20. A gong rings in front of you
"All of them are ...... by water bandits There was a stockade on the west side of the Nalan River, and the water bandits in the stockade came to collect taxes, saying that this water was water that flowed down from their upper reaches and that they had to pay taxes. Uncle Zhong said, at this time, Uncle Zhong also had a hole on his head, and the blood was not stopping.
Li Hugo sneered: "A group of water bandits, they even dare to ask for taxes in a high-sounding manner, and now that Nalan City is in a recession, even the county lord has suspended the fees, and a group of them water bandits have even collected the fees." ”
"Wait, Uncle...... That's not right, isn't the poll tax to be paid every year?" said Uncle Zhong.
"Huh, who did you listen to?"
"Every month, the servants go from house to house. Uncle Zhong said. The Emperor of Thieves leaned closer and said, "The servants are all from Li Yutang. Li Hugo nodded: "It seems that this guy is doing some evil things under the banner of Nalan City, let's go...... Let's go to the water village to ask for people first, but we must not let the villagers get hurt. ”
"I, I'll go too. Jun Xue said.
"You stay here, there are so many injured villagers here, you can help them bandage, it's just a water bandit, and it is more than enough for me and the Emperor of Thieves to solve it. Li Hugo said.
"Good...... Okay, then young master, you must be careful!" Jun Xue said as she stared at Li Hugo.
"An, don't worry!" said Li Hugo, walking directly towards the riverbank. Uncle Zhong looked at Li Hugo's back, and he muttered, "It seems that my uncle has really turned back as a prodigal son......"
"Where, my uncle is not a prodigal son in the first place, what he does, there is a reason!" Jun Xue said protectively, she took out some bandages from her small shoulder bag and said.
Uncle Zhong smiled: "The little girl is very protective of your young master." Jun Xue's face turned red: "After all, after all, he is my young master......"
"Don't mean anything else?" Uncle Zhong deliberately teased.
"No, no!" Jun Xue twitched the bandage hard. Uncle Zhong shouted: "Ouch, ouch hurts! The little girl lightly touches my hand, my old bones!" On the side of the Nalan River, Li Hugo walked in front, and the thief emperor said: "It seems that this Li Yutang is far more complicated than we imagined......" Li Hugo kicked off a stone at his feet:" It is not an easy thing to completely untie his masks, it is estimated that these bandits around him have more or less something to do with him, let's plow the fields here, he must also know, you said that ordinary people usually don't pay taxes for drinking water, and now he has to pay taxes, isn't it too strange?"
"Obviously. "The Emperor of Thieves.
"Yes, obviously. Li Hugo said, the two did not break the words, but they already knew what the other party was asking for.
At the end of the river, there is indeed a water village that crosses the river, which looks like a river embankment, or a wooden village built at the head of the bridge.
The village has two floors, the upper floor is a house and the lower level is a river, and there are many boats around it. Not far from Li Hugo, there was a group of patrols walking around, and it seemed that they were all homeless people who had gone to the sea, with no cultivation, tattered clothes, average spirits, and farm tools in their hands.
"It's so poor, this water village. The Emperor of Thieves said.
"Is there anyone else rich in Shuizhai?"
"Of course, there are two or three thousand minions in the water village near Jingshi, and their strength is no less than that of a medium sect, and all of them are standard weapons, which cannot be compared with here...... It should be said that a group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp are made up here. "The Emperor of Thieves seems to be comparing the strength of the two.
As soon as the Emperor of Thieves said this, Li Hugo had a bottom in his heart, and without saying a word, he immediately stood up from the grass.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to attract firepower, and you're looking for an opportunity to save people!" said Li Hugo. The Emperor of Thieves couldn't help laughing: "I said...... Aren't you using yourself as bait......? Then I'll go first!" As he spoke, the Emperor of Thieves disappeared in place.
And Li Hugo's footsteps quickened, and he walked directly towards the water village openly. The brothers in the surrounding water village saw Li Hugo and came forward one after another.
"Who? Do you know what this place is?" said the two minions. Li Hugo snorted and stretched out his arms: "That...... Cannon ......"
"Cannon?" the two minions looked at each other,
"Is this guy funny?"
"Cannon fist!" Li Hugo's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a pair of fists rushed forward at the same time.
Boom! With two muffled sounds, these two unlucky minions were immediately hit in the abdomen by Li Hugo! Both of them arched their backs at the same time and bent forward, and their faces were deformed in pain!
But Li Hugo didn't plan to end so early, he immediately stretched out his hands and grabbed the back of the heads of the two of them, and slapped them towards the middle, like a big cymbal of a folk instrument.
"Smack!" the two collided face to face, and immediately both noses were crooked at the same time, and they fell backwards.
"This move is called, big cymbal noodle base boxing!" Li Hugo blew the hair on his hand, he smiled, walked forward, and witnessed Li Hugo's ability around him, how dare he still fight, turned around and ran in the direction of Shuizhai.
"Stop, stop!" The five minions stood at the gate of the water village, staring at Li Hugo, all holding harpoons in their hands.
They were barefoot, dressed in tattered clothes, and looked very embarrassed, and they knew at a glance that their owner was not very good to them.
"What, you still want to come and experience the feeling of a roller coaster?" said Li Hugo, who moved his joints.
The five of them were sweating profusely, but when they thought of their boss's anger, they were afraid, and with a cry of wow, they rushed towards Li Hugo.
Li Hugo smiled, the corners of his mouth were grinning, he took out some broken silver and threw it on the ground. Whoa...... Almost at the same time, the five big men all threw away the harpoons in their hands, and all of them put their knees on the ground, like knee skateboards on football grass, slid in front of Li Hugo, and began to collect money.
"Tell me, how many people are in there. Li Hugo said. He didn't want to waste his energy for no reason.
One of the big men put all the money in his trouser pocket, and he smiled: "Master, our boss is inside, you can go...... Those villagers were also locked up, but don't worry, no one died, after all, these are all people from Nalan City, and the boss of my family doesn't dare to do it, if you provoke the tigress of Nalan City, we will basically be wiped out with a water village. ”
"Tigress? yes, it's indeed a tigress...... Li Hugo remembered Nalan Meng, she is indeed fierce sometimes.
"Well, do you want to make money?" said Li Hugo as he looked around. Those minions came up one after another, and some people who didn't get the money also came over.
"Of course I want to, our boss gives us a steamed bun every day, and he doesn't give money, you see how everyone has lost weight...... We didn't become water thieves because we wanted to eat enough. A minion said.
"Okay, from now on, you will follow me, and each of you will have a bucket of noodles a day. Li Hugo said. A bucket of noodles, if you mix noodles by yourself, you can make four steamed buns, such a rich reward, so that the people here are stunned.
Li Hugo saw that they didn't speak one by one, so he said: "Not satisfied? If you perform well, you will have scattered pieces of silver every month." Suddenly, more than a dozen people around him all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Dad!" Li Hugo led a large group
"Son" came to the courtyard of Shuizhai, sure enough, a sturdy man, was crossing Erlang's legs, eating fruit, he saw Li Hugo coming, the man stood up and smiled: "Hmph, but so, you have arrested him, tonight, each person will be rewarded with half a bowl of wine!" Li Hugo crossed his hands on his waist, he saw that a kick in the courtyard was the emperor of thieves, and he immediately shook his head at the emperor of thieves.
Because as soon as the Emperor of Thieves makes a move, he will inevitably die, although the water bandits here are hateful, but they have not yet reached the point where they must be killed, the Emperor of Thieves immediately understood, nodded towards Li Hugo, and looked around silently.
The big man said: "Why don't you tie him up, what are you all going to eat, tie him up, and send it to Nalan City when the time comes, you can exchange it for a reward!"
"Yo, it looks like I'm still wanted, how much am I'm worth?"
The big man walked over, holding a hemp rope in his hand, he was more than two meters tall, muscular, and looked very strong: "Not much, three hundred taels of silver." ”
"Five hundred taels, you help me point out who this person is. As he spoke, Li Hugo snapped his fingers, and five ingots of silver appeared in front of him, which were official silver, each worth one hundred taels of silver.
The silver appeared here, and everyone was stunned. The big man gritted his teeth: "Since I promised that person, then I will not break my word! Even if you give me five thousand taels of silver, I will not betray him, this is the rule of the road!"