I don't know how long later, Li He woke up, dizzy, and found himself sleeping in a big tent, which was empty. Li He was hesitating, and Ren Zuo walked in from outside the tent. Li He asked: "Brother Ren, am I dead, why are you here... Could it be that you have also returned to heaven? ”

Ren Zuo: "Phew, curse me as soon as you come." You're alive, but you've been in a coma for days. ”

At this time, Wei Qi came in from outside the tent. Li He: "I remember that I was shot by an arrow and poisoned, why didn't I die?" ”

Ren Zuo: "Thanks to Brother Wei for helping you take drugs, you were lucky enough to save your life." ”

Li He struggled to sit up: "Thank you Brother Wei for saving your life." ”

Wei Qi hurriedly hugged Li He: "You and I are brothers, it's a trivial matter, why worry about it?" Don't be polite with me. You can recuperate with peace of mind, and Di Hou Ye ordered that you be sent back to Kaifeng to recuperate in a few days. ”

A few days later, Li He was escorted by Ren Zuo and returned to Kaibong to recuperate from his injuries. For many days, Li He stayed in the house, very clean and bored.

One day, late at night. Li He was about to go to bed early, when a servant suddenly came to report: "There is a guest visiting." Li He asked the slave to welcome the guests into the study, and after the guests entered the house, Li He greeted him, and it was Ji Yue.

Ji Yue looked at Li He with tears in her eyes: "Are you injured?" ”

Li He smiled in his eyes: "It's out of the way." ”

Under the faint light of the lamp, Li He and Ji Yue hugged each other tightly.

A few days later, Li He's arrow wound healed, and he was summoned by Di Hou Ye and Li Jiao to discuss the matter, and the goats, Dongfang Hu and others were also present. Di Hou Ye: "According to the report from the front, the three kingdoms of Qing, Jing and Hebei saw that our Yu State was attacking cities and territories in the Hexi region, and they were jealous, and they had already Chen soldiers on the border of our country and wanted to put pressure on our Yu State. King Yu was worried and ordered the king to offer a plan to resist the enemy. Do you have a good idea? ”

Li Feed: "According to the report, there are not many troops from Qingdao, Jing and Hebei this time, and it should be just a temptation." Xia Guan thought that on the occasion of the invasion of Yong, he should maintain friendship with the other three countries. You can't fight, you can only hold on. After a long time, the three kingdoms of Qing, Jing and Hebei naturally retreated. ”

Di Houye: "What Prime Minister Li Cheng said is very true. But who should be sent to the border to defend against the enemy? ”

Li Feed: "The eastern border adjacent to the Qing State of our Yu Kingdom, and the southern border adjacent to the Jing Kingdom, the city is strong, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, and you only need to send a partial general to defend it." Only Lingzhang, an important town in the north adjacent to the Ji State, has been harassed by the Ji State from time to time due to poor governance all the year round, which has led to the withering of the people's livelihood. The lower officials thought that a serious and resourceful person should be sent to guard Lingzhang. ”

Di Houye: "Is there a candidate for prime minister?" ”

Li Feed: "Dongfang Hu previously served in the military army, handling food and military affairs; Recently, he has served in the Prime Minister's Office, and everything he handles is improper. The lower officials thought that Dongfang Tiger was really the best candidate to guard Lingzhang. ”

Di Hou Ye stroked his beard: "This king also thinks that Dongfang Tiger is the best candidate." Dongfang Tiger, are you willing to go to Lingzhang to eliminate the national disaster? ”

Dongfang Hu hurriedly saluted: "Thanks to the appreciation of the Hou Ye and the Prime Minister, the villain must go all out and swear to defend Ling Zhang." ”

Di Hou Ye smiled: "It's rare for the Oriental Tiger to have such a responsibility, and this king is very pleased." I will recommend it to the king on the same day, and you will be stationed in Lingzhang. ”

Dongfang Tiger thanked Di Houye. Ren Zuo said to Di Houye: "The villain heard that the reason why Ling Zhang's livelihood is withering is because of corrupt officials and powerful people who loot people's wealth; What's even more odious is that they also forcibly sent folk women to the river in the name of marrying the river god, causing these women to sink at the bottom of the river. As a result, the people of Lingzhang fled one after another in order to survive. ”

Di Hou Ye frowned: "Do you have a good plan to deal with the matter of the river god's marriage?" ”

Li He pondered for a moment and told Marquis Di: "The lower officials have a way. ”

On the second day, Ji Wen, the king of Yu, summoned Marquis Di and Marquis Ji into the palace to discuss the retreat of the enemy. Di Hou Ye recommended Dongfang Tiger to guard the order, and King Yu Ji Wen approved. King Yu Jiwen also ordered Dongfang Hu to set off on the same day and rush to Lingzhang.

Di Hou Ye recommended his son Di Jing to King Ji Wen of Yu to guard the eastern border and resist the Qing army, and King Ji Wen of Yu played on the spot. After the Marquis of Ji was unwilling, he hurriedly recommended his son Ji Xi to King Yu to guard the southern border and resist the Jing army. King Yu smiled and gave permission to play.

After the arrival of the Oriental Tiger in Lingzhang, the ceremony of the river god's wife was about to be held. Dongfang Hu said to the local officials and gentry: "If the river god marries a wife, if I can take a look, it is a blessing for three lives." At that time, please inform me, and I will send the bride as well. ”

On the day of the river god's wedding, all the officials and gentry gathered by the river, and the Oriental Tiger also arrived, and there were thousands of onlookers. Dongfang Hu said to the official in charge: "Call that bride here, let me see what she looks like?" ”

The official hurriedly brought the bride over, and when Dongfang Hu saw that the bride was crying, he said to the official: "This bride is too ugly, please go and talk to the river god, and say that we will find him a more beautiful bride and send him over in a few days." With that, he ordered the guards to throw the official into the river.

The officer sank into the river and never came up again. Dongfang Hu stood by the river, pretending to be anxiously waiting for the official to return. After a while, Dongfang Hu said to the Hao Shen led by him: "Why did this official go for so long and not come back?" Go down and urge him. After saying that, he ordered the gentleman to be thrown into the river. The gentleman sank to the bottom of the water and never came back to the surface.

After a long while, Dongfang Hu pretended to be impatient and said to another official: "Why has this gentleman been going for so long, you go down and urge." So, he ordered the guards to throw the official to the bottom of the river.

In this way, Dongfang Hu threw five or six officials and gentry into the water, and none of these people came back alive. Dongfang Hu said to the other officials and gentry: "Who else among you is willing to go down and urge it?" ”

The rest of the officials and gentry were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy, broke their foreheads, and bled all over the ground. Dongfang Hu said: "It seems that the river god is very hospitable, and if you want to keep them for a long time, you all disperse." Later, the river god wanted to marry again, and he came to inform me again. So the crowd dispersed. From then on, no one dared to talk about the river god's wife.

Since then, Dongfang Hu has been actively preparing to defend against the enemy, while leading the people to dig canals and irrigate farmland. Gradually, the people of Lingzhang became more and more prosperous, and the people who had fled from other places gradually returned, and the population of Lingzhang became more and more. Seeing that under the rectification of the Oriental Tiger, the Ji army had no choice but to hastily withdraw its troops under the rectification of the Oriental Tiger.

However, some local officials in Lingzhang were resentful and reported the Dongfang Tiger to Jiwen, the king of Yu, saying that there was no surplus grain in the Zhangfu treasury and no soldiers in the military treasury. King Ji Wen of Yu was furious and personally went to Lingzhang to inspect. Sure enough, I found that the treasury and military treasury were empty. Yuwang Jiwen summoned the Oriental Tiger and questioned sternly.

Dongfang Hu replied: "There is no grain in the treasury, because all the grain is in the people's homes; There are no blades in the arsenal, because everyone in Lingzhang is a soldier, and the weapons are in the hands of the people. If the king doesn't believe me, please follow me up to the drum tower to have a look. ”

Dongfang Tiger led King Yu Jiwen up to the drum tower and beat the drum. After the first drum sound, the people of Zhangzhang were all dressed in armor and quickly gathered under the drum tower; After the second drum sound, another group of people loaded grain and grass with carts and gathered under the drum tower.

Dongfang Hu said to King Yu: "Since the people have been gathered, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and today we will counterattack the Ji country." "Yu Wang Jiwen agreed. So, Dongfang Hu led this half-soldier and half-peasant team to connect the three towns and villages of Ji State in one day. King Yu Jiwen was impressed and praised the Oriental Tiger.

One day, Li Cai received a report that some wealthy merchants and nobles in Kaifeng City colluded to make fake money. Fake money is not only of high quality, but it is difficult to distinguish between authenticity and fakeness; And it has been widely spread among the people. It was suggested that all the coins on the market should be confiscated and examined one by one, and the seized coins should be owned by the government.

Li said: "Counterfeit money is rampant, but it is the sin of counterfeiters, and if they are investigated one by one, then even the law-abiding ordinary people will be harmed." I think that the peace of the people is the foundation, and the government cannot compete with the people for profit. ”

As a result, Li Jiao issued a notice that anyone who found fake money could hand over the fake money to the government, and the government would exchange it for real money. As a result, the fake money was put to rest, and Kai Bong was unharmed. When King Ji Wen learned about it, he praised it greatly.

On another day, the Prime Minister's Mansion received a report from the Yin of Kaibong Mansion that there had been many robbers around Kaibong recently. Li Jiao ordered a secret visit. Soon, the spies reported that they were all famous nobles in Kaifeng City, not only privately raising dead soldiers, but even conniving at these dead soldiers to gather for thieves.

Li Feed received the report, angry, and called everyone to discuss. There are many opinions, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while. Li He pondered for a long time and offered Li a secret plan. So, Li Fu acted according to the plan.

Li Fu first summoned the famous nobles in Kaifeng City, treated each other with courtesy, and pretended not to know the inside story of the thieves. Li Cai said to them: "I am a scholar, and I don't know about robbers, so I can only rely on you to relieve Kaifeng's worries." ”

Therefore, Li Fu appointed these famous nobles as the chief of security, and assigned the area around Kaifeng to them, and each governed an area; and issued an order that if the robbers were not found within the time limit, they would be punished for the crime of indulging and harboring the robbers.

Everyone was frightened and confessed on the spot: "In a certain place around Kaifeng, the robber is so-and-so." So, Li Cai ordered everyone to write down their names, include them in the roster, and properly store them.

Subsequently, Li ordered people to issue a proclamation in Kaifengguang: "All robbers must surrender themselves to the Tingwei's Mansion within one month." Those who do not surrender themselves at the end of the time are sentenced to death, and their families are reduced to slavery. A few days after the notice was posted, the robbers turned themselves in. Li Feed checked them one by one according to the directory. Li Cai only confiscated their stolen money, but commuted their sentences and ordered them to turn over a new leaf. Since then, the robbers around Kaibong have disappeared.

Li Jiao played this matter to Yuwang Jiwen, and Yuwang Jiwen's face was gloomy and silent. Seeing this, Li Fu said: "King, there were private counterfeit money in the past, and now there are people who gather to steal, and the culprits are all famous nobles. After these nobles, the upper did not make an inch of contribution to His Majesty, and the lower did harm to the Yu State, which was really useless. Weichen is courageous, please let Your Majesty approve the method of cutting the knighthood. ”

King Yu Jiwen was hesitating, and suddenly a voice came from outside the hall:

"The law of cutting the lord is really impossible to bring disaster to the country and the people."