Chapter 216 The White Horse Storm
Li Yanqing glanced at him and said lightly: "Is there anything wrong with me, brother?"
Wang Mi smiled, "I'm a little reckless. Actually, I have no malicious intentions. Will my friend transfer this horse?"
Li Yanqing was really unhappy, so he just looked at it, but he came to ask. He resisted the unhappiness in his heart and said, "I'm sorry, I won't sell my horse!"
"I paid 300 guan, and the price is not low. I advise me to sell it!"
Li Yanqing held it back and forth, and finally couldn't help it. He put the big bowl on the table, "So what if I don't sell it?"
Li Yanqing was a little more disturbed, and everyone looked here. At this time, another older man came to the other party and slowly said to Li Yanqing: "We have good intentions. You can't walk in Yunzhou for long. Instead of being stolen, it's better to sell it to us, and at least make a few hundred stale money."
"Li Er! Wang San!"
A roar suddenly came from beside him, and an official officer appeared at the door of the teahouse and glared at the two big men and said, "You are going to harass passers-by again, look at me peeling you!"
When the two men saw the tolerance, they were like mice and cats. They were so scared that they turned around and ran away. They ran away quickly before they finished their food.
The man walked up and smiled at Li Yanqing, saying, "I am Yang Hu, the head of Zhongdu County. These rogues have always blackmailed foreign merchants just now. Today they are lucky and have not succeeded, otherwise I will capture them directly!"
At this time, Yang Du's head waved to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Zhao, long time no see."
The shopkeeper forced a smile, with a hint of fear in his eyes. At this time, Yang Du smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "It's really dangerous to ride a horse single. It's still ten miles away from the county town. Let's go together! I can protect you for a while."
Li Yanqing looked out and saw two constables standing on the official road. Li Yanqing only felt that they were too enthusiastic. And according to common sense, when a county came, the shopkeeper must have tried his best to curry favor with him, but the shopkeeper was afraid of him and dared not say a word. He didn't even dare to ask for the money for the three guests just now, which was really confusing.
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Thank you, Du Bo, I won't go to the county town. I'm going south to Yanzhou, Du Bo, please!"
"Haha! My kindness was actually regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs. Since I don't eat the toast, then I suspect you are an accomplice of the Liangshan bandits. Come with me to the county town."
Seeing that Li Yanqing refused to follow him, this man began to turn against him and his face became ferocious. At this time, the diners in the teahouse began to escape and the shopkeeper and the clerk did not care about pretending, so he turned around and ran into the house, closing the door with a 'slam!'.
Li Yanqing sneered in his heart, and suddenly pointed behind Yang Hu, "Oh! Isn't that Song Jiang?"
Yang Hu was shocked and looked back and saw that there was no sign of Song Jiang. He knew that he was deceived immediately. Just as he was about to touch the knife, a sharp sword had pressed his neck, "You will die if you move, Yang Du's head!"
"You go! I won't catch you."
"Let your subordinates come out and put down the crossbow."
Yang Hu knew that Li Yanqing had seen through it, so he had to shout: "You all come out!"
I saw three people coming out from behind the earthen house, which were the three people who were running away just now. They were holding crossbow arrows in their hands, and the crossbow arrows were very short. They knew they were medicine crossbows at first glance. If Li Yanqing had let go of Yang Hu just now, these people would have shot the horse.
Li Yanqing sneered and said, "It seems that Yang Dutou's prestige is not enough. The thieves did not scare away. Let them put down the crossbow arrows, hurry up!"
He tightened his hand, and a stream of blood had flowed down Yang Hu's neck. At this time, Yang Hu found that the scholar's arm was like an iron arm, and he could not move at all. Only then did he realize that he had misunderstood. This scholar who seemed to be gentle was actually a master.
Yang Hu felt a sharp pain in his neck and his eyes turned black. He was shocked and shouted anxiously: "Put down the crossbow, put down all!"
Several of his subordinates were secretly surprised to see the leader's neck bleeding and quickly placed the crossbow on the ground.
"Back!" Li Yanqing shouted sternly.
Everyone had no choice but to take a few steps back. Li Yanqing kicked Yang Hu a few steps and fell to the ground. He jumped onto the horse, swung his sword, and broke the reins. He drove the horse northward.
Five subordinates rushed up and held Yang Hu. Seeing that he was in a semi-coma, his neck was covered with blood, his throat had been cut open, and his throat was vaguely visible. Everyone was so scared that they bandaged him quickly. After a while, Yang Hu woke up and gritted his teeth and said, "Send a message to Commander Liu quickly. Be sure to stop this bastard. I must peel him off!
In fact, Li Yanqing also made an empirical mistake. He always felt that the vicinity of the county town should not be the sphere of influence of Liangshanbo.
However, he didn't know that except for Xucheng County, the entire Yunzhou, other counties had long been included in the sphere of influence of Liangshan. The county governments and Liangshan were also tacitly aware of it. As long as the people from Liangshanbo did not cause trouble in the county, they would turn a blind eye. However, even in the county, countless sentry spots in Liangshan were installed, most of which were based on the operation of restaurants and inns.
Not only Yunzhou, but also half of Jeju in the south have been reduced to Liangshan's sphere of influence.
Li Yanqing entered Zhongdu County and lived in the largest Ping'an Inn opposite the county government with a pre-prepared fake identity. When Li Yanqing entered the city, he inquired. The inn had an official background and had nothing to do with Liangshan. Li Yanqing put down his luggage and went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper, "I want to inquire about some information, if anyone can introduce me to one."
This is the experience Li Yanqing accumulated when he saved Qing in childhood. He used money to buy news. The news was not only reliable, but also more hidden. Of course, he could also directly ask the government for information with the bronze medal that Tong Guan gave him. But in that case, Yang Jian might notice him.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course there are too many people. I wonder what information the little official wants to ask about?"
"I want to know the situation in Liangshan, and I also want to know about the situation in the government."
The shopkeeper looked around and lowered his voice and said to Li Yanqing: "I will explain it to the little official first. Ask it is OK, but you must not go out to spread it. Liangshan's affairs are taboo in Yunzhou. No one dares to mention them in public. Whoever dares to talk nonsense will be arrested immediately."
"I understand what the shopkeeper means."
"Okay! I'll find someone for you. This person is a civil servant in the county government. The news is absolutely reliable. Don't ask him the name. He will tell you everything you want to know."
Li Yanqing took out ten taels of silver and slammed it on the table, "I need this person now!"
The shopkeeper was secretly shocked, ten taels of silver! Where did this little official come from? He was so generous when he took action.
Soon, the shopkeeper brought a man in his thirties into Li Yanqing's guest room. The man was very white and gentle. He sat down and smiled and said, "The little official came from the capital!"
Li Yanqing shook his head, "I don't want to know the surname of Brother Tai, nor do I want to know what Brother Tai does. I just passed by Zhongdu County."
The implication is: 'I won't ask you, don't ask me either.'
The civil servant smiled and said, "I was rude. I wonder what news the little official wants to know?"
"Can you ask at will?"
"Of course I'm asking casually, as long as I know, ten cents of money are a lot of money for us."
"I want to know a man outside the city who pretends to be a head of the capital, named Yang Hu."
Li Yanqing told him about his noon experience, and the civil servant smiled and said, "I guess there is something you are attracted to by them. Yang Hu used to be the head of the county. Later, he fled into Liangshan for a crime and became a small leader in Liangshan. Since the little official offended him, he had to be careful on the way. I would like to give the little official a piece of advice. Go north from Zhongdu County, don't live in inns and bars outside the city. Most of the ten are from Liangshan. Buy more dry food in the county town, and walk two hundred miles north to Xucheng."
"So that's it. Thank you for your advice. In addition, I want to know if Taifu Yang is in Xucheng now."
The civil servant's face changed a little, and he was looking for Yang Jian. He knew that Li Yanqing was not small. He pondered for a moment: "He has been there for the past month. As for whether he wants to go out for inspection next time, I don't know."
Li Yanqing asked more than a dozen questions, and the clerk told him one by one regardless of the size of the information Li Yanqing hoped to get was basically understood clearly.
The next morning, Li Yanqing took a large bag of dry food prepared by the shopkeeper, changed into clothes, left Zhongdu County, and continued northward.
[Today, Sunday, let Lao Gao take a break, two updates today]
Chapter completed!