Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 136 tit for tat
Ma Yuanyi waited outside the door for a while, and suddenly heard a group of people making a noise from the county government office. Ma Yuanyi thought it was the county magistrate Gao Jun who wanted to meet him, so he quickly packed his clothes and prepared to meet Gao Jun, but what he had expected turned out to be a noisy group of people. A group of government officials came in. The government officials looked at Ma Yuanyi with a playful smile on his face and said, "Lao Liu, is this the Jitoushan giant bandit you mentioned?"

Li Laoliu said: "Yes, that's the person!"

At this time, Lao Wang said: "Stop talking nonsense. This man looks fair and clean. He doesn't look like a giant bandit. He looks more like a merchant."

"Yeah, who's a giant bandit looks like this? Old Liu, even if you want to lie, you should find someone reliable. At least he will look more ferocious and look more real!"

After hearing this, Li Laoliu immediately argued: "I'm not kidding, he is really a giant bandit in Jitou Mountain. If you don't believe it, just ask him!"

After hearing this, everyone laughed, and one person stepped forward and circled around Ma Yuanyi and said, "Are you the Jitou Mountain bandit?"

Ma Yuanyi said: "Yes, when will Magistrate Gao see me?"

"See you, haha? You are very courageous. You are desperate to make money. How much money has Lao Liu promised to give you? How dare you agree to pretend to be a Jitou Mountain bandit? Don't you know that being a bandit is a capital crime?"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanyi frowned deeper, looked at Li Laoliu not far away and shouted: "What do you mean? I asked you to inform County Magistrate Gao, why did you bring them here?"

After hearing this, Li Laoliu looked at Ma Yuanyi and said, "I told them, but they didn't believe me!"

Ma Yuanyi frowned at this time. He never expected that the first step he would take when he saw Gao Jun would be these unidentified government officials.

Youdao is the king of hell, but the devil is difficult to deal with. I have no interest in wasting time with them.

Thinking of this, Ma Yuanyi shouted: "Don't wait any longer. I am here to discuss with your county magistrate Pan County Captain's ransom. If you are entangled with me like this, do you mean you don't want to save your county captain?"

"Oh, yes, this tone, this tone, is amazing. He really looks like a living bandit. I have to say, Lao Liu, the brother you found is a very similar companion."

"Yeah, brother, your acting skills are really good. I'll come back to you next time something like this happens!"

"That's right, I'll look for you next time too!"

Everyone was chatting, Ma Yuanyi's brows furrowed even more seriously, and he said after a long time: "Have you made enough trouble? I have an urgent matter with you, the county magistrate. If you have this attitude and delay important events, you can afford it." ?"

After hearing Ma Yuanyi's words, all the government officials burst into laughter again: "This brother is getting into the act and really thinks of himself as a bandit. Haha, come on, brother, stop pretending. We are all old gangsters. Who doesn't know who is who? Today You really can’t act like this. If you don’t make it right, your life will be on the line. Lao Liu, please stop making trouble. Come on, don’t make such a farce here!”

After hearing what the government officials said, Ma Yuanyi suddenly became angry. He took out a seal from his pocket, threw it directly to the figure who looked like the leader of the government officials and said, "Go on."

When the squad leader saw Ma Yuanyi throwing something at him, he stretched out his hand to catch it, then frowned and opened it. His eyes suddenly changed. He took it out and saw that there was a silver seal inside. When he picked it up, he saw that it read under the seal: Guang'a County Weiyin!

The next moment, his face immediately turned ugly and he said: "Stop making trouble!"

The class leader gave the order, and everyone looked at the class leader in surprise. Everyone was playing well, why were they scolded?

At this time, the squad leader's face was solemn and he said: "Where did you get this seal?"

Ma Yuanyi looked at the squad leader at this time and said: "It seems that you are knowledgeable. Let me tell you again, you are the special envoy of Jitoushan. This time I am here to discuss with the county magistrate of your family about the disposition of county captain Pan Rulong. You If this is the case, there is no need to continue the negotiation over there. I will go back to the mountain and tell the boss that you have no intention of talking. When the time comes, we will know whether our two families will continue to fight each other or not. It’s up to you!”

After hearing this, the squad leader's face immediately became solemn. He knew how important Pan Rulong was to his county magistrate. As long as Pan Rulong was alive, his county magistrate would have room to maneuver and find ways to keep his official position. For this reason, he would even sacrifice himself. Contact the bandits.

Now that the bandit is the first to contact him, this is definitely good news for the county magistrate!

Thinking of this, the squad leader immediately raised his hands and said: "It turns out that he is a hero from Jitoushan. What happened just now was just a misunderstanding. Don't take the heroic hero to heart. I will go to find the county magistrate and talk about this matter!"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanyi slowly said: "I hope you won't play tricks on me. Although we are bandits, we can't play tricks on anyone who wants to!"

After hearing this, the squad leader said: "No, no, although my brothers are rude, they know how to behave and will never do anything to humiliate a hero."

After saying that, the squad leader said: "Did you hear this? This is a distinguished guest from Jitoushan. You are not someone you can afford to offend. You should be more honest. If you insult the distinguished guest, be careful with your skin!"

After saying this, the squad leader turned around and ran quickly to the county office to find Gao Jun, not daring to slack off at all!
The surrounding government officials, looking at Ma Yuanyi at this moment, suddenly showed embarrassed expressions. Their behavior just now seemed to be very careless.

However, the embarrassment only lasted for a moment, and soon all the government officials dispersed in a hurry. Lao Wang even put his hand on Li Laoliu's shoulder and said: "Okay, brother, you are lucky enough. When you go out, you actually bump into a chicken." The giant bandit on Tou Mountain has been saved from a life-threatening situation!"

After hearing this, Li Laoliu smiled and said: "Haha, brother, I have always been lucky, and I can escape from such dangerous places. It seems that God will not accept me!"

A young man on the side smiled and said: "Brother Li, you have a good life. I really envy me and others. I also hope that if I take on this kind of mission in the future, I will have such an opportunity to exchange for a life. By the way, Brother Li, you are here tonight." Do you want to invite everyone to drink?"

"What kind of wine?"

"Brother, I don't have much money, so let's not do that, hahaha..."

When everyone heard this, they immediately cursed: "How stingy!"

It's hard to give up good fortune. Li Laoliu originally thought that this was a mission where he would die, so he spent all his wealth and prepared to treat all the brothers to a big drink. But now that the matter has been resolved, there is no need to die, then Isn’t it an injustice to spend this money?

After all, he has to live his life in the future. If he drinks this time, he will probably use up all his savings over the years, and then he will not be able to survive in the future.

Li Laoliu thought about cheating, what kind of wine to drink, how expensive the wine was.

You must know that wine is made from grain, and the grain output in this era is horribly low, so only wealthy households can afford to drink wine. Even they, the yamen's petty officials, dare not say that they can afford wine.

After everyone left, Ma Yuanyi calmed down and stood on the street, watching the people coming and going, with a bit of emotion in his expression. He did not expect that one day, a lowly bandit like him would be able to stand in front of the dignified Dahan County Yamen. , waiting for the interview with the dignified county magistrate, they were talking about redeeming the county captain, a topic that he had never dared to think about before.

But in just one or two months, he has undergone such a big change, and all of this is the grace of the Immortal Lord. If it were not for the Immortal Lord, he would still be in the village, being the one who robs the house and has the least future. Little bandit.

Thinking of this, Ma Yuanyi looked at the sky. He felt that the Immortal Lord should be staring at him, thinking that Ma Yuanyi said piously: "The Immortal Lord bless me!"

At this time, the class leader trotted all the way into the county government office. Gao Jun was sitting in front of the bed secretly thinking about his luck, with an unexplainable sorrow between his eyebrows.At this time, the squad leader came in and said to Gao Jun: "Your Majesty!"

Gao Jun looked up at the squad leader and said, "How is it, things are arranged? Who will be sent to Jitoushan?"

The squad leader immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Li Laoliu was originally sent there."

"Li Laoliu?"

"Well, this person has no worries, so it would be appropriate to send him there."

Gao Jun nodded and followed: "Well, I will go to the warehouse later to get three thousand coins and give them to Li Laoliu. If he comes back safe and sound this time, it will be regarded as the reward. If he cannot come back, it will be considered as his safety fee." .”

As Gao Jun said this, he saw the squad leader saying: "My lord is kind, but there is no need to spend this money."

"Well, why?"

Gao Jun looked at the squad leader, who said: "Sir, Li Laoliu doesn't need to go to Jitou Mountain. There is a man outside the county government who claims to be a bandit from Jitou Mountain. He wants to discuss with the county magistrate Pan County Lieutenant." The handling situation!”

"Ok?"

Gao Jun was shocked. This bandit actually dared to come to the door. Gao Jun frowned, looked at the squad leader and said, "This person is so brave. Do you know his identity?"

"No problem, sir, please take a look."

As the squad leader said, he put something on the table. Gao Jun took a look and saw it was a silver seal.

Gao Jun quickly picked up the seal and looked through it, his face immediately became solemn and he said, "Yes, it's Pan Rulong's county captain's seal."

"Where is that man now?"

Gao Jun raised his head and looked at the class leader. Hearing this, the class leader said, "Just outside the government office."

Gao Jun thought for a while and said, "You can take ten swordsmen and axemen who are highly skilled in martial arts and loyal, and ambush me behind this screen, and then bring that person with you!"

When the class leader heard this, he immediately understood that Gao Jun was afraid of death. Thinking about it, the class leader nodded, and then immediately said to Gao Jun: "Yes, sir, I will arrange this matter."

After all, turn around and leave.

Seeing the squad leader leaving, Gao Jun's face gradually became serious, but he didn't express much, he just waited for the bandits from Jitoushan to arrive.

Soon a group of people came in, each holding a sword and axe, and then quietly hid in the screen behind Gao Jun. These swordsmen and axes were all private soldiers raised by Gao Jun, and they were the most loyal.

Gao Jun was about to meet a vicious bandit, so he had to take precautions.

The swordsman hid himself, and followed the squad leader out immediately. Ma Yuanyi was soon brought in. As soon as he entered, Ma Yuanyi directly looked at Gao Jun, and no one said anything!

For a moment, the air was a little frozen, but at this moment Ma Yuanyi was the first to speak. Ma Yuanyi bowed to Gao Jun and said, "I have met Mr. Gao Jun."

Gao Jun looked at Ma Yuanyi and said with a smile: "I thought that people in the mountains and wild areas don't understand etiquette. From this point of view, they are not ignorant people. Sit down."

Hearing this, Ma Yuanyi smiled and said to Gao Jun: "It seems that the county magistrate has misunderstood a lot about our cottage. Our cottage is very rule-abiding and has never crossed the line. As our boss said, don't cause trouble for the county magistrate. We If we want to survive, the county will not embarrass us, but we must also ensure the stability of the county and help the county rise to the top."

Hearing this, Gao Jun took a sip of tea and said, "That's nice to say, but you guys have gone too far this time, and you are still rising through the ranks. I wonder if I, too, will lose my official position to you and others!"

Ma Yuanyi suddenly looked aggrieved when he heard this and said: "Why did the county magistrate say this? How can we be blamed for what happened this time? We are honestly living in the village, we only dare to make small fuss every day, barely make ends meet, and live honestly with our little wife. Likewise, I don’t dare to cause any trouble for the county magistrate.”

"But the county magistrate suddenly launched an attack and sent troops to destroy my village. If our boss hadn't had some skills, I would have been killed on the spot by you. At that time, we wouldn't even have a place to cry."

"Now the county magistrate wants to wrongly accuse us. To be honest, I feel aggrieved. We are just a group of mountain people who can't survive, living under the shadow of adults. We also obey the rules of adults honestly. According to the rules, our two families are in peace, but now you suddenly want to suppress the bandits. Although we are infinitely grateful to you, we cannot give this life to you."

"The situation has ended up like this. Alas... To be honest, I feel very uncomfortable!"

Ma Yuanyi watched Gao Jun speak in a slow voice, sounding as if he was slowly telling something, but secretly he directly put all the responsibility for this incident on Gao Jun.

How could Gao Jun not understand what Ma Yuanyi meant? He snorted coldly: "Humph, you are very articulate and eloquent. You say that I have lost my rules, but how can the Qian Shao family in Xiagouhe Village explain it?"

"Then Qian Shao is a local mistress appointed by me personally, and he can be regarded as one of my men, but you have robbed the Qian family and killed everyone in the family. Doesn't this act count as a mistake on your part?"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanyi laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. It was Qian Shao from Xiagouhe Village and Zhang Jiao brothers from their village who first killed the third leader of our village, and then angered our first leader. He caused this disaster, and it was he who plotted against us first, so we also passively fought against it!"

Hearing this, Gao Jun snorted coldly: "Okay, this is also a passive confrontation, and that is also a passive confrontation, which means that your village has no fault. You are entrenched in the mountains and forests, and you are right to fight against the imperial court!"

"You are robbing homes and causing harm to the villagers. Isn't there anything wrong with you?"

Gao Jun asked questions one after another, but after hearing this, Ma Yuanyi laughed and said, "Sir, it's meaningless for you to say that. You and I both know what's going on here, so why bother asking even though we know it?"

"Sir, I think there is no point in us continuing to beat around the bush like this. Why don't we just talk about something to do?"

"What for?"

"For example, Captain Pan!"

(End of this chapter)