Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 719 Fortunately, he was killed in time, otherwise he would have bowed down!

"Dwellings, camps, arsenals, yamen, farmland, and even markets..."

"Although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs. This place should have been built by the imperial court and was occupied by bandits."

Li Yan walked leisurely in the courtyard, observed the situation in the fortress along the way, and took care of some robbers who didn't have long eyes.

The difference between private construction and public construction is actually clear at a glance.

Just like Tuntian.

This business is actually the core of the fort. The original intention of building this kind of fort is to combine defensive fortifications with military garrison. The garrison can be self-sufficient, so that the grain and grass in the rear do not have to be transported to the front line. On the eve of the harvest, they come to trample and destroy the grain fields.

And once the fields are set up, not only can they accumulate food by themselves, but because the fortress can effectively protect the fields, the Song court can also recruit local soldiers and rural soldiers through this protection.

In Li Yan's view, this is actually similar to the manors in the Middle Ages in Europe. In the turbulent and thieves-ridden Europe, the manor owners provided protection to the serfs in exchange for their labor. In exchange for the labor and fighting of the natives on the border.

As for the market place, it is even simpler. The fortress built along the northwest border, in addition to being used to resist Xixia attacks and appease the border tribes, also has an obvious commercial nature. The official trading venue is located inside, and private exchanges The private market is also inside.

In the mainland, there is no foreign invasion, and the market is meaningless, but because of the rampant thieves, the merchants transport their goods to the fort to trade, which can also ensure safety. At the same time, charging venue fees is also a way for the fort to directly earn money.

Liu Yanqing's Baoan Liu family has direct control over many fort markets in the western region, and once the private market opened, it immediately became rich.

"It was originally intended to guard against thieves, but in the end it was occupied by thieves, and they were unable to capture it several times..."

"Do you raise bandits to be self-respecting?"

Li Yan's eyes moved slightly, and he walked towards the direction where the flames rose.

"Haha! If you catch me, I'll let you... you can't catch it! You just can't catch it!"

Soon there was laughter, and Shi Qian's ghostly figure jumped up and down in mid-air, playing tricks on the robbers below.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—"

He attracted most of the attention, while Hua Rong was hiding in the dark, quietly bowing and shooting arrows.

Each arrow has a tricky angle, and often one arrow can kill two or three thieves. When a group of ferocious men wielding weapons fell to the ground and turned into cold corpses, the atmosphere of panic spread in the den of thieves , and even civil unrest broke out.

If Wang Si, the escort leader outside, sees the tacit cooperation between the two, he will turn this den of thieves upside down and promise to be dumbfounded, but Li Yan is very calm.

Its own foundation plus the students he brought out are just basic operations.

And as soon as he appeared, Shi Qian was the first to notice, jumped over with great joy, and landed firmly: "Brother is here, this fortress is ours!"

Li Yan shook his head: "No matter how capable the three of us are, it is impossible to control a fortress, even in this special period... Is the fortress particularly empty?"

Shi Qian nodded again and again: "That's true. The three leaders of the den of thieves went out all over the place, and there was no reliable confidant left to watch the house. I set a few small fires, and the robbers inside panicked... If there are hundreds of officers and soldiers, they will definitely be able to take it down firmly, and I don’t know why they occupy one side and have a good reputation?"

Shi Qian in the past: I also want to be a green forest hero!

Current Times: This is the Green Forest Hero?

Li Yan asked again: "How did Huarong get in?"

With Shi Qian's lightness kung fu, it's not difficult to get in, but Hua Rong's archery skills are unparalleled, and his lightness kung fu and body skills are not so good. Coupled with the thieves and bandits patrolling the sentry, they won't be able to get in easily.

Shi Qian said: "When we arrived outside Baishawu, it was indeed me who turned in first to take a look. Huarong was waiting outside. Who would have thought that I hadn't entered yet. The gate of the village opened on its own initiative, the suspension bridge was lowered, and a group of thieves appeared .”

"Hua Rong saw that there were only a dozen thieves, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He shot and killed the leader of the thieves, and rushed in. I immediately followed, and then found that the village was very ostentatious..."

The previous confrontation between the two armies appeared in Li Yan's mind. If it was just some clues at that time, it is already certain at this time: "This time, someone wants to take this stockade. That leader is probably the internal agent lurking in."

Shi Qian came to a sudden: "I just said how weird it is, this can also happen to us, it's really lucky..."

Li Yan waved his sleeves and sent several bandits flying out, and said seriously: "Good luck will not always be with you. When I just came, the suspension bridge has been retracted. Obviously, there are still internal responses in the village. Closing the gate of the village is obviously waiting for outsiders." helper."

"Once the three leaders who went out encountered an accident, it would be logical to cooperate with the inside and outside. Even if there is any accident, as long as it prevents others from getting the fort, it will still fall into the hands of those people in the end."

Shi Qian felt a little regretful: "I thought I could take the opportunity to occupy the stockade, so we have been tossing around for a long time now, aren't we helping others make wedding clothes?"

Just as Li Yan was about to speak, he frowned and saw six green skull marks appearing in his sight.

It still appeared from below the horizontal line, even passed under his own feet, and finally arrived at a residential house not far away.

"Fortunately, there is this secret passage that connects the inside and the outside!"

"Green Bamboo Snake" Liu Lin, who had been spying on the convoy from afar, came out of the secret passage in disgrace.

On the one hand, the secret road was built too hidden, and the narrow passage could not avoid the earth, rocks and dust. On the other hand, he saw Ding Qian, the "Scorched Face Ghost", and Liu Mao, the second in command, broke through alone, and almost all of his men were wiped out. This scene had a huge impact on the soul, causing her to lose her mind.

"No! You have to cheer up!"

As the third master, Liu Lin knew that he must not be discouraged at this time, so he, who usually beat and scolded his subordinates, took the lead this time, turned around and stretched out his hand to pull Qin Xiucai and the others up one by one. .

Normally, they would have been terrified, but now they were all stiff, and one of them tremblingly said: "The chief and the second master have escaped, and their hands have been killed by the officers and soldiers. Baishawu will not be able to defend it!"

Liu Lin's gaze sharpened, and he stretched out his hand to wipe his waist, and immediately pulled out a long whip, hitting the man's neck directly.

Click!

Watching the corpse fall powerlessly, Liu Lin's icy eyes stabbed at his subordinates: "None of you are allowed to tell the news about the eldest brother and the second brother. Whoever dares to disturb the hearts of the people will be punished!"

Qin Xiucai and the others were silent, lowered their heads, and responded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes!"

Liu Lin adjusted his state and walked out quickly, preparing to face his subordinates with the best posture and gather as much strength as possible to defend the fortress.

Lifting the curtain, three figures stood outside, looking at him indifferently.

Liu Lin suddenly changed color, pointed at the past with a long whip: "Who are you?"

Qin Xiucai looked at the burly man in the middle, his complexion changed, and he leaned into Liu Lin's ear and whispered: "This man is 'Quan Yiyong' Lin Chong!"

Liu Lin frowned, revealing a deep look of fear: "Lin Erlang? Why are you in our village?"

Any whispers can't be hidden from him, Li Yan also frowned slightly, shouldn't all nicknames be catchy, the one you named is too awkward...

Fortunately, he didn't like this kind of Jianghu title at first, and he wouldn't be framed for doing things in line with the so-called righteousness of the Jianghu just because people in the Jianghu called him a righteous character. If I want to rob my convoy, why should I be surprised when I come here?"

"You... this was actually a mistake..."

Liu Lin's eyebrows flickered fiercely, and he tightly grasped the long whip with five fingers. It was not until Qin Xiucai made eye contact again and again that he gritted his teeth, ready to bear the burden of humiliation, and use Lin Chong's name of bravery to help one or two people in the village to tide over the difficulties .

However, before he could bend his knees, he found an invisible force that firmly fixed his body, preventing him from bowing down, and a calm voice came from behind him: "You want to rob my carriage and offend my wife, I will not talk too much with you here, just grab your weapon and take my move!"

After all, a palm reached out.

At the same time, Liu Lin's body also recovered, and he subconsciously whipped him over.

Then he watched helplessly as the palm snatched the whip away lightly, and whipped it around his neck with his backhand.

Snapped! !

Seeing Liu Lin's whole body flew out like a broken sack, Li Yan nodded silently.

Fortunately, he was killed in time, otherwise he would have bowed down!

Seeing Liu Lin slapped and fell to the ground with a slap in the face, the four robbers fell limply to the ground, kowtowing like garlic: "Heroic man, spare your life! Good man, spare your life!"

Only Qin Xiucai was standing. Although his legs were trembling, he was standing after all.

Li Yan looked at the scholar who was full of bad taste: "Why are you different?"

Qin Xiucai said in a low voice: "Lin... Mr. Lin probably doesn't like people who bow and kneel, so Xiaosheng doesn't kneel..."

Li Yandao: "You are a bit clever, no wonder you came up with the plan to kill birds with one stone."

Qin Xiucai's voice was trembling, but his eyes were shining again: "I also got advice from an expert, so I came up with a clever plan. I wanted to get my husband to join me, so I invited him from Dongxi Village, Yuncheng, but my husband has been working hard all day long." Read the books of sages and sages, and don't want to be with us..."

"Now that the first and second masters have been arrested, and the third master has received a bad report, this Baishawu is about to fall. If you want to keep the fort, you can only ask for a clever plan!"

Seeing Qin Xiucai's mixed expression of fear and admiration, the corner of Li Yan's mouth slightly raised: "You said that, I'm a little curious, lead the way!"

Qin Xiucai stretched his legs before he could barely walk, and led them all the way to a dwelling in the center of the fort, and knocked lightly on the door.

There was so much movement outside just now, and the sound of reading was still coming from inside, and it didn't stop until then.

After a while, the wooden door opened, and a man with delicate features, white face and long beard, came out waving a feather fan.

(End of this chapter)