"They were all attacked by water bandits... There is a stockade on the west side of the Nalan River. The water bandits in this stockade came to collect taxes, saying that the water flows from upstream of them and they all have to pay taxes." Uncle Zhong said, at this time Zhong Zhong There was a cut on my uncle's head and the blood was flowing.
Li Huguo sneered: "A group of water bandits actually dare to ask for taxes in a high-sounding way. Now that Nalan City is in recession, even the princess has suspended the fees, and they, a group of water bandits, actually collected the fees."
"Wait a minute, uncle... This isn't right. Don't you have to pay the poll tax every year?" Uncle Zhong said.
"Huh? Who did you listen to?"
"The policemen will collect them from door to door every month." Uncle Zhong said.
The Thief Emperor came closer and said, "The guards are all Li Yutang's people."
Li Yuguo nodded: "It seems that under the banner of Nalan City, this guy has done a lot of evil things. Let's go... Let's go to the water village to ask for people first, but we must not let the villagers get hurt."
"I, I'll go too." Jun Xue said.
"You stay here, there are so many injured folks here, just help bandage them. They are just water bandits. It is more than enough for the Thief Emperor and I to deal with them." Li Yuguo said.
"Okay... okay, young master, you must be careful!" Jun Xue said, staring at Li Hugo.
"Okay, don't worry!" With that said, Li Hugo walked directly towards the river bank.
Uncle Zhong looked at Li Huguo's back and murmured: "It seems that my uncle has really turned around..."
"No, my uncle is not a prodigal in the first place. There is a reason for what he does!" Jun Xue said protectively. She took out some bandages from her small shoulder bag and said.
Uncle Zhong smiled and said, "Little girl, you are very protective of your young master."
Jun Xue's face turned red: "After all, he is my young master after all..."
"No other meaning?" Uncle Zhong teased deliberately.
"No, no!" Jun Xue pulled the bandage hard.
Uncle Zhong shouted: "Ouch, ouch it hurts! Little girl, please be gentle, I have such an old bone!"
On the edge of the Nalan River, Li Yuguo walked in front, and the Thief Emperor said: "It seems that this Li Yutang is far more complicated than we imagined..."
Li Huguo kicked off a stone at his feet: "It is not an easy task to completely uncover his masks. It is estimated that the gangsters around him have something to do with him. We are farming here, and he You must also know that you said that people usually don’t pay taxes on drinking water, but now they have to pay taxes. Isn’t it too strange?”
"Obviously." The Thief Emperor said.
"Yes, obviously." Li Huguo said. The two of them did not reveal what they were saying, but they already knew what the other party meant.
At the end of the river, there is indeed a water village spanning the river. This water village looks like a river embankment, or a wooden village built at the end of a bridge.
The village has two floors. The upper floor is residential and the lower floor is the river. There are many boats around.
Not far from Li Huguo, there was a group of patrols walking around. It seemed that they were all refugees who had gone to the sea. They had no cultivation, their clothes were in tatters, they were in average spirits, and they all had farm tools in their hands.
"This water village is so poor." The Thief Emperor said.
"Are there any rich people in Shuizhai?"
"Of course, there are two to three thousand minions in the water village near the capital. They are no less powerful than a medium sect, and they all have standard weapons. They are incomparable to this place... It should be said that this place is a bunch of rotten fish. Let's put the shrimp together." The Thief King seemed to be comparing the strength of the two.
When the Thief Emperor said this, Li Yuguo felt confident and immediately stood up from the grass without saying a word.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? I'll draw the firepower, and you can find a chance to save people!" Li Hugo said.
The Thief King couldn't laugh or cry: "I said... aren't you using yourself as bait? Well... then I'll take the first step!"
With that said, the Thief King disappeared from the spot.
Li Yuguo quickened his steps and walked directly towards the water village openly.
The brothers in the surrounding water village saw Li Yuguo and came forward one after another.
"Who is it? Do you know where this place is?" Two minions came and said.
Li Huguo hit him hard and stretched out his arms: "That... cannon..."
"Cannon?" The two minions looked at each other, "Is this guy so smart?"
"Pao Fist!" Li Yuguo's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a pair of fists rushed forward at the same time.
Boom boom!
With two muffled sounds, these two unlucky minions were immediately hit in the abdomen by Li Hugo!
The two of them arched their backs and bent forward at the same time, and their faces were so painful that they were deformed!
But Li Hugo didn't intend to end it so early. He immediately stretched out his hands and grabbed the back of the two people's heads, and slapped them in the middle, like a big cymbal of a folk instrument.
"Snapped!"
The two of them collided face to face, and immediately their noses were crooked at the same time, and they fell backwards.
"Let's call this move, Big Cymbal Face Basic Fist!" Li Yuguo blew the hair on his hand, he chuckled, and walked forward. How could the minions around him who had witnessed Li Yuguo's skills still dare to fight, so they turned around and headed towards Run towards the water village.
"Stop, stop!" The five minions stood at the gate of the water village, staring at Li Huguo, all holding harpoons in their hands.
They were barefoot and wearing tattered clothes. They looked very embarrassed. It was obvious at a glance that their village master did not treat them well.
"What, you still want to experience the feeling of a roller coaster?" Li Hugo said as he moved his joints.
The five people were sweating profusely, but when they thought about their boss's anger, they were frightened. With a cry, they rushed towards Li Huguo.
Li Yuguo smiled with his mouth wide open. He took out some broken silver and scattered it on the ground.
Wow…
Almost at the same time, the five big men all threw away the harpoons in their hands, all kneeled to the ground, like knee skateboards on the football grass, slid in front of Li Hugo, and began to collect the money.
"Tell me how many people are inside." Li Hugo said.
He didn't want to waste his energy for no reason.
One of the big men put all the money in his trouser pocket and said with an apologetic smile: "Sir, our boss is inside, you can go... Those fellow villagers have also been locked up, but don't worry, no one died. After all, these They are all from Nalan City, and my boss does not dare to take action. If we provoke the tigress of Nalan City, our mere water village will basically be wiped out."
"Tigress? Yes, it is indeed a tigress..." Li Yuguo thought of Nalan Meng. She was indeed very fierce sometimes.
"Okay, do you want to make money?" Li Huguo asked around.
Those minions joined in one after another, and some people who had not received the money also joined in.
"Of course I do. Our boss gives us a steamed bun every day and doesn't give us any money. Look at how skinny everyone has become... We became water thieves not because we wanted to have enough to eat." One of the minions said.
"Okay, from now on you will follow me, and each of you will have a bucket of noodles every day." Li Hugo said.
A bucket of noodles can be used to make four steamed buns if mixed by oneself. Such a generous reward shocked everyone here.
When Li Yuguo saw that none of them spoke, he said, "Not satisfied? If you perform well, you will get some scattered money every month."
Suddenly, more than a dozen people around him knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Dad!"
Li Yuguo brought a large group of "sons" to the courtyard of Shuizhai. Sure enough, there was a strong man with his legs crossed and eating fruit. He saw Li Yuguo coming. The man stood up and said with a smile: "Huh, that's all. , you arrested him all, and tonight, each person will be rewarded with half a bowl of wine!"
Li Yuguo put his hands on his hips. He saw the Thief Emperor in the corner of the yard. He immediately shook his head at the Thief Emperor.
Because if the Thief Emperor takes action, someone will definitely die. Although the water bandits here are hateful, they are not to the point where they must be killed. The Thief Emperor immediately understood, nodded towards Li Yuguo, and looked around silently.
The big man said: "Why don't you tie him up? What do you do for food? Tie him up and send him to Nalan City in exchange for a reward!"
"Oh, it seems I'm wanted. Excuse me, how much am I worth?" Li Hugo said.
The big man came over, holding a hemp rope in his hand. He was more than two meters tall, with well-developed muscles and looked very strong: "Not much, three hundred taels of silver."
"Five hundred taels, please help me point out who this person is." As he spoke, Li Yuguo snapped his fingers, and five large ingots of silver appeared in front of him. They were official silver coins, each worth one hundred taels of silver.
This silver appeared here, and everyone was shocked.
The big man gritted his teeth: "Since I promised that person, I will not break my promise! Even if you give me five thousand taels of silver, I will not betray him. This is the rule of the road!"