Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 45 The Xu Family's Actions

The Shen family escaped from Lin County, the Xu family was the most unwilling, especially Xu Bin and Xu's third son.

Mr. Xu originally thought that if he could marry Miss Shen's family, he would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, Xiong Dan did not threaten the Shen family. No effort was made to find out the whereabouts of the Shen family.

The Xu family was naturally not reconciled to such a result, but officers and soldiers were not easily transferred by the Xu family. The last time the Xu family chased and suppressed the Shen family, it was the Xu family who paid a large sum of money to buy off the commander of Zhangdewei. But if he wanted the commander to help track down the Shen family's whereabouts, the commander of the guard station refused to take responsibility.

The main task of the guard stationed in Lin County is to ensure the safety of the Zhangde Mansion area, and another role is to monitor Lu Wang who is enfeoffed in Zhangde Mansion.

Ming Chengzu Zhu Di used to be a vassal king. In order to prevent other vassal kings from imitating his own methods, Zhu Di had extremely strict control over the feudal vassal kings all over the country.

The vassal kings are not allowed to leave the city, they are not allowed to have official positions, and even the number of guards is limited. Even so, Zhu Di is not at ease. All the prefectures where the vassal kings with fiefdoms are located have guards. The name is to protect the safety of the vassal kings. It is because they are afraid that the vassal king will rebel.

The commander of the guard naturally knew what his duty was, so he took advantage of the Xu family and ordered a thousand households to go out with hundreds of soldiers to investigate.

But if he wanted to increase his troops, the commander would not do anything anyway.

Although money was good, if something happened to Zhangde Mansion because of his negligence, no amount of his heads would be enough to chop off his head. Compared with his wealth, life and official position, money was naturally not worth mentioning.

However, the commander knew that Xu's son-in-law was the prefect of Zhangde, and he needed the prefect's help in many things, and this matter could not be done absolutely, so he promised the Xu family that if they found out the whereabouts of the Shen family, they could send troops to help capture him.

Master Xu naturally understood the meaning of the commander's words. He was telling the Xu family that I can help you catch the Shen family who is a gangster, but the whereabouts of the Shen family needs to be found out by the government itself.I will send troops only when I get the exact location of the Shen family.

Master Xu had no choice but to find his uncle and seconded a group of servants from Zhangde Mansion to find the whereabouts of the Shen family.

Little did he know that Li Jing had already led the Shen family as a bandit at this time.

Li Jing was cautious in doing things. He knew that his current strength was not enough to challenge the officers and soldiers, and he could only develop secretly. Therefore, when training the bandits in Jinniuling, closed management was implemented, and the bandits never went down the mountain to commit crimes.

In this situation, it can be imagined that it is not easy for the people sent by the Xu family to find the people from the Shen family.

But as the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.

A few months ago, Li Jing left Jinniuling and went to Zhengzhou to help Shen's family transfer their property. Then Boss Zhou led troops to attack Jinniuling.

Some of them were caught by Liu Baihu of Weihui Mansion and killed later, but the other two fell into the hands of the government eyeliner arranged by Master Xu.

The two bandits who were captured were inevitably tortured. In the end, Mr. Xu finally found some clues.

However, Boss Zhou's subordinates didn't know the real situation. Instead, they thought that Boss Zhou and Ma Wu turned against each other for money and women, and they fought each other.

Although the bandits who escaped were confused, but Mr. Xu has been in business for many years, so naturally he would not be a stupid person. As for his son-in-law who can achieve the position of magistrate, it is impossible to be too confused.

Boss Zhou and Ma Wu are sworn brothers, and they have been living in peace beforehand, so why did they suddenly fight with women for money?Moreover, the number of Ma Wu's subordinates is far from that of Boss Zhou, and it is impossible to be Boss Zhou's opponent. Why does he have the guts to challenge Boss Zhou?

Master Xu concluded that Ma Wu must have robbed the Shen family who fled with his family, and intercepted the family members and property of the Shen family. Otherwise, Boss Zhou would not have fought with his brother for a few small money and women, and finally fought.

Although Master Xu didn't know where the officers and soldiers who finally surrounded and suppressed Boss Zhou came from?But at this moment, he couldn't take care of it, and hurried to find the commander of Zhangdewei for help.

However, Jinniuling is located in the territory of Weihui Mansion, and Zhangdewei cannot cross the border to suppress bandits.

Master Xu had no choice but to order his son Xu Laosan to go to Weihui Mansion to find the prefect's uncle for help, and asked Weihui Mansion's guard to send troops.

Not long after Xu Laosan arrived at Wei Hui's mansion, he learned from his uncle that the bandits in Jinniuling had been wiped out by Wei Huiwei's troops, and Jinniuling had been burned to a white ground.

Xu Laosan was very depressed when he got this information.

But the housekeeper Xu Er felt that things might not be that simple.

Xu Er realized something was wrong when he saw the officers and soldiers of Weihui's Mansion enter the city to sell their prey.

Xu Er is actually the second housekeeper in the Xu family. He deals with the Xu family's foreign affairs. He usually deals with officials and people. He knows the virtue of officers and soldiers. It is said to be a big victory, even if it is defeated, it will be said to be a small victory.

If the officers and soldiers are victorious in suppressing the bandits, not to mention the property of the Shen family, even if the bandits usually accumulate money, the money will not be too little. Live by hunting.

Xu Er found a soldier, chatted with him, and soon learned the real situation of the battle:
The officers and soldiers actually suffered a small loss. When thousands of people were mobilized to encircle and suppress, the bandits had already abandoned the mountain and fled.

As for where the bandits fled, although the soldier didn't know the exact location, he could conclude that they must have fled to the mountains north of Jinniuling.

Xu Er found out the news and immediately reported back to Xu Bin.

Xu Bin was a little excited at first, but then he became discouraged.

The bandits were hard to find in Jinniuling, but now they were even harder to find in the mountains.

To say that Xu Bin has no ink in his stomach except for his good skin, he is actually a fool, and he is completely blind when he encounters such a thing.

However, there are still a few government servants who followed Xu Bin to Weihui Mansion who know how to handle cases. They know that if they want to find out the exact location of the bandits, it is extremely difficult to rely on officers, soldiers and servants. The best way is to find someone to pretend to be a bandit. Mix among the bandits.

However, the risk of this matter is too great. Once the people who sneak in reveal their identities, they will surely die. None of the guards would like to do such a thing.

Fortunately, Xu Er was a little clever. He even thought of the two bandits he caught. One was called Cai Ping and the other was called Cai An. They were cousins.

When Xu Er returned to Lin County, after discussing with Mr. Xu, he took Cai Ping and Cai An out of the hands of the government. After promising some benefits, the two were bought by the Xu family and promised the Xu family to return to the bandits. Do eyeliner.

It is difficult for officers and soldiers to find bandits, but it is easy for bandits to find bandits. These two guys went around and found Hongshanling, and joined Li Jing's team.

After staying in Hongshanling for a while, Cai Ping and Cai An finally found out some inside information, so they wanted to go down the mountain to report the news. They didn't want Li Jingyu to be extremely strict and not allow anyone to go down the mountain privately. The two had no choice but to continue to lurk on the mountain , looking for opportunities.

The opportunity finally came. After resting in Hongshanling for a period of time, Li Jing finally wanted to attack the surrounding bandits. In the battle of Motianling, he completely wiped out Shi Laoer and Xu Laosi, and recruited other bandits nearby.

The power of Hongshanling increased greatly, and Li Jing had more and more subordinates, but there were more and more things on the mountain. Li Jing's energy began to disperse, and his management of the bandits inevitably became a little slack.

However, it was still difficult for Cai Ping and Cai An to go down the mountain, but at this moment, the two found a goal.

This person is Guo Zhen, who originally followed Boss Zhou from Shanxi, and served as a small boss in Motianling, and he is the absolute iron of Boss Zhou.

Boss Zhou was killed, and Guo Zhen was determined to avenge Boss Zhou, but Guo Zhen had seen Li Jing's skills and knew that he was definitely no match for Li Jing on his own.

Guo Zhen is extremely tolerant, just waiting for the opportunity quietly, because of his good performance, he became the little boss of Hongshanling again, and has more than ten brothers under him, all of whom were former bosses of Motianling Zhou, and they can be regarded as his confidantes .

But Guo Zhen knew that even if these people were added, Li Jing might not be able to do anything.

Cai Ping and Cai An were formerly Boss Zhou's subordinates, and they had known Guo Zhen for a long time. After they came to Hongshanling, they learned that Guo Zhen was now the leader, so they begged Guo Zhen to bring them by his side and become Guo Zhen's subordinates.

Cai Ping, Cai An, and Guo Zhen wanted to deal with Li Jing in the same way, but they didn't know each other.

After all, it was a matter of their own life and death, and no one would take their lives as a trifle, because they all knew that many of Boss Zhou's subordinates in the past were now convinced by Li Jing.

Cai Ping and Cai An felt that Guo Zhen might have second thoughts about Li Jing, and they discovered it by accident.

It was Boss Zhou's birthday that day, and Motianling would celebrate it with great fanfare in previous years, but now that Boss Zhou is dead, few people remember this day, but Guo Zhen will not forget Boss Zhou's birthday.

Naturally, Guo Zhen was in a bad mood that day. At night, he took a few of his subordinates and secretly paid homage to Boss Zhou with a few glasses of wine, and he drank too much.

A slip of the tongue after drinking happened to be heard by Cai Ping and Cai An.

Hearing that Guo Zhen wanted to kill Li Jing to avenge Boss Zhou, Cai Ping and Cai An were overjoyed, and immediately entered the house and revealed their identities to Guo Zhen.

Hearing that Cai Ping and Cai An were the government's eyeliners, Guo Zhen was also overjoyed, and immediately agreed to be the government's internal correspondents.At the same time, several people agreed that when Guo Zhen was on duty, Cai Ping and Cai An should sneak down the mountain and report to the Xu family.

Li Jing knew that something serious must have happened to Ma Wu's return to the mountain, so he greeted Sun Meng, Gao Qi and the others, and let Ma Wu in.

What Ma Wu did was a secret, Li Jing was the only one in the cottage who knew what he was doing down the mountain, and Li Jing would not ask in public.After some greetings, he introduced it to everyone.

Although Ma Wu is not on the mountain, there are many people who know him. Although Ma Wu has no title on the mountain, he used to be the head of Jinniuling. After Li Jing went up the mountain, he gave up the position of the leader of the cottage to Li Jing .

Especially when Boss Zhou and San Mazi attacked Jinniuling, Ma Wu led his brothers in a bloody battle, and finally waited until Li Jing returned to the mountain.

Everyone knew that he was Li Jing's absolute confidant, so whether they knew him well or not, they all came forward to greet Ma Wu affectionately.

Ma Wu had something on his mind, so he was just perfunctory with everyone, and from time to time he pointed to Li Jing with his eyes.

Li Jing knew that Ma Wu had something confidential to report to him, but Gao Qi, Sun Meng and the others observed what Ma Wu was going to say and didn't want him to know, so they found an excuse to leave and leave.

(End of this chapter)