li Dazhaizhu narrowed his eyes and said softly: "As for those who didn't pay and didn't have government troops escorting their vehicles, if they were robbed, it's none of our business."

"I won't go for this matter. When the time comes, you can go meet Lao Jiu and discuss it carefully. Try to act more realistically."

"Um…"

Li Yun pondered for a moment and continued, "Remember, don't take Hu Zi with you. He doesn't have a very good brain. Don't mess things up."

"This month, we will go and wipe out another village, and these people in Qingyang County will no longer have any doubts about our anti-theft team."

Li Zheng responded and nodded, "Got it."

As he spoke, he looked at the book in Li Yun's hand and asked, "Second brother, why do I see you reading this book all day these days? Is it really that good?"

"You do not understand."

Village Chief Li unfolded the book and said, "This is a very good thing. If it weren't for Miss Xue's help, I might not have been able to see it."

Li Zheng scratched his head, not quite understanding.

Village Chief Li glanced at him and said, "When you have time, you should read more books and learn more. It may be of great use in the future."

Although Li Zheng disagreed in his heart, he still responded and nodded, "I understand."

Chief Li stood up and said, "Go out in the next two days. When you see Lao Jiu, ask him if he has done any research on the next village. After that, I will leave the city in a few days and prepare to take action."

The skinny monkey was a little surprised: "Second brother, it's only been a dozen days since we wiped out Black Crow Mountain last time. Didn't we say we could wipe out one village a month? Why are you in such a hurry this time?"

"Didn't you just say that?"

Li Yun slowly turned a page of the book and said, "We're afraid those people in the city will get suspicious, so let's speed up."

Village Chief Li smiled and said, "When you take their money, you feel at ease, right?"

"Hey."

The skinny monkey gave a thumbs up and said, "Second brother is still the best."

"Okay, go get busy."

Li Yun said, "If those merchants have any problems, let them come here to find me."

"I know, second brother."

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Five days later, when the double act between the government troops and Cangshan Dazhai was over, Li Dadutou asked the merchants in the city to temporarily stop purchasing goods, while he took the main force of the anti-theft team and left Qingyang County again to fight against the bandits.

The target of this bandit suppression campaign was a mountain called Longwang Mountain to the south of Cangshan Dazhai. There was a mountain village on the mountain, so it was naturally called Longwang Village.

Because Old Nine Liu Bo had already found out the details, and after the last incident at Black Crow Mountain, the runners of the anti-theft team had become much bolder.

The preliminary work for this bandit suppression campaign went relatively smoothly.

After nightfall, the group approached Longwang Mountain smoothly, and along the explored mountain road, they groped their way up the mountain bit by bit.

By the time it was completely dark, their group of nearly thirty people had already approached Longwang Village.

But this time, it was far from as smooth as last time.

Before they got close to the Dragon King Village, they were illuminated by a dazzling fire, followed by a loud shout: "Who is it?"

"Someone breaks into the village!"

After the two shouts, a third shout was heard: "The government troops are coming! The government troops are coming!"

Village Chief Li's face turned dark.

Damn, these bandits are well-informed and seem to be much more vigilant than before!
At this time, they were still dozens of feet away from Longwang Village. Li Yun, who was already in armor, took a deep breath and whispered, "Hu Zi!" Zhang Hu responded, "Here!"

"Come at me!"

"The rest of you, follow us and wipe out this village!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Hu rubbed his hands ready to fight and followed Li Yun. The two tough men in armor strode towards the stronghold.

The others followed closely behind the two and rushed towards the Dragon King Village!
For a moment, flames shot into the sky.

The sound of fighting continued to ring out!
Holding a long knife, Li Dadu killed a bandit who was rushing towards him head-on with one blow, and then quickly rushed towards the gate of Longwangzhai!
The "village militia" of Cangshan Village behind him followed closely, and a moment later, they broke into the gate of the village!

And this time, they didn't do it without paying a price.

A Qingyang yamen runner fell in a pool of blood.

At Cangshan Village, several people were also injured and lost their combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Li Yun was furious. He rushed forward and snatched a long-handled weapon from a bandit. Then he held the handle with both hands and swept across, knocking down several people.

At the same time, the weapons of the bandits from Longwangzhai also fell on his back, but Li Dadu was wearing armor, and it was the fine armor he brought down from Cangshan. He just shook his body, then turned around and glared at the two enemies fiercely, scaring the two men out of their wits. They threw the weapons in their hands aside and ran away!

Village leader Li rushed forward, knocked one of them down with a stick, and then kicked another man hard in the back with his right foot, knocking him to the ground!
By this time, this small-scale battle had come to an end.

After all, these bandits were just a mob. They had lost all will to fight and began to flee in all directions.

Chief Li roared, "Don't hold back, kill anyone who doesn't surrender!"

"Yes!"

.........

At dawn, Li Yun, along with his subordinates, several carts of spoils and a dozen prisoners, descended from Longwang Mountain and returned to Qingyang.

Comparatively speaking, Dragon King Village is wealthier than Black Crow Mountain, and almost all the brothers who followed here got to drink some soup.

At this moment, not only the "village militia" of Cangshan Dazhai, but even the yamen runners of Qingyang no longer had any aversion to suppressing bandits.

After all, this boss of ours can easily take on ten people at once, and it's really cool to follow him and take advantage of others.

More importantly, the boss was willing to share the money with them. After two campaigns to suppress bandits, the wallets of these yamen runners became visibly fatter.

After the militiamen from Cangshan Village left with their share of the "trophies", the team returned all the way to Qingyang. After arriving in Qingyang, Li Yun directly took out twenty strings of money from the seized property and gave them to Chen Da.

"Keep it. I'll go with you tomorrow and deliver the compensation to Brother Zhu's home. If you miss even one cent, I won't forgive you!"

Chen Dalian lowered his head quickly and said, "Don't worry, boss. If you give me one less penny, I will crash into your body and die in front of you tomorrow!"

"Ah."

Li Dadutou snorted and said, "The rest will be sent to the county government's storehouse. These bandits will all be sent to the county jail and handed over to the government for punishment."

Chen Da responded: "I understand."

After explaining the situation, Li Yun went all the way to the back court and met Mr. Xue.

"County Master, I have wiped out another village..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by County Magistrate Xue.

"You are finally back."

Magistrate Xue stood up, pulled his sleeve, and let out a long sigh.

Li Yun frowned: "What's wrong, County Master?"

"There was a rebellion in the neighboring county, and several officials were beaten to death. The state asked our county to send people to help suppress it. You were not in Qingyang, and most of the people were taken away—"

"Anti-people?"

Li Dazhaizhu frowned and asked, "Is it possible that the additional tax they collected is more than 500 coins?"

Upon hearing this, Master Xue's expression froze, then he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know the details either."

"But come to think of it, it's probably as you said."

Li Yun groaned, "I'm really crazy because of poverty."

"Which county?"

Magistrate Xue sighed.

"Shidai County."

(End of this chapter)