In this battle, thirty-five of the Sima family's servants were killed, forty-three were injured, and 80% of the family's property was burned.
The situation is tragic and all the loved ones are in pain.
Sima Heng didn't eat for three days and just sighed with sadness. Li Bai accompanied him and also sighed that there was nothing he could do.
Three days later, Sima Heng learned from the pain and decided to rebuild the Sima Mansion on its original site.
The cost of reconstruction was huge, and Sima Heng couldn't raise money everywhere. Li Bai paid out all of Wu Xiucai's bounty, but there was still a huge gap.
The two had to think about countermeasures again.
In the ninth year of Kaiyuan, Yu Wenrong, the supervisory censor, wrote to Xuanzong: The household registrations in the world are running away, and there are many forgeries. Please clean them up.
Xuanzong issued an edict: Fugitives with registered residence in prefectures and counties are allowed to surrender within a hundred days, or attach local registration, or be sent to their hometown, as they wish. If they are not reported after the expiration date, once they are found out, they will be banished to Bianzhou. Those who have protected them will all be punished.
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At the same time, it is stipulated that new customers will be exempted from tax and transfer for six years.
As soon as this case came out, states and counties ushered in a large-scale migration of people. Once there were more outsiders, security incidents in states and counties increased sharply. The government was short-handed and had to ask Tangming Pavilion for assistance.
The Tang Ming Pavilion then issued an order to convene Wu Xiucai, and at the same time issued hundreds of thousands of copper post orders to maintain peace and order.
Three days later, Wu Xiucai's summons order arrived. Their eyes lit up, and they decided to accept the bronze post order as Wu Xiucai to raise funds to rebuild the Sima Mansion.
In one month, the two received a total of thirteen bronze orders at Tangming Pavilion in Anhan, including five times to catch mountain bandits, three times to protect officials' food, three times to catch rogue bandits, and two times to capture flower pickers. They received a total of 130 gold rewards.
, all used for the reconstruction of Sima Mansion.
On this day, the two of them came to Anhan Tangming Pavilion early in the morning.
As soon as they entered the door, Master Bo Hanmu came over and said: "Master Sima, Li Bai, you came just in time. There is a copper post that increases the reward ten times. You can give it a try."
When Sima Heng heard this, he became energetic and said, "Is there such a good thing? The bounty will be increased ten times and it sounds like a lot of fun. What kind of copper post order is this?"
"Jincheng Snitch! He has committed more than 100 crimes in the past three months, and all the wealthy households in several counties near Jincheng have been robbed! The wealthy households have added a reward of 100 yuan, and they must capture him! Details
The information is in the details of the Tongtie Order, you can take a look at it yourself." After saying that, Han Mu pointed to the details of the Tongtie Order not far away.
After Li Bai and Sima Heng thanked Han Mu, they came to the bronze post order details.
Sure enough, one of the newly added copper post orders in the list of copper post orders has a special mark, and its content is: Jincheng Snitch. Recently, a snitch appeared in Jincheng and robbed all the wealthy households in several nearby counties!
His whereabouts are secretive and he is agile. He always leaves a wing-shaped dart behind after every robbery, so he is also called the dart thief. This thief was recently killed in the King of Jincheng
The thief was broken into by his maid while he was burglarizing his home. He injured her and then fled. According to the maid's recollection, the thief was a male, about 30 or 40 years old, about five feet tall. He couldn't see his facial features because his face was covered, and he had a snake-shaped scar on his right hand.
, now the rich family in Jincheng has added a reward of one hundred guan, and also rewarded the property stolen by the thief. I urge Wu Xiucai to catch him and bring him to justice!
After reading the introduction of the Bronze Post Order, Sima Heng smiled at Li Bai and said, "Li Bai, this Bronze Post Order has a generous bounty, as if it knows that I am waiting for the money!"
Li Bai nodded and said, "I think so. Let's go, let's go to Jincheng to try our luck." After that, the two of them turned around and walked out of Anhan Tangming Pavilion.
After leaving Tangming Pavilion, the two went to the market to buy two horses and raced out of Anhan County, heading straight for Jincheng.
Jincheng is located in the east of Nanzuo Bridge in Yizhou. It is rich in Sichuan brocade and has a large number of merchants. It is extremely prosperous.
As soon as they entered the boundary of Jincheng, they saw a tall tower on the edge of Jinjiang River from a distance. The tower was four stories high, five or six feet high, covering an area of about half an acre. It stood at the head of Jinjiang River, surrounded by city walls and flowers.
It's majestic and magnificent.
When you walk in, you will see the octagonal eaves, the red walls of the Golden Pavilion, and a wooden plaque hanging on the top of the entrance of the tower with the words "Sanhua Tower" written on it.
"Sanhua Tower! What an elegant name!" Li Bai admired it very much and said to Sima Heng: "Brother Sima, how can we miss such a beautiful scenery? How about going up there for a tour?"
Sima Heng was also intoxicated by the scene in front of him, so he naturally agreed, and the two of them entered the Sanhua Building and walked up the corridor.
At this time, there were many scholars and scholars in Sanhualou, enjoying the magnificent and beautiful river scenery, and many of them were reciting poems and composing poems.
Li Bai and Dong Yanzi walked up until they reached the highest level. They saw sparkling waves in the distance, a majestic sky, and the sky as far as the eye could see. It made people feel relaxed and happy. Li Bai's eyes were so emotional that he couldn't help but feel inspired to write poems and chanted loudly.
Recite:
(Climb Jincheng Sanhua Building)
The sun shines on Jinchengtou, and the light scatters on the flower building.
Gold windows with embroidered doors, beads and foil hanging silver hooks.
Flying in the green clouds, my eyes are far away from my worries.
The dusk rain flows towards the Three Gorges, and the spring river flows around the two streams.
Climbing here today is like taking a nine-day tour.
As soon as the poem was recited, an internal force arose in Li Bai's body for no reason and circulated continuously in his body. Li Bai was overjoyed. It seemed that his internal force was about to break through. He quickly sat cross-legged on the ground and practiced quietly.
When Sima Heng saw it, he quickly stood guard to prevent the endless stream of tourists from bumping into Li Bai.
An hour passed, and Li Bai was still sitting quietly cross-legged. It was almost lunch time, and the number of tourists at the top of the tower had dwindled. Sima Heng was also a little tired from standing, so he wanted to sit down next to Li Bai and rest.
But before he could sit down, he suddenly saw a man in his thirties or forties walking while reading a book. He was about to bump into Li Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
Sima Heng quickly reached out to stop this person and shouted: "Be careful!".
As soon as he finished speaking, the man had already bumped into Sima Heng's hand. He suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell directly on Li Bai. When Sima Heng saw it, he immediately stretched out his hand and pulled hard, grabbing the man in time with a "pop" sound.
, the man’s book was thrown on the ground.
"Ouch," the man couldn't help shouting. After taking a closer look, he realized that he had almost hit someone. He immediately bowed to Sima Heng and said, "I'm really sorry. I was obsessed with reading and almost hit someone. Thank you so much, brother."
Please help in time!”
Sima Heng picked up the book and handed it back to him, saying, "It's okay. Don't read the book next time you walk. It's easy to get into trouble."
The man stretched out his hand to take the book, and said again: "No, no, thank you for reminding me." After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Li Bai on the ground suddenly stood up, stepped forward and took the man's hand.
When Sima Heng saw it, he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Li Bai, have you finished practicing? What's going on?"
The man also turned around and said, "Yes, brother, what's wrong?"
Li Bai chuckled and said, "It's nothing. This brother seems to be the person we are looking for. I just want to confirm it!"
When Sima Heng heard this, he became even more confused, "Li Bai, what's going on? Did you have any hallucinations from practicing just now?"
Li Bai turned around and smiled at Sima Heng: "Brother Sima, do you feel if you have lost anything?"
"Throwing something away?" Sima Heng looked confused. He couldn't help but put his hand into his arms and touched it. It was okay if he didn't touch it. But when he touched it, he was startled and exclaimed: "Ah, my money bag and scholar's order are gone!"
Li Bai chuckled and said, "Haha, I'll show you something else!" After saying that, he took the man's hand and suddenly pulled it upwards, pulling down half of the man's sleeves, and suddenly the man revealed a big smile.
The arm was amputated, and a snake-shaped scar on the arm was particularly conspicuous.
When Sima Heng saw it, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Snake-shaped Scar, Jincheng Snitch!"
When the man saw what had happened, he showed a fierce look on his face and asked fiercely: "Who are you? Why do you know that I am the 'Jincheng Snitch'?"
Sima Heng also said with admiration: "Yes, Li Bai, how did you know that he is the 'Jincheng Snitch'?"
"Haha, it's just a coincidence. As soon as I cultivated my inner strength to the second level, this man bumped into me. When you pulled him, you just pulled up his sleeves, and I saw snakes on his arms.
Shaped scar!" Li Bai said with a proud look on his face.
"Oh, that's it." Sima Heng suddenly realized, and continued: "But this snitch is indeed well-deserved. I don't know when my purse and scholar's order were stolen."
"Of course you don't know, let you know how I am still in the world!" The snitch looked proud, and then his eyes turned fierce, "But since you have seen my appearance, don't blame me for killing people and silencing them!"
When Sima Heng and Li Bai heard this, they both burst into laughter.
Sima Heng said: "Kill someone and silence them? How dare a little thief speak such arrogant words? Let's see how I catch you and collect my reward." After that, Sima Heng rushed forward and grabbed the thief by the collar with both hands.
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When the snitch saw it, he dodged very quickly. He turned his wrist and held an extremely sharp knife in his hand. Then he stabbed forward and stabbed Sima Heng in the chest.
Sima Heng didn't dodge. He picked up the Phoenix Shield and thrust his body forward. With a "Bang!" sound, the Snitch's knife was directly bounced away.
When the snitch saw it, he was shocked. He immediately flew back and said, "Who are you? You are invulnerable!"