Chapter 214: Take the money to redeem your life
Wang Qun didn't run and jump in the end, and when he was pulled into the tent, he kept scolding, but it was not Li Xun who scolded, but his so-called brothers.
Li Xun glanced at Wang Qun, and then stretched out his thumb towards Shan Qiu: "Big Brother Shan is really powerful, he has caught all the people." ”
Wang Qun led more than 100 people to escape, and Shan Qiu also led an equal number of soldiers to chase after him, and he was able to catch all the people who were fleeing, which was not easy.
Shan Qiu shook his head and said: "You misunderstood, I just captured the six bandits including the bandit leader Wang Qun, and the rest fled in all directions, I don't have many soldiers in my hands, so I can't chase them down at all." ”
Li Xun was stunned, this is even more difficult, there are not many people who are single enemies, if Wang Qun leaves dozens of people to break off, and then relies on the familiarity of geography and the speed of the war horses under the seat, there is no way for Shan Qiu to take him at all, but now Wang Qun has been arrested, and most of his men have successfully escaped, which is really a strange thing.
Seeing Li Xun's doubts, Shan Qiu pointed to Wang Qun, who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "This person is the boss of the bandits, and he can be the boss, but at the moment of crisis, his younger brother actually squeezed the boss at the end to block the enemy, and fled by himself, such a thing is really rare." ”
Wang Qun scolded there for a while, perhaps thinking of the sadness, he actually sat on the ground and cried.
Li Xun smiled, stepped forward and patted Wang Qun's shoulder, and quipped: "Brother, it seems that you are not very good to your subordinate brothers on weekdays, but at the moment of crisis, they actually abandoned you." ”
"You fart."
"Who are you scolding!"
Jiang Daxiong stepped forward and kicked Wang Qun to the ground, raised his foot and wanted to kick again, but Li Xun smiled and stretched out his hand to stop him, pulled Wang Qun up, and said, "If you don't treat your brothers badly, how can they leave you alone?" ”
Wang Qun gritted his teeth and said: "I treat them like brothers and sisters, I often greet them with big fish and meat, and I never let them go hungry, why am I not good to them?" ”
After speaking, Wang Qun felt sad in his heart, and tears were left again: "I say it beautifully on weekdays, because I can stick a knife in both sides, life and death go hand in hand, in times of crisis, they are not flying separately, where is the boss of me in their hearts." ”
Li Xun smiled, stood up, came to the chair at the top and sat down, busy for an hour or two, really tired.
"It's come to this, it's useless for you to cry, let's think about your current situation."
Shan Qiu and the others each found a seat and sat down, tonight's battle can be said to be thrilling and dangerous, and the fight went very smoothly, and seeing such a rather peculiar bandit leader, everyone's mood has completely relaxed.
Wang Qun secretly glanced at Li Xun, and saw that he was looking at himself with a smile, and his heart suddenly became nervous, half of what he did just now was pretending, just hoping to arouse the other party's pity and let himself go, after all, in tonight's battle, he suffered heavy losses, but the other party suffered very little loss, and he would not hate himself too much.
Wang Qun ate and said: "This... I have surrendered, I am a prisoner, since you are officers and soldiers, you should understand the truth of surrendering but not killing. ”
Li Xun laughed and said: "You were captured with all your strength, you didn't surrender sincerely, I killed you, with a clear conscience." ”
"The villain is willing to redeem his life with wealth."
Wang Qun's face turned pale, he couldn't pretend anymore, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "Please let the general let the villain go." ”
Take money to ransom your life?
Li Xun was stunned, this is fresh, and asked, "How much are you worth?" ”
Wang Qun replied: "The villain is willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver to redeem his life." ”
Li Xun was quite surprised and said: "Are you so rich as a bandit? ”
Wang Qun smiled embarrassedly: "This is what the villain has saved little by little for many years." ”
Li Xun nodded, did not give a decision immediately, let Wang Qun go down, and then said to Shan Qiu and the others: "More than fifty brothers were killed and injured tonight, if you can get 50,000 taels of silver from this bandit leader, the family of the dead brother will have a certain guarantee for their future life." ”
The little bereavement pension issued by the imperial court is only enough for the next restaurant, and it does not play any role.
Shan Qiu pondered for a moment and nodded: "It's okay." ”
More than 300 people were arrested tonight, and it is impossible to kill them all, according to common sense, generally only the first evil is killed, and the bandit leader dies, and the bandit nest disperses.
Li Xun finally agreed to Wang Qun's request, and asked one of his subordinates to return to the cottage and take the money to Yuxi County to ransom people, after all, hundreds of prisoners, Li Xun could not always take them, and handed them over to the local government, which was the best choice, and the chief official reported to the imperial court, Li Xun was also a war achievement.
At noon the next day, Li Xun and others arrived at Yuxi County, the Guazhou Governance Office, and after clarifying their identities and intentions, Guazhou Assassin Shi let Li Xun and others enter the city, and then the two sides handed over the prisoners and gave Li Xun more than 10,000 taels of silver.
Li Xun didn't understand why he wanted to give himself money at first, and asked about it, only then did he know that bandits were rampant in Guazhou, and the public security was extremely poor, and Xiong Buhui was a capable and responsible official. Immediately sent someone to send Li Xun more than 17,000 taels, not a penny, not much.
After lunch, after being tired for half the night yesterday, Li Xun asked everyone to have a good rest, and he went to see Wang Qun, who was gnawing on steamed buns.
"Wang Qun, your kid is quite valuable, if your people don't take money to ransom you, I will send you to the government, and you can also get three thousand taels of silver, which can be regarded as a small profit."
Wang Qun put down the steamed bun in his hand and said nervously: "General, the money must be sent before dusk, general, you can't be untrustworthy." ”
Wang Qun can't help but be nervous, he is a habitual bandit in this area, no matter how many evil things he has done, his reputation is there, if he is sent to the government, the government will definitely use himself to make an example, and his life will not be guaranteed.
"Don't worry, I'm not a person who doesn't talk much, what should you do, I won't do anything to you before dark."
Li Xun waved his hand and said again: "Your subordinates are so ruthless to you, are you sure that the people you sent back to get the money will come back?" ”
Wang Qun nodded affirmatively and said, "The person I sent back to get the money is my brother-in-law, and he will never abandon me." ”
Li Xun smiled, said no more, and instructed the soldiers guarding Wang Qun not to abuse him, and then left.