Dang Kou general Liu Dan, although he was a miscellaneous general, but a 30-year-old fourth-rank military attache is rare in the imperial court. Especially since this is the Qi Dynasty, Lu Zhang's throne was obtained by usurping the throne. He learned from the past and the future. Of course, the founding monarch of the Qi Dynasty will not be like Chu Lingdi's extraordinary promotion of generals.
Liu Dan came from a humble background and his parents died young.
This was originally a disadvantage, but in the eyes of the Qi Dynasty emperor, it became a remarkable advantage.
Liu Dan used to think that the most difficult time in his life was when he was young, without a roof and without a roof. He had no choice but to join the army. He was fighting the barbarians in the northern Xinjiang, and he was involved in Taijing. The two factions were framed because of their partisanship, and even when the emperor was assassinated, he decided to fight with his life to save him—
So many dangers, Liu Dan has stepped over.
Now he is a minister of Emperor Xinzhong. Although his official position is not high, he does indeed have a hundred elite cavalry, plus eight hundred infantry.
Compared to those frontier generals who command tens of thousands of troops, Liu Dan, a bandit general, sounds less majestic, but his subordinates are his direct descendants. Dan can have the final say.
This has the final say. It does not mean appointing a non-competent pawn at will, but it is able to reject the people who come from the Ministry of War. If you want someone, you can choose from the list drawn up by the Ministry of War.
There were not many generals in the Qi Dynasty who enjoyed this kind of treatment, not even a slap.
Liu Dan knew that staying in Taijing would not benefit much, and the risk was very high. He needed to accumulate some prestige for himself, so he took the initiative to ask for orders to come to Pingzhou to suppress the bandits.
However, at this time, Liu Dan doubted whether he could return to Taijing alive.
- It may be folded in Pingzhou.
In order to escape, he cut off all contact with the outside world and got into the deep mountains of Bazhou. As a result, up to now, no one knows the whereabouts of this hundred households.
General Liu did not want to end up like this.
He calmed down, and the hand holding the reins seemed to have a critical weight.
"...General, what should I do?" Several of the soldiers around him also saw Meng Qi.
There are too many people here, and in order to avoid a worse situation, they dare not trade and retreat.
In Mo Li's eyes, General Liu and the others were unexpectedly calm.
Meng Qi's appearance was different from others. Apart from General Liu, many people present also noticed him. From the Sijia caravan to the officials, they were all discussing secretly, guessing who he was and how he could be among the crowd.
The black man in Sijiabao stared at Meng Qi for a while, and then his anxious eyes returned to the crowd.
"Someone stole important things from the Si family." Mo Li thought thoughtfully.
This person was hiding behind the clerk's car that was transporting grain and grass. The location was relatively hidden, but if he checked one by one, he wouldn't be able to hide for a long time. Not to mention that the man seemed to faint and couldn't run on his own.
"Didn't the people in Sijiabao say it, heirloom!" Meng Qi said casually.
Mo Li didn't take his joke, and turned his attention to Liu Dan.
The cold sweat on General Liu's head made his mind buzzing. When he met the black man in Sijiabao with a smug look, and saw that Sijia's private soldiers were still searching the caravan, Liu Dan's body suddenly froze. Shock, come back to your senses.
Immediately, he was furious. He was afraid of Meng Qi, the national teacher, and not the Si family of this Lao Shizi.
what's going on? Thinking that he didn't speak just now, because he was jealous of the forces behind the Si family? ! Niang Xipi, before being killed by the national teacher, this general will kill you bastards in the fish and meat town!
"Snapped!"
The whip was so loud that everyone stopped.
Liu Dan looked at the leader of Sijiabao and sneered: "What's the matter? Seeing that there are so many dogs here, and there is no chain around his neck, he dares to bite people? This general won't leave here today, just wait The hundreds of soldiers behind General Ben! And the guards of these caravans, where did the bows and arrows come from?"
Pointing at the hand holding the whip, the members of the Sijia Caravan quietly shrank back.
They are just businessmen who make money for their owners, not their lives. Those guards are private soldiers of the Si family, but they are not.
There were only a dozen or so personal soldiers around Liu Dan, not counting the caravan guards. There were more than 100 people from Sijiabao. The leader of the black man was proud of this before. He felt that these officials must be afraid of death.
Now that his face was torn apart, the black man saw the bows on the backs of the knives on the waists of Liu Dan's personal soldiers, and the Liangcheng horse under his crotch, and he couldn't stop scolding in his heart.
There are bows and arrows on both sides, and the other side's horse is very good. Even if there are many people on his side, if two escape from there, the Si family will be in trouble. Not to mention that there are still so many people here, and everyone is watching, it is really difficult to do anything, unless they are killed together.
It just so happened that when the Sijia private soldiers searched, they found that the officers were particularly nervous, and they kept paying attention to a corner from time to time. Seeing that General Liu suppressed their leader, they couldn't continue their search, so he shouted in a hurry: "There is someone over there!"
Everyone looked at the back of the cart in unison.
Mo Li's hand moved slightly, Meng Qi held him down, and gestured with his eyes that Liu Dan was still there!
—General Dang Kou went to Mount Shilang just to investigate the gold mines
"There is blood on the floor! It must be that little thief!"
How could Liu Dan give up? The person who knew about the gold mine was almost dead, and he was even more angry in his heart: If it weren't for this mess of the Si family, would he have led troops to station at Mount Shilang? Can he meet Meng Qi here
Why is it so hard to escape? !
"Who dares to move?" General Liu shouted violently.
The sound was like thunder, and the lion's roar was nothing more than that, making everyone dizzy.
Meng Qi's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes showed murderous intent.
Mo Li screamed that it was not good, and General Liu inadvertently used the innate aura obtained by swallowing the elixir!
Under the current situation, Meng Qi can't be attacked—
Mo Li took advantage of Meng Qi's hold on his hand just now, but before he could pull it away, he grabbed Meng Qi's wrist with his backhand, and inputted spiritual power to suppress the instantly chaotic and violent inner breath in Meng Qi's body. The shock was numb, and it was almost impossible to hold people down.
The two were at a stalemate, and Mo Li could not move at all, let alone go to Ning Shenwan.
And now, Ningshen Pill may not be effective.
He didn't dare to let go, the guarantor of letting go would be gone.
If the two of them fight here, innocent people will suffer, and if Liu Dan dies, the Si family will escape!
Mo Li tried his best to suppress Meng Qi, and seeing that the situation was getting worse, General Liu and the people from Sijiabao had already met. The people behind the car were carried to General Liu.
"Report to the general, this man has an arrow wound, is still bleeding, and is unconscious now."
Liu Dan deliberately didn't want to look at Meng Qi's side. The top priority was to deal with the Si family. He asked with a sullen face, "You say this is a thief who stole family heirlooms? This General will take a look now!"
He jumped off his horse, ordered his personal soldiers to retreat, and rudely tore off all the clothes of the unconscious man in front of everyone.
... not even the underwear.
The crowd was stunned.
Liu Dan also tore off the man's hair, and nothing was hidden in it.
He moved very quickly. After stripping the man directly, he took off the cloak he was wearing and threw it on the man. Immediately, the personal soldiers wrapped the man with understanding, otherwise he would freeze to death.
As for the thick robes and cotton pants that were peeled off... Liu Dan slowly tore them all to shreds, including the pair of tattered shoes, even the soles were torn apart.
Nothing at all!
"Heirloom?" General Liu said disdainfully, "Why does he have nothing on him?"
The people in Sijiabao were stunned at first, and then their eyes turned to the officers and the car they were escorting.
When Liu Dan saw their appearance, he knew that there was indeed something, but this person hid it first.
"General, this man's wound is bleeding..."
The voice of the personal soldiers was very low, but Mo Li could hear it clearly. He saw the eyes of the people in Sijiabao staring at the officers with fierce eyes, and his heart became anxious. At this time, he was dragged by Meng Qi's side, and his internal strength was retreating, and he couldn't suppress Meng Qi at all, and the latter was about to lose control.
Doctor Mo was heartbroken, took a deep breath, and secretly urged his spiritual power to speak in ventriloquism.
"Meow."
This cat meow was so vivid that some people even looked at the roadside unconsciously, thinking there was a wild cat.
To Meng Qi, this voice infused with spiritual power was like a bowl of cold water poured down on the head, with ice cubes added.
"Meow-"
The voice got louder, the cat appeared out of time, and even General Liu was taken aback for a moment, and looked here involuntarily.
Meng Qi held his forehead with one hand, and Mo Li was holding on to the other hand. After regaining his sanity, he curled his fingers weakly, and said in a low voice, "Doctor, that's enough!"
Mo Li's palm was hooked like this by his fingers, and he was forced to learn to meow like a cat because of the upside-down feeling of his hair.
Meng Qi's embarrassment came and went quickly, and he laughed in a low voice: "It's really embarrassing for the doctor."
"Hanging the pot to help the world is the doctor's job." Mo Li said with a stern face, and shook off Meng Qi's hand. He strode out of the crowd and said to General Liu, "I am a doctor, and I see that this person is seriously injured. , can you let me treat him?"
Liu Dan's pupils shrank, and he glanced at Meng Qi subconsciously. He found that the latter completely ignored him, and felt a little calmer.
Mo Li had already taken out the medicine box from his luggage, and the people from Sijiabao glared at him fiercely.
Although General Liu didn't say anything, his personal soldiers saw that the man who claimed to be a doctor was holding Meng Qi's hand just now. They subconsciously stood in front of Liu Dan. To outsiders, they looked like General Liu's subordinates. Take the initiative to make way for the ink carp.
Doctor Mo looked at the arrow wound on the unconscious man, gave him acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, and then stretched out his hand to check the pulse.
"This is a fever caused by a wound. It needs to be taken in time and must go to the county seat!"
The ink carp took out the pen and paper from the bag and quickly wrote the recipe.
The personal soldiers took it in fear and looked back at their generals.
Liu Dan didn't understand what kind of development this was, he could only sullen his face, nodded and said, "You ride a fast horse and take the recipe to the county town to get medicine. As for this... Since the Si family said that this person is a thief, show the evidence. Come! All witnesses are present, you can’t leave until things are clear, all go to Qiuling County! Hurry up all night!”
There was a commotion in the caravan, and only the officers were overjoyed.
The people from Sijiabao brought enough torches, so there was no problem of not being able to see the road at night.
"By the way, what are you escorting?" Liu Dan asked.
The superintendent vaguely guessed the key here, and immediately said nervously and fearfully, "Yes, it's the food and grass for your troops and horses, General!"
"Send directly to this general's camp!"
"Yes, yes!" The clerk complied, glaring at the officers in secret.
It was all the trouble caused by these guys. He couldn't get used to the Si family, but when he got into trouble with the Si family, how would it end
Liu Dan felt very guilty, but Meng Qi did not attack until everyone went on the road.
Sijiabao's private soldiers quietly left behind a few. After everyone left, they searched the place and found nothing.
"... Doctor, guess what this person took from the Si family?" Meng Qi put on his cloak again and asked slowly.
Mo Li went out to attract the attention of many people just now, and now they are following General Liu and the others openly, as if they were afraid of revenge by the people of Sijiabao to seek General Liu's protection. What is the real situation? General Liu knew it himself.
Their voices were not deliberately concealed, and Liu Dan eavesdropped on his ears.
Mo Li pondered: "It's about the account book."
A local snake like the Si family can't be shaken only by witnesses. The only way to copy their bottom line is the account book. What can make them so nervous is probably the account book.
"I just don't understand, why do these people always like to record unsightly things into account books, and they have a bad memory?"
"It's not always the case. The account book usually involves others, and it is written down as a proof to deal with people who have interests with them." Meng Qi knew what was in the account book without thinking. The thought of wanting to toss the other party can't be controlled at all, so he simply makes things more serious.
"It may be Qiuling County, or even the entire Pingzhou officialdom... How can the people of the Si family go out to do business, how can they not get through the joints? Giving bribes is a private matter, and no one will tell the truth that the people in the government only think that Si The family is rich, but they don’t know the origin of the Si family’s money. The sum of these accounts is probably an astonishing figure, far exceeding the Si family’s family wealth.
While Liu Dan thought that Meng Qi could not be brought into the ditch, he felt that what the national teacher said was very reasonable.
"Who was the one who stole the account book?"
Meng Qi's question was strange, none of them knew the unconscious person.
Mo Li knew what he meant, and replied naturally: "I do rough work, my hands and feet have calluses, and the lines on my palms are almost invisible. Judging from the material of those clothes, there are no patches, and they don't look like poor people. It is assumed that the combination of the two is probably the servant of the Si family."
"A servant who does rough work can have access to such an account book?" Meng Qi asked deliberately.
Mo Li cooperated to tell the story of the previous officer helping the Tibetans, and his voice was controlled within the range that Liu Dan could hear.
"... Most of the people who serve corvée together are from the same village. Only when they know each other can they hide people without hesitation. It happens that they are very dissatisfied with the Si family. As for how the servants came into contact with the account books , this will require General Liu to investigate, maybe the Si family intends to destroy the account book, or someone else who stole the account book, this person is just entrusted to give away the things desperately."
Sounds like that!
Liu Dan almost couldn't help nodding, but he quickly realized that those two were not his staff, but the evil stars who killed him.
This feeling of life hanging by a thread is really bad-
"The account book is hidden on the grain cart. The Si family will not stop there and do nothing to watch these carts enter the camp."
As soon as Mo Li finished speaking, there was a sound of breaking wind in his ears, and Liu Dan avoided it in time.
"hidden weapon?"
Meng Qi quickly took one, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a caltrop.
This thing has sharp corners on all sides and can only be held by fingers.
Not many people were hit by the caltrops, and it was very painful to be hit, but as long as they were not hit at the vital point, there was no fear of their lives. The trouble is that this thing falls on the ground, and no matter what, it will have a sharp point pointing up. The motorcade and the crowd were frightened, the donkeys and horses ran wild, and the sky was dark, and they stepped on them accidentally, screaming in pain.
Liu Dan was so angry that he was so angry that he restrained the horse and was about to give a loud shout when Mo Li grabbed the first place.
In order to prevent Meng Qi from having another attack, it was very difficult for Doctor Mo.
"All stop! Don't run around, there are hidden weapons on the ground!"
Everyone's outstretched feet froze. The sound was not only deafening, but also terrifying from the heart. Those donkeys that were screaming and jumping in pain were all paralyzed on the ground, and only Liangcheng Ma could barely stand.
"The son of a bitch in the Si family..."
The people from Sijiabao hid in the dark and threw hidden weapons. Originally, they wanted to cause chaos and take the opportunity to destroy the carts that transported grain and grass. However, Qiuling County was reluctant to give up money and used all human power, not as frightened as the cars and horses of the caravan The donkey and horse were thrown off, but in the chaos, apart from being hit a few times, most of the cars were intact.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the leading black man waved his hand: "Release the arrow!"
Liu Dan's personal soldiers responded very quickly, and they also took bows and arrows.
The people caught in the middle held their heads one after another, squatting and not daring to move.
A strange cracking sound.
The people on the side of Sijiabao let out a burst of exclamations. The archers either hugged their hands or covered their faces. After the broken bowstrings bounced, they were drenched in blood.
Doctor Mo silently looked to his side.
Meng Qi took out a penny from the purse, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to learn how to cut ten bowstrings with one copper coin?"
"...You polished that copper coin just now?" Mo Li's eyes were sharp, and he saw the "hidden weapon" shining sharply. Obviously, the copper plate was different from the one Meng Qi held in his hand. To the effect that Meng Qi said.
Meng Qi coughed dryly and said vaguely: "A person like me who opposes the imperial court always has preparations in hand. Of course, this also divides people. The polite thing is this kind of copper coins. It only damages the bowstring and does not hurt others. I only have one copper coin just now, after all, I will stay on the line as a human being, and I will meet you in the future."
"No, because the thinned copper coins are not accepted by the store." Mo Li ruthlessly exposed him.
"… "
There are many kinds of hidden weapons used by martial arts masters. The most common ones are stones and copper coins. There is no other reason, it is easy to find, and you can use it when you grab it. Basically, everyone grinds the edge of the copper coin to increase the lethality.
Meng Qi did not expect that a person like a doctor who had never been out of the house would actually know the drawbacks of the hidden weapon of copper coins.
"What did your teacher say?"
For fear of being heard, Meng Qi did not mention Qin Lu's name.
"Yes, he asked me to use stones. Money is precious, how can I throw it away?" Mo Li said solemnly.
How many poor people can't cure their diseases because they have no money. Whenever Mr. Qin sees people who throw away copper coins, he can't wait to knock them on the head.
Meng Qi gave Mo Li the caltrops he picked up, and went to pick up the stones himself.
"Then use this."
While they were talking, the arrows shot by other archers in Sijiapu had arrived.
General Liu drew his long sword to block.
A dark black light flashed across, followed by a dozen or so stones, which accurately hit the flying arrows against the nearby mountain wall.
"Stop shooting arrows, there are too many people here, and it is inevitable that they will be injured accidentally." Meng Qi said, and General Liu's personal soldiers stopped hesitantly.
Liu Dan gritted his teeth and nodded, the national teacher wanted his life, and he could get it, there was no need to borrow the hand of the Si family.
There were iron caltrops on the ground, Liu Dan and others couldn't get through, Meng Qi had no such scruples, he stretched out his arms, people were like birds flying in the air, and his toes stepped on the mountain wall twice, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at Si's house in front of those private soldiers.
There was another round of people turning their backs, and in less than a cup of tea, including the leader of the black man, they were all beaten until their noses were blue and their faces were swollen and unconscious.
The personal soldiers beside Liu Dan asked tremblingly, "General, how many people do you think will be needed to take this down..."
"...The entire Weiyuan army has to be armed."
The Weiyuan Army is a large army stationed at five checkpoints in the northern Xinjiang, with a total of 100,000 people.
Liu Dan suddenly remembered that there was still a black carp left here. He listened to what he said just now, and suddenly a layer of cold sweat broke out. Qi Chao did not have a second Weiyuan army.
When Meng Qi came back, Liu Dan insisted on pulling out a smile that was uglier than crying, pretending not to know each other, and thanked the "hero" for his help.
As soon as Meng Qi waved his hand, he said carelessly, "No need to thank each other, General Liu destroyed his clothes in front of everyone when he rescued the people. In addition to rushing to get the things, he also thought that as long as the Si family saw it. When things fall into your hands, you won't be bothering everyone here again."
The people who were still in shock came back to their senses and thanked General Liu. Even the members of the Sijia caravan secretly resented the owner. They were all businessmen, and no one wanted to be involved in such a terrible thing.
The caravan guards who didn't do anything just now were naturally fine, but they had shrunk to the side and did not dare to make a sound under the gaze of everyone.
After all the words were said, Liu Dan simply walked over to the grain trucks, found something wrapped in oilcloth, and put it into his arms in front of everyone's eyes.
"do not move!"
Meng Qi gave a warning, and Liu Dan froze.
His personal soldiers were also facing a formidable enemy, but Meng Qi said, "There is an iron caltrop in front of your right foot. Don't take this step if you don't want to be pierced through the instep."
"… "
"Everyone should stay still until the caltrops are found." Meng Qi said naturally, "Please, General Liu."
"Guo... Hero, can't you help me?" Liu Dan looked at the dark mountain road outside the torches, his head became big.
"The general can ask the villagers to help, and I also want to help the doctor." Meng Qi pointed at Mo Li seriously, and the latter was taking out a hidden weapon for the person who was injured by the iron bristle.
"Is there any spirits?" Mo Li frowned and asked, not cleaning the wound.
This is not a rare thing. People who go out in winter always have to prepare some spirits.
Mo Li went to see the man who was being chased by Sijiabao again, and the heat seemed to be higher. He took out a pill and stuffed it into the emergency.
After finishing this, the sound of horse hooves and human voices could be heard in the distance. It was the person Liu Dan had sent to the county town to get medicine and notified the soldiers in the camp that they had arrived.
The author has something to say:
It is better to learn to meow than to fight,
When it comes to being trapped, no one has the special treatment of the protagonist. What is General Liu
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Meng Qi's attack, Mo Li grabbed the person, and then did not dare to move, because it was an internal effort. Don't dare to let go, because as soon as you let go, people run away.
Translation: ... that is, let it go when it starts to happen.