At night, there was a sharp knock on the door outside the door of the wooden lattice window. A small opening was opened on the white curtain bed in the room, and the concubine lying on the bed looked out of the window and asked "Who". The housekeeper outside the door replied in a deep voice: "Tell the lord, there is a little catcher who said that he has something important to see, and it is said that it is related to the thief who ransacked the horse market." ”

The concubine hurriedly retracted and pushed Li Yongfang, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, "Master, the person who robbed you of your silver has been found?" Li Yongfang on the bed was sleeping soundly, and when he learned that the horse market thief actually had news, he sat up and asked loudly: "Found that gang of bastards?" This official will cut them with a thousand knives! ”

Li Yongfang has been really heartbroken these two days!

Zhou Qingfeng organized and planned, with a team of 50 Mongolian horses as the backbone, and took more than 300 local natives who were also farmers and bandits to make a lot of money in the horse market. This incident not only dealt a serious blow to Li Yongfang's official prestige, but also made Li Yongfang a lot of silver. In the past two days, Li Yongfang gritted his teeth in hatred when he slept, and vowed to find out the bastard who broke ground on Tai Sui's head and kill him.

Hastily put on a undershirt, Li Yongfang pushed open the door of his bedroom. He didn't wait to see the situation outside the door before he shouted loudly: "Whoever found out the news for me, I will be rewarded, sir." ”

I saw a person kneeling in the courtyard outside the bedroom in the moonlight. Seeing Li Yongfang come out, this person hurriedly kowtowed and shouted: "My lord, the small one is Han Gui, the head catcher in the city." Knowing that there was a giant thief who offended the adult Huwei, the little one was so worried that he arranged his subordinates to investigate everywhere in the city, and he really gained something. ”

"This audacious thief is actually in my Fushun City? Keep talking! Li Yongfang asked anxiously.

Seeing that Li Yongfang attached so much importance to it, Han Gui, who was kneeling, was really proud in his heart, and secretly rejoiced a little bit about his whimsical monitoring today.

During the day, 'Flat Hair' went around collecting debts, and even chased Han Gui on the top of his head, forcing him to lose face, and his official authority was gone, and he begged hard to raise money to repay the money before he could be given a few days. It's just that he spends extravagantly on weekdays, where is the money to pay off his debts? Maybe you'll be pecked to death by that hateful puppet bird that day.

Forced to be helpless, Han Gui simply turned his heart sideways, and secretly tied up a few guys from the 'Happy Forest' at night to ask him, thinking that even if he tore his face, he would have to check if Guo Jiao had any tricks to handle. Who knew that this handle would come so easily - a hotel guy saw Zhou Qingfeng and Guo Jiao meet with his own eyes, and also confessed that Zhou Qingfeng and ten other accomplices lived in the hotel.

Han Gui suddenly felt like a treasure, and hurriedly rushed to the guerrilla adult's house to report. It's just that Li Yongfang didn't feel as angry as he imagined when he heard the news, but asked in a deep voice in confusion: "Han Gui, what you said is true?" If there is half a lie, this official will not spare you. ”

Li Yongfang knows too well who his subordinates are, and it is impossible for them to investigate the case seriously, but they are framed, and the fox and the fake tiger are the best. These bastards use the official status given by thousands of households to oppress the people every day, making the city miserable and miserable. This time they actually said that they were 'worried' and 'full investigation', and the ghost believed them.

Not to mention that Guo Budo is standing behind the 'Happy Forest', and that 'Living Impermanence' has a very strange temper. Li Yongfang heard that this person was good at organs, divination, and medical skills, and wanted to recruit one or two many times. The other party ignored it, and didn't take the dignified court officials in his eyes at all. But Li Yongfang didn't dare to offend, so he could only treat it as invisible.

Hearing Li Yongfang's suspicions, Han Gui hurriedly swore that the news he got was true and true. In his opinion, if he can't pay the money, he will be pecked to death by 'flat hair', so it is better to fight to the death to see if he can overturn Guo Budo. As for whether this matter will be earth-shattering, he doesn't care.

Seeing that Han Gui was willing to gamble his life, Li Yongfang was skeptical. He asked the family members beside him, "What time is it?" ”

"It's already a child's time." Jia Ding replied. 'Zi Shi' is from 11 o'clock in the night to 1 o'clock in the morning of the next day, which is the time when I sleep at night.

Han Gui hurriedly suggested: "My lord, do you want to transfer the soldiers in the city to surround the 'Happy Forest'?" It can definitely be a turtle in an urn. ”

"Tune you big head." Li Yongfang scolded. Late in the middle of the night, transfer those soldiers who can't eat enough? It is no wonder that those military households, who can only eat twice a day and are hungry until four o'clock in the afternoon, will get up.

"Why don't you call the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the city?"

"Idiot, call those fans, and the matter will not be in my hands."

"Why don't you wait until dawn?" Han Gui said again.

"What are you going to check until dawn? If Guo Budo was really making trouble for me behind my back, he would have run away long ago. Li Yongfang scolded again. He commanded the servants beside him: "Go and call the guard camp, let them come quickly with weapons and armor." I'm going to use them, sir. ”

The guard camp is the Jiading camp, and it is the only elite that can fight in the entire Fushun Thousand Households. However, the total number of family members of all the officers is only about 100, and Li Yongfang, as the largest official of the Thousand Households, has a maximum of 30 family members. Now that there has been no war at the border for twenty or thirty years, it is a waste of money to raise too much.

The family hurriedly led the order to gather people, and Li Yongfang returned to the house and dressed neatly. After tossing for more than an hour, the group set off from the official office of the thousand households and went straight to the 'Happy Forest'.

Fushun City is not big, and it will not take long to go from Li Yongfang's official office to the 'Happy Forest'. However, when they arrived at the ground, they found that the first floor of the 'Happy Forest' hotel was brightly lit, and Guo Budo, who was dressed in a gray robe, actually sat in the lobby and drank for the moon generously, and there were two people at the same table with him.

One person was full of white hair, looking sixty years old, with a sallow face and a thin body, obviously recovering from a serious illness. It's just that he has a smile on his face, and he raises his glass from time to time, and he is in a good mood. The other person was wearing a Jurchen robe and a pigtail on his head, and it turned out to be Ma Chengta, a Jurchen businessman who had been deflated at Zhou Qingfeng's hands not long ago. He was also smiling, so embarrassed.

Guo Jiao stood behind Guo Budo and personally poured wine as a companion, very well-behaved. And behind the seriously ill person is Yang Jian, who is full of joy, and Zhou Qingfeng, a ...... who is unlucky.

Seeing Li Yongfang leading the team to kill, Guo Budo was not only not afraid, but stretched out his hand to greet him: "Master Li, come on, come on, I'll wait for you." ”

Li Yongfang didn't know why, so he took a few steps forward and asked, "Brother Guo, this official heard that you have made friends with criminals wanted by the imperial court, and I have come to verify it." How do you explain it now? ”

Guo Budo just hehe, too lazy to answer. Ma Chengta, who was at the same table, greeted Li Yongfang warmly: "Master Li, sit down, sit down, don't be angry first." I also lost a lot of money, but I was not angry. Listen to me quietly. ”

Li Yongfang was full of suspicions, just thinking that he was an official of the imperial court, and the soil emperor of Fushun could not weaken his momentum. He lifted the hem of his robe and walked to the table, but immediately saw Zhou Qingfeng, the youngest among the crowd - the blind man should also know that it was this kid who had recently made a pit for himself.

Zhou Qingfeng is super unhappy. Seeing Li Yongfang looking at himself, he raised his head and glared back viciously, and scolded unceremoniously: "What are you looking at?" Haven't you ever seen me so handsome? ”

Li Yongfang's heart immediately burst into flames, and a little oil could be poured on the human-shaped torch. He raised his hand and wanted to slap Zhou Qingfeng, and scolded in his mouth: "Shaft, so daring!" ”

It's just that as soon as Li Yongfang made a move, Guo Budo tapped the table, and a sound wave shock stopped the slap. Ma Chengta on the opposite side was even more happy, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, it's really a hero out of a young man." This courage is really commendable, and he is worthy of being a kid who can bluff me on the battlefield. ”

Li Yongfang's move was blocked, and when he saw that Guo Budo was actually protecting Zhou Qingfeng, he asked with hatred: "What is the matter with you gathering at night?" If you want to entertain your own officials, don't blame me for being rude. ”

Ma Chengta was a peacemaker, so he still asked Li Yongfang to sit down first, and then began to tell the reason why a few people got together tonight, "The horse market was robbed a few days ago, and our Jianzhou Department also suffered a lot of losses.

I returned to Hetuara overnight to report to the Great Khan that Yeh Jurchen had an elite army that had come to the heart of my state. The Great Khan was shocked and angry, and immediately sent someone to investigate thoroughly. It was only after checking it out that we were all fooled by this kid. ”

Ma Chengta pointed at Zhou Qingfeng and laughed, and continued: "The one who defeated us was actually an eight-year-old commander with a rabble of three hundred. With the banner of red, yellow and blue, he galloped on the battlefield and commanded well. When the Great Khan learned of this, he was not angry, but he sighed.

The Great Khan said, 'What is the rule of a great power, and the command of a large number of troops, but the few ministers?' If there are many virtuous people, then each one shall be appointed to his office, and what is not there? My Jianzhou Jurchen does not lack brave soldiers, but there is a lack of auxiliary ministers, and we should recruit more talented and useful people. It would be a pleasure if a virtuous man could exchange two horses for a small amount of silver. ’

I was naturally overjoyed to get this, and hurriedly rushed back to Fushun to look around. Not surprisingly, I found Brother Gu and his apprentice. I explained my intentions, and I was urging them to go with me to Hetuala. It just so happened that at night, this eight-year-old child brought Brother Guo to come to the rescue of Brother Gu, and everything was really going well, good things and good things. ”

Gu Yuanwei, who looked sickly, also raised the cup in his hand and said to Ma Chengta: "The little apprentice is stubborn and offended the sweat." The Great Khan was able to read him, and he had some talents and no longer blame, and he was really broad-minded. This little apprentice was loyal and tried his best to save me, and Gu replaced wine with tea and apologized for him. ”

Ma Chengta immediately raised his glass and said: "Brother Zhou is not 'some talents', he commands his subordinates under the tricolor banner, and even my great khan praises him." Our state department also suffered from the ignorance of his subordinates and the difficulty of commanding. You must know that in the early years, our department also distinguished the people by color, and pioneered black chess, and later added red flags and white flags.

Hearing about Brother Zhou's initiative, my family Khan felt that this method was simple and easy to implement, and it was suitable for my state department, so he simply edged the current yellow, white, red, and blue four flags, a total of eight flags. In this way, Brother Zhou is also the hero of the establishment of the Eight Banners of the State Department. ”

Ma Cheng Tale said it as a joke, and others listened to it as a joke.

Only Zhou Qingfeng was dumbfounded on the spot, his face was dull - your wild boar skin is crazy, he founded the Eight Banners Guan Lao Tzu? actually said that Lao Tzu and I also have a share?

This stinking basin can't be put on my head. I don't, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense. I have nothing to do with the Eight Banners of your state building department!