This news both surprised him and seemed to be expected.
The King of the Nine Mountains, Li Liangjin, was defeated and fled into the mountains. Death was inevitable sooner or later. He had already sent troops to search the mountains.
"Yes, general, a traitor under Li Liangjin's command came to collect the reward with Li Liangjin's head." A general reported.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Have you even taken down the Naodao? Where is that traitor?"
"Waiting outside the Yamen." Du Tong said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Let him come in."
"Yes, General."
The commander-in-chief clasped his fists and walked out. Soon a miserable-looking soldier was escorted in by two soldiers. He looked haggard and panicked, and his body was stained with blood. He was holding something wrapped in tattered clothes and stained with blood.
It was covered in blood and looked like a head.
"Don't kneel down when you see the general." The soldiers on the left and right shouted.
The thief was immediately frightened and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Young man, pay homage to the general."
Li Xiuyuan took a look: "Is that Li Liangjin's head in your hand?"
"Yes, yes." The thief replied.
Li Xiuyuan gestured: "Take it and open it and have a look."
The soldier next to him responded, immediately took the package, opened it and saw that it was indeed a bloody head.
Although it was a bit dirty, Li Xiuyuan could clearly identify that this was Li Liangjin's head.
"Yes, it's Li Liangjin's head. Where is his body?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
The thief said cautiously: "Go back to the general and lie down in a forest on the mountain. The place is very remote and ordinary people cannot find it."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Really? So you killed Li Liangjin?"
"Yes, the little one killed him."
Li Xiuyuan stared at him coldly: "How dare you assassinate Li Liangjin? This general wants to listen to the truth. If you pretend to receive the reward, your head will be chopped off if I find out. If you tell the truth now, I will
The general not only forgives you, but also gives you a reward of one hundred taels of silver. You must think clearly.
Although a thousand taels of gold is good, you have to be famous to get it."
This man has a deer-like head and rat-like eyes, and a panicked expression. He does not seem to be such a courageous person, and he is trying to be deceitful.
The thief immediately fell to the ground in fright, and said hurriedly: "No, I don't dare to deceive the general. Li, Li Liangjin was not killed by the young man. When the young man found him, he was already dead in the woods. Later, he thought of the general.
He had the courage to cut off his head to receive the reward, and asked the general to forgive him.
I really didn’t know that if I pretended to receive reward money, I would lose my head.”
"It turns out I got a bargain. Looking at your courage, I know you didn't dare to assassinate Li Liangjin. When Li Liangjin was defeated, he was surrounded by personal guards. No matter how desperate he was, he couldn't easily succeed." Li Xiuyuan said coldly: "Look at you.
To be honest, in addition to bringing Li Liangjin’s head,
I, the general, will pardon your innocence and reward you with a hundred taels of silver."
"Thank you so much, General, thank you so much, General." The thief was also very happy. Although he could not get a thousand taels of gold, he could live happily for a while if he could get a hundred taels of silver.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Li Liangjin's head is not enough here. I will send a team of people to you. You can show the way and help this general bring back Li Liangjin's body. After doing this, you can leave."
"Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely bring Li Liangjin's body back." The traitor responded hurriedly.
"Go down." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said.
After swatting away the traitor, he thought again, took out the Book of Life and Death from the Ghost King's bag, flipped through it, and found Li Liangjin's name.
"It turns out that he was assassinated by a Chai Fu named Jin Dayong." Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly and he closed the book of life and death.
"I gave an order before, and whoever can take Li Liangjin's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Although the thief just brought back his head, I can't give him a reward, otherwise I'm afraid there will be an endless stream of deception and deception. But
You have to give him a reward, otherwise you won't be able to convince the public, but this reward is still worth it.
It must be delivered to Jin Dayong’s chaihu, otherwise my reward and punishment will not be fair enough.”
"Brother Wang's words make sense, but that person doesn't seem to be coming to receive the reward." Wang Ping, who was handling government affairs in the yamen, suddenly raised his head and said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "So I have to send it to him. King Yangtze River, please go there and find a suitable opportunity to send a thousand taels of gold to Jin Dayong. The gold and silver seized this time are all in the warehouse. I
Go get it."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Li, I will do it right away." King Yangzijiang stood up and saluted.
Wang Ping also quickly wrote the note, stamped it and handed it to King Yangzijiang: "This is the note for receiving one thousand taels of gold. Please keep it."
The King of Yangtze River nodded, took it and left quickly.
"When Li Liangjin's body is retrieved later, it will be buried together with his head. Just bury it outside the county without erecting an inscription." Li Xiuyuan said.
Wang Ping said: "What if the court needs to see Li Liangjin's body?"
Li Xiuyuan said, "His handsome seal and handsome flag are enough. Is it possible that we need to use a corpse to claim credit? Since he is dead, let's just put the corpse into the ground and bury him."
"Brother Li is kind and righteous." Wang Ping said with a smile.
"This is not benevolence, it is just normal treatment. Even if any traitor dies, I will send someone to bury him. I will go out and leave the affairs in the yamen to you brothers."
Li Xiuyuan bowed to Wang Ping and several other scholars and staff, and then left.
He did not go far, but walked to a deserted place and called out: "Li Liangjin died in the early days, and his soul should still be wandering in the mountains and forests. At night, Yin soldiers were sent to arrest him and send him to the underworld.
Lest this person become a ghost, raise his arms and become the king of the mountain, and continue to cause harm to the world."
As soon as the words fell, a dark wind blew up in the dark corner of the annex, and then there were whispers, but they soon disappeared without a trace.
And the next day.
Chaifu Jin Dayong, who killed Li Liangjin, was leaving the mountain along the mountain road and heading towards his hometown.
He was lucky. He picked up a lost war horse when he was about to go down the mountain. After riding the horse, he returned to a county town somewhere in Yangzhou in the afternoon.
Thinking that there might be bandits entrenched in the county town, he didn't dare to enter the county when he saw that he was covered in blood, so he went to a river to wash off the blood, dressed up, and prepared to sneak into the city.
Jin Dayong was originally a traitor, so it was not difficult to sneak in.
But when he was cleaning the blood, a strange wind suddenly blew on the river, which blinded him and he couldn't help but reach out and rub it.
"Boom~!"
Accidentally, the bloody hatchet at his feet fell into the river.
"My knife."
Jin Dayong exclaimed and hurriedly reached out to fish it out, but his hatchet had already fallen into the water and disappeared.
Just when he was feeling a little depressed, a voice suddenly sounded from the other side of the river. A boy about twelve or thirteen years old looked at him with squinted eyes and a smile on his face: "Brave woodcutter, I am
The river god of this river just saw your hatchet fall into the river. I didn’t know you fell into it.
Is it this hatchet made of gold, or this hatchet made of silver?”
The King of the Yangtze River held a hatchet made of pure gold in one hand and a hatchet made of silver in the other, floating on the river.
Jin Dayong opened his eyes wide, and the two looked at each other for a few breaths.
Jin Dayong immediately shouted in fright: "There is a ghost."
After saying that, he ran away like he was running away. As soon as he landed on the shore, he quickly rode away on his horse.
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Yang Zijiang held two hatchets and watched Jin Dayong leave with complicated eyes. After a while, he murmured: "Is this king's method not working anymore?"
Although Jin Dayong dared to assassinate Li Liangjin, he was still as frightened as ordinary people when facing ghosts and gods. In the end, he was so frightened that he ran directly into the county town.
The county town is in chaos, with bandits and soldiers everywhere.
However, discipline was loose and he easily slipped in and returned to his father-in-law's home.
In that dilapidated house, there was just an old man lingering, suffering from cold and hunger in this turbulent county town.
"Is it Dayong? Dayong is back?" the old man called in a weak voice.
Jin Dayong strode in; "My father-in-law, it's me, I'm back."
The old man held Jin Dayong's hand and said excitedly: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back. You are the only one of those men captured by the rebels in the county. Tietou, Huang Gou and the others have not heard from them until now. I'm afraid
They are already dead. These damn thieves are still robbing and killing people all over the county. The people in the next room are
Zhang's daughter had been hiding in the cellar for ten days, but she was finally discovered by the bandit soldiers. When she was brought back yesterday, she had only one breath left and no clothes. Last night, I heard that Zhang's daughter was dead.
He stabbed his throat with scissors."
"It would be better if my daughter left earlier, so she would suffer less."
As he spoke, he wiped away his tears.
"My father-in-law, those damn thieves are not going to die in a few days. The young master has become a general and is bringing tens of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion. Li Liangjin, the king of the Nine Mountains, has been defeated in Fengyi County. In less than ten and a half days
Yue Shao’s boss is about to call over. I will avenge my wife’s revenge. Then Li Liangjin
I stabbed a man to death when he was alone. I originally wanted to carry his head, but I was afraid that people would accuse me of being a seller for glory and bring shame to my ancestors and future generations, so I just cut off a piece of his flesh." Jin Dayong said.
He took out a piece of meat from his arms.
The old man nodded excitedly: "Okay, okay, my daughter's revenge is finally avenged, and my death is worth it."
"Don't say that. The hard days will be over soon. The young master's escort bureau will definitely be rebuilt by then. I will continue to work as an escort and provide for you when the time comes." Jin Dayong said.
"You are a filial man. Take pity on my daughter, she died miserably." The old man cried again.
Jin Dayong felt sad when he saw it. He couldn't help wiping his tears and lowered his head and cried.