Li Qiufeng wanted to listen to the old man surnamed Yang talk about this matter again, but this person turned over and over these few words, and he didn't know much. Later, an idler asked, "What are the people from Zhengyang Village doing in our town?"

Lao Yang patted the table and said, "What you said is to the point." I heard that these heroes will go down the mountain in a few days and rush to Yong'an City to gather righteousness. But if you think about it, the most important thing for a large army to go out is to have a military salary. However, the military salary of the imperial court has not yet been allocated, so these heroes naturally have to think of a way. ”

When Lao Yang Tou said this, he glanced around again, and then lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard? In the past few days, the heroes of the green forest have been setting up checkpoints everywhere to extract taxes. Outside Qinghe Town, there are four stickers set up by the village, and the common people pass by ten copper coins each time, and the merchants thirty copper coins each time. If you carry goods, it is one out of ten. Zhengyang Village can't be compared with those big cottages, so I have to set up a card outside a small town like ours to pump some oil and water. I heard that today's incident was because someone didn't pay the money and broke through the jam. So these heroes chased all the way down and fought here. ”

After a while, an idler said, "These people set up cards everywhere to collect money, don't the government care?"

Lao Yang's eyes glared and said: "Now that people are also officers and soldiers, how dare the government take care of it? Today's fight is so big, do you see a catcher to take care of it? Everyone, don't run out if you have nothing to do these days." When you meet these uncles and ask you for money, if you bring money, you will inevitably break the money, if you don't bring money, you won't be able to get beaten. Anyway, stay at home honestly. ”

Li Qiufeng listened to the old man's words with a beginning and an end, and when he thought of where to speak, there was no discipline at all, and he was also a character who spoke in the fog of Yunshan and Fog, but he was afraid that most of what he said would not be reliable. At that moment, he deliberately hoarse and said, "My uncle knows so much." But then why did these heroes leave again?"

Lao Yang Tou heard him call himself "old man", and when he was radiant, he touched his beard and said: "Several owners of Zhengyang Village also have entangled grievances in private. I heard that the second master stole the wife of the third master, and the two of them have already had a primer. Just now, the third boss was caught by mistake, and the second boss actually wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone. After the third boss escaped, he turned his face with the second boss, and the two groups started on the street. Later, when Jinyiwei arrived, he persuaded the two sides to leave, and left the town with these people, thinking that they were going to Yong'an City. ”

When Li Qiufeng heard that there was actually a Jinyi guard, his heart sank, and he said, "Don't laugh, old man." Although the little one has never been to the capital, he also knows that Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, and he will not go out easily, so how can he come to our town?

The old Yang Tou hadn't spoken yet, but only heard the tea stall owner who came over with a tea tray say: "He didn't lie, it was indeed Jinyiwei who arrived." Otherwise, how could those green forest heroes give face? Besides, so many people died in the restaurant, and the brocade guard said that he was not allowed to report to the official, and the boss was so frightened that he agreed again and again. If it weren't for Jinyiwei, how could others have this majesty. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "This is really strange, I think these green forest heroes have really become officers and soldiers." ”

The boss shook his head and whispered, "This is a strange thing. Our Ming Dynasty has been the founder of the Ming Dynasty since Taizu founded the country until the current emperor ascended the throne, but the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and these traitors and rebels against the party and the heroes of the green forest have always been killed to the end, and there has never been a precedent for surrendering and rebelling. However, in the past five or six days, there have been rumors everywhere that the imperial court is going to incorporate the green forest Xiangma into the official army, which is not a good thing. I advise everyone to find a safe place to hide these days, and wait for the limelight to pass before coming out. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "How do you know that the person who came is really Jinyiwei?"

The boss said while cleaning up the table: "I used to sell tea in the capital, and Jinyiwei has seen a lot. Although the few people just now were not wearing official uniforms, they were wearing official boots like fake ones. And I've seen them with waist cards, and it's not fake. The second leader of Zhengyangzhai is also an insightful figure, and when he saw these people, his tone softened at that time. ”

There was another murmur among the crowds. Li Qiufeng saw that he couldn't ask anything anymore, so he took out a copper coin, bought two bowls of tea and drank it, and then thanked Lao Yang Tou and slowly walked to the front of the restaurant.

At this time, the street has already resumed its lively scene, and the entrance of the restaurant is also full of people. Li Qiufeng thought that the money and wine had not yet ended, and since everyone in Zhengyangzhai had already left, there was no need to worry, so he walked into the restaurant.

As soon as Li Qiufeng walked into the restaurant, a shopkeeper greeted him, and as soon as he called "Guest officer, please come in", he saw Li Qiufeng's face, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and the rag in his hand almost fell to the ground. It turned out that the shopkeeper was the one who had just taken Li Qiufeng and Zhuyue upstairs, and was later forced to go upstairs to recognize people by the thieves in Zhengyang Village. This shopkeeper is really righteous enough, and he didn't identify it as the autumn wind and the moon, but he has a backbone.

Li Qiufeng said in a low voice: "Thank you, little brother." ”

The shopkeeper said in a trembling voice: "My grandfather, why are you back again?"

Li Qiufeng saw that there were many guests eating in the lobby, and no one noticed him, so he whispered: "My wine money hasn't been settled yet." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly pulled him to the door, found a place where no one was around, and said while wiping the cold sweat on his forehead: "Guest officer, that gang of robbers is not a good person, you still go far away, don't come back." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "I'll come back to pay for the wine, and my horse is still tied to the door, if I don't have it, I won't be able to walk a long way." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Just now our shopkeeper was stunned, and I don't know how many customers have escaped the wine account, so you don't have to settle it." As for this horse, you should ride it away quickly, otherwise the government will check it out, and we will have to eat melons with us. ”

Li Qiufeng took out a piece of loose silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper: "This money is troublesome for the little brother to hand over to the counter, and you can take the extra money to drink." As for the horses, I'll ride one and I'll give you the other. ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand again and again: "Guest officer, you don't know." Just now you left, you know, that gang of robbers got up to fight, and they all pulled out their knives to fight hard. And guess what? When the officials in the capital arrived, the robbers obediently stopped. Our shopkeeper wanted to report to the official, but the senior official was not allowed to report, and said that his official was bigger than our local official. The bodies of the people who died upstairs were carried away by the robbers. I guess these people were quite afraid of those officials, and they quit the restaurant without even daring to let out a fart. They were in a hurry to leave, and you forgot to take both of your horses with you. This horse is not a small thing, and you can't hide it, if you leave it for me, you will drive others to the government and say that you have to arrest me and torture me. You'd better take both horses with you. ”

Li Qiufeng saw that the shopkeeper understood things and was not greedy for money, so he admired it in his heart, and secretly thought that an ordinary person in the people could see things so clearly, it was really rare. At that moment, the broken silver was forced into the shopkeeper's second-hand shop, and then he took his leave and went to the door of the restaurant to untie the reins of the two horses. He knew that since Jinyiwei appeared here, if he rode a horse on the long street and led another horse, he would definitely attract attention, and he would inevitably have complications, so he didn't dare to get on the horse, but just led the two horses slowly to the south.

The scale of this town is not small, and Li Qiufeng walked for half an hour before passing through the town and arriving at the side of a large road. Li Qiufeng had already asked passers-by and knew that he was going south along this road, but he could reach the waterway wharf to Jiangnan, so he walked all the way down. Seeing that there were few pedestrians on the road, he picked a horse to keep by his side, then slapped the other horse on the buttocks and watched it slowly run away.

Li Qiufeng stood on the side of the road and tied the horse to a tree on the side of the road. Only then did he say in a deep voice: "You followed me all the way, why didn't you dare to show up?"

After a while, I heard someone laughing, and then a few people came out from behind a broken wall on the other side of the road. The leader was wearing a gray robe and a black hat, and it turned out to be Zhuang Hengyun, the second owner of the Five Tiger Villa.

Since the farewell of the imperial tomb, the two have not seen each other again. The owner of the Five Tiger Villa, Yu Chang, rebelled and left, and the rest of the owners and Zhuang Ding were almost wiped out in the Imperial Mausoleum, but Zhuang Hengyun exposed his identity as an undercover agent of the Dongchang faction in the Five Tiger Villa, and finally left the Imperial Mausoleum with Zhao Zhen and others. When Li Qiufeng left the restaurant, he had already noticed that someone was following behind him, but he didn't expect it to be Zhuang Hengyun.

There were three people standing behind Zhuang Hengyun. The three of them looked rather strange, with gloomy eyes and white faces and beards.

Li Qiufeng sneered: "It turned out to be Zhuang Erxia, I haven't seen him for a few days, Zhuang Erxia is getting more and more healthy." ”

Zhuang Hengyun walked in front of Li Qiufeng and stopped, and said with a smile: "Zhuang heard that Brother Li defeated Tang He and exalted his power in Yong'an City, and even Yun Feiyang was killed by you." The young hero is really admirable and terrifying. ”

(End of chapter)