Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

"I think he's just pretending. I've been beaten more than 60 times... wake him up and beat him until he hits [-]."

The three Heroes of the Ding Clan looked at each other, Boss Ding swallowed, looked at his third younger sister and said:

"Is the government's actions so strict? Should you reconsider your marriage with Zhan Daxia?"

At this time, Shi Qian stepped forward with Lan Xiao in custody, and reported: "Uncle, the bandit leader has been captured!"

Seeing that the sedan chair was still leading people to chase and kill the stragglers, Cao Bin waved his hands and said, "Don't chase, keep going."

Xiangyang.

Known as the thoroughfare of the seven provinces and a battleground for military strategists, it straddles the Han River and is a strategic place to control the nine counties of Jingxiang.

The next day, shortly after the sun rose, a group of officials from Xiangyang City waited outside the city.

But until noon, there was no sign of Cao Bin and his party.

The long history of Xiangyang Prince's Mansion is already full of black lines. Yesterday, it has been dealt with like this, and the King of Xiangyang returned home in defeat, and today it is coming again?

So he directly ordered the guard behind him:

"Go explore and see where Cao Bin is!"

The guard ran back to report after more than half an hour:

"My lords, Cao Zhizhou is currently resting in Lijiaqiao Village, I want you to meet him there!"

Saying that, he hesitated again, carefully said:

"My lords, maybe you should bring some gifts. According to his entourage, Cao Zhizhou seems a little unhappy!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank disbelief.

Asking for bribes before even entering town?What kind of charter is this Uncle Cao?

Never heard of such a thing?

The Chief Historian of the Wangfu was a little angry, and forced himself to endure it, then thought for a while and said:

"Forget it, let's prepare gifts..."

Seeing this, Xiangzhou Tongpan and others had no choice but to resign, and hurriedly went to prepare gifts.

At this time, Cao Bin was indeed stationed at Lijiaqiao not far from Xiangyang City.

It's not that he doesn't want to enter Xiangyang, but he is thinking about his own life.

Although the King of Xiangyang is unlikely to take action directly, there is no guarantee that he will not suddenly lose his mind and rebel as soon as he hits his head!

Now most of the officials in the nine counties of Jingxiang are under the control of King Xiangyang.

If he really rebelled, Cao Bin, who was in Xiangyang City, would be the first to be unlucky.

So safety is still the first priority.

At this moment, Xia Yuqi, an old man, limped in and said pitifully:

"Uncle, you are finally here. If you don't come again, the old Taoist will tell you that you are in Xiangyang."

Cao Bin squinted at him, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip:

"These days, you are living very comfortably in the brothel!"

Xia Laodao hurriedly called Qu and said:

"I'm wronged, Uncle, it's not old-fashioned and incompetent."

"It's nothing if there are only hidden weapons in the skyscraper."

"But there are many thugs ambushing inside."

As he spoke, he smiled and said:

"Is the old Taoist also looking for a safe place to recuperate? To avoid being caught by King Xiangyang's henchmen and implicating uncle."

"Isn't this the old man who came to see you as soon as Uncle arrived in Xiangyang?"

Cao Bin didn't bother to talk to him, and said casually:

"I hope you don't lose the chain next, or I will cut your thing..."

Xia Laodao only felt that his crotch was cold, and quickly made a promise.

After an unknown amount of time, the sedan chair came in and reported:

"Master, officials from Xiangzhou have arrived, and this is their gift list."

Cao Bin took it over and looked at it, nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let them in."

Since the emperor personally endorsed it, he said that he is no longer afraid of impeachment.

Not long after, a group of officials entered and were about to pay their respects when Cao Bin suddenly asked:

"Qiu Dujian, which foot do you take first when you enter the door?"

The man didn't know why, so he instinctively said: "Report to Master Zhizhou, it seems to be the left foot!"

"Come on, take him down for me..."

"My lord, I am wronged!"

The soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou have an incredible expression on their faces. Is it a crime to step left foot first?

Everyone is dumbfounded, even if you are a prefect and can control the military and government of a state, you can't do such nonsense, right?

Cao Bin directly picked up a lacquered wooden box from his side, threw it at Qiu Dujian's forehead, and cursed:

"I'm sorry for your size, what do you mean by giving me a tiger whip? I have kidney deficiency... Is he a bribe-taker?"

"Come here, put him in a prison cart, lock him in a wooden cage, and send him to the capital immediately for disposal by the imperial court!"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately sweated profusely, and quickly looked at the chief of the palace, and at the same time secretly estimated the value of their gifts.

Although Qiu Dujian was not directly killed, the encounter in Beijing was extremely rare. After all, few people present could withstand investigation.

They were not afraid that Qiu Dujian would expose King Xiangyang's affairs.

He didn't think about his family, but also whether the court would believe it.

After all, he doesn't know much about the inside story...

Even so, the face of Wangfu Chief Shi was gloomy, and asked:

"Uncle Cao, is this inappropriate? Are you not afraid of our impeachment when you dismiss officials so easily?"

Cao Bin squinted at him and said, "Who are you?"

Xiangzhou Tongju quickly introduced: "Uncle, this is the chief historian of Xiangyang Palace..."

Cao Bin stopped him unceremoniously and said:

"No need to introduce, how can I be an official? I have my own court opinion. When will the Xiangyang Palace be able to intervene in the local military affairs?"

The palace chief Shi blushed from the choking, and hurriedly said:

"Uncle Cao, I'm just a suggestion, don't talk nonsense and frame my prince!"

The current situation is that neither side wants to expose the fact that King Xiangyang rebelled.

The King of Xiangyang is not ready yet, and has no plans to rebel in the near future, and he does not want to attract the attention of the court.

And the emperor didn't want the King of Xiangyang to gain momentum at all. It was best to seize his handle and take it down quietly.

Cao Bin's words almost broke the facts and directly made everyone present nervous.

I don't know if he did it unintentionally or on purpose.

Seeing this, Xiangzhou Tongju quickly rounded up the situation and said:

"Uncle Cao, please calm down. My Xiangzhou affairs have always been handled by local officials, and no prince has ever intervened."

Then, he tried again:

"Uncle Cao, I heard that you were attacked by robbers on your way to Xiangyang? Is there any serious problem?"

As soon as Cao Bin came up, he took away the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, and they had to make them suspect that Cao Bin did this on purpose, with the purpose of controlling the military power in Xiangyang City.

Maybe even Cao Bin already knew about King Xiangyang's plan.

Although Cao Bin behaved very arrogantly and greedily, like a dude without a root string in his brain, he had to be cautious.

Hearing this, Cao Bin snorted coldly and said:

"It's just a robber, what can I do?"

As he spoke, he ordered directly: "Bring that bandit leader in."

When Lan Xiao was escorted into the room, the Palace Chief Shi suddenly became nervous and said:

"This is the bandit leader, why not just behead him?"

If Cao Bin already knew about King Xiangyang's plans, he would probably send Lan Xiao to the capital. Unlike Qiu Dujian, he knew many inside stories about Prince Xiangyang's mansion.

Once Lan Xiao said something, the King of Xiangyang would probably fall into a passive state, and might be forced to start an incident earlier.

Lan Xiao struggled immediately when he heard the words, his mouth gagged by the rag was unable to speak, his eyes were full of anger and he looked at the palace chief Shi.

Seeing this, Cao Bin pretended to hesitate and said, "This person seems to know you?"

Everyone's heart tightened, and they were about to say something, but Cao Bin waved it and said:

"It's just a little thief, come here, push him out and behead him!"

Shi Wenyan, the head of the palace, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

From this point of view, Cao Bin does not seem to be specifically investigating King Xiangyang.

The previous attitude seemed to be deliberately finding fault.

Thinking of this, he suddenly became a little stunned. It seems that the prince had some personal conflicts with this Uncle Cao a long time ago...

After all this trouble, no one cared about Qiu Dujian's affairs anymore.

Seeing the relieved expression of the palace chief Shi, Cao Bin couldn't help but smile, it seems that his performance is still very good.

It is not necessary for King Xiangyang to fully believe it, as long as he has loneliness in his heart, it will be considered as achieving his goal.

After all, rebellion is not a trivial matter, as long as he has doubts in his heart, it is difficult to put all his eggs in one basket.

What's more, Xiangzhou's soldiers and horses were captured by himself, which was a blank period.

As long as most of the garrisons in Xiangyang City are unable to be mobilized, he doesn't have to worry about his own safety. Eight hundred personal guards are enough to deal with ordinary enemies.

Xiangzhou Tongju wiped his forehead with cold sweat and said:

"Uncle Cao, can you enter the city now?"

Only then did Cao Bin show a kind smile and said:

"Since everyone sincerely invites you, please do so!"

Everyone secretly complained, who cares about you...

After entering Xiangyang City, Cao Bin did not attend the welcome banquet, but directly hid in the Yamen and never came out again.

Early the next morning, he went straight to the military camp in the city with a group of family members.

In the Prince's Mansion of Xiangyang, Zhao Jue listened to the reward from the Xiangzhou General Judgment, and asked solemnly:

"You said he went to the barracks?"

As he spoke, he slapped the table and said:

"As expected, yesterday he suddenly arrested the soldiers and horses, and this king felt that something was wrong."

"It seems that he really came to target this king, and he wanted to seize the military power of Xiangyang City."

Xiangzhou Tongju explained:

"My lord may have misunderstood, it is a concubine of Uncle Zhong Jing who wants to watch Cuju."

"So he took his family to the barracks, planning to let the soldiers have a competition."

As he spoke, he laughed and said, "This Uncle Cao is a well-known playboy in Bianjing, so he shouldn't be able to fake it."

The King of Xiangyang said with a look of loneliness and doubts: