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"Xiao Wuzi, after you go back, you can follow me to do things, remember that you have never seen the Seventh Young Master today, understand?"

Zhou Bo was in a carriage and was escorted back to Yongcheng County, where they departed, by a group of Li family guards, and on the way, Zhou Bo called Xiao Wuzi into the car and said to him.

This young man is very clever, and he quickly understands the reason, and at the same time, he also knows that this is his own opportunity, to be able to work with this Li family's big housekeeper, work hard, and have a bright future in the future!

"En, the little one understands, the Seventh Young Master is dead, and I have never seen the Seventh Young Master today."

Xiao Wuzi's little head was like a chicken pecking rice, he didn't want to miss such an opportunity, and he also knew that if he didn't agree, this kind-looking old butler would have a thousand ways to make him disappear.

Li Xiaoxiao didn't kill these Li family guards, he let them go back, robbing the caravan was just asking for money, there was no need to kill innocents indiscriminately, and there was Zhou Bo here, he really couldn't be a killer.

"Big boss, we can make a fortune this time, we have never done such a big deal!" On the way back to the cottage, Li Zixiao sat in a big car, and Zhang Ergouzi next to him said excitedly.

"This is after our special training, the first time to go down the mountain to do business, very successful, the harvest is huge, the first credit in this belongs to you, back to the cottage I will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and your reward will be indispensable when the time comes."

Li Zixiao was in a good mood, looking at the eight carts full of grain and cotton cloth, he also showed a joyful smile and said to Zhang Ergouzi.

This time, it is indeed thanks to the detailed information provided by Zhang Ergouzi that the operation will be so smooth, according to the copycat rules he formulated, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and mistakes must be punished, Zhang Ergouzi deserves a lot of rewards.

"Thank you to the big boss, mainly because of the wise leadership of the big boss, we can succeed, and the biggest credit is the big boss." When Zhang Ergouzi heard Li Zixiao say this, his heart blossomed, but he still said with a compliment.

Li Zixiao obviously knew that this was Zhang Ergouzi patting his ass, but he was still very useful, and good words are always better than bad words, so let him enjoy the taste of being patted on the back.

Just when Li Zixiao led the team through the foot of Mangdang Mountain and was about to return to the cottage, suddenly they noticed a wisp of black smoke rising in the distance, because of their attention.

"Big boss, the direction of the black smoke seems to be the direction of a small castle under our mountain, is there something wrong?" Zhou Dazhu also saw the position where the black smoke rose, and Li Zixiao, who walked away, said to Li Zixiao.

"It seems that something may have happened to those two small forts, someone dares to do something in Lao Tzu's territory, send someone over to see, what's the situation?"

Li Zixiao's face was a little gloomy, he looked down on those bandits who attacked ordinary poor people the most, and he had the ability to rob those big landlords, why would he harm these ordinary peasants who were defenseless and didn't have much oil and water.

"Big boss, let me go."

At this time, Quartz rode a tall horse from the back of the convoy and said to Li Zixiao with an excited face.

This horse was ridden by the two riders of the Li family caravan just now, and one of them was broken by a quartz stick, and when he saw that he could no longer ride, he slaughtered the horse meat and brought it back to the cottage to eat.

And the remaining horse was knocked down by Quartz with his body, so he didn't suffer much damage, and this was the first war horse of the cottage.

It is really not easy to obtain such a war horse, you must know that there is a shortage of war horses in the Ming Dynasty these years, and most of the war horses are concentrated among the Guanning iron riders in the north of Shanhaiguan.

It's not that a horse can be used as a war horse, the selection of war horses is very strict, and the breeding is even more particular, not ordinary people can afford to raise, and a big business family like the Li family can get a few batches.

So Li Zixiao was really happy to be able to capture a war horse, but at the same time, he was a pity for another war horse whose front leg was broken by quartz.

And in the whole cottage, except for quartz, everyone else doesn't know equestrianism at all, and they can only ride horses.

Therefore, Li Zixiao handed over the only war horse of the cottage to Quartz, and asked him to act as a prospect for the cottage, and with Quartz's martial arts, it was suitable for him to hold this dangerous but extremely important position.

"Well, you go and see what the situation is, but don't startle the snake, find out the situation and return immediately, we will think about it in the long run."

In the end, Li Zixiao agreed to Quartz's request and asked him to go to investigate the situation.

"Yes, drive!"

Quartz kicked the horse in the belly and rode away.

"Boss, which bandits do you think will attack these two small forts? Is it Zhao Scar, or the one-eyed wolf, there are more bandits in this generation than us, and there are only two of them.

What are we going to do later, we can't let them find out that we just grabbed so much food and cotton, or they will have to desperately grab it. ”

Wei Hong walked up to Li Zixiao and said worriedly.

"Hmph, it doesn't matter if he is Zhao Scar or a one-eyed wolf, if they dare to attack us, they will directly kill me, and they will look down on these officials and soldiers like mice and cats, but they are extremely cruel to those ordinary villagers.

They should learn from us and be a bandit in the new era who has ideals and responsibilities and does the right thing for heaven. At this time, Li Zixiao came out of his mouth with words that his subordinates couldn't understand.

"Ahem."

Seeing the strange eyes of his subordinates looking at him one by one, Li Zixiao also knew that what he said at the end was a little incomprehensible to them, so he quickly coughed to cover up.

"The big boss is right, what's the point of harming those poor mud legs, if you want to fight, you can beat those landlords and old money, then there will be oil and water!"

Zhou Dazhu agreed with Li Zixiao's statement and said on the side.

It was Li Zixiao who was talking to his subordinates for a while, only to see Quartz riding a horse galloping over quickly, and after seeing that it was Quartz, everyone relaxed.

After Quartz approached Li Zixiao, he turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked over quickly, Li Zixiao saw that Quartz's expression seemed to be very bad, and an ugly face full of meat exuded murderous aura.

"How's the situation in Wangjiabaozi?" Li Zixiao saw Quartz dismount and came over and asked.

Quartz hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Qi Yu is in charge, the royal fort is ruined!" ”

"What's going on? The bandits did it? Let's take it personally. When Li Zixiao heard this, he hurriedly asked, his first reaction was that Wangjiabaozi was ransacked by bandits.

"Big boss, when I quietly approached the Wang's Fort just now, I saw that the entire fort was lit with a thick fire, and many houses were burned!

I got off the horse and took a closer look, it was not the Wangjia Fort looted by bandits at all, it turned out that more than a dozen officers and soldiers were scourge in the fort, that miserable!

These dozen officers and soldiers were even more damn ruthless than our bandits, not only burned the houses in the fort, but also looted everywhere in the fort, and did not let go of anything valuable, and any villagers who dared to stop them were killed. Quartz said, with a look of indignation on his face.

After everyone heard this, they also shook their heads, this kind of thing has long been accustomed to them, and the Ming Dynasty has long been abolished by this time.

Officers and soldiers are much more ferocious to the common people than bandits, and there is an image as the saying goes, 'A thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a shave'.

That is to say, when the thieves pass by, that is, they rob some big households, get some food and money, and for ordinary people, it is not very cruel, but the army is more ferocious than the thieves, and they will not let go of anything, and they will not leave anything behind.

Among these people under Li Zixiao, several people's villages were destroyed not in the hands of bandits and thieves, but in the hands of bandit officers and soldiers.

Under the banner of suppressing bandits, officers and men are looting everywhere, and they are not very good at fighting thieves and bandits, and they are familiar with the common people with ease and viciousness.

In order to repay the merits, they even did not hesitate to kill the good and risk the merits, and used the heads of ordinary people to ask for merit and rewards from above.

Seeing this situation a lot, Zhou Dazhu and the others didn't have much reaction, they were already numb, so what, there was nothing they could do about these brutal officers and soldiers!

However, Li Zixiao, as a time-traveling person in the 21 st century, was naturally extremely indignant about this kind of thing, and he thought in his heart whether to do something big and kill these dozen officers and soldiers.

Who said that only they were chased and seized, and he didn't mind learning from King Li Zicheng and killing officers and soldiers, but he didn't have so many subordinates as the king now, so he should be cautious in this matter.

"What's going on in the village now?" Li Zixiao's face was gloomy, and Chen Sheng asked.

Quartz's voice was still full of anger, and he replied: "I don't know how this group of officers and soldiers came here, it seems that they are very embarrassed, and many of them still have injuries on their bodies, I didn't dare to approach, for fear of being discovered."

From a distance, they drove out all the people in the village, robbed the grain and livestock, and basically killed the people who stayed in the village, and cut off their heads.

I really wanted to rush in and slaughter these beasts, but the big boss warned me not to startle the snakes, so I had to quietly retreat! ”

"What a fucking brute." Zhou Dazhu smashed his fist on the grain bag of the cart and scolded.

You must know that at the beginning, Zhou Dazhu was because he couldn't stand the oppression of the errand in his hometown, and killed a errand officer by mistake in a fit of anger, so he was wanted by the government and fled, and finally wandered to Henan and was rescued by Li Zixiao at that time.

"It is said that the government in the north is recently clearing a large number of bandits, and these dozen officers and soldiers seem to have been left alone from the brigade, and then ran to Wangjiabao to take those villagers out of anger, loot property, and kill good people."

On the side, Wei Hong quickly analyzed the general origin of this group of officers and soldiers.