Not long after Zhao Xuefei and the others left, Li Feibai was also ready to leave.

Ma Kun beckoned more than a dozen officials into the main hall to call the thieves to get up, and tied all the thieves with ropes, and then found Chang Qing lying in a corner of the main hall.

He stepped forward, kicked twice, and said, "Don't lie here and stand up, get up quickly!" ”

Evergreen, who was lying on the ground, did not react.

He kicked twice more and saw that Chang Qing still didn't react, realized that something was wrong, squatted down and turned Chang Qing's body over, and Chang Qing's red, swollen and black face appeared in front of him.

Ma Kun secretly said that it was broken, and his fingers were put on the tip of Changqing's nose, and there was still a trace of breath. Touch and touch the evergreen skin again, and the hand is cold, and the person has been dead for an unknown amount of time.

He unbuttoned his evergreen clothes and looked again, and everywhere he saw was bruised, no different from his face. It is known that Changqing was beaten to death, and when he thinks that the hands of the bandits are all tied to the back of the quilt, it can be seen that Changqing was kicked to death.

Changqing is scared of the tiger, and he is absolutely innocent of death, and such a death can be regarded as a solution to hatred. However, a person's life is just gone, and he was only sentenced to five years by the county magistrate, how can he explain!

Ma Kun hurriedly walked out of the main hall, walked in front of Li Feibai, and said in a low voice: "Chang Qing is dead!" ”

This was expected by Li Feibai. He bowed his head slightly, looked at the thief who was looking at him with a worried face not far away, and suddenly said loudly: "What did you say?" ”

Ma Kun didn't know why Li Feibai spoke so loudly, and couldn't help but be stunned, but he still said in a low voice: "Chang Qing is dead!" ”

Li Feibai shouted: "What did you say? Be louder, I can't hear it? ”

Ma Kun also saw the expressions of the bandits not far away, and knew that the bandits were worried about how they would deal with them, after all, it was a major event that killed a person. He didn't feel a little strange why Li Feibai was so loud, this kind of thing shouldn't be discussed in a whisper, and a scapegoat should be found casually. With such a loud voice, what should be done if the bandits are nervous and mutiny occurs in extreme fear?

But Li Feibai asked him to shout loudly, and he didn't dare to disobey, and said: "Changqing is dead!" ”

Li Feibai said: "How did you die?" ”

Ma Kun said: "I was beaten to death!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Leader Ma has rich experience in investigating cases, who do you think Chang Qing was beaten to death?" ”

Ma Kun said: "It should be caused by a group beating, not by one person." ”

Li Feibai said: "So it's what everyone did, and all the more than two hundred and three hundred people in front of me are involved?" ”

Ma Kun said: "That's right! ”

Li Feibai said: "Everyone is guilty is also everyone is innocent, after all, we can't speculate who is the most deadly." The so-called law does not blame the public, in order to avoid trouble, the leader of the horse sees that this will not work! After we went back, we reported to the county magistrate like this, and said that Chang Qing knew that he was guilty and committed suicide by hitting the wall! ”

Ma Kun was taken aback, how could a felony of murder be such a child's play. But after thinking about it again, I understood what Li Feibai meant.

These thieves said that they were sentenced to five years of re-education through labor, but in fact, to put it bluntly, they were working for Li Feibai. But these bandits have done all the things of murder and arson, and they are all good at stubble. As soon as you put it in Xiapan Village, you may be able to run clean in two days, unless you send heavy troops to guard it, but Jiyuan's county force can't send so many people at all.

If you want them to work hard and down-to-earth, you have to buy people's hearts and let them work willingly. Previously, Chang Qing's confession had proved that Li Feibai did not scold them, but really saved their lives, and they were already grateful to Li Feibai. Now, Li Feibai saved their lives again, which can be regarded as completely bribing them, and no one will ever think about running away again.

After all, Li Feibai had already told these thieves that as long as they worked honestly, they would have an income of one tael of silver a month, and they would be let go home after five years. Five years later, it is a hundred times better to go back with a few dozen taels of silver than to run away in fear and increase the sin after being caught.

Besides, letting the bandits kill Chang Qing may also be Zhao Xuefei's intention. Otherwise, Zhao Xuefei was not a cucumber egg who was the first county commander, how could he commit the crime of imprisoning Changqing with the thieves who hated him.

Thinking of this, Ma Kun nodded and said, "I want to come like this!" I said why Chang Qing's head was bleeding, it turned out to be caused by hitting the wall and committing suicide. ”

The thieves breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at Li Feibai with gratitude in their eyes.

Ma Kun saw that Li Feibai's goal of buying people's hearts had been achieved, and continued: "The bodies of the eight brothers of the Jiang family and the head of the bandits are all broken, and it is impossible to tell who is who when buying a coffin for burial, and it is impossible to buy so many coffins at once. In my opinion, it is better to burn the eight brothers of the Jiang family, the leader of the bandits, and the corpse of Chang Qing. ”

Li Feibai heard the meaning of Ma Kun's words, this is to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces. Even if someone doubts that Chang Qing did not commit suicide but killed him, the body is gone, where to find evidence.

He said: "Then give Yunlong Dao Chang ten taels of silver, let him burn these corpses clean, and then make a method, lest these people be ghosts and not stop." ”

Ma Kun led the order to go, and after a while, he led a dozen Taoist priests to come over and burn the corpses, and did more than that. Li Feibai led the people to have breakfast in the Balcony Palace, and each person brought two steamed buns as dry food, and then left the Balcony Palace and headed in the direction of Xiapan Village.

The mountain road is rugged, and it is difficult for people with complete hands and feet to walk, and it is even more difficult for bandits whose hands are cut behind their backs and threaded by ropes. Before walking five miles, there have been three falls, and the people in front of and behind them also fell, and there was no use to protect their heads and faces, and most of the people who fell fell with blue noses and swollen faces.

At this time, a thief said: "Master Li, can you make it convenient for us to untie us." Please rest assured, you have twice saved our lives, and such a great kindness will never be forgotten, and you will never do anything to be sorry for your adults. ”

The other bandits chimed in: "Yes, we will never run, we must work honestly for five years to repay the grace of the adults for saving their lives." Please untie us! ”

Li Feibai turned his head to look at Ma Kun and said, "Brother Ma, what do you mean?" ”

Ma Kun said: "Then loosen the tie for them!" Then he rushed to the official who walked in front of the two of them and said: "This is the road to Xiapan Village, with cliffs on one side and one cliff on one side, and those who want to escape can only turn back and go to our side." Pull out the knife for me, and if anyone dares to escape, they will be killed! ”

The officials shouted: "Yes! They pulled out their knives.

Ma Kun pointed to a servant and said, "You go and untie them!" ”

The official stepped forward and took a knife to untie the last bandit, and the thief hurriedly untied the person in front of him, and in a moment all the bandits were untied.

The thieves arched their hands backwards and said, "Thank you, Lord Li, Leader Ma!" ”

The group continued to walk forward. The bandit walking in front is like a sheep, silently moving forward. The officials who walked in the middle were like shepherd dogs, and they drank five and six, so that the bandits could speed up their pace. Ma Kun and Li Feibai walked at the end, talking and laughing.

In the evening, the terrain is much flatter and more open, with flat fields on both sides of the road and woods on the slopes in the distance. A group of people were walking, suddenly heard the slope of gongs, drums, and loud shouts, from the woods rushed out of the hundreds of people, each holding a hoe and sickle in their hands, and shouting: "The bandits are coming, kill the bandits!" ”

Ma Kun and Li Feibai were taken aback, what was going on!

The bandits trembled with fear, thinking that this time they would surely die. One by one, they were bare-handed, which was the opponent of this group.

Li Feibai fixed his eyes to look, only to see that most of the people who rushed over didn't know each other, but there were also people who knew, all of them were villagers from Xiapan Village. He hurriedly stepped forward and shouted at the person who rushed over: "It's not a bandit, it's me!" ”