Let's say that He Zhao, the master bookkeeper left behind in Zigui City, walked back and forth for most of the day under the lobby of the county office. According to everyone's expectations, the county ordered Li Yan to lead the most elite men and horses in Zigui City to a mountain villa to collect some grain, even if this grain is a little too much, he should have come back a long time ago. But a day and a night passed, and there was not even a single person who came back to report the news, which is not right. Early the next morning, He Zhao rushed to the county office, but there was still no news from Li Yan and others, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he couldn't stop at all.

It was almost noon when the guards at the city gate came with the news that hundreds of men and horses had come by boat from the river, and judging from the clothes and banners, it should be that Master Li had returned. It's just that there is no food or grass in the team.

When He Zhao heard this, he hurriedly took a group of officials from the county government to the city gate to greet him.

After confirming the identity of the people and horses, He Zhaozhi ordered people to open the city gate, and was about to flatter a few words, but saw that Li Yan's face was as cold as ice, and the unit and the people behind him were listless, and he didn't know what the situation was, so he had to keep his mouth shut and follow the team back to the county office.

Li Yan asked the unit to take the other sergeants back to the barracks, and then went to the county government to discuss matters.

When the unit came to the lobby, the main officials in Zigui City gathered together, Li Yan sat in the main seat, the civil and military officials were listed on the left and right, and the unit sat down at the head of the military attache team.

Li Yan saw that the main personnel were all ready, so he asked the gate to be closed, and said to everyone: "According to everyone's discussion, yesterday the county led 300 men and horses to the Huaxia Villa, and we did not receive any food except for two meals. ”

Lord Bo He Zhao said: "Could it be that Huaxia Villa still wants to rebel?" I think that Wang Wushun and Shopkeeper Li should be detained first, and let them know something powerful. Otherwise, these people take the lead in not paying taxes, and how we manage other places will not last. ”

Li Yan glanced at He Zhao, sighed and said, "I don't know what you said, but judging from what I know so far, the situation is very unfavorable to us." ”

He Zhao continued: "If we don't have enough soldiers and horses, then we will ask Jingzhou to send troops, I don't believe that a small mountain villa can compare to a city." ”

Li Yan didn't answer He Zhao's words, turned his head to the unit and said, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

The unit bowed his hand to Li Yan, then looked around, and said to everyone: "Alas, everyone doesn't know, although Huaxia Villa is said to be a mountain villa, it is built according to the mountain, and the only entrance is a canyon that is no more than ten zhang wide, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack." If that's all it takes, the owner of this mountain villa has also built a mountain gate ten zhang high in this valley, and even if we rush to the front of the mountain gate, we can't find such a long ladder, how can we attack it. ”

"A ten-zhang mountain gate? Master Shan, you don't know how to count. I wonder which of you has ever seen such a tall mountain gate? Even His Majesty's palace can't find such a big door. ”

"Master Shan is right, that mountain gate is indeed more than ten zhang. I looked closely, and the gate looked like it was carved out of a single stone, and I couldn't find a single crack from top to bottom, and I couldn't see a single chisel mark, so I really don't know how they did it. ”

These people can be suspicious of the unit, but Li Yan also said the same, and he observed it more carefully than the unit, and determined that this matter should be true. But it was a mountain gate as high as ten zhang, and the walls of Zigui City were only more than two zhang high, and a group of people were stunned, and one by one they imagined in their minds how much higher the gate of ten zhang high should be higher than the gate of Zigui City.

No one spoke for a long time, and Li Yan motioned for the unit to continue.

The unit continued: "Then a monster more than two feet long came out of the lodge, covered in iron armor, and roared at us, and ran faster than a horse. With this posture, is that something that human beings can resist? A dozen of us turned around and ran to report to Master Li......"

"You're on the run, aren't you? And it sounded so high-sounding. He Zhao almost couldn't get back of breath with a word, his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word.

Li Yan sighed again, thinking: I may not sigh as much in my life as I do today. patted his forehead and said to He Zhao: "Lord He, can you let Master Shan finish talking first and then interject, what Lord Shan just said, whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway." After saying that, he raised his hand to the unit and motioned for him to continue.

The unit took a sip of water, calmed down, calmed down for a while, and then said: "Fortunately, the person riding the monster had no malicious intentions and didn't rush over directly, but just took Master Li into the villa alone. To tell the truth, Master Li was bold, followed the man into the hole in the monster's ear, and went to meet the owner of the villa. After Master Li left, I felt that this villa was not simple, and we must not act recklessly, so I asked everyone to gather together and form a circle to prevent any accidents. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "At that time, Master Shan handled this situation very well. ”

Receiving Li Yan's appreciation, the unit continued: "Soon after the adults entered the village, another monster came out of the valley. This monster is also full of iron armor, I don't know if it is injured, it only has one arm, and it can't run as fast as the previous one, but that arm is surprisingly long and powerful. The hard ground was just scratched lightly, just like grasping tofu, and a big hole was scratched in the ground. Then I slapped the ground a few times with the back of my hand to make a kang for cooking. You weren't there, and every time that hand slapped the ground, the ground shook, and I really don't know how strong it was before it was injured. ”

The unit took a look at Li Yan and found that Li Yan did not express suspicion, and continued: "The villagers in the villa are actually quite good, riding an unknown animal, sending pots and rice, and a few goats, and arranging for someone to kill the sheep and cook rice for us. But the one-armed monster that had returned to the valley had come out again, and his hand had not known where it had gone, and only a short iron rod had been left, which was thicker than our arm. Master Li still remembers the boulders outside the valley that are two or three people high, right? ”

Li Yan thought for a while and said, "It seems to be a bit of an impression that those boulders didn't know where they went when I came out." ”

The unit sighed and said, "Those boulders were smashed by this one-armed monster with a few sticks, and the broken stones were used by the villagers to build a dam by the river. ”

Looking at everyone's expressions of disbelief, the unit hurriedly said: "I really didn't lie to everyone, more than 300 of our officers and soldiers saw it at that time." ”

Li Yan didn't express his attitude this time, but just said to the unit: "After I entered the villa, what else happened to you?" ”

The unit thought for a moment and said, "Due to the large number of people, it took some time to cook, and by the time we had dinner, it was already dark. I was about to let everyone light a few fires when there was a sudden thunder on the ridge next to the valley, and colorful fires flew everywhere. Just when everyone was panicking, a villager next to us told us that this was the owner of the village welcoming the visit of Master Li, and that the thunderbolt was fired into the sky and would not hurt us. I don't know if Master Li knows about this? ”