The horse thief gasped for a few breaths, then put the axe on his shoulder, and said proudly: "If you want to fight, do it, where is so much nonsense?" Looking at his expression, he didn't seem to have the embarrassment of stealing a horse and being caught on the spot.

Li Yin walked over and took the reins of his horse, walked to the stable, and threw down a sentence: "It's a pity that you have a good ability, but you have become a horse thief, if you want to be useful, wait for me outside Huoyi City tomorrow morning!" ”

"With such a big tone, who are you?" The horse thief asked suspiciously.

After Li Yin tied up his horse, he walked into the house and did not answer the horse thief's question.

The horse thief said to himself, "The gods are mysterious, but I am afraid that they are not very capable." ”

Early the next morning, not long after Li Yin rode out of the Huoyi City Gate, he saw a big man lying on the side of the road, looking like the horse thief last night.

The horse thief was not completely asleep, and immediately stood up, stared at Li Yin and said, "Who are you, and why can you say that I can be useful?" ”

The horse thief's eyes were red at this time, and he seemed to have not slept well all night.

Li Yin said: "I am the new Yingyang Lang General of Yanmen County, with your ability, it is not a problem to be a brigade commander, it is better than you stealing horses for a living!" ”

The horse thief was a little moved when he heard this, but he said proudly: "The brigade commander is too small, with my ability, how can I be a captain!" ”

Li Yin laughed: "Do you think the captain of Yingyang Mansion is so good?" I can give you a brigade commander, that's because the original brigade commanders were almost dead during the Liao expedition, there are many vacancies, and the court has sent someone to fill the vacancy of the captain, but it's not up to me to decide. ”

The horse thief asked again: "What about the civil officials of the Yingyang Mansion, are there any vacancies?" ”

In an Yingyang Mansion, not all of them are military attachés, but there are also some civil officials who deal with paperwork, such as Sima, marching secretaries, pawns, and so on.

This horse thief was five big and three thick, and he actually said that he wanted to be a civil official, which made Li Yin feel amused after hearing it.

After seeing Li Yin's expression, the horse thief said a little unhappily: "What? I can't be a civil servant? Lao Tzu used to be a Confucian student! ”

Li Yin said with a smile: "Whether there is a shortage of civil officials, I haven't paid attention to it, let's go to Yanmen County to talk about it!" By the way, what's your name? ”

The horse thief hesitated for a moment and replied, "My name is Liu ...... Liu Hong, say it in advance, I won't do it without the position of Sima of Yingyang Mansion! ”

Li Yin was noncommittal, "Let's go!" As he spoke, he waved his whip and walked forward.

"Stop, I don't have a horse!" Liu Hong shouted loudly.

Out of Huoyi City, it is Xihe County when you go north for a short time, and after passing through Xihe County, you will arrive at Taiyuan County, an important place in the east of Hedong.

Taiyuan County controls the mountains and rivers, stands on the shoulders of the world, is the fundamental place of Hedong, is the battle for the ancient and modern soldiers, its county seat is Jinyang, and it is also one of the best fortified cities in Hedong.

Li Yin and Liu Hong stayed in Jinyang City for a few days before continuing their journey.

The north of Taiyuan County is mostly bordered by Loufu County, but the northeast corner is bordered by Yanmen County, so after Li Yin and Liu Hong left Jinyang City, they went straight to the northeast.

After walking slowly for a few days, the two came to Yu County, the county seat on the border of Taiyuan County and Yanmen County, when he heard the name of this county, Li Yin felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember anything for a while.

The roads in this Yuxian County are very dusty, and a few fast horses run by, and the dust is flying.

Liu Hong covered his face and scolded: "Run so fast, hurry to reincarnate!" ”

After hearing this, the few horsemen fell back again, pointed at Liu Hong's nose and scolded: "His grandmother's, who did you scold just now?" "These people are all very burly, and judging from their clothing, they seem to be county soldiers.

Liu Hong continued to scold without being vain: "It was your grandfather and me just now, scolding you rabbit cubs, what's wrong?" ”

When the county soldiers heard this, they were furious, and they rolled up their sleeves and were about to fight, but after one of them saw Li Yin's appearance clearly, he immediately jumped off the horse in surprise, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said excitedly: "Engong, Engong, why are you here?" ”

Li Yin asked with a puzzled face: "...... are you?" He couldn't remember when he was kind to such a person.

The man shouted to several other county soldiers: "Why are you all stunned there, this is Li Engong who saved us twice!" ”

After hearing this, those people immediately jumped off their horses and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Li Yin.

Li Yin hurriedly got off the horse, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, what's going on?" "He's confused right now.

The first person to recognize Li Yinlai was named Su Lun, and he replied loudly: "Engong, we are the defeated troops you gathered in Pyongyang City back then!" If you hadn't interceded for us, we would have been ...... by that The emperor ordered you to kill, you are our reborn parents! ”

After Li Yin heard this, he suddenly understood that they were all a few of the 30,000 soldiers who were exiled for eight years, and Li Yin only remembered at this time that their place of exile was not Yu County in Taiyuan County? No wonder he felt familiar when he heard the name of this county before.

But weren't they exiled here to mine at that time, and why did these people seem to be doing well?

After Li Yin asked, he learned that most of them were indeed still mining, but a small number of them were brought to the county soldiers by Yu County.

"The county order of Yu County is not small, this is a violation of the "Sui Law"." Li Yin thought in his heart.

Li Yin asked them again, "Then where are most of you mining now?" ”

"In the vicinity of the Tibetan Mountains." Suren replied.

Tibetan Mountain is not small in Hedong, because Zhao Wu, the orphan of Zhao in the Spring and Autumn Period, was hidden in this mountain by Cheng Ying and Gongsun Pestle, and raised by Zhao Wu, who later became the ruler of the Jin State, and his reputation spread far and wide, and this mountain was also renamed Tibetan Mountain, and the literati and elegant guests also liked to visit there.

Yuxian County is mountainous, rich in all kinds of minerals, this Tibetan Mountain is not suitable for mining ore because of its fame, but the large and small mountains near the Tibetan Mountain, there is no such concern.

Li Yin and Liu Hong couldn't help frowning after following Su Lun and the others to the vicinity of Tibetan Mountain for a few turns, those government soldiers did a lot of work, and everyone was basically much thinner than at the beginning.

"Alas, if it weren't for the fear of implicating Engong, the brothers would have rebelled a long time ago, so would they obediently do these coolies here?" Su Lun sighed, and then looked at Li Yin with eager eyes, and the same did with several other county soldiers, the meaning was self-evident.

Li Yin was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Don't worry, the days when they suffer here won't be too long!" ”

After Su Lun and the others heard this, their faces immediately showed joy.