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Upon hearing this, everyone in the patrol camp was shocked. They had not yet figured out the situation since they arrived at the scene, but the Chongzhou grain transport officer had already died on the spot, and the murder weapon was still in the hands of their county lieutenant.

Hu Ruiqi was about to ask, but Li Yanqi raised his hand and pressed down, and the words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back.

Li Yanqi's face was as gloomy as water, and he stood proudly in front of everyone with his hands behind his back.

"Time is urgent now. I don't have time to explain to you. Now, I only give you two choices."

Li Yanqi's eyes were like those of a hawk, scanning the faces of all kinds, and he said in a deep voice: "One! Those who are willing to go with me, stay and listen to my orders. Two! Those who don't want to go with me, I won't stop them, and I will give each of you ten taels of severance pay, but there is one condition."

Li Yanqi winked at Ma Xigui, who nodded and left. After a while he came back with a few soldiers, each holding two jars of wine.

Li Yanqi brought over a jar of wine.

"There's a knockout drug in this wine. If you don't want to leave with me, take your severance pay and come drink a bowl. After all, we're brothers, and I don't want to embarrass you. I hope you don't embarrass me either. Let's part ways in peace!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's faces were immediately startled. They looked at each other and the scene became quiet for a moment.

Ma Xigui looked around, then knelt on one knee towards Li Yanqi first, speaking every word in a sonorous voice.

"I will follow you till death, big brother! Even if it means death!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ermu also knelt down and looked like he was about to cry.

"Brother, please don't abandon me. I know I was wrong."

The Hu brothers looked at each other.

Hu Ruilin looked at Huang Batian, whose miserable death was on the ground, and let out a long sigh.

"These are the grain transport officers sent by Cai Zhang and Qian Sanwen. They want to please Zhao Huo and Xiahou Yuan, but they exploit the people of Chongzhou. The grain and grass were robbed by Maozhou, and so many people died. They did nothing and did not think about taking back the grain and grass. Instead, they bullied the people and let the people of Yunlong fill the gap. Can such a prefecture really be relied on by the people? Brother."

Hu Ruiqi looked at Li Yanqi, and their eyes met.

After just one glance, Hu Ruiqi knelt down on one knee, his eyes determined, and his hands clasped together.

"I am willing to follow the county lieutenant until my death! I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life for him!"

Hu Ruilin glanced at his brother, then knelt down with the other soldiers.

Everyone's voice was firm and loud.

"We are willing to follow you even to the death! Even if it means death!"

Li Yanqi was a little surprised at first, but then he was really delighted. He was confident that most of the soldiers in the patrol camp would be willing to leave with him, but he didn't expect that it would be all of them.

It is not surprising, as most of these soldiers were refugees and had no deep friendship or sense of belonging to Yunlong Town.

Moreover, after spending a long time together, anyone who is not stupid can see that Li Yanqi has ability and courage, and he is clear about rewards and punishments and leads by example. They have long been convinced in their hearts.

However, everyone also had a question, and Hu Ruiqi asked it for them.

"Sir County Lieutenant, where are we going after we leave Yunlong Town?"

Hu Ruilin also asked, "What should we do with these people?"

He looked around at the men Huang Batian brought with him.

Li Yanqi spat out two words coldly.

"killed."

There was a burst of begging for mercy and the sound of swords clashing, and then everything returned to silence.

And with the death of the Chongzhou soldiers, everyone present now will be implicated.

Li Yanqi slightly curled his lips, glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "After leaving Yunlong Town, go to Wulongzhai in Wulong Mountain of Yunlong County. The bandit leader there, Wang Zhenlong, is a righteous bandit. After I rescued him from the prison before he was executed, he surrendered to me. This trip is to Wulongzhai."

The two brothers of the Hu family did not expect that Li Yanqi had started planning so early. They could not help but feel surprised and admired.

"Wulongzhai is only two hours away from here, and the terrain is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. We should go there in advance and make preparations. By then, even if Cai Zhang, the governor of Chongzhou, comes in person, we will not be afraid of him!"

Everyone felt relieved after hearing this.

Li Yanqi paced a few steps and began to assign tasks.

"Xiaogui, you are the most capable person. I will order you to immediately recruit 200 soldiers to pick up your sister-in-law's parents and your uncle's family. You don't need to wait for us. After picking them up, set out to Wulong Village immediately!"

"yes, Sir!"

Li Yanqi looked at Hu Ruilin again, "Gu Yuelin, you are the most clever and eloquent. I will order you to immediately select 100 soldiers to return to the patrol camp and bring Zhuang Xingbai and the rest of the personnel to Wulipo for a gathering. If anyone is unwilling to leave, you can pay 10 taels of silver from the account to dismiss them."

He looked at the jars of wine mixed with knockout drugs and said, "Take these with you."

Hu Ruilin bowed in response, mounted his horse, led a hundred soldiers and left.

"What about me? What should I do?!"

Hu Ruiqi couldn't help feeling anxious as he saw their troops leaving one after another.

Li Yanqi looked at Hu Ruiqi's anxious face.

"Come with me. I just need a skilled laborer."

Hu Ruiqi felt a little indignant. Ma Xigui and his brother both received important tasks, but he was just a laborer?

But he still had a mission after all. Chen Ermu stood aside with no one paying attention to him and was about to cry.

"Brother, I really know I was wrong. I will never eat anything carelessly again."

Li Yanqi treated him like air, ordered two hundred soldiers to take Hu Ruiqi with him and was about to leave.

Chen Ermu knelt down with a plop, and like a naughty child, he grabbed his legs and cried loudly: "Big, big brother, wuwuwu, please don't leave me."

Only then did Li Yanqi look at him with his phoenix eyes and asked, "Do you really know you are wrong?"

"Really, really!"

"Okay, then I'll give you one last chance. You take the remaining people and clean up these corpses and traces. Also, take good care of your sister-in-law here. When I come back, if she loses even a hair, I'll rip your head off!"

Chen Ermu nodded his head repeatedly, hiccupped and said, "Okay, okay!"

Hu Ruilin followed Li Yanqi and his group on horseback, and felt something was wrong. He asked in confusion, "Is this the direction to leave the city? Where are we going?"

Li Yanqi's black hair was blown up by the strong wind. His black eyes were fixed on the front with a calm expression.

"Mass grave. Go pick someone up first. We have some business to attend to later."

Li Yanqi originally thought that Li Zhaofeng had gone to bed by this time.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the mass grave and went to the bedroom to look for someone, he found the bed was empty.

Li Yanqi frowned immediately and sent people to look for him everywhere, but no one was found.

He was in a time crunch and couldn't help feeling anxious.

Hu Ruiqi suggested: "Why don't we go first, finish other things first, see if we have time, and then come back to take a look."

Li Yanqi frowned so hard that he could pinch a fly to death, cursing in his heart: This damn old man! Why is a cripple running around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?

But he only said: "This is the only way for now."

Li Yanqi walked out and was about to leave.

Then he saw Li Zhaofeng, leaning on a crutch, walking slowly out of the morgue.

The two sides met each other, looking at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

Li Yanqi glanced at the morgue.

This place has just been checked, and he checked it personally. He even opened the coffin to check.

But Li Zhaofeng was not in it!

So, where did he come from?