Chapter Eighty-Six: Knock on the door
In the next few days, Xu Shan did not come to trouble again, Yizhou affairs proceeded in an orderly manner, and the repair of the river embankment progressed quickly, mainly thanks to Li Ce's various incentives.
First of all, the craftsmen of the river control arrived one after another, the first to bring people to the Liu family dart bureau of the Liu dart head, he brought an old man who was nearly half a hundred years old, this old man is indeed a river expert, after the field investigation of the water situation of the Yellow River in Yizhou section quickly took a series of relevant measures, and the immediate results, the flood disaster was indeed reduced a lot, and the Liu dart head was also strongly praised by the Zhou County Order, promising that the next head office would be served by him.
Then a few specially hired chefs also arrived, and this time the food of the officers and soldiers was improved, and four cauldrons were set up in the open air, and every time the rice was opened, the aroma of the rice could be smelled throughout Yizhou City. This led to a consequence, many people smelled the smell of the rice, quietly inquired, and when they heard that the food was still full, they suddenly turned red-eyed, so many people voluntarily asked to join the team to control the river, just to be able to manage one meal. In this way, many new forces were quickly added, and the speed of the project was also accelerated a lot.
Xu Shan and Li Ce are governed by river sections, Li Ce is responsible for the upstream, from the top to the bottom, and Xushan is responsible for the downstream, from the bottom to the top. After a few more days, seeing that the two teams were about to catch up, they could already faintly see each other's men, and at this rate it would be completed in another three or four days.
The river repair project was handed over to Zhou De'an and the old river craftsman to manage, and Li Ce just inspected it once a day, and then watched Guan Zhen and Dean train the soldiers. Because of the participation of many people, some officers and soldiers were replaced, anyway, it was fine, Li Ce ordered Dean to start training soldiers, but what he didn't expect was that Dean was very good at training soldiers, so Li Ce simply handed over all his soldiers to him to train.
This Dian, strong in martial arts, knows formations, and can train soldiers, it is by no means as simple as a small leader of the Xiang Army, just in terms of martial arts, I am afraid that there are few people in the entire Hebei Army who are his opponents, not to mention that he has other skills, how can such a person be buried in the Xiang Army?
In the afternoon of this day, Li Ce was leading people to inspect the riverbank, and after walking a short distance, he saw a group of people limping and staggering towards it, looking like their own people.
When the visitor got closer, Li Ce was shocked, isn't this Liu Tingzhu? How did you get beaten like this?
I saw that Liu Tingzhu was gray-headed and his head drooped, his face was bruised, his nose was broken, there were blood stains at the corners of his eyes, his hair was messy, the clothes on his body were torn with several big holes, one leg was still limping, and the five people behind him were also as embarrassed as him, and several people looked like they had just been robbed.
Liu Tingzhu walked with his head down with swollen eyes, only to feel that there was a person standing in front of him, looking up, it was a little blurry, and he squinted a little to see that it was Li Ce, so frightened that he suddenly retreated and almost fell.
Li Ce stared at Liu Tingzhu with a gloomy face, Liu Tingzhu was embarrassed when he saw it, he blushed and whispered: "My lord......"
"How?" Li Ce frowned and asked.
"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, and I have embarrassed my lord!" Liu Tingzhu hung his head and said in frustration.
"Let people beat it?" At this time, Guan Zhen couldn't help but speak.
"There are so many of them!" Liu Tingzhu looked up sharply and explained, as soon as he looked up and saw Li Ce's cold gaze, he couldn't help but be a little scared.
"What the hell is going on? Let who fight? Li Ce was a little angry, what was the matter, he was beaten like this.
"My lord, please call the shots for your subordinates." Liu Tingzhu was crying and mourning, and he knelt down all of a sudden. "Today, when I went to the city to buy vegetables, I encountered a few officers and soldiers robbing the people's daughters, and my subordinates were angry for a while, so I stepped forward to teach them a lesson. Unexpectedly, those people were Xu Shan's subordinates, and when we finished buying vegetables and walked back, we were caught up by Xu Shan's leaders, Wu Yun and they surrounded us and beat us, and the vegetables we bought were also trampled on. Liu Tingzhu said angrily.
"Is there such a thing? Robbing people's daughters? Did you read that right? Li Ce asked, did the classic scenes in the film and television dramas in his previous life really be staged?
"How could you be wrong? The little lady resisted to death, crying and struggling, but his father stepped forward to stop but was kicked to the ground by Xu Shan, and the girl was also slapped several times by Xu Shan. Many of the people on the street saw this and could testify to it. Liu Tingzhu said with a stiff neck.
"How unreasonable! The officials and soldiers actually robbed the people's daughters in broad daylight, are they here to help the people of Yizhou, or are they here to harm the people? ! Zhou Dean said angrily.
"What about the girl and her father? Taken away by them? Li Ce stretched out his hand to help Liu Tingzhu and continued to ask.
"No, the person surnamed Xu was also afraid that things would make a big deal, so he didn't take the little lady away." As soon as Liu Tingzhu stood up, the injury on his leg touched him, and it hurt him to bare his teeth.
Li Ce glanced at the six people, all of them had blue noses and swollen faces, and said in his heart: I am afraid that today's robbery of the people's girls is just a cover, and it is the opportunity of the surnamed Xu to take revenge. As their commander, if they can't get justice for them at this time, I'm afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers, and the people in the army have the best face, they value dignity more than anything else, and if something like this happens, it can be said that it is a matter that affects the face of their entire command, so they must take this breath.
"You guys go down and clean up, I'll take care of this matter myself." Li Ce ordered Liu Tingzhu and a few people to go down.
"Guan Zhen went to gather the brothers." Li Ce said.
"Brother Li, if there is a conflict rashly, I am afraid that it will affect the affairs of Yizhou, and besides, this river embankment is about to be repaired, so there are many people in Xushan, and we may not be able to ......" Zhou De'an said that his voice was a little small later, and his meaning was very clear, if we fight, we may not be able to beat others, don't ask for hardship. He was the county magistrate of Yizhou, and he naturally didn't want these two evil stars to clash on his territory, which would definitely implicate him.
Seeing that Li Ce didn't speak, he continued: "The Great Song Dynasty strictly forbids private fights between officials and soldiers, and once there is a conflict in this way to seek justice, I am afraid that no one can afford this responsibility." Zhou Dean persuaded again.
"Brother Zhou, I know you have good intentions, but this matter is about a man's face, you don't have to persuade again, since Xu Shan is not afraid, why should I Li Ce be afraid!" Li Ce stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Dean from continuing.
In the previous life, you have to do whatever you want in the next life!
Guan Zhen quickly spread the news of Liu Tingzhu's beating to the whole battalion, Liu Tingzhu stood outside the camp tent with a gloomy face, looking at Guan Zhen who was scurrying around, and just wanted to strangle him to death......
When the officers and soldiers saw Liu Tingzhu, who had a blue nose and swollen face, they couldn't help but want to laugh, Liu Zhuzi, who had always been babbling, was beaten like such a bear.
However, when they saw that the other six were also seriously injured, everyone couldn't laugh, this is the brother who has fought on the battlefield with him! He's been able to block my guns!
Soon everyone began to agree with the outside world, his brother was beaten, and he was beaten by the officers and soldiers on the other side, they were also officers and soldiers, why could he only bully us? They are all raised by their parents, and no one is a bad breed, tooth for tooth and blood for blood! Avenge! Avenge!
A group of officers and soldiers, fully armed, under the leadership of Li Ce, headed towards the camp of Xushan three miles away.
With only a stick of incense, he arrived in front of Xu Shan's camp.
The soldiers guarding the door, when they saw Li Ce looking like they were asking for guilt, and the heavily armed officers and soldiers behind him were also aggressive, they hurriedly went in to report, and after a while, Xu Shan and Wu Yun came out.
Xu Shan walked in the front with an ugly face, and he spoke first: "Commander Li, what are you doing here?" He didn't expect Li Ce to be so kind, he actually brought the troops, and he was fully armed, this is ready to do it, as for the damn thing, isn't it just a few soldiers? Can you play with Lao Tzu?
"Is Wu Yun the one you beaten? Come out to Lao Tzu. Li Ce didn't pay attention to Xu Shan, but pointed at Wu Yun and said politely.
"Li Ce, don't be too arrogant, Xu Du is here, it's not your turn to be presumptuous!" Wu Yun scolded.
Xu Shan also looked at Li Ce with a gloomy face, this Li Ce became more and more presumptuous, and he didn't take himself seriously at all. Although he is not his direct superior, he is also a commander anyway, and his rank is one level higher than him.
Xu Shan snorted coldly and said, "What do I think is the matter?" This is what made our Li Command so angry, it turned out to be this. Well said, well said, come and get the money. Xu Shan looked indifferent.
Soon, a soldier came up with a money bag, Xu Shan gave a look, and the soldier understood, and handed the money bag to Li Ce.
Xu Shan continued: "Didn't you just hurt a few people? Here are ten taels of silver, take them. ”
"All I need today is people." Li Ce looked at Xu Shandao with eye level.
"I won't hand it over to you, the silver is here, do you want love!" Xu Shan sneered.
"Xu Shan, you must protect it?" Li Ce stared at Xu Shandao.
"Li Ce, I've put up with you for a long time, Lao Tzu has wanted to beat you for a long time!" Xu Shan stared at Li Ce and said in a low voice.
"Haha...... Then no one can bear it, let's divide it today! Li Ce said coldly, I'm not afraid of making things bigger, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu won't do it, I've already done enough of this errand.
The two sides are tense, neither of them will budge, and a big war is about to break out.
"Stop!" A majestic voice came out from behind, and I saw a person swaying out slowly, it turned out to be He Ruinian!
Li Ce was shocked, how could he be here?
"Li Ce, you are too arrogant! Do you want to do anything to rebel? Isn't it just a fight for a few soldiers? Hit and fight, didn't Xu Shan already lose money, you have nothing to do? All the things on the embankment have been taken care of? As soon as He Ruinian saw Li Ce, he was scolded for splitting his head and covering his face.
Li Ce was stunned, He Ruinian would be there, which was completely unexpected by him, he never thought that He Ruinian would actually be in the Xushan camp.
The situation changed instantaneously in this end, Xu Shan was He Ruinian's henchman, He Ruinian would naturally shelter him, and he had already shouted to stop just now, if he did it himself, it would be a blatant disobedience to the military order to gather a crowd to rebel, and the crime could be executed on the spot, and then He Ruinian would find another excuse, and he and these hundreds of brothers would be finished.
He Ruinian didn't speak, just looked at Li Ce with a blushing face, Li Ce had fire in his heart but knew that he couldn't come hard at this time, otherwise not only would his life be difficult to protect, but also this group of brothers would be affected. He took a deep breath, tried to squeeze out a smile, reached out and took the money bag, and said: Lord He is too worried, his subordinates came today just to ask Xu Duzhi for an explanation, since Xu Dudu has lost money, then the matter will be stopped, and his subordinates will leave.
He Ruinian watched coldly as Li Ce turned around and left, his eyes getting colder and colder. Xu Shan also came over and said: This Li Ce is really lawless, doesn't he know that you have the final say on this Hebei West Road now? He didn't think about his future? What a stunned boy, one day I'm going to teach him a good lesson.
He Ruinian glanced at Xu Shan and said, "When can you also use your brain, if you can have half of his means, hmph, I won't worry." ”
Xu Shan's face turned red, and he defended: "I'm not as good as that kid? If it weren't for someone to help that day, I would have beaten him hard, and if it wasn't for the adults who came forward to stop him, I would have made him unable to eat and walk around, and he would have dared to come to the door to provoke! ”
He Ruinian glared at Xu Shan a little angrily, pointed to the back of Li Ce leaving in front of him and said: "You still feel wronged when you say that you don't have to use your brain, if I didn't come forward to stop it today, maybe who would suffer?" That kid obviously came prepared, can't you see? With your bunch of pus, do you think that having more people has an advantage? Can't you see that the hundred and ten men behind that kid are all cavalry? Can you, the soldiers, withstand the onslaught of the cavalry? He Ruinian reprimanded mercilessly, he paused slightly, frowned and said to himself: "Then again, where did that kid get so many war horses?" ”
Xu Shan was speechless, he really didn't notice this, He Ruinian said this, he also reacted, and he couldn't help but deepen his jealousy of Li Ce in his heart.
Li Ce and his entourage walked back without saying a word, Guan Zhen glanced at Li Ce and wanted to speak several times, but finally couldn't help but speak: "Senior brother, why did you take his money just now?" Looks so spineless......"
Li Ce looked at Guan Zhen with a look of contempt, and said with a smile: "Why? He threw the money bag to Guan Zhen, and said: "In the future, when I see Xu Shan's subordinates on the street, I will be beaten hard, and Lao Tzu is also rich!" ”
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