It was noon, and it was very hot in Dongping Gorge. Lao Qian's horizontal sword in his hand was a little hot. Just as he was about to cut it down, the sound of people leaving behind the sword came from the other side of the canyon.

Hu Ye looked at the visitor coldly, dressed like Li Tai, just like Li Tai. Although he was not as thin as he was, he could not be described as strong. Obviously, it could not be the helper of the three heroes of Dongping. Why did he come to such a place?

Lao Qian slowly put down the horizontal sword and looked at the person who came with sharp eyes. If the person who came wanted to do something, he decided to use the horizontal sword to meet him.

Zheng Da had already hidden himself at this moment, as if the move just now had revealed his identity. He did not expect that he had been hiding for decades and that someone could recognize his archery technique. It seemed that there was no threat to him, so he was not ready to take action again.

"Leave someone under the knife." The person who came rode a fast horse and shouted while walking, for fear that Lao Qian would cut the horizontal knife down with a trembling hand.

"Who are you?"

Hu Ye asked coldly when the person came to ride a horse.

"In the lower part, Kong Gongduo, I hope the young master will show mercy and spare their lives." The visitor jumped off the horse and gave a Confucian scholar ceremony to Hu Ye, and said politely.

Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo carefully, about thirty or forty years, combed his hair bun and had a goatee beard under his forehead, which must be very similar to Li Yangming when he was young.

"What do you have to do with them? Why did I spare them? Don't you know that they wanted my life just now?" Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo. I guess this guy was reading a lot and was stupid.

"Young Master, saving a life is better than building a seventh-level pagoda. If you can forgive someone, it is even better than building an eight-level pagoda. They are just tempted by the bounty, so they will overestimate themselves. Why don't you forgive their lives? They will definitely not make things difficult for the young master again in the future." Kong Gongduo said loudly.

"Young Master Kong, you don't have to plead for us. We are in trouble today when we fall into this kid's hands." The boss of the three heroes of Dongping said to Kong Gongduo.

"Don't be fooled!" Kong Gongduo shouted and said, "You guys who had only robbed the rich and helped the poor before, how could you do such a roadblock for a bounty?"

"Oh, Mr. Kong Er doesn't know that there are hundreds of brothers on Dongping Mountain to support me, and thousands of people at the foot of the mountain are waiting for us to help. Now there is a severe drought in the world. If there is no food, I'm afraid the ground will be hungry at the foot of the mountain will be full of hunger." The boss sighed and continued, "If it weren't for the situation, we wouldn't have done robbery, but with this 500,000 taels of silver, people around Dongping Mountain can survive this year, so we have to take the risk."

Hu Ye looked at the two of them coldly and answered questions and realized some tricks. Shandong is probably not as capable as Zhu Di, so it is impossible to open a warehouse to provide disaster relief. The grain merchants must have stored a large amount of grain and wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune. Moreover, they must be hiding in the city, with the guards guarding them. I believe that the three heroes of Dongping were powerless and could only use money to buy grain in the city.

It sounds like the three heroes of Dongping are still quite a hero in the world. But Hu Ye was not so stupid that he was fooled after listening to a little story, so he said, "Shandong is so close to the Jianghuai River, and there is plenty of water there. I guess the drought has had a small impact. Didn't the government raise food from the Jianghuai region?"

"Young Master doesn't know that the corrupt officials in Dongpingzhou colluded with grain merchants. Even if the grain transport comes from the canal, it is hidden in the warehouse by the government. It is harder to open the warehouse and release grain than climbing to the sky. Moreover, they claim that there is grain on the market and let the people buy it. The grain in the official warehouse will not be used easily until the critical moment. So now that the people want to eat grain, they can only go to the city to buy it at a high price. Now all the wild vegetables on our Dongping Mountain have been eaten up. If it were not forbidden, we would not kill the young master." The boss sighed and said.

"Does the Shandong governors, the censors and the vassal kings not care about it? They allow these unscrupulous merchants and corrupt officials to go around?" Hu Ye asked loudly.

"Officials protect each other, and they hide their heads from their superiors. If the people are restless and want to steal food, they will be charged with rioting the people. And because I helped the people rob a few trucks of food, I have been listed on the list of the government to wipe out. If it weren't for Dongping Mountain being easy to defend but difficult to attack, I guess the government would have taken action." The boss said helplessly.

"Why do I believe you? You just now want my life." Hu Ye looked at the three heroes of Dongping coldly. Although he had already believed what they said, they wanted their own life just now, and they were their enemies. Although Hu Ye didn't think he was a villain, he had not yet reached the realm of a gentleman who repays grievances with kindness.

"Young Master, what they said is absolutely true. I will guarantee them." Kong Gongduo spoke at this time.

"It doesn't matter if you are with them again. Look at your outfit, you look like a scholar. Are you also mingling with them?" Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo curiously. If such a person is mixed with a bandit, he will definitely be able to be a military advisor, just like Xu Maogong back then.

"Ahem, the young master is joking. The second young master Kong is a scholarly family, so how could he get along with us like the rash men in the mountains and forests?" said the three heroes of Dongping.

"A family of scholars? Still the surname Kong?" Hu Ye murmured, and suddenly thought of Meng Shan, whom he met a few days ago. That guy was a descendant of Mencius. Could it be that Kong Gongduo was a descendant of Confucius?

"Are you the Lord Yan Sheng?" Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo in surprise. He remembered that Confucius' later generations were respected as Lord Yan Sheng.

"Young Master is joking. Now Yan Shenggong is my father, and the next generation Yan Shenggong is also my elder brother. I cannot become Yan Shenggong." Kong Gongduo smiled. Since Hu Ye knew Yan Shenggong, I guess these people could be saved today.

"How did you know that they were going to rob me in Dongping Gorge today?" Hu Ye asked Kong Gongduo curiously.

"It was my father who asked me to come to Dongpingxia. My father also asked me to invite my son to the mansion to talk, saying that he had something to discuss with him." Kong Gongduo said calmly.

"Donald Yansheng knows me?" Hu Ye said in surprise.

Why did Mencius' descendants know themselves, and now Confucius' descendants also know themselves? Did his reputation become so great for a while?

"I don't know this anymore. But my father told me that he would ask the young master to spare their lives and go to the mansion to talk to me." Kong Gongduo said.

"Since Yan Sheng Gong has his words, I will give you this face." Hu Ye said, and asked Lao Qian to drive the carriage up.

The three heroes of Dongping glanced at Kong Gongduo, then stood up with difficulty and punched Hu Ye, "Young master is very wise, and we all admire him very much. If you have any orders in the future, you will die."

Hu Ye chuckled, it would be better to have one friend than to have one enemy, let alone to sell Yan Shenggong for a face, so why not do it?
Chapter completed!