Chapter 143: Chasing the Horse Thief
Just as Li Hao was about to order to set off, he suddenly heard a shout: "Wait a minute! Sir, wait a moment!"
Li Hao turned around and looked back when he heard this. He saw Gionee rushing over with the other five people in the inn. Li Hao had a military order. Before the military formation, no strangers were allowed to approach, so the thirty special forces soldiers saw them coming, turned their guns together, and shouted: "Ha!"
A simple action, the simplest roar, and a neat movement, forced the momentum of three hundred people, which scared Gionee and others to kneel down on the ground and dared not get up.
Li Hao waved his hand and asked thirty people to withdraw the guns, and then slowly said, "Shopkeeper Jin, please get up, I wonder what else is going on?"
Gioni stood up with his brothers, looked at the thirty expressionless mobs behind Li Hao with lingering fear, and then bowed: "Sir, please bring our six brothers with you."
Li Hao frowned and said, "The good or bad thing is uncertain when you go there this time, why should the manager Jin take this risk?"
Jin Li shook his head and said, "Don't tell lies in front of the adults. I just heard the caravan talk about the heroic deeds of the adults. The villain was ashamed and admired. He lived in a confused manner for most of his life, but he didn't know what his family and country were. The great man had already captured the enemy leader alive at the age of sixteen. In comparison, the villain was simply ashamed; the six brothers encountered difficulties and went on a wrong path. The villain hoped that the adults would give us a chance to lead us back to the right path."
Li Hao nodded after hearing this: "You are very good at speaking, you will be back when you are lost. The prodigal son will turn around and go to the caravan to borrow ten more camels. We will move more quickly. We have been delaying for too long!"
"Yes!" Jin Li was extremely excited when he heard this and took his brothers to find the caravan.
Not long after, the six of them rode a camel and Jinli came to Li Hao and said, "Sir, the villain has been circling the desert for many years, especially the art of desert tracking. Leave the tracking matters to the villain."
"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, the shopkeeper Jin!" Li Hao was very happy to hear this.
"Brothers, come with me to open the way!" Gionee took a big move and rushed out with five brothers.
"My boys! Let's go!" Li Hao set out with the thirty poems.
They drove the camel all the way and set off at noon. In the evening, the camel was already exhausted. Li Hao ordered a temporary rest and let the camel replenish the water and continue to rush. When it was dark, they finally walked out of the desert and entered the Gobi area. In the night, Li Hao picked up his telescope and looked at it. Shazhou was right in front.
After about half an hour of travel, Li Hao and his team arrived in front of Shazhou City, which was also known as Dunhuang County, and later changed to Shazhou. It was an important town on the Silk Road. There were officials stationed here, and the Canglang helped the horse thieves naturally walked around it, but Li Hao had to come and he wanted to borrow horses.
At this moment, night has fallen and the city gate has been closed. Li Hao shouted under the city tower: "Li Hao, the governor of Tingzhou and the commander of Zhechong, was ordered to take office and pass through Shazhou. Please ask the governor of Shazhou to leave the city and see him!"
At night, a group of soldiers wearing armor and armoured with guns and halberds came suddenly and wanted to see the governor outside the city gate. They also called themselves the governor of Tingzhou. It was difficult for us to distinguish between the enemy and the soldiers guarding the city to report to the governor's mansion and the Zhechong mansion.
In less than twenty minutes, a large number of torches appeared on the city tower. A man in a dark-scarlet official uniform poked his head out of the lookout mouth and looked down, then said loudly: "I am the governor of Shazhou Li Zhongxiao, who is under the city?"
Li Hao replied loudly: "I am the governor of Tingzhou, Li Hao, and the commander of Tingzhou Zhechong, and the imperial court is a man of poetry. There is an urgent matter of 100,000 yuan. Please tell me in person."
"How to prove your identity?" Li Zhongxiao asked.
Li Hao raised the Ming Huang imperial edict and official seal in his hand, lit it with a torch, and said loudly: "The imperial edict and official seal are here, so you can send someone to check it."
Seeing this, Shazhou Biejia whispered: "Sir, they only have thirty people, so why not let them in first?"
"No, don't be careless." Li Zhongxiao turned his head and faced a general wearing armor and said, "General Hong, send someone down to check it out, don't open the city gate."
General Hong said, "I'll go down myself." As he said, he ordered a soldier behind him, "Let the rope!"
The soldier took out a long rope and hung it down from the city tower. Four soldiers worked together to hold it. General Hong climbed over the battlements and went down the line. The city tower was not high at first. He quickly landed on the ground, then strode to Li Hao and bowed, "I am Hong Gang, the commander of the Zhechong Prefecture of Shazhou, come to check your imperial edict and official seal."
Li Hao turned over and immediately handed over the imperial edict and official seal, and said, "I'm sorry to General Hong."
Hong Gang took it and checked it carefully, and asked again: "Do you have any official documents?"
"Of course there is." Li Hao nodded, took out the official document from his arms and handed it to him.
Hong Gang carefully checked the official documents of office, handed back all the things to Li Hao, then turned around and shouted to the city tower: "Mr. Li, it has been proved that the official seal document and imperial edict are true!"
Li Zhongxiao waved his hand when he heard this: "Hurry open the city gate and let the governor of Tingzhou enter the city!" After that, he took the officials down the city tower quickly to welcome Li Hao.
Li Hao did not enter the city, but met Li Zhongxiao in the corridor of the city gate. After saluting each other, Li Hao said, "Mr. Li, things are urgent. I will tell you a short story. We encountered a horse thief at Longmen Inn. My wife and the female family in the family were robbed by the horse thief. All camels were stolen, and all the horses were slaughtered. Now I want to ask you to lend me forty fast horses and forty camels to chase the horse thief."
Li Zhongxiao originally wanted to exchange greetings, but seeing Li Hao's anxious expression on his face, he said without hesitation: "Don't be anxious, I'll send someone to prepare now. Please wait for a moment."
After saying that, he called Shazhou Biejia, Sima and others, and asked them to quickly prepare horses and camels, and also prepare some forage, water and food.
Seeing that Li Zhongxiao took action with righteousness and did not drag it out at all, Li Hao was extremely moved and bowed to Li Zhongxiao and said, "Mr. Li is so kind, and the poetic madman cannot repay him. Please bow to him."
Li Zhongxiao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Why do you need to be like this in poetry? You and I are both the governors of the border prefectures, guarding the bitter and cold land. If you have any difficulties, I will naturally have to help you, but... Is it too risky for you to bring only such a few people?"
Li Hao said: "I'm not hiding it from Lord Li. In fact, His Majesty ordered the General Peng Hai of the Right Guard to lead five hundred right guards to escort me to Tingzhou for office. However, the Five hundred right guards were hit by the horse thief's pills and were still in Longmen Inn and had not yet woken up."
"Oh, that's how it is." Li Zhongxiao frowned and stroked his beard after hearing this.
Li Hao said again: "Mr. Li, I am eager to pursue the horse thief and I am not idle for the time being. After I leave, I will ask you to prepare another 500 fast horses and 500 camels to go to Longmen Inn to pick up the right guards and ask them to go and help me. I will leave a mark along the way."
Li Zhongxiao frowned and said, "Five hundred fast horses and five hundred camels are not small, I may need one or two days to prepare."
Li Hao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, one or two days will take one or two days, as long as the adults do their best."
Li Zhongxiao nodded: "I will do my best."
"Thank you!" Li Hao bowed deeply and said, "I will ask Zhaowu Captain Li Yuanzhong to stay here. When the five hundred horses and camels are ready, he will take you to Longmen Inn to pick you up."
"good."
Li Hao took out a glass teacup from his arms, handed it to Li Zhongxiao with both hands, and said, "My goods were all kidnapped by horse thieves. Only this glass teacup can be taken with him. It is for you to repay Lord Li's kindness for helping you."
This was the first time Li Zhongxiao saw the glass. Seeing that the teacup was so delicate, he hurriedly refused: "How dare I do this, such a precious thing..."
Li Hao stuffed the glass teacup into his hand and said, "This is not a rare thing in Chang'an, and it is made in my workshop. It is not expensive. Please do not refuse."
Li Zhongxiao had no choice but to thank him and accept it.
After about a stick of incense, Shazhou Bianzhu brought a group of people to the city gate with horses and camels and came to report: "The adults are ready for forty camels and horses, and are equipped with food, grass and water for ten days."
Li Hao quickly thanked him again, and handed over all the camels he rode to them, took over forty camels and horses, and then left like the wind and continued to head west.
The group rushed to the dark night, which was very dangerous in the desert. However, Li Hao had to do so. The sooner he caught up with the horse thief, the safer the women. He was mentally prepared. Even if those women were ruined by the horse thief, he would marry them home. After all, he is a modern person and has no priorities on women's chastity. Moreover, it is his own responsibility to be in crisis this time, so he must bear all the consequences. This is the most basic responsibility of a man as a man.
It was nearly two hours of traveling along the way, and it was almost midnight. Li Hao suddenly saw fire and livestock in the West from his telescope, and then saw figures.
"Finished!" After saying that, he led everyone to turn around and rushed towards the direction of the fire.
It is said that the Canglang Gang horse thieves led by Yuan Jinliang returned with a full load this time. They temporarily camped in the desert in the evening. In order to celebrate today's great harvest, they specially slaughtered two camels and set up a bonfire party.
Drinking, eating meat, and playing with women are the three essential entertainment methods for horse thieves. However, there are no women at the moment, and the six women were all wrapped up by Luo Sanhei. The younger brothers dare not rob them. Yuan Jinliang and Billy were even more embarrassed to compete with these three brothers. Besides, this time the victory over Luo Sanhei was the most powerful, so they naturally made Luo Sanhei feel happy.
Luo Sanhei first followed everyone to drink and eat meat in front of the bonfire. The scene ended until late at night. Then he was drunk and wanted to go back to rest. As soon as he walked to the door of his tent, he suddenly remembered the beautiful beauties he caught during the day. He immediately turned around and came to the tent where the female prisoners were imprisoned. The two horse thieves guarding outside the door hurriedly saluted him. Luo Sanhei waved his hands impatiently, then picked up the curtain and walked in.
In the camp, all six beauties were tied back to back together, forming a large circle. Before they could wake up, the medicinal power of this Wo Niu Drink was really powerful.
Luo Sanhei circled around the six beauties and smiled: "Which one should I play first? Hu Ji? Or this delicate little beauty in the Central Plains? Well, this tall man is not bad, wow, Silver Fox, she is the Silver Fox, the number one bounty hunter in the desert, and she is the Silver Fox!" After he said that, he squatted in front of the Silver Fox, and reached out to take off the Silver Fox's black tights.
As soon as his hand touched the clothes, a gong sounded "bang bang..." outside the account suddenly, which scared him. He quickly got up and rushed out, and someone shouted: "There is an enemy attack! The enemy attack..."
Chapter completed!