It was getting late, and Li Yao did not alarm the local county order, so he rested at the county post station, but Li Yao was not alone, there were five hundred city guards behind him, and it was difficult not to alarm the county order.

"The lower officials see the Hou Ye," the county order and others gave Li Yao a salute.

Li Yao nodded lightly, this is not Li Yao's own identity, although the Hou Ye is much older than the county order, but the Hou Ye and the county order are not in the same system, so Li Yao can't control the county order. But after all, Li Yao is the concubine of King Qi, and his identity is naturally much more noble than the county order, if Li Yao is polite to the county order at this time, then things will not be easy to do in the future!

Seeing Li Yao so cold, the county magistrate didn't feel anything wrong. Instead, he said: "I learned that Hou Ye will come here to rest today, so I prepared a banquet in the restaurant with the local squire for Hou Ye to pick up the wind and wash the dust!" ”

Li Yao thought for a while, and then nodded: "Then there is a Lao County Order!" ”

As soon as the county commander heard that Hou Ye was willing to appreciate his face, he immediately nodded and led the way for Li Yao. Li Yao took a few brothers and asked Li Feng to take a small team of city guards to the restaurant!

Before I arrived at the restaurant, I saw a group of people standing outside the restaurant, who seemed to have come to greet Li Yao. Sure enough, looking at the people standing outside the restaurant dressed gorgeously, it seemed that they were all local tyrants and squires. After a while of greetings, Li Yao walked into the restaurant and saw that the guys inside were all wearing new clothes, and it seemed that he knew that he was coming and was ready in advance.

The county magistrate took Li Yao and the others to the upstairs private room, but Li Yao refused, saying: "The squires and tyrants here have been waiting for me for a long time, and it's not too late for me to talk and eat here!" ”

Li Yao spoke, but the county order did not dare to disobey, so he hurriedly added two tables, prepared wine and food, and waited for Li Yao to take a seat.

After Li Yao sat down, the others sat down in turn, but they didn't expect that their identity as a marquis was still very useful! It looks like we can implement the plan later!

Li Yao said: "When you wait for me for a long time, I feel deeply guilty, so I will punish myself with a cup first!" After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and poured it down!

"Master Hou has a good amount of wine!"

"Massive, Master Hou is really massive!"

The following voices of admiration are endless.

After Li Yao put down the wine glass, he said, "You are waiting for me here, and you also know the purpose of my trip. ”

"Of course I do!" The county order said: "Master Hou's trip is to go to Lu County to learn how to govern the fiefdom!" ”

Yes, Li Yao nodded. Suddenly, Li Yao frowned.

The county magistrate is a delicate person, seeing Li Yao's frowning, he hurriedly asked, "What is there to hide?" ”

Li Yao replied: "I went to Lu County to learn how to govern the fiefdom on this trip, but I was in a hurry, but I didn't have much money on me. Now I eat meat and drink wine in the restaurant, but the soldiers still eat bran vegetables, so I frown! ”

The county magistrate secretly thought: "This is reaching out to ask for money!" Fortunately, prepare well before going out, otherwise you will be guilty of sweeping the face of the Hou Ye! Hou Ye is the concubine of King Qi, as long as he says a few words in front of the princes and ministers, his black gauze hat will not be able to keep! ”

The county commander said with a smile: "The people of Meixian County already knew that Hou Ye was going to pass through this place, and they all knew that Hou Ye had a tiring journey, and the city guards were hard to escort, so they wanted to donate money and reward the sergeants, a total of five thousand taels, and send it to the post station for you later!" ”

Li Yao nodded with a smile and said, "I don't know what the local tyrants and squires say!" ”

When the people below heard this, they all stood up and reported their names and how many taels of silver they had donated. In their opinion, it is already a great thing to be able to tell Hou Ye his name, and there will be a lot of talk in the future.

After everyone finished donating, Li Yao smiled and said: "All the local tyrants and squires are really bold!" I, Li Yao, am toasting everyone! ”

Everyone saw that Li Yao was in a good mood after drinking, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and after eating wine and food for about an hour, the guests and hosts were happy, and they dispersed.

Out of the restaurant door, Li Yao and a group of brothers walked to the post station.

"Big brother, how much money did you make this time! I think that's a lot of money! Skinny Monkey laughed.

Li Yao shook his head, how do I know how much money those people donated, ask the dog head.

The dog head replied, "No more, no less, exactly fifty thousand taels!" ”

"Fifty thousand taels!" Everyone gasped, "You can earn 50,000 taels for a meal, it seems that there are so many rich people in Meixian County!" The fat man said.

The dog head shook his head: "This time the eldest brother personally asked for money, who dares not to give more!" ”

The fat man looked at Li Yao suspiciously: "That's right!" Big brother, we are not short of money on this trip, why do you still ask these people for money? ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "Most of the money of these rich squires is obtained from the hands of poor people, and most of them are ill-gotten gains, so there is nothing wrong with me asking for some!" Besides, a lot of silver will be needed to govern the fiefdom in the future, so let these people pay some money to help me solve the problem of money! ”

Li Feng said: "Master Hou, if we pull 50,000 taels of silver, we will inevitably be targeted by the copycat bandits, I'm afraid this trip is not safe!" ”

"Why, you're scared!" Li Yao glanced at Li Feng.

Li Feng's face turned red at what Li Yao said: "How can the last general be frightened by a few bandits." No matter how many bandits attack, he will never come back! I'm just afraid that I will disturb Lord Hou when the bandits attack! ”

Li Yao smiled, if there are bandits coming, you don't have to worry about me! I've got blind guards, so you can drive them away!"

Li Feng also knew that the blind man's martial arts were one point higher than his own, and it would not be a problem to protect Hou Ye, plus Hou Ye's eight personal guards, Hou Ye's safety would naturally not be a problem! If bandits are coming, I will also make my sword drink blood. Thinking of this, Li Feng relieved himself!

Seeing that Li Feng had figured it out, Li Yao didn't say much anymore and rushed back to the post station early to rest.

The next day, there were 3 more carriages in the marching procession, which were 50,000 taels of silver contributed by the squires of Meixian County.

Li Yao took the official road, the road was smooth, the carriage was not bumpy, and there were many pedestrians on the road, but they were all dispersed on the side of the road to make way for Hou Ye's carriage.

Li Yao was lying in the carriage, with Lian'er serving next to him, so uncomfortable. But Li Yao kept thinking about when the bandits would come, and his 50,000 taels of silver should be enough to arouse the interest of the bandits!

It's just that Li Yao thought about it, a bandit on the top of a mountain is only a hundred and ten people, and when he sees a well-equipped army like the city guard, he naturally doesn't dare to plunder, and this is an official road, and bandits generally don't dare to come. But Li Yao obviously saw a few suspicious people, probably the bandits' spies.

Seeing that he was remembered by the bandits, Li Yao was happy, as long as he went all the way, the more money he would come with the army, I didn't believe that the bandits would never come to loot!

The official road is not as small as usual, with a pavilion in ten miles and a post in thirty miles, which can be used for people to rest and eat! Security is also greatly improved! So go all the way! went for three days in a row, and every day Li Yao would go to the county seat to ask for money. Now there were twelve carts behind him, and there were 200,000 taels of silver.

200,000 taels of silver is enough for 100,000 people to eat for five years, this amount cannot be underestimated, Li Yao does not believe that bandits will not be attracted by this large amount of wealth.

When the army marched to a valley, Li Feng suddenly stopped, and when Li Yao saw that the carriage had stopped, he called Li Feng over to ask what the situation was.

Li Feng hit his horse and came to the carriage and said: "Master Hou, when I got here, I suddenly had an ominous premonition, the two horsemen who went to investigate have not returned, it is better to let the soldiers rest here for a while, and I will order a cavalry team to go to investigate!" ”

Li Yao nodded, go back quickly, don't delay the trip.

Li Feng nodded and asked a squad of cavalry to go to investigate. It didn't take long for a dense crowd of people to rush out of the valley with weapons in hand. Only a few of the dozen or so rode back.

When Li Feng saw this, he shouted: "All the soldiers, form a formation!" ”

In an instant, the city guards swarmed up, forming one small formation after another, each of which was surrounded by a loop, which could support and rely on each other.

Li Yao was closely protected by guards at this time, so he naturally did not worry about safety, so he could rely on the carriage to observe the battlefield situation. These bandits numbered more than 2,000 people, and although they were all in rags, they numbered more than four times the number of the city guards. I don't know how many big results the city guards will have this time. I don't know if Li Feng's statement that five hundred city guards can resist ten times the enemy is a big word!

Li Feng led more than 200 horsemen and 300 foot soldiers this time. Three hundred foot soldiers formed a Bagua Array, and more than 200 horsemen stood by on both sides of the Bagua Array.

Seeing that the bandits were about to rush into the formation, Li Feng shouted: "Attack!" ”

The Bagua Array formed by three hundred foot soldiers changed instantly, and the bandits were dizzy under the alternation of front and back, and then the formation suddenly changed, and the rear army pressed in from the side, and the front and rear flanking attacks wiped out the bandits trapped in the formation, and the light cavalry on both sides also took advantage of the situation and began to kill the bandits. The bandits in the back saw that the city guards were so strong, and they all turned around and ran away, the light cavalry was a branch of the infantry, not to mention the cloth clothes worn by the bandits, they couldn't resist the sharp knives of the city guards at all, and it didn't take long for the two hundred light cavalry to kill nearly 1,000 enemies. The numbers reported to Li Yao by Li Feng after cleaning the battlefield made Li Yao instantly understand the strength of the city guards.

More than 1,200 enemies were killed and 500 prisoners were taken. The city guards only suffered more than 40 casualties, and the casualty rate of 1 to 30 made Li Yao take a deep breath, he didn't expect the city guards to be so strong, no wonder Li Feng dared to boast of such a sea mouth.

Li Yao walked to the dead bandits and observed, the bandits were all clothed, some had little armor, and some only tied two planks to the front and back for defense. I also observed the weapons, most of them were old, and there were knives, swords, and even wooden clubs, which was like playing robbery as a game. It's just that it's normal to think about it, most of the bandits are poor people who are forced to go up the mountain, except for a very small number of people who are full of evil and have a little money, how can the rest of them still have money. There is no money, no people, and the big businessmen with well-known guards will naturally not be able to rob it. And the small businessman didn't have much oil and water after grabbing it, so the equipment couldn't be done, so it was normal to get poorer and poorer!

Li Yao walked up to the captives and said, "Now I'll ask questions, if you don't answer, kill!" ”

Seeing that the bandits were all panicked, Li Yao asked, "Which mountain bandits are you made of!" ”

The bandits were all afraid of being killed, so they rushed to shout: "I am from Yanzi Mountain, I am from Baizhang Mountain!" The bandits shouted together, and Li Yao couldn't hear it clearly, so he shouted: "Shut up, talk about them one by one!" Then he pointed to the man next to him who was crouching on the ground and cowering, you say first.

When the bandit saw that he had been named by Li Yao, he stood up tremblingly and said, "We are the people of Yanzi Mountain, Baizhang Mountain, Maotou Mountain, Dahei Mountain, Curved Angle Mountain, Chikuo Mountain, Xiangxing Mountain, and Gangdan Mountain. Eight hills! ”

Li Yao said: "You squat down, if you let me know that you are lying to me, I will definitely cut off your dog's head." ”

Five hundred people squatted and occupied a large area, the people in front spoke, and the people in the back couldn't hear it at all, so Li Yao walked to the back and asked another person the question just now, the bandit also said about these eight mountains, it seems that the bandit just now told the truth, this robbery is really composed of eight mountains!

Li Yao picked up another person and asked, "Who is your leader!" ”

The bandit didn't answer.

Li Yao sneered and said, "Pull it out and cut it!" ”

The city guards immediately pulled the man out. I saw that the bandit panicked instantly and shouted: "I said, I said! ”

Li Yao waved his hand to stop the city guards: "Now you can point out those leaders of yours, if you don't finish pointing out, I won't give you a second chance to live!" ”

The bandits pointed out one by one, and for each person they pointed at, the city guards pulled that person out, and in a few moments they pulled out a dozen people.

Li Yao looked at the dozen or so people and said, "Let's all report to their homes!" ”

One of the sturdy men said: "Lao Tzu Xing will not change his name or change his surname, Su Feicheng, the second master of Yanzi Mountain!" ”

The lean man next to him said: "Lao Tzu is the third master of Curved Horn Mountain!" ”

……

After reporting to his home one by one, Li Yao didn't expect that there were eight mountain leaders among the dozen people!

Li Yao smiled and said, "Very good!" Do you know who I am? ”

"King Qi's son-in-law, Ning Hou!" The second master of Yanzi Mountain said expressionlessly.

"Since you know that I am the concubine of King Qi, and you dare to be so rampant, are you not afraid that my father will level your cottage and punish your nine clans?"

The second master of Yanzi Mountain smiled disdainfully: "As long as we can catch you, it is enough to extort countless treasures from King Qi, and when the time comes, when we run away to other countries, where will King Qi arrest us!" It's just that this time it's planted in your hands, and I have nothing to say, if you want to kill it, you can do whatever you want, I want to blink my eyes and take your surname! ”

"Yo! With my surname, you don't deserve it! Besides, I won't kill you, I'm still waiting for you to make money for me! Li Yao said with a smile.

Li Yao's words made everyone wonder! But Li Yao muttered in his mouth: "One of you is 10,000 taels of silver, a total of fifteen people have a total of 150,000 taels of silver, it seems that I can be regarded as earning this time!" ”

Li Yao said to the five hundred bandits who were detained: "I am in a good mood today and have decided to let you live, but your leader will stay with me for a while, and how long you stay depends on the meaning of your cottage leader!" One person will have 10,000 taels of silver, and it will be sent to Lu County within seven days, and the money will be released! If you don't see the money in seven days, then don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

As soon as those bandits heard that Li Yaoken let him go, they hurriedly fled in all directions! After a while, it was gone. Li Yao said to the dozen or so leaders: "You say, how many of your brothers will take money to save you?" Aren't you usually the most righteous! Let's take a good look at how you brothers are righteous this time! ”