Chapter 25 Distorted Era

After glancing at Liu Xiaohui who was kneeling on the ground with a puzzled look on his face, the dry and thin man who had just squeezed in took the lead and lightly punched the neatly dressed Li Ping, and a fake smile instantly appeared on his face.

"But General Li? I am General Huang Chengdong under General Fang Guoan. I was ordered to catch the thief today. I don't know, brother...?"

Although it was a very obvious fake smile and he went straight to the topic, the politeness of the visitor was a bit beyond Li Ping's expectation.

So, Li Ping hurriedly raised his hand and replied: "It turns out to be Boss Huang. I'm glad to meet you."

Then, Li Ping immediately turned to Ma Yong behind him and said: "You ask everyone to go out first, it's too crowded here."

The courtyard, which is already not big, will certainly become more crowded if a few more people squeeze in. Moreover, the soldiers on both sides are unconsciously wary of each other, which creates a tense atmosphere in the air, which is very detrimental to calmness and easy to rub.

The gun went off.

Huang Chengdong was obviously a little surprised by Li Ping's order to show his kindness. He turned his head and looked around in surprise, and his expression became more relaxed.

But soon, his eyes were attracted by Liu Xiaohui who asked the stupid Liu San to pull him into the house.

Li Ping curiously turned his head to look, and saw a graceful figure disappearing from the door of the house.

Li Ping's men all went out, but Huang Chengdong's men did not go out. The two people who had squeezed in were still standing behind Huang Chengdong, but no more people came in again.

Li Ping did not dwell on this issue.

He smiled and pretended to be relaxed and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't know there was official business here today. Unfortunately, my general has some private matters that he has to attend to, so I can only interrupt him."

"Oh? I don't know what it is? Let's see if my brother can help?" Huang Chengdong's fake smile turned into confusion, and his expression became more tense, but he still did not reveal even a trace of arrogance.

Li Ping was immediately convinced that there was something serious about this!

"It's a long story. To put it simply, my general's benefactor once lived here for a while. He was familiar with several families and had several grievances. I have been specially ordered to repay his kindness today.

Repay kindness when there is kindness, and repay resentment when there is resentment, and I don’t want to interfere with Mr. Huang’s errand.”

"Oh! So there is such a story. I said, why is there such a big battle? No wonder, no wonder." Huang Chengdong looked astonished.

"So, I would like to ask Huang to help the head office." Li Ping continued with a smile.

However, Huang Chengdong did not answer Li Ping's words, but turned his eyes and asked: "I don't know the name of your general?"

Seeing that Huang Chengdong didn't forget to get to the bottom of things, Li Ping felt a drumbeat in his heart.

He didn't want to report Zhao Jin's name. It would be easy to include Zhao Jin, but it would be more troublesome if he didn't report the truth. He just hoped that this guy's information was not so well-informed, otherwise he would really leak the information.

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After hesitating for a moment, Li Ping had no choice but to say "guerrilla Zhao Jin".

But Huang Chengdong did not show any doubts about Li Ping's obvious hesitation. He only muttered the words "guerrilla Zhao Jin", then rolled his eyes back and forth, and then turned his gaze towards

He walked out of the house and said nothing for a long time.

Huang Chengdong didn't speak, and Li Ping didn't say anything either. He just kept smiling and looked at Huang Chengdong to show his calmness and fearlessness.

So, the two of them stayed quiet for a long time.

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"Ha ha."

Following two dry laughs, it was Huang Chengdong who broke the silence first.

"We are all brothers, so this little thing doesn't matter. Your general is so righteous, and Huang admires him deeply. Mr. Li, don't worry, I will definitely fulfill your general's wish and let those ignorant little

The people know how powerful it is."

Li Ping was stunned for a moment, trying his best to suppress the ecstasy that jumped out of his heart, trying to appear calm and said: "Then I'll excuse you."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Huang Chengdong was still smiling.

However, after shrugging, Huang Chengdong suddenly looked embarrassed and scratched his head and said: "It's a bit messy here now. I recognize you, but there are so many rough guys under my command that I don't know. If any criminal with no eyesight is involved,

It's not beautiful to be confused. How about I ask someone to guide you to find someone else, so as to avoid misunderstandings and prevent you from being unfamiliar with it and taking the wrong path?"

Li Ping understood what this guy was thinking as soon as he heard it, but he didn't dare to care about it. Pretending would be going too far.

So, he nodded and said, "Of course that's good. Don't worry, Mr. Huang, I have a list here. I'm looking for people according to the list. I won't embarrass Mr. Huang."

After heaving a sigh of relief, Huang Chengdong smiled very obscenely and came to Li Ping and said: "Brother, I am not a stingy person. If brothers fall in love with any other girl, there is no need to be polite, just take her away.

Haha." After saying that, he deliberately glanced into the room.

Upon hearing this, Li Ping knew that this guy was thinking wrongly, but he still pretended to have a vulgar expression and said: "Then thank Boss Huang, brother, I won't be polite."

"Haha...haha..." The two laughed together.

Amidst the wanton laughter, Li Ping suddenly had an idea. He quickly took advantage of the excitement and said another sentence: "I'm not polite about those people's belongings?"

This time, Huang Chengdong's expression suddenly froze. He glanced at Li Ping and said dullly: "Of course, of course."

Li Ping just wanted to thank her again, but Huang Chengdong was already stunned and spoke again: "You are busy first. I also have a little girl over there, which is really good. I have to go and take good care of her first, so as not to disturb Mr. Li's enjoyment.

Already."

After saying that, the boss named Huang Chengdong and the two subordinates behind him only said, "Be with Mr. Li," and then hurried away.

Huang Chengdong's hasty departure seemed very strange, as if he was a little afraid that Li Ping would take advantage of him again, which was very puzzling.

However, Huang Chengdong's departure also made Li Ping, who had been tense, finally relax. He knew that he had passed the test, and cold sweat quickly soaked his clothes.

It was a sincere fear.

Li Ping, who was sweating coldly and feeling very happy, slowly seemed to understand something, and he soon began to make plans in his heart.

After first driving Huang Chengdong's two subordinates out and waiting, Li Ping gathered all his officers and senior officers in the yard for a meeting to unify their caliber.

Then, he decisively gave the order: The big fool Liu San would lead everyone to the houses he knew well one by one, and then leave one or a group of people in each house to pack up people and all the things they could take away and take them back to their residence.

If you find anything along the way that you can follow, do so.

After giving the order, Li Ping slapped the silly big man on the head twice and said: "Don't be in a daze. If you want to save people, hurry up. Don't worry about this place for now. I'll leave a few people to take care of their mothers first."

Take all the girls back, your other neighbors are still waiting for you!"

Tasks were assigned to everyone, but Li Ping did not follow him. He only asked Duan Qiang to accompany him as he wandered through the alleys for a while, and then walked slowly to the main street.

Li Ping remained silent and did not interfere with the sufferings he passed by. He just looked around expressionlessly.

Duan Qiang was also very sensible and didn't say anything. He just led his horse to follow, but Huang Chengdong's subordinate who was following him was confused and did not dare to ask.

Looking at the groups of men who had been driven out and squatted on the street, Li Ping probably understood that this was going to be a forced conscription, but he doubted how effective it would be to recruit these people into the army.

Most of these squatting men are thin, short, and old. There are only 12 out of 10 men in their prime. Not to mention that the training is difficult to achieve results, and the possibility of making them work hard is too low.

After a long time, while Li Ping was still thinking about something, the big stupid man jumped over to report that he had found all the seven or eight households he was familiar with, and some of them had been arrested.

He also wanted it back.

Looking at the excited silly big man, Li Ping felt a little relieved. He couldn't help everyone, but making those close to him happy was a good thing in itself, and it also gave his tortured soul a glimmer of light.

But Huang Chengdong seemed to give him too much face.

However, now is not the time to think about this matter, there are still some important things to do.

After repaying the favor, it's time to retaliate. This opportunity cannot be wasted.

What Li Ping was thinking about was the grain seller that the silly big man Liu Sanji hated. Although he had changed his profession, Li Ping estimated that this family might still have some extra grain. After all, this was their line of work. In such troubled times,

It is impossible not to save something, and what Li Ping is most in need of right now is food.

Especially since he already knew that this company was not a good one, Li Ping was so moved that he wanted to grab a piece of it, otherwise he would also take advantage of others.

He did what he said, and Li Ping immediately asked Duan Qiang to gather a few people and kill him.

However, this shop that changed its business to collect groceries is not on the street as imagined, but deep in the alley, which is very contrary to business common sense.

After asking the stupid big man, I found out that when this hated family opened a grain store, the store was indeed on the street, at least it was there before Liu San finally left. I heard that the family only moved after the chaos outside.

OK, and moved deeper into the alley.

Knowing the whole story, Li Ping admired the family's brains a little in his heart. It was indeed not easy to do the grain business in this era.

But no matter how smart you are, it will probably be useless if you encounter insurgents.

When we arrived, we could tell just from the outside that the grocery collection yard deep in the alley was unusually small, and it was quite a big house. I guess I was used to being rich, so I didn’t hide my clumsiness that thoroughly. But it was definitely a failure.

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Sure enough, at this time, there were screams like killing pigs coming from the yard.

After Li Ping and others entered, they saw more than a dozen officers and soldiers gathered in the spacious courtyard. They were hanging several naked men and women on old locust trees in the courtyard and beating them violently.

Among them was a fat middle-aged woman whose plump flesh was now covered with red wicker marks, and it was she who was howling.

Seeing this, Huang Chengdong's subordinates who followed Li Ping hurried over to talk to the leader of this group of officers and soldiers. Li Ping and several subordinates temporarily listened to the silly big man's introduction.

It turns out that the howling middle-aged woman is the boss's wife, and the young woman being raped is her daughter. The skinny old man hanging on the tree is the boss, and the half-grown man hanging still is the youngest son of the family, and on the trunk of the tree

The young man tied up is another son of the family.

An old man, two half-grown men, two young women and a mother-in-law were huddled in a group at the edge of the yard. They should be the servants of this family.

The missing son in this family is the eldest son. It is said that he disappeared when the rebels conquered Xiangyang. The family also disappeared for a long time at that time and hid somewhere unknown. They did not come back until Xiangyang was restored.
To be continued...