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Xuanyuan Chen's three hundred men and horses had already arrived in front of Li Zhuangzhai.

The south of Li Zhuang is built against the mountain, and the other three directions are built with walls, the wall is five meters high, it is not lower than the ordinary county seat, and at a glance, the female wall, the battlement, the arrow tower, the corner tower are all available, and even two heavy bed crossbows can be seen, such a city defense has the village soldiers to protect their homes to the death, no wonder Li Zhuang can be alone in the war-torn Jiannan Road.

Xuanyuan Chen's trip was to collect grain, in order to express his sincerity, he did not embarrass Li Chongmao, but explained to him the intention of coming, and then put him and the rest of the fifty township soldiers back to the village.

After about half an hour, Li Zhuang did not respond, and the Beiliang army waiting outside gradually lost patience.

Xiao Tianming volunteered, and after getting Xuanyuan Chen's consent, he came to the door of Li Zhuangzhai alone, and shouted loudly: "My general, please meet Old Lady Li!" The identity of Prince Xuanyuan Chen was too eye-catching, and Xiao Tianming didn't dare to say it easily, so he called him a general.

Li Zhuang finally moved, the wall was crowded, and the cold light with a hidden blade was flickering.

Xuanyuan Chen nodded slightly, Li Zhuang's cautious reaction was not surprising, in this troubled world, for any strange outsider, it was necessary to raise the spirit of twelve.

With all the guards on the wall of Li Zhuang Zhai in place, the gate of the village slowly opened a hole, only to see someone walking out of it, about forty years old, with fine skin and tender meat, elegant appearance, respectfully bowed and said: "Master Jun, please enter the village, under is the eldest son of Old Lady Li, Li Jizhong!"

Li Jizhong seems to be rich, but his knuckles are wide and covered with a thick layer of calluses, which is obviously caused by long-term cultivation of kung fu.

Xiao Tianming glanced at Li Jizhong up and down, his face suddenly sank, and he pretended to be angry and said, "My general is here, why didn't Mrs. Li come out to greet him in person?"

Li Jizhong bowed and explained: "My father is old, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and he was infected with cold poison some time ago, so he really can't get out of bed, and I ask the military master to forgive me." ”

Xiao Tianming snorted lightly, no longer entangled with him, and asked directly: "Three thousand stone grain, are you ready?" He was captured in a vicious battle with thieves in Laocheng, and Li Zhuang was not weak in force, but he had always groveled, which made him extremely shameless and deeply disgusted, and naturally there would be no good words at this moment.

Li Jizhong's face was bitter when he heard this, and he begged: "When the military masters come to Lizhuang, the villains should indeed supply grain and grass, but 3,000 stone of grain is too much, and the small village has few people and sparse land, so it really can't afford to supply it."

Xiao Tianming knew that the shortage of food in Longwangzhai was serious, and it was at an imminent juncture, so he didn't dare to talk to death easily in terms of the amount of food, so his face slowed down and asked, "How much food can Li Zhuang provide?"

Li Jizhong stretched out a hand, pointed five fingers and said, "Five hundred stones at most!" ”

Bargaining is a common thing, but Li Jizhong's words are not a counteroffer, but an insult, and he is simply calling Hanako.

Xiao Tianming's face changed sharply, but he was still calm, and asked, "Is it a little less?"

Li Jizhong bowed lower, and explained like a slave: "The military master doesn't know, my Li Zhuang did have a lot of grain, but some time ago, the Long Wu Army and the Great Qin Army came to collect a batch of grain and grass, and at this time, there was really no surplus in the village, so I could only barely maintain the livelihood of the villagers in the village."

The Longwu army was trapped in Qi County, and the surrounding Great Qin thieves had already formed a siege on it, so the Longwu Army was almost incapable of sending people out of the city to collect grain, and the Great Qin thieves were unlikely to collect and scrape to Li Zhuang, after all, Qi County was hundreds of miles away from Li Zhuang, and the cost of transporting grain alone was a headache.

As soon as Xiao Tianming thought about it, he knew that Li Jizhong was opening his mouth, and he couldn't help but be angry, and sneered: "Since you said that there is no food, do you dare to let me search the village?"

Li Jizhong slurred: "Master Jun, this ......"

Xiao Tianming interrupted coldly: "Don't play these little tricks anymore, I'm not a seven-year-old child who can be deceived at will." His face was gloomy, and the threat was already obvious: "Putting back the sixth young master of your family, it is the move of my family's general to salute first and then soldier, if you don't know the current affairs, just wait for trouble!"

Li Jizhong didn't dare to say anything more, and after humbly making an apology, he hurriedly ran into the village.

As for the price of 500 stones offered by Li Zhuang, after Xiao Tianming returned to report, he instantly aroused the anger of the public.

Zuo Kui said angrily: "What does Li Zhuang mean, the thieves in Longwang Village are all offered as grandfathers, but in the face of our officers and soldiers, they are sloppy, are we really easy to bully?" Or do you think we don't dare to capture Li Zhuang? ”

In order to protect themselves, the people of Jiannan Province have long forgotten that they are still the people of the Han Dynasty.

Duan Qifeng said solemnly: "After Li Chongmao goes back, he will definitely tell us about the situation that we can destroy the Dragon King Village, and they will never think that we are easy to bully after they understand it, but they still dare to be so sloppy now, just because the Dragon King Village is a thief, and we are an official army."

Thieves can be unscrupulous, but the official army is bound by national law and military law.

After listening to what Duan Qifeng said, everyone in the Beiliang Army was silent, could they really attack Li Zhuang, what was the difference between this and the thieves everywhere in Jiannan Dao?

In a dilemma, everyone's eyes involuntarily looked at Xuanyuan Chen.

Xuanyuan Chen's face was calm, he looked at Li Zhuang who was heavily guarded in his eyes, and said, "Without my order, everyone is not allowed to act rashly." As he spoke, he rode his horse to the door of Li Zhuangzhai.

Zuo Kui and the others glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything to stop them, any decision made by Xuanyuan Chen was a manifestation of his will, and the soldiers of the Northern Liang Army had learned to obey instinctively.

When Xuanyuan Chen decided, there were already a lot of grain bags piled up in front of the gate of Li Zhuang Village, and the grain bags were thrown down from the wall, and the number should have exceeded five hundred stones.

Li Zhuang's decision was quick and increased his bargaining chips, and they believed that even if the officers and troops outside were not satisfied, they would not choose to attack.

Xuanyuan Chen just glanced at the grain pile lightly, and shouted, "Old lady Li, please come out and speak." His voice was not loud, but it was incomparably loud in the silence of the night.

The door of Li Zhuangzhai was closed, and no one answered.

Xuanyuan Chen shouted again: "Old lady Li, please come out and speak." The voice is not hurried or slow, and the slightest fluctuation cannot be heard, but because it is too calm, it makes people feel frightened.

Li Jizhong stood up from behind the wall, bowed deeply and said: "Master Jun, my father is in poor health and really can't come out to see him, please forgive me."

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Chen's voice became cold: "Open the door, I'll go to visit Old Lady Li."

Li Jizhong couldn't wait to kneel down on the wall, it was not important to lose face, he was afraid of offending people who should not be offended, he said pitifully: "Master Jun, you have a lot, let Li Zhuang go, we are willing to add another 500 stone of grain."

Xuanyuan Chen squinted his eyes and looked up, his face was full of frost, and there were only two words in his mouth: "Open the door!"