"In other words, you worked hard all night, and only killed a few hundred Collector Sect disciples, but let a few forces that met with the Collector Sect escape?"

Liu Jianhou waited until dawn before getting off the boat, and at this time, the Lujiazhuang had been almost cleaned up by the people of Jinyiwei and Longxiang Tuan, and he sat in the main courtyard of Zhuangzi and listened to He Tianlei's report, and asked with an unkind face.

He Tianlei's face was full of gloom, so he had to answer truthfully: "I didn't expect that there were so many thieves in Zhuangzi, according to the captive, in the second half of the night, the thief leader Li Feng didn't know where to transfer more than 800 people. Because he came in quietly through the back door, he didn't even notice the inside line of the brocade guard. There are less than 500 people on this side, which is really a bit overwhelming. ”

Liu Jianhou's face changed when he heard this, but he still reprimanded angrily: "The thieves are just a group of local chickens and dogs, you have been supported by the state for a long time, but even these people are helpless at a critical time, what is the use of Your Majesty asking you to wait, this matter will be played truthfully, you wait for it." ”

Hong Feijie and He Tianlei looked bitter, and they "pounced" on their knees and confessed their guilt.

Liu Ximing looked at Hong Feijie and He Tianlei, the two brocade-clothed guards who were trained by Liu Jianhou like his grandson, and felt a little pity for these two people in his heart.

Thinking of Jinyiwei's prestige, in line with the idea of forming a good fate, Liu Ximing took the initiative to bow to Liu Jianhou.

Liu Gong reprimanded him very much, He Qianhu and others got rid of several bandit leaders, it is indeed difficult to escape the blame, but then he thought that he fought desperately to kill Li Feng, the owner of the Shuyuan Church, and others, and asked Liu Gong to be more lenient. Besides......"

Liu Ximing saw Liu Jianhou squinting his eyes and thinking about it, and continued to take a step forward and said: "At present, it has been confirmed that the Yuan Sect does have the intention of rebellion, but I don't know which forces are being cited as backup, and this matter still needs to be carefully investigated by the Jinyi Guard. ”

Hong Feijie and He Tianlei were a little surprised that Liu Ximing actually spoke for them, and the eyes of the two of them looking at him also had a hint of gratitude.

Liu Jianhou didn't know what Liu Ximing said, but of course someone had to take the blame when something happened, who else could this person have besides He Tianlei.

However, he didn't really want to do anything to He Tianlei, and at this time he happened to follow Liu Xi's steps and said: "For the sake of the two of you who are loyal and brave to the country, I will first record this crime, and allow the two of you to make meritorious contributions to the crime. ”

"As for what the letter on the thief says, I will report it to Governor Wang, you can go down first, and then check Zhuangzi Haosheng."

"Obey the Orders of the Lord"

"Liu Gong", Liu Ximing saw that there were only Liu Jianhou and himself in the house, so he cheekily leaned up and asked, "But I don't know what the thief said in the letter?" ”

Liu Jianhou was holding a document and looking at it carefully, when he heard the words, he raised his head and sighed at Liu Ximing and said: "It's really eventful, it says that the Yuan Sect plans to rebel in the past two years, combined with a number of letters, in addition to a force called what Yin Yang Sect is involved in, Sichuan and Huguang There are several other forces behind it, and in recent years, many bandits have also entered Sichuan and their shadows." ”

“……”

Liu Ximing was speechless for an instant, but he thought about it carefully, it seemed that he had never heard of a rebellion other than thieves during this period, and where was the deviation there.

Forget it, I can't think about this thing clearly for a while, Liu Ximing said to Liu Jianhou cleanly: "If the country has something, how can we stand by and watch, our people are sent by Liu Gong." ”

Liu Jianhou nodded with satisfaction: "The three hundred years of the national dynasty have been raising soldiers, and it is time for me to serve my life, but you have not yet made a name for yourself, and you are not an official gentleman, it is okay to use you once last night, and it will inevitably cause trouble after a long time, and now it is November, and the county exam list is about to come out, and you still concentrate on preparing for the exam in the past half a year." ”

Thinking of what he was going to say next, Liu Jianhou looked a little embarrassed, and then returned to normal and said: "Last night's matter was secret, I'm afraid it will be difficult to report the credit, I heard that your department is also damaged, this can only ask you to take care of yourself, but don't worry, I will take care of your credit." ”

Liu Ximing had expected this situation for a long time, but he originally wanted to make friends with Liu Jianhou, so it didn't matter if he could ask for credit.

When Liu Ximing came out of the compound in Lujiazhuang, Mu Jingnan's eyes were slightly red, "Second brother, we have broken 27 brothers again, and 48 people are injured."

"Quick, take me to see", Liu Ximing's mood suddenly became low, every time a soldier in the Longxiang regiment was damaged, he was a little heartbroken, all of them were in Shaohua, but they had to carry the weight for the people of Liujia Village, and the burden was really too heavy.

"Second brother", in the small courtyard repaired by the Long Xiang Regiment, when they saw Liu Ximing and others coming, everyone saluted him, Liu Ximing nodded and walked inside, inspecting all the fallen soldiers and wounded.

According to Liu Ximing's instructions, the infirmary specially equipped the Longxiang Regiment with customized medicines such as gold sore medicine and bone-setting ointment, and with the distilled alcohol and clean gauze that Liu Ximing came up with before, the wounded of the Long Xiang Regiment have received better battlefield treatment.

It's just that these fallen soldiers are uncomfortable to look at, Liu Ximing looked around, and ordered everyone: "You must find the bodies of all the dead people, since I brought them out, then bring them back." ”

Yu Yongkai saw that Liu Ximing's mood was a little low, and came up to comfort: "Second brother, where are there immortals in the war, we are all ready, besides, last night's battle is already good, I heard that the people of Jinyi Wei said that there are thousands of thieves, and we have only sacrificed more than 20 people, which is already a great luck." ”

Hearing Yu Yongkai talk about last night's battle, Zhang Jingliang, Zheng Jingcai, Shao Derong and other military commanders came up one after another, Zhang Jingliang said with some excitement:

"Yes, second brother, now that I think about your idea of building an army, you always said that you will be the world of firearms in the future, but it wasn't until last night that we really understood what this meant."

"Yes, yes, yes", Zheng Jingcai was also excited, "muskets, artillery, and bombs, it's not too easy to fight, these people can be said to be defeated at the touch of a button." ”

Liu Ximing's face turned gloomy to sunny: "I didn't think firearms were powerful before, that was because we had a small number of people and the firepower density was not enough, but now that the firepower density has come up, the power of firearms has been highlighted." However, our number is still a little small, and the number of guns is also a little insufficient, and when we turn around, the whole regiment will be replaced with muskets and artillery, and then we can go sideways everywhere. ”

As he spoke, Liu Ximing remembered the information revealed by Liu Jianhou, and he wanted to tell Long Xiang Tuan about it now, but thinking that he was out of town right now, it was better to be cautious, and it would not be too late to talk about it when he returned to Liujia Village.

Huh, wait.

A thought flashed in Liu Ximing's heart, especially last night, I seem to have robbed the treasure secret room of the Yuan Sect, look at He Tianlei's appearance, will there be anything key in this.

Thinking about it like this, Liu Ximing suddenly couldn't sit still, he immediately ordered Yu Yongkai and others to clean up the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and he found a hut to pretend to rest.

As soon as he entered the room, Liu Ximing's mind sank into the space.

Today's space has changed a lot from the beginning, and the land area in the space has expanded from 10 acres to 140 acres.

Except for 9 acres of land planted with rice, 1 acre of land cultivated with tea trees, mulberry trees and other economic species, the rest are all planted with cotton.

However, Liu Ximing was not in the mood to appreciate it slowly, so he went straight to the temple to check what he had gained in the secret room last night.

"Hmm"

"A bunch of turtles", Liu Ximing looked at it and scolded directly.

The people who received the Yuan Sect really still adhered to the simple concept of money, and the things in the secret room were basically copper coins, silver and a small amount of gold, and there were no special antiques or anything, and the important items were taken away by Li Feng and others.

These coins add up to an estimated seven or eight taels, and it is estimated that they were also deceived by the villagers by pretending to be a ghost of the Yuan Sect.

"Huh, what is this?" , Liu Ximing rummaged inside a little unwillingly, and actually found two other things in the gap between the two boxes.

A jade pendant and a letter.

Last night, the time was quite tight, and he directly waved his big hand to put all the things in the secret room into the space, these two things may have been accidentally left behind by Li Feng.