After having enough food and wine, the leaders naturally went down to arrange their men and prepare for the next battle.

Li Yi and Zhu Qilong also quietly left the table. At this time, a young man wearing commoner clothes and elegant manners came up, stopped the two of them, and said respectfully: "You are invited by the boss. I hope you will follow the young man."

Li Yi and Zhu Qilong looked at each other.

"I do have some friendship with the leader of your family. Wherever he is, take me there." Zhu Qilong said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy covered his mouth and smiled, with a feminine look that made people uncomfortable.

"The person in charge of my family is Qianlong Li Yi, but the Qilong brothers are different."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi and Zhu Qilong were both stunned.

Li Yi had never been to Changping Village before, and he didn't know Yue Bufan. This time he secretly followed Zhu Qilong up the mountain. How did Yue Bufan know?

Zhu Qilong also pretended to be confused and said: "Qianlong Li Yi, what kind of Qianlong Li Yi is there? Did your boss recognize the wrong person?"

But the boy pointed at Li Yi with his orchid, opened and closed his bright red lips and said, "Brother Qi Long is telling lies. Isn't this Qianlong Li Yi the one next to you, how can he deceive our family?"

Li Yi looked at this gentle-looking young man, but he was indescribably weird, but he already knew his identity, so there was no need to continue to hide it.

At that moment, he stood up and said: "Li Yi, please ask this little brother to lead the way."

The young man smiled sideways, waved his robe, and led the way.

During their actions, both Li Yi and Zhu Qilong smelled the smell of urine, but there was still a slight smell in it.

He and Zhu Qilong secretly went up the mountain, but Yue Bufan found the trace and sent someone to invite him. This was strange.

Li Yi happened to be full of questions and wanted to meet Yue Bufan, the famous Taihang gangster, so he naturally wanted to go.

The three of them passed through the Juyi Hall and entered the back village. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived in front of a wooden house made of logs.

Two guards in black cloth stood in front of the wooden door. Both of them had their feet slightly spread, and their right hands were pressed on the handle of the Yanling knife. A pair of emotionless eyes glanced at Li Yi and Zhu Qilong for a moment, and then

nod.

Li Yi and Zhu Qilong's hearts skipped a beat when they saw them. They both found that these two guards had a solid foundation and were full of evil spirits. They were obviously top-notch masters.

To have two top-notch masters stand guard at the door willingly, who is this Yue Bufan who has such strength?

Li Yi was even more curious about Yue Bufan. He carefully observed the two guards and found a piece of silk clothing exposed under their cloth clothes. He was even more excited at the moment.

You must know that when the Mongolian cavalry was so powerful in the world, they wore silk clothes under their fur coats in order to better block the attacks of sharp weapons. This guard acted accordingly and was fully prepared.

As for what this preparation was for, Li Yi didn't know.

The young man immediately stepped forward to knock on the door, and then led Li Yi and Zhu Qilong into the wooden house.

When Li Yi walked in, he felt that there was mist in front of him. In the simple room, there was a small copper tripod with incense burning.

"Please sit down." A dull voice came out of the other party's mouth.

Li Yi glanced at Zhu Qilong, walked up and sat on the chair, while Zhu Qilong pressed the dagger on his waist and carefully observed his surroundings.

The two sides sat facing each other far away, not talking. The green smoke from the burning incense curled up, and Yue Bufan, who was dressed in smart casual clothes, sat quietly, staring at Li Yi and Zhu Qilong, patrolling back and forth.

"I didn't expect that Qianlong Li Yi, who is famous in Baoding Prefecture, would sneak into our Changping Village. I wonder what important matter Brother Li has?" Yue Bufan broke the silence.

Only then did Li Yi see Yue Bufan's appearance clearly. He had a Chinese character face and a strong beard. He looked very strong, and his deep eyes added a lot of wisdom to him.

"I came here quietly. I don't have anything important to do. I just want to see the grand scene of the Taihang Mountain heroes gathering in Changping Village." Li Yi said calmly.

"That's strange. I have already sent an entourage to submit an invitation to the Fuguo Society, inviting Brother Li to come and participate in the discussion, but Brother Li declined. But I just said that I saw Brother Li in the hall.

I still don’t believe it, I didn’t expect it to be true.”

The hall was silent for a long time, everyone was watching the wisp of green smoke rising slowly from the bronze cauldron.

"Don't Brother Li want to participate in this feat and share in the benefits?" Yue Bufan raised his brown eyes and looked directly at Li Yi.

"This incident can be big or small. You and others have no choice but to do it due to lack of food, but I am safe and do not need to take this risk. So unlike you and others, I naturally have more choices.

Leader Yue should understand." Li Yi responded calmly.

Yue Bufan pondered for a long time and nodded: "Understood! Thirty thousand troops against fifteen thousand officers and soldiers, this is like a moth flying into a flame, but we must collect the food this time, otherwise the people who die will die.

There will be more.”

"But no matter how I see it, you are encouraging Taihang bandits to fight against the government. The blade is sharp, but it can hurt others and yourself. The officers and soldiers have been prepared for it. There are two thousand frontier cavalry and three thousand battalions. The momentum is terrifying.

The fighting power of the people is terrifying. Not to mention you and more than 30,000 people, even 50,000 people will be difficult to win in one battle. When the time comes, you will not be able to cut a piece of fat from the government, but it will also be broken." Li Yi looked solemn.

Tao looks like a wise scholar, not an immature boy.

Yue Bufan was slightly stunned, but he didn't know what to say.

"You know this truth, right, but you still try your best to encourage it. Is there any deep meaning in it?" Li Yi looked up at Yue Bufan and said with a smile, "It's okay if you don't tell me. I'm just guessing."

"Qianlong Li Yi is worthy of being Qianlong Li Yi. Now I am really impressed when I see him." Yue Bufan praised a few words and said: "In this battle, we lose more than we win. Of course I know this, not only from here, but also from outside."

The leaders of the cottage also know it clearly."

Yue Bufan looked at Li Yi's expression and found that he was listening carefully, and then continued: "But they have no choice. The village is short of food, and the nearby large households have accumulated food and built forts, making it difficult to conquer. If this continues, they will be defeated.

Starve to death alive. And there is a way to defeat this battle, as long as we can plunder some food to survive the lean season."

"So you have already made plans to escape?" Li Yi asked in surprise.

"Haha, of course. Do you really think that we are going to fight to the death with the government?" Yue Bufan smiled.

"What about you, what do you want from Changping Village?" Li Yi suddenly said in a deep voice.

Yue Bufan was stunned, looked deeply at Li Yi, and said with a smile: "What we value most are cattle and silver. As long as we get a large amount of silver, our Changping Village will be able to stand firm."

Li Yi also smiled when he heard this and said: "Why don't I think it's different? In the Juyi Hall just now, all the leaders' eyes were full of worry and greed. Only your eyes are different."

"Only my eyes are different?" Yue Bufan stopped smiling.

"Yes, only your eyes are different. There is only killing in your eyes, not greed."

Yue Bufan was shocked and couldn't help but become vigilant, looking at Li Yi coldly.

Yue Bufan and Li Yi looked at each other, trying hard to see something from those deep eyes. However, Li Yi did not avoid his gaze. He sat with an indifferent expression and an upright posture.

The scene fell into silence again. Zhu Qilong beside him quietly pressed his palm on the handle of the knife and carefully watched Yue Bufan's every move.

He could feel the depression in the atmosphere, and the confrontation between the two men made the surrounding air seem to condense.

"Is it because we are not the same kind of people?" Yue Bufan sighed and said quietly, "I am not the same kind of person as them, so what I want is different."

He withdrew his gaze: "I have seen many smart people, but they have no wisdom, and you are a wise guy. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe that Qianlong Li Yi was only a fourteen-year-old

Young man, you have the confidence to be proud."

"For a person like me who works hard, I don't think much about other things. As long as Anxin villagers and Fuguoshe go well, it will be fine." Li Yi smiled, "From what the leader said, it doesn't sound like the accent of Henan or Gyeonggi.

, but it has a northern accent. Is the leader from the north?"

"Do you really want to know my origin..." Yue Bufan looked at Li Yi and said in a depressed mood, "I haven't seen the cattle and sheep in the north for a long time. Do you know the endless grassland and the freedom to run horses on it?

It's like I'm about to fly, my body is really light. But I can never go back. My life is no longer my own. In every sleepless night, I can only live at that moment.

, in the dream, I hope that after I complete my mission, I can go back one day and get a moment of comfort."

"Can't the leader go back now?"

Just as Yue Bufan was about to answer, a low coughing sound suddenly came from the back room.

Yue Bufan, who had just shown his emotions just now, suddenly woke up, his eyes suddenly became extremely cold, he lowered his head and glanced in the direction of the inner room, then looked at Li Yi distantly, and said: "That's all for today. Before the army sets off, I will

Let’s talk to Brother Li again.”

When he said this, he stood up silently, looked in the direction of the inner room, took a deep breath, and walked in.

Until he had stepped into the back room and stood in the darkness, he heard Li Yi's low voice from behind: "Your eyes are a little different from theirs. That is because you are used to seeing life and death, and mobilizing thousands of troops in life and death."

The look in Wanma's eyes is different from that of a bandit."

After saying this, Li Yi stood up and walked out.

From the conversation just now, he successfully broke through Yue Bufan's psychological defense and obtained a lot of useful information. Obviously, Yue Bufan and the others were not from a run-down family. They were soldiers from the north, and they had experienced hundreds of battles.

The Iron Army has fought countless tough battles, but for some unknown reason, they have hidden themselves in the Taihang Mountains.

Obviously, there must be some secret in it.

When Li Yi went out, he glanced at the back room. He felt that the person who had just coughed and alerted Yue Bufan must be the key.

The fragrant wind floated up, and the smell of urine mixed with it stimulated the sense of smell, making Li Yi frown slightly.

The enchanting-looking young man just now stood in front of him again, smiling at Li Yi and saying: "Brother Li, the boss has arranged a place for you, come with me."

Li Yi asked Zhu Qilong to hold the horse, and the two followed the younger brother to the outer village.

Compared with the silence and depression of the inner house, the front village is undoubtedly much more lively. There are vulgar gangsters shouting and shouting everywhere, making it very noisy.

The group of people had just crossed the path and happened to bump into the drunk Flying Tiger Liu Shi who had just walked out of the Juyi Hall.

Liu Shi's steps were frivolous and he looked drunk. He came over with a red face and grabbed the reins in Zhu Qilong's hand.

The war horse was frightened, jumped up with a long neigh, and then fell heavily.

Liu Shi was even more excited when he heard the horse bray. He clapped his hands and said, "It sounds like a tiger and a leopard, and its body is strong. It's such a good horse, what a good horse."
To be continued...