Chapter 106: Xuyi Suppresses Bandits
Cui Ping's face flushed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "I heard that he is still secretly controlling the fleet, I guess he is making a living from this!" ”
Li Qingan smiled faintly, no wonder this former county magistrate has always refused to play the imperial court, I don't know how many benefits Du Boyun has received in the middle, he glanced at Cui Ping, saw that Cui Ping's expression was a little unnatural, and he understood a little in his heart, he didn't say anything, and asked with a smile: "Then why did he threaten to wash Xuyi County with blood?" ”
Cui Ping sighed and said: "Because there was an incident five days ago that made Du Boyun want to wash Xuyi County in blood, he is naturally a ringing horse." ”
"What happened?"
"Half a month ago, there was a silver thief in Xuyi County, has been a silver insult to the daughters of three large families in a row, so that the people of Xuyi County panicked, but we also found a little of his rules, five days ago, we ambushed in a large family's house, sure enough, at the time of the second watch, the silver thief came again, we immediately arrested, but he was very cunning, seeing that he was going to escape, we immediately decided, with an arrow to shoot him to death on the spot, but this silver thief turned out to be Du Boyun's only son Du Xi, Du Boyun lost his only son, so he wanted to wash the county in blood."
"I see!"
Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I remember that your neighboring county, Linhuai County, also has a military government, why don't you ask them for help?" ”
"Hey! Besides, I heard that there are only 300 soldiers left in the Linhuai Military Government, all of whom are old and weak, let them come, it is better to ask Yangzhou for help, I just met General Li, please General Li no matter what, to save us once. ”
"I see!"
Li Qingan stood up and said, "Now the top priority, we need to do one thing. ”
He turned around and instructed one of his attendants: "Go and call He Yanming!" ”
After a moment, He Yanming strode into the room, clasped his fists and saluted: "Please give the general's orders!" ”
"You take twenty brothers and hurry to Duliang Mountain, and intercept the people who are going to report the news."
Li Qingan said to Cui Ping again: "You arrange for a servant who is familiar with the terrain to show us the way." ”
"I'll arrange it!"
Cui Ping called a servant and gave him a few words, and He Yanming immediately set off with twenty cavalry.
At this time, Li Qingan glanced at Cui Ping again and said with a smile: "Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, now I need to know the details of Du Boyun, whether you tell me, or the county governor or county lieutenant to tell me." ”
Cui Ping's face turned pale, he understood what Li Qing'an meant, Li Qing'an had already seen that they had something to do with Du Boyun, Cui Ping said: "General Li, I have nothing to do with this Du Boyun, it's just that Sizhou Liu Taishou didn't allow me to report the matter of Duliangshan, and the report I wrote was returned by him, and this Liu Taishou is my predecessor county commander." ”
"Then dare you say that you didn't take a penny of benefits?" Li Qingan stared at Cui Ping sternly.
Cui Ping's face swelled into a pig's liver color again, and he lowered his head and said: "Ding County sent fifty taels of gold afterwards, saying that it was the filial piety of the big families in the county, in fact, I know that this gold has something to do with Duliang Mountain, but I don't dare to take back this gold yet." ”
As he spoke, Cui Ping took out a heavy cloth bag from the crack in the bookcase, opened the cloth bag, and inside was a square piece of gold, about the size of a book.
He put the gold on the table and said ashamedly, "That's all, I really don't dare to take it home." ”
Li Qing'an picked up this piece of yellow and clear gold, looked at it carefully, and saw a row of numbers engraved on it: Du: **No. 9, this is the gold cast by Du's furniture.
"When was this gold delivered?"
"Half a month ago." Cui Ping himself was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized, "Could it be that this gold was sent by Du Boyun's son down the mountain?" ”
"It's very likely."
Li Qing'an put down the gold and immediately ordered: "Go and arrest that Ding Xiancheng for me!" ”
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Just as Li Qing'an judged, He Yanming caught a panicked-looking man on the official road ten miles west of the county seat, and searched from him for a quick letter written by the county Cheng Ding Yi to Du Boyun, which contained only one sentence: 'Five hundred horsemen of the Tang Army entered Xuyi County. ’
The atmosphere in Xuyi County immediately began to be tense, the city gate was strictly controlled, only entry and exit were allowed, the official roads were crowded with people who had fled into the city from all over the neighboring towns for refuge, and the officials also mobilized from house to house, mobilizing young men to participate in the city protection and defend their homes, and the station of the regimental training camp was even more lively, with horse-drawn carriages full of pigs, sheep, vegetables and fruits coming in an endless stream, and nearly 100 large gentry crowded at the door, begging the soldiers of the regimental training camp to defeat the horses for them.
"Plop!" With a bang, the two Tang soldiers swept the obese Ding Xiancheng to Li Qing'an's feet, and Ding Xiancheng was so frightened that he trembled all over his body and said a word.
Li Qingan looked down at him, squinted and smiled: "The dignified eight-rank court official actually went to collude with Xiangma, this is the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, aren't you afraid?" ”
"The general spared me, I didn't collude with Xiangma, it was Liu Taishou who colluded with Xiangma, I just helped them deliver the news, just ran errands!" Ding Xiancheng's tears and snot flowed down together, his head banged on the ground, and he begged bitterly.
"Humph! If you don't collude with him, then what do you do to send him a letter, if I guess correctly, tomorrow Du Boyun will attack the county seat, and you will be the first to open the city gate, Ding Xiancheng, am I right? ”
"General Li, I am willing to make meritorious service to atone for my sins, spare me once!"
Li Qingan glanced at him and said, "Say it!" Tell me what you know about Du Boyun. ”
Under strong pressure, Ding Xiancheng finally explained everything honestly.
In fact, as early as two years ago, the three brothers of the Du family bought a large area of mountains and forests on Duliang Mountain, began to build temples and Taoist temples, and built at least hundreds of houses on Duliang Mountain in the name of monks' houses.
Under the deliberate protection of the predecessor Liu County, the Du family was able to develop smoothly in Duliang Mountain, and it was extremely hidden, if it wasn't for Du Boyun's only son being killed by Cui Ping by mistake this time, Du Boyun was also ready to pay another five hundred taels of gold to buy Cui Ping and continue to cover them up.
Li Qingan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about the whereabouts of Du Bosheng, Du Bosheng was robbed by a group of mysterious people at that time, it seems that this group of mysterious people is very likely to be done by Du Boyun, so will Du Bosheng hide in Duliang Mountain?
Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, but denied his guess, it shouldn't be there, if he was, Du Boyun wouldn't be so impulsive, threatening to wash Xuyi City in blood, at least Du Bosheng would persuade him, and Du Boyun recruited 2,000 people from the displaced people who fled from Henan within a month, what was he going to do? Are you ready to confront the officers and soldiers who encircled and suppressed?
Li Qingan faintly felt that things should not be so simple, how could the sound horse attack the city, how could he publicly issue a war letter, isn't this a scareless snake?
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At dusk, Li Qing'an returned to the barracks, and along the way he saw the officials mobilizing the people from house to house, and suddenly, he found a strange thing, the officials wore different official uniforms, most of the officials wore black and red official uniforms, but a small number of the official officials wore blue official uniforms, but the style was the same.
He reined in his horse and asked a servant in a blue uniform, "Are you a servant of Xuyi County?" ”
"General, our officials of the Xuyi Inspectorate heard that there will be a horse attack tomorrow, so we will withdraw into the city."
Li Qingan was stunned, "Then is there anyone else in your office?" ”
"There is no one for the time being, and I will go back when I avoid this limelight."
In an instant, a bright light flashed in Li Qing'an's heart, he seemed to think of something, but he couldn't see it clearly, at this time, another official said: "I'm worried that if the more than 200 public ships in our office are stolen, our jobs will be lost." ”
"Boat!"
Li Qing's peace of mind suddenly realized, the voice of the east and west, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, Du Boyun is so cunning!
He whipped his horse and galloped towards the barracks.
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Jianghuai transfer division yamen in Jiangdu, but in some important transfer places have branches, Sizhou is the Huai River into the Cao River node, the status of the transfer is very important, so there is a branch in Sizhou, under two inspection offices, one is the Linhuai County Inspection, one is the Xuyi County Procuratorate, one is responsible for the Cao River boats, one is responsible for the investigation of the Huaishui west of the boat, this time because Liu Changyun is in full pursuit of Du Bosheng's whereabouts, so the river is very strict, except for the public boat, other civilian ships are all into the port for inspection.
But today, because of the news of the attack of bandits in Duliangshan, and the lack of manpower in Xuyi County, Cui Ping invited the officials of the inspection office to help, and the inspection office was empty, with only two old officials guarding the boat.
The branch office is located in a small tributary of Huaishui, about half a mile away from Huaishui, a row of five houses was built on the riverbank, and a narrow path was extended on the official road, and dozens of steps away on both sides of the path were dense willow forests.
At this time, in one of the rooms on the far side, two old officials were hiding in the room drinking, and one of the blue-faced men sighed: "We are unlucky, they are all hiding in the city, in case the horse kills, where should we hide?" ”
"Do you know how you died? Stupid! Another person knocked him hard, "There are more than a hundred boats outside, and the horses are coming, wouldn't it be safer for us to hide in the river?" ”
The blue-faced man was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "I'm really stupid, haha!" ”
"Come on! Drink. ”
"Drink!"
Just as the two of them were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, hundreds of black shadows quietly approached the yamen of the inspection office, the knives in their hands shining coldly, and behind them, more than a hundred carriages followed in the distance.
With a wave of a tall man's hand, dozens of people rushed into the room, only to hear two screams, the lights in the room went out, and the black shadow rushed into the office to rummage through the cabinets, and in a moment they found more than a dozen official uniforms of the officials, and more than a dozen people immediately changed into their bodies.
"Quick! Be careful with the boxes on the wagon! “
The carriage drove in, and the dark shadows put down their knives and began to unload the Nanmu boxes on the carriage.
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On the other side of the river, in the willow forest dozens of steps away, Li Qingan looked indifferently at the busy black shadows, and as he expected, Du Boyun's bloody washing of the county was fake, and the wealth was real, with the public boat and public service, no one would check them along the way.
They carried a lot of things, more than a hundred wagons, loaded with large and small wooden boxes, and it seemed that they had long wanted to go.
Li Qing'an waved his hand lightly, and the three hundred soldiers of the regimental training battalion raised their bows and arrows on the ground, and the sharp tips of the arrows aimed at the black shadow dozens of steps away.
Li Qing'an pulled out an arrow, put on the black bow, the bowstring slowly pulled apart, into a full moon shape, the string was loosened, and the arrow shot out in an instant, strong and fast, and an arrow pierced the back of the black-clothed leader's heart.
'Ahh A terrible scream, shattered the quiet night, this scream is the signal, the willow forest suddenly random arrows, arrows like dense rain, in the narrow path to carry the box black shadow caught off guard, all of a sudden was shot down a large piece, the regimental training camp hard practice of the archery at this time to exert its power, the arrow is strong, than the average archer is different, the arrow is either dead or seriously injured.
Dozens of people who were driving the car behind saw that the situation was not good, turned around and fled, but Li Fei Shouyu led a hundred cavalry Tang Army to intercept the retreat, Tang Army brandished spears and horizontal knives, slashed and assassinated, these horsemen were not really robbers, and suddenly found that Tang Jun appeared, and immediately frightened farts and urine, and left the carriage and scattered and fled.
"Officers and soldiers are coming! Officers and soldiers are coming! ”
"Run!"
The horses were frightened by the killing of the Tang army, so they wanted to grow wings, hugging their heads one by one, and they couldn't run away, so they lay on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
After three rounds of arrows, most of the black shadows on the dock were killed and wounded, and those who were not dead ran away, and finally more than two dozen people were surrounded by the Tang Legion, and hundreds of bows and arrows were aimed at them.
"Spare your life! Spare your life! More than two dozen people knelt on the ground together, desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"What about your chiefs? Who is it! Li Qingan pointed with a long bow and shouted.
"Master Jun, our third master was the first to be shot to death!" A man shuddered.
"What's his name?"
"Back to the military master, the third master's name is Du Boyuan."
It turned out that the third brother of the Du family was shot to death by himself, Li Qingan grabbed this person's neck and said angrily: "What about Du Bosheng? In the mountains? ”
"Army.... Lord, the eldest lord is not on the mountain. ”
"Where's that?"
"We also.... I don't know. ”
Suddenly, a stench came, and the man was so frightened that he was incontinent, "Damn! ”
Li Qingan threw him on the ground and strode towards the carriage.
Li Fei Shouyu was leading dozens of brothers to inspect the box, and Li Qing'an stepped forward and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”
"Shichiro, I was looking for you, you come with me."
Li Fei Shouyu led Li Qing'an to the last few carriages, the last few carriages were different from the previous carriages, they were all iron boxes, Li Fei Shouyu pointed to the above line of words and said: "Qilang, look at this, this is actually King Qing's thing." ”
I saw that the lower right corner of each tin box was engraved with the words 'Qingwang utensils'.
"What's in the box?"
"Guess what!" Li Fei Shouyu couldn't hold back the excitement on his face.
Li Qingan's mind flashed Cui Ping's gold nuggets, and he smiled: "I guess it's a gold nugget, right?" ”
"Closely, but closely."
Li Fei Shouyu opened a lid and saw that all the temple bronzes inside, one-foot-high Buddha statues, copper bowls, copper bells, copper chimes, copper wooden fish, etc., were all made of small sizes.
Li Qing'an picked up a statue of Buddha, approached the torch and looked at it carefully, it was indeed a bronze statue, according to the market price of Chang'an, this ten-pound bronze Maitreya Buddha statue was worth five yuan.
"Shichiro, you look closely."
Li Fei Shouyu took out a dagger and slashed it at the bottom of the bronze statue, and at the gap, the crimson copper color was gone, but the yellow and clear gold color.
"These ..... It's all gold? ”
"That's right, these ten carriage bronzes are all gold, but painted copper."
Li Qing'an gently stroked the bronze ware, a trace of excitement shot out of his eyes, and he suddenly asked, "How much gold is there?" ”
"I can't calculate yet, it's a hundred boxes in total."
Li Qingan's eyes lit up, a hundred boxes of gold, how many would it be?
"Shichiro, what should I do? Shall we hand over this gold? ”
Li Qingan pondered for a moment and then asked, "What's in the other box?" ”
"It's all treasures, silver, jewels and jade, and the amount is also amazing, but it's all the property of the Du family."
"How many brothers know that these bronze objects are gold?"
"There is no one else, it is me and He Yanming, who accidentally discovered it."
Li Qing'an walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he turned around and said: "Shouyu, I want to take this batch of gold, maybe we can use it in Anxi in the future, what do you think?" ”
"Yes, but I think it's also very risky."
"I know, although the box is heavy, but it is not big, a hundred brothers can take it away on horseback, this batch of gold is estimated to be King Qing's black money, he will never dare to say, we are bolder, don't look ahead."
"I think so too, this is likely to be King Qing's huge profits from smuggling salt, Qilang, we might as well be more hidden, buy a large number of bronze wares, mix them in them, and transport them to Chang'an by ship, so that even if they are seen, they will never think that these bronzes will be gold."
"Well said, let's do it like this, it's best for us to open a copperware shop in the West Market, it's even more beady."
"What about the Du family's money and belongings?" Li Fei Shouyu asked again.
"The Du family's money and goods can be handed over to Yangzhou Taishou, but..."
Speaking of which, Li Qingan patted the carriage and said with a smile: "Since we have intercepted the Du family's property, we have to take out a part of it to reward the brothers, and everyone will be together in the future!" You can't afford to lose everyone. ”
"Shichiro, are you going to ......" Lifei Shouyu said in surprise,
"Nothing."
Li Qingan put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't you think it's a pity that the soldiers we have trained so hard have been left in Jianghuai in vain?" ”
"I see!"
Li Fei Shouyu waved his hand excitedly: "Okay! Everyone drove the carriage back to the station and set off immediately! ”
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In the Hongfu Temple of Duliang Mountain, Du Boyun hugged a young woman, drinking wine in a big bowl, the woman's body was very thin, her back was bent, she was trembling with fear like a lamb, and behind a big pillar not far away, an old man with gray hair clenched his fists in pain.
Du Boyun was about forty years old, red-faced, and very rugged, and he glanced at the young woman, and suddenly snorted, grabbed her hair, and raised her face.
"Little lady, if you don't make me happy again, I will leave you to the brethren as I did last time, how about you, do you want to taste that extreme happiness again?"
"No, second master, don't! I beg you. The woman begged in a wailing voice.
"Then you smile, coax Lao Tzu to be happy, don't cry like a dead mother!"
"Yes~"
The woman forced a smile, but was slapped away by Du Boyun, "!" Are you crying or laughing. ”
The woman covered her face and cried, at this time, the old man behind the big pillar could no longer restrain himself, he ran out and knelt in front of Du Boyun, kowtowing again and again, "Second master, for the sake of serving the Du family since I was a child, spare the little girl!"
"Grandma, Lao Tzu is in a good mood today, but he just came to ruin the fun, come to someone! Beat this old bastard out for me, this stinky woman here, throw it into the black room, whoever wants to fuck her casually. ”
"Sir, spare your life! Spare your life! ”
The father and daughter were dragged down, and Du Boyun drank another glass of wine, twisting his neck slightly, and the bone joints rattled.
At this time, a young man hurriedly walked in and said, "Father, the child is really not at ease, and I want to go down the mountain to have a look." ”
"What are you worried about, who can see through my carefully planned plan? Is that nerd Choi County Order? It's a joke to see through, come on! Xi'er sat down and drank with her father. ”
This young man is naturally Du Xi, Du Boyun's only son, and as for the flower thief who was shot to death by Xuyi County, he was just a ringing horse that looked a little like Du Xi.
Duliang Mountain is a secret vault of the Du family, since three years ago began to operate, in the name of the Sizhou Jin family to buy land and buy mountains, build temples and temples, and hide nearly half of the family property in the temple, a few months ago, the eldest brother Du Bosheng was arrested, the second and third took advantage of the opportunity of the dispute between Lu and Liu, bought the official to save Du Bosheng, because of the shady scene involving King Qing, the Du family knew that they could not gain a foothold in the Tang Dynasty, and the Du family began to plan to leave the Tang Dynasty to go to the book.
But how to transfer the money is a big problem, so the Du family planned a three-step plan, the first step was to secretly establish a base in Duliang Mountain and buy the local government;
The second step is today's strategy, to make Xuyi County fall into a trap by the despicable means of picking flowers, Du Boyun sent a war letter to Xuyi on the grounds that his son was killed, forcing Xuyi County to transfer all the people into the city, so that the third Du Boyuan took advantage of the night to snatch the public boat of the inspection office and send the Du family's property away overnight.
The third step is to recruit troops in Duliang Mountain, choose the right time to pull the flag and rebel, and draw the attention of the government to Duliang Mountain, so as to cover the Du family's escape from the south.
It should be said that the three steps have been planned seamlessly, there have been no problems so far, and the progress is also going smoothly, Du Boyun is in a good mood, as long as the property is transferred today, he can pull the flag and rebel, maybe he can wear a dragon robe to have a good time.
"Xi'er, come and have a glass of wine, you will leave in two days, you can be a father here."
Du Xi drank the wine, but he was always a little worried, at this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, several subordinates rushed in, and when they saw Du Boyun, they lay on the ground and cried, "Second master, we encountered an ambush of officers and soldiers, the third master was shot to death, and everything was snatched away by officers and soldiers!" ”
'Dangchang! 'Du Boyun's wine glass fell to the ground.
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The next day, the gate of Xuyi County was closed, and five hundred Tang troops and thousands of young and strong people stood in the city tower waiting for Xiangma's attack, but until noon, there was still no news in the distance.
Cui Ping was a little anxious, ran to Li Qingan and asked, "General Li, what happened?" ”
Li Qingan shook his head and said, "I don't know, just wait a while!" ”
After waiting for nearly an hour, the end of the official road was still deserted, and there was no figure, suddenly, several horses galloped from a distance, Cui Ping perked up, and shouted: "General Li, the spy you sent is back." ”
Li Qingan waved his hand and ordered: "Open the city gate!" ”
The city gate slowly opened, Nan Jiyun and several Tang soldiers galloped into the city, and after a while, Nan Jiyun rushed up to the city head and reported: "General, there seems to be a problem on Duliang Mountain, we saw many people running down the mountain with packages. ”
Li Qingan's face sank and said: "I don't want to be like, I want to know, what happened?" ”
Nan Jiyun's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "We caught two people asking, they said that the king did not know where to go, and the dragons on the mountain were leaderless, and they were all in chaos. ”
Li Qingan thought about it, and then said to Cui Ping: "I want to go to Duliang Mountain to have a look, if a large group of people attack, you light a fire and set smoke, I will rush back immediately." ”
"General, I will do it!"
The city gate was wide open, and Li Qingan led 400 regiments to train troops and galloped away in the direction of Duliang Mountain.
Duliang Mountain is about forty miles away from Xuyi County, an hour later, the horsemen rushed to the foot of Duliang Mountain, walked for a while, came to the road up the mountain, saw dozens of people fighting for something in front of them, Li Qing'an pointed with a horsewhip, "Give me all to take!" ”
Hundreds of Tang troops galloped forward, and dozens of people fled in fright when they saw the Tang army coming, but they were still a step too late, and the Tang army galloped forward and surrounded them.
"Get down on your knees and put your hands on top of your head!"
Everyone knelt down one after another, putting their hands on the top of their heads in fear, and then Li Qingan urged them to step forward, and saw that each of them had big bags and small bags, and some people had wives and children, so they asked, "What happened on the mountain?" ”
"Master Jun! My king ran away all night last night, and there was a mess on the mountain. ”
"Really?"
Li Qing'an glanced up at the top of the mountain, and faintly saw the temple on the mountain from Wanlu.
"Take me down, torture them one by one, and kill those who don't tell the truth!"
The Tang army rushed up like a wolf and a tiger, grabbed these fugitives, and dragged them to both sides of the road.
In a few moments, all the confessions were recorded, most of these people were recruited from the displaced people who fled from the drought area a month ago, and in the morning they saw the chaos in the mountains, and many people fled.
Li Fei Shouyu stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Qilang, I'm worried that they have ambushes on both sides of the mountain road, so we'd better be cautious." ”
Li Qing'an waved his whip and ordered: "Send a few brothers to investigate the situation from the path, and if you do run away, light a fire on the temple." ”
Immediately, several Tang soldiers touched the mountain from the path, Li Qingan led a large group of men and horses to wait patiently at the bottom of the mountain, and after waiting for more than half an hour, a soldier suddenly pointed to the top of the mountain and shouted: "General, look, there is smoke in the temple!" ”
I saw a pillar of smoke rising into the sky at the temple on the top of the mountain, "Go up the mountain!" Li Qing'an gave an order, and the Tang army dismounted one after another and led the horses to the top of the mountain.
There was no problem all the way up the mountain, as the fugitives said, the temple where Du Boyun and the others lived was already empty, there were smashed teacups and dishes everywhere, discarded books and letters were all over the ground, and they fled in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to burn them.
Li Qingan bent down to pick up a letter, gently patted off the dirt on it, and the envelope read: 'Brother Boyun personally opened', and the signature was Xuyi Liu Ziming, which is now Sizhou Taishou.
Li Qingan smiled, this Du Boyun is not a person who can have a deep friendship, Liu Taishou should go to the prison to cry.
He Yanming searched around and came over to report: "General, there are no valuable things, we have arrested a hundred people, all of them are inconsequential people, and they don't know where Du Boyun fled to." ”
"Search again and put away all the letters."
At this time, Nan Jiyun walked quickly to report: "General, we caught a family in the kitchen cellar. ”
Several Tang soldiers pushed an old man with gray hair up, "Very good!" Li Qingan sat down on a stone and said to the old man: "I don't want to be tortured, tell me everything you know, and I'll let you go!" ”
"Let my old wife and daughter go together!"
Li Qingan glanced at the two women squatting in the corner, an old woman and a young woman, both of them were pale and very weak.
"Good! We make deals. ”
"Master Jun, I am the old family of the Du family, I have followed the Du family for decades, this time I went up the mountain, I didn't worry about my wife and daughter, and I brought them too, but they encountered a nightmare situation, my heart is already cold, but I have been so rewarded for the hard work I have paid for the Du family."
"You only told me what happened last night!" Li Qingan interrupted him.
The old man sneered and said: "More than a dozen people escaped back last night, saying that Du Laosan was ambushed by the officers and soldiers and was killed by arrows, and all the money and property were seized by the Tang Army. Also King Jinwei, I think it's the king of impotence, a soft egg. ”
Li Qingan slowly straightened up and asked, "You say, where did Du Boyun flee, and where is Du Bosheng hiding?" As long as you say it, I will give you five hundred taels of silver to settle in, so that you can spend your old age in peace. ”
The old man lowered his head and thought for a while: "Where did Du Boyun flee, I don't know, but where Du Boyun is, I have a little eyebrows." ”
"Tell me, where?"
"The Du family is from Yangzhou, most of them know, but Du Bosheng's maternal uncle is from Qu'a County, Runzhou, but only a few family members know, I am one of them, more than a month ago, Du Boyun once went to Runzhou, took away a lot of money and things, the military master might as well go in that direction to check."
"Runzhou!"
Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, and immediately got up and ordered: "Leave fifty people to deal with the aftermath, and the rest of the brigade will follow me to Runzhou!" ”
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(To be continued)