Li Yi lightly knocked the horse's belly, came to the city gate, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "The villain Li Yi has lived up to the orders of the governor and wiped out the Black Panther thieves in Baiyangdian."

Li Wensheng originally came to greet Li Yi in order to gain fame. Now that he saw Li Yi recognize him like this, he immediately became elated, helped him up with a smile, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, hero. You have made a great contribution to the heavy damage to the Baiyangdian bandits this time."

.I will submit a report to ask for merit for you."

Li Yi immediately held up his hands and said: "This time it was all the government's strategizing. Not only did the common people organize team training, but also sent food and equipment. Otherwise, the common people would not be able to defeat the bandits. The common people only contributed a little hard work, made suggestions, and helped a lot.

All the credit for your work is due to the government officials, and ordinary people dare not take credit for it."

These words were extremely appropriate, and the officials and gentry nearby also nodded frequently and said to themselves: "What a young man who can talk."

"There are rewards for merit and punishment for demerits. This has been a rule for thousands of years. How can we not do it? This matter will be discussed later. First, the head of the black panther, the leader of the thieves, will be shown to the public to inspire people." Li Wensheng stroked his beard and said

The adjutant's family is dignified.

Li Yi took the order and returned, saying to Yong Ding: "Lift the cloth."

The cover was lifted, and the smell of blood hit his face, making all the people surrounding him look fearful and retreat one after another.

The corpses of the thieves were piled up in layers on the carriage. After a night, they had become slightly stiff. Their bodies were curled up, and their palms still held the weapons. Their eyes were cold and their expressions were stiff, as if they were not yet dead and were about to be exposed.

Start hurting people.

In addition, the blood has dried and turned black, and the wound is bloody and bloody. It looks a little nauseating and makes people unbearable to look at it.

The sun was shining brightly all around, but the people watching felt a chill that penetrated their hearts. Seeing this scene, they were aroused by the smell and couldn't stand it anymore, so they bent over and vomited.

There were also common people who were not afraid of trouble and commented, looking at the corpse of the thief in the car, looking up and down at Yong Ding with a solemn military appearance, and saying something to his companions around him, but their eyes looking at Yong Ding could not conceal their surprise and awe.

Some women also looked at Yong Ding up and down, with emotions in their eyes, and they seemed to be very fond of the brave warrior.

Enjoying the awe-inspiring eyes of the people around them, the brave men straightened their waists and showed proud expressions on their faces.

Li Yi took a step forward, took a black package from Wang Jin, turned around and returned to Li Wensheng, his steps were capable and decisive, making everyone's eyes brighten.

"Master Fu, this is the head of the thief-headed Black Panther." Li Yi opened the package and presented the Black Panther's head.

The bloody human head appeared in front of his eyes, which made the palace minister feel a little uncomfortable. He secretly thought that he was really a reckless man, so he waved his wide sleeves lightly and winked at the judge next to him.

The officer stepped forward to check, then came to his senses and bowed: "It is the Black Panther, the leader of the Baiyangdian thieves. He has been a thief for eight years and has been committing crimes for a long time. His subordinates saw him once during the last encirclement and suppression campaign, so

I can recognize it."

When he heard that it was really the Black Panther, the unhappiness on Magistrate Li's face disappeared, and he smiled and said: "This government has not had such a great victory for a long time. An Xinyongying is truly worthy of being a tiger and wolf warrior. Not only can he defeat more with less, he can also win with less.

He even captured and killed the leader of the thieves, the Black Panther, to eliminate me and Baoding. What do you think?"

When everyone saw it, they expressed their appreciation one after another. They all praised Anxin Yongying for his extraordinary bravery. He was really a model of local bravery who defended the land and protected the people. They also praised the leader Li Yi for his extraordinary bravery. He had made great contributions in this battle. Without rewards, it would not be enough to convince the public.

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At this time, Mr. Wang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, An Xinyong Camp killed a total of 237 bandits this time. According to the imperial edict, killing a bandit will reward you with ten taels of silver. Killing the leader of the thieves

, can be rewarded thirty taels, and based on these corpses, a total of two thousand four hundred taels of silver can be rewarded. I don’t know how the governor rewards these righteous men to encourage the Baoding soldiers and civilians to kill the thieves."

Hearing what Mr. Wang said, everyone was shocked, secretly wondering why they wanted so much silver reward? You must know that although the imperial edict asked each government to bear the silver reward, because most of the thieves robbed big households, this money was worth the money to the big households.

They also have to bear part of it. In this way, they also have to share the money themselves.

"Everyone, what do you think?" Magistrate Li didn't know why Mr. Wang suddenly mentioned this matter. He couldn't help but get excited, pretending to be good-natured, and asked the officials and gentry beside him seriously.

The officials and gentry whispered a few words to each other. Mr. He, who was standing closest to Magistrate Li, stood up first and said to Magistrate Li: "Thieves have been harassing our people in Baoding for a long time. Many villages and manors have been robbed by evil thieves. Today, the fierce bandit Black Panther is

Gu was killed by the righteous An Xin, and I, the official of Baoding, admired him so much that I was willing to give 500 taels of silver to reward the righteous."

This time, hundreds of thieves were killed, but the squires were only willing to give out five hundred taels, but they were stingy. You must know that the He family alone has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, shops, and caravans.

There are countless people, with an income of at least one hundred thousand taels of silver every year.

Even ten thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for them. Now all the officials and gentry are only willing to give out five hundred taels. It is really ironic.

Magistrate Li has been fighting openly and secretly with Mr. He, how could he let them go so easily now, so he said: "Mr. He is so stingy. You must know that most thieves are harming big families such as you. This brave camp is also to get rid of big troubles such as you, such as

You cannot be sincere and reward the brave warriors, otherwise no one will be willing to help you protect your family property."

These words were so direct that the people nearby also started talking about it, criticizing the He family for being stingy.

Mr. He's eyelids twitched, and he was secretly annoyed. He did not give face to the governor, and directly said sarcastically: "It is the duty of the governor to protect the land and the people. The thieves are arrogant and plunder heavily, but the governor is helpless all the year round. This kind of slackness in political affairs is also

I don’t know if it was intentional or not.”

This is a direct mockery of Magistrate Li who has not done anything serious in his many years as an official. He has neglected government affairs and is almost like an accomplice of thieves.

The two of them ridiculed each other. One relied on his parents being a local official, and the other relied on someone in his family to become an official in the court. Neither was afraid of the other. They were both merciless and almost wanted to tear each other apart.

Fortunately, Mr. Wang kept holding on to Magistrate Li, otherwise Li Wensheng, a scholar, would have been unable to bear the insult and would have taken action directly, which would have made everyone laugh.

Magistrate Li was so angry that he was dragged away and yelled: "Mr. He, you are rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, but you can really talk it out. You are really a disciple of Cao Hong, and you don't know how to lose big for small things."

Cao Hong was Cao Cao's cousin and a high-ranking general. When Cao Pi was the crown prince, he once asked Cao Hong to borrow a hundred pieces of silk. Cao Hong felt pain in his heart and made various excuses to refuse the loan, which made Cao Pi angry. After Cao Pi came to the throne, he had always held a grudge.

, and prepared to execute him. It was only later that Queen Mother Bian interceded, and Cao Hong was saved from death, but he was also punished by having his official position reduced and his title reduced.

When Magistrate Li said this, he was saying that when I get promoted in the future, I will definitely remember today's grudge and punish you, the He family, just like Cao Pi did.

Mr. He just sneered and did not answer.

It was an old member of staff standing next to him who advised: "Our family has a big business and a huge expenditure, so we don't have enough money. Otherwise, let's raise 1,500 taels to reward the martyrs of the brave camp.

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Chapter completed!