Liaozhai Great Sage

"You protect the young master and go. The iron thorns are poisonous. I feel that the soles of my feet are numb." The guard who fell on the ground gritted his teeth.

At this time, they all knew that they couldn't procrastinate, and the remaining two soldiers abandoned this man without hesitation and continued to flee with Li Liangjin.

But soon, the remaining two soldiers also died.

One was shot dead by a secret arrow again, and the other seemed to have found that person, and rushed over with a knife as if to fight him, but was stabbed and fell limply to the ground.

Li Liangjin, who had nowhere to go, was sitting slumped on the ground panting like a cow. His horrified eyes saw a short and thin man walking out of the grass with a bloody hatchet clutching his injured arm.

The grass was lifted, and he saw his last soldier lying in a pool of blood.

"You, you traitor, my king treated you well, why did you betray me?" Li Liangjin was shocked and angry when he saw the clothes on this man, it turned out to be a bandit soldier under his command.

The short and thin man took a deep breath, and said viciously: "Thief, you still have the face to say that I was originally a firewood man in a certain county, but I lived a hard life. The head of the bodyguard learned some martial arts, took a few trips to the bodyguard to earn some money, and originally made an appointment to get a wife to live with, but who would have thought that you, a thief, would suddenly bring troops to kill you, and the head of the bodyguard was killed by you, my When the unmarried daughter-in-law was found, she had soaked in the well for three days without clothes, and her body was swollen. She was a pretty girl, but she turned out of shape. You still have the face to say that you treat me well ?”

"Fortunately, God has eyes, the Shaodong family led troops to quell the chaos and defeated you, which gave me such a chance for revenge. I wanted to kill you yesterday, but you are too cunning, you don't let me get close to you I had no choice but to leave at night and guard you near the cave, fortunately the martial arts entrusted to me by the head of the bodyguard did not fail, I killed all of your personal soldiers, and now you are left alone."

"Today I took your head and went back to the county to pay homage to my unmarried daughter-in-law."

After finishing speaking, the short and thin man strode over with the sharpened hatchet in hand.

"Don't come here, don't come here, good man, you can't kill me, I have money, as long as you don't kill me, I will give you three thousand gold, enough for you to buy a hundred concubines, and I will give you ten mansions How about it? I'm the young master, and I have plenty of money." Li Liangjin was completely flustered, and he hurriedly shouted.

"Bang~!"

But before he could speak, the short and thin man suddenly rushed over with a vigorous step, stabbed Li Liangjin's chest with a hatchet in his red eyes.

"Gurgle~!"

Li Liangjin vomited blood instantly, with a pained look on his face.

"Go to hell with your stinky money, I only want your head." The short and thin man pulled out the hatchet and stabbed him again.

The knife went straight to the heart.

"Ah~!"

Li Liangjin twitched all over his body, he had no more strength, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the sky with fear, his body was already unconscious.

The short and thin man was afraid that he would not be dead, so he stabbed three times in succession. Finally, seeing that Li Liangjin was silent, he sat beside him panting and somewhat exhausted. He couldn't help laughing out loud, wiping his tears while laughing.

After his emotions stabilized, the short and thin man looked at Li Liangjin's body and thought for a while, as if he wanted to chop off his head, but in the end he didn't do so: "I killed you to avenge me, but after all, I am with you I used to be a soldier. If I really cut off your head in exchange for a reward, someone will definitely call me a traitor and seek glory, and shame my ancestors and descendants. I will only cut off a piece of your flesh to honor my unmarried wife. So my hatred has been satisfied."

As he spoke, he cut off a piece of flesh from Li Liangjin's body, kicked it in his arms, and strode away with the hatchet in his hand.

Li Liangjin looked at the sky with dull, lifeless gray eyes at this moment, and his body was icy cold, and he just stayed in the mountain like this.

Perhaps he never dreamed that he would die in the hands of a Chafu.

4 Chapter Eighty

"Li Liangjin is dead?"

Li Xiuyuan received such a message the next day.

This news not only surprised him, but also seemed to be expected.

Nine Mountain King Li Liangjin was defeated and fled into the mountains. It was a matter of time before he died. He had already sent people into the mountains to search.

"Yes, general, a bandit soldier under Li Liangjin's command has brought Li Liangjin's head to receive the reward." One of the commanders reported.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Even Nao Da was taken down? Where is that bandit soldier?"

"Waiting outside the yamen." Du Tong said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Let him in."

"Yes, General."

The Dutong walked out with his fists clasped in his hands, and soon a bandit soldier in distress was escorted in by two soldiers. His expression was haggard, his face was flustered, his body was stained with blood. Bleeding, what appeared to be a head.

"Don't kneel down when you see the general." The soldiers on the left and right shouted.

The thief immediately knelt on the ground in fright: "My little one pays his respects to the general."

Li Xiuyuan took a look: "What is Li Liangjin's head in your hand?"

"Yes, yes." The bandit soldier replied.

Li Xiuyuan gestured: "Take it and open it."

The soldier next to him responded, took the package immediately, opened it, and found that it was indeed a bloody head.

Although it was a bit messy, Li Xiuyuan could clearly recognize that it was Li Liangjin's head.

"That's right, 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 can't find it."

Li Xiuyuan said: "Really? So you killed Li Liangjin?"

"Yes, it was the little one who killed him."

Li Xiuyuan stared at him coldly: "You dare to assassinate Li Liangjin even if you are so brave? This general must listen to the truth. If you falsely claim the reward, you will be beheaded if you are found out by this general. If you tell the truth now, this general will kill you." The general not only forgives you for your innocence, but also rewards you with 100 taels of silver, you have to think about it carefully. Although a thousand taels of gold is good, you have to be famous to get it."

This person has a deer head and mouse eyes, with a flustered expression, he doesn't seem to be such a courageous person, and he is cheating.

The bandit soldier immediately lay down on the ground in fright, and hurriedly said: "No, I dare not lie to the general, Li, Li Liangjin was not killed by the little one. When the little one found him, he had already died in the woods. It was only because of the bounty that he had the courage to cut off his head to accept the reward, and asked the general to forgive him. I really don’t know that if I pretend to claim the bounty, I will lose my head.”

"It turned out to be a cheap one. Judging by your courage, you don't dare to assassinate Li Liangjin. When Li Liangjin was defeated, he was surrounded by personal guards. No matter how poor he was, he couldn't easily succeed." Li Xiuyuan said coldly: "Look at you To be honest, and for the sake of bringing Li Liangjin's head. This general forgives you for your innocence, and I will reward you with 100 taels of silver."

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." The bandit soldier was also very happy, although he won't get a thousand taels of gold, but he can get a hundred taels of silver and he will be able to spend a lot of time later.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Li Liangjin's head is not enough here, I will send a team to you, you go to show the way, and help General Ben bring back Li Liangjin's body, you can leave after this thing is done."

"Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely bring back Li Liangjin's body." The thief hurriedly responded.

"Go down." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand.

After dismissing the thief, he thought about it 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 turned 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 that anyone who can take Li Liangjin's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold. Although the bandit soldier brought back his head just now, I can't give him a reward. Otherwise, there will be an endless stream of deceitful deeds, but I have to give him a reward, otherwise I won’t be able to convince the crowd, but the reward has to be sent to Jin Dayong’s Chai Fu, otherwise my reward and punishment will not be fair enough.”

"Brother Wang's words are reasonable, but that person doesn't seem to receive the reward in the future." Wang Ping, who was in charge of government affairs in the yamen, suddenly raised his head and said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "So I have to send it to him. Yangzijiang King, you should go there and find a suitable opportunity to send 1000 taels of gold to Jin Dayong. All the gold and silver seized this time are stored in the warehouse. Go there yourself." Take it."