Ruan Lizhen looked at Yu Guozhen from a distance through the veil, but there was no unusual emotion in her heart.

She has long known this Yu Guozhen from her father Ruan Dayue, the Ruan family and the Fang family are world friendships, she has been engaged to a nephew of the Fang family since she was a child, and she often has contacts with the daughters of the Fang family. It was only later that Ruan Dayue defected to the eunuch party, and the marriage collapsed, and she has been delayed until now, she is already twenty years old, but she has not yet married.

She has been paying attention to her old friend, Ziyue married Sun Lin Sun Kexian, who is also a talented person in Tong's City, and Ziyi has set a marriage with Yu Guozhen, who has become famous in the past three years. While she was sad for herself, she also silently blessed her best friends.

From her father Ruan Dacheng, she got the impression of Yu Guozhen, a young but cunning guy, and he used tricks to make her father stand on the cusp again, so that she had to return to her hometown to avoid trouble. It can be said that she has fallen to the current situation, and Yu Guozhen is at least indirectly responsible.

Yu Guozhen didn't know that the girl in front of him was Ruan Dayue's daughter, and even if he knew, he wouldn't have any ideas. He didn't mind Ruan Dacheng's reputation, but he didn't want to get involved in complicated backyard intrigues.

Now he has a good relationship in his backyard, Fang Ziyi's surname is gentle and generous, and he has the demeanor of everyone, although he will also make some small means, but on the whole, he can tolerate Liu Ruyi and others. But this is also related to the fact that Liu Ru and others are from humble backgrounds and cannot threaten her status, if you find another lady to enrich the backyard, the two ladies will inevitably fight with each other.

"Little official, the confession has come out."

Just when Ruan Lizhen was saddened by what had happened to her, the guards who interrogated the confessions separately ran over. Yu Guozhen took them farther away to listen to them report their gains.

This branch of thieves is not the only thief in the vicinity, after being defeated by Yu Guozhen some time ago, there are about 5,000 young and strong thieves who mixed south, broke away from the control of Lao Hui and the King of Chaotian, and fled to Zongyang. They were scattered into groups of three or five hundred, plundering during the day, and then gathering together at night to camp together and distribute their spoils.

"Five thousand young people?"

This number made Yu Guozhen very tempted, after these 5,000 young people were screened, they could get at least about 3,000 laborers! Moreover, these are all young and strong, as long as they are transformed, they can be formed into Minzhuang Township soldiers, attacking the city and plundering land may be insufficient, but guarding the township can come in handy.

But these rogues are scattered all over the place, and it is still a little difficult to catch them all, and you need to use your brains.

Yu Guozhen thought about it, summoned Ye Wuya and Tian Boguang, and everyone discussed it, and soon, a bold plan was formed in the discussion.

It was Ye Wuya who proposed this strategy, this guy is the most cunning, and he will never use stupid strength if he can be opportunistic, if he changes Qi Niu, he must be arrested one by one.

Ruan Lizhen knelt on the ground, and Yu Guozhen left after half a sentence, which made her feel a little uneasy. Ruan Dacheng's evaluation of Yu Guozhen is of course not too high, not to mention the insidious, cunning, despicable, shameless, etc., the market rumors that Yu Guozhen is violent and cruel in cannibalism, although Ruan Dacheng does not believe it all, but he also says that there may be.

After a while, Yu Guozhen walked back again, and the guards began to move, dividing nearly half of them to drive out the captives, while the other half remained around. Feeling Yu Guozhen walking towards her, Ruan Lizhen hurriedly lowered her head, and couldn't help but hesitate in her heart, whether to explain to Yu Guozhen that she was once the best friend of the two sisters Fang Ziyue and Fang Ziyi.

"I'm sorry, there are some things just now, there are thousands of thieves nearby, so we have to deal with it first." Yu Guozhen said: "The place I just said is in Guangdong Buzheng Division (Qinzhou belongs to Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty). I understand what Miss means, it's not good to go back to see your family, so you might as well go to the Guangdong Political Division, and I will arrange for the lady to take care of Miss along the way. In Qinzhou, Guangdong, I have built a Taoist temple where you can live for a while. ”

Ruan Lizhen hesitated slightly, and then glanced at Yu Guozhen again.

She was a smart person and knew that Yu Guozhen didn't need to lie to her, so she nodded. Yu Guozhen asked Wang Qinian and Wang Dilei, two little skin monkeys, to take care of him, and he led everyone to start preparing.

They first changed out of their own clothes, put on the clothes of the common people they had found from the raids of the rogues, and then began to set up camp not far from Zhuangzi. Although they only had more than 100 people left, the speed of their work was not slow, and in just a few moments, they had already completed one side of the camp. Ruan Lizhen looked a little curious, more than 100 people set up such a large village, it was meaningless.

After a while, she heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then more guards and people arrived here, numbering more than a thousand. The new housekeeper also changed his clothes, and with the help of this group of new forces, a large village that could accommodate 20,000 people was soon set up.

In addition to setting up a large village, they also collected firewood that could be burned everywhere, and lit a fire outside the entrance of the village, and the flames soared into the sky.

The night gradually darkened, Ruan Lizhen tightened her clothes, she felt a little cold. Wang Qinian and Wang Dilei, the two monkey boys, don't know what to pity and cherish, they are looking around, probably wanting to see the excitement.

Then Ruan Lizhen saw that there were also sporadic fires in the distance. The flare should be torches, and judging by the number, there seem to be dozens of them.

At night, it was clear to see the light of the fire in the distance, but it took them a lot of time to get there. Ruan Lizhen suddenly felt a little nervous in her heart, and at this time, she probably guessed what Yu Guozhen was doing.

"It's ...... Is this a thief who comes from a snare cast? She asked cautiously.

Of course, Wang Qinian and Wang Landmine would not respond, they still hadn't figured out what was going on, so Ruan Lizhen didn't get an answer.

However, she opened her mouth to speak, which attracted Yu Guozhen's attention, Yu Guozhen glanced here, and then tilted his mouth: "Please invite that young lady into the village to bake the fire, the wind here is strong, the weather is cold, don't be cold." ”

Ruan Lizhen didn't dare to disobey, she was not a strong woman, so when her father canceled the marriage contract with the Fang family, she didn't argue with reason, so she didn't choose to commit suicide when she fell into the hands of thieves, Yu Guozhen suggested that she go to Qinzhou, and she didn't refuse either. Although deep down she wished she could be stronger, in fact she couldn't.

It's okay this way, at least no one will recognize her in Qinzhou, and her father's already bad reputation will be worse. In the depths of Ruan Lizhen's heart, she comforted herself so much.

Entering the temporary stockade, she was led to a small fire, Wang Qinian muttered, seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and Wang Dilei complained even more: "In order to see this young lady, I can't see the thief, what is this!" ”

Ruan Lizhen's face turned pale under the veil, in fact, she was hungry and cold, frightened and frightened at the same time, if Yu Guozhen really lit the fire to lure the thieves over, there were more and more thieves, could he hold on?

"Sure enough, it came." Looking at the light of the torches that were getting closer and closer to him, which were already less than two miles away, Yu Guozhen said in a low voice.

"Wu Ya has always been so calculating." Qi Niu Urn next to him said.

Yu Guozhen looked at him, and felt that his height of nearly 1.9 meters was too conspicuous, I was afraid that those thieves would know that he was the "Mighty Bull Demon King" at a glance, so he pulled him and said: "Sit down and sit down, you are so tall, that long dress is dressed like a short coat for you, and the thieves will know that it is fake at a glance." ”

Qi Niuhan smiled, he didn't notice this detail.

"The current rogue has not yet become a climate, even the cunning Zhang Xianzhong is not very difficult to deal with. These thieves scattered and swept around during the day, and met and camped at night, which gave me an opportunity. It's also funny that they even judge which side of the fire is bigger than which side is where the leader is......"

Yu Guozhen laughed at the thieves in his heart for a while, and not long after, the gang of thieves really approached, and someone from a distance asked: "Which one is here?" ”

"It's King Qi here, don't come and see you soon!" Ye Wuya shouted.

"King Qi Tian...... Which one is that? Someone muttered.

Many of the leaders of the Liukou were originally from good families, and after they rebelled, they were nicknamed for fear of dishonoring their families. From Qu Shuai to Xiao Xiao, they often have such and such nicknames. However, the one who dared to call the "king" had some strength, so although the man muttered, he didn't say anything, and went directly to Yu Guozhen.

Yu Guozhen wore the silver helmet seized from the thief, looked at him coldly, and as soon as the man arrived, he crossed his hands and said, "Brother has broken through the level and seen King Qi." ”

As he spoke, he motioned to the people behind him, who presented a large bag of things and spread them out in front of Yu Guozhen, which was full of silk. This is to present the spoils of war to the big leader, Yu Guozhen nodded slightly, and then Ye Wuya behind him stepped forward and said: "Very good, very good, go, follow me into the village, the village has already slaughtered cattle and sheep, waiting to reward all brothers!" ”

This is not bad, there are more than a dozen fires burning in the stockade, and on each fire there is a large cauldron, and the smell of fragrant broth in the pot makes people's stomachs squirm. Breaking through Guan Daxi, he said that this big leader was generous, and he only needed to hand over this little loot to join the gang, and maybe he could stay under him for a longer time.

He led the people into the stockade, their number was only more than 200 people, after entering the stockade, suddenly someone greeted them warmly, and everyone did not want to go to a fire to crowd, so naturally they dispersed into several groups, and when they were led to the fire, they immediately saw the muskets or blades pointed at them.

"This ...... What does this mean, if King Qi Tianwang feels that the tribute of his brothers is less, he can discuss, why not? He asked in a trembling voice that was still happily breaking through the pass just now.

"Our Qi Tianwang is not interested in your things, but your people, as long as they are honest and willing to serve our Qi Tianwang, they will be fine, if you dare not obey, Lao Tzu's knife can be sharpened quickly!" Ye Wuya said viciously.

Suddenly someone came up, tied them up with ropes, gagged them with rags, and threw them all into a tent in the shadows. They happened to pass in front of Ruan Lizhen, and Ruan Lizhen's mouth opened slightly, a little stunned.

These vicious thieves were easily captured by Yu Guozhen's people like this?

(To be continued)