Li Hao ordered a hundred soldiers to take good care of these jewels, and then sent special forces to search around to see if the Cao family had stored grain.

After waiting for a while, a special soldier of the bayonet team came to report that a large amount of grain was found in the cellar of the Cao family, Li Hao hurriedly took them to the cellar of the Cao family, and sure enough, he found that the huge cellar was full of grain, and the preliminary inventory showed that there were more than 5,000 stones.

More than 5,000 stone grain is not a small amount, Li Hao's heart has finally settled, nothing is fine, no food can be left, no matter how strong the enemy is, the free sword to resist, but if there is no food, no matter how sharp the sword is, what can it be.

When Lu Yun saw so much grain, he couldn't help but think of the grain delivery team of the Li clan in Longyou who was robbed and killed, and asked Li Hao with doubts: "Young master, I don't understand, since Cao Tian has decided to deal with us desperately, why do you want to rob and kill the grain delivery team of the Li clan in Longyou?" ”

"It's simple." Li Hao explained, "In this place of Tingzhou, grain is easier to buy people's hearts than gold, silver and jewelry, if he does me, he will inevitably buy the hearts of the people in the city, as long as he makes Longchang grain shop have no grain to sell, create a food shortage, and then take out his own five thousand stone grain at a critical moment to help the people, it is easy to buy people's hearts." ”

Lu Yun was awe-struck when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "This Cao Tian's scheming is really deep, but hundreds of people in the food delivery team died innocently like this, and this method is too ruthless." ”

"Talk to him about being ruthless? That's literally playing the harp to a cow. Li Hao patted the grain pile and sighed indifferently, "People are really the most vicious animals in the world sometimes, but those gate valves are not good birds, they have been sucking the essence of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not too much for him to suffer a loss, all I care about is food." ”

Lu Yun said again at this time: "Actually, I still have a doubt. ”

"Say."

Lu Yun asked curiously: "That Lei Hu was quite tough when he was first captured, I almost broke his arm, and he still refused to explain half a word, why can you let him testify against Cao Tian?" ”

"Huh." Li Hao smiled indifferently and said leisurely, "People like Lei Hu and Cao Tian will come together because of interests, there is no loyalty and righteousness to talk about, he refused to confess at the beginning to save his life, of course, this kind of person is really tough, although the words of torture can also make him confess, but he will not get a perfect answer, the method I use is called sugar-coated cannonballs." ”

"Sugar-coated cannonballs?" Lu Yun was stunned when he heard this, he had never heard of this word, and it seemed to be a new word created by Li Hao.

"Don't worry about the details." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "I caught this Thunder Tiger, although he was also imprisoned, but the treatment was very good, every day he was offered good wine and meat, and he also went to the Satisfaction Building every now and then to find a girl to sleep with him, in order to make him fall and wear out the sharp will in his heart, it takes twenty-seven days for a person to develop a habit, once the habit is formed, it is difficult to change, unless it takes another twenty-seven days to change, and it requires a strong will, I let him live this life for several months, and I sent Feiying to take him out to relax, This little day has passed...... Tut-tut, alas, if only I had been so happy if I went to jail someday......"

"Young master, you digress." Lu Yun reminded him in friendship.

Li Hao realized that he had indeed deviated, and hurriedly returned to the topic, saying: "When he got used to this kind of life, I suddenly cut off the wine and meat for him, fed him bran and grain bran every day, and drank swill, as for women, hehe, it is indeed given to women, and there are several at a time, but they can only be seen through the prison door, not touched, and let that group of beauties put on various sultry poses to seduce him, and make all kinds of seductive sounds to tease him, tsk ......"

Lu Yunhu's body was shocked, as a man, he could imagine the torment, and couldn't help but sigh: "You are really ...... It's cruel. ”

"The cruelty is yet to come." Li Hao continued to be radiant and said, "I also send Feiying to kick his crotch a few times every day, the strength must be grasped very well, and it will never be broken, but it is enough for him to hurt for several hours, and he will kick it every two hours, this is a technical job, it is very difficult, and if you are not careful, you will kick and break ......"

Lu Yunhu's body shook again, and he involuntarily clamped his legs, and looked at Li Hao with frightened eyes, he really didn't understand why this guy would come up with such a vicious method at such a young age, it was simply inhumane.

Unexpectedly, Li Hao continued: "Actually, this is not cruel, I will ...... next"

"Stop!" Lu Yun suddenly raised his hand to stop him and said, "That's enough, in fact, sometimes the process is not very important. ”

"Hey, so wise." Li Hao looked at him with teachable eyes, and suddenly felt that after Lu Yun followed him, he had really grown a lot.

At this moment, Wang Yuantai walked down the cellar, and when he saw Li Hao, he knelt down excitedly: "The lowly Wang Yuantai pays a visit to Lord Assassin Shi." ”

"Get up." Li Hao stepped forward with a smile, helped him up, and said happily, "Yuantai, you acted well this time, but you just stole the scene a little bit, and robbed me of the protagonist's play." ”

"Huh?" Wang Yuantai looked confused, not understanding what he was talking about.

Li Hao laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Good job, wait for promotion and transfer." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Wang Yuantai thanked him excitedly, secretly glad that he had followed the right person.

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "It's because you have your own vision, and you behave well, as long as you believe me, maybe you will be knighted one day in the future." ”

As soon as Wang Yuantai heard that he could be knighted, he was so excited that he didn't want to be knighted, he was knighted, that was his wife Yinzi Guangzong Yaozu, he was suddenly so excited that his voice trembled a little: "Humble and swear to follow Lord Thorn Shi to the death." ”

"I'll just say you have a vision." Li Hao smiled proudly, pointed to the grain bags full of cellars, and said, "You quickly send someone to transport all this grain to the state warehouse, as well as those gold, silver and jewelry outside, also into the state warehouse, send more people to guard it, and gather all the people of the Cao family in the front yard, I want to meet them." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yuantai received the order and hurried away, and then there were government soldiers who came down one after another to carry grain.

Li Hao walked out of the cellar and came to the front yard, only to see dozens of members of the Cao family all standing in the courtyard with their hands tied behind their backs, next to the guards of the government.

He stepped forward to take a look, Cao Tian's son and wife were among them, Li Hao swayed three times, his walking posture was not too arrogant, and he came to Cao Qingyun with a smile on his face, and said, "Cao Changshi, let's meet again." ”

"Phew!" Cao Qingyun smacked Li Hao hard, but Li Hao dodged away.

"Yo, you're not small-tempered." Li Hao still smiled and said, "Lu Yun, slap your mouth." ”

Lu Yun didn't say a word, he went up and snapped two big-eared scrapers, which made Cao Qingyun dizzy, two teeth were fanned out, and his mouth was full of blood.

"Dog officer! Ann dares to insult my son like this! Seeing this, Yun Shi shouted loudly, anyway, she has reached this point, it is useless to beg for mercy, and it is good to scold two sentences to relieve anger.

"Yo, this wicked woman has a very mean mouth." Li Hao looked at the Yun Clan, turned his head and said, "Lu Yun, this is also a palm." ”

Lu Yun shook his head and said, "I don't beat women." ”

Li Hao sneered: "Is this an ordinary woman?" ”

"It's not." Lu Yun said, "This poisonous woman is vicious, many things about looting the people of Tingzhou were thought up by her, the Cao family used to lack servants, and no one wanted to come to her house to be a handmaiden, so this poisonous woman robbed it, and the servant girl who was snatched back did not let her go with her heart, so she whipped it more than once, and five handmaidens died under her whip. ”

Li Hao's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and the cold light in his eyes was rising, he always thought that this woman was just a little cunning, but he didn't expect it to be so vicious, and suddenly became murderous, he pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Come on, loosen the ties for Mrs. Cao." ”

A government soldier stepped forward to loosen the rope tied to the arm of the Yun family, and everyone was a little confused, only to hear Li Hao raise his voice: "Yun family, the official can let you go, but he will deprive you of your Datang household registration, from this moment on, you are no longer a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and you are not protected by the laws of any country, that is to say, if you die, it is equivalent to a mouse dying on the road, no one will ask, you go." ”

Yun Shi was shocked when she heard this, she heard it, Li Hao was going to put himself to death, as long as he walked out of this door, I was afraid that Li Hao would send someone to kill him.

Cao Qingyun didn't hear the meaning of Li Hao's words, and shouted excitedly: "Mother! Hurry up, get out of the city and find Daddy! ”

The Yun family didn't move, and Li Hao said when he saw this: "Send Mrs. Cao out, and by the way, inform the people of the whole city that this woman has been deprived of her household registration in the Tang Dynasty and is not protected by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Yes!" When several government soldiers heard the news, they immediately sent the Yun clan out, and also found a broken gong to announce the matter to the people of the city.

Cao Qingyun didn't react until now, and immediately screamed: "Unconscious official! You're hurting my mother! I'm fighting with you! As he spoke, he rushed towards Li Hao, and was directly kicked by Li Hao, and after falling to the ground, blood spit out wildly in his mouth, Li Hao's foot strength was not a joke.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and a large number of people stopped, and then I saw Peng Hai striding in, and saluted Li Hao as soon as he saw him, and said, "My lord, I am incompetent, so Cao Tian escaped." ”

"Escaped?" Li Hao frowned, turned his head to look at Cao Qingyun who was lying on the ground, and said coldly, "Lock them all in prison and guard them strictly." ”

"Yes!" The guards of the palace received the order and escorted this group of people out of the Cao family compound.

Li Hao turned around and looked at the Cao family's compound, and said slowly: "Flying eagles, bayonets, cheetahs, you take people to search this place again, this official suspects that Cao Tian may have already collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, see if you can find some evidence." ”

"Yes!" The three of them took orders in unison, led people to scatter, and searched Cao's house again.

Li Hao was bored pacing in the front yard, constantly thinking in his head, thinking about the next plan and the strong enemy he might face, hoping that Gaochang would not be angry because he drove Cao Tian away, otherwise Tingzhou would face a bitter battle, although Gaochang is weak, but how to say that it is also a country, Tingzhou is only a lonely city with a population of 20,000 after all, and the total strength of the whole city is less than 3,000, and the city wall is like a joke, if you want to resist Gaochang, it is difficult!

After a while, a soldier suddenly ran in outside the door and reported: "Report to your lordship, the Yun family is dead." ”

"Oh." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you die?" ”

The Nafu soldiers replied: "I was beaten to death by the people, and my clothes were all in tatters, and my body was completely unblemished." ”

Li Hao nodded, waved his hand and said, "The death penalty is over, you take a few people to clean up her body and send it to the outside of the city for burial." ”

"Yes!" The soldiers of Nafu took the order and left.

Lu Yun, who had been silent, couldn't help but be curious at this time, and stepped forward to ask: "Young master, why did you execute the Yun family, but not Cao Qingyun, this kid did no less bad things than his mother, and there were many women from good families in the city who were ruined by him, and they all died by hanging from the beam." ”

"Will deal with him." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "However, it is useful to keep him now." ”

"What's the use?"