Chengwu City was broken by a group of homeless people last night, the homeless people broke in from the east gate, set fire along the street, and killed until the county yamen, the county ordered Zhu Yong to personally put on the battle, led the officials to block the thieves, and the garrison outside the city Li Yingtan rushed to help, an hour later the homeless people were cleared, half of the Chengwu county was destroyed in the fire, and the people were killed and injured about 100 people.

After the incident, the state army immediately took over Chengwu City, implemented strict military management, strictly checked the people entering and leaving, and set up forbidden areas everywhere in the city, strictly prohibiting the people from entering and leaving.

On the same day, Liu Kai, a general of the Pinglu Army, led a battalion of Ya Army from Yanzhou to cross the border into Chengwu County, and camped in the east of Chengwu City, claiming to assist Li Yingtan's troops in clearing out the bandits.

Li Mao knew that this long-awaited storm was finally coming.

In the morning, he asked questions in the Hualongsheng Hall and invited Zhou Yang, the envoy of the supervising army, to be present, and Li Mao was present as the envoy of the city bureau. The theme of Yuhua Longsheng Hall is to report the changes in Chengwu City, emphasize the importance of strengthening vigilance, and deal with two lowly generals who neglected their duties in the combat readiness inspection on the spot, after which he named the city defense battalion, praised Ma Hedong and Chen Lan for their devotion to their duties, diligence, and each rewarded two people with a good knife and a new armor, listing them as a model for the generals to learn. Li Mao, the envoy of the city bureau, did not say a word.

After questioning the matter, the military deployment was discussed, and the non-front-line military personnel such as Zhou Yang, the military supervisor, and Li Mao, the city bureau envoy, left the scene ahead of schedule.

When Li Mao went out, he happened to meet Zhou Hong, the judge of the Military Supervision Academy, who was holding his hands and stomach, bragging with several generals with a red face.

Seeing Li Mao come out, Zhou Hong pulled his hands to his chest, straightened his waist, and greeted him with a smile, Li Mao's body leaned forward slightly, and took the initiative to greet him. Zhou Hong looked around at no one and asked Li Mao: "The mountain rain is coming and the wind is full of buildings, my brother should be more careful recently." Li Mao said: "Did you hear something, brother?" ”

Zhou Hongpi smiled and said, "Where, yes, can I still hide it from you." He smiled, put his hands behind his back again, and said: "Madame has returned to her parents' house, and my brother is bored at home at night alone. Li Mao smiled: "Then what can you mess with, fool around." ”

Zhou Hong said: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, let's make a mess together at night?" ”

Zhou Hong is the righteous son of Zhou Yang, the judge of the Military Supervision Academy, Zhou Yang's confidant, right-hand man and pawn, in a sense, he is the incarnation of Zhou Yang, he is a hot figure in Gushan Town, there are always busy things on weekdays, this time he takes the initiative to come to Li Mao, he must have something to ask for.

Li Mao pushed away all kinds of entertainment, prepared the banquet early and waited, Zhou Hong came alone, dressed in casual clothes, smelled a choking aroma from afar, the eunuch injured the urethra during castration, there was often residual urination, and there was always a smell of urine on the body. In winter, it is inconvenient to take a bath, and the change of clothes is not as frequent as in summer, and the smell of urine is stronger, so the spices are twice as usual.

Li Maoqiang endured the pungent smell and whirled with Zhou Hong. After drinking two glasses of wine and driving away the cold on his body, Zhou Hong made his intentions clear, he first got up and carefully checked the portal to confirm that the partition wall had no ears, and then lowered his voice and said: "According to reliable information, Yunzhou is going to attack Gushan, and we will see it in a month." The gods fight, the little ghost suffers, and the elder brother must be on guard. ”

At this time, it was late November, and Zhou Hong said that if we saw the difference in the month, the catastrophe was right now.

Seeing that Li Mao was silent, Zhou Hong sneered and said, "Even if I have the courage to say anything about such a thing." What does the prison military academy do, in addition to supervising the punishment and reward on behalf of the Son of Heaven, it also serves as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, you believe me, you are right. ”

Li Mao said: "When the disaster comes, what should we do, please ask my brother to dial the maze." ”

Zhou Hong said: "What does the local fight have to do with the Supervision Military Academy, forgive no one who dares to touch the Supervision Military Academy." He is in chaos every day, and no matter how difficult it is for the prison to be in the military academy, there is a place for your brother. ”

Zhou Hong threw out such a big piece of pie, Li Mao believed that he would ask for something, but he was not in a hurry to ask, but he thanked him repeatedly, seeing that Li Mao did not take the bait, Zhou Hong was a little unhappy, he took a sullen sip of wine, and said nothing with a cold face.

Li Mao was amused in his heart, this person was happy and angry, but he didn't treat himself as an outsider, he had the intention to tease him, and he didn't think it was very interesting, so he said: "Brother's life-saving grace is unforgettable, but there is a place for the younger brother, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup and go to the fire." ”

Zhou Hong turned his worries into joy, and he came to ask Li Mao to find a good piece of land on Xiaogu Mountain for him to hide the property he had looted over the years. The Prison Military Yuan represents the Son of Heaven, and on the premise that there is no fundamental conflict of interest, the local generals will not harm the Prison Military Academy, because no one wants to bear the charge of rebellion.

Zhou Hong is not worried about his own safety, he is a judge of the Military Supervision Academy, and with this talisman, no one can touch him. But it is not so easy to preserve his property, and the money is unjust, and if it is lost in the rebellion, there is no place to complain. Zhou Hong is Zhou Yang's righteous son and confidant, and he knows very well about the greedy character of this father-in-law and lord.

Xiaogu Mountain is in the south of Yanhu Lake, it is a lonely mountain, Han Si on the mountain, in the past and Li Mao had a grudge, Han Si's brother Han Yi also instigated the assassination of Li Mao, and later was convicted of capital crime for the accidental killing of Chengwu County clerk Yi Zheng, all by Li Mao's up and down points to reduce the crime and assassinate the Tiande Army, Han Yi killed the enemy at the border pass, and has been exceptionally promoted to capture the general.

After Zhou Yi was assassinated, Li Mao spent a lot of money to invite Imperial Doctor Su from Caozhou to treat Han Si, and after recovering, Lao Beng gave birth to a son and finally got a son.

The old couple was very distressed, after the completion of Gushan Town, Han Si brought fish and home-raised ducks and geese to visit Li Mao every once in a while, and Li Mao also took the time to go to Gushan. Su Qing loves water, and after getting married, she built a house on the lonely mountain, and the couple went to live in the lonely mountain when they had their spare time. After the autumn came, the situation became increasingly tense, and Li Mao instructed Qingmo and Mo Qi Shentong to build a fence on the lonely mountain, and prepared bows and arrows for temporary refuge.

The terrain of the lonely mountain is dangerous, Han Si and his wife are honest, poor and poor, but not noticeable, hiding gold, silver and jewelry on the small lonely mountain is definitely safer than anywhere in the city.

Li Mao agreed to Zhou Hong's invitation, and the two discussed a solution, and then dispersed.

In the early morning of the third day, a fire broke out on the small lonely mountain on the shore of Dongyan Lake in the city defense camp, and the four Han families were robbed. Lonely mountain outside the city, originally under the jurisdiction of Chengwu County, only because Li Mao and his wife have a villa on the mountain, which has been concerned by the city defense camp, after the fire was robbed, the city defense camp immediately sent people to the scene to help, Han Si and his children were frightened, but there was no big problem, several grass huts were burned to the ground, a little valuable things were also looted, dozens of ducks and geese to be slaughtered were frantically cut and killed.

Li Mao's villa was also reduced to ashes in the fire.

Fortunately, Xiaoru, the servant daughter of the Li family, returned to the city the night before, and if she had any accidents because of this, Ma and Dongzhen didn't know how to explain to Li Mao.

When such a big event happened, the city defense battalion did not dare to hide it, so they rushed to report it early in the morning.

Li Mao said to Ma Hedong and Chen Lan: "This matter should not be made public, so as not to cause shock." There are only some half-new furniture and some clothes that can't be worn in the villa, nothing valuable, and they will be burned when they are burned, but Han Si's family has always been poor, and now the ducks and geese have been killed, I am afraid that this year will be difficult. ”

Chen Lan said: "His ducks and geese are very fat and strong, although they were cut and killed, they were clean after bloodshed, so it is better to buy them back and reward the brothers, which is also a benefit." ”

Li Maoxi said: "This is very good, don't press too the price." ”

Chen Lan said: "The end will be measured. ”

This matter is over, Han Si was frightened, but he got a windfall, the husband and wife were destitute, and the looted things together were less than two dollars, Chen Lan in order to please Li Mao, bought eighty ducks and geese that died at a good price that was more than double the market price, and the husband and wife made twice as much profit as usual.

Afterwards, Han Si and his wife dragged their children to the city to thank Li Mao, Li Mao comforted them with kind words, gave each of the six children a set of new clothes, and rented a house in the city to settle the family. After that, Li Mao sent Qingmo and Mo Qi Shentong to buy building materials, and claimed to rebuild the villa on the mountain after the beginning of spring.

Sand, bricks, and timber were transported to Xiaogushan one after another, and Zhou Hong's property was wrapped in it, and he was transported up the mountain unconsciously.