Seeing that Qingmo and the others were about to leave, the old man hurriedly stopped Li Mao and advised: "Remember, don't fight with Nawen San'er." Li Mao said: "Why can't you do it, that Wen San'er has three heads and six arms?" ”

The old pawn said: "You are right to listen to me, I have lived in this Mokedu town for more than ten years, how many bloody men like you fought with him, and in the end he either broke his muscles and bones, hated for life, or broke up his wife, went bankrupt, or was imprisoned and sent to the army. This Wen San'er is not only arrogant, but his heart and eyes are even tighter, although he is strong, he never fights with others, he never makes the first move, and always hooks you to hit him first. We are far away from the county seat, and cases like fights and brawls have always been tried by the magistrate of the town, and the magistrate and Vice General Zheng are good brothers, you talk about it, will you have good fruit to eat if you beat him? ”

Li Mao nodded, he fully understood, this Wen San'er relied on the backing of Deputy General Zheng and Tuiguan, and specially attacked the merchant travelers passing through Mo Kedu, first provoked, seduced others to do it first, and then he shot to hurt people, he was strong, and there were people covering him, you can't fight him if you fight hard, and he will take advantage of the lawsuit, and over time he will become a local tyrant.

Li Mao sighed and said: "Thank you for your advice, I just don't understand, the general of this town just let this group of people do evil and ignore it, ruining Mo Kedu's reputation and cutting off business travel, aren't the locals still the ones who suffer?" ”

Li Mao's words were intended to test Wen San'er's power against Deputy General Zheng, but the biggest official in Mo Kedu Town was the suppression envoy, and there were several people below the suppression envoy who were bigger than the deputy general, what kind of attitude these people had towards Wen San'er, and figuring out these was crucial to how to act next.

The old man laughed, touched his beard, and suddenly asked, "I saw you and Xiong Sanda passing by this morning, are you very familiar with Wang Zhiya?" Li Mao replied truthfully: "I only met last night, I don't know each other, but I am very close." ”

"Affinity." The old man groaned, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, "It's good to fall in love, it's good to fall in love, you go and beg him, as long as Wang Zhuya is willing to come forward for you, maybe you can avoid this unwarranted disaster." Li Mao said: "Ask my uncle, what is the origin of this guard, and if I ask him to stand up for me, will he cause trouble?" ”

The old pawn smiled: "The little brother can think about others in everything, it's amazing." But don't worry, Wang Zhiya, that is a real warrior who has survived a hundred battles, a good man who is jealous and hateful, and more importantly, his wife is the daughter of the head of the military government, although she is a concubine, but she is also very favored, do you say that he can still have some face in a small place like Mo Kedu? That Wen San'er is just a dog-like figure, what is it in front of the officials? ”

Li Mao put his mind at ease, he was a little worried at first that Wang Zhiya would not be able to suppress Vice General Zheng and Wen San'er and his gang, that is, the son-in-law of the head of the military government, so these worries would be superfluous.

The word "Dutou" generally has two meanings, one is the commander-in-chief of the armies, similar to the commander-in-chief of later generations, such as the post of the Shogunate's Metropolitan Commander and Horse Envoy is commonly known as "Dutou". On the side of the Xiongzhen envoy, the envoy knows that the soldier and horse envoy is equivalent to the commander of a large military region, and his status is naturally very lofty.

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, it was customary to call an army (about 100 people) a capital, and its commander was the head of the capital. In short, the leader of a small army can be called the head of the capital, the leader of a large army can also be called the head of the capital, and the president of several troops can also be called the head of the capital.

When the old man talked about the head of Wudu, he had a look of reverence on his face, and said that he was the head of the military government, which most likely referred to the position of the commander of the military region, the absolute senior general.

Li Mao was overjoyed, thanked the old man, turned around and went to Wang Jian's house, on the way he bought two pieces of cloth, ten catties of mutton, and two jars of wine.

Wu Shi was sitting by the pond at the entrance of the courtyard to wash clothes, the water was cold in late autumn, her arms were red from the cold, and the yellow dog was sitting next to her, seeing Li Mao wagging his tail straight, he looked very affectionate. Wu Shi recognized it as Li Mao, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. Last night, Li Mao gave her two horses of linen and a piece of satin, and she didn't sleep in the middle of the night.

Although her father was a very official worker, he was an out-and-out clean official, although he had a lot of money and heavy burdens, he had many children in the family, and he often had to give to poor relatives and the wives and children of his subordinates who died in battle, so his life was often tight. Wu is a concubine, although she is favored by her father, she is not favored by her mother, she has suffered from poverty since she was a child, and she loves money because she is afraid of poverty.

Li Mao put the cloth, mutton, and wine on the stone table in the courtyard of the Wang family, and immediately went out of the courtyard in order to avoid the suspicion of Li Xia in the melon field, and the Wushi dog stole the meat, put the mutton into the wicker basket and hung it in the well before chasing it out, her husband was not at home, and she did not dare to leave Li Mao at home to drink tea, so she pulled a small stool and let Li Mao sit at the gate of the courtyard. Mokedu is a military town, with a military institute to manage military horses, a military material institute to manage grain and grass logistics, and a city bureau to manage civilian households.

The military courtyard is in the north of the city, the area accounts for about a quarter of the town of Mokedu, Li Mao was instructed to copy the path past, when there were still a hundred steps away from the gate of the military courtyard, suddenly saw a vote of people coming out of it, about 30 people, all hanging horizontal knives from their waists, holding guns and sticks, murderous, and the leader was Wang Jian.

Striding away, he suddenly saw Li Mao, Wang Jian was taken aback, raised his hand to stop the army, strode forward, and asked, "Why are you here, I have made an appointment with my brother to help you." ”

This is a clueless thing, Li Mao was a little dizzy, and it took him a while to figure it out, it turned out that Wang Jian was a careless and careful person, and sent Xiong San to help early in the morning, seeing that the sunrise had not seen Xiong San's return, he was anxious, so he sent a personal pawn to the inn to inquire, and when the pawn rushed to the old store of the Hu family, he happened to bump into the town's Pi Wen San'er leading a group of people to make trouble there, calling Li Mao's name again and again.

The pawn paid attention, and asked the store about the cause of the incident, the Hu family was eager to protect the customer, and he helped "Li Mao" to speak, and learned that this pawn was Wang Jian's personal entourage, so he begged him to help say a good word in front of Wang Jian, hoping that the garrison could come forward to suppress it, and when he left, the Hu family stuffed a hanging of money to the pawn, and the bribed pawn went back to help the Hu family speak, and said how Wen San'er did evil.

Wang Jian is jealous and hateful, hot-tempered, and is a fierce person who blows up at a point, and when he heard that Wen San'er was looking for trouble with "Li Mao", he couldn't help but be furious, and he opened the table, took the knife and cane in his hand and was about to fight.

Figuring out what happened, Li Mao didn't notice the **** circles in his eyes, and said movingly: "My brother inserted a knife in my ribs and was worshiped by my younger brother." Wang Jian hurriedly held it up, and said with a loud smile: "Although you and I don't have a deep relationship, but we fall in love at first sight, how can I sit idly by and ignore my friends if they are in trouble, are they still people?" When Li Mao heard this, he was even more moved, he wiped his eyes, pulled Wang Jian aside, lowered his voice and said: "Wen San'er is very cunning, he is insulting around the inn but does not do it, his intention is to provoke me to do it first, so that he can take the handle." My brother is now beating the past, and his anger is out, but how to distinguish between right and wrong here, and if he investigates deeply, he will ruin my brother's name. ”

Wang Jian nodded and said: "What you said is that I have heard of the notoriety of this guy for a long time, relying on the power of the deputy general Zheng Tu to run rampant and domineering in the town, and do a lot of evil, I have long had the intention to remove this evil for the place, but I have no handle to take it." What now? ”

Li Mao said: "The little brother has a plan, although he has done a little, but he can beat this splash, so that he can have a better memory." Wang Jianxi said: "Okay, let's talk about it." Li Mao whispered a few words in Wang Jian's ear. Wang Jian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted: "Good strategy, this is called giving back to others in the way of others." After saying that, he was a little worried, so he advised: "Don't be careless, this guy's hands are black." Li Mao smiled: "Brother, don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it." ”