Thief Emperor

Chapter 84 Heartless

Two days later, in the evening.

After spending more than ten days in Shiwangzhai, Li Zheng finally returned to the courtyard where Qingyang rented a house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Li Yun flipping through a book. Li Zheng put down the package on his back and said with a smile: "If I had seen my second brother reading by lamplight half a year ago, I would have thought I had seen a ghost."

Li Yun put down the book he had just received from the county magistrate and looked up at Li Zheng.

"Didn't I tell you to help Lao Jiu more in Lingyang Mountain? Why are you back so soon?"

"Most things are taken care of."

Li Zheng sat down and took a big sip of tea before continuing, "When I was in Cangshan, I thought the Ten Kings Village was so great, but after I took over, I realized that there were not many tough guys there."

He said, "Brother, you don't know that the people of Tong Lao Da were so cruel and crazy. Now that we have gone there, the people on the mountain are very obedient. Some people even asked me and Lao Jiu when we would take them to work."

Li Dutou smiled and said, "Really positive."

Li Zheng nodded: "They are worried that they will be useless and driven down the mountain, which would leave them with nowhere to go."

"Oh, by the way, second brother, I'm in a hurry to go down the mountain, mainly because I have something to report to you."

He whispered, "A few days ago, a man named Fang came to Lingyang Mountain, claiming to be an errand boy from Xuanzhou. We discussed it and asked Lao Jiu to pretend to be the leader of the Ten Kings Village. It seems that we fooled him."

"He said he wanted to spend a thousand strings of cash to buy some of the original documents from the Ten Kings Village. According to what my second brother told us before he left, we agreed."

"Before I left the mountain yesterday, the man surnamed Fang brought two people and took away a lot of documents from the village, and left behind a thousand strings of cash."

"This matter should be related to Xuanzhou's attitude towards Lingyang Mountain, so I hurried over to tell my second brother about this matter."

Li Yun put down the book in his hand, thought for a while, then said with a smile: "It seems that the people in Xuanzhou are indeed not determined to take Lingyang Mountain."

At this point, he looked outside and squinted his eyes: "This world is far worse than I expected."

So far, everything Li Yun has done since coming to this world is actually based on his judgment of the situation of this era.

He was certain that this era, which could barely be considered stable, was already on the brink of collapse, so he began to accumulate strength in every possible way.

Judging from the current situation, the Great Zhou is far worse than he had imagined.

It can even be said that the reason why the Great Zhou still exists today is not because it still has enough ability to maintain its rule, but because of the inertia of more than 200 years!
For more than two hundred years, everyone has become accustomed to such a dynasty, so that even though it is actually very corrupt, it can still continue to exist in this world by relying on the inertia of thinking.

It's like a dilapidated house that is about to collapse. It is already about to collapse, but the people who have lived in it for more than two hundred years are desperately working as paperhangers to make it look not so bad on the surface.

Just waiting for some young fool to come over and give him a kick.

The house will collapse.

After being absent-minded for a while, Li Yun looked at Li Zheng and whispered, "Come here and tell me the news. Someone should also tell Sima Cao that he will probably leave Qingyang tomorrow."

I don’t know if it’s because he’s really worried, but even though Magistrate Xue has allowed Cao Rong to take away the bandits from the Ten Kings Village, Sima Cao still hasn’t left Qingyang for the past few days.

The explanation given to the outside world was that he would stay in Qingyang and take charge of the bandit suppression.

His intention of staying in Qingyang was very obvious. He was still worried about Li Yun, the Ten Kings Village, and Sun Shouli who was captured by Li Yun, and wanted to find an opportunity to resolve the matter.

Now that the problem with the Ten Kings Camp has been solved, the dark clouds hanging over the heads of the wealthy families in Xuanzhou have disappeared.

After all, there was no evidence to convict them.

Li Zheng chuckled, somewhat excitedly: "Second brother, if the people of Xuanzhou stop interfering in the affairs of Lingyang Mountain, the Ten Kings Village will truly be ours in the future!"

He whispered, "This is the largest stockade in Xuanzhou. If I were still alive, they wouldn't believe me even if I told them!"

The uncle he was referring to was naturally Li Yun’s father, the old leader of Cangshan Village.

Li Yun smiled silently.

"The older generation may not have this thought."

"But anyway."

Mr. Li knocked on the table lightly: "Once we have digested the Ten Kings Village and the Green Forest of Xuanzhou, we will have the final say."

"When the recruiting envoy comes next year..."

Having said that, Li Yun did not continue speaking, but just chuckled.

When the recruiting envoy arrives in Xuanzhou, no matter it is to recruit or to suppress, Li Yun cannot be avoided!
………………

The next day, Sima Cao really left Qingyang. Before leaving, he was no longer polite to County Magistrate Xue and seemed much more arrogant.

Because the handle disappeared.

The documents in the Ten Kings Camp no longer exist, so the testimony of a bandit named Sun Shouli is of little use.

Even if County Magistrate Xue wrote a letter to report them, he would be fully confident of being able to deal with it.

After all, it was only Sun Shouli's one-sided statement. Therefore, when this Cao Sima left Qingyang, he walked with his head held high.

When he reached the gate of the yamen, he said something to County Magistrate Xue with a smile.

"Brother Yue Ji has finished his term as county magistrate. Where will the next one go?"

These words were somewhat threatening, because he, Cao Rong, had connections in the imperial court.

His brother-in-law, Lord Zhu, was in the Ministry of Personnel.

Facing this threat, Master Xue acted calmly. He said, "After I finish my term as county magistrate, I will resign and return to my hometown to retire."

Sima Cao looked at Xue Song, cupped his hands and laughed.

"Then I wish Brother Yue Ji a peaceful old age."

After saying this, Sima Cao left with his hands behind his back.

Magistrate Xue stood at the gate of the county government office, looking at Sima Cao laughing as he walked away, and frowned slightly.

Behind him, Li Dutou smiled kindly: "County Master, do you want me to help you vent your anger?"

"Need not!"

Master Xue turned around, glared at Li Yun, then sighed and said, "If you can be more at peace, I will be much more at ease."

After that, a gust of cold wind blew.

Magistrate Xue tightened his robe and walked towards the county government office. As he walked, he sighed, "Winter is here. Before I knew it, another year has passed."

"Time flies."

Mr. Xue shook his head and sighed as he walked towards his study.

Li Yun did not follow in, but turned around and went to the county school, preparing to look through the book he had read halfway last time. Before he entered the gate of the county school, he ran into a little girl.

The little girl looked at Li Yun and stretched out her hand: "Captain Li, return the book."

It was Miss Xue’s maid Dong’er.

Mr. Li thought about it and realized that he had indeed borrowed two books from Miss Xue. He smiled and said, "I haven't finished reading them yet. I'll return them to Miss Dong'er after I finish reading them in a few days."

"No, give it back now!"

Dong'er crossed her arms, looked up at Li Yun, and snorted, "You are a heartless person. I won't lend it to you!"

Li Dutou was a little curious: "Why do I have no conscience?"

"How many days have you been back?"

Dong'er glared at Li Yun, a little angry.

What's in this tall guy's mind? His young lady is so close to him, but he doesn't say anything when he goes out for days, and doesn't even mention going to see her after coming back for days!
Dong'er became angrier and angrier. She stepped forward and pulled Li Yun's sleeve: "Come on, I'll go with you to get the book now!"

Li Dutou was dragged by her and walked two steps. He smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Dong'er, what's the point of pulling and tugging like this?"

"Are you decent?"

Dong'er looked at Li Yun angrily and said through gritted teeth: "You are the one who is unreasonable!"

Li Dutou thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, I will return the book to Miss Xue. Miss Dong'er, how about giving me a day?"

"it is good."

Dong'er let go of her hand and looked at Li Yun: "If I don't see you tomorrow, I'll see if I can forgive you!"

After saying that, the little girl ran away angrily.

Li Yun looked at her receding back and sighed silently in his heart.

After all, he was reborn as a human being and was no longer an ignorant boy. He could somewhat understand what Miss Xue and her servant were thinking.

He also had some feelings towards the lady he had captured on the mountain.

But Xue Yun is a daughter of an official after all. Her family may not be big, but it is not too small either.

As for Li Yun, there is a high probability that he will go against the imperial court in the future. If the two of them really become a couple in the future, the entire Xue family may be implicated.

Moreover, the future is uncertain.

Thinking of this, Li Yun rubbed his eyebrows and walked into the county school.

It all depends on fate.

(End of this chapter)