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Chapter 138 Chapter 142: Chasing the horse thief

"Why do you have the antidote?" Li Hao squinted his eyes, looking at Jin Li suspiciously and gloomyly.

Jin Li was embarrassed for a while, and he also knew that he couldn't avoid this topic, so he could only confess: "To be honest, my lord, I was once a horse thief, and I used this lying cow drink before."

"Now the golden basin has washed its hands?"

"Yes."

"Since you've already washed your hands, forget it." Li Hao jumped off the bed and said, "Where are my two bodyguards? Take me to detoxify them."

"Okay." Jin Li hurriedly led him to the next room, where both Li Yuanzhong and Lu Yun were there.

Jin Li taught him how to use the antidote, and Li Hao followed suit, but he still didn't wake up. Jin Li explained that it would take a while to take effect. Li Hao thought it was right after thinking about it. The medicine, of course, must be absorbed by the stomach before it can take effect.

Then he wanted to go to the camp to detoxify other people. Suddenly, he remembered something, turned around and asked Jin Li, "Treasurer Jin, where is Xiao Di?"

Shopkeeper Jin naturally knew who Xiao Di he was talking about, and replied: "Didn't you just say that five people were taken away."

"She was also taken away?" Li Hao frowned when he heard the words. When Jin Li said that all five were taken away, he thought it was Yinhu and his four female relatives. Among the four female relatives, Silver Fox was not counted at all.

He suddenly thought of the man in the blue shirt next to Xiao Di, and asked again, "Where is that man named Fan Shui?"

"Follow me." Jin Li said and led Li Hao to the next room, where Fan Shui was lying on the bed.

Li Hao detoxified Fan Shui first, and then explained to Jin Li: "If they wake up, let them find me in the barracks."

"Yes, my lord." Jin Li nodded in agreement, and Li Hao went to the barracks with the antidote.

When he arrived at the barracks, Li Hao detoxified Peng Hai first, and then started to detoxify his [-] special forces. He just finished feeding all [-] special forces, and there was not even a drop of antidote left.

At this moment, Lu Yun, Li Yuanzhong and Fan Shui all came.

As soon as they met, without waiting for them to speak, Li Hao said first: "Let me tell you about the current situation. Our camels and goods were all robbed by horse thieves, and all our horses were killed. The most important thing is The female relatives have been robbed by horse thieves, we must rescue them as soon as possible!"

When Lu Yun and Li Yuanzhong heard that the women's relatives had been robbed, they were both shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Then do you have an idea?"

"I thought about it just now." Li Hao said, "We are facing two problems. First, we don't know the origin and whereabouts of these horse thieves. Second, we don't have horses and camels. Even if we know their whereabouts, we can't chase them superior."

"Then what should we do!" Lu Yun, who has always been extremely calm, showed his anxious expression for the first time, "We must rescue them quickly. If the women who were robbed by horse thieves are not rescued in time, they will definitely be ruined!"

"I want to be calm, I want to be calm..." Li Hao pressed his temples lightly with both hands, and kept murmuring in a low voice, trying to keep himself calm, his face unprecedentedly solemn.

He thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Lu Yun, go around the inn and check the horseshoe prints on the ground. They have more than 100 horses here, and they must have left traces."

"More than 100 people?" Lu Yun was surprised when he heard the words, "When did so many people come, why didn't we know?"

"Don't ask so many questions!" Li Hao shouted with staring eyes, "Immediately!"

"Yes!" Lu Yun hurriedly bowed his hands to accept the order, turned around and rushed out of the camp.

"Li Yuanzhong, you immediately go to Shazhou with my official seal and imperial decree to find the governor of Shazhou, and borrow troops and horses from him... No, without the emperor's order, they dare not mobilize troops and horses, and the imperial edict is useless. In this way, you Ask them to borrow horses and camels, and send them in two batches. The first batch of forty fast horses and forty camels will be sent here immediately, so that we can quickly chase the horse thief, and the second batch of horses and camels will be sent to You Xiao. Wei, so that You Xiaowei will adjourn and rush to help us." After speaking, he took out the official seal and imperial decree from his arms and handed them to Li Yuanzhong.

"Yes!" Li Yuanzhong took the official seal and imperial decree, and left like a gust of wind.

"Is there a task for me?" Fan Shui asked with anxiety and uneasiness all over his face, "What can I do?"

Peng Hai also said: "There is still a general, my lord, what do you need the general to do?"

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "No need for now, Peng Hai, you are guarding in the barracks, if my Thirty Parts wakes up, immediately ask them to wait for me outside the courtyard of the inn, Fan Shui, follow me to the inn and ask Jin Shopkeeper, maybe we can find some clues." After speaking, he took Fan Shui and strode out of the barracks to the inn.

When Li Hao came to the inn, shopkeeper Jin was sitting quietly with his brothers in the hall. Seeing Li Hao coming, they all got up and saluted. to ask you."

Shopkeeper Jin sat down as he said, Li Hao sat down opposite him, and then asked: "Treasurer Jin, you have been in this desert for many years, you should know the desert very well, I want to ask you, what are those horse thieves?" Where is the old nest?"

Shopkeeper Jin was stunned when he heard the words, and suddenly thought of the warning Yuan Jinliang had given them before he left, and hesitated immediately. Li Hao still has a way of observing words and expressions, and when he saw Shopkeeper Jin's expression flickering, he guessed that he must know something, and said eagerly "Treasurer Jin, I am eager to save my family members, please tell me, please." After he finished speaking, he got up and bowed to the long body of shopkeeper Jin, and made a big salute.

Shopkeeper Jin felt very embarrassed, he himself was not afraid of death, but he couldn't implicate his brothers, but Li Hao is a high official in the court, and now he is begging for a big gift, if he doesn't say it, I'm afraid he will offend him again...

"I'll kneel down for you." Seeing that he was still hesitating, Li Hao wanted to kneel in a hurry.

Jin Li was startled, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said repeatedly: "I can't do it! I can't do it!"

Civilians have a natural fear of officials, even horse thieves, unless the horse thief has the ability to raise troops to rebel, but Jin Li obviously does not have this ability, he is not even a horse thief now, just an inn It's just the shopkeeper.

"Treasurer Jin, please, I have to rescue them, please..." Li Hao's eyes were already moist as he spoke.

The shopkeeper Jin was in trouble, and Lu Damao couldn't help it, and suddenly said loudly: "Brother, tell him, it's a big deal, you're going to die! What are you afraid of!"

Lin Dingkun heard the words and said loudly: "Yes, the big deal is death, we are not afraid."

"I'm not afraid either!"

"Leader tell him."

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All of Jin Li's subordinates supported Li Hao, because they hated Yuan Jinliang and Canglang's gang of horse thieves, and now that they had the support of officers and soldiers, they naturally became more courageous.

Seeing that all the brothers said so, Jin Li no longer hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said: "This group of horse thieves call themselves the Canglang gang of horse thieves. According to themselves, they are not in this desert, and it seems that they are not close. When they left Headed west, that's all I know."

"Thank you." Li Hao bowed to him again, and said, "I would like to ask the shopkeeper to prepare more than 30 servings of water and food for me. I have no money right now, so I can only pay on credit, but don't worry, the shopkeeper will wait for me to rescue the family members. After that, it will be repaid ten times."

Jin Li got up and said: "How can I keep accounts for such a trivial matter, I just give it to the adults." Then he turned to the brothers and said, "I heard you all, prepare water and food!"

"Yes!" A group of guys were very happy when they heard the words. Li Hao led the officers and soldiers to conquer the horse bandits of the Canglang Gang.

"Dingling, dingling..." Suddenly came the messy sound of camel bells outside the courtyard, and there seemed to be many of them.

Hearing the sound, Li Hao was pleasantly surprised, and rushed out of the inn. When he came outside the courtyard, he saw a long caravan of camels approaching, and Li Yuanzhong was at the front of the caravan.

At the same time, he also saw that his thirty parts had already woken up, and they were neatly lined up, standing motionless outside the inn.

When the caravan approached, Li Yuanzhong handed back the imperial decree and official seal to Li Hao, and said excitedly: "Poetry, luck, good luck, I just walked out not far, and I ran into this caravan from Chang'an." , I told them about borrowing camels, they heard that you are a high official in the court, and they seem to be moved, and the three leading merchants are currently discussing it."

Li Hao asked: "Did you show the imperial decree?"

Li Yuanzhong shook his head: "Not yet."

Li Hao nodded and looked at the caravan. There were about 400 people and more than 200 camels. It was not a small caravan.

When all the people in the caravan arrived, Li Hao suddenly tore away the imperial decree and shouted: "The imperial decree has arrived!"

Everyone in the caravan was stunned and hurriedly knelt down, including Li Yuanzhong. Li Hao read the imperial decree loudly, then walked to the front of the caravan and asked, "Who is the leader of your caravan?"

The three businessmen came forward to salute and said: "Return to the lord, the villain Mu Yifeng, the villain Qin Zheng, and the villain Shiyun."

Li Hao took out the official seal to show them, and then said: "I am the governor of Tingzhou and the captain of Zhechong who was personally appointed by His Majesty's imperial decree. They were all captured by horse thieves, and my five hundred war horses were also slaughtered by horse thieves, and the camels were also robbed, so I want to borrow [-] of your camels to chase the horse thieves. After this is done, I will definitely ask the emperor , I would like to reward you for your merits."

When these three people heard Li Yuanzhong's mention of borrowing camels, only one of them was willing, and the other two were opposed. However, when they knew that Li Hao was the governor of Tingzhou personally appointed by the emperor's decree, they were all moved. Although camels are expensive, However, it can be bought with some money, but the favors of high officials are not owed by anyone, and Li Hao is also the governor of Tingzhou, which is an important town on the Silk Road.

Li Haohao said that he would ask the emperor for credit for them after the matter is completed. If he is true to his word, it will be a big deal. Maybe the status and status of the three of them will rise even higher. You must know that in ancient times, agriculture was emphasized and business was suppressed, and the status of merchants Low, even if they are rich, they are looked down upon by others, especially people in the Tang Dynasty are more honest, ordinary teachers just don’t want to accept the children of merchants as students, no matter how much money they have, so it often happens that merchants have money to invite them To the matter of the teacher.

The three big merchants exchanged glances, and then a middle-aged man with a mustache stepped forward and clasped his hands: "Why should the adults borrow camels? It's just forty camels. The villain just gives them to the adults."

"I have plenty of money, so I don't accept bribes." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "You are also businessmen, you should have heard of perfume, soap and spirits, these are my business."

"So that's how it is." The eyes of the middle-aged man with the mustache were bright, and he knew Li Hao's identity when he heard the spirits, and said pleasantly, "It turns out that the young hero Li Hao who captured the enemy chieftain of Tuyuhun alive was in front of him. No wonder he heard his name like that. The ears are familiar, please forgive the villain for not being able to see Mount Tai."

"Don't talk so much." Li Hao said anxiously, "Hurry up and unload the cargo, I am eager to save people, so I will talk about it later."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man turned around and whispered a few words to the other two, and the three began to order everyone in the caravan to unload the goods.

At this moment, a figure came running quickly from the west, and shouted from a distance: "Master, the horse thief has gone to the west!"

It was Lu Yun who came.

"Very good!" Li Hao yelled suddenly, "Boys obey the order and go to the courtyard to get water and food, three catties of water and three catties of food per person!"

"Here!" Thirty minions roared in unison, and the sound shook all directions, frightening the caravan camels into a commotion, but fortunately they were controlled in time.

After a while, thirty special forces rode on camels and lined up neatly. There were three people at the front of the line, Li Hao, Lu Yun, and Li Yuanzhong.

When everything was ready, Li Hao looked to the west, with a cold light in his eyes, slowly clenched his fists with both hands, and gritted his teeth: "Canglang help the horse thief, wait! Your grandpa is here!"

(End of this chapter)