Chapter 127: The Confession

Three days later, Bai Cong's grain truck passed by the foot of the mountain. Gu Du and his men rushed down, chopped off more than a dozen escorts, robbed all the grain trucks, and moved them back to the mountain village.

Chang Yun asked, "Master, is this a good person?"

Gu Du replied: "This is not a letter of fame, it is just food. If you catch up, you will rob me."

He turned to Feng Jiu and said, "You go there in person and tell the grain merchant named Bai that we can't use so much food, so we can ask him to use money to redeem it. In addition, we want live chickens, ducks, live pigs and sheep, and raise them in captivity to lay eggs and eat meat. Then tell him that if he submits this time, he will rob him less or even not rob his grain truck in the future. Otherwise, he will change the path."

Feng Jiu replied: "Yes."

"Roar..." The bandits cheered. Gu Du did this, and it won't take long to eat everyone!

Chang Yun looked at Yu He and understood in his heart that Gu Du was going to do it in a big way, and he might sooner or later he would form an army.

The robbery of the Baicong family spread like wildfire, and almost the entire Lingxun County knew about it, because Baicong purchased a large number of live chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, and took them to exchange for grain.

In the county government office, the captain Xun Yi said to the county magistrate Zou Zhili: "Sir, the bandits in Hu Xiaoshan have never been so arrogant. I think I am afraid I will change my head."

Zou Zhili said indifferently: "So what?"

Zou Zhili was extremely happy. When Emperor Ling went on an expedition, the counties recruited grain and grass. Zou Zhili summoned several grain merchants to ask for some food from them to provide for their achievements, but Bai Cong took the lead and refused to hand over it!

This hatred cannot be eliminated by letting the child fight back. Although Bai Cong prepared generous gifts to apologize, his political achievements could not be compensated. Now that I heard that Bai Cong was robbed by bandits, I was naturally very relieved.

Xun Yi said again: "Sir, it turns out that the bandits have never disturbed the business trip like this. If you let this matter go, you will only be afraid of harming the countryside."

Zou Zhili looked at him with an unhappy look and asked, "What do you mean? Could it be that you want to suppress the bandits?"

Xun Yi replied: "I have this heart for the humble position, but I only sigh that there is no one to do it."

Zou Zhili snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "That's it. You just need to patrol the streets and pick up people. Suppressing bandits is military affairs, so you don't have to worry about it."

At the third update of the night, Gu Du, Chang Yun, Yu and the other three sneaked into the backyard of the county government office and killed all the five people of the county magistrates and their family of five. Then Gu Du dipped his fingers in blood and wrote five big words on the wall: This is a letter of submission.

The three of them were secretly done, so they were not discovered by the maid until almost noon the next day. Xun Yi rushed to the backyard of the county government office and frowned at the bloody letter on the wall.

Xun Yi did not understand that although the claim of a title was a bandit's entry ceremony, it was usually an ordinary person who chose to go on a road to kill someone and punish him to stop his retreat.

How did this group of bandits choose the county magistrate? And they were so arrogant and wrote blood on the wall. This was a blatant provocation to the government. Why did they do this?

Xun Yi went to find Zhou Fang, the commander of the garrison. Zhou Fang had been transferred to Lingzhang County for three years and had always had conflicts with the county magistrate Zou Zhili. The reason was very simple. According to the system, Zhou Fang was a subordinate of Zou Zhili and had to obey Zou Zhili, but the military generals had never been convinced by civil servants, not to mention that Zou Zhili was not a humble and wise person.

Zou Zhili often threatened Zhou Fang with the court system, and even had to withhold food and salary. Zhou Fang led 1,200 troops, but was bullied by Zou Zhili, a civil servant, and he kept holding his anger in his heart. At this time, he heard that Zou Zhili's family of five were spared, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Xun Yi said: "General, Lord Zou's family died tragically. Please immediately dispatch troops to suppress the bandits."

Zhou Fang said: "I know, and I will submit the court."

Xun Yi urged: "General, this bandit is bold and reckless. If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will cause great trouble!"

Zhou Fang narrowed his eyes slightly and said in an unhappy tone: "Captain Xun, your Lord Zou Zhili is the most legal. The responsibility of this general is to guard Lingzhao County. Invincible troops are to attack the city and not to be transferred privately! Besides, this general has already said that he will submit the court to the court. Didn't you hear it when the court decides?"

Xun Yi clasped his fists and said bitterly: "General, the debts will be lost when the death of the people. Besides, Lord Zou's family died tragically, and the bandits were extremely arrogant. There were rumors in the streets and alleys. If the general did not suppress the bandits as soon as possible, he would be afraid of chaos."

Zhou Fang suddenly slapped the case and said angrily: "A mere captain dares to teach me a lesson? Come on! Come on and send this person out!"

The soldiers at the door quickly called people because Zhou Fang said "fork out", which is different from coaxing out or pushing out. Fork out is very ritualistic. Two people need to use two sticks to cross the armpits of the person being forked, lift the person being forked, and then throw it out of the door. This highly ritualistic approach has a strong sense of shock and insult.

Xun Yi quickly clasped his fists and said, "A general calms down, he will not be able to do anything to the general, and he will give up his position."

Xun Yi also realized that Zhou Fang didn't care about the bandits. Anyway, the bandits would not come to attack the city, so he should not wait for someone to come and give him a chance.

In the Juyi Hall, Yu He clasped his fists to Gu Du and asked, "Master, is it right now?"

Gu Du looked at him and said meaningfully: "Working together is a brother, and being in a state of reluctance is a mortal enemy."

Yu He also replied coldly: "I understand."

Chang Yun asked: "What are you going to do next?"

Gu Du replied: "The money is not enough, please ask the brothers to find a salt merchant and tie a meat ticket to come back."

The reason why Gu Du specifically ordered salt merchants to find salt merchants was that they were the most profitable and were all hooked up with the officials. Before coming, he asked Lixia how to make money. Lixia asked him to redeem private salt, saying that the salt industry in Lingguo was a civil system, with official income, commercial transportation, and commercial sales. The profit was extremely high. If Gu Du sells private salt, he can not only make money, but also benefit the people.

Because people can avoid eating grain and rice, but they cannot eat salt. They have no salt for three days, are trapped and exhausted, and have no salt for seven days, and are dizzy and dark. Therefore, no matter how poor people are, they still have to eat salt. Although they don’t eat much, they cannot miss every meal.

However, whether it is salt making or salt trading, manpower and money are required, so Gu Du still needs to use other methods to get the money first before starting to implement a large layout.

When he returned to his house, Feng Jiu asked Gu Du softly: "Master, Master Li asked you to sell salt, how do you catch salt merchants? If you move the salt merchants, it will be more serious than killing the county magistrate, and it will attract the encirclement of the official army."

Gu Du replied: "I know, I just want the government army to encircle and suppress. If you don't fight a war, how can you make a name? If you don't have a name, who will join me?"

Feng Jiu frowned and asked, "Any thirty people can fight?"

Gu Du replied: "It is different from fighting in the government army to fight on the battlefield, and this mountain is very easy to lie in ambush and hide."

Feng Jiu said: "I'm afraid that when the official army comes, these mobs will run away."

Gu Du replied: "What should be run always needs to run, and what can be left is useful."
Chapter completed!