Li Rail? King of the Western Regions? I'm sorry, I, Li Wenyuan, the king of the Western Regions, accepted it with gratitude.

Li Wenyuan made up his mind in his heart, even if he didn't have a handle, he would buckle this basin on Li Liang's head and completely knock him down.

If Li Liang had already had the intention of rebellion, then there would definitely be a large warehouse with grain, rice and weapons. Li Wenyuan made up his mind that he would definitely try to make a big news when he arrived in Wuwei County.

If there is a word, it will be long, and if there is no word, it will be short. In the blink of an eye, the jade rabbit rose eastward, and it was getting late.

Li Wenyuan, Zong Luohu, and Zhang Juntai gathered together outside the east gate, and all three of them took shovels, pickaxes, iron drills and other digging tools, picked up lanterns and came to the mass grave. Li Wenyuan kept trying to use an iron drill on the ground, and it rained when he came in, and although the ground was dry, the floating soil was also solidified by the rain, and it was difficult to distinguish it from the surface.

This iron drill was also Li Wenyuan heard Zhang Juntai mention the county order that there had been rain recently, and the money and grain convoy entering Beijing was on the way, so he temporarily took an iron drill for camping in case he used it, but it was just right to use it.

Zhang Juntai and Zong Luohu were carefully probing the soil marks on the ground, when Li Wenyuan heard the sound of touching a hard object. Several people were stunned, Li Wenyuan took out the iron chisel and pointed to his feet: "It's right under here." ”

The three of them hurriedly wielded a shovel and a pickaxe and dug it directly, and it didn't take much effort to dig the first box, Zong Luohu volunteered to jump down, and lifted the box with great effort, Li Wenyuan and Zhang Juntai worked hard together to drag the box to the edge of the pit.

Then Zong Luohu also jumped out, and the three of them prepared to open the box together to see what was going on. At this time, Zong Luohu said: "General Li, the inside of this box is very heavy, it can't be..."

Li Wenyuan was noncommittal, and at this time, Zong Luohu handed over another piece of black cloth and said, "General Li, cover it up, it's unlucky for the breath of the living to get on the dead." ”

Li Wenyuan pushed away Zong Luohu's hand: "Don't get in the way, if this is really the corpse of those good villagers, then I have to tell them that I will definitely avenge them." ”

After Li Wenyuan said that, he motioned to Zhang Juntai to use a shovel to smash open the copper lock that locked the box. Zhang Juntai nodded, and waved his hand in the air a few times, as if to signal the two of them to get out of the way, so as not to be injured by mistake.

Seeing the two of them get out of the way, Zhang Juntai held the shovel in his hand and slammed it hard, and in an instant, sparks splashed everywhere, and the copper lock fell in response.

Seeing that Zhang Juntai had opened the copper lock, Li Wenyuan and Zong Luohu surrounded him, Zhang Juntai gently slipped into the gap of the box lid with a shovel blade, and turned the box cover over with a slight prie, and then a black cloud covered the bright moon.

Li Wenyuan felt that the surroundings were dark, looked up at the sky, and said, "Dark clouds at this time?" Is this really eyeless? ”

Then seeing that the dark clouds did not mean to disperse, Li Wenyuan took the nearby lantern closer with his hand, held it to the box and illuminated it, and the three of them looked inside, and they all gasped.

There seemed to be a human figure entrenched in the box, but the dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the moonlight poured down like water, illuminating the earth clearly.

By the bright moonlight, the three of them finally saw the contents of the box.

It was the corpses of several people whose necks had been cut open, and the dried blood stains inside the boxes proved that these people had been put into large boxes and locked up after their throats had been slit.

This is the most cruel thing, people will not die immediately when their throats are cut, and there will be several minutes of painful struggle, the scratches on the nails on the inside of the box, and the bloody fingertips of the people in the box, are enough to show that these people were separated by their throats and put into the box alive.

Li Wenyuan and Zhang Juntai brought up more than a dozen large boxes, which were full of dead bodies, and the dead state was not much different from the first box. The three of them hurriedly took out these boxes and the corpses in the remaining boxes carefully, and put them aside.

Zong Luohu saw the faces of several people inside, angrily tore off the black cloth on his face, took a few deep breaths, and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "General Li, these people here are all villagers under the mountain, and I have stayed at their house. The strong men of their family all died in Liaodong, and they were very kind old people, and I often sent people to help them do some farm work, hoping for a good harvest in the autumn, so as to provide for these lonely old people. However, I didn't expect them to suffer such a catastrophe. ”

Watching Zong Luohu's hands sink deep into the dirt, the green tendons on his forehead jumped. Li Wenyuan didn't say anything, and reached out to pat Zong Luohu's shoulder: "Since these are those good people, let's not be idle, put these pits in order, and bury these people alive." ”

The other two were silent, jumped into the pit, and began to dig the pit where the boxes were buried in order, using their shovels. For a moment no one spoke, and the only sound left in the cold air was the sound of shovels colliding with dirt and gravel, and the sound of earth and rocks falling to the ground.

After burying the dead people, Zong Luohu said with red eyes: "General Li, let's say goodbye today, I will sneak into the county tonight to kill the dog official, and then take my brother east to join Xue Ju." ”

Li Wenyuan said: "No, if you want to defect to Brother Xue, I agree with it, but this county order you can't touch it, and it's useful for me to leave him a dog." ”

Zong Luohu said with some displeasure: "General Li, you are willing to believe me, the leader of the bandits, and risk being found by the government to be a bandit and investigate the whereabouts of these villagers with me, I am very grateful, but why do you want to defend that dog official now?" ”

Li Wenyuan said: "Today, when I visited the city, I saw Li Mao. ”

Zhang Juntai said: "Li Mao? That Wuwei County Li Rail's brother? ”

Li Wenyuan said: "Yes, this is the person. Juntai, listen to what you mean, do you know anything about Li Liang? Tell the sect leader to hear it. ”

Zhang Juntai erected the last tombstone made of a box, bowed, and then turned to Zong Luohu and said:

"Sect leader, I'm sacrificing ugliness below."

Then Zhang Juntai briefly told Zong Luohu about Li Rail and Li Mao:

Li Rail, a native of Guzang, Liangzhou, is similar to Xue Ju, they are all frontier heroes with huge wealth, they have a high reputation in Liangzhou, and their subordinates have also gathered a lot of heroes. He himself also has some resourcefulness, but most of them are some wisdom to do small things, lack of overall wisdom, and his reputation in the township is acceptable, and he was appointed as the commander of Yingyang Mansion a few years ago.

The so-called replacement general is to serve in office, and after the current official leaves his post, he will officially take office and fill the vacancy.