Thief Emperor

Chapter 81 Come to the door! (Subscribe please!!)

For the next few days, Li Yun stayed in Shiwangzhai.

Most of the time, he worked with Zhou Liang to sort out the old members of the Ten Kings Village, especially the young boys.

There are quite a few young men in the Ten Kings Village, about twenty of them. What surprised Li Yun was that among these twenty young men, only a few of them had fathers.

In other words, only a few people know who their father is.

As for the rest, they only know who their mother is, but not who their father is, and most of their mothers have passed away.

This situation is not difficult to understand.

Because Shiwangzhai is different from Cangshan Dazhai. Cangshan Dazhai is more like a group of farmers who have lost their land and moved to the mountains to become bandits, and most of them are still registered farmers.

Banditry is just a sideline.

Therefore, the people in Cangshan Village are no different from those in the village. The couple can live together and give birth to the second generation of the village such as Li Yun, Zhang Hu, and Heizi.

In the Ten Kings Village, most of the bandits are "full-time", unemployed bandits.

These bandits would rob women and take them up the mountain, and often they would not eat them alone.

When women in the mountains became pregnant and gave birth to children, most of them were sent directly down the mountain and sold to people living there. Very few of them were raised in the mountains.

In a place without laws and rules, the party with the upper hand in terms of military strength will often become violent. These bandits have no intention of raising children.

So how did these children in the Ten Kings Village stay?
Most of the time, these children stayed in the mountains because their mothers were strong-willed and refused to be separated from their children, or because some head of the family was kind-hearted.

And because of this, not many of those strong-willed mothers are still alive today.

It is worth mentioning that most of those who stayed in the village were teenagers.

Because if it was a girl, at most seven or eight years old, she would be sold down the mountain and become a slave to a wealthy family.

In short, these "families" in Shiwangzhai are very different from the families in Cangshanzhai.

After understanding the details with Zhou Liang, Li Yun looked at these children and couldn't help but frowning.

"This Ten Kings Village is very different from our Cangshan Village."

Zhou Liang followed behind Li Yun, said "Hey", and said: "Most of the mountain strongholds in various places are like the Ten Kings Stronghold, like our Cangshan Stronghold..."

"Your father was framed for murder and fled to the mountains. Your second brother went to the mountains because he killed an official to resist taxation."

"When Cangshan Village was first built, there were only seven or eight people, two of whom were from your Lijia Village."

Li Yun looked back at Zhou Liang and understood that the other person with the surname Li he was talking about was Li Zheng's father, the distant cousin of the old village chief Li Mazi.

"We live in the Cangshan Village, hiding from the world and making a living in the mountains. Your father doesn't even allow us to rob the common people. It's naturally different from a village like the Ten Kings Village."

Li Yun looked at Zhou Liang and asked with a smile, "Really not going to rob?"

Zhou Liang was silent for a while, then slowly said, "I'm really hungry, so of course I have to rob."

Village leader Li said "Hey" but didn't respond.

After a while, he asked, "Why did you go up the mountain, Uncle San?"

"I?"

Zhou Liang raised his head and looked into the distance, then said silently, "Those who followed your father into exile were all miserable people."

He sighed and didn't continue.

But after a pause, he continued, "The village chief wants to expand his power, and these children are all useful. Some of them are already twelve or thirteen years old. In a few years, they will be able to work for the village."

"Then leave it to Uncle San."

Village Chief Li turned his head and looked at the young men who had gathered together.

There was only fear and anxiety in their eyes, and almost no hatred.

Village Chief Li spoke very straightforwardly.

"The original leader of the Ten Kings Village is gone. From today on, I will be your new leader."

"My name is Li Yun."

At this point, he pointed at Zhou Liang and said in a deep voice: "And he will be your master from now on."

"Follow me, you will have meat to eat and clothes to wear."

"If there are any who don't want to stay."

Li Yun said, "I'm afraid we can't let you go down the mountain. We can only wait a few years."

In the past few days, Li Yun had not treated them badly, and had given them all the food and drink they were supposed to have. Now, these people were staring at Li Yun with their eyes blinking. After the chief of the Li family had scolded him for a few words, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He had never done this before, but he had to get used to it.

Troubled times may come at any time. If you want to achieve something, this kind of lecture will probably be a common occurrence in the future.

After talking to these young men, Li Yun handed them over to Zhou Liang and instructed: "Third uncle should also keep an eye on those adult bandits in the Ten Kings Village. If there are any dishonest ones, just kill them directly."

Zhou Liang nodded: "Don't worry, village chief, I will take care of it."

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Yun had been staying in Shiwangzhai for nearly five days, but there was no sign of any movement from the state's troops. He took Li Zheng down the mountain for a walk, and even the Xuanzhou soldiers at the foot of the mountain had disappeared without a trace.

He returned to the Ten Kings Camp and called Li Zheng and Liu Bo over. Then, while drinking water, he said, "It seems that they will not come in the short term."

Liu Bo said with a smile, "It seems that my second brother guessed right. There are not many soldiers in Xuanzhou, and they are all afraid of death and dare not come to the Ten Kings Camp."

Li Yun looked at his two brothers and said in a deep voice: "Since there is no problem on the mountain, I have to go back to Qingyang to take a look at the situation."

"Skinny Monkey, don't come back with me this time. Stay with Lao Jiu and help him take care of the affairs of the Ten Kings Village."

At this point, Li Yun paused and said, "Old Nine, if someone comes to visit the mountain and says they want to talk to you..."

Liu Bo patted his chest and said, "Then I am the new leader of the Ten Kings Village. I will talk to them!"

Li Yun nodded and smiled, "We can agree to it when the time comes, and we can also reach a cooperation with them."

If the so-called bigwigs in Xuanzhou are sure that the Shiwangzhai has changed its owner and that it will be difficult for them to take it down, then they are very likely to cooperate with the new owner of the Shiwangzhai.

On the one hand, it can continue to maintain the black and gray industries, and on the other hand, it can stabilize these new bandits in the Ten Kings Village and prevent the evidence from falling into the hands of those who shouldn't fall into the hands.

And Li Yun just wanted to stabilize them.

After explaining the events of the Ten Kings Village, Li Yun went down the Ten Kings Peak alone through a small path. After leaving Lingyang Mountain, he changed into the official black clothes again and rushed back to Qingyang County.

Because there was no horse, it was already evening when Li Yun returned to Qingyang. He entered the city before the city gate was closed, but did not go to the county government office. Instead, he returned to his own yard, washed up, and had a good sleep.

The next morning, Li Dutou changed into new clothes and walked slowly to the county government office. As soon as he entered the gate of the county government office, Chen Da saw him at a glance, hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted: "Dutou!"

Seeing him like this, Li Yun smiled and said, "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

"You are finally back."

Chen Da lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your subordinates have been looking for you since yesterday, but we really don't know where you have gone."

"What do you want from me?"

Li Yun smiled and asked, "Is there something going on in the county government?"

"Sima Cao is here."

Chen Da lowered his head and said, "I arrived in Qingyang yesterday."

Li Yun was stunned and asked, "Did you come back with the county lord?"

Chen shook his head: "The county lord came back two days earlier, and then Sima Cao arrived in Qingyang."

"What does that have to do with me?"

Li Dadu stretched his head and asked, "What do you want me for?"

"It's Cao Sima who's looking for you, Dutou."

Chen Da scratched his head and said, "I heard that... I heard that they wanted the captain to lead our anti-theft team to cooperate with the officers and soldiers of the state to destroy the Ten Kings Village in Lingyang Mountain..."

Li Yun patted Chen Da on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, I understand. I will go see the county magistrate and ask what is going on."

After saying this, Li Yun put his hands behind his back and walked towards Mr. Xue's study, and the smile on his face had almost completely disappeared.

Apparently, some people in the state were suspicious of him.

After all, his behavior in the Ten Kings Village a few days ago was indeed a bit strange.

And this Cao Rong was most likely here to test him.

After taking a deep breath, Li Yun smiled again.

He has already figured out how to deal with it.

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