At noon the next day, the rapid sound of horse hooves shook the streets of Baoding. The people who were passing by were frightened and fled to both sides. They looked angrily at the rider who had disturbed everyone. However, when they saw the man wearing the official uniform of a hundred households, they were all frightened.

He withdrew his eyes in a panic and lowered his head.

The hundred households finally stopped in front of the gate of He Mansion. The slightly fat Bai Hu climbed down from the horse awkwardly, climbed up the high stone steps in a panic, and finally stopped at the gorgeous vermilion gate.

He walked forward and knocked on the door three times cautiously. Seeing that no one paid attention, he hesitated for a moment and knocked three more times.

Judging from his cautious and cautious appearance, there is no trace of the arrogance and domineering attitude he showed when he galloped on horseback just now.

Soon, a concierge with two beards came out. When he saw Baihu knocking on the door, he did not go up to greet him. Instead, he said lazily: "Xu Baihu, why are you here in such a hurry?

ah?"

This obese Baihu was *, he was in Anxin the day before, and he rushed here non-stop at dawn, obviously specifically to visit this person in He's mansion.

"Haha, how are you doing, Brother He? I'm here to see Mr. He." As he said that, the servant behind him presented a generous gift, and he also respectfully presented a name tag, hoping that the concierge would inform Mr. He.

The concierge raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at the name card, and said "yes", but did not move at all.

* looked a little angry when he saw it, but still pretended to have forgotten things, slapped his forehead and said: "Hey... I was a little confused during the horse race. I have some spare money here, so I will treat Brother He to tea."

As he stretched out his hand, he felt a gust of wind blowing through his palm, and the silver in his hand disappeared.

The concierge named He knew without looking that he had two taels of silver in his hand. He glanced at it, nodded and said "wait", then turned around and entered the mansion.

* Only then did he stop smiling, and a trace of anger appeared on his face.

He is an official of the sixth rank, two ranks higher than the magistrate of the seventh rank. Although the military attache is lower in rank, he is also an official of the imperial court. But to be troubled by a concierge in front of the He Mansion is really humiliating and extremely embarrassing.

Thinking about it, I sighed again. Who makes the lintel of He Mansion glorious? The eldest son is a doctor in the Ministry of War, and the second son is a large businessman. He wants money and power. Who are the officials and squires in Baoding Prefecture?

Don’t sell any face to the He family.

This also makes Mr. He vaguely the head of the officials and gentry in Baoding. Although the prefect is the highest official in the government, there is really nothing that Mr. He can't handle if he wants to take care of all the affairs of the Baoding government.

After a while, the concierge came back and took me to the side hall to wait.

*Of course a hereditary small household didn't dare to neglect, so he obediently went to the side hall and sat down.

As soon as it was finished, a pretty little maid served tea and snacks.

*Thinking about what happened to An Xin, I felt slightly panicked. I picked up the teacup, stirred the tea leaves, and took a sip.

When you take the tea into your mouth, you will feel a refreshing fragrance, and then your mouth will be filled with fragrance, and the aftertaste will be sweet, and your whole body will calm down a little.

The tea is good, and the cup it is served in is also extraordinary.

*Looking at the teacup in his hand, he couldn't help but secretly thought that this was a great move.

He also likes to study this kind of gadgets in his spare time. At a glance, he knows that this tea cup was fired in Jingdezhen. The white porcelain has dark flower carvings and prints, giving people a sweet feeling. It is commonly known as 'sweet white porcelain'.

Such a set requires equal weight of gold.

Looking at the magnificence of the side hall, one can imagine how gorgeous and extravagant the inner courtyard of He Mansion is. Who would have thought that the door of this mansion was actually crowded with victims who were about to starve to death.

The wine and meat in Zhumen stink, and there are bones frozen to death on the road, but that's all.

Thinking of this, he could only sigh again.

In this world, he only has the ability to live well for himself, so he can't care about anything else.

After waiting for half an hour, Mr. He walked in tremblingly, leaning on a crutch made of rosewood.

When he entered the door, he did not salute or greet him, but sat down directly. It can be seen that he did not pay attention to a small household.

"Xu Baihu, I wonder why you came here this time?"

Mr. He is already in his fifties. Although he has limited mobility, he is well maintained and does not look that old. In addition, he is wearing a purple robe and a black hair crown on his head. The clothes are gorgeous and he has an aura of nobility.

"To report to the old man, this villain is here to report the movements of the Yong camp."* replied.

In fact, as Li Yi said, it is true that the government sent him in the past, but he has always been the spy of the officials and gentry in Baoding, so he always has to report to Mr. He, the representative of the officials and gentry, before he can tell the government official.

Mr. He frowned and said: "Yongying? What Yongying?"

"Sir, they are the refugees who fled from the northwest. The governor asked them to organize group training, so in order to guard against the Baiyangdian thieves, they organized local braves, known as the brave camp."

Mr. He chuckled and secretly said that these mud-legged people are really brave. A small rural brave organization dares to be called "brave" without fear of the wind blowing their tongues.

But the news he said next made Mr. He almost fall off his chair.

"Sir, Yongying defeated eight hundred Baiyangdian thieves yesterday, killing hundreds of enemies and capturing countless others."

"What!?"

Mr. He was shocked and said sternly: "When did the Baiyangdian thieves take action? What was the situation at that time? Is Anxinyongying really that strong and able to defeat the Baiyangdian thieves?"

Mr. He asked several questions in succession, obviously very surprised.

It's not that he is making a fuss. You must know that the Baiyangdian bandits have been established for a long time. The officers and soldiers have been recruited many times without success. In the end, there was a farce in which two thousand officers and soldiers were defeated by the bandits and returned. Unexpectedly, these people had just settled down.

The refugees were so powerful that they defeated the thieves.

* He told what happened in detail, focusing on Li Yi's ingenious plan to surround and annihilate the main force of thieves, which made Mr. He's expression change several times.

"So, the Black Panther, the leader of the thieves, fell into the scheme of the young man named Li Yi and was defeated?" Mr. He picked up the tea and took a sip, but he was thinking deeply.

The reason why the refugees were originally allowed to settle in Anxin was because Anxin was close to Baiyangdian and there were many thieves, so it was impossible to run the business, so they simply sold the house to save face. Besides, it could also prevent the refugees from becoming thieves and damaging their property.

But this time the refugees defeated the thieves and gained a firm foothold in Anxin, where they were able to produce with peace of mind. In this way, thousands of acres of fertile land in Anxin were reclaimed, which was a huge fortune.

"You have stayed in Anxin for so long. How do you feel about the brave camp? Are you really more fierce than thieves?" asked Mr. He.

* shook his head and said: "Although Anxin Yongying has been trained by Li Yi, he is just an ordinary country hero, not that powerful."

After hearing these words, Mr. He had a smile on his face. If Yongying was fierce, he would be more wary, and he would have to plan carefully to seize these properties. But if Li Yi was just a good martial artist, it would be much easier to handle.

The bravery of an ordinary man is nothing to be afraid of.

"I understand. You continue to stay in Anxin and report any news in time. Go down." Old Mrs. He said.
Chapter completed!