Thief Emperor

Chapter 45 I’ll beat you to death!
"Are you Li Zhao?"

At the gate of Shidai County Government Office, a middle-aged man with a rough face and wearing inferior official uniform looked Li Yun up and down.

Li Yun was also looking at the middle-aged man, and responded: "It is Li, who are you?"

"I am Guo Han, the historian of Shidai."

He raised his head slightly and looked at Li Yun: "According to the rules, you should call me Shangguan."

Li Yun frowned and looked at the appearance of Guo Dianshi carefully.

When I was in Qingyang, I didn't even address the county magistrate or the county magistrate as my superiors. I came here to help you, and you, the fourth in command, are showing off your power!

Seeing that Li Yun had no expression on his face and did not answer, Guo Dianshi coughed and continued, "I heard that Captain Li has already wiped out two villages in Qingyang recently. He is very brave."

Li Yun still didn't answer, but just looked at him quietly.

Guo Dianshi frowned and asked, "Why doesn't Li Dutou say anything?"

Mr. Li said calmly, "I am just waiting for Shangguan to finish speaking."

Guo Dianshi thought that Li Yun had given in, and he was immediately happy. He said, "Well, I will explain the situation to Li Dutou."

He cleared his throat and began to speak, "The unruly people in Hexi Village, Dahe Town, gathered together to cause trouble and beat and killed the officials from our county government. Now they are gathering together to resist and not allow the officials to enter the village to arrest people. The stalemate has lasted for several days."

"Since Captain Li can capture even the most vicious bandits, it will not be difficult for him to deal with some unruly people. Captain Li will go to Hexi Village now and tie up all the villagers who are causing trouble and take them to the county town!"

Li Dutou asked calmly, "Excuse me, how many households are there in Hexi Village?"

"About a hundred households."

Li Yun asked again: "Have they all been arrested?"

"It's no use arresting them all. The government can't hold so many people in prison."

Guo Dianshi said carelessly: "Find out the murderer and arrest all the murderers, and bring all the accomplices to the county government."

"I will ask someone to take you to Hexi Village."

Li Yun shook his head slowly: "No need, we will go by ourselves."

Guo Dianshi thought about it, nodded in agreement, and waved his hand, saying, "Go and do your job."

Li Yun exchanged a glance with his brothers, and without having any conflict with Guo Dianshi, he turned around and left.

After walking a dozen steps, Li Zheng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Damn it, you dare to talk to my second brother like that!"

"We are here to help them, why are you putting on airs?"

After cursing for a while, he turned around and looked at the county government office in Shidai, and said angrily: "Also, we came all the way here, and they sent some Fourth Master to see us, and he didn't even give us a sip of water!"

Li Yun patted Li Zheng on the shoulder and said calmly: "This is normal. It's not right to see the magistrate so often."

"But the one with the surname Guo."

Chief Li shook his shoulders and said coldly, "What a big ego, you skinny monkey."

Li Zheng nodded quickly: "Second brother, you say."

"When I get back, ask the people in the village to make me a mask."

Li Dazhaizhu's eyes were burning with anger, and he cursed fiercely: "Damn it, do you really think I have no temper!"

The current Li Yun is not only the Li Yun who is good at scheming, he has also unknowingly become more reckless.

In fact, if it was the former village leader Li, if he encountered the situation just now, he might have completely ignored the consequences and attacked and hurt people.

But now, due to his public identity, Li Yun can only endure for a while.

One day, when he puts on the mask, the reckless Li Yun will return!
The skinny monkey responded, then asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what should we do now?"

"It's getting dark now. Let's find a place to sleep. We can talk about everything tomorrow."

Village Chief Li curled his lips and said, "With this attitude, does he really expect us to do things for him?"

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go find an inn right away."

Li Yun stretched lazily: "You haven't been to the city much, so take Chen Da with you and find someone decent. I'll pay for it."

"understood."

Li Zheng turned around, found Chen Da and said a few words to him, and then the two of them left together.

About a cup of tea later, the two of them came back, leading a dozen people and staying in an inn in the county town.

Li had been traveling for the past two days and was a little tired. He had two tables of food prepared for him and after eating with his subordinates, he returned to his room, took a quick shower, and lay down on the bed. He soon felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.

He slept until the moon was at its highest point in the sky, and Li Yun vaguely heard someone calling him.

"Second brother, second brother..."

The sound was not loud, accompanied by a series of knocks on the door.

Li Yun was confused for only a few breaths, then he woke up immediately. He opened his eyes suddenly, walked to the door in two or three steps, opened the door, and the skinny Li Zheng was standing outside. He pulled Li Zheng in, then turned back to close the door, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Zheng pulled Li Yun to the window on the other side of the room, opened the window, and whispered, "Second brother, look."

He pointed into the distance.

In fact, there was no need for him to point, as several flames not far away were already flashing in Li Yun's eyes.

"Are you in the water?"

he asked.

Li Zheng shook his head and whispered, "Second brother, there are several places on fire, and the distance is not close. It is most likely that someone deliberately set the fire."

While the two brothers were still talking, there was suddenly a noise outside the window, and someone was running on the street, shouting loudly.

"The rebels have entered the city! The rebels have entered the city!"

After this voice, someone else shouted in panic: "The rebels are heading to the county government office!"

These noises soon woke up the nearby residents. Some windows were opened, and after checking the situation outside, they were closed again.

Li Zheng closed the window, looked at Li Yun, and whispered, "Second brother, these people in Shidai have really bad tempers. They said they would rebel and they actually rebelled."

Li Yun shook his head: "There are two possibilities. One is that someone behind this incident deliberately instigated and took the lead in causing trouble."

"The second possibility is that the man surnamed Guo didn't tell the truth. There are probably more than just yamen runners who died in Hexi Village."

Li Yun looked at Li Zheng and said in a low voice: "The first possibility is unlikely, because a village is too small. If there is such an ambitious person, he would not do such a stupid thing."

Hearing him say this, Li Zheng took a deep breath and murmured, "There must be people who died in Hexi Village, a lot of people..."

He looked up at Li Yun and whispered, "Second brother, what should we do now? If they really break into the county government office and things get out of hand, it will be difficult for us to leave the city tomorrow."

"This matter has become a big deal."

Li Yun opened the window, revealing a crack, and looked out at the chaotic Shidai County. He said slowly, "This incident will definitely alarm the prefecture, and even the court. The state's regular troops will definitely come down to suppress the rebellion."

"It's a pity, it's a pity."

The skinny monkey looked at Li Yun and asked, "What's a pity, second brother?"

"It's a pity that not many people from our village came today, otherwise tonight."

Li Yun looked out the window and said with a smile, "We can go to the Gu family, the richest man in Shidai, to broaden our horizons."

Li Zheng chuckled: "That's a pity."

"listen."

Li Yun stood up and whispered, "There won't be too many people in a village. It's impossible for them to control the city gate immediately. Go wake them up and go out of the city with them towards Hexi Village. Go straight to Hexi Village until someone from the government stops them. This way we can absolve ourselves of responsibility."

Li Zheng responded, then looked at Li Yun and asked, "What about you, second brother?"

Li Yun glanced at the fire outside the window and said calmly, "I'll stay in the county and wait and see."

"Second brother, let's leave the city together."

Li Zheng whispered, "Safety is important."

"It's out of the way."

Village Chief Li put on his clothes, opened the door, and walked outside: "Don't worry about me."

At this moment, the owner of the inn had already hidden himself. Li Yun rummaged around at the counter for a while and found the record of their stay. After tearing off the page, Li Yun put on a sword at his waist, strode out of the inn, faced the fire in Shidai City, and walked towards the Shidai County Government Office.

At this moment, the streets in Shidai County were empty, with only a few exclamations heard occasionally.

Li Yun walked along the alley and soon arrived near the county government office.

At this time, there was already fire in the Shidai County Government Office.

Li Yun leaned over and took a look.

At the gate of the county government office, a fat man in official uniform seemed to have been blocked while trying to escape. He was now pinned down by four or five young men in tattered clothes, unable to move.

A child who was only thirteen or fourteen years old picked up a stick and hit the fat man hard on the head.

"Kill you!"

He didn't have much strength, and the blow didn't even break the man's skin. He just made the man scream in pain and beg for mercy.

The young man had tears in his eyes and gnashed his teeth. Although his whole body was shaking, the wooden stick in his hand kept falling down with extraordinary determination.

"I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you to death!"

“I’ll beat you to death…!”

(End of this chapter)