There are at least hundreds of horse thieves in Qiwu Mountain, and it may even exceed the number of thousands, these horse thieves are strong in combat, and they are relatively familiar with the local terrain, there are many paths and hidden ditches, only they know, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court enter the mountains to encircle and suppress, they may be very close to them, but they cannot find their traces, so they can never be found, and they cannot be annihilated.

With only more than a hundred elite guards, it seems that it is really impossible to confront horse thieves, and it is impossible to guarantee Li An's absolute safety, however, Li An has a secret weapon in his hand, so he is not worried about horse thieves with a total number of more than 1,000 people, even if these guards can't resist the sneak attack of horse thieves, with the secret weapon in their hands and their own martial arts, they still have a great chance of winning against just horse thieves.

In addition, there is a saying since ancient times, it is called to capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as the leader is killed, the people below will naturally be honest, and the secret weapon in Ang Lee's hand, killing the leader of the horse thief, it is still very easy, as long as you move your fingers slightly, the leader of the horse thief will be killed, and there is no chance to resist.

"Madame is too worried, Qiwu Mountain is so big, how can it be so coincidental to encounter bandits, even if you do, don't worry, for the husband and enough strength to deal with these bandits, Mrs. will not be hurt in the slightest."

Li An said confidently.

Li Hanlu is not a timid person, since Li An is so confident, she has no objection, anyway, her martial arts are not bad, and she is not afraid of horse thieves at all.

"Ladder, Cui Dahai is sensible, and he deliberately left the ladder before leaving, but where can we use the ladder when we go down."

Li An walked to the opening position, saw the ladder left by Cui Dahai, and said with a smile.

"Since there is a ladder, you don't have to use it in vain."

Li Hanlu went down the ladder, and Li An jumped down directly in three or two steps, his movements were sharp and fast, reflecting good physical flexibility.

After assembling the people, Li An and his party set off for the old white city in the west.

This old white city is an abandoned city, also called Qiwu City, because it is in the north of Qiwu Mountain, so it used to be called this name, but it is called the old white city in the history books.

After returning to the county office, Cui Dahai felt that his whole body was in terrible pain in many places, he first took off his dirty official robe, and then lay on the seat to rest, and seemed to be in a very bad mood.

Climbing the Waste Great Wall continuously, it hurt him a lot, and most importantly, he lost face, he knew that when he climbed, he must look ugly, and these were seen by his subordinates, which made him very angry.

"Uncle, Li Shilang and they have all left, they should go to the old Baicheng, do you want to get the ladder back."

Cui Er asked.

"Ladder, you know ladders, a broken ladder also came to ask me."

Cui Dahai angrily reprimanded.

Today he lost a lot of face in front of Cui Er, if it weren't for Cui Er lifting him up with all his strength, he would have made a bigger ugly appearance, but he didn't know how to be grateful, but he would feel very angry, because this is a matter of face, he is a little shameless to see Cui Er, as soon as he sees Cui Er, he can think of today's ugly thing, how can this calm his heart, and this Cui Er is stupid enough, he actually asked him because of a ladder, it is really stupid enough.

"Why should my uncle be angry, after all, he is a big official from the capital, and it is not a shame to be embarrassed."

Cui Er said.

He knew that his uncle Cui Dahai must have been haunted by the fact that Li An asked him to climb the city wall and make a fool of himself, and even he felt that the officials from the capital should not be allowed to go to the city wall on the fat Cui Dahai.

"Cui Er, tell me, is this surnamed Li on purpose, doesn't he know how difficult it is to climb up? Isn't this deliberately manipulating me? ”

Cui Dahai said angrily, the corners of his mouth trembled, it can be seen that he is really angry.

"Uncle, Li Shilang also climbed up by himself, and he didn't use a ladder, because his uncle is not good at climbing, and this Li Shilang doesn't know!"

Cui Er said.

Although he felt that Ang Lee was a little deliberate, in order to persuade Cui Dahai, he still tried his best to say good things for Ang Lee, but this caused Cui Dahai to be even more angry.

"Deliberately, this surnamed Li is deliberate, he is deliberate, he is angry, he is really angry with me."

Cui Dahai was even more angry, he always felt that Ang Lee was deliberately manipulating him, and this made him very angry, and he wanted to hit people very much, and this was in stark contrast to his respectful image just now.

"No, you can't cheap this surnamed Li, you must teach him a good lesson, let him also taste the hardships."

Cui Dahai was angry and actually began to plan revenge, which shows that he is also a ruthless person.

As soon as Cui Er heard this, he immediately became nervous, Li An's official position is not small, if there is really an accident in Dejing County, it is very likely that these petty officials will be unlucky, this is not a joke.

"Uncle, this must not be, Li Shilang is not an ordinary official, if something happens in our territory in Dejing County, then we will also be to blame! Your Majesty, in a fit of rage, may let us all be buried with us, or at least exiled! ”

Cui Er said nervously.

Although he doesn't have a good brain, at least he is a person with brains, so he won't do things that harm others and himself, just do things that are not good for himself for the sake of one breath, which Cui Er is unwilling to do.

"Erlang, who said that Baicheng is our territory, so Baicheng is at least a hundred miles away from our Dejing County, and it is under the jurisdiction of Shuofang County, and the surname Li has something to do with it near Baicheng, what does it have to do with our Dejing County, are you too cowardly, and you were frightened by the officials from the capital."

Cui Dahai said angrily.

Today, he is obviously the most cowardly, when he climbed the Great Wall, he was about to pee his pants urgently, and it was Cui Er who helped him go up, and at this moment, in order to show his ability, he actually said Cui Er, which was also to cover up his embarrassment.

At the same time, Cui Dahai also felt that if something happened to Li An, the officials in the state were likely to be dealt with, then, as the county magistrate of Dejing County, he Cui Dahai was very likely to be promoted to be the state assassin, and then the oil and water would be greater and he could obtain greater benefits.

Cui Eryi thought it seemed to make sense, if something happened to Li An in the old Baicheng, it seemed that it really had nothing to do with their Dejing County, after all, it was not under the jurisdiction of Dejing County, and it was also the officials of Shuofang County and Xiazhou County who were unlucky.

However, Cui Er always felt that in order to vent his evil anger, it was very irrational to do things that hurt the officials of the imperial court, and he was simply looking for trouble, and he was very opposed in his heart, even if this matter seemed to be of some benefit to them to some extent.

"Uncle, forget it! More is better than less, such a big official, if something really happens, maybe the court will investigate thoroughly, and maybe something will be found out when the time comes. ”

Cui Er said.

Cui Dahai sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "Erlang! You're still too tender, you think he really came to see the ruined Great Wall, such a big official, his brain is in water! Specially went to our Dejing County to see the ruined city wall, he deliberately came to test it, maybe he has sent his subordinates into our Dejing County, if you have something to do, we will be in trouble, by the way, you have to strictly inspect, focus on checking the new arrivals in the city, and after finding it, closely monitor to see what they are doing, whether they are checking us. ”

Obviously, Cui Dahai was a little suspicious, he felt that Li An came to Dejing County to check him, but in fact, Li An came not to check him at all, but just to see the ruined city wall, but a big official came to Dejing County to see the ruined Great Wall, which is somewhat strange and easy to make people think crookedly.

Seeing Cui Dahai's analysis, Cui Er also became nervous, although he hadn't done anything too bad, but he was Cui Dahai's loyal follower, and he relied on Cui Dahai to develop, if something happened to Cui Dahai, he would lose everything, and it would be absolutely difficult to protect himself.

"What my uncle said also makes sense, how could such a big official as Li Shilang come to see the scrapped Great Wall? This is too unreasonable, is he really here to check on us? But we didn't commit much of a crime! Is it worth the imperial court to send such a big official to our Dejing County? Isn't this a knife used to kill chickens? ”

Cui Er said suspiciously.

"Erlang! We've done a lot of things! Although these things are not a big crime in our opinion, if the court knows, it is not a small crime, it is just a crime of concealing the real life of the people, that is the crime of defrauding the king, and there is also a private collection of protection fees from merchants, this is not a small crime, as for the matter of accepting the benefits of horse thieves, once it is found out by the people of the court, it will be a serious crime, and none of them is light! ”

Cui Dahai said.

The charges for these things are not small, however, in Cui Er's worldview, these are not big deals, it is not a crime such as murder and arson, concealing the living conditions of the common people, but also to make the court happy, no one has a loss, and the protection fee is charged to the merchants, and the amount is not very large, and the brothers' money is too little, but the merchants can make a lot of money, how can they not let them bleed, as for accepting the benefits of the horse thief, it is also a fair deal, and it is to provide the horse thief with the news of the merchant, and the news of the movements of the imperial court, which was also done to teach those ignorant businessmen, for example, merchants who were unwilling to pay protection money were the targets of their key betrayals.

Cui Er didn't want to persuade Cui Dahai anymore, so he asked directly: "Uncle, what do you mean is to tell the people in the mountains that Li Shilang and they went to the old Baicheng, let the people in the mountains set up an ambush on the halfway, and then click......"

After saying that, he made a slashing motion.

Cui Dahai sighed and said: "It's definitely too late to set up an ambush halfway, the people surnamed Li have already set off, even if we are flying pigeons to pass the book, we may not be able to catch up, but they will definitely stay in the old Baicheng for a lot of time, and even, it is possible to spend the night there, you should have found out just now, they are all with tents?" This shows that they don't plan to go back to Xiazhou City tonight, these tents are only prepared for camping in the old Baicheng, and this is great, after they fall asleep at night, the people in the mountains suddenly kill, they will inevitably be annihilated in one fell swoop, this trick is called borrowing a knife to kill, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, we have nothing to do with half a penny. ”

Obviously, Cui Dahai is a thief, he will not leave his name on the letter, so even if the letter is finally found, there is nothing to do with him, he can completely push it away, even the handwriting is not his own, so there is no evidence to be found.

"Uncle, it's better to be cautious about this matter, if there is nothing to do, my nephew will retire."

Cui Er didn't want to wade into this troubled water, so he had to find an excuse to slip away.

Cui Dahai didn't keep him, he had already thought about it, and he wanted to tell the horse thief in the mountains the news, as for what would happen after that, he couldn't control it, anyway, he felt that he had done enough to hide it, and no one could find him.

Horse thieves have eyeliner in various counties in Xiazhou, and if they don't do so, they can't accurately know the situation of merchants transporting goods, and they can't carry out accurate robbery.

Cui Dahai has long mastered the contact method with the horse thief's eyeliner, however, he has never come forward, and it is his housekeeper who has come forward, but the horse thief's eyeliner knows that the news must have been provided by him.

The transmission distance of the carrier pigeon is more than 100 miles, so in the territory of Xiazhou, the way for the horse thief to transmit the message is the carrier pigeon, which is more fast and reliable, and it is the favorite way for the horse thief to transmit the message.

The pigeon flies very fast, much faster than the horse, so it can be passed on in a shorter time.

Cui Dahai ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, he actually revealed the news that Li An was going to the old Baicheng to the horse thief's eyeliner, and he also added fuel and vinegar to tell the horse thief's eyeliner, saying that Li An came to the Xiazhou area to exterminate the horse thief, so that the horse thief hated Li An, and then chose to attack Li An in the old Baicheng.

The news was passed out, Cui Dahai's heart was much more comfortable, he had been the emperor of the soil for many years, and he became more and more bold, as long as it was someone who offended him, it would not end well, his revenge was very heavy, and his only merit was that he did not easily make enemies, did not force women, belonged to a kind of person with color and taste, and was very bad in other aspects.

Li An and his entourage traveled very fast, almost at the fastest speed, and only in this way could they ensure that they arrived at the old Baicheng before dark, so as to avoid traveling overnight, and they could also see the beautiful scenery of the dusk of the old Baicheng.

The scenery changes from tree-lined jungle to desolate area with little vegetation and more desolate areas.

"It's really a hellish place where birds don't, and there isn't even a single bird."

Li Ang opened the sunroof on the roof and sighed.

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