Cao Thief

Chapter 83 Enemy
Queshan is the dividing line between Nanyang County and Runan County.

Separated by a mountain range and connected by a river, Nanyang County and Runan County are ingeniously integrated into one, while being independent of each other.

Even if it is a confrontation between the two sides, the connection between Nanyang County and Runan County has never been broken.

However, they are connected in another way, and that is in business.Langling is the transfer station between Runan and Nanyang County. Merchants travel from south to north, transport the goods from Runan to Nanyang County through Langling, and transport the special products of Nanyang County to Runan through Langling County, and then trade in the world. .

Therefore, both Cao Cao and Liu Biao deliberately maintained the smooth flow of this trade route.

As Cao Cao's personal entourage, Dian Wei was not responsible for any government affairs, but he often learned about the outside situation from Cao Cao.

Lang Ling, don't block it!
This is the rule that Cao Cao set up when he entered Yuzhou.

But looking at the checkpoints on the road, Dian Wei knew that Cao Cao's rules had been broken!

"One person costs ten bucks, and a truckload of goods costs five bucks... After all, what profit is there?"

A peddler walked past with a murmur, Dian Wei couldn't help frowning.

Cao Peng hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the vendor, "Elder man, may I ask you what you said just now, ten cents for a person and five cents for a cart of goods? What's going on?"

The peddler was startled for a moment, seeing that Cao Peng was dressed like an ordinary person, so he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he said softly: "This young master seems to be here for the first time, this is the appointment of the new head of Lang Ling." The rule is called toll tax. Since ten days ago, this checkpoint has been set up. Passengers and vehicles must pay tax money before they can pass through here. One person costs ten yuan, and one car costs five guan Tax money. If you don’t pay this money, you won’t be able to pass through here, or your goods will be seized if you fail.

The new Chief Lang Ling said that although the war is over now, bandits are rampant.

If the county government wants to suppress bandits, it must pay enough food and money.But the county government has no money right now, so it's up to us... I won't tell you, if someone hears it, it will inevitably make things difficult again.My son, take care of yourself. "

The merchants left in a hurry!
But Cao Peng couldn't help laughing: This Langling chief also came through the crowd?Knowing how to set up a card to collect money, a typical Road Hog... and it is officially supported.

He turned his head and glanced at Dian Wei.

But Dian Wei's face was extremely ugly.

"Uncle Dian, you are just some jumping clowns, why are you angry? Mr. Cao is strategizing, but he can't do everything himself. This must be done by Xiaoxiao. When you return to Xudu, you will tell Mr. Cao about the situation here. Mr. Cao will definitely deal with it properly."

Dian Wei felt very ashamed and very annoyed at the same time.

Along the way, he praised Cao Cao like a flower. It seemed that under Cao Gong's rule, everyone could live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials also did their best.But the scene in front of him was a slap in the face!This made Dian Wei feel that his previous words had become a laughing stock.

"This Chief Lang Ling, damn it!"

"A piece of mouse feces can ruin a pot of soup. If uncle gets angry about this kind of thing, it won't be worth it!" Cao Peng said with a smile: "By the way, didn't you mean to invite my father and the others to drink authentic Lang Lingjiu? Hehe, my nephew is still waiting for your uncle to treat you."

"Um……"

Dian Wei snorted heavily and nodded.

So the group continued on the road, following the crowds on the main road, slowly walked towards the checkpoint in the middle of the road.

Before the checkpoint, there was a burst of crying.

I saw two guards push a man who looked like a merchant to the ground, and forcibly pulled his goods aside.The merchant begged hard, but the guards didn't hear him.An officer raised his foot, kicked the vendor to the ground, and cursed viciously: "You old man, you don't know anything. It's only natural to pay taxes when passing by... My master doesn't make it difficult for you. If you want to pass, just pay the tax." , if not, the goods will be tax-deductible. Let me tell you, even if you cry, you can’t change it. This is Cao Gong’s order, who dares to disobey it?"

"But... all my money is bet on this item, and you have taken it away, how will my family live?"

"I care how you live?"

In the checkpoint, a man with the appearance of a military officer shouted loudly: "Why don't you drive him away? This delays things, be careful and ask the master for the crime."

The voice sounded a bit high-pitched, Cao Peng squinted his eyes, and felt that this person looked familiar.

But for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen each other, so he frowned and walked forward together with Dian Wei.

"Wu Na Hei Si, why don't you dismount immediately?"

An officer stepped forward to stop Dian Wei, and wanted to yell at him, but seeing Dian Wei's appearance, he swallowed the swear words on his lips.

Dian Wei's tiger eyes widened, and he roared sharply: "I am walking well, you bastard, why are you blocking the way?"

The guard was so frightened by Dian Wei's roar that he shuddered...

"I, I..." He suddenly puffed up his chest and summoned up his courage to say, "My master is famous. From now on, all passers-by from Langling must pay tolls. Ten yuan for a person, fifty yuan for a horse." Money, five pennies for a car. Whoever dares to disobey is rebelling, and it is a capital crime of ransacking the house... You, a total of nineteen people, twenty horses, and one car... add up to six pennies and 190 cash .In addition, if you carry weapons, you need to pay a safety tax, rounding up the whole number, a total of seven guns."

"Ping An tax?"

The officer stiffened his neck and said loudly: "It's the safety tax! You see that you all carry weapons. If there is a conflict with someone in the city, we have to be responsible for maintaining... Why, man's life, isn't it? Is it worth [-] yuan? Stop talking nonsense and pay the money!"

Dian Wei laughed angrily, "I'll make you an ancestor!"

The riding whip swung up, and it slapped the officer's face with a snap.

How strong is Dian Wei?
The whip was thrown out in anger again, and with just one stroke, the servant was beaten to pieces.

"Beating someone, rebelling..."

The guard covered his face, screaming and howling.

A group of guards rushed out from the back of the checkpoint. The man at the head was tall and thin, with triangular eyes, a goatee, and slightly yellow eyeballs.

"Who has the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, dare to make trouble here!"

Dressed in black with a goatee, he yelled and cursed.

At this time, Cao Peng's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

"Is your surname Cheng?"

With a full goatee and triangular eyes, he sized Cao Peng up, "That's right, my surname is Cheng, and who are you?"

Cao Peng suddenly laughed...

He tapped the horse's belly with both feet, his crotch war Ma Xiyu let out a long neigh, and he sprang out with a long body, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the goatee.

"The villain who is a minion for a tiger, do you still remember your young master?"

The goatee was a little confused, "You little bastard, are you bluffing me?"

Cao Peng smiled instead of anger, "Brother Hutou, why don't you come to meet our third elder? Back then, you worked hand in hand with Cheng Ji in Zhongyang Town, humiliated my mother, and made my family leave home. I was thinking about where to find you, but I didn't expect you to come here."

Wang Maizong immediately stepped forward and recognized the triangular eyes at a glance. They were the three elders in Zhongyang Town.

Back then, Cao Peng's mother, Mrs. Zhang, wanted to sell her family's ancestral jade pendant in exchange for some money in order to go to Zhongyang Mountain to obtain Fushui.Unexpectedly, the local tycoon fell in love with the jade pendant in his hand, and after he couldn't buy it by force, he colluded with the three elders and framed Mrs. Zhang.

Cao Peng still remembers how this guy helped the evildoers.

It's just that because he didn't know where he lived, Cao Peng only killed Cheng Ji that night and let this guy go.

However, he never forgot the hatred of bullying his mother.A gloomy look suddenly flashed across his thin and delicate cheeks. Cao Peng didn't say anything, and didn't talk nonsense with that guy. His face fell into a pool of blood.Wang Mai was even more impolite, and the prancing horse twisted the gun and stabbed it hard in the goatee's chest.

He framed Cao Peng's mother and almost killed Wang Mai's father.

The two boys made a sudden attack without any warning.

So much so that Dian Wei, who was next to him, wanted to stop him, but was a step too late...

"Afu, what are you doing?"

Dian Wei is angry with these people, but it does not mean that he can deal with them without authorization.

Wei Yan said with a smile: "Lieutenant Dian, it's already this time, why do you still ask 'what'? In these mermaid villages, there is more than enough to die for."

As he spoke, he galloped forward, and the dragon bird roared and flew up and down, leaving wreckage all over the place where the horse passed.

Those people who lined up in front of the checkpoint and were about to clear the checkpoint, saw this situation, and immediately dispersed.

Deng Ji stepped forward and said to the previous merchant whose goods were detained: "You idiot, why don't you take your goods away? Are you waiting to go bankrupt?"

"what……"

The vendor was stunned for a moment, and then showed a grateful expression.

"Thank you a few heroes, thank you a few heroes."

He quickly greeted the two guys, pushed the cart, and left quickly.

At this time, Xia Houlan and Deng Fan also took action!There are only a dozen guards in the checkpoint, how can they withstand such a group of people's slashing?

After only a moment of effort, he was completely killed.

Wei Yan still couldn't get enough of it, lit a fire on that checkpoint, and laughed.

"Ah Fu, you are... These people deserve to die, but they are dealt with by the court's laws. How can you kill people without authorization?"

"Those who harm the common people can be killed by the common people."

Cao Peng looked calm, and glanced at Dian Wei, "Uncle Dian, why did you become timid when you came to your own territory? Think back, when you were in Wancheng and Jiyang, you killed countless people, but were you ever so talkative? Guy, if you stay one more day, you will do more harm to Duke Cao. The sooner you kill him, the sooner the world will be peaceful... You always say that a man should indulge his will, but now you are looking forward and backward."

Dian Wei blushed when he was told by Cao Peng.

Wang Meng and Cao Ji also caught up, took a look at the dead body on the ground, and said indifferently: "Good kill!"

Dian Wei smiled wryly, "Little Ah Fu, I didn't expect you to be more murderous than me... Anyway, these people, if you kill them, kill them, it's not worth it. But let's get out of here quickly, so that we don't have to wait a while. Trouble yourself."

He had his own considerations and really didn't want to delay.

Although Dian Wei was Cao Cao's confidant, it was inconvenient for him to stay under such circumstances.

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The group of people did not delay, and set off on the road again.

It's just that they want to leave, but it's not that easy!

After walking for less than ten miles, I heard a rush of horseshoes behind me.Accompanied by a series of shouts: "Stop the thief, stop the thief..."

Dianwei Lema, look back.

At the end of the road, smoke and dust billowed.

Dian Wei frowned, and said softly, "Ah Fu, you just go, I'll stay here."

Cao Peng said with a smile: "I killed the man, how can I leave uncle alone? I want to see, who is this Lang Ling?"

(End of this chapter)