Although Zhao Qi is called Zhao Crazy, it is just because this guy is short-tempered and easy to get on the head, although he is crazy, he is not stupid. After being subdued, when Song Nan told him about the punishments that were customary in several brocade guards, Zhao Maniac agreed to cooperate with Song Nan even faster than he imagined.

In exchange, Song Nan promised to spare Zhao Qi's life, and when he returned to Beijing to interrogate the thief leader in the future, Song Nan would let Zhao Qi sentence him to exile on the grounds of his meritorious service, and send the border town to the armored people as slaves.

However, both sides are full of distrust of each other, and Zhao Qi only got Song Nan's verbal promise, and Song Nan could not fully believe Zhao Qi; Song Nan asked Zhao Qi to point out the route to the camp of the thieves, as well as the secret outposts around him, and Zhao Qi complied one by one. But Song Nan never dared to fully believe Zhao Qi, he adopted the strategy of cross-advancing, and asked Wang Yong to lead half of the men and horses to follow the map, so as not to be led astray by Zhao Qi and surrounded by thieves.

In the evening, Li Daniu, who rushed to the large army to give the order, rushed back and informed that the army had swept three secret posts on the mountain wall of the ancient road, and now had arrived at the fork in the road ten miles ahead.

Song Nan copied the map drawn by Zhao Qi and handed it to Li Daniu to send back, and ordered Xu Tai to clear it according to the location of the dark post marked on the map. Song Nan would cut off his head without hesitation.

After resting for the night, Wang Yong led fifty guards first, and Song Nan followed behind with Zhao Qi, who was injured in his leg, along the way, there was nothing to do, and Song Nan and Zhao Qi chatted.

"Zhao Qi, why did you rebel in the first place? Don't tell me any about officials forcing the people to fight against the heavens, as far as I know, you are all bounty hunters of the government, specializing in arresting thieves and homeless people, and you are living a good life, and you have done nothing less to bully the people. ”

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes and said: "According to what you say, we are living a very leisurely life, if this is the case, why do we rebel?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Could it be that Liu Liu and Liu Qi really want to be emperors?" ”

Zhao Yi shook his head and said: "I still understand the sixth master and the seventh master, they don't want to be emperors, they just can't stand being bullied, originally in Wen'an County, dozens of our brothers lived a very nourishing life, and the government also gave us a few thin noodles, but you also know in this world, big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp, but we are also bullied." ”

Song Nan smiled dumbly and said, "There are still people bullying you? ”

Zhao Yi said: "We are just fart people, although we are beautiful in the township, but we are not on the stage after all." ”

Song Nan said in his heart, this is the truth, this is why everyone is vying to hold the emperor's rice bowl, there is no power and power, even if you have three heads and six arms, you are just a small foot.

Zhao Qi continued: "Even in Wen'an County, we are not many characters, if we want to talk about real characters, it is to say that we are people from Danjia Manor. ”

Song Nan said: "Danjia Manor? What's the matter? ”

Zhao Yi glanced at Song Nan with disdain, as if he was extremely disdainful of Song Nan's loneliness, and said: "There is a person in the inner court whose surname is Dan, don't you, a member of the court, know?" ”

Song Nan suddenly remembered the information about Liu Jin secretly investigated by Jin Yiwei, Liu Jin's original surname was Dan, and he entered the palace at the age of six, and was adopted by a eunuch named Liu Shun in the palace, so he changed his surname to Liu.

"You mean Liu Jin?"

"Who else is not him? The largest manor in Wen'an County is the Dan family, and all the good fields are owned by the Dan family's manor. ”

Song Nan didn't want to listen to Zhao Qi's complaints, and asked, "What does Liu Liu's rebellion have to do with Danjia Manor." ”

Zhao Qi said: "We don't know what order the emperor Lao'er ordered, we only know that the common people are suddenly unwilling to rent the fields and run away; We just have to catch those homeless people and the people who have fallen into the grass and come back, and then receive the rewards at the county government to live. Speaking of which, the work we did was still good for the Danjia Manor, otherwise who would cultivate their fields, but that Liang Hong was really hateful, and knocked us several times, and at first he still made a small fuss, and in the end, the lion opened his mouth. ”

"The sixth master and the seventh master told us to endure the anger, as long as they don't go too far, it's okay, but that day, the seventh master went home with the reward, and the reward was originally for the eldest girl to pull the flower cloth, but passing by the side street, Liang Hong was robbed of all the dog's day, and beat the seventh master hard, just like that, the sixth master was angry, the new hatred and the old hatred together, and everyone went to slaughter Liang Hong, the steward of the Danjia Manor, killed his family, and destroyed the Danjia Manor."

Song Nan was stunned and said, "That's it?" And you instigated a rebellion? ”

Zhao Qi said: "Yes, what do you think it is for?" Anyway, everyone knows that Danjia Manor is Liu Jin's industry, and this time there is no way to live, so they simply expose the rod and make trouble. I thought that everyone would eventually go to the victory mountain outside the city to be horse thieves, but I didn't expect the common people to follow suit, so the sixth and seventh masters said that it was better to make a big noise, and if it was not good, it would really have some climate, so it was until now. ”

Song Nan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, the uprising that swept dozens of state capitals in the Ming Dynasty this time, the reason why the leader launched it turned out to be a conflict between ruffians and hooligans. Of course, there are dead leaves and grass everywhere, and a little spark can burn the prairie fire, and the people naturally don't care what the leader's heart thinks, as long as they can ignite the fire, whether it is a thunder that triggers the earth's fire, or just an accidental splash of sparks, the result is the same.

Zhao Qi's mouth was hot, and he forgot himself, and said: "Damn, it was very hot, but somehow it suddenly became like this, tens of thousands of people in the sixth master are gone, and our side has also been driven into the mountains, damn it, I really can't figure it out." ”

Song Nan's heart moved: "How do you know that Liu Liu is defeated?" ”

Zhao Qi said: "The sixth master personally told me, how could I not know?" By the way, the sixth master said, if you hadn't come out of nowhere, we wouldn't have lost so badly; But I don't think so, we don't have much capital, in the past few months, Lao Tzu has played with not a thousand but eight hundred, which I have never thought about in my life before, it's worth it, it's worth it. ”

Song Nan resisted the urge to slap him, according to Zhao Qi's words, Liu Liu did escape here, which is good, one hundred, all in one net.

Song Nan said lightly: "It's really worth it, you have plagued the state capital within a radius of thousands of miles, the people have been killed and injured by hundreds of thousands, and countless houses have been burned, do you know how many women, children and children are hungry and cold in the ice and snow, you are indeed worth it, you have made a name in history." ”

Zhao Yi came back to his senses, but he had no remorse, and said lightly: "Lord Song, don't tell me this, even if we don't make such a fuss, the life of the common people has not been much better; I don't know anything else, where we did things in Wen'an, there were people who settled accounts with us, Ma Zheng added a new land cultivation strategy, and after a year, the people would not be able to fall down, and they would owe more than a dozen taels of silver; If you don't have the money to return, you can only sell your house, sell your land, and sell your sons and daughters, you are nobles in the court, so naturally you don't believe what I say. Forget it, Lao Tzu said that these things are very important, Lao Tzu can't control these, and Lao Tzu himself is difficult to protect. ”

Song Nan was silent, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "Ask someone with you, Liu Yuerong can be in this mountain?" ”

Zhao Qi was stunned, looked at Song Nan and said: "Don't you say that I forgot about it, the eldest girl was originally ordered by the Seventh Master to kill the officers who led the army of the imperial court, but for some reason she returned empty-handed, so that we had no chance to counterattack Yizhou." As far as I know, the eldest girl's kung fu is no longer under the sixth master, she is much stronger than you, but for some reason she didn't succeed. Otherwise, the situation does not want to be the way it is. ”

Song Nan snorted coldly and didn't answer, and Zhao Qi suddenly said, "How do you know her?" Could it be that the big girl used to be around you? ”

Song Nan sneered: "So what? ”

Zhao Yi stomped his feet and said: "Oh, why is the eldest girl so short-sighted, if she kills you with a knife, how can there be a defeat in this matter?" Those wine bags and rice bags that led the army of the imperial court are not our opponents at all, if you hadn't ...... suddenly appeared. If the sixth master knows about this, he must punish the eldest girl, the eldest girl's temper is really weird, the sixth master and the seventh master love her too much, if it is my sister, I will beat her three times a day......"

A personal guard interrupted with a low snort: "Shut up, you are talking to our Metropolitan Governor, and if you speak presumptuously, don't blame us for being unkind to you." ”

Zhao Qi woke up in shock, only to remember that he was now a prisoner under the stairs, and he was busy silent, but his face was full of regret, and he was still regretting that Liu Yuerong did not kill Song Nan.

Song Nan was about to ask Zhao Qi again, when he suddenly heard someone in front of him say loudly: "Wang Qianhu is back." ”

Song Nan hurriedly stepped forward, saw Wang Yong walking quickly, and when he saw Song Nan, he said, "My lord, it's solved." ”

Song Nan nodded, the location of the dark post in front provided by Zhao Qi is correct, Wang Yong has already unknowingly eliminated one, the next mountain side three miles away, this evening should be able to end the three secret posts on the opposite peak, according to this progress, tomorrow evening can reach the left side of the thief's barracks.