Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 481 Roll Call
There are air leaks everywhere in the dilapidated house, and the winter nights are especially cold.

From time to time, there were bursts of crying and wailing in the county town. It was bandit soldiers raging, and relatives of a certain family were bullied.

But under the general situation, who would dare to act righteously?

What I look forward to is the early arrival of the imperial army to drive away the bandits and restore the order of the past.

Jin Dayong curled up in the haystack, wrapped in a wet and cold quilt, and gradually fell asleep.

The cold wind outside the house was blowing against the doors and windows and making crackling noises. He was vaguely awakened, but he vaguely heard someone calling his name.

"Jin Dayong, Jin Dayong~!" The voice was far and close, with a bit of majesty.

"Is Jin Dayong here? Is Jin Dayong here?"

The voice seemed to come from outside the door, and the strong wind was beating on the door, as if someone was about to come in.

"Who is calling me outside the door?" Jin Dayong stood up in a daze, wanting to open the door.

"Bang~!"

But when a gust of wind hit, the door was blown suddenly, and a cloud of smoke rolled up in front of the eyes, and the person who was blowing could hardly open his eyes.

There seemed to be a golden light emerging from the gate. In the golden light, there were court officials and armored soldiers standing there. A young official headed by him suddenly took a document and said, "Jin Dayong, the Nine Mountain King Li Liang Jin is here!" Did you kill it?"

"I killed it." Jin Dayong didn't feel afraid, and replied directly.

The official said: "Do you know that the person who killed Li Liangjin, the King of Nine Mountains, will be rewarded with a thousand gold? You ran to the house before you received the reward. Now I have brought you the reward. Come on, come in."

"Yes, my lord."

A few armored soldiers clasped their fists behind them to answer, and then saw two men in black armor walking out of the golden light, each of them carried a box into the room, and then put it down.

"This is 1000 taels of gold. It's your reward for killing Li Liangjin. In addition, here are two quilts and three pieces of brocade cloth. This is the hatchet money that I returned to you." The official said, "The reward and the goods have been delivered." It's in your hands, I hope you take care of yourself, the county town is rampant with bandits, you need to be careful not to

It can be exposed, otherwise it will easily lead to trouble, remember, remember. "

Jin Dayong subconsciously nodded his head to express his understanding. He looked at the two boxes, but saw that a smaller box contained gold and silver, exuding gold and silver light, and the larger box contained soft brocade quilts and satin.

It was something only wealthy people could afford. An ordinary person like him had worn burlap clothes all his life, and he had never even touched such a brocade quilt or silk.

"My task has been completed, let's go."

At this time, Jin Dayong saw the official waved his hand again, then led the soldiers, got into the chariot outside the door and gradually left.

The golden light outside the door also quickly disappeared, and disappeared with the official's departure.

"Hoohoo~!"

The wind howled, the broken door suddenly slammed shut again, and the house fell into darkness.

"Ah~!"

Jin Dayong, who was sleeping in the haystack, suddenly trembled and sat up suddenly, with cold sweat on his forehead, panting heavily.

"It scared me to death. It turned out to be a dream. I thought that an official came here to knock on the door at night." Jin Dayong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He looked at the gate, but found that the gate was still locked tightly. Yes, there is no trace of being opened.

I glanced at the window outside the house, but found that there was no one outside the house, and there was no movement at all.

Sure enough, it was just an extremely real strange dream before.

When Jin Dayong calmed down and was about to go back to sleep, at the moment he lay down, he suddenly saw two large boxes in the room. When the boxes were opened, he vaguely saw a box containing A thousand taels of gold and silver, brocade quilts and silk quilts in a box
satin.

It is exactly the same as the bounty that the official said in the dream to give himself.

"No, it won't be." Jin Dayong panicked for a moment, and cold sweat broke out on his back instantly.

The dream I had before was not fake, but real.

He swallowed his saliva, stood up curiously and frightened, and touched them. When he came to the two boxes, he stretched out his hands and touched them. The heavy gold and silver, soft and smooth silk and brocade quilt all told him that they were not a pair of boxes. An illusory dream, but actually happened in front of my eyes.

"This really has 1000 taels of gold, two brocade quilts, and three pieces of silk." Jin Dayong calculated the treasures inside, but found that they were exactly the same as in his dream.

After the color of fear and fear gradually receded, it was indeed the color of excitement and joy.

He didn't exchange Li Liangjin's head for a bounty not because he didn't like money, but because he didn't want to be a seller for glory.

Now that the money has been sent home, how could he not want it?

"Ahem, Da, Da Yong, why don't you go to bed so late, did someone come by just now, why did I hear someone calling your name?" Suddenly, the old man in the house woke up at night and said something .

Jin Dayong hurriedly said: "No, no one has been here, I was dreaming, talking in my sleep."

"Oh, then hurry up and sleep, the weather is so cold, I don't know if my old bones can survive this winter, ahem." The old man said again.

Seeing this, Jin Dayong hurriedly took a piece of brocade and sent it to the inner room: "My father-in-law, don't say such unlucky words. I'm going to give you a retirement pension. I'm sure I'll make it through this winter."

"If you survive this year, what will you do next year? The county's business is broken, and some of the food at home has been looted by bandit soldiers. Hey, Dayong, where did you get this quilt? Why is it so warm? Isn't this material?" Ordinary people have them, what did you do at night?" The old man raised his head in surprise and asked.

Jin Dayong didn't know how to lie, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I killed Li Liangjin, and the court officials rewarded me with 1000 taels of gold, which are kept in the house."

The old man was not puzzled, but happily said: "You are promising, you are promising, you have won so many rewards, it is gold and silk, why don't you be an official?"

"I'm just a bandit soldier. How can I be an official? I'm content with rewards."

"Yeah, yeah, after becoming a thief, I won't be able to be an official anymore, so you have to be upright, but if you live a good life, who would be willing to be a thief." The old man sighed: "Say , How much is 1000 taels of gold?"

"It can be used for a lifetime."

"It's terrible, it's terrible, you have to think carefully about the flowers, you have to retreat and buy a decent yard, ask for a daughter-in-law, and buy dozens of acres of good land. The days to come will be even richer than that landlord. Dayong, you are poor." This time in half a lifetime, it is finally developed, no, no, now the bandits have not retreated
Well, Dayong, don't go to sleep, go and hide your money, don't be found by the bandits, or they will be robbed. "

The old man said with emotion and relief, and suddenly remembered something and reminded him urgently.

"My father-in-law reminded me that I'm going to hide the money now."

Jin Dayong didn't sleep for a moment, and hurriedly dug a hole in the house to bury the gold and silver, and buried a few more places to avoid being caught by a nest.

After he finished his work, it was almost dawn, so he went back to the house and said, "My father-in-law, it's already hidden and tightly secured."

At this moment, the old man curled up in the warm brocade quilt and fell asleep soundly, very sweetly.

He hadn't slept so peacefully for a long time.

Jin Dayong didn't disturb his old father-in-law's rest, he walked out of the house, preparing to write and eat, but when he just walked to the street, he heard the golden bell ringing in the city, and bandits rushed from all directions in panic Come, go in the direction of the city gate.

"Which leader are you under? What are you doing in a daze? The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are besieging the city. Don't come to help quickly. Could it be that you want to defect?" Seeing Jin Dayong, a small leader shouted angrily, drew his sword and strode forward. come.

"I am." Before Jin Dayong could answer, he heard a loud noise from the city gate.

"The gate of the city is broken, the gate of the city is broken, and the troops of the imperial court have come to kill them." The bandit soldiers who had not yet rushed to support heard the shout, turned around and ran away in fright.

The leader turned around and ran away when he saw the bandit soldiers on the street. He was so frightened that he dropped his knife and followed him. As for Jin Dayong, no one would pay attention to him.

Jin Dayong didn't run away, he is no longer a bandit soldier, this is also his home, why would he run away now that the soldiers from the imperial court are here?
After about a while, there was the crisp sound of iron hooves trampling the ground from that direction of the street, and at the same time, the screams of bandit soldiers came. There were cavalry in golden armor and holding long spears in every direction in the city, constantly Surrender and kill the bandits wandering in the city.

"Tata~!"

A group of cavalry came along the avenue, led by an extraordinary young man wearing black scale armor and a sword hanging from his waist. This man was riding a slender horse that looked like a dragon and a horse. Without saying a word, he looked straight ahead.

A majestic aura that is difficult to be strict exudes, making people afraid to look directly at it.

"Be careful, general, there is another bandit soldier." A soldier next to him suddenly saw Jin Dayong, thinking that he was coming to assassinate the general, and immediately threw the spear in his hand. With the sound of howling, the spear went straight towards Jin Dayong. go.

Only then did Jin Dayong come to his senses, and just wanted to avoid it, but it was too late, the spear had already flown in front of him.

Om~!

However, when he closed his eyes, he didn't feel the pain, but heard a buzzing sound.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the young general had arrived on a flying horse at some point, holding the flying spear firmly in his hand.

"You are Jin Dayong?" Li Xiuyuan glanced at him and recognized this person.

"Yes, yes." Jin Dayong said in shock.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Nine Mountain King Li Liangjin died at your hands? Very good, you killed him but didn't take his head to receive the reward. This shows that you didn't kill him for money. If it's not money, then it's hatred Yes, you dare to avenge this revenge, which shows that you have extraordinary courage. You really live up to your name, no
But you shouldn't walk around the streets wearing the clothes of a bandit soldier, or the people under my command will kill you as a bandit. "

After he finished speaking, he threw away the spear in his hand and threw it back.

After the soldier took it, he said in shame, "General, it was a small mistake."

"I don't blame you. You are worried about my safety. How can you be wrong?" Li Xiuyuan got on his horse and continued: "Jin Dayong, I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't chat with you, but your courage makes me feel better." I admire and deserve my name for you."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and drank; "Three times in the city, the person who punished Li Liangjin, King of Nine Mountains, was Jin Dayong from this county."

"The general has an order to pass the word three times. It is Jin Dayong from this county who punished the king of Jiushan, Li Liangjin." Immediately, a soldier sent a message on a flying horse.

Then the same words sounded from other directions in the county, and it was the soldiers under his command shouting on the flying horse: The general sent a message that the one who punished the king of Jiushan, Li Liangjin, was Jin Dayong from this county.

"The general sent a message that the one who punished Li Liangjin, the King of Nine Mountains, was Jin Dayong from this county."

The voice resounded over and over again, echoing in the county town, and it gradually subsided after singing it three times.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at Jin Dayong, then rode a dragon colt and led the soldiers away along the street.

Listening to his name being sung from all directions in the county, Jin Dayong felt his blood boil, and he seemed to have become a celebrity in the county all of a sudden.

At this moment, he felt that many people in the nearby village looked at him wrongly, with admiration, respect, and envy.

For the common people, it is such an honor for the generals of the imperial court to order the army to sing their names. Although it is not enough to honor their ancestors, they can be regarded as prominent figures in this county, and they will be punished wherever they go. respect.

A Chai Fu who is looked down upon by others, his fate will be completely changed after today.

"Thank you, General." Jin Dayong knelt down and kowtowed in the direction Li Xiuyuan was going.

But Li Xiuyuan walked too far, I don't know if he heard it or not.

"Rewarding a thousand gold, pardoning innocence, calling the name of the county, the general has treated Jin Dayong too kindly." One of them said sourly.

Li Xiuyuan didn't turn his head back and said: "If you can kill Li Liangjin, I will give you the same treatment. Not only that, I will give you a promotion and lead an army."

As soon as these words came out, those under his command all opened their eyes wide and became excited all of a sudden.

"General, are you serious?"

"There is no joke in the army, so of course it is true, but if you want to earn this credit, you may have no chance. There is no second Nine Mountain King in the world."

"Aren't the four chiefs under Li Liangjin's command still alive? Does it count if the general takes their heads?"

"The four chiefs? The water thief Mr. Chen, the thief Shihu, the white lotus teacher Hua Gu, and the Maitreya teacher Wang Ze? Put away your naive thoughts, they are more difficult to deal with than the Nine Mountain King Li Liangjin, you are not able to compete, and the Maitreya teacher Wang Ze has already been put to death, and there are only three thieves left.
If anyone of you dares to attack without authorization, you will be killed immediately. "After speaking, he looked cold.

He didn't want the people under his command to be greedy for credit and be taken over by these thousand-year-old monsters.

To deal with these things, you can't win by relying on more troops, but by fighting.

"Yes, general." The commanders under his command were stunned. They didn't know why the general attached so much importance to the four chief thieves.

Li Xiuyuan said in a calm tone again: "Let's stop gossiping, keep the second battalion, one staff member will go to the county to deal with the aftermath, and the others will take down a city."

After speaking, he quickly led the army to leave the county and attacked the next city occupied by bandit soldiers.

(End of this chapter)