After two quarters of an hour, Zhao Dongting and the guards still failed to catch up with Sha Wanli.

Sha Wanli is burly and has a good martial arts skills. He has four arrows inserted into his body and has a palm. He has never declined.

While galloping, the archer could no longer shoot him with arrows.

In this way, before I knew it, I rushed to the continuous city walls. The houses in the village were towering and lined up one after another.

Zhao Dongting and others rode their horses to the front of the city, and there were no signs of Sha Wanli. There were many people holding weapons and torches at the entrance of the village.

Judging from the postures of these people, they are clearly all practicing.

Yue Peng immediately shouted: "Is someone breaking into your village just now?"

Zhao Dongting looked up at the plaque of the village, but thoughtful.

Xiulin Castle...

How could Sha Wanli come here?

No one answered the guards.

Yue Peng drove his horse forward a few meters and shouted, "I ask you if anyone broke into your village just now?"

A man with the appearance of a leader replied, "He broke in."

Yue Peng immediately raised his gun and shouted, "Go in with me to get people."

After saying that, at least he had to rush into the village.

But I never thought that those guards of the hamlets would not allow them and would block the door tightly.

Yue Peng said angrily: "We will wait in and arrest the important criminals. How dare you stop me?"

"There's no need to bother the general."

Just then, a hearty laughter came from the inside. Then more than a dozen people walked out of the city.

The person in charge was an old man with white hair in the middle of his forehead. He was holding something in one hand, and it turned out to be Sha Wanli.

At this time, Sha Wanli was already out of breath.

The old man walked out of the gate of the city and threw Sha Wanli's body in front of Yue Pengma, "Is he the criminal the general is looking for?"

Sha Wanli's body rolled on the ground a few times, with his face facing upwards. His eyes were actually widening.

Yue Peng couldn't help but be slightly surprised. Although Sha Wanli was injured, he was very skilled after all. He was killed just after breaking into the city for a short time?

But at this time, the people from the village had already thrown out Sha Wanli's body, so he could only bow and say, "I'm working hard!"

The old man in charge said, "You are polite, General, it is necessary for me to serve the imperial court."

His words were so righteous. Then, his eyes glanced at Zhao Dongting and Li Yuanxiu.

Zhao Dongting looked at the high-hanging plaque "Xiulin Castle" and said to Yue Peng: "Take Sha Wanli's head back and leave!"

Yue Peng cut Sha Wanli's head with a gun and held it in his hand. A group of horse soldiers guarded Zhao Dongting and left quickly.

Along the way, Zhao Dongting frowned.

He was very puzzled how Sha Wanli could have galloped to Xiulin Castle. Is it because of a coincidence?

Not long after walking, more than ten people suddenly rushed over in the night ahead of the road. The speed of running was no longer much slower than that of a horse, and they were very good at lightness.

Yue Peng was shocked and hurriedly stopped him in front.

When those people stopped approaching, they were ragged beggars. The person in charge was Hong Wutian.

Zhao Dongting was slightly surprised and shouted: "Senior Hong, why are you here?"

However, Hong Wutian suddenly knelt on one knee, and then said to Zhao Dongting: "The Beggars' Sect helps Hong Wutian, and brings the elders of the Beggars' Sect to the Lord!"

The beggars behind him also knelt down, "Kow to the Emperor!"

The old beggar who was held hostage by Sha Wanli and accidentally injured Sha Wanli was also among them.

Zhao Dongting smelled some unusual smell and said in confusion: "Senior Hong, are you?"

Hong Wutian stood up and explained with a smile: "Please forgive me for your sins. After we discovered Sha Wanli, we deliberately let several elders dress up as ordinary beggars to guard him. He was held hostage in the mountain temple, which was just intentional."

Zhao Dongting was stunned and said suddenly: "Senior Hong is testing me, right?"

Hong Wutian smiled awkwardly, and then said, "The emperor cares about the people of the world and is willing to let Sha Wanli go for my Beggars' Gang. I am also at ease to hand over the disciples of the Beggars' Gang to the emperor. But... I don't know if the emperor is willing to include my Beggars' Gang disciples in the army?"

Zhao Dongting was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "How many disciples are there in the Beggars' Sect?"

Hong Wutiandao: "There are about 10,000 people who are healthy and able to join the army!"

"good!"

Zhao Dongting was even more happy, "I set up... a special beggar army! I will arrange for generals to recruit the children of the Beggars' Gang to join the army tomorrow!"

The elders of the Beggar Gang beside Hong Wutian were all overjoyed when they heard this.

The ordinary Beggar Gang disciples are not like them. They are mostly forced by life and are displaced to join the Beggar Gang. The leader of this trip brought tens of thousands of disciples to Leizhou, and survival has become a problem. If he cannot join the army, he will probably be separated again. Now Zhao Dongting personally promised and set up a special beggar army. In the future, those Beggar Gang disciples can finally be free of food and clothing.

Furthermore, rescuing the country and saving the people is the purpose of the Beggars' Sect in history.

Hong Wutian also bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After testing Zhao Dongting, he recognized Zhao Dongting, so naturally he was no longer as arrogant as before.

Zhao Dongting asked with a smile: "Her senior Hong and all the elders, have they joined the army with the crowd?"

He was naturally very looking forward to this. Hong Wutian’s Kung Fu is no lower than Li Yuanxiu, and there are also these elders of the Beggars’ Sect. If they were to join, the court would not be so powerless to deal with the people in the martial arts world in the future.

However, Hong Wutian declined politely and said, "I am used to being scattered, so it's better to stay in the world and lead the disciples to continue to resist the Yuan army."

The other elders also meant this, and no one expressed their intention to join the army.

Zhao Dongting was a little expectant, but he didn't feel too disappointed after hearing this. He just now just now just held some hope.

Usually, these people in the martial arts world are unwilling to join the court. After all, they do not know how to manage politics and are not easy to lead troops to fight. Otherwise, there would not be so few masters in the Southern Song Dynasty court.

Zhao Dongting bowed, "It's good, seniors are righteous."

Hong Wutian also bowed his hand, "Your Majesty, let me leave for now."

As he said that, he smiled and left with the elders.

Zhao Dongting looked at their free and easy appearance and murmured in his heart, "This is the person in the world..."

For a moment, he felt a little envious of the freedom and freedom of these people in the world.

That night, I had to come out to Dongyang, kill Sha Wanli, and get more than 10,000 children of the Beggars' Sect, which finally dispelled Zhao Dongting's heart a lot.

When he returned to the palace, he practiced his internal skills and sexual skills again, and then fell asleep.

It's been a long time since he fell asleep so easily.

The next morning, before the morning court, he took Li Yuanxiu away from the prefecture and went to Xiang Dongyang's home to ask Xiang Dongyang for the morning court.

Li Yuanxiu held the official uniform in both hands, which was the Xuanhe Palace Bachelor's Officer's Uniform.

When he arrived at Xiang Dongyang's door, Zhao Dongting knocked on the door himself. When he saw Xiang Dongyang, he said, "Please give me a bachelor of Xuanhe Palace to assist in government affairs."

"this……"

Xiang Dongyang looked at Zhao Dongting in shock, then knelt down on the ground and said gratefully: "I thank you for your kindness."

He did not expect that Zhao Dongting would give him an official position so easily, and he was a bachelor of Xuanhe Palace. Although the bachelor was not an official with real power, he was a genuine third-rank official. In all the dynasties of the Southern Song Dynasty, only close ministers favored by the emperor could receive this honor.

Li Yuanxiu smiled and handed the official uniform to Xiang Dongyang, saying, "Congratulations to Bachelor Xiang."

Zhao Dongting said, "Mr. I am naturally wronged to have a vain position. I will just wait for the implementation of the land distribution system to be implemented."

Xiang Dongyang bowed again, "Thank you, Master."

Fortunately, it was dark at this time and there were no pedestrians on the road, otherwise I would have been afraid of it and kneeling all over the street again.

Zhao Dongting helped Xiang Dongyang up, and then, after Xiang Dongyang Pass had a good gate, he went to the Prosecutor's Office in the Prefecture.

When all the officials arrived, they saw Xiang Dongyang wearing the Xuanhe Palace Non-commissioned officer robe, and they all looked puzzled.

Zhao Dongting sat on the dragon couch and said, "Introduce a colleague to all my dear friends."

As he said that, he pointed to Xiang Dongyang, "This is Mr. Xiang Dongyang. Mr. Xiang is a talented man. I ask him to come out to assist in government affairs. I will hold the position of the bachelor of Xuanhe Palace for the time being. Although it is a false position, the bachelor of Xiang has the right to discuss matters of various departments and departments of the State Council. You must not neglect your proposals to the bachelor of Xiang."

The ministers were even more surprised. I wonder where this old man appeared in Dongyang, and he was so trusted by the emperor.

But Zhao Dongting had already said this, and they had to respond: "I will obey the order."

Zhao Dongting nodded, looked at Su Quandang, and said, "General Su, more than 10,000 children of the Beggars' Sect will join the army in the near future. I have agreed to set up a special Beggars' Army. After you go to set up a Beggars' Army recruitment camp, register the disciples of the Beggars' Sect. The Divine Beggars' Army will be in charge of the Divine Beggars' Army. The Divine Beggars' Army will be commanded by you for the time being. All the things needed in the army will be provided to you by the Secretary of the Military Logistics Department, Lord Liu."

Su Quandang was overjoyed, and he should be the same as Liu Shangshu of the Military Logistics Department.

Zhao Dongting looked at the governor of Leizhou Mu Kangxun and said, "Mr. Mu, the murderer Sha Wanli was beheaded last night. You should remove the wanted order for Sha Wanli today!"

"this!"

But Mu Kangxun said in surprise with a bitter face: "The thief Sha Wanli has been killed?"

Zhao Dongting asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Mu Kangxun hesitated: "Yesterday... Yesterday evening, local nobles and gentry gathered in front of the government office to cause trouble. The Empress Dowager suspected that they were related to the thieves who assassinated the foot of Wuliang Palace Mountain, and he had already sent the officials to imprison them all..."

"What?"

Zhao Dongting's face instantly became a little ugly, "How many people are there?"

Mu Kangxun replied tremblingly: "There are dozens of people, all of whom are famous in Leizhou Prefecture."

Zhao Dongting was stunned, and the pain came from his heart.

I originally thought that according to Xiang Dongyang's method, the land distribution system should be implemented smoothly, but now it seems that I am afraid that it will cause trouble again.
Chapter completed!