Chapter 178: Proposal

After going out of the county gate and going east for about three miles, Yuan Chang and the six finally saw each other's figures.

There were five people on the other side, and they were the five people that Duan Tian said when he reported. They stood away one by one, with flat expressions, as if they had expected Yuan Chang to come.

"You shouldn't have come!"

Twenty paces away, the man in the purple robe spoke lightly. His upper lip and beard were neatly trimmed, and from a distance he looked like he had four eyebrows. It makes people feel a little weird, but there is a feeling that that kind of storage is reasonable.

Yuan Chang was not choked by him, how could this sentence sound so familiar.

So, Yuan Chang stood up, looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and replied coquettishly: "However, we are still here." ”

"Hehe, your county order is interesting. ”

The man in the purple robe looked at Yuan Chang with a smile, as if he felt that Yuan Chang was very suitable for his appetite. Looking at the expressions of the two, it didn't look like the two sides were about to go to war soon.

Yuan Chang also found this purple-robed man interesting, so he said directly: "Your intention is already known to the county magistrate, who asked you to come? If my expectation is right, the previous county magistrate was killed by you? You killed the imperial court official without permission, this crime is not light." ”

The purple-robed man had no fear on his face, but instead asked Yuan Chang, "Then the new county commander, do you know why we killed the previous county commander?"

"Oh, there's a reason for that, so let's hear it. ”

The purple-robed man coquettishly brushed his long hair and took a few steps forward, but the other four did not move. I only heard him slowly narrate: "This matter has to start with He Yao, He Yao wanted to take over the post of county lieutenant, but the former county lieutenant was optimistic about the loyal and honest Ma Hou, so He Yao designed to let the former county lieutenant die at the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves." And this matter was detected by the previous county order. However, the former county magistrate is not a good thing, and he has done a lot of things to enrich his own pockets and bend the law for bribes. He Yao also knew about the dirty things of the previous county magistrate, and the two of them each had each other's handles, and they were all fine. However, later because of an incident, the harmony between the two was finally broken. ”

The purple-robed man's words made Yuan Chang hear a little information, that is, the other party was not a yellow turban thief.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be related to He Yao's promotion. ”

"Lord Yuan is really intelligent, and many people in Dongping County have been deceived by you. The purple-robed man complimented, and then continued: "As Lord Yuan said, Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai County, asked the county commanders under his jurisdiction to nominate talents to the county. Originally, He Yao and the previous county magistrate had already agreed to promote He Yao. However, later, one of the concubines of the former county magistrate Xinna also wanted this opportunity, and after the concubine's soft grinding and hard bubbles, the former county magistrate did not recommend He Yao, so that He Yao waited for the next opportunity. It was precisely because of this incident that He Yao was resentful, and then he found us to remove the previous county order. And our survival is to rob the rich and help the poor, kill corrupt officials, and naturally cooperate with He Yao. But this guy He Yao is not a good thing, and sooner or later we will get rid of him. ”

"Robbing the rich to help the poor, killing corrupt officials?"

Yuan Chang and the others didn't react much, and Han Sui on the side frowned and thought for a moment after listening to the words of the purple-robed man. Suddenly, his brows flashed, he stretched out his finger and pointed at the five people, and exclaimed: "You are the water thieves who are called [Penglai Island Wuyi] by the people?"

"[Penglai Island Wuyi] is right, but it's not good to say that it is a water thief, we are thieves, do you understand. ”

The purple-robed man seemed to be dissatisfied with Han Sui calling them water thieves, and his face was stern.

Yuan Chang spread his shoulders and said with a smile: "Water thieves and grand thieves are both bandits, what's the difference? Is it because your money is distributed to the poor people, you feel that you are doing the right thing, and it is not illegal?"

"You're right, we're bandits after all!"

The purple-robed man muttered to himself in a low voice, as if he had been poked in the wound by Yuan Chang, a little frustrated. However, soon a smile appeared on his face, and he said lightly: "What about bandits, as long as we feel that what we are doing is just and can make us happy, we don't care about the rest." ”

"Good!"

Yuan Chang clapped his hands, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Sure enough, he is a person with a temperament, I like it." However, we are not all the way after all, what are you here for, to put it bluntly. ”

"Talk fast, I didn't expect that the Yuan family of the fourth world and the third prince would have someone like you, then, we won't beat around the bush. The purple-robed man seemed to like direct conversation, so he said simply: "We didn't kill He Yao at the beginning, the purpose was to make him our eyeliner, if there are corrupt officials, he will inform us, and we will take action to get rid of him." In the neighboring counties of Dongping County, there have been many county commanders, county magistrates, and county lieutenants who have died at our hands, but they are all damned people, and we will not feel guilty. And this time, He Yao came to us and said that you, the new county commander and staff member Guo Jia, are all corrupt and perverted by the law, let us take action to get rid of you, and there are three very powerful guards to fight for the tiger, it seems that all five of you are here. However, the message of the beautiful but a little cold girl, He Yao did not tell us. ”

"Humph!"

Diao Xiu'er didn't seem to like the purple-robed man's frivolous tone, so she snorted dissatisfiedly, and her cold gaze shot straight over.

"Well, well, it seems that this girl is not very friendly. ”

The purple-robed man seemed a little frustrated, he was actually hostile to the other party. For his handsome appearance, the man in the purple robe has always been very confident, but he didn't expect it to be planted today.

"Getting back to business, where did you just go? Oh, by the way, speaking of He Yao, let's get rid of you. However, He Yao took himself too seriously, and he thought that whatever he said, we would completely listen to him? Every time he provided us with information about corrupt officials and corrupt officials, we would investigate and confirm it before we took action. As early as three days after He Yao gave us the news, the brother next to me had already come to Dongping County to inquire about the news. Do you have any doubts in your minds, as if the eyeliner you arranged did not notice his arrival? I can sue you, because my brother, in addition to being good at finding out the news, has another ability, and that is disguise. ”

The six-inch man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes next to the purple-robed man stood up, and his smug gaze swept over Yuan Chang and the six people, his expression was very stinky.

After this brother's inquiry, it was found that the new county magistrate was not a corrupt official, to be precise, the lord also solved many difficult cases in Dongping County, and most of the people thought that it was Guo Jia, the adult's staff. When I first heard it, I thought it was an adult's staff. However, after careful investigation, it was found that Guo Jia was not a person who liked money and power, and similarly, he was not so keen on women. At this time, I was a little puzzled, why would a man who did not like money, power, and women be willing to serve under the hands of adults? After secretly investigating, it was finally discovered that the new county magistrate was not only talented, but also a far-sighted person who hid himself deeply. ”

"You know this, and you still want to leave safely?"

Yuan Chang had a dangerous smile on his face, but his tone was so flat that people couldn't notice the slightest abnormality.

"Lord Yuan, you may have misunderstood! Since we already know that you are not a corrupt official, I will not do anything to you. Otherwise, this time it would not be the five of us who came, but hundreds of brothers from our island. Do you think that with dozens of officials in Dongping County, you can stop us?"

"You're wrong!"

Yuan Chang raised his index finger and shook it, pointed to Guo Jia beside him, and said with a smile: "We really didn't expect you to find out so much news, and there are companions who are good at disguise. However, Bonghyo's resourcefulness is not something you can imagine. Even if you don't know your reality, Fengxiao is very ready. Once you have a large group of men and horses close to Dongping County, it will not take a day for the defenders of Bohai County to arrive, and do you think that a few hundred of you can defeat thousands of defenders? If this is the case, you will not have to occupy the island as bandits. ”

"Indeed!"

The purple-robed man nodded in agreement, and then discussed with a sincere face: "Lord Yuan, we only have five people here this time, and your lord can also see our sincerity. We also know that the adults have obtained the property accumulated by the province of their own village for hundreds of years, and they want to ask the adults for a little to let us go to the chivalrous deeds, I wonder if the adults can agree? If the adults agree, we [Penglai Island Wuyi] will owe the adults a favor, if the adults don't agree, then we don't say a word, turn around and leave, what do the adults think?"

Yuan Chang shook his head, and after the disappointment expression on the purple-robed man's face, he continued: "It's not impossible to give you money and goods to do chivalrous deeds, but I'm not interested in your favors. I have a mention, five of you, and we will pick out five of you to fight alone, and if we win, you will be loyal to me, and if you win, I will give you half of my possessions at once, how about it?"

Yuan Chang felt that these five people were talents, and he should recruit them. The man in the purple robe is good at reasoning and analysis, and the man with the eyebrows and eyes is good at finding information, and he has a strong ability to disguise. Although the other three are not on the table, the five of them can be together, and they are obviously not ordinary people.