36 Bandit One
On this day, in the Jinling Mansion, only the Li family knew how much they had paid, so they invited the leaders of the commanding envoys to take action together.
The head of the Jinling garrison has hundreds of people, all of whom are well-known strongmen in the rivers and lakes, and they are recruited by the commanders to train the army for them, and the price must be not small.
At the same time, the commander of the capital still sent a letter to the military department, requesting the mobilization of the army to encircle and suppress the bandits around Jinling.
Of course, this is just a pretense, the greatest interests have already been obtained, and the rest is not important.
From here to the capital, even if it is urgent, it will take a lot of time to arrive, and when the decree comes, he mobilizes the army to attack, and there is another military achievement, why not do it?
When he returned from resisting Hu, he was not satisfied with the position of a commander, and if he added more military exploits, if he could be promoted again, not to mention the left squire of the military department, at least it was also the position of another squire.
The left and right servants of the Xia Dynasty were first-class officials, second only to the military department.
But the power to influence the squire is greater than that of a feudal official like him, who is a Beijing official, although it is only a gap in one grade, but he has the right to supervise the armies of the provinces at will.
In addition to the military department of the book, the left and right squires are the most powerful people in the military department, although he has military merits, the successor of the military department is also slim, and the next best position, from him, is the left and right squires.
Especially the position of the right attendant, the current right attendant is very old, and he is not far from retiring, which is his best opportunity.
Zuo Shilang is the confidant of the one in the Jinluan Palace, which is even more rare than the position of the secretary of the military department.
The current secretary of the military department of the Xia Dynasty is an old commander with the most outstanding military achievements, who has repeatedly relieved the Xia Dynasty from danger, and the general command of the military department is unshakable.
And the reason why he is so obsessed with power is just to repay the kindness of the original person, otherwise with his body as a sinner, why would he command the envoys.
Even if he has made outstanding achievements in war, he is stained himself, and he rarely gains the trust of the royal family.
In the territory of the Xia Dynasty, Jinling commanded the envoys, everyone knows, although he is a horse, he went north to fight against Hu, and went south to fight against Bagan, more than 100 battles, but he never married in his life.
The generals who enlisted with him were all children and grandchildren, and he was still alone, without a wife or children.
For the explanation of starting a family and starting a business, he has his own words: "This general has been fighting horses for half his life, he has experienced too many lives and deaths, and I don't know when the horse leather shrouded body, it is difficult to take care of the whole family. ”
As for the specific reason, only he knows.
It is rumored that they all command the adults to be high and bright, and to serve the country all their lives, which is for the high wind and bright festival.
There are also rumors that they are all commanding to make adults unable to have sex, and because of hidden illness, they are ashamed to speak up and do not want to be known, so they have never married.
It's just that, no matter what, the commander never justified it, and let the three of them become tigers, indifferent.
Over time, the gossip naturally shattered.
And he himself knows that his only task in this life is to repay that person's life-saving grace and help him to complete his grand plan as much as possible.
Midnight dreamed back, thinking of what he said, "In this life, I have promised the country, and it is difficult to promise Qing!" Who knows the bitterness in my heart?
On this day, seven days have passed since Li Youwei was abducted.
In the garrison camp, hundreds of people who looked like heavily armed soldiers suddenly rode out of the camp on tall horses, and some people recognized that these people were the head of the Jinling garrison, and a group of about 300 people went out of the city from the west gate.
At the same time, in front of the Li family, more than a dozen carriages were lined up, and there were family members who were loading and unloading, and all around were dispersed by the Li family, and they could only be seen from a distance, and one by one boxes were carried onto the carriage.
"You say, is this Li family ready to ransom people? So many boxes, and don't know what to hold? A passerby whispered.
"Probably money!"
"How much silver does it take to fill so many chests?"
"How do I know that I've never seen that much money in my life?"
"Yes, but why not use a silver ticket? Wouldn't that be easier? ”
"Who knows, anyway, it has nothing to do with me, the two of us pour night incense, talk about how much money people are here, do you have nothing to do when you are idle? Work hard work ......"
Fifty miles west of Jinling City, there is an unnamed mountain.
The hundreds of people who had left the city before were now ambushed in a ditch at the foot of the mountain.
At noon, the Li family team came to the foot of the mountain, and after Li Zongyu, who led the team, said hello to the head team hidden in the secret, he asked the housekeeper to take the team to start climbing the mountain.
"Go and tell the big boss, the people of the Li family are here, do you want to take action?"
"Okay, keep staring!"
The steward led the convoy to a stop in a very flat area on the hill, and everyone was on standby, but fortunately the trees here were sparse, and if there was any wind or grass, they could detect it as soon as possible, and it was safe.
It's just that safety is safe, for the housekeeper, he wants to scold his mother in his heart: "The second master is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he asked me to send this old bone up, if it is the eldest master, where will this happen." ”
If it weren't for the preferential treatment of Li Zonghan and the eldest lady, the housekeeper would never have brought someone up.
On the other side of the hill, a cavalry team of about seventy or eighty people hid quietly, and when they got the report of the minions, a man with a scruffy beard sneered: "The head of the Jinling garrison is waiting for us to go out, and then want to catch turtles in the urn." ”
"Fortunately, big brother, you arranged the eyeliner in advance, otherwise we would have suffered!" The man who tied Lin Yang said.
"Suffer, who suffers is not necessarily!"
The big boss showed a sinister smile, clenched his long knife and stood up, and said, "Order the brothers, prepare the bow and crossbow rockets, and prepare to attack with me." ”
"Yes!"
"You, you, a few of you, come with Lao Tzu!"
The big boss carried a big knife on his shoulder, ordered a few minions at random, and immediately turned over his horse and galloped away.
After the group got on the horse, they took out black scarves to cover their faces, leaving only two big dripping eyes that kept spinning.
"The thieves are coming!"
In the Li family's convoy, on the front wheel, a driver actually shouted, and then all the members of the Li family immediately got up and protected the vehicle.
At the bottom of the mountain, hearing the shouts of the coachman, everyone in the head team immediately tensed their bodies.
Everyone was as if the bowstring was tight, and the hilt of the knife was in hand.
"Appeal ......"
The horse of the thief boss stopped three or four feet in front of the Li family's convoy, and Le Ma asked, "But the team that the Li family sent money?" ”
"Exactly, the little old man, the housekeeper of the Li family, I don't know ......"
"Don't talk nonsense, can we bring the 200,000 silver we want?"
The big boss waved the big knife on his shoulder, so frightened that the housekeeper of the Li family almost collapsed, and with the support of the family members around him, he endured the fear in his heart and asked: "The silver is in the carriage behind me, I don't know where my eldest lady is now?" ”
"Bring someone up!"
The big boss waved his hand, and then the two women who were covered with black cloth were escorted over, and the housekeeper of the Li family frowned slightly, and asked, "Can you take off the hood and let the little old man determine the identity of the young lady?" ”
"Pay the money with one hand, deliver the goods with the other hand, and now the money has not arrived, I want people, and there is no door!" The big boss snorted coldly, and said to the minions behind him: "Go, drive all the carriages to me, and we will inspect the goods first." ”
"This king, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this action!"
The housekeeper of the Li family stopped the minion who went to pull the reins, endured his fear, and said dissatisfiedly: "Even if we want to inspect the goods, we must do it at the same time, you take off my young lady's hood!" ”
"Old fellow, if you don't want to die, you'd better get out of the way!"
The few minions who were stopped, seeing that the Li family's housekeeper was so uninteresting, immediately pulled out a bright steel knife and put it directly on the housekeeper's head.
The old housekeeper trembled slightly, a little unable to stand, but he still did not get out of the way, and stood in front of a few people, he was ready to die, thinking: "The eldest master's family is very good to me, if the young lady can't go back, then these big cars of silver must not be lost!" ”
"Look for a dead old fellow!"
The minion raised his steel knife and wanted to kill.
At this moment, a person suddenly galloped down the mountain, only to see the person holding a spear in both hands, and shouted: "Bah! The thieves are not going to commit murder, and today we will catch you. ”
"Overlord Gun Lu Song!"
The big thief looked at the person who came, recognized it as soon as possible, and saw that the other party was menacing and there were many people, so he didn't love war, and directly ordered to retreat: "Everyone retreat for me, don't love war!" ”
As he spoke, the big boss rode his horse directly past the old housekeeper of the Li family, and went straight to the overlord gun Lu Song.
Clang!
With the harsh sound of gold and iron colliding, the two suddenly collided together.
Lu Song made a one-handed overlord gun, the power is known for its fierceness and domineering, among all the sect heads, the most commanding the master is heavy, respected as the first sect leader, even if he is the commander, it is difficult to defeat him in the spearmanship.
But in this fight, Lu Song's face changed: "This person's strength is even greater than mine, enough to be comparable to the commander and envoy, such a person cannot be an unknown person." Lu Song had a plan, stabilized the horse that was shocked backwards, and asked: "Your Excellency is so powerful, you are by no means an idle person, why do you want to be a thief and a victim?" ”
"It's your business!"
The big boss spoke rudely, and the big knife in his hand was picked up by him and slashed down heavily.
Lu Song's complexion changed greatly, and he hurriedly raised his gun to resist.
Clang!
The broadsword collided with the cold iron spear, and the harsh sound sounded again.
Hiss......
Lu Song's war horse neighed, it seemed that it was difficult to bear the weight of this knife, and he was directly pressed to his knees, Lu Song was caught off guard, and fell off the horse's back.
Swish!
The big knife came through the wind and took Lu Song's head directly, so frightened that he hurriedly rolled and barely dodged this terrifying knife.
"This person is fierce, let's besiege and kill together!"
Hearing Lu Song's anxious words, a good archer pulled his bow and went straight to the thief's master, and at this time he was about to cut out the next knife, sensing the crisis, so he narrowly avoided the arrow sideways, but still let the arrow cut through the clothes on his chest.
"Falling feather arrow and bow, worthy of being a character who wears Yang in a hundred steps!"
The big boss was affected by the arrows, and Lu Song, who had landed, had also taken the opportunity to get out of the battlefield, seeing the other party pounced, the big boss sneered, and then turned around on his horse, leaving only the arrogant voice: "It is worthy of being the head of the garrison of Jinling Mansion, and you must personally understand it if you have the opportunity." ”
"The thief is gone!"