manynovel Chapter 970
Chapter 970
Li Yaoyao's contribution to the destruction of the Wanyu Army was not very useful. At most, he would be commended by the higher authorities or get a position.
However, he was not interested in being an official.
Moreover, if he was rewarded for destroying the Wanyu Army, he would offend the city lord.
After all, the city lord did not discover the Wanyu Army, and it was not the city lord who destroyed the Wanyu Army, so the city lord would be held accountable.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Yao decided to go to the city lord in person and give him the credit for the Wanyu Army.
And his return of favor was also recognized by Zhu Daqing, and he got all the benefits that originally belonged to the Zhang family and the Wang family.
The city lord can also get the credit for destroying the Wanyu Army, and the reward will be indispensable.
Therefore, it can be said that both parties are win-win and everyone is happy.
After Li Yao got the recognition and promise of the city lord, he left the city lord's mansion.
He will be busy for the next period of time, so he has to go back quickly.
Li's escort agency
Li Yao was surrounded by people as soon as he came back.
"Captain Escort, how is the situation?"
They learned that the chief escort would go to the city lord today to ask for an explanation.
In fact, they were still quite worried.
After all, they also learned today that the people from the Wang and Zhang families were all arrested in the military camp.
You say, it would be strange if they were not afraid of being implicated.
So, seeing Li Yao coming back, they all surrounded him.
Li Yao looked around at the people in front of him. They didn't know the truth, so it was normal to have such concerns.
Only a few people knew about the Li family's elimination of the Wanyu Army, namely Li Taihang's brother and sister, Old Man Dong and him.
So, it was basically no problem to keep this matter secret.
Li Yao smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, not only are we fine, but the city lord has also decided to let me take over the industries of the Wang and Zhang families."
"Wow!"
"Really?"
Everyone was stunned, and then there was a burst of ecstasy.
"Great, I was worried that we would be arrested too."
"Yeah, me too."
After all, with so many soldiers dispatched, they were also very nervous.
"Okay, go away, there are still many things to do next."
Li Yao spoke, and everyone dispersed.
He glanced at Li Taihang and his sister. To be honest, the survival of the Li family escort agency this time was all thanks to these brothers and sisters.
Unexpectedly, one of them is a martial master and the other is a martial master. It's incredible.
"Little brother, little sister, please." Li Yao tried his best to please the two.
The other people in the Li family also knew that it was these two brothers and sisters who helped, otherwise, Li Yao would really be finished.
So, they treated the two brothers and sisters with great respect.
"Yeah. Good!"
They went to the hall.
Not long after, news came from the city lord's mansion.
The Zhang and Wang families were arrested for murdering Li Yao and sending people to assassinate him.
At the same time, his clan members also colluded with the Wanyu Army, and it was confirmed.
In particular, the entire Zhang and Wang families were exterminated.
When this crime was announced, many people were shocked.
"Ah, I didn't expect that the Zhang and Wang families would actually murder the Li family."
"That's normal. After all, only by killing Li Yao can their business get better."
"Well, that's true, but it's also bad enough."
"Yes!"
"In fact, they are even worse."
"What?"
"Do you know that the Zhang and Wang families actually colluded with the Wanyu Army and were discovered by the city lord. In addition to the murder of the Li family, the entire Zhang and Wang families are really finished."
"Too terrible, they actually colluded with the Wanyu Army?"
The public opinion in the city also slowly changed under Zhu Daqing's deliberate manipulation, which quickly settled the matter of the Zhang and Wang families being arrested.
Especially the fact that they colluded with the Wanyu Army made the people who originally sympathized with the Zhang and Wang families feel abominable.
And getting rid of all the people from the Zhang and Wang families became a legitimate matter.
In this way, the matter was settled.
However, because of the problem of the Wanyu Army, the entire Yancheng became particularly strict in checking in and out of the city, and there were also some soldiers in the city patrolling from time to time.
At the same time, in order to track down the whereabouts of the Wanyu Army, the Yanwei Army also sent out a lot of spies.
Although they arrested Zhang Xiong and Wang Youfu, the two had no idea where the Wanyu Army was.
As for how they contacted the Wanyu Army, it was because the Wanyu Army came to them personally.
This also gave Zhu Daqing an unexpected news, that is, the Wanyu Army was very likely to be targeting Yancheng.
The spies sent by Zhu Daqing came back soon, and sure enough, they found the Wanyu Army.army's traces.
However, when their army arrived, those Wanyu soldiers fled again.
Of course, when this happened, Li Taihang and his younger sister were practicing in the yard.
"Little sister, I plan to go find your elder sister and second sister, what do you think?"
Now, staying in Yancheng is no problem.
However, Li Taihang is worried about the safety of his two younger sisters.
"Brother, then I will go too." Li Xiaoling said when she saw this.
"No, you can't go."
"Why?"
"Because we must have someone to look after the house." Li Taihang didn't want to take Li Xiaoling with him.
After all, Li Xiaoling is still too young. Although she has the strength of a martial arts master, her inherent disadvantages are here. If she really fights, she will still suffer.
It just so happens that they have a good relationship with Li Yao, so they can send their younger sister to their home.
"Okay then." Li Xiaoling nodded and felt that it made sense.
However, it is not an easy task to find his elder sister and second sister.
So, he first took Li Xiaoling to visit Li Yao, and left her behind, and went to investigate alone.
He left Yancheng and got some information from Li Yao, knowing where the bandit dens were.
"Then go find these dens first, maybe we can find clues."
Li Taihang went to the nearest hilltop, where there was a group of bandits, probably hundreds of them.
After Li Taihang sneaked in, he looked around and found that there were no other people here, all of them were bandits.
However, it did not prevent him from understanding the location and situation of other bandits through them.
"Who?"
The bandits looked at Li Taihang in astonishment when they saw him alone.
"When did this man appear?"
"Quick, catch him." After saying that, these people rushed over.
As a result, Li Taihang swung his sword and killed most of the hundreds of bandits.
The remaining bandits were all trembling.
"Where did this plague god come from? It's so scary."
"That's right!"
How dare they go up at this time.
Seeing that he had intimidated them, Li Taihang said: "Do you know which bandit dens are nearby that will capture some people to go up the mountain?"
Hearing Li Taihang's words, they were stunned at first.
"Speak."
Li Taihang pointed his sword at the bandits.
"Ah!"
They were startled and came to their senses.
"Yes, it's Shuihuo Village. They will capture people, but we don't."
"Really? Where is this Shuihuo Village?"
"It's in Dangping Mountain, about 20 miles away from here."
"Very good, if you dare to lie to me, you're dead."
"We dare not."
They quickly promised.
Li Taihang nodded and left the mountain.
When Li Taihang walked, the bandits felt relieved.
"That evildoer left?"
"Gone."
"Oh, that's terrible."
"Yeah."
"But when did the Water and Fire Village capture civilians?"
"The Water and Fire Village is the strongest, so it would be best to trick him there. Besides, who knows if there are any there? There must be some in such a big village."
"Yeah, that makes sense. After all, in this day and age, apart from some large villages, who has the resources to feed some useless poor people?"
They didn't know that their conversation was overheard by Li Taihang.
They heard a flash of sword light.
After a while, screams were heard everywhere, and all the bandits in the village were killed by Li Taihang.
"I said, if you dare to lie to me, you will die!"
Li Taihang killed all the bandits here and left quietly.
Ping Pingshan.
Although those bandits didn't provide him with correct information, they also gave him a direction.
He still had to go to the Water and Fire Village.
Dangping Mountain is a steep and dangerous place, and it is difficult to go up the mountain. There is only one path leading to the top of the mountain.
And it is this path that makes this place particularly easy to defend and difficult to attack, like one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it.
Shuihuo Village is on this mountain.
There is a water source on the mountain, and they can basically be self-sufficient and live a decent life.
When Li Taihang saw the terrain here, he knew that it was not an easy thing to go up.
However, fortunately, he is already a martial master.
He can also cross the mountains and sneak into Shuihuo Village without taking the path.
Shuihuo Village has deployed many scouts on the path, watching the safety of this path.
They didn't find Li Taihang, because Li Taihang didn't take the path, but climbed up the mountain.
After reaching the halfway point of the mountain, Li Taihang found that the terrain here was relatively flat, and saw a peaceful scene.
There are farmlands, fruits and vegetables on the mountain, and some livestock are raised.There is a water source on the mountain. The water flows down from a waterfall on the top of the mountain. The bandits lead the water to the farmland for irrigation.
There are many houses scattered around the mountain.
If Li Taihang didn't know that this was a bandit's nest, he would have thought he had come to a paradise.
Li Taihang sneaked in quietly.
Although there are guards here, they are useless in front of Li Taihang.
Li Taihang quickly found a special place. He found a cave with voices coming out of it.
"I heard that the Wanyu Army appeared."
"Wanyu Army? The rebels?"
"That's right!"
"So, the Yanwei Army's attack is not to eliminate us bandits?"
"Of course not."
"Well, that's good. Over the years, our lives have been stable and we don't steal or rob. But we are not easy to bully."
"Well, I'm afraid those officials will not let us go."