Chapter 0049: Have to
Outside the yamen, countless troops surrounded the entire county government office. At the foot of the stairs, Ding Meng was covered in blood, and several yamen runners followed him, all of whom were also injured . In front of everyone, Li Yu held the Great Xia Dragon Bird in his hand and looked indifferently at Fan Jin and Ding Meng on the stairs.
"Li Yu, what do you want to do?" Fan Jin looked at Li Yu and scolded him loudly, "You are also from a famous family, why do you do such a treasonous thing?"
"I just want to stay alive." Li Yu said indifferently: "County Magistrate Fan, if you want to keep your life, don't waste your words. Li Yu knows that you have a good reputation as an official. As long as you cooperate, I, Li Yu, can spare your life."
"General." Cheng Hao's face turned pale and he could not help but said, "General, Fan Jin must not be allowed to stay."
"Cheng Hao, you shameless fellow, you colluded with bandits, aren't you afraid of exterminating your entire clan?" Ding Meng pointed at Cheng Hao with a sword in his hand and said, "I regret not chopping you down with one blow."
"Ding Meng, General Li has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. How can a small Lu County resist? A man who knows the times is a hero. I am just going with the flow." Cheng Hao couldn't help laughing.
"Sir Fan, do you want to surrender or die?" Li Yu looked at Fan Jin and said, "I heard that you have a good reputation as an official. Although you come from a noble family in Fan County, you have done a lot of practical work in Lu County. I am also a person who loves talents. If you surrender, I will definitely treat you well."
"Bah! You are just a bandit, and you want me to surrender to you." Fan Jin couldn't help but spit and sneered, "Kill me if you have the guts."
"That's a pity. Kill them all." Li Yu waved his hand indifferently. Although Fan Jin was considered a good official, he knew that if he stood in front of him, he would surely die.
"Ah!" At this moment, Li Yu suddenly felt a sharp wind coming, and Cheng Hao beside him suddenly screamed. Li Yu looked over and saw a sharp arrow stuck in his neck, and he himself looked like he was dying with his eyes open.
"Protect the general." Li Gu's face changed drastically, and he quickly ordered the people around him to protect Li Yu. Pang Jue, however, was thinking about commanding the cavalry to charge into the darkness.
"No need. If they wanted to kill me, they would have done it long ago." Li Yu pushed Li Gu away, his eyes flickering, staring at the darkness opposite. He was also shocked by the sharp arrow just now. He was caught off guard just now. The enemy could shoot him to death with one arrow. Even if he was prepared, he might not be able to defend against the opponent's arrow.
"Thank you, General." A young man walked out of the darkness, holding a longbow. Behind him, there were a hundred young and strong men, each with a strong body.
"Xie Yingdeng, I didn't expect that you would take the opportunity to come and kill me." When Ding Meng saw the person coming, he burst into laughter: "If Li Yu hadn't come in today, how could you have entered Lu County." Ding Meng and Xie Yingdeng attacked each other for half a year, with both sides winning and losing. They didn't expect to meet again under such circumstances today.
"That's right. If it weren't for General Li today, I wouldn't be able to enter Lu County." Xie Yingdeng bowed to Li Yu and said, "I, Xie Yingdeng, owe the general a favor, and I will repay it in the future."
"I want to kill this guy anyway, so if you help me get rid of him, it will just help me get rid of my worries." Li Yu said nonchalantly. Li Yu would never let go of someone like Cheng Hao. Xie Yingdeng shot him to death, which not only helped Li Yu get rid of his worries, but also made Xie Yingdeng owe Li Yu a , which was the best of both worlds.
"Let's go." Xie Yingdeng looked at Cheng Hao's body on the ground, told everyone to turn around and leave.
"Kill." Li Yu's face was cold. He waved the sword in his hand, his horse galloped, the sword was raised, and the cold light flashed. Poor Ding Meng didn't even have time to block the sword. The sword in his hand was knocked away. Then the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Sword came down and hit him in the shoulder. The huge force knocked him away and he lay on the ground and fainted instantly.
The yamen runners around him didn't even have a chance to resist, and were killed by Li Gu and his men. Fan Jin was simply a weak scholar, and he didn't even have a chance to resist, and was captured alive by Li Gu and his men.
"Open the treasury and distribute food to the people in the city tomorrow. We will take the rest." Li Yu looked at Fan Jin on the ground and said with a smile, "We will do it in Fan Jin's name and see how this guy will face the noble families in Lu County in the future."
The next morning, a notice was posted at the city gate, announcing the distribution of grain and money to the people of the city. It was stamped with Fan Jin's seal. Li Yu even sent people to requisition all the grain from the grain merchants in the city in the name of Fan Jin. Although a lot of money was paid, it was not enough compared to the price of the grain.
However, within the morning, cheers were heard in the city. The people didn't care who were the rebels and who were the imperial army. As long as they could get food, they would remember who was good.
Li Yu even used Fan Jin's name to seize the properties of some bullies in the city and distributed them to the people, winning cheers from all over Lu County. Not only Li Yu, but also Fan Jin's reputation spread.
"Master Fan, the whole city is talking about your kindness now!" In the lobby, the seal in Li Yu's hand fell, and a piece of paper appeared on the table again. He looked at Fan Jin on the side with a smile and said, "Look at the whole morning, the city is talking about your reputation everywhere."
"You'd better kill me!" Fan Jin's face was pale, and he no longer had the composure he had before. All the orders came from his own hands. Although he won praise from the people of the city, at the same time, the big families in the city wanted to tear him into pieces.
"Kill you? No way. Anyway, you are still useful. You can handle the miscellaneous matters in the army." Li Yu said with a smile: "If you were a corrupt official, I would definitely kill you. But you have a good reputation and treat the people well. Killing you would ruin the reputation of my beggar army. Look, the people I confiscate and exterminate are all people who are very angry with the people. Haha, to be honest, all of this was provided by Ding Meng. You are his benefactor, and he has decided to follow me, so how can I miss you?"
"Damn it, damn it." Fan Jin had not expected that Ding Meng would actually defect to Li Yu and sell out information in the city, causing most of the wealthy families to be killed, with only a small number left. It can be imagined that all of this would probably be blamed on him.
"He is just a humble man. If I leave him here, the responsibility for the fall of Lu County will still fall on him. In this case, it is better for him to follow me and leave Lu County. Lord Fan, there is no other way. General Ding has an old mother at home who needs to be supported." Li Yu smiled and said, "Lord Fan is so loyal to the court, but now Lu County has been breached, Cheng Hao has been killed, and Ding Meng has surrendered to me. All the responsibilities fall on Lord Fan. It doesn't matter if Lord Fan dies, but he still has a wife and children at home. Don't you consider them? You'd better think about it. However, I will leave Lu County at noon. I hope that Mr. Fan can take his wife and children to leave ."
