It was dusk now, the setting sun was like blood, but there were small snowflakes flying in the sky under the afterglow.
"Gathered nearly a thousand old soldiers to lay siege to the Cui clan manor in Qinghe." Li Shan glanced at the faintly visible figures on the wall of the village, "You are very courageous!"
Qi Laoliu's eyes widened and he said in a loud voice: "The Fang family has always been kind and charitable, and has never been quarrelsome with others. Fang Silang is even more kind to others. However, he was coerced and his family was destroyed. How can we live in peace?"
A young man next to him stared at Wei Zheng with red eyes, "That day outside Wei County, I promised to return home without guilt, but if I renege on my promise, I will die anyway..."
Wei Zheng swallowed, yes, it was indeed my promise, but wasn't it guaranteed by Li Shan?
Why do you only get mad at me, but are so respectful to that fellow Li Shan?!
What a double standard!
"Shut up!" Qi Laoliu scolded, "Fang Silang's family was destroyed, and his wife committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam..."
"Wrong." Li Shan suddenly said, "He did not commit suicide by hanging himself from a beam. Someone saw the body that day, but he was strangled and hung from a beam."
"Huairen!" Wei Zheng shouted sharply.
Will leaking this kind of thing be of any benefit to solving the current matter?
The dozen or so people who were still prostrating themselves on the ground suddenly became commotion, and someone's hand had already touched the handle of the knife at their waist.
Li Shan ignored the sullen Wei Zheng and didn't care about the commotion of the people in front of him.
Instead, he took a few steps forward, turned his head and looked at Zhuangzi not far away, who was blocking half of the sunset. He waved to Qi Laoliu to get up, and said with a smile: "I have been surrounding Zhuangzi for most of the day..."
"how?"
“Can’t carry the knife anymore?”
"Can't beat it?"
Qi Laoliu's heart was agitated and he asked in a low voice: "Li Langjun's intention... I happened to meet Brother Su and Zhou Erlang and did not attack the village."
"It's just a joke." Li Shan patted Qi Laoliu on the shoulder, "If we really attack Zhuangzi, I may not be able to protect you in the future. This matter will be decided by someone else."
Qi Laoliu was just a minor figure under Liu Heitai's tent, but he was quite popular among the middle- and lower-class soldiers, and he was also very quick-thinking, and he could vaguely sense something about it.
Before Qi Laoliu could speak, Li Shan turned back and looked at Wei Zheng, "Although there were nearly a thousand people gathered, they did not bring any weapons and did not do anything to disturb the people... What do you think, brother Xuan Cheng?"
Wei Zheng glanced at the long knife on Qi Laoliu's waist, looked at the spear that was clearly visible not far away, and heard the wailing in the village, and sighed: "That's true, no one is guilty."
Pardoning everyone's sins is a necessary procedure...unless Wei Zheng can force Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan to send troops to quell the rebellion.
The fact is, not to mention Li Daoxuan, all the capable generals in Hebei Province... are all unable to be commanded by Wei Zheng.
Li Dao
Li Shan pointed at Wei Zheng and said, "This man is Wei Zheng and Wei Xuancheng, a famous scholar in Shandong. Have you ever heard of him?"
"I have heard that I once served the King of Xia as a living servant."
Qi Laoliu's words made Wei Zheng a little uncomfortable, even though he was kidnapped that day.
Li Shan glared at Qi Laoliu, cursed in a low voice, and then continued: "Wei Xuancheng inspected Shandong on the order of the saint, and the prince of the East Palace washed his horse, and served as the prince's confidant..."
Listening to Li Shan muttering there, Wei Zheng couldn't laugh or cry, and he couldn't speak to stop him.
Li Shan solemnly introduced Wei Zheng, and his purpose was nothing more than to say that if a large-scale civil unrest really broke out, the first person to be unlucky would be the prince's confidant... Therefore, there was no need to worry that he was just pretentious.
If you say everything without questioning your guilt, then you won’t be left with any consequences in the future.
And Wei Zheng also heard another meaning. Li Shan was beating around the bush and said... If things can't be done and the officials force the people to rebel, uh, they can bring this prince who doesn't keep his words to wash away Wei Xuancheng.
This guy is really not a good guy!
Although he didn't have any good intentions today, Wei Zheng still couldn't help but cursed a few times in his heart. At this time, nearly a thousand enemy troops had already retreated and stamped their feet hundreds of steps away, leaving only Qi Laoliu and others.
More than ten people.
Li Shan turned around and gave some instructions. Immediately, his guards rushed to report the news. Soon Cui Xin, Ling Jing, Ma Zhou, Xue Zhong and others arrived in front of the village.
"Let Cui Bo open the door." Li Shan glanced at Cui Qian, the commander of Qinghe who had just arrived, "If this matter is not handled properly today... then we have to see if the eight hundred old soldiers can attack this village."
Cui Qian smiled bitterly and stepped forward to call the door. It was just an ordinary village, with no trenches, no high walls, and only a few weapons. If Su Dingfang hadn't happened to arrive before noon, there would have been no chickens or dogs left in the village.
After so many years of fighting life and death in Shandong and Hebei, no one would take action against the Cui family of Qinghe, not even Dou Jiande.
However, the Cui family has been here for thousands of years, and there are countless members of the clan. Occasionally, a few of them die at the hands of rebels... It is not unheard of.
Cui Xin, who was among the crowd, looked attentively. He saw that Li Shan had interacted with many celebrities in the city a few days ago. His words were modest and elegant, and he was praised for his mixed knowledge.
Three hours ago, in front of the Qinghe County Government Office, Li Shan cleverly revealed the truth, his words were as sharp as a knife, and the energy in his body was almost overflowing.
At this moment, Li Shan was walking back and forth among the rebel leaders, talking and laughing freely, and they were like a family.
"It's just that they don't ask any questions and are dissatisfied?" Li Shan slapped a young man on the back who was bending over, "What are you doing with your body bent?!"
Qing Zhuang smiled shyly, "I don't dare, it's just Fang Silang..."
"Zhao San!" Qi Laoliu shouted, "Save your life, why are you dissatisfied... Li Langjun will make the decision for Fang Silang!"
Li Shan laughed and said, "You guys, are you trying to block someone with words?"
"Don't dare, Li Langjun's reputation for benevolence and righteousness spreads throughout Shandong..."
"You guys should also know that it was a certain Li Huairen who planned the plan so that the Tang army could achieve a great victory and capture and kill Liu Heitai."
After everyone was quiet for a moment, Qi Laoliu straightened his body and said, "In battle formations, everyone depends on their own methods. We surrendered the soldiers and saved Li Langjun's life. How can we not be grateful?"
"That's what Brother Qi Liu said." A short, tall man patted his thigh, "If it hadn't been for Li Langjun's intervention, this villain's leg would have been gone long ago."
"Yes, the weather is freezing and the ground is freezing. Wei County doesn't care and just uses swords and soldiers to fight. If it weren't for Li Langjun, he would have died of the cold."
"It snowed heavily that day and all the tents collapsed. If Li Langjun hadn't led the people..."
"You boy, Lang Jun dug you out with his own hands that day." Zhou Erlang, who had been silent for the whole time, laughed and scolded: "Don't make Lang Jun in trouble again today."
Qi Laoliu heard the smell, it was saying that Li Shan would make the decision for Fang Silang later, and you had no part in interrupting.
The stocky man forced a smile and said, "You are lucky on Tuesday..."
Everyone looked at Zhou Erlang with envy, jealousy, confusion, and even suspicion... Zhou Erlang was recovering from his injuries in Guantao and was driven to Wei County to guard Li Shan for only two days, but he was regarded as one of Liu Heitai's most important soldiers.
He is famous and recognized by many people.
Speaking of which, Fang Silang was not a rebel leader, but Zhou Erlang was the real leader.
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves, and Zhu Shitou came galloping towards the horse. The horse didn't even stop, so he dismounted and trotted towards Li Shan.
Zhu Shitou whispered a few words, and the smile on Li Shan's face gradually disappeared. There was a noise in his ears. He turned around and saw that the door of the village was already wide open. Accompanied by Cui Qian, a fat man with sweating profusely appeared.
The middle-aged man came with a stumbling step.
It’s not easy to be so fat these days!
"Pigs and sheep are fat because they eat meat during the New Year..."