When Lu Qi saw that one of the escaped bandits was carrying a woman on his back and the three bandits had baggages on them, he immediately shouted: "The one who escaped was the bandit leader. Come with me to make a fortune."

This was the most attractive. The sixteen official troops immediately abandoned the bandits at the back door and followed Lu Qi to chase the bandits. Lu Qi knew that the bandit leader had escaped and had to kill them no matter what. He led the official troops to chase them urgently.

The three fleeing bandits were agile, flew quickly and cunningly, and flew into the bushes, making it difficult for Lu Qi to shoot with an arrow. After chasing for a while, Lu Qi shot the left leg of a bandit. The bandit staggered and fell to the ground, but was shot into a hedgehog by the chased army.

The remaining two bandits fled in panic. Lu Qi ordered the official army to chase the one who was a little slower. He chased the bandit who was carrying a woman alone. Although the bandit who carried a woman was carrying someone on his back, he ran as light as a leopard.

Although the bandits were fast, the bows and arrows were faster. When they were chasing Baimiji, they saw the upper reaches of Xiaolong River, due to the sparse trees, Lu Qi's arrow ruthlessly nailed the bandit's right thigh.

The bandit staggered and grabbed the woman on her back with his back hand, and at the same time turned around and placed the knife across the woman's neck.

"Stop, I'll kill her." The bandit sternly intimidated and threatened Lu Qi with the woman on his back.

Lu Qi was stunned and stopped, and raised his bow and aimed at him five steps away from the bandit. He saw clearly that the bandit was a tough man with a thin face. He opened his mouth and kept panting, and his burly body was shrinking as much as possible. The woman in front of the bandit seemed to faint, and his back was facing Lu Qi and was carried by the bandit on the bandit.

"Don't you find it ridiculous to threaten me with a woman?" Lu Qi said sarcastically.

"Of course it's not ridiculous. This woman is the lady of the Qili Fort King. The Wang Dahou has promised to send 1,000 taels of silver to redeem. You are an officer and soldier who can kill me, but this woman is a good citizen. Even if you kill her by chance, it's a serious crime. If you let me go, I will release this woman as long as I enter the river." The bandit said the conditions with a ferocious face.

Lu Qileng said: "You can't deceive me with this trick, this woman is a bandit."

The bandit said anxiously: "Don't do anything randomly, she is really a good lady."

Lu Qi hesitated on his face. When the bandit saw her holding the woman, he retreated and threatened, "Don't do anything randomly. I'll let her go when I enter the river. I will definitely let her go. It's a great achievement for you to take her back, ah..."

After the sound of the bow, the bandit screamed. An arrow shot ruthlessly on the woman's back and penetrated into the bandit's heart. Dong! After the sound of the bow again, an arrow stabbed into the bandit's eyebrows.

The bandit opened his eyes wide in horror and said with difficulty: "You dare to attack the good woman..."

Lu Qi rushed forward and kicked the bandit away, followed by the sword and cut off the bandit leader's head. He held the head with his left hand and looked at the head of the person who was bleeding from his eyes. He said coldly: "If I don't take action, I will cry in the future. You are a bandit, so you should know better than me."

After killing the bandit leader, Lu Qi thought for a while, and finally threw the head and body into Xiaolong River ten meters away, then quickly buried the bag on the bandit corpse in a pit. After burying it, he quickly returned to the woman, kicked the blood stains on the ground, and then helped the woman lying on the ground. When he saw that this was a beautiful girl, her face was pale and still had a breath.

Lu Qi shook his head bitterly, reached out and pulled out the arrow and threw it into the river. He was shooting the arrow. Although it passed through the girl, the position of the shot may not hurt the important internal organs. Whether this girl can live depends on her luck.

Although the bandit said to let her go, it was actually not let her go at all. If this girl was humiliated by the bandit leader in Changlu, she would rather die and seek life.

A moment later, sixteen officers and soldiers arrived. The bandit was shot and killed. The officers and soldiers brought two bags and handed them over to Lu Qi. They looked at Lu Qi with anticipation. They did not dare to cause trouble by themselves, so they had to find Lu Qi to make a decision together.

Lu Qi didn't say anything. When he opened a bag, he saw that it was full of ten taels of gold ingots, which were fifty. He reached out and took two ingots into his arms, then took sixteen more gold ingots and threw them on the ground. He opened another bag and merged the remaining gold ingots into pieces. The hollow bagpie was torn into pieces.

"Everyone is more careful. If gold is in the stone temple, you cannot repay silver without an official body. You have a lifelong battle with me. I can exchange the gold you have picked up for free, but I can only go to the neighboring county to exchange it. If you can trust me, go to the Liuming Restaurant in ten days to collect the silver. If you can't trust me, take the gold you picked up by yourself." Lu Qi said calmly.

Sixteen officers and soldiers hesitated to look at each other, bent down and picked up gold and sent it to Lu Qi. Lu Qi put it in his arms without saying a word, threw the big bag to an official army, then picked up the girl who was seriously injured in coma, and ordered the official army to go with him to hand over the official.

The government army launched a large-scale campaign to suppress bandits this time and achieved amazing results. A total of 127 bandits were destroyed, including those in the Chen Mansion. They collected 370 taels of gold, more than 8,000 taels of silver, and jewelry worth more than 4,000 taels of silver. The king's clerk made the first contribution to the crackdown on bandits, the three county magistrates of the guards were the second contribution, and the team below was the first contribution to the fire.

Three days later, the county government secretary was in the side hall, and Lu Qi, who was dressed in ordinary robe, came to Wang Zhuzhu for leave. He wanted to visit his sister in Qingyang County, and secretly wanted to use gold to make silver. The bag he buried by the Xiaolong River was quietly retrieved at night, but the property inside was only ten ingots of gold, most of which were clothes and an official Inca document.

After he looked at it, he realized that the bandit leader of Bawang Temple was actually a secret spy appointed by Zhou State, and his official position was Deputy Chief Zhenwei. Logically, these handed over must be a great achievement, but Lu Qi did not dare to hand over it, and buried it outside the city for later use.

When the king saw Lu Qi, he was full of spring breeze. This time, the bandit suppression added icing on the cake to his administration. There was a lot of praise from Shida County. In the hearts of the people, Wang Zhuan was the county master, and the county magistrate named Sun was just a useless idiot literati.

After Lu Qi sat down, he explained his purpose. After hearing this, Wang Zhuanbu said worriedly: "Mr. Lu, the bandits are still rampant now. If you don't have bandits invade the countryside, the consequences will be very serious."

Lu Qi said in harmony: "Don't worry, I have specially trained ten messengers. When I am not here, they can deal with the incident independently, especially the messenger Du Meng has outstanding talents. He can now exercise power on my behalf and have the ability to deal with bandits in a timely manner."

The king nodded and said in a harmonious voice: "If you have made arrangements, I will allow you to have three days off."

Lu Qigongli said, "Thank you, sir."

The Wang Zhubu smiled and said in a harmonious voice: "Mr. Lu, your military talent is indeed powerful. I want to eliminate the bandits in a row in the near future. Do you think it is feasible?"

After hearing this, Lu Qi shook his head without hesitation and said, "I don't think it's feasible."

The King of Kings said oh and said in harmony: "Can Lord Lu tell me why it is not feasible?"

Lu Qi said in harmony: "Sir, there are three reasons why we succeeded in this bandit suppression of Bawang Temple. First, we destroyed some bandits first, second, we used disguise to paralyze the bandits, and third, the government forces had a great advantage."

Wang Zhuan nodded after hearing this, Lu Qi said again: "If the lord is going to suppress the bandits openly now and the bandits are well prepared, the official army will suffer a lot. The bandits occupy most of the dangerous land. In the case of dangerous defense, if the official army attacks and suffers, the casualties will be the crowd. Also, with our current forces to attack the bandits, even if the bandits are captured, the bandits will scatter and flee into the wilderness. Once the bandits are gone, the bandits will gather again. Therefore, we will not succeed in taking the initiative to suppress the bandits, but will make great sacrifices."

The king frowned and said, "In the opinion of Lord Lu, how can the bandits be wiped out?"

Lu Qi said in harmony: "Sir, we cannot withstand failure. Once the bandit suppression fails, we will fall into a state of grievances between officials and people. At present, we can only wait for the opportunity without seeking merit, but we only seek to be unforgettable, and wait for a surprise attack like the extermination of Bawang Temple. Another way to eliminate the enemy is to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress. Only by using superior forces to encircle and suppress the bandits can they prevent the fleeing and reunion."

The Wang Zhubu was stunned for a moment, nodded seriously and said, "You are right. We cannot withstand the crushing defeat. In the future, we will build more beacon whistleboards, focusing on beacon defense."

Lu Qi nodded and said, "It is correct for lord to do this. As long as the bandits dare not come to rob the ground, it is equivalent to suppressing the bandit troubles, which is also a sign of successful bandit suppression."

The chief clerk Wang glanced at Lu Qi and smiled and said, "Mr. Lu has helped me a lot."
Chapter completed!