Listening to the bandits behind, Jianxue stopped, lowered her head on her sleeve, and wiped away her tears. Jianxue looked around and saw that their location had penetrated into the dense forest.

Jianxue reluctantly said something to support the scene: "Little thief, the scenery here is good!"

Li Chongjiu walked to him from behind and said, "Yes, there are many jackals and wolves here after nightfall. You don't have to worry about the wilderness of corpses."

After saying that, Li Chongjiu beat him up to the sky haha.

When Jian Xue heard this, she almost collapsed. At this moment, she was just the last force supporting her and barely stood: "Little thief, hurry up, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."

After saying that, Jianxue closed her eyes and her eyelashes kept trembling.

Li Chongjiu looked at the other party's trembling body, and a smile appeared on his face, and waved the void of the knife and put it in the scabbard.

Jianxue felt a cool breeze and thought she was unlucky, but after opening her eyes, she found that the other party was unveiling the straw rope that tied her up.

"you?"

"A thief!"

Li Chongjiu's quick eyes were fast, and he avoided the other party's head hammer. He was both angry and funny at the moment. When Jianxue saw that the rope in his hand had been untied, he realized that he had misunderstood the other party's meaning and blushed at the moment.

Then Jian Xue slammed her eyes again and asked, "Little thief, oh, no, it's the young master. Are you going to let me go?"

"Yes." Li Chongjiu nodded.

Jian Xue said, "So, you believe me and think it was not the lady who instructed her to attack the counterfeit village?"

Li Chongjiu laughed and thought to himself that he had been a human being for two lifetimes and had experienced many intrigues in the business world. If he was deceived by a fifteen-year-old girl, he would not have to be a human being in the future.

At this moment, Li Chongjiu said clearly: "A gentleman's friendship is important to his heart. I do not believe in you, but to believe in her."

"I believe in your lady, and I believe in your own vision of people!"

When Jian Xue heard Li Chongjiu say this, her eyes showed bright colors and said to herself. She thought to herself that the lady said that this little thief had extraordinary features, so she wanted to recruit him for the head of the family. Today, it seems that the lady is really keen to recognize people!

Jian Xue looked carefully and found that this young man was about the same age as him and was not as handsome as a young man from aristocratic family, but his calmness and confidence beyond his age were really admirable. No wonder the lady said that there were many people from Jing Nie in Yanzhao.

"Don't worry, the lady will definitely double the compensation for you seven thousand villages for today's affairs."

Jianxue said affirmatively, "Our Li family will not treat anyone who defects."

After hearing the word "refuge", Li Chongjiu frowned slightly and said, "After this incident, the whole village and the whole country have a lot of hatred towards the government. I am afraid that the matter of defecting to the Li family needs to be slowed down."

"How can this be done? Aren't the young leader relieved?" Jian Xue said anxiously.

"My relief does not mean that my father is relieved, and the whole village is relieved. I don't have the ability to convince them." Li Chongjiu replied.

"What should I do?" Jianxue stood there and frowned.

Li Chongjiu thought for a while and said, "Well, if your lady feels that she owes us, let the Shiai County Magistrate withdraw the arrest of our Qiqian Village, and the few brothers who failed to capture should be released."

"This is easy, it's just a misunderstanding," Jian Xue said with a smile. As the maid of the Li family, she is still used to others and looks like she has something to ask for by the Li family.

"What else?"

"Well, it's gone for the time being." Li Chongjiu replied.

"No more," Jian Xue widened her eyes and said, "The burning of Guishan Village has made you tired of being so embarrassed that you, Qiqian Village, have died more than twenty brothers. No matter what, this incident has happened because of us."

"Young leader, if you don't want to come to the Li family as a member, the lady can also recommend your military force to the master. In the future, the emperor will conquer Liaodong. If you make military contributions, you can take a step forward."

The tribe is a family soldier raised by medieval families in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In law, private soldiers are allowed to have private wealth, but they have no household registration. The status is higher than that of slaves, but lower than that of good people and civilians. In the master's home, the status is lower than that of guests, similar to that of tenants.

Li Zhiwan originally offered the conditions for recruiting seven thousand bandits, but Li Chongjiu, Li Hu, Su Su and other elites became the Li family's tribe. And their family could grant Huang Ji to become a civilian. This was not a difficult situation. At that time, all the aristocratic families had the power to interpret the tribe as a good man. First, the parents needed to write the letter, the eldest son signed the letter, and the last letter was reported to the government.

Becoming a subordinate seems to be a low-level identity, but for the seven thousand village bandits, 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 do not have a household registration, you will not think about going anywhere except to hide in the mountains and forests. You will be arrested by the officials and sentenced to at least two years of prison.

But now it is different. Li Chongjiu shook his head and recommended that he be a team leader. Although his future is higher than going to the Li family, he has left the Li family mark and will be driven by it from now on.

What's more, Emperor Yang of Sui will conquer Goryeo next year. Historical records show that the army of 300,000 went there and returned less than two or three thousand. Li Chongjiu would definitely not put himself in death.

Li Chongjiu clasped his fists and said, "The third lady is intent. Let's talk about this after a while. Don't worry, if there is a need in the future, I will definitely come to chat with you in person."

Seeing that the other party's intention was very strong, Jian Xue had no choice but to say, "Then it means to be the young master."

Li Chongjiu smiled slightly and said, "Wait for a moment and you will go down the mountain. Go east and you will probably meet your people."

After saying that, Li Chongjiu had no choice but to say anything and turned around and left.

"Young master!"

Jianxue chased forward a few steps, but saw that Li Chongjiu had disappeared from the jungle. Jianxue stopped and said silently: "I haven't thanked you yet, I'm just giving it my grace."

Jian Xue then thought again that the bandit did not take this matter and asked the lady for more requests. Instead, she left. She was really a chivalrous. No, if I missed this person, the lady would blame her and I need to tell her immediately.

Jian Xue made up her mind secretly.

But there are more than 400 people from the seven thousand villages and villages, walking south, and the boundary to the south is Leping County (Note 1).

Leping County is also under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan County. This is a custom of green forests. Generally, when the officers and soldiers of this county are surrounded and suppressed, they will flee to other counties to settle down. The best area is the territory that is not in charge.

Going further south to Leping County, it leaves Taiyuan County and arrives in Luzhou. After the Kaihuang year, this place was renamed Shangdang County (Note 2).

Now that he has lost his old nest, the mountain village is full of dogs that are stray. However, everyone is very confident when they see Li Hu looking confident. But they don’t know that Li Hu has no doubts in his heart.

The current situation in Qiqian Village is burned, so all the food is lost. There is no grain or rice for the winter. Although the money brought by it is a lot, it cannot be eaten up, so the situation is quite tense.

At present, Li Hu is also taking one step at a time, first leading 400 people to the junction of Taiyuan County and Shangdang County.

Shangdang County is a place where green forests gather on the north road. It is common for a while to temporarily join a green forest and stay for a few days. The family has not been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and the world is in trouble at the same time. Those who can help with their fellow workers cannot postpone it. This is the loyalty in the green forest.

This is Li Hu’s current plan, but at this moment, Wang Junguo suddenly led more than 20 brothers back.

It turned out that he had heard that the mountain village was attacked by the officers and soldiers, so he quickly turned around and rushed to pick him up, but unfortunately he came one step late. Wang Junkuo was a little annoyed, of course Li Hu and the others were all very happy, thinking that Wang Junkuo was loyal.

Seeing that he had no help, Wang Junkuo saw that Li Hu and the others had nowhere to go, he immediately invited Li Hu and the others to Shangdang and join Erxianzhuang together, asking Chifa Lingguan Shan Xiongxin to take in.

After hearing what Wang Junkuo said, Li Hu was a little hesitant and asked everyone about his opinions. Everyone thought that although Shan Xiongxin was in the green forest and had a reputation, going to join him was equivalent to living under someone else's roof. As the saying goes, Li Hu would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. After hearing this, he also had his little one in his heart, and he didn't want to be annexed.

Wang Junkuo heard everyone say this, and now he hurriedly said that Shan Xiongxin was a five-way gang in the green forest in the north. If he didn't defect to Luzhou, he could ask him to come forward and say something to help.

Li Hu was still unsure of his mind when he saw this, but Li Chongjiu agreed at this time. So Li Hu made the decision, Wang Junkuo and Li Hu led a group of brothers from the Seven Thousand Villages to visit Shan Xiongxin together at the Erxian Village of Luzhou.

Li Chongjiu was on the way, and he heard that he could see this famous figure in the legend of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and he was also full of expectations.

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

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the powerful Jin State was the party as a military rank. Later, the three families divided Jin, and Zhao and Han divided Shangdang into two. Entering the Warring States Period, the King of Qin wanted to clear the ** and sent troops to attack Han. The Ye King was captured, and Shangdang defended Feng Ting to surrender Zhao. The King of Qin refused to sit idly by, and then the Battle of Changping occurred.

The people from Qiqian Village arrived at Changzi County, Luzhou's capital, which was the place where the county governors and herdsmen were herders. The county must be under high alert. Li Hu, Su Su and others were worried that there would be their own wanted notice at the city gate, so they did not dare to enter the city.

Li Hu found a local woodcutter who wanted to go into the city to sell firewood and asked him where Erxian Village was. The woodcutter said truthfully that it was fifteen miles from the west gate. When Li Hu and others heard that Erxian Village were not in the city, they were all overjoyed. So after settled their subordinates, they gave the woodcutter twenty cents to lead the way and headed to Erxian Village.

Li Hu, Wang Junkuo, Li Chongjiu and Su Su traveled westward, but he saw that although the neighborhood of Erxianzhuang was not in the city, it was even more lively than other places.

On the street, there are shops such as raw medicine shops, firewood shops, and whip shops. They are open for business. In the blacksmith shops, sparks burst into pieces, and there are endless choking sounds.

Along the way, pedestrians were walking one after another. The most common one was the big men in Yanzhao. These people walked with their swords and deliberately lowered their felt hats, and they were casting their eyes towards Li Chongjiu and his party, but they all looked up and down.

Note 1: Shiai County is now Xiyang County, Shanxi.

Note 2: Shangdang County is roughly today in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province.

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