Chapter 9 Invite the villagers to dinner

Looking at the dead leopard who finally fell to the ground, Li Si, whose hands were stained with blood, had been crying and trembling. Suddenly, his body convulsed and convulsed, and he vomited on the ground. Aunt Li asked the people around her to take care of Ah Gou and Xiaomei, so she hurriedly ran over to take care of him.

At this time, Zhang Rui had already cut off the heads of the other six dead bandits one by one with a steel knife, and walked step by step towards Li Ming, who was standing there in a panic, with the greasy rat tails on their heads.

When he passed by Li Si and Aunt Li, he said hello and smiled comfortingly. As a result, Li Si, who had stopped vomiting, vomited all the yellow bile water again, and Aunt Li, who had gone to comfort her, also vomited. Many people who can't bear it have left and returned home, but the vast majority of people would rather vomit here than watch the excitement.

Looking at Zhang Rui, who came with six heads, Li Chao felt that where was this person, it was clearly a devil. The cold air in the body is constantly rising, and it is shivering with cold even though it is a hot day. When Zhang Rui approached, Li Ming's trembling feet could no longer bear it, and he knelt on the ground and vomited, and his clean crotch was also wet.

The two thugs are usually brave and ruthless, but they only fight petty, and at most they beat people to death with internal injuries. Where have I seen such a scene of raising their heads to see them, the two of them want to run directly, but they are afraid that they will be killed by Zhang Rui if they act rashly. I trembled when I remembered that I wanted to kill Zhang Rui just now, and I greeted all the eighteen generations of Li Ming's ancestors in my heart.

The pressure caused the three people with ghosts in their hearts to kneel there. didn't dare to run or move, only prayed to the gods and Buddhas to bless Zhang Rui to let him go this time. Especially after seeing Zhang Rui's method of killing Lei Leopard, this fear is not ordinary.

"Oh, what is Steward Li doing! Seeing a human head for the first time? ”

Zhang Rui directly threw the head in front of the three people kneeling on the ground, and then walked over.

Looking at the six human heads that had lost their blood thrown on the ground, Li Ming, who had stopped vomiting, vomited everything in his stomach again, and even the two thugs couldn't stand it and vomited.

It wasn't until they finished vomiting that Zhang Rui walked over to Li Chao and kicked away the head of the person who had just been thrown there.

"Dogs... Belch... Sheet... Uh, the sixth son... Belch... Six heroes, this is just a small mistake, it is a small one who has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and the small sin deserves death, please let the six heroes let go of the villain! ”

Li Chao watched Zhang Rui slap his face fiercely, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, the two thugs also followed Li Ming's example, and didn't even treat their face as their own, how loud and loud it was, after all, it was better for the face to hurt than to be cut off and kicked around here.

Zhang Rui seemed to have lost his mind, and it took half a cup of tea to wake up, and he hurriedly helped Li Ming. looked at Li Ming's red cheeks and said:

"What is Steward Li doing, I also blame me for being tired and losing my mind just now. Has Steward Li done anything? Why don't I know Zhang Rui? ”

"Oh, no, no." Li was stupid, and hurriedly went down the steps.

"Don't dare to work hard...? Zhang Yingying's housekeeper is called, and it is enough to call the little Li Ming. ”

"Where, where, Steward Li, these are all giant bandits, and the government has been wanted for rewards?" Zhang Rui said with a smile at Li

As soon as he heard Zhang Rui's words, Li Chao was a little confused, what kind of giant bandit is this, but he still took the words: "This is a giant bandit, and the government has paid a reward." ”

"I thought, how can these small ones be worth fifty taels or one, and how can this thunder leopard be worth three hundred taels!"

"Yes, yes, that's what the little ones think too." Li said with a smile on his lips, thinking in his heart: "I want to go crazy for money!" As far as my Qing officials are concerned, will they pay you to suppress the bandits? If you have money, you will take it yourself. Don't say fifty, even one hundred, I'll take it, anyway, it doesn't matter what I do, it's your ability to get the money. ”

"In that case, then leave it to Steward Li. Here are six people, five, sixty or thirty, plus three hundred taels of thunder leopards over there, a total of six hundred taels. I believe that Steward Li will help me with such a small favor.? ”

"Damn, it turned out to be pit here." After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Li Chao suddenly cried and said secretly in his heart. "Where has the government ever issued such a reward, even if it does, it can't be obtained, and I can get it because I have a conscience to be an official."

But at this moment, his life is in the hands of others, Li Chao doesn't dare to refuse casually, if he is unhappy and kills himself, there is nowhere to reason! So Li Chao said to Zhang Rui in a consultative tone

"That, Zhang Yingying, fifty taels may not be that much! Or maybe it's just thirty-two? Li Chao thought, if he didn't work, he would have to spend his own money to buy his life.

"Fifty taels and one, I believe there are still some, if other officials know that these bandits don't even have a whole corpse, wouldn't it be a joke?" Zhang Rui blinked when he spoke.

"Other governments? Whole corpses? Li Chao felt stunned. Then I thought about it again and understood that where he was talking about the Qing Dynasty government, he was clearly talking about the bandits' den, and let the bandits pay to give the people here a chance to be whole corpses.

This courage and wit made Li Chao have to admire, and borrowed his relationship with the bandits to pit the bandits again, after all, bandits also have to pay attention to reputation, morale and rules.

The bandits of Zhilian Mountain will not touch the local squire's people, and they need to let themselves know the movements of the imperial court, so if it is bought at my side, most of his side will give the money back.

Lei Leopard: They went down the mountain to fetch food for the cottage. If Weigong dies outside, and he can't even keep a whole corpse, then the rest of the cottage has some opinions about the big boss, so the bandit will give money anyway.

"So, hero, is fifty taels okay? I think the government should be able to pay eighty taels. Thunder Leopard should be worth 400 taels! Li Ming, who had already understood, continued

The people around are a little baffled, why is it fifty taels at one time, thirty taels at a time, and then eighty taels at one time? Is it so profitable to kill bandits? Especially the two thugs are also confused, they are not people who rarely go to these counties, but have they never heard that the government has paid for Lei Leopard to want them?

"Hahaha... Steward Li is really a smart person, and I, Zhang Rui, am not a greedy person. Fifty taels plus three hundred taels is enough, and the extra should be given to Steward Li's hard work! Seeing Li Chao like this, Zhang Rui couldn't help but praise him a few words.

"Then if the government asks?"

"Don't worry, eighty taels one, Lei Leopard four hundred taels!"

"Then thank you Zhang Yingxing first." Li Chao never thought that when he thought he would die, he would earn some silver taels now by helping to change hands. Speaking of silver taels, the one hundred and sixty taels that Lei Leopard had just given seemed to be still in Zhang Rui's hands.

"That Zhang Yingying, the villain just gave Lei Leopard the silver?"

"Oh, I forgot if you didn't say it, I'm talking about it. Those Thunder Leopard's silver taels, what does Steward Li want? Zhang Rui stared at Li Chao and said

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Li Chao was so frightened that he hurriedly refused, and then he remembered that this guy would not play cards according to the routine.

"That's good, it seems that Steward Li is also a real person. Since the bandits were killed by me, there is nothing for the villagers to borrow money from the Li Mansion. Don't you say? ”

"Nature, nature." Saying that, Li Chao could only reluctantly take out the note that had been signed and drawn, and asked the thugs around him to take out the fire fold and burn it in front of Zhang Rui.

The villagers finally saw what happened to their vital interests, and they all cheered for Zhang Rui. At this time, Zhang Rui said to Li Chao again

"I just heard Steward Li say that he was going to greet Lei Leopard and them to drink..."

"No, Zhang Yingying, it's just a last resort due to the pressure of Lei Leopard, where will I drink with the bandits? I'm going to get people out of the seat! Li Chao hurriedly explained

Zhang Rui pressed his hand and said: "Steward Li don't need to panic, I, Zhang Rui, still believe in Steward Li, don't waste this banquet." ”

After speaking, Zhang Rui said to the villagers around him: "Folks, today I Zhang Liu succeeded in suppressing bandits, thank you very much, you are also seeing the right, tonight I dog, I will invite the villagers to have a meal." Big fish and big meat, don't get drunk and don't return. ”