He didn't speak, Li Mao didn't speak, after a long confrontation, the man pretended to burp, casually threw a heavy skin bag in front of Li Mao, and said: "A certain finch Rong, the third finch is my brother, please look at my brother's relationship with General Yu in the past, let him live, the green mountains do not change the green water and the long stream, the great grace and great virtue will be unforgettable in this life." Li Mao chuckled in his heart: Is the third child still in the city? He replied quietly: "You came in danger, I'm afraid you found the wrong person, and it is General Zhang who can be the master of Donghai County." Not me. ”

The person who came smiled faintly and said: "Uncle Zhang is a villain because he has no faith in his words, so he asked for advice from General Li, and he hopes to make it convenient." The gold beads are not a tribute, and there is a heavy thank you after the deed. Li Mao patted the case and scolded: "The leper dog can't change the ****, should I let him out and continue to harm the people?" "The guards outside the tent heard the movement and broke in with knives and surrounded the man.

The man who came was not afraid, and he did not even raise his head. Li Mao waved his hand, and the guard put away his sword and bow, but refused to retreat. As soon as the person raised his hand, he threw something on the table in front of Li Mao, which was a bronze medal engraved with a tiger's head.

"There are two sentences to follow the official alone."

Li Mao glanced at the tiger head bronze medal again, nodded to Mo Qi's divine power, and the group immediately retreated.

"Zhao Jinglai, a straggler of a certain rear army." After the person came to report to his home, he smiled, and the words changed sharply: "The actual identity is the third general on the left of the copper tiger head!" Li Mao was secretly taken aback, Ziqing Town has three armies, Pinglu, Qinghai, and Zhenhai, with the Pinglu Army being the strongest, in addition to the elite tooth army, it also has jurisdiction over four cities, seven towns, twenty-eight and three guards.

The tooth army has the front, rear, left, right four compartments (army) and the headquarters of the Chinese army, and there are three pro-armies of the knife, the yellow head and the backyard, in addition to an army, only its name is preserved, not seen in the books, this is the famous copper tiger head!

According to the rumors, this mysterious armed force raised by the Li clan in Ziqing was composed of Jiangyang thieves, court sinners and outlaws, and they also engaged in some shady deeds, such as smuggling copper and iron, smuggling salt, and ordnance, assassinating disobedient officials, gentry, and political enemies in the DPRK and China, infiltrating Liangjing and neighboring military towns, bribing dignitaries, finding out information, burning granaries, and inciting rebellion.

The copper tiger head is only under the orders of the Jiedu envoy, and the identities of its main generals are kept secret, and a small number of people have public identities as cover, but most of them are "dead people" who have been "killed in Huangquan" for a long time.

People in the world often regard the copper tiger head as an after-dinner conversation, and many people are skeptical about whether it really exists. Li Mao firmly believes in the existence of such a mysterious force, the reason is very simple, the Li family has been running Ziqing for three generations, and in order to maintain the family rule, he needs to have the power of yin and yang. The officials of the twelve prefectures of Ziqing, the officers and soldiers of the three armies of Pinglu, Qinghai, and Zhenhai and the large number of shogunate staff are the forces that the Li family puts on the surface, although this force is powerful, but it is not omnipotent, and many times, they also need a hidden force like the copper tiger head to do some shady but indispensable things for them.

It's just that believing in the existence of the copper tiger head and believing that the person in front of you is a member of the copper tiger head are fundamentally two different things, things are dead, people are alive, Li Mao can't trust people.

The person who came was not in a hurry to let Li Mao believe his identity, he drank a glass of wine, and said slowly: "You are Chengwu County in the autumn of the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan, and you are a gold catcher in the county government, because Han Si was assassinated by his brother Han Yixing, you are lucky, Yi Zheng is your substitute ghost, his wife's surname is Wu, and he left a posthumous son when he died, and he also has a sister named Yi Qiao." You want to help her orphans and widows, but they won't accept your affection. Before the New Year's Day of the seventeenth year, you met Yu Hualong in Caozhou, and he recommended him to be an envoy from the eighth grade of Zuojin Wu Wei Sige, and to go to Gushan Town. You used the public funds of Chengwu County to purchase and build the land of Gushan Town, and sold it to Yunzhou to earn thousands of benefits, but fortunately, your hands are still clean and there are no private benefits.

"In the summer of the eighteenth year, you went to the county south of Su Nu Township to borrow 5,000 stone from the father who supervised the imperial history Su Jing, and soon, the beggars in Chengwu County were in rebellion, and you strongly led the Qing Navy into the city to quell the chaos, Yin Mu was the main general, Sang Rong was the deputy general, and you were the staff officer. After the chaos in the city was settled, you presided over the investigation of the murder case of the first murder of the only grandson of the Moqi clan, and then Xue Rong went to you to act as the agent of Chengwu in government affairs, and resigned and returned to Gushan Town because of dissatisfaction with the light indulgence of the Moqi tribe in Yunzhou.

"There are some things in the back, I won't talk about it, I just say one thing, you are a wild monk of unknown origin, Xue Rong returned to his hometown from a study tour, met a strong man on the way, and the concubine was raped, you rescued him, and kept his mouth shut for him, he lifted you up, let you be a personal companion, in Chengwu County, it was Sihu Zuo Zheng Siyuan who helped you get naturalized. Don't ask me how I know this, I just ask you: Is there any yamen in Ziqing who can cut your bottom so clearly? ”

Speaking of which, Li Maoyou had to believe him, but asked: "Don't the soldiers and horses know that the third is a thief?" ”

Zhao Jinglai smiled slightly and said, "He is a thief, and he is also our person, this time he is acting on orders." ”

Li Mao said: "I don't have the right to ask about your affairs, but how do you want me to help you?" Garrisoned in Donghai City are the town navy, and although I have a defense area in the city, the city gate is in their hands. ”

Zhao Jinglai said: "How do you know that the third bird is in the city?" ”

Li Mao said: "If you are outside the city, why do you come to me? ”

Zhao Jinglai nodded, got up and said: "It seems that I have found the right person, the third child is hiding in the City God Temple, please go into the city tomorrow to meet the wounded, and I will do the rest." Zhao Jinglai turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and said to Li Mao: "The copper tiger head is a righteous man who knows how to repay his kindness, you have helped us a lot, I can't treat you badly." ”

Li Mao said: "When the tiger returns to the mountain, how do you know that the tiger no longer hurts people?" ”

Zhao Jinglai stopped, turned around and asked, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Li Maosen said: "Drive him out to sea, and never set foot in Middle-earth again." ”

After Donghai City settled down, the City God Temple flourished again, and the street in front of the mountain gate was crowded with people, and the street was crowded with people, and the street was crowded with good men and women who did business and made incense. Before Li Mao entered the city, he informed the town navy, and the general stationed in the city sent ten people to open the way for him.

Li Mao entered the Chenghuang Temple with a big grin, sent someone to call the presiding monk, thanked him with a plate of money, and said that he would pick up the wounded soldiers. The fire-building workers helped, lifted the six wounded, helped them, and got them into the carriage for a while. Li Mao came here with three carriages, two carrying people and one carrying sundries.

Before the tea was drunk, Qingmo reported that everything was stopped, Li Mao got up and said goodbye to the presiding monk, and the presiding monk sent it to the door of the temple with a smile, and watched Li Mao get on the horse and leave, before returning to the temple.

Ten town naval guards knocked on the golden gong to open the way in front, and escorted Li Mao all the way to the city gate. The head of the accompanying Qinghai army said: "This is the friendly Li Zhiya, take the wounded brothers out of the city, I don't think there is a need to search." ”

The guards and the arrester discussed for a while, and a leader stepped forward to apologize to Li Mao: "It's all official business, don't blame the guard." ”

Li Mao said: "If the responsibilities are related, it's good to check them." Li Mao said that he could check, but the guards and the arrester did not dare to check it carefully, so he checked it hastily, and then replied to Li Mao: "There is no contraband, take the government and go slowly." ”

Li Mao raised his hand on the horse, which was a response, and escorted the three carriages out of the city. Less than a mile out of the city, a herald came to pass Li Mao to attack the envoy's tent, Li Mao left Qingmo to escort the car, and turned back to the city with his magical powers.

Qingmo drove the carriage to a slope, and the axle of the carriage carrying the sundries suddenly broke, and it sank to the ground. Everyone hurried back to the camp to drink, and when they saw this, they looked at each other. Qingmo said: "Insert a small flag here, let's go back to drink, no one dares to touch our things." The crowd cheered in unison, and left the broken wagon and went back to the camp.

The third bird, who had been recuperating in the city for a month, was now hiding in the carriage carrying sundries, which had been modified and set up a hidden compartment under the slab, just enough to hide a person. He listened attentively to the crowd's distance, and then he tried to push the partition above, which was made of thick pine planks, and was very strong, and when he pushed it, it did not move at all.

The third child secretly praised Zhao Jinglai in his heart for his steady work, so he gave up the senseless struggle and lay there quietly waiting for someone to save him. After about half a cup of tea, the two riders came from the direction of Tokai City, stopped in front of the carriage, and began to carry the sundries on the cart. The third bird looked out through the slit between the wooden planks, and saw a young man with a sturdy figure and a young man who looked like a bearded man, and the young man was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

The miscellaneous items were removed, and the young man opened the copper lock on the partition and released the third bird. The third finch rubbed his eyes, bowed to the young man and said: "Please return to Li Maohua, the grace of saving your life, Finch will never dare to forget, farewell." He jumped out of the car and was about to leave, but the young man shouted, "Wait." The third finch was taken aback, and asked in a deep voice: "What else does the brother command?" The young man smiled and said: "Send the Buddha to the west, help people to the end, our Brother Mao has instructed, be sure to send the big master to the sea to count the merits." ”

The third finch was vigilant and said perfunctorily: "Why bother, Finch has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, is it possible that he still needs to be taught by someone to run away?" The young man was not in a hurry or impatient, still with a smile on his face, and said: "Nowadays, Donghai County is full of officials and soldiers, and you may not be able to eat the set on the rivers and lakes." Why, is the big boss afraid that we will sell you halfway, or are you afraid that we will hurt you halfway? ”

The third finch laughed, slapped the young man on the shoulder, and shouted: "Good brother, what is your name, you are a friend, and I have made up my mind." ”