The car slowly stopped on the street in the military household settlement in the north of the city, Wang Langzhong lifted the curtain and saw the scene outside the car window, and his face was even more puzzled. Before he could ask questions, Li Yanzhao had already lifted the curtain of the car, bowed down and said respectfully: "Please get out of the car Wang Langzhong." The villain is offended, and I hope that Lang Zhong will not blame him. ”

Wang Langzhong carefully bent down and got out of the carriage according to his words, but looked at Li Yanzhao: "What's going on?" ”

Li Yanzhao put down the curtain, clasped his fists and bowed and said: "The mother of my subordinate is seriously ill and bedridden at home, he returned to the city yesterday night to seek medical treatment in your house. Today I heard the news, and went with him to your house, and the servant said that Langzhong was in the Suo's house, so I will go and ask for it. The patient's condition had been aggravated for a long time, and he had no choice but to act in a hurry and fraudulently use the name of the government to ask for help. There are many offends, and I hope that Langzhong must not care. ”

When Wang Langzhong heard this, half of the puzzled look on his face had gone. He thought about it carefully, and understood the joints, but he was still unhappy, and stood aside with his hands and watched the carriage in the distance, and said no more.

Li Yanzhao was a little flustered when he saw this, and he couldn't help but be more respectful. After several invitations, Wang Langzhong finally put aside his arrogance and took a step towards the alley with the two of them.

When they arrived outside the door of the hut, Li Yanzhao and Dou Tong couldn't help but stiffen. The horses that were tied to the wooden beams outside the door when the two of them were gone! There was a faint sound of a woman sobbing in the room. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao panicked for a moment, then calmed down, and whispered to Dou Dao: "Your mother's condition is critical, please ask Lang Zhong to come into the house to treat your mother's illness, call Sister Ling out of the house, I will ask her, and then I will go to look for a horse from now on." ”

Dou Tong did as he said, opened the door and invited Wang Langzhong into the house, seeing that his brother had brought Langzhong home, Dou Yi also stopped crying, Dou Tong whispered a few words in her ear, she turned out of the door, and looked at Li Yanzhao pitifully.

"Little lady, don't cry, you can't blame you for this." Li Yanzhao opened his mouth to comfort Dou Yi a few words, and then asked, "Who is the one who robbed the horse?" Do you see it clearly? ”

Dou Yi nodded, then sobbed a little, took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face, and then said softly: "The four or five people who robbed the horse, there is a tall man with a beard on his face and a scar, it seems to be their leader. They walked through the alley, and when they saw the horse at the door, they wanted to come forward to unreins it, and when I found out, they went out to stop it, but they didn't listen at all, and the tall beard came over and pushed me again and again, calling me a yellow-haired girl, telling me to get out of the way, and if I dared to shout to the officer, they would kill me...... Whining...... The mother was awakened by these wicked people, and she fainted after being frightened......" Dou Yi said the sad place, and whimpered and cried again.

Li Yanzhao listened to Dou Yi's whimpering narration, and couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, he had been in Liangzhou for a few months, but he had never heard of such bandits and bullies in Guangwu County. He openly snatched horses on the street in broad daylight, and intimidated his subordinates' sisters. He turned his head to Dou Yi and said, "Little lady, don't cry, you come with me, if you see those wicked people later, you can tell me, and I will rectify them." ”

When Dou Yi heard this, he couldn't help but stop crying and nodded vigorously. Li Yanzhao saw that she agreed, so he turned around and walked in front of him and walked towards the entrance of the alley. Dou Yi followed behind, wiping the tears from his face with a handkerchief from time to time.

Li Yanzhao went out of the alley and carefully observed the people on the street, it was almost noon, but the street was becoming more and more lively. After observing for a short time, Li Yanzhao hurriedly stepped forward and pulled out a dirty half-grown child from the crowd, the child was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and his hair might not have been properly combed for a long time, and it was unkempt. When Li Yanzhao captured him, he had just reached out and untied the money bag from the waist of one of the people in the crowd. And the man was still walking on his own unconsciously.

When the child saw Li Yanzhao dressed as a sergeant, he couldn't help but feel afraid, and the money bag in his hand fell to the ground with a thud. Li Yanzhao glanced at him fiercely, and reprimanded sharply: "At a young age, I learned to steal other people's property, and I am hateful!" ”

The child hung his head and remained silent, just staring at the money bag that fell to the ground, his eyes full of pity. Li Yanzhao still grabbed him tightly with one hand, raised his head and shouted at the crowd a few steps away: "Hey, the one in front, whose money bag has dropped?" ”

When the people walking in front of them heard this, they all looked panicked and reached out to touch their money bags. The person who touched it showed a look of relief, but it didn't take long for the person who had lost the money bag to rush back, pick up the money bag on the ground, straighten up and thank Li Yanzhao repeatedly: "Thank you Jun Ye, thank you Jun Ye." ”

Li Yanzhao said at the money bag: "Open it and see, is there any less money?" He could see clearly that it was indeed the man whose money bag had been stolen by the child he had captured.

The man opened the money bag as he said, counted it roughly, and said, "There is no shortage of money, thank you Jun Ye." ”

Li Yanzhao waved his hand: "No need to say thank you, when you go out in the future, you will be optimistic about your money bag." ”

The man said yes, then turned away. Li Yanzhao dragged the thief he had just captured and turned all the way to the alley next to him.

Li Yanzhao dragged the child to the entrance of the alley, and before entering, he turned his head and saw Dou Yi following not far behind him, so he glanced at her, signaled her to wait for him, and then continued to drag the thief into the alley.

The kid looked at Li Yanzhao with a frightened expression at this time. Li Yanzhao glanced at him with extreme disdain a few times before he said slowly: "Do you want me to let you go, or do you want me to take you to see the official?" ”

When the child heard this, he was even more frightened. He stared down at his toes uneasily, and after a long moment, he muttered, "I...... I don't want to go to see the official, so I beg the military master to do well, let me go. ”

Li Yanzhao smiled for a while with a smile on his face, and then nodded and said, "Okay, I can let you go, and I can also give you a little money." At this, the child looked up in disbelief.

"Still." Li Yanzhao saw that the child was moved, so he put forward his own request. "I ask you personally, if you can help me find it, I'll give you some money and let you go. If you can't find it, hmph, follow me to the official. ”

The little thief's eyes turned, but he said: "You have no evidence, even if you take me to see the official at this time, I am not afraid." ”

Li Yanzhao snorted coldly when he heard this: "Okay, you little thief, don't say anything else, I will take you to the county government and let the government judge evaluate it, do you see if the government believes you or me?" If you are sure that I have no evidence, and I can't help you, you can try. With that, he dragged the boy out of the alley, as if he was going to take him to the official.

Li Yanzhao didn't punch and kick this little ***, because he knew very well that this gang of scoundrels in the market was the most difficult to deal with, if he met them, he couldn't come up with strong evidence to prove that he was a thief, and he would definitely be accused by him, so that in the eyes of the ignorant onlookers, he would undoubtedly become a ruffian who invaded and deceived the people. So now, although Li Yanzhao is not a very patient person, he is still suppressing his temperament and repeatedly coercing and seducing this little thief.

After all, the little thief is still a half-grown child, how can he withstand Li Yanzhao's various coercion and temptation with guns and sticks? So it didn't take long to agree to "cooperate" with Li Yanzhao. Li Yanzhao described to him in detail the tall, bearded, scar-faced man that Dou Yi had said. The little thief said without thinking, "Isn't that the 'Black Tiger'?" ”

"Who?" When Li Yanzhao heard this nickname, he felt uncomfortable. This nickname reminded him of the street gangsters and bullies that were common in later generations. In his previous life, he had always been careful to avoid contact with these people and intersect. However, in his own life, in the face of this kind of thing, he is already unavoidable.

"This 'black tiger' is a local tyrant, haha, are you afraid?" The little thief saw Li Yanzhao's uncomfortable look, and couldn't help but mock. Li Yanzhao took a sip, slapped the back of the little thief's head, and said angrily: "What kind of thing is he? Is it also worthy of being afraid? Regardless of his black tiger and white tiger, Lao Tzu is going to pick his tiger skin today! Li Yanzhao's face was full of anger, and he looked quite powerful, and the little thief couldn't help but be silent when he saw this. Li Yanzhao glanced at him and said sharply: "Take Lao Tzu to find it, hurry up." ”

The little thief was frightened by Li Yanzhao's beating, and suddenly a spirit was aroused, and he got up and walked outside the alley, Li Yanzhao followed him two steps, and threatened: "Boy, don't think about running, if you dare to run one step, Lao Tzu will directly arrest you and go to see the official!" ”

The little thief heard Li Yanzhao's terrible tone behind him, and couldn't help but promise to be. Li Yanzhao followed the little thief through the streets and alleys, and the little thief took Li Yanzhao to a few restaurants, tea shops and gambling houses frequented by the "Black Tiger", but he didn't see anyone. So the little thief was weird. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally said to Li Yanzhao: "There are no these places, he must be in the horse market." So he turned his head and led Li Yanzhao to the horse market in the east of the city. Li Yanzhao hurriedly followed, glanced back from time to time, and saw that Dou Yi was still not far behind him, so he walked forward with confidence.

When they arrived at Mashi in the east of the city, a team of soldiers on the street outside carried a sword around their waists, patrolling majestically past Li Yanzhao's side. Many of the patrols were familiar faces, and they looked at Li Yanzhao in surprise, and Li Yanzhao nodded silently, and then walked towards the horse market. Entering the horse market, Li Yanzhao saw at a glance that the two horses of himself and Dou Tong were in a corner on the west side of the horse market. Next to the horses were a few Lai Han sitting crookedly. There was a man with a beard and a scarred face. It is generally the same as the characteristics described by Dou Yi.

Li Yanzhao called the little thief, stuffed him with more than ten cents, and he jumped away happily. Before leaving, Li Yanzhao also warned him: "Next time, if you are found to steal again, I will directly take you to the official." ”

Li Yanzhao took a closer look at the Lai Hans, then turned around and found Dou Yi, covered most of Dou Yi with his figure, and then said to her: "You take a closer look at the bearded and scar-faced man in the horse market, but what did you say about the man who robbed the horse?" ”

Dou Yi stretched out his head from Li Yanzhao's side and carefully observed it, and then said to Li Yanzhao affirmatively: "That's right, it's this person." ”

"Okay, you can go back first, I'll clean them up here." Li Yanzhao said lightly to Dou Yi. Dou Yi heard it and left as he said. Seeing Dou Yi walk away, Li Yanzhao rushed away in the direction where the patrol team had left.

After a short time, Li Yanzhao caught up with the patrol outside the horse market. A closer look showed that the leading officer of the patrol team was actually the leader of Zhao Chengzhi, the infantry commander of the Guangwu Army. On that day, when the school was too guarded, Li Yanzhao and Zhao Chengzhi each led ten people to fight on the school field. They have fought against each other, so whether it is the team rate or Li Yanzhao, they are more impressed by each other.

The team led Li Yanzhao to run over, but they took the initiative to hug their fists and salute Li Yanzhao. He knew that Li Yanzhao had already been promoted to the commander of the hundred cavalry at this time, so he said: "The subordinate team of the infantry commander of the Guangwu Army led Ye Chao and led his subordinates to patrol the city, I don't know what the commander of the hundred people has to say. ”

Li Yanzhao saw that the other party treated him politely, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Team Ye has worked hard. Li can't talk about teaching, but today there is something to the county town, an accident, the military horse pulled out of the army was stolen by a few ruffians, and now he is in the horse market, asking Ye Team to lead to help, go to capture it. ”

When Ye Chao heard this, he was also angry: "These scoundrels are too much of a deception!" Stealing horses actually dared to steal the heads of the war horses in our army! The captain of a hundred people may as well lead the way, and I will go and capture this gang of thieves! ”

"Li thanked Team Ye for his great help!" Li Yanzhao thanked him, and led the way at the head of the team, and a group of patrolmen marched straight towards the horse market.