Chapter Twenty-Six: Among the Mountain Bandits

"When did the relationship between our father and son become so indifferent", listening to his son's decisive words, Hao Fengshou looked at his son in disbelief, but what caught his eye was his son's angular face, and the white and chubby boy in his memory had grown up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"When, this is going to ask your father about yourself", Hao Jie looked at his father's emotional face, his face was full of deep hatred: "Since you decided to be with that woman, our father and son have gradually drifted apart, and now you and I are only tied together because of blood relations", Hao Fengshou was heartbroken when he heard his son's heartbroken words.

"Do you really hate your father so much?" Hao Fengshou asked with tears in his eyes. He didn't want to shed tears in front of his son, he wanted to preserve this last dignity, the majesty of a father that could not be trampled on.

"Jie'er ......" Hao Fengshou's mouth opened and opened, his heart was like a knife, but he never refused to give up his obsession, and never said what Hao Jie wanted to hear.

"Let's go" Hao Jie thought sourly: "It is his long-cherished wish for a father and son to do this, what else can a son say, and fulfill him once!" ”。

"Jie'er" Hao Fengshou heard his son's sigh, and a thousand words turned into a helpless sigh, he also wanted to have a good relationship with his son, but unfortunately his son has been refusing to be thousands of miles away, he has been caught between his wife and his son over the years, both of them are his most important people, let him choose, in order to mediate the relationship between the two He has been working hard, but it has never been effective, and he is blaming him for why no one thinks about it for him.

"Even if Jie'er is a father, even if you die, you will not be hurt in the slightest", Hao Fengshou greedily looked at his son's face, clenched his fists and secretly promised.

Looking at his father's silent appearance, Hao Jie's heart had already been entangled, and he took a deep breath and cleared his throat: "For the sake of father and son, my son will definitely help you with this, so you can do it yourself in the future!" After speaking, Hao Jie left without looking back.

"Jie'er ......", Hao Fengshou chased after his son's back, his tone was sad, looking at his son's distant back, Hao Fengshou's body was weakly on the ground, his hands were clenched, and he couldn't cry.

At noon the next day, Hao Jie rode home from the city, Hao Fengshou, who was lying on the bed sullenly, heard the neighing sound of the horse, put on a coat and ran out of the house from the bed, looked at the son on horseback, and greeted him excitedly: "Jie'er, you are back!" It's good to be back, it's good to be back".

"Why are you worried that I will run away and not do anything for you", Hao Jie looked at his father's excited appearance, and mocked his father in a weird way.

"Jie'er, where do you want to go, my father is just worried that you went out at night and something happened", Hao Fengshou explained in a hurry, trying to mend the gap between father and son.

"Okay, don't pretend, Lord Zhou Mu Li has promised to see you, you can go to see him at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon!" After finishing the business, Hao Jie got on the horse and left without looking back.

"Jie'er ......", Hao Fengshou quickly chased after him, but unfortunately Hao Jie had already disappeared from sight on horseback.

The next day, in order to meet the state pastor, Hao Fengshou cheered up early in the morning, bathed and changed clothes and rushed to the oblique building in the city.

Because of the importance of the matter, Hao Fengshou was a little uneasy in his heart, and he was thinking about countermeasures along the way, seeing how the state pastor should answer, how to conquer the other party with his personality charm, and accidentally bumped into a pedestrian while walking, Hao Fengshou saw that he hit someone and hurriedly avoided it, stood on the side and sincerely apologized to the other party, but unfortunately the other party refused to let him go easily.

"Do you have no eyes or how do you drop? What does it mean to lean on Lao Tzu with such a wide road? Do you know who Lao Tzu is? The person who was hit looked arrogant, stretched out his hand and pointed at Hao Fengshou's nose and scolded.

"I'm sorry, the little brother and old man didn't mean it", Hao Fengshou saw that the time was not early, and he didn't want to be endlessly entangled with the other party, so he looked humble.

"Who is your little brother, you can eat and talk nonsense, you see that you are a lot of people who are going to enter the ground, you have nothing to do with Lao Tzu Pan, the person who was hit heard an old man call his little brother angry, he is also a tyrant in Qizhou City, this old man actually has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, today must give him a lifelong unforgettable lesson.

"Little brother, didn't you hurt anything! Why embarrass the old man like this, the old man still has something to do or a convenient way", Hao Fengshou saw the other party's lively appearance, and knew that the other party was deliberately finding fault, but who told him to provoke him, he had to plead with the other party in a good voice.

"Which dog of yours saw that Lao Tzu was not injured, Lao Tzu was injured internally, and you don't have any door if you want to forget it", the ruffian hooligan who was hit shouted loudly, and his loud voice became more and more scathing.

"So be it! Little brother" Seeing that the other party was getting more and more endless, and the time was not early, Hao Fengshou took out all the silver from his arms and handed it to the ruffian hooligans who made trouble, hoping that the other party could calm things down.

"What's that? Sent to Hanako? Lao Tzu has grown so big, he has never suffered a loss, and now you want to send Lao Tzu away for a tael of silver, but there is no door", the little gangster played with the broken silver in his hand.

"And what do you want?" Hao Fengshou was also really angry with the other party, he originally wanted to calm things down, but he didn't expect the other party to bully people too much, and Hao Fengshou was not a bully, so he gave up immediately.

Hao Fengshou strode forward and snatched back the silver from the other party's hand, and shouted in a rough voice: "What do you want!" Come on, if the old man is cowardly, he will not be a human being."

"What are you fierce, it's great if you have a loud voice, isn't it", the little gangster was pinched by Hao Fengshou's collar and shouted inwardly.

"I don't have long eyes, and I don't see what the old man eats", Hao Fengshou punched the thug's nose hard, and suddenly the nosebleed, the blood blurred the thug's face, and the thug babbled in pain.

"Do you want the old man to pay the money", Hao Fengshou looked at the wailing gangster with a leisurely face, looking at the embarrassed appearance of the other party, Hao Fengshou was very happy in his heart, and felt that he was not nervous anymore, it seems that sometimes beating people can release a little pressure.

The people around looked at the embarrassed appearance of the little gangster and smiled: "Hmph, let you be punished for bullying the weak on weekdays now!" The people around who watched the excitement all cast admiring eyes at Hao Fengshou.

"Don't dare, the little one doesn't dare anymore, the senior little one has eyes and doesn't know gold and jade, this time you just let the little one go! I won't dare to come again", the thug cried with tears in his nose.

"Get out" Hearing the words of the evil god, the little gangster ran away in a hurry as if he was about to be amnestied.

Hao Fengshou was in a good mood after cleaning up the people, and when he saw that the time was not early, he was afraid of missing the hour, so he hurriedly went to the oblique building.

"Shopkeeper, may I ask what is the box of Lord Governor?"

"You are?" The shopkeeper looked at Hao Fengshou's cold dress and looked at Hao Fengshou with suspicion, obviously worried that this person would be unfavorable to Lord Zhou Mu, if something happened to Lord Zhou Mu in his shop, he would not be able to cut off ten heads at that time, after all, there is no big mistake in being careful.

Hao Fengshou saw the other party's disdainful expression, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he also knew that the other party was just doing things according to the rules, so he endured the unhappiness in his heart, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper has an appointment with the state pastor, named Hao Fengshou, please let me know."

Seeing Hao Fengshou reporting to his home, the shopkeeper pointed to the second floor with a lazy expression: "Master Li is in the Tianzi room on the second floor, go up by yourself!" I won't send you up." The shopkeeper lowered his head again and tried to go away, but he did not raise his head.

"Thank you shopkeeper", Hao Fengshou thanked the other party and went upstairs, the shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at the back in the distance, sneered and went to settle the accounts.

A rhythmic knock sounded on the door, and a majestic and deep voice came from the room: "Come in!" ”

Hao Fengshou tidied up his clothes, took a deep breath, pushed open the door and strode in, quite a kind of righteousness of sacrificing his life.

Stepping into the house, a man who was not confused came into view, it should be Lord Li, Hao Fengshou secretly thought: "Looking at his shabby clothes, it seems that he is a simple person, Hao Fengshou secretly criticized, but when Hao Fengshou saw the precious ring in the hand of Lord Zhoumu, he retracted the evaluation just now."

Master Li's hair is thin, his cheeks are full and fleshy, but his brows are tightly locked, obviously worried.

"Grass people Hao Fengshou knocked to see Lord Li", after Hao Fengshou entered, he saw the state pastor looking at him, hurriedly strode forward and landed on his knees, and saluted the state pastor with a respectful expression.

Lord Zhou Mu Li did not ask Hao Fengshou to get up immediately, but sat on the chair and looked at Hao Fengshou, holding a cup of tea in his hand and drinking slowly, and only after a while did he tell Hao Fengshou to get up.

"Sit", Master Li leaned lazily on the seat, obviously not taking Hao Fengshou to heart.

Originally, Hao Fengshou was still a little respectful and humble in his heart, ready to flatter the other party, in order to please the state pastor, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't look at himself at all, and it seemed that he had to follow the sword that Mrs. Leng said.

After Hao Fengshou stood up, he stood straight in the center of the room, his expression full of mockery: "Lord Li pretends to be an honest minister every day, coarse cloth, old clothes, coarse tea and light rice, I am afraid that you have suffered a lot for those who like luxury!" ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense", Lord Li was so angry that he trembled, but Hao Fengshou was not afraid of the other party's anger at all, and looked at Lord Zhou Mu with an unruly face.

"Your Excellency is Hao Jie's father, and this official has always valued Ling Lang, so this time it was difficult for him to see you, but I didn't expect you to speak disrespectfully as soon as you saw this official, which is really too deceitful."

"Come on, send off guests", Master Li directly called people to send off guests, and he didn't want to see this disgusting Diao Min in front of him for a moment.

Hearing Lord Li's call, Hou's servant outside suddenly pushed open the closed door, and walked quickly in front of Hao Fengshou to prepare to drive Hao Fengshou out.

"Haha...... I didn't expect adults to be so narrow-minded, it's really disappointing."

"You" Li Enji was angry when he saw that the other party looked fearless, and was ready to let someone teach him a lesson.

"There is a law, but the light is the big man's court, since the adults don't appreciate it, then forget it, the grass people won't be bored", Hao Fengshou shook off the two subordinates who grabbed him after speaking, and strode out of the door.

"You are a white ding, how can you be, you still have to open up your own court!" Li Enji was almost amused by Hao Fengshou's arrogant words.

"The grass people's courtyard can only be expanded when the adult's courtyard is wide." When Lord Zhou heard Hao Fengshou's words, he felt that although the person in front of him was illiterate and arrogant, he really wanted to help him.

The state pastor's heart moved: "Since Your Excellency has a furrow in your chest, can you guess what this official has been anxious about recently."

Hearing the words of the state pastor, the corners of Hao Fengshou's mouth, who was facing away from the state pastor, curled, and then quickly disappeared.

"Bandit", Hao Fengshou pretended to be profound, and continued to walk forward without looking back.

"Bandit" Lord Zhou Mu repeated Hao Fengshou's words, clapped his hands excitedly: "What a bandit, it's amazing", looked forward excitedly, but didn't expect that the person had already gone away, Li Enji hurriedly chased after him: "Mr. Hao, wait", his tone became much more polite.

"Since the adults don't welcome the grass people, the grass people just go", Hao Fengshou pretended to be arrogant when he saw that the state pastor had caught up.

"Don't blame Mr. Hao, just now the official was not well entertained, don't blame, don't blame", Lord Zhou Mu sincerely kept Hao Fengshou.

Hao Fengshou saw that the other party apologized to himself, although the sincerity was not good, but it was enough, after all, the other party was an official, and he was a white person, so he still had to stop in moderation, and Hao Fengshou pretended to reluctantly follow the state pastor back to the house.

Lord Zhou Mu took Hao Fengshou's hand and sat together, and asked eagerly: "I don't know what Mr. just said about just a 'bandit'.

The "bandits" are the mountain bandits who fall into the wind village, and the adults must have a headache for those mountain bandits day and night! Hao Fengshou stretched out his hand and stroked his white beard: "My lord has always wanted to completely eliminate the bandits, in the past few years, there have been dozens of bandits, but these mountain bandits are cunning and straightforward, every time they suppress bandits, they hide in the mountains, and the officers and soldiers of the bandits have suffered heavy casualties when they go deep into the mountains and forests. I'm afraid that adults are more than just a matter as losing their officials", Hao Fengshou pretended to be a dick of a master in the world, and Lord Zhou Mu was really confused by Hao Fengshou's appearance of immortal bones.

"Mr. is resourceful, and he is really a genius in the world", after listening to Hao Fengshou's analysis, Lord Zhou raised his thumb and admired.

"Where is it, the adults have won the award, the grass people are just a little smart, where can they be as wise as the adults, the adults are so tormented by the grass people", hearing the appreciation of the state pastor, Hao Fengshou humbly excused himself.

In fact, Hao Fengshou did not exaggerate the harm of the mountain bandits, this is already a big problem for the entire Qizhou, if it becomes a climate in a few years, I am afraid that the first person to suffer will be himself.

"It's been six years since I took office here, and in the past few years, although I don't dare to say that I have benefited one party, I won't be able to do evil to loot the people's fat and ointment, and it can be regarded as decent among the officials, but it's a pity that the bad luck has been spread in such a ghost place", of course, this is the idea of the state pastor himself, but he doesn't know that in the eyes of the people, he is a dog official with a rotten heart.

Some time ago, the news of the rampant mountain bandits has alarmed the imperial court, and what is even more terrifying is that it has provoked a big man who should not be provoked, this basket is big, and the state pastor realizes that he can no longer sit idly by, he wants to take the initiative to attack, and now someone is sending it to the door.

Lord Li waved his hand to retreat, looking at Hao Fengshou and speaking earnestly: "What Mr. said is the truth, this official has always wanted to completely eliminate the bandits, in the past few years, there have been dozens of bandits, large and small, but these mountain bandits are cunning and straightforward, every time they suppress bandits, they are all hidden in the mountains, and the officers and soldiers of the bandits have suffered heavy casualties when they go deep into the mountains and forests, and this failure has made the people of Qizhou miserable, and now the people have great complaints about me, and the officials are also very distressed, yes, this matter is indeed a big trouble for the officials, But the official really has no way now, and I ask Mr. to point out a way out for the official, to get rid of the big trouble in the official's heart, the official has promised that no matter who or what identity, as long as he can give advice to the official to eliminate the bandits, the official will be rewarded. ”

"Really?" Hao Jie's face was moved, but he still looked embarrassed.

"If there is any difficulty, Mr. Hao can just say it bluntly, and the official will do his best to help", the state pastor saw that Hao Fengshou had been taking Qiao, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and asked with unhappiness.

"The grass people have a way to solve the big problems of the adults, I don't know what the grass people can get from the adults?" Hao Fengshou hesitated to tempt.

Hearing Hao Fengshou's words, Lord Zhou Mu was very disdainful in his heart: "I thought he was a master of the world, but where did I think that he was just a straw bag who was greedy for vanity, no matter what he wanted, he promised him first, and then I would trouble him in the future", Lord Zhou Mu secretly thought in his heart.

Thinking about the twists and turns, Lord Zhou Mu felt relieved for a while, raised his head and said in high spirits: "As long as this matter can be successful, when the time comes, glory and wealth, fame and fortune as long as the official can do it, Mr. Open your mouth, the official will definitely meet you", hearing Hao Fengshou's request, the last trace of doubt in the heart of the state pastor also disappeared, if the other party asks for nothing, he is not at ease, as long as the other party asks, then everything will be easy to do.

I'm not afraid that he is greedy, I'm afraid that he won't be greedy for anything, and people who are indifferent to fame and fortune are the most difficult people to master.

"I don't know what Mr. wants? Fame or Fortune? Li Enji asked lightly, obviously what the world wants is nothing more than these two things.

"I want your daughter", Hao Fengshou said amazingly.

"What?" Li Enji thought he had heard it wrong, and looked at Hao Fengshou in dismay: "I didn't expect this old guy to be old-hearted."

"Sir, let's ask for another one!" Looking at Hao Fengshou's bark-like crepe face, the smile on his face disappeared, and his tone was angry, although he wanted to get ahead and keep the black yarn hat, but this could not be at the expense of his daughter.

"Where do you want to go, the grass people want to marry their children with adults, and I hope that the adults can marry Ling Qianjin to the dog and achieve a happy marriage."

"Sons and daughters?" Hearing Hao Fengshou's words, Lord Zhou Mu knew that he wanted to be crooked, so he made a big joke and laughed a few times in order to hide his embarrassment.

"Haha...... Let the children's affairs be solved by themselves! Those of us parents are not easy to force! Li Enji politely rejected Hao Fengshou's request.

"Adults are serious, since ancient times, 'the words of the parents' matchmaker, which turn can be the intervention of children in marriage matters', adults will give the grass people a happy word today! This was the only request of the grass people, and there was nothing else to ask for but this matter.

"Ling Lang is indeed a rare talent, since Mr. took the initiative to marry Ling Lang, then this family matter will be agreed, and after this matter is over, Mr. will send a matchmaker to propose marriage!"

"Okay, good, the gentleman is quick to say a word, then this matter is settled", hearing the affirmative answer of the state pastor, Hao Fengshou had a matter on his mind, and he smiled for a while.

Hao Fengshou saw that the state pastor agreed, and knew that it was time to show his sincerity, and said with a fluctuating mood on his knees: "The heart of the people is deeply touched by the hearts of the people, and the grass people are extremely admired, and I am willing to do my best to help the adults exterminate the mountain bandits and return the people to live and work in peace and contentment."

"The dog thing is only showing his sincerity now, it's really angry", Lord Zhou Mu pretended to be happy and talked to Hao Fengshou about wine, and the two parted ways after pushing the glass and changing the lamp.

Li Enji, the state pastor, has been standing on the second floor of the oblique building, looking at Hao Fengshou's distant back and silently, his right hand rhythmically and constantly tapping on the window.

"My lord, have you really decided to believe him? Wouldn't this be too hasty", Wu Qu, the confidant of Lord Zhou Mu, asked with a look of concern.

"Believe it or not, what can I do, my lord, I am now a poor donkey, and those rampant mountain bandits in Luofeng Village robbed and killed a group of caravans some time ago", Li Enji suddenly said something that was not related to wind horses and cows.

"Isn't your lord just a caravan? In the past few years, there have been not 1,000 but 800 merchant travelers who have been robbed and killed", Wu Qu was quite unimpressed.

"It doesn't matter if an ordinary business trip is robbed by 1,000 or 10,000, but it's a pity that the business route that happened is not ordinary, it is the private caravan of Lord Taiwei Mu", Li Enji threw a thunderbolt from the sky, and Wu Qu was uneasy.

"Captain Mu's business trip?" Wu Qu looked suspicious, obviously unable to believe his ears: "How could Lord Taiwei's business travel come to Qizhou, it is ......", Wu Qu looked at his own adults with a look of disbelief.

"Hmm", Li Enji nodded affirmatively, obviously this matter is not simple, and it is not something that these little minions can interfere with.

"How dare he", Wu Qu's frightened voice changed, and his face was like earth.

"Okay, this matter ends here, you know I know that if a third person knows, I'm afraid it will be ......", Li Enji didn't even dare to guess the worst ending.

"That's what you're going to do, what are you going to do?" Wu Qu knew the importance of this matter, and he was worried about his own adults for a while.

"What should I do, now that this kind of thing is happening on the territory of Qizhou, no matter what, we can't escape the blame, the charge of dereliction of duty and unfavorable education will not be able to escape, if Taiwei Mu insists on holding him accountable, I am afraid that his life will not be guaranteed!"

"Then, my lord, are we just waiting for death?" Cold sweat flowed from Wu Qu's forehead.

"Don't worry, as long as we completely exterminate the mountain bandits this time and give Captain Mu an explanation, we should have no worries about my life", seeing Wu Qu's worried appearance, Li Enji comforted him.

"Completely exterminated, these mountain bandits are in the border area between Dayue and Biguo, and they survive in the cracks of Luofeng Village, and the days are not pleasant, the existence of Luofeng Village affects the interests of all parties, and it is sensitive and abnormal, and now we are afraid that it will be ...... to act rashly", hearing the adult's plan, Wu Qu subconsciously thought of the sequelae of the bandits.

"Haha, you don't need to worry about this matter, my lord, I have already found a scapegoat", Li Enji stroked his long beard with a victorious face.

"Could it be that the adult is preparing to let Hao Fengshou, the clown who jumps off the beam, take the blame, if the credit for the success is the adult, if it doesn't go well, the above blames it, and it is the mastermind who can't eat and walk around, not you, the adult", Wu Qu figured out the twists and turns in the Lianzanzhou Mu Master Gao Ming.

"Hmph, Hao Fengshou seems to be thinking about the official, but in fact he is just avenging his wife, now he is blinded by hatred, and takes the initiative to ask for help, if the official does not agree, wouldn't it be too unkind, this time no matter what, we are the biggest recipients of benefits", Wuqu has been loyal to himself for many years, and Li Enji is not afraid that he knows what he thinks.

"The idea of an adult is really high, this time no matter what, we are the biggest winners of the benefits", Wu Qu stretched out his thumb and looked at Li Enji with admiration.

"What about the young lady's marriage?" Wu Qu saw that the adult looked confident, although he was still not at ease, he did not worry about it anymore, but was worried about the young lady's marriage.

"Meng'er and Wu Yan grew up together since childhood, and the official has always been very satisfied with this marriage, how can their marriage be coveted by those cats and dogs, you can rest assured!" Lee Eun-ji patted Wu Qu's shoulder in affirmation.

"If you have an adult, you will be satisfied", hearing the heartfelt words of the state pastor, Wu Qu was moved to tears.

In the following days, Li Enji obeyed all of Hao Fengshou's ideas and listened to Hao Fengshou's requests, first gathered all the officers and soldiers of Qizhou City, and the whole city was under martial law to pay close attention to the movements in the city, and gave Hao Fengshou all the powers in the action, and gave Hao Fengshou the privilege of cutting first and then playing. Hao Fengshou jumped from a commoner to a commoner with great power.

The night wind was whiny and weeping, and the foot of the mountain in the general's village was densely packed with officers and soldiers holding torches, and the leader was Hao Fengshou.