This is Li Yingtan's confidence to dare to underestimate Li Mao, Li Mao's ability to mix better than him is nothing more than luck, if he has such an opportunity, at least he will not be worse than him. But now, judging from Zhu Yong's attitude towards Li Mao, Li Yingtan realizes that his judgments seem to be a little unreliable, Zhu Yong was originally the secretary in charge of the shogunate, and it is said that he was expelled for writing a wrong word. But judging from the trajectory of his career in recent years, this statement is afraid that it is untenable, Zhu Yong is always on the cusp, and the place where he appears will always trigger a series of earthquakes.

After every earthquake, there is black yarn everywhere and people are rolling, but Zhu Yong can always retreat and be promoted steadily. This time he came with a heavy responsibility, nailed under Hualong's nose, dug a pit and set up an ambush, and finally made a great contribution to Yun Shuai to remove this thorn in the flesh of the eye, if you talk about merit, it is not under Li Mao, and the promotion to the governor of Yun is proof of this.

Why Zhu Yong, who was in the limelight, was so polite to Li Mao, Li Yingtan couldn't understand.

When he looked up at Li Mao again, he had the meaning of looking up.

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhu Yong had not yet taken up his post, Li Mao struck while the iron was hot, and recruited 300 idle teenagers in the city in one go, plus the original 400 "Wangbai", so that they were dispersed to the intersection of Chengwu County and the surrounding states and counties, and carried out the ban order, and at the same time, hundreds of rap artists received allowances ranging from five to ten times from the city bureau, and scattered from Gushan Town to Sifang Prefecture, sparing no effort along the way to sing the new repertoire compiled by Hu Nanxiang and revised by the clerk himself.

A propaganda war aimed at eliminating the negative impact of the Shang Helai mutiny and the withdrawal of the Qing navy officially began.

The big toss in Gushan Town, Li Shigu, who was far away in Yunzhou, also heard about it, and said to the staff officer Li Gongdu: "What's going on with the singing of "General Ma Starry Night Dinggushan" in Yunzhou City? Is this general Ma really as powerful as he said in the lyrics, with just a loud roar, the night in the city disappeared. 'The general was angry, the night was exhausted, the people were healthy, and they sang the praises of the public kindness'. Okay, Li's good reputation for caring for the people is all due to the roar of his horse and Dong. ”

This ballad called "General Ma's Starry Night Sets the Lonely Mountain" has a beautiful tune and refined words, and has been popular in the streets and alleys of Yunzhou after being sung by a group of artists, and five-year-old children can also hum a few words. After Li Gongdu heard this ballad, he was afraid that Li Shigu would ask in the future, so he deliberately asked someone to inquire about the details, and at this moment Li Shigu really asked, he said confidently: "The lyrics are very false, Ma Hedong was worried that Li Mao would settle accounts with him after Shang Helai was killed, so he abducted the people and horses to Su Xiaodu Township, with the intention of taking a handful of people and continuing to go to the sea **** old business." Li Mao rode alone to persuade him to come back, Ma Hedong led the army back to the city, and killed a few in and out of Gushan Town. ”

Without waiting for Li Shigu to ask, Li Gongdu said again: "The student has carefully inquired, this ballad was made up by Li Mao to find someone, in order to publicize how high and deep the city of Gushan Town is, and it is indestructible, and the purpose is to speculate on the land. ”

"Speculation?" Li Shigu thought it was very funny, "The city is high and the pool is deep, what is the use, the city is strong in the hearts of the people, and the bricks and stones are not in the hearts of the people, and no matter how strong the city wall is, if the people's hearts are lost, it will be a collapse in an instant." He's still a little younger. ”

Li Gongdu said with a smile: "He is now majestic in Gushan Town, and the people complained a little, so he called people to the city bureau to reprimand them, and said that he wanted to teach people a lesson, and after the class, he had to persuade people to serve hard labor." That's not all, he also hired a group of scoundrels to enforce a ban on words at the waterway traffic crossing, who dares to say a word that is not good for Gushan Town, those evil young people will look for people's families, and they will never stop if they don't break the bloodshed. ”

Li Shigu said with a smile: "Governing barbarism with barbarianism, this method is not bad, if you dare to talk about hearsay, full of horses, I will dare to beat you up as a scoundrel, haha, this is somewhat interesting." Li Gongdu said: "Not only that, he also found a group of pens to help him make up things such as "General Ma Starry Night Lonely Mountain", and bribed a group of artists to sing everywhere and create public opinion, and he was very happy to make trouble in Gushan Town. The students are afraid that they will continue like this for a long time, and they are afraid that there will be chaos. ”

Li Shigu smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Regardless of him, young man, it is also a skill to be able to toss, and it is not necessarily a bad thing." Suddenly, he frowned again and asked, "Has the matter over there in Caozhou been decided?" ”

Li Gongdu said: "Li Jing said that Wang Xun would not leave for a day, and he would never pass, and the students tried their best to talk about him. ”

Hearing Wang Xun's name, Li Shigu became angry for no reason, he slapped the case, and snorted angrily: "The old man has seen through this villain, and he only hates that he didn't get rid of him that day." In the face of Li Shigu's thunderous anger, Li Gongdu was speechless and did not dare to answer a word.

Because of Li Shigu's connivance, Li Mao's ban order has been well enforced, although this method is barbaric, but it is also very effective, people who have tasted Li Mao's brutality and bitterness will not dare to mention any news about Gushan Town, because you don't know when what you say will reach Li Mao's ears, and you don't know when the water tank at home was thrown by a scoundrel A dead cat and a dead mouse, or someone poured dung on the door.

Time is the only medicine for wounds, and the passage of time can blur people's memories and eventually forget everything that should or should not be remembered, good or bad.

Gushan Town slowly eased up in a controversy, but Li Mao got a nickname, called "Li Manruthless", which means that he is brutal and ruthless.

Ten days before New Year's Day, Su Qing returned from Luoyang, all the way safe, but after entering the boundary of Caozhou, he encountered two groups of homeless people robbing the road, fortunately, Wang Xun sent people to escort him, but there was no danger, Li Mao sent Qingmo and Mo Qi Shentong to take people to meet in the grass pavilion outside the county, Su Qing hated Li Mao did not come in person, and said that he wanted to go back to his hometown to visit his father, but he refused to leave in the county.

When Li Mao heard the news, he smiled bitterly, and had to go to Chengwu County to pick up Su Qing in person.

I haven't seen him for half a year, Su Qing has gained some weight, her cheeks are fleshy, and she has a double chin, Li Mao quipped: "Madame has a wide heart and a fat body, so I can rest assured." Su Qing glanced at him, and said angrily: "You have heavy troops, you don't go out to suppress bandits, what are you doing in the city all day long, how many frightens have I suffered along the way?" Su Qing was originally coquettish with Li Mao, but as soon as the words came out, the grievances in her heart were stirred, and a string of crystal tears burst out of her eyes. Li Mao hurriedly hugged her, kissed her, lips and teeth touched, and didn't let her speak anymore, Su Qing struggled for a while, and before she could break down, she began to faint, and her body softened.

Qingmo, who was standing on the side, pinched his nose, coughed, and hurriedly jumped out of the door, saying that he wanted to have a treat, and beckoned Mo Qi Shentong and his people to drink.

There is no one, Li Mao is even more fearless, he picked up Su Qing with his hand, and went to change the warm bed with a new cover, Su Qing couldn't bear the pain of lovesickness, he couldn't care about being reserved, and turned into a vine tightly wrapped around Li Mao, the two rolled on the bed, and lingered on the death, and finally Su Qing hugged Li Mao's sweaty face in his arms, exhaled and said, "You are so ruthless." ”

Li Mao struggled his head and replied, "Never again, never." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the two of them first went to Sujiazhuang in the west of the city to thank Mrs. Dingtao, Su Qing invited a master craftsman in Luoyang to give Granny Su a face, Granny Su looked very fond of it, since the three sons made a career, she is going to be windy and rainy, these gold and silver jewelry is not rare, but the master craftsman hired by Su Qing is not an ordinary person, and his craftsmanship is not inferior to the craftsmen in the palace. Granny Su has a few forbidden things around her, and the baby's is pressed at the bottom of the box to prepare for the descendants of the descendants, feeling the kindness of Li Mao and his wife, she took out a colorful phoenix with emerald gilt hairpin and gave it to Su Qing, and Su Qing couldn't close her mouth when she was happy.

Staying in Granny Su's village for one night, Li Mao's military affairs did not dare to delay, and he said goodbye to Granny Su early in the morning of the second day, Granny Su is also a reasonable person, and she couldn't bear to see and separate his young couple, so she hurriedly urged Su Qing to go back to Gushan Town with him, and picked up a cart of local gifts for the two to bring.

Li Mao and Granny Su are close, but they are not their mothers after all, and they are still a little restrained in living in her village, and the husband and wife are behaving well for one night, and they don't dare to toss much. On the road on the second day, the husband and wife were both unable to compete with the pain of lovesickness, their eyebrows were flirtatious, and their words were teasing, regardless of the fact that there were thirty people with them.

Qingmo people are obedient, and motioned to Mo Qi Shentong and others to distance themselves from the squadron carriage, Mo Qi Shentong did not understand his meaning, and resolutely refused to give in on the grounds that the personal guard must not leave the main general at any time. Although Qingmo is young, he has already tasted the love of men and women, Mo Qi Shentong is still a child man, Qingmo knows that there are some things he can't understand with him, so he picked up the inspector's shelf and took the guards away one after another, but a cup of tea, Su Qing's carriage was left with only two people, Mo Qi Shentong and Li Mao.