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Chapter 20
Hearing what the bandit behind him said, Jianxue stopped in her tracks, lowered her head on her sleeves, and wiped away her tears.Jian Xue looked around, they had already entered the dense forest.

Jian Xue reluctantly said something to support the scene: "Little thief, the scenery here is beautiful!"

Li Chongjiu walked up to him from behind and said, "You have the same temper as your lady, and the mouth of a cooked duck is hard. But this is the last chance. After nightfall, there are many jackals here, so you don't have to worry anyway. , The violent corpse is in the wilderness."

After speaking, Li Chongjiu raised his head to the sky and slapped haha.

However, Jian Xue's whole body was almost collapsed, and it was only the last strength supporting her at the moment, barely standing: "Little thief, hurry up, I will not let you go even if I am a ghost."

After speaking, Jian Xue closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling uncontrollably.

Li Chongjiu looked at the other party's trembling body, and a smile appeared on his face at the moment, and he swiped the knife empty and put it back into the scabbard.

Jian Xue only felt a gust of cool wind, and thought she was unlucky, but when she opened her eyes, she found that the other party was unraveling the straw rope that bound her.

"you?"

"The thief!"

Li Chongjiu dodged the opponent's head hammer with quick hands and eyes, and was angry and funny at the moment.Seeing that the straw rope in her hand had been untied, Jian Xue realized that she had misunderstood the meaning of the other party, and blushed immediately.

Immediately, Jianxue squinted her eyes again, and asked: "Little thief, oh no, it's the young master, you want to let me go?"

"Yes." Li Chongjiu nodded.

Jian Xue asked: "So, do you believe my words and think that Miss did not order the attack on the cottage?"

Li Chongjiu laughed, thinking that he has been a human being in two lives, and he has experienced many intrigues in the mall. If he is deceived by a 15-year-old girl, then he will not need to be a human being in the future.He could see that these officers and soldiers did not enter the village to kill people but were looking for people, so the matter could not be more clear.

Li Chongjiu said: "The friendship between gentlemen is more important than the heart. I don't believe in you, but in her."

"I trust your lady, and I trust my own eyesight!"

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Jian Xue's eyes were sharp, and her words revealed a sense of confidence, but seeing that although he was dressed in common clothes, his arrogance was not inferior to that of princes and dukes. Secretly thought, I just thought about it, the young lady said that this little thief has something special, so she wanted to recruit him for the head of the family. Looking at it today, the young lady is really discerning!
Jian Xue looked carefully, this boy was about the same age as her, and he was not as handsome as the son of the family, but his calmness and self-confidence beyond his age were really admirable.No wonder the lady said that in Yanzhao, there are many people who are Jingni.

"Don't worry, for today's matter, the young lady will definitely double compensate you Qiqianzhai," Jian Xue said with certainty, "Our Li family will not treat anyone who takes refuge with us badly." The tolerance of the big valve.

Li Chongjiu frowned slightly when he heard the word "to take refuge" and said: "After this incident, there is a lot of hatred for the government from all over the village. I'm afraid that you need to take time to take refuge in the Li family."

"How can this be? Isn't it relieved to be the young master?" Jian Xue said anxiously.

"My relief doesn't mean that my father is relieved. The rest of the village is relieved. I don't have the ability to convince them." Li Chongjiu replied.

Jian Xue remembered Li Hu and the others' expressions of refusing to listen to her just now, and understood. "Then what should I do?" Jian Xue stood there and frowned.

Li Chongjiu thought for a while and said: "Forget it, if your lady feels that she owes us, let the magistrate of Shiai County withdraw the arrest of our Qiqian Village, and the brothers who were caught by chance, please release them."

"It's easy, it's just a misunderstanding," Jian Xue said with a smile, as a maid of the Li family, she is still used to others, and looks like she is asking for something from the Li family.

"anything else?"

"Well, not for the time being." Li Chongjiu replied.

"No more," Jianxue said with wide-eyed eyes, "The burning of Guishan Village has made you Qiqianzhai so tired, and more than 20 brothers have died. No matter what happened, it was because of us." rise."

"Young master, if you don't want to come to the Li family to serve as a part-timer, the lady can also recommend you to the master, at least as an army officer. If the emperor conquers Liaodong in the future, if you make military achievements, you can go one step further."

The trilogy is the family soldiers raised by the families in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Private soldiers are legally allowed to have private property, but they have no household registration.His status is higher than that of a servant girl, but lower than that of a benevolent commoner.In the host's home, the status is lower than that of the guests, similar to the status of tenants.

When Li Zhiwan recruited the bandits from Qiqianzhai, Li Chongjiu, Li Hu, Su Su and others were able to join the Li family.And their family members can be granted yellow membership to become civilians.This is not difficult. At that time, all families had the right to interpret the trilogy as a benevolent person. First, the parents had to give a handwritten letter, followed by the eldest son's joint signature, and finally reported it to the government.

Becoming a trilogy seems to be of low status, but for the bandits in Qiqianzhai, it is the only way.This is because if you want to be a good person, you must first have a household registration. If you don’t have a household registration, you can’t go anywhere except to hide in the deep mountains and old forests. If you are caught by officials, you will be sentenced to at least two years in prison.

Li Chongjiu shook his head, recommending him to be the leader of the team. Although he had a better future than going to Li's family to serve as his subordinate, but the brand of Li's family was imprinted on him, and he would be driven by him from now on.What's more, Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goryeo next year. According to historical records, 30 troops went there, and less than two or three thousand came back.Li Chongjiu will definitely not put himself to death.

Li Chongjiu clasped his fists together and said: "Third lady is interested, let's talk about this matter later, don't worry, if there is a need in the future, I will definitely come to the door to chat."

Seeing the other party's strong intentions, Jianxue had no choice but to say: "Then let the young man be the master first."

Li Chongjiu smiled slightly and said: "You will go down the mountain after a while. If you go east, you should meet your people."

After all, Li Chongjiu couldn't say anything, turned around and left.

"Less master!"

Jian Xue chased forward a few steps, but saw that Li Chongjiu had disappeared into the jungle.Jianxue stopped in her tracks and said silently: "I haven't thanked you yet, it's your kindness."

Jian Xue then thought again, this bandit didn't take this matter seriously, asked the young lady for more, but just walked away, he really is a chivalrous man.No, if I miss this person, the miss will definitely blame me, I need to report immediately.Jian Xue secretly made up her mind.

But it is said that more than 400 people from Qiqianzhai descended from the mountain and headed south, and the boundary to the south is Leping County.Leping County is also under the rule of Taiyuan County. This is the practice of Green Forest. Generally, when they are surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the county, they will flee to other counties to settle down.The best zone is the one that doesn't matter.

Going further south from Leping County, it left Taiyuan County and arrived in Luzhou. After Kaihuang, this place was renamed Shangdang County.Now that they have lost their lair, the cottage is full of bereaved dogs.But everyone saw Li Hu's confident look, and they were all determined.But who knows that Li Hu doesn't care about anything in his heart.

The current situation in Qiqianzhai is because the cottage was burned, so there is no food and rice for the winter, and although the money they brought out is a lot, they can't just sit and eat, so the situation is quite tense.The current Li Hu is also taking one step at a time, first leading [-] people to the junction of Taiyuan County and Shangdang County.

Shangdang County is a place where green forests gather on the North Road, and it is common to temporarily go to a green forest for a few days.Whichever family has not been besieged by officers and soldiers, the same is in trouble, and the comrades can help, so they can't refuse. This is the loyalty in the green forest.

This is Li Hu's current plan, but at this moment Wang Junkuo returned with more than 20 brothers.It turned out that he heard that the cottage was attacked by officers and soldiers, so he turned around in a hurry and came to meet him, but it was a pity that he came one step late.Wang Junkuo was a little annoyed, thinking that something like this would happen to the cottage once he left.Of course, Li Hu and the others were very happy and felt that Wang Junkuo was very loyal.

Wang Junkuo saw that he couldn't help, and saw that Li Hu and the others had nowhere to go, so he strongly invited Li Hu and the others to go to Shangdang, and together they went to Erxian Village, begging the red-haired spiritual officer Shan Xiongxin to take them in.

Hearing what Wang Junkuo said, Li Hu hesitated a bit, and immediately asked the opinions of all the masters.Everyone thought that although Shan Xiongxin lived in the green forest and was well-known, if he went to join him, it would be tantamount to relying on others.As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. After hearing this, Li Hu also has his little Jiujiu in his heart. Although Qiqianzhai is small, he does not want to be annexed.

When Wang Junkuo listened to what the audience said, he hurriedly said that Shan Xiongxin was the leader of the Five Routes of Green Forest in the Northland.If you don't go to Luzhou, you can ask him to come forward and say a word to help.Only then did Li Hu agree, and the final decision was made. Wang Junkuo and Li Hu led a group of brothers from Qiqianzhai to visit Shan Xiongxin at Erxian Village in Luzhou.

The earth is extremely high, and the sky is the party, so it is called Shangdang.This is the origin of the Shangdang name.

In the powerful state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Shangdang was an important military strategist. Afterwards, the three families were divided into Jin, and Zhao Han and Zhao Han divided the Shangdang into two.Entering the Warring States Period, the King of Qin wanted to clear Liuhe and sent troops to attack South Korea. The Wild King was captured, and Shangdang guard Feng Ting surrendered to Zhao.King Qin refused to sit idly by, and then there was the Battle of Changping.

The people of Qiqianzhai arrived at the Zhangzi County of the Luzhou Government, which is the territory of a county shepherd.The county town must be heavily guarded. Li Hu, Su Su and the others were afraid that there would be notices of their arrest on the city gate, so they dared not enter the city.

Li Hu found a local woodcutter who was going to the city to sell firewood, and asked him where Erxian Village was.The woodcutter told the truth that he was fifteen miles away from the west gate, and Li Hu and others were overjoyed to hear that Erxian Village was not in the city.So after settling down his subordinates, he gave the woodcutter [-] Wen to lead the way to Erxian Village.

Li Hu, Wang Junkuo, Li Chongjiu, and Su Su traveled all the way west, but they saw that although the vicinity of Erxianzhuang was not in the city, it was more lively than other places.

The shops above the street, such as the herbal medicine shop, the charcoal shop, and the whip shop, are open for business. In the blacksmith's shop, sparks burst out, and the sound of choking can be heard endlessly.

Along the way, pedestrians came and went, one after another, most of them were big men from the land of Yanzhao. It is the color of vigilance.

(End of this chapter)