Song Beiyun

They killed people, they did, but they didn't seem to attack the unarmed. Instead, they only robbed civilian women together, saying that it was the sister-in-law who refused to let them.There are quite a few women in this village who are refugees from the surrounding area. They married people and settled down here. They usually do some cleaning, sewing and mending.

At night, Xiao Song used the village as a resting place, and when he was burying the pot for cooking, he called out the fifth master and his lady who held the village.

"Are you familiar with the terrain here?"

"That's familiar, but too familiar."

They were untied, and were guarded and imprisoned by special secret agents of the imperial city, because at night, the king of heaven and I would not dare to drill into the Qinling Mountains, not to mention how familiar they are, the leopards and bears at night are more familiar than them.

"How ripe."

"How familiar..." Fifth Master thought for a while: "My lord, I will tell you that there is no villain in a rat hole within a radius of two or three hundred miles."

"really?"

"How can there be fakes? Just relying on robbery, my brothers and I would have starved to death long ago. The bulk is from the fur trader in this mountain, and someone in the county town in front collected it."

Xiao Song hummed and didn't speak for a long time. After waiting for a long time, he asked people to distribute some food to these prisoners.

And Xiaoyu had been observing Song Beiyun's expression, and he could see Mr. Song's careful thoughts immediately.

So while the bandit Fifth Lord was eating, he went up to Song Beiyun and warned Song Beiyun, "Master Song, these people are really unreliable, people in the Jianghu are the most unreliable people in the world."

"Who is going to rely on them." Xiao Song held a taro in one hand and said while eating: "If they are really familiar with this terrain, they can actually make peace and avoid the trouble of surveying. Avoid places that are prone to flash floods and mudslides, if there is no one who is familiar with the road, it will take two years for a survey alone."

Xiaoyu opened his mouth, then nodded: "I listen to Mr. Song."

"Don't worry, I have plenty of ways to deal with this kind of people." Xiao Song laughed lightly: "If you want to get rich, build roads first, and open up the commercial roads from Chang'an to both sides of the Yangtze River to ensure rapid development. Everything gives way to development."

"Ah."

At night, nothing happened, and no one dared to escape, let alone under the hands of the secret agent of the imperial city, so the night was very safe.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xiao Song's first thing was to start arranging the battle plan, and there were actually a few of the bandits among the people participating this time.

Because horse bandits are usually in a wandering posture compared to bandits, and they have horses, and they come and go like the wind.Now Xiao Song must completely eliminate these hidden dangers at the root, so the arrangement must be arranged.

When Wu Ye saw the Huangcheng Secretary and the imperial servants taking out muskets and crossbows from the box, his saliva was about to flow out, and only then did he realize that he was still alive until now because the other party was merciful Yes, he has seen the power of muskets before. Once fired, the sound is like spring thunder. Anyone who hits it will be a blood hole, and it will almost die after rolling on the ground a few times.And the crossbow actually had a rocker arm, and when they saw them try to shoot, the thick wood with the mouth of the bowl pierced through it with a bang.

Just these guys... If they can be given to them, they will still be bastard bandits, and they will surrender to Song and Liao wherever they want, and An An will continue to be a captain. Midi is very.

"This group of people are serious." Fifth Master stood in the room where he was held and looked out through the window. He saw that the masters who were walking around were all getting ready, even wearing light armor. These outfits That is a greedy person: "Give me the whole set."

"Brother... Do you think they will kill us?"

"Who knows, I hope it won't, let me see, this young general with white face is very talkative, so try to get close to him then."

At this time, his Mrs. Yazhai sighed and said from behind: "You are still watching the excitement... You bastards, do you know who this white-faced general is and say that he is good at talking?"

"Who?"

"Just now I heard the woman next to him call him Marquis Song. You really have lost your minds in the mountains." Mrs. Yazhai sighed: "It's hard to think about it, is there anyone named Song who can be a Marquis in the world?" Father's?"

"Which one?" Fifth Master touched his head: "No way."

His lady who held the village raised her head and gave him a fierce look: "Song Beiyun!"

Hearing this name, he gasped, sat down on the ground with a puff, his face was pale, and he kept repeating in his mouth: "It's over, it's over, it's over... It's over..."

"Brother, who is this man?"

"Who is it?" Fifth Master murmured, "Who do you think it is... the one who destroyed Chang'an in one day and Xiangyang in half a day, was it him?"

"Who else can there be?" Madam Yazhai said angrily, "I told you not to keep your mouth shut, you are kind!"

"It's over, it's over, it's over... It's really over now." Fifth Master's expression was dull, and he slapped the ground annoyed: "This is really offending the God of Plague."

"Fifth Brother, don't panic, let me see that he has no intention of killing us." Mrs. Yazhai said, "Go and find out about it then."

Chapter 596: On March 3, Five Years, at the Moment of Sunny Awakening, the Hunting Begins

"So that's the case, um...it doesn't look like he has done a lot of evil."

About three days later, the spies who went to investigate came back and reported that the village headed by Lao Wu was quite well-known in the surrounding villages. This group of people was not considered extremely vicious, and they had also protected the village from horse bandits several times. They are thoughtful, and they haven't hurt anyone too much, but the price of the year-old coins they asked for is a bit higher, and even the village head asked them to come back and ask the fifth master if he could lower the price.

But apart from this fifth master, the two gangs of horse bandits don't have any good reviews. Most of them say that they are extremely vicious. It can be seen from the arrest warrant that the local county government is offering a reward for arresting this fifth master. Five hundred guan, but for Nahu and Zhou Zhou people, there is a reward of [-] guan.

On top of the rewards, there are numerous crimes about them. The five masters are robbery and plunder, while the two horse thief gangs are murderers and arsonists. The nature is completely different.

Looking at the portrait on the arrest warrant, Xiao Song crossed his legs and raised his head and said, "Let that old fifth come to see me."

Not long after, the trembling fifth child was brought before Song Beiyun. When he saw Song Beiyun, he suddenly rushed forward. If he hadn't knelt down in time, his head would probably have been separated from his body...

"Master Song... Marquis Song, it's a villain who has eyes but can't see China... Mount Tai... please spare my life, please spare my life..."

"Can't you memorize the lines before you come back?" Xiao Song said dumbfoundedly: "Get up, I have something to ask you."

"Oh..." Fifth Lord got up from the ground: "My wife taught me. I just started remembering this, and you called me here."

"Okay." Xiao Song waved his hand: "I see your arrest warrant, in fact, you are not a heinous person. If you help me wipe out the horse bandit this time, I will not be intolerant."

"Say it sooner." Upon hearing this, the jerk stood up immediately: "You don't need to worry about such things, Marquis, as long as you open your mouth, I'll go and get the heads of these two bastards. "

"Don't say that big talk." Xiao Song sat there and smiled: "Maybe you can understand the map?"

"You can see it."

Xiao Song threw the map in his arms in front of him: "Circle the places where the horse bandits often operate. How many people do they have, and what kind of equipment do they have?"

"Okay, I'll do it, my villain."

After hearing that there was no danger of life, "Fifth Lord" started to fetch the map, took the charcoal pen Xiao Song gave him, and started to read the map. While reading the map, he babbled to Xiao Song about the horse bandits. Countless crimes, as if he is not a bandit but a victim.

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it, I've already investigated, a total of 310 lives." Xiao Song crossed his legs: "You also carry six lives on your back, tell me what to do."

"Six pieces? Isn't it four pieces?" The fifth master looked up in a daze, "Master Song, listen to me, when we went to the county to sell the leather, there was a merchant who wanted to cheat and hurt me both. A brother even ate my batch of goods. Since when have we been wronged in this business? The next night I took my brothers to ask for an explanation, but they refused to admit it, so there was a conflict. Killed four and ran out. How it became six later, I really don’t know.”

Xiao Song waved his hand: "If you can take the blame and do meritorious service this time, I will let it go, but if..."

"I will definitely be able to do it." Fifth Master said excitedly: "I will mark it out for Lord Hou."

After getting the map marked by him, Xiao Song took a closer look and found that the range of activities of these horse bandits was very large, covering a very wide area, even extending from here to the border of Song and Liao.

"This is troublesome." Xiao Song hissed: "I don't have that much time to play hide and seek with them..."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his head to look at Fifth Master who was full of smiles in front of him, narrowed his eyes a few times, and thought for a while: "In this way, I'm afraid there are some connections between you on this road?"

"That's right. They are not in the same breath as me. If they couldn't fight, they would have burned my village a long time ago."

Xiao Song nodded: "It seems that there is only one way."

"Master Hou, please tell me."

"You spread the word and say that there is a large caravan going out from here in the Liao Kingdom, and your fifth master can't eat it alone, so you sincerely invite everyone on the road to come together. At that time, it will be charged according to the effort." Xiao Song put his hands behind his back. Walking back and forth: "If someone comes to approach you, you can bargain as much as possible, can you?"

"Okay...it's okay, but what if they don't take the bait?"

Song Beiyun chuckled, "You don't have to worry about that."

For the next thing, the fifth master only needs to follow the steps. Xiao Song's place is the highlight. If the emperor's servants are more proficient in catching people and fighting, then this kind of spreading news and catching people in their spare time is naturally the most important thing. The Imperial City Division is good at it.

Dozens of spies from the Imperial City Department scattered to the surrounding villages and towns as quickly as possible, spreading rumors wantonly.

The content of the rumor was about this caravan. It was said that Chang'an Song Beiyun dispatched a batch of military supplies from the Liao Kingdom, guarded by [-] soldiers.

What is the specific content, they have all kinds of rumors, but what is more reliable is that it is not actually any military equipment, but the [-] yuan of money and countless gold, silver and jewelry embezzled by Song Beiyun.

The reason why they took the mountain road instead of the official road was that they were worried that what was inside would be exposed.

What is the point of cheating?Song Beiyun's first lesson to this group of people was how to make a story seamless and logical.A thing that happens to a person must correspond to the characteristics of the person himself.

For example, Kong Xiwen, a celebrity in Shandong Province, corrupted 300 million yuan and kept 150 mistresses.But when the same thing happened to Song Beiyun, most people would slap the table and yell at the dog official, because he is reasonable!

As long as you inquire about Song Beiyun's reputation, you will know that this person did such a thing, which is both reasonable and logical, and the rumor naturally has an echo of "there is no groundless rumor in the world", which makes people have to believe it.

In the next few days, Xiao Song didn't do anything, just waited.During the day, I go hunting in the mountains and eat wild game at night.

"This time." Sitting in front of the bonfire, Xiao Song said to Han Ji, "I'll give you credit for your merits. These horse bandits are reward orders for running around. But it depends on whether the imperial servant can eat it or not." Yours."

"Master Hou questioned me?"

"It's not that I question you, I don't really trust you." Xiao Song shook his head and said, "The people under your command are very powerful, but your command is really weak. I asked Fo Baonu to change your position. Guan Jiang made it, and the transfer order will be answered after you go back."

"Ah?" Han Ji was taken aback: "I won't..."

"Do you need to know? Of course there will be." Xiao Song waved his hand and said, "You only need to be responsible for getting the oil and water out of it. For the rest, I promised you to make you rich, but you absolutely can't Lu Bai, otherwise I don't care what happens."

"Yeah." Han Ji nodded slightly: "I'm a little worried."

"Worry what, use Liao's money to protect the Liao's royal family, what are you afraid of?"

"Oh... But I think there is still some risk."

"Wealth is always seeking in danger."

And at this moment, one of Fifth Master's subordinates ran in hastily, and originally wanted to run to where Fifth Master was, but after suddenly reacting, he ran towards Song Beiyun in a hurry.

"Hou...hou...hou..."

"Take a breath before talking."

After drinking a bowl of water, after a long time, the eyes opened their mouths and said, "Master Hou, the fish has bitten the hook."

"Oh? Tell me in detail."

In fact, there is nothing to elaborate on, it’s just that the fish is biting the bait. Someone contacted them today and said that they are willing to cooperate with Fifth Lord to eat this caravan. Judging from the other party’s description, they must be one of the two gangs of horse thieves .

And if one bites the bait, the other will definitely be unable to sit still, waiting for the two of them to come together to negotiate terms.

At this time, it is not applicable to the tactics of scaring the grass and scaring the snake. It needs to be done very covertly, and this area happens to be the fifth master's territory.

"Tomorrow when you go to talk to those people, you must take care of your own affairs, exaggerate when you talk, and ask for a more aggressive price." Xiao Song ordered: "Don't show your flaws, let you three masters. He's smarter, don't let your fifth master go, he's not very clear-headed."

"I'm going to report to the third master."

After Xiao Song nodded, their third boss came in a short while. This person is the smarter one among the bandits, and he is smarter and smarter. Too much.

After he came, Xiao Song explained everything to them bit by bit, and then explained everything about the deployment of troops to him.

"Do you understand?"

"Understood, everything is false anyway, but when we talk to them, we treat it as real."

"Yes." Xiao Song nodded: "Just do it like this, and I will remember your credit when it is done."

"Thank you, Master Hou, thank you Master Hou!" The third family kowtowed like garlic: "Everything is according to Master Hou's orders."

The big fishing net began to be gradually drawn in, and the elite masters who were waiting in full force had already made warm-up preparations, and were just waiting for the final catch of the net.

However, these horse thieves don't know what they are about to face. These people are still dreaming, dreaming of spending money after dividing up the spoils.

As for Xiao Song, he has already found a good place. When he was bored these few days, he asked the people from Wuye's cottage to dig a huge pit there that was 20 meters long and [-] meters deep.

Except for Xiaoyu and Han Ji, no one knew what this big pit was used for. Those who didn't know thought it was a cellar for storing vegetables...

Chapter 597: On March 3, 24th Year

There was a drizzle in the mountains, and it was hazy for tens of feet outside. Several teams gathered in a hidden place outside the mountains.

The horse thieves led by Zhou and Hu were in the lead, and the third head of the little bald head was in contact with them. He led several people and these vicious horse thieves to hide in it, and they were conspiring to get the stolen money out of their hands.

After many twists and turns, the three masters really strived for success, and they worked hard to increase the share to [-]%. That is to say, after the matter is completed, the two teams of horse thieves will each get [-]% and the team of the fifth master will get [-]%. Four percent.

Everyone wants to get involved in the matter of taking the lead. The more you work hard, the less suspicious you will be. Now they are ready to go, and they are waiting for a greeting from the front.

"Third master, you said that there are many masters in this caravan, what if the manpower is lost?"

Hu Laosan asked with a smile on his face, the leader of the horse thief looked like he was only about 30 years old. Unlike ordinary people, he looked honest and honest, but he was especially ferocious. He often killed people for fun. The matter can be described as unacceptable.

But here he is being polite, firstly because he is afraid of that brash little bald man, and secondly because this is his home game, so if there is a conflict, it will not end well.

"Master Hu, that's not what he said. You and I both make a living by licking blood with knives. You can't hide when you are damned. Why don't you say that every person who dies gets a share of the money? These money Not big enough to pull out a team?"

These three masters are clever, they never mentioned anything about money for life, and they left everything behind early on.

"Fifth Master's people are still amazing, they are always so tight."

Next to him, Tuesday Mao smiled and said, "In the future, there will be a lot of guards of honor if you don't keep it in order. The fifth master, the team that comes out of the army is not quite the same as us wild people."

He was actually dissatisfied in his heart, so naturally he said some yin and yang words, but the third master laughed: "Well, if one day my brother becomes prosperous, I will definitely give you a big gift three times a year."

"Hahahaha, it's easy to talk about. By the way, why hasn't the spy in front come to report?"

The third master poked his head out to observe, and pondered for a moment: "I think it's rainy and foggy in the mountains, so it's not easy to get along with. Let me go and investigate."