Half a month later, Xiao Zheng went to Ye Tianlin's medicine hall again.

Before he entered the door, he saw Zheng Xuanli sweeping the floor with a broom, and when he asked this guy, it turned out that his mother had been living in Ye Tianlin's house, and he had nothing to do, so he cleaned the courtyard to repay Ye Tianlin's kindness.

After entering the door, I saw that Zheng Xuanli's old lady's complexion had improved a lot, and people could move a few steps on the ground, Ye Tianlin was giving acupuncture to the old man, and Ye Mu was chatting with the old man on the side.

Seeing that Ye Tianlin was very measured when he put down the needle, Xiao Zheng said with a smile: "The technique is good, it seems that the experience passed down from the ancestors still plays a big role."

"Thank you for the compliment, if the adults don't dislike the villains, there are still many places to ask for advice."

"Let's bring things in," he said, turning to the public.

After a while, Gong Ruoyi led a few people behind him to carry some wooden components and walked in, and when they were assembled, they saw that there were several wooden shelves on the bed.

Zheng Xuanli looked at the well-placed bed and asked, "My lord, what is this saying that it is a shelf on the bed and a wheel and a rope, is it a punishment?" ”。

"Punish your mother," Xiao Zheng said with a smile on his face.

"Ahh Zheng Xuanli was taken aback.

"Ye Tianlin, this bed is the method I came up with, it is called a traction bed, which is specially made to treat Mrs. Zheng's disease, her neck and waist are still a little slow with needle stones, this thing just plays an auxiliary role."

After Ye Tianlin finished using this method, this guy became extremely admiring when he looked at Xiao Zheng, and said to Xiao Zheng with a look of admiration: "No wonder the villain's peers who came back from Chang'an said that your medical skills are unmatched in the world, and as far as your ideas and methods of treatment are concerned, the villain can't catch up, and the younger generation is impressed."

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense, let the old lady try it first, and I'll show you how to use it."

After lifting Zheng off the traction bed, Ye Tianlin relaxed the old man's muscles and bones under Xiao Zheng's guidance.

"Thank you, old woman, two great graces, I have never been so comfortable in the past few years, and now I eat well and sleep well, especially my lord, you have the kang for my family, and my back is hot when I lie on it at night."

Zheng said gratefully.

Before Xiao Zheng could speak, Zheng Xuanli pounced on his knees and said with a crying voice: "My lord, the villain is a capital crime, it is true that the villain is a water bandit, but the villain is the leader of the water bandits, I didn't tell you, these days the villain sees that you treat my mother without the slightest hypocrisy, if the villain is hiding from you, it will be intolerable, you are now pulling the villain back and cutting off his head, and the villain will not blame you."

"Did you rob the house?"

"Nope".

"Did you kill someone and set fire?"

"Nor at all"

"Then what am I arresting you for?"

"Adult, but villain ....." The guy blinked and didn't know how to answer.

"How many men do you have?"

"About five or six thousand"

"There are still a lot of people"

"If you really want to do something for me, listen to me and help me pacify all the people on the island."

"My lord, with all due respect, those under my command have all received the favor of the Sui Dynasty before, and they are a little resistant to the current court," Zheng Xuanli said carefully.

"Don't worry, you listen to me," Xiao Zheng patted Zheng Xuanli on the shoulder and said.......

Eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake is a distant mountain, swallowing the Yangtze River, the vast soup soup, the endless horizon, the large and small islands in the lake are dotted.

Early in the morning, Zheng Xuanli took a large boat to an island in the lake, and as soon as he got close to the island, several small sampans rushed out of the reeds on the shore.

"Don't go to the big boat ahead, we'll release our arrows if we go any further," shouted a man on a sampan at the boat.

"Erniu, it's me, your big brother Xuanli!" Zheng Xuanli stood at the bow of the boat and asked Han and shouted.

"Ahh Brother Xuanli is back," the man named Erniu shouted happily at the people in the small boats behind him, and suddenly cheers rang out in several small boats.

As soon as the boat docked, Zheng Xuanli happily said to a few people: "Erniu, Shui Wazi, you go and call the brothers on the island more, this time I brought you some good things."

When a few young men arrived at the upper cabin of the big ship, they immediately shouted happily: "Brother Zheng, the salt, cloth, and white rice in the boat are great, let's go call someone immediately!" ”。

It didn't take long for more than 100 men to come down from the island, followed by more than a dozen children, and everyone ran over to Zheng Xuanli with cheers after hearing the news.

After unloading the things, a group of people surrounded Zheng Xuanli to the last village on the island, the village was built on the island, there were hundreds of large and small houses, and it seemed that there were still a lot of people.

Several old people in the village came over to greet Zheng Xuanli after seeing him come back, and asked Zheng Xuanli how he escaped from prison, not to mention that he brought so many good things back.

Zheng Xuanli didn't hide it, and told everyone how Xiao Zheng judged Ye Tianlin's case and how he let himself go, and while most of the people were there, Zheng Xuanli also told everyone what Xiao Zheng wanted everyone to recruit.

After Xuanli finished speaking, everyone did not speak.

After being silent for a while, an old man spoke: "Commander Zheng, listening to your words, the old man can also see that you trust the newly appointed chief manager very much, but there are a few white officials who have been officials since ancient times, and the world is as black as a crow. We have been against the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and although everyone has their own injuries, we are also comfortable. Other old men don't worry, and we don't worry that you, Commander Zheng, won't lie to us, but what if the official lets you use it as bait to trick us out and catch us all in one go, you have to know how Dou Jiande died at that time, you have to think about the thousands of people on these islands."

As soon as he said this, everyone opened the conversation, and most people were worried that they would be deceived by the government and go to the island as an adult prisoner to ask for merit and reward.

Zheng Xuanli watched everyone finish speaking, smiled at these people and said: "Everyone, at that time, Lord Xiao also expected everyone to think like this, so I didn't have to let everyone go to the island, I told him that our islands produce tea, he was very interested, and said that he would buy our tea in the future, everyone will benefit each other, you are on the island as long as everyone is willing, the previous things will be written off, and each family will give a household registration."

"You live on the island, and he'll give us a household registration too?" An old man asked.

"Then he won't charge us taxes for our household registration?" Someone asked.

"There are no conditions, Lord Xiao also specifically told me when he came that you poor people can have a few dollars in taxes. There is another way, that is, if everyone still doesn't believe it, send a few bold people to meet Master Xiao first, and eliminate everyone's doubts. I, Lao Zheng, tell everyone in the name of my wife that I will never betray and betray everyone! Zheng Xuanli said loudly.

Several old men looked at each other with some excitement, and the room was also talking one after another.

"Brothers, this rice and salt cloth from the boat are the greeting gifts given to us by Lord Xiao, so everyone should believe it now."

When the people were almost discussed, three old men stood up and said to Zheng Xuanli: "Okay, a few of us old men will go with you, if we can come back within five days, everyone will believe that Lord Xiao's words." If we don't come back, you will strengthen your vigilance, anyway, a few of our old bones are also old, and our lives are not worth much, we will go with your Commander Zheng to meet the good official you said."

"Uncle Wu, you're right, while it's still early, there is such a good opportunity in front of us, let's leave immediately", Zheng Xuanli said with a laugh.