It was very difficult to get the report that Yangzhai County had taken down the strongman. He proposed that he hoped that the Zhenwu army would immediately rush back to Yangzhai County to pursue the strongman, but Li Buqi said that the Zhenwu army had run hundreds of miles in the past few days and could no longer run. Even if you can run, you have to prepare military rations. There is not even military rations, how can you let the soldiers run hungry?

The general judgment is that he was born as a jinshi, and he is not familiar with military affairs, and he pinched his fingers and calculated that the Zhenwu army had indeed run two or three hundred miles in two days, and his legs were cramping when he thought about it. And Li Buqi is right, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers.

He Dujian's soldiers don't have to be counted on. The rules of the Great Song Dynasty army are that there must be rewards before fighting, and there must be rewards during the New Year's Festival, even if you open up, you have to pay money first, and if you don't have money, the eight masters of Qiu will not bird you. The army of the Great Song Dynasty is all virtuous. It is really too serious in peacetime, and those who serve as soldiers can only see the opportunity to knock on a bamboo pole.

But the thief has just visited the treasury, even if the thief didn't take a penny, then he has to count it, right? Now the general judge really doesn't dare to send money to these Qiu Ba casually. But if you don't move, who knows what will happen in the performance appraisal in the future? Will he be accused of being indifferent to his colleagues in distress?

"What can I do?" The judge reluctantly asked questions to the people in the hall. But all the officials, look at me, I look at you, they are helpless.

At this time, Li Buqi spoke: "I think I should consider Zhao'an at this time?" Although I am most opposed to Zhao'an, only Zhao'an is the best way to ensure the safety of the house. Otherwise, they will run to Henan Mansion or even other roads, and it will be difficult to catch them across the border and rescue Jin Zhifu. ”

Saying this, everyone looked at Tong Ju, and Tong Juan could only be grateful to Li Buqi for giving him a step at this time. Li Buqi is right, Zhao'an These thieves are undoubtedly the best way to ensure the safety of the prefect. But the general judgment was still a little hesitant: "But the Jin Governor's Mansion just rejected the thief's request to recruit An, and now recruiting them again, will it make people feel that the court is weak and can be bullied, or will they go back on their word?" ”

As he was talking, someone suddenly came to report that the corpses of Hao Daworm, the big leader of Diamond Village, and Jiang Ying, the second leader, were identified from the corpses of more than a dozen people who were killed in the Zhuangzi of Wang Zhusi in Yangzhai County. The magistrate interrogated Zhuang Ke and learned that it was Wang Zhusi who colluded to drill Tianzhai, so Hao Daworm has been hiding in Wang Zhusi's Zhuangzi since he escaped.

Now things are a bit of a chatter.

Maybe it wasn't chaotic enough, but suddenly someone reported that the will of the official family had arrived. Everyone hurriedly went out to receive the order, it turned out that Zhao Zhen read the document sent by Song Yuanji to request Zhao'an and made a will, to the effect that the emperor was deeply remorseful when he learned that his people could not live and work in peace and contentment, and thought that since the strongman had lost his way and returned, the imperial court should accept it.

It's good to go to the upper route, no wonder Song Jiang in "Water Margin" must go to Tokyo in person to meet Zhao Ji through Master Li in order to seek recruitment.

However, when I asked the eunuch who passed the decree, the news of the Jin Governor's abduction had not yet arrived in Tokyo when the decree was issued, and the emperor did not know the latest news of the Yingchang Mansion.

The general judge hesitated again: "If only this will arrive two days earlier, why did so many things happen?" But what now? ”

Li Buqi immediately said: "This is also easy to do." Those strongmen did not kill more evil when they broke through Fucheng and Yangzhai County, and the money of the government treasury was not touched, so it can be seen that they are still counting on Zhao'an. I think they won't be too embarrassed by the prefect of Jin. Now it is better to send someone to communicate with the strongman, promise them to recruit peace, stabilize them first, and wait for the new order of the imperial court. I don't know what the general judgment thinks? ”

Now no one can come up with a better way, so the general judge has to nod his head: "That's all it takes." Who will you just send to communicate with the thief? ”

Now it was difficult again, and the general judgment said that Li Buqi immediately objected to sending someone to Li Buqi: "I just refused to recruit them to recruit security before, and when they conquered Fucheng and Yangzhai County, they were immediately allowed to recruit security, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a delaying tactic." Therefore, it is necessary to be a person who can speak and count, at least have some reputation that can be guaranteed, so that a strong man can trust. ”

Let the officials of the government go to negotiate with the thieves? Whoever the general judge saw, everyone's face turned pale with fright.

Although Li Buqi judged that the thief wanted to recruit peace, but there are accidents in everything, right? And the thieves can break Fucheng and Yangzhai County without saying a word, and they also killed a priest, who knows if he can come back alive if he goes. So these people all have one mind - this kind of unintentional thing must not be risked, safety first, no matter how great the credit is, it must be enjoyed by life.

The general judge's face was dark, and he directly asked who could go one by one, but one by one either said that he was unwell, or that he was clumsy and afraid that the general judge's plan would be ruined, in short, no one was willing to negotiate with the thief.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Li Buqi stepped forward again and said, "Since everyone is not suitable, it really can't be done, so I'll go." Although I can't talk well, I have some reputation thanks to some people who can afford to to be omnipotent. Maybe the strongman can give some face for the sake of me not being a nobody, and don't treat the Jin Governor's Mansion harshly. ”

It's good that someone is willing to come forward, but now the officials who were all shrunk their necks like thunderous quails just now suddenly returned the favor and frantically picked up a bunch of sycophants, as if Li Buqi had suddenly transformed into a hero who saved the world.

Li Buqi took the opportunity to laugh at himself: "Last time, I attacked a strongman in order to get out, but this time in order to save the Jin Governor's Mansion, it seems that I have to repeat the old trick." ”

Unwilling to listen to the flattery of no nutrition, Li Buqi returned to the camp and led the horse with a few guards to the mountain villa in Yangzhai County overnight, leaving the horse in the village, and only took Tao Lin into the mountain in the morning.

Sure enough, there were sentinels sent by the righteous army in the mountains, and when they entered the mountains, they heard someone shouting on the mountain: "Who is here?" ”

Li Buqi hid behind the tree and reported his name, and soon came down from the mountain, three men armed with Pu knives and spears looked at Li Buqi curiously: "Last time I let you run, I thought I had three heads and six arms, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." What are you doing here? Want to spy on us again? ”

Li Buqi said with a smile: "I have a relationship with Luo Tong and Luo Xiu, and I invite him to come out to discuss important matters." ”

So a man ran back to report the news, and it took a long time to run back and say, "You wait here, and the show will come in a while." With that, he gestured to the hill again, signaling the archers to put their bows down.

This time, not only Xiucai came, but there were also several people who looked like leaders, and the most eye-catching was a petite woman with two knives on her back. She was fifteen or sixteen years old, and although her pretty face was darker, her cheeks were glowing with a healthy red, like a ripe apple, and the white filial piety belt tied to her head set off the delicate beauty of her face.

Beauty! Li Buqi couldn't help but look at it twice, and the woman noticed and glared at him, so he had to look away.

Luo Xiucai pretended to ask: "I tricked you last time and ran away, but I didn't expect you to dare to enter the mountain." ”

Li Buqi said: "Brother Luo is wrong, what I said to you last time is true, and there is no intention of deceiving." It's just that I don't like the alliance under the city, and I don't think the court will recognize this kind of alliance under the city. So I left to fulfill my promise. ”

Luo Xiucai's face turned into a bun again, and he hurriedly skipped this section: "You're talking about Zhao'an." But the court has refused, what else do you have to say? ”

"You are wrong, it is the Jin Governor's Mansion that refuses to recruit An, but the Jin Governor's Mansion is not the imperial court. The official family has asked me to report your affairs, and has already issued an order to agree to recruit you. It's just that you have defeated Yingchang Mansion again, captured Yangzhai County, killed officials, and kidnapped court officials, this sin is a little deeper, but this matter is not easy to do. ”

These words caused several leaders of the rebel army to look at each other, but Luo Xiucai and Li Buqi dealt with each other a lot, and immediately asked: "It's not because Jin Liren's dog official wants to kill us from life!" Wang Zhusi of Yangzhai County has bullied the people of Yangzhai County for many years, and if the officials sent by the imperial court do not listen to him, they will also frame him. We killed him in order to punish corrupt officials. ”

"Oh. I know that there is a reason for this, so you can still discuss the matter of recruiting peace. By the way, you didn't embarrass the Jin Governor's Mansion, did you? If you kill him, you'll be in trouble. ”

A leader with a longbow laughed, "We didn't kill him, but he was about to die of fright." ”

Li Buqi said: "As long as the Jin Governor's Mansion is fine, the matter of Zhao'an will be easier to handle." Now I'm going to see the Kim Governor's Mansion with my own eyes, and then I'll talk about other things. ”

Luo Xiucai asked Li Buqi and Tao Lin to hand over their sabers, and then led them around a mountain to a glade. Here, Li Buqi saw the Jin Governor's Mansion sitting in the grass like a puddle of mud. In just a few days, the once suave prefect has completely changed, his hair is covered with straw sticks and leaves, his beard that was once combed is messy, and what is more serious is that his eyes are dull and his mouth is full of words, which makes Li Buqi worry that he will be scared out of trouble.

Fortunately, when the Jin prefect recognized Li Buqi, he could still shout: "Li Tiju save me!" ”