Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 65
Li Jing didn't expect to get any useful information from Liu Baihu's account, but just wanted to hear if what this person said was true. If Liu Baihu was talking nonsense, Li Jing wouldn't need to keep him.

After waving his hand, Li Jing said: "You don't need to be afraid, you are quite interesting, and you actually know how to take these people and give them to me as a meeting gift. Hehe, get up and wait, I will ask them a few words first talk."

Hearing Li Jing asked him to stand up, Liu Baihu was overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "Yes!"

Li Jing turned his head to look at Xu Bin, and shook his head in his heart. This man did all kinds of evil, and he did more than succeed in his deeds, so talking to him was a waste of time.

He looked at the housekeeper Xu Er again, and thought that this person was a minion for a tiger, so he couldn't keep it either.

When Li Jing looked at Cai Ping and Cai An, the three of them were shot by Li Jing's cold gaze, and their hearts jumped at the same time.

"The boss, spare the little ones! The little ones don't dare anymore!" The three of them kowtowed vigorously and said anxiously.

"Forgive you? Forgive you, how do I explain to my dead brothers? How do I explain to my dead elders? Do you think that if I colluded with the Xu family and the government, I will die? I won't hide it from you, the road in Lin County The officers and soldiers have been repulsed by me, and the officers and soldiers in Qi County can't hold out for two days." Li Jing said coldly.

"The master is so brave, the villain is blinded by lard, and has forgotten the benevolence and righteousness of the master, please raise your hands high and let the villain go!" The three kowtowed vigorously, and immediately their foreheads were covered with blood.

Li Jing shook his head, pointed to the traitor who reported the letter and said, "You don't need to ask any more. If you want to leave a whole body after death, then you can repeat what you told the officers and soldiers tonight."

The three of them finally despaired at this point, and in order to find some comfort, they repeated what they had said to Liu Hongqianhu this morning, and also told Liu Hong's arrangement.

After listening, Li Jing pondered for a while, and finally concluded that as long as the current army of officers and soldiers is wiped out, the Weihui Mansion will have to retreat.

Li Jing beckoned, and ordered the bandits who escorted Liu Baihu just now to drag the five people out and chop them up.

As for Xu Laosan and Xu Er, Li Jing naturally didn't bother to talk to them.

Seeing that Li Jing acted decisively and killed as soon as he wanted, Liu Baihu was secretly glad that he saw the opportunity early.

In Liu Baihu's mind, he should tell everyone before killing these people, and then kill them again, so as to serve as a warning to others.

But they didn't know that during the siege by officers and soldiers, the cottage suffered heavy losses, and Li Jing was entangled in all kinds of troubles, so how could he have the energy to do those useless actions.

Li Jing ignored Xu Laosan's loud begging for mercy, but frowned, and asked the bandits to drag them away quickly.

After dealing with Xu Laosan and the others, Li Jing felt embarrassed.

How should Liu Baihu deal with these people?
Captives who surrendered cannot be killed casually. Li Jing still understands this simple truth.

If you surrender and kill, will anyone dare to surrender in the future?Naturally, I played my life to strangle you.

Li Jing would not do such a stupid thing.

But are these people trustworthy if they are subdued?
In the past, Li Jing was very confident in himself, but after Guo Zhen and others betrayed him this time, Li Jing began to doubt himself.

Seeing Li Jing glancing at him with an uncertain expression, Liu Baihu suddenly felt uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I don't really want to come here to suppress any bandits at all. There is really no way to celebrate the New Year. The Xu family promised us money for the New Year, so we came here. Your Majesty, you are always good at life, so let us go." Pass us!" Liu Baihu knelt down suddenly and said.

"No money for the New Year? How long has it been since you paid your salary?" Li Jing frowned and asked.

"I haven't paid for half a year, even if I pay, I can't support my family." Liu Baihu hurriedly said.

"Why?" Li Jingqi asked.

Liu Baihu sighed, and continued: "We are soldiers of the guards, and the pay is pitifully low, not even half of the frontier army."

Li Jingwen suddenly understood.

Now food prices are showing signs of rising, and the salary of the guard soldiers is so much lower than that of the frontier soldiers, and the salary really cannot support the family.

"Then how did you spend your days without pay?" Li Jing asked.

"Let's make do with it! Hit the autumn wind, and then go hunting in the mountains." Liu Baihu sighed.

Hearing that the officers and soldiers had to rely on hunting for their livelihood, Li Jing cursed inwardly: "The soldiers can't even eat. It's unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty to perish."

Suddenly Li Jing remembered something: "A few months ago, did you go hunting in the mountains?"

"Yes! The villain gained a lot from hunting that time. Later, he caught a few bandits and said that there were officers and soldiers in Jinniuling to suppress the bandits. The villain wanted to join in the fun, but he was ambushed and several brothers died. He said that he lost a lot of the prey he caught..."

Speaking of this, Liu Baihu suddenly saw Li Jing looking at him with a half-smile, and his heart suddenly jumped, and he secretly scolded himself for being too talkative, why did he say such things.

Suddenly, Liu Baihu remembered something, and his face changed drastically: "My lord! Were you always there at the beginning..."

Seeing Li Jingjing's nod, Liu Baihu's face suddenly became gloomy, and he murmured: "I should have guessed it a long time ago, only you old man has the courage and ability to ambush officers and soldiers. Hey! The villain dare not ask for anything, but I hope your old man can leave me a whole body."

Li Jing smiled, raised his foot and kicked: "Do you really think I am the King of the Mountain who kills without batting an eye?"

Sighing, Li Jing continued: "Get up, it's only natural for officers and soldiers to suppress bandits. I still understand this truth, and I won't make it difficult for you. But I don't want to kill you now, and I don't want to let you go. Help me Let me think of a way, how should I deal with you?"

"Then let them go!" Suddenly a crisp voice sounded.

Li Jing was startled, and turned his head to see that it was the little maid beside Shen Ying who was talking.

"If there is room for you to intervene in what the master is talking about, why don't you slap your own mouth!" Shen Ying said with her brows furrowed.

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands, he would not care about anything with a little girl.

But Li Jing suddenly felt admiration for Shen Ying, this girl's thoughts changed too fast.

Shen Ying is as close as a sister to this little maid, so naturally she doesn't want to punish her maid herself, so when she heard the maid interrupt, she immediately sensed that something was wrong, so she began to reprimand her and let her slap her mouth, thus blocking her own mouth.Even if he wanted to punish this little maid, he couldn't open his mouth.

After thinking about it, Li Jing said softly to Shen Ying, "Do you have any ideas?"

Shen Ying blushed, hesitated for a while, and then whispered in Li Jing's ear: "If you promise benefits, if you are kind, you can benefit, if you threaten them, you should take them for your own use."

"Hahaha!" Li Jing patted Shen Ying's little hand lightly and laughed loudly.

What Shen Ying said coincided with what Li Jing thought.

After laughing for a while, Li Jingsu raised his face and said to Liu Baihu: "I will pay you three taels of silver every month, are you willing to do things for me?"

"The villain is willing to surrender." Liu Baihu and others said happily.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "It's not surrender, it's doing something for me."

Liu Baihu and others looked at each other in astonishment, not understanding the difference between surrendering to Li Jing and working for Li Jing.

Li Jing sighed, and really didn't want to explain these reasons to these people.

"You surrendered because of the situation. How can the boss be willing to use you to do things with confidence? If you agree to do things for the boss, then you are the boss's own person, and it is only natural to take the salary of the boss." Shen Ying said.

Liu Baihu and the soldiers looked at each other, and they nodded at the same time.

Immediately, several people knelt down straight in front of Li Jing: "The villain is willing to serve the master."

"Get up! From now on, you don't need to kneel down, and you don't need to be full of villains, and don't call me a big boss. Although I am a bandit leader, I don't like to hear this title. The older ones call me brother, and the younger ones call me My eldest brother will be that. All the brothers on the mountain call me that." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Yes! Brother!" Liu Baihu and the others stood up and clasped their fists.

Almost all of these people are older than Li Jing, but who dares to call Li Jing brother?
After thinking for a while, Liu Baihu said: "Brother, since I have defected to my brother, I have to make a real deal with him. I have no skills, the only good thing is that I can't lie. I want to recommend someone to my brother. This person is really capable, and his work is extremely stable. If the eldest brother can subdue this person, it will be more useful than all of us combined."

"You have self-knowledge. If you say you have no skills, the only good thing is that you can't lie. In my opinion, this is the biggest skill. Many people seem to have skills, but they may not be! But since you respect this person so much, I think there is something wrong with him." He is really capable, tell me, who is this person?" Li Jing said with a smile.

What Li Jing lacks the most right now is talent, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe him as thirsty for talents.

At this time, when Liu Baihu solemnly recommended someone, he immediately became interested.

"Brother said it, big brother, don't be angry!" Liu Baihu continued.

"Damn it, Rory is so wordy, talk so unpleasantly, say it!" Li Jing scolded.

Liu Baihu scratched his head, and smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe! This person is the Qianhu Liu Hong who led the troops of the Weihui Mansion this time."

Li Jingjing nodded. The traitor mentioned this person just now. Li Jing felt at the time that the officer leading the troops was very stable, but a little lacking in courage.

If the situation at that time were changed to Li Jing, it would definitely be necessary to divide a group of people to continue raiding the bandit's lair.

But the rest of the people will definitely not wait for the bandits to turn back, but will attack the mountain with all their strength, force the insiders to act in advance, and then apply pressure across the board, without giving the bandits any chance to breathe.

There are few bandits, and they must not take care of their family when they are exhausted. As long as they take down one place, the suppression of bandits will be complete.

It's just that the premise of doing so is that the officers and soldiers participating in the war must be determined and united.

Of course, Liu Hong may also suspect that the bandits are playing tricks.

You must know that fighting in winter and attacking mountains is a big taboo.

Once the traitor is a fake, if the officers and soldiers are lured up the mountain and then set fire to the mountain, even if the officers and soldiers take precautions, they will suffer a lot.

But in fact, Liu Hong has absolutely no need to suspect the traitor.

(End of this chapter)