At the same time, in a hidden corner of the county government, the handsome maid who had just brewed tea for Pei Xiaoer was now pulled into a corner by a man. The two of them lowered their heads and spoke very quickly.

"Hui Niang, have you seen that Pei Thief today?" the man asked in a low voice with a look of hatred.

"See. Today, Pei Xiaoer asked me to go over and make tea for him and another person. When making tea, I looked at Pei Xiaoer." The woman named Hui Niang Qiaoli lowered her voice, very afraid that others would hear it, and there was a hint of fear in her voice.

"Making tea?" The man suddenly became excited and pulled Hui Niang's arm and said, "Making tea is a good opportunity. Have you poisoned them?"

"No." Hui Niang's voice was even lower, even smaller than the sound of a mosquito flapping its wings.

"No?" The man suddenly opened his eyes wide, stared at Hui Niang in disbelief, shook her arm away, and angrily shouted, "Why aren't there? Such a good opportunity, why don't you poison them?"

"Brother Tao, why don't we forget it! I'm scared." Hui Niang pulled Zhang Tao's arm and begged, "You can't fight them. Even if we really poison them, we can't walk out of this yard and we will be buried with him."

It turned out that these two people were the offspring of the bandits in Xia County when Pei Xiaoer entered Gongxia County. The group of bandits who were overestimating their abilities occupied a small treasury and wanted to divide the group of bandits in Xia County with Pei Xiaoer.

They took advantage of the opportunity when Zhao Xinlan married Pei Xiaoer and sold themselves as slaves and lurked to Pei Xiaoer. However, for this period of time, Pei Xiaoer has been leading troops outside and has not had much time at home, so they cannot find the right time for the moment.

Just now, Pei Xiaoer led his army back, which made them see hope all of a sudden. So, the man named Zhang Tao spent a lot of effort to bribe a manager who was dowed by the Zhao family. Then he sent Hui Niang to Pei Xiaoer, thinking that Hui Niang was closer to Pei Xiaoer and could better find a good opportunity to take revenge.

As a result, when he really encountered a good opportunity, he could take advantage of this to kill Pei Xiaoer. However, facing such a good opportunity, Hui Niang actually missed it for nothing. How could this not make Zhang Tao angry?

"Forget it?" Zhang Tao pointed at Hui Niang in disbelief and scolded, "Did you forget that it was Pei Xiaoer who killed my father; did you forget that? You are my fiancée, and my father is your father. He killed your father. Are you not angry at all?

Besides, do you know how much effort it took to send you to this position? I was like a dog, begging Manager Zhao to ask him to send you to Pei Xiaoer in order to find opportunities. What happened? You actually told me, let me forget it? Have you ever thought about my feelings?"

Zhang Tao was obviously very angry and looked around, looking for a handy weapon to beat his fiancée.

"No, Brother Tao." Seeing this, Hui Niang knelt down in fear and sobbed, "When I went to make tea, they were watching me from the side. There was really no chance!"

Zhang Tao searched around but couldn't find a handy weapon. When he saw Hui Niang just kneeling there and crying, he was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he could not catch up.

"No chance?" Zhang Tao pointed at Hui Niang and scolded loudly, "No chance, won't you create opportunities? Are you that stupid?"

"I understand, I will do my best in the future." Seeing Zhang Tao's angry look scared Hui Niang. She had never seen Zhang Tao have such a terrifying side that she even stopped crying.

When Zhang Tao saw Hui Niang promise, his anger was slightly reduced. Seeing Hui Niang's face with tears and pear blossoms and rain, his tone was eased a little, and he comforted her a few words. Seeing that she was still kneeling there blankly, I don't know if she had heard her talk. At this moment, someone outside called him. In order not to reveal his identity, Zhang Tao snorted coldly and left.

After Zhang Tao left, Hui Niang could no longer hold it back. She sat on the steps beside her, hugged her knees with her arms, buried her face deeply in her arms, and started to whimper.

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The next morning.

After saying goodbye to Pei Xiaoer, Zhang Zhiyuan immediately returned to Xia County with his own soldiers. After two days of preparation in Xia County, the army swore a oath to set out early on the third morning and advanced along the established route.

The attack route that Pei Xiaoer set for them was to go west and attack Yi Shi, Wanquan, Ronghe and Hejin. Thanks to the Pei family army's cost-effectiveness, providing sufficient nutrition to the soldiers and persevering physical training, the Pei family army's marching speed was far higher than any army of the same period. Even though it was not as good as the terrifying iron army in later generations, it could still reach half the marching speed of that army.

It took only one day for the Pei family to arrive at Yi. The magistrate of Yi family was obviously a smart person. He already knew the news that Wang Ji, the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture, was defeated in Jiexiu. So the night when the Pei family arrived at Yi family, the magistrate left overnight. By dawn, he had already run away without a trace.

Although the magistrate of Yishi ran away, the Yishi County could not escape. The magistrate ran away, and the Dianjie in the county had now become the largest magistrate in the Yishi. So, when he woke up early the next morning, he was hurriedly told by his subordinates that the magistrate was gone. The Dianjie's expression was extremely complicated. He was happy first, then a little panicked, and then calmed down.

After thinking for a while, the Dian Li ordered the minor official to invite all the gentry and wealthy families in the county. Sometimes, some things are borne by themselves, and the risks are too high. If everyone goes on together, they can dilute the risks and use means to attribute all the benefits to themselves.

Not long after, the news that the magistrate ran away had spread throughout the city, and for a while, people were in panic. However, most of this person's hearts refer to the rich gentry and households. The common people had long heard that under the rule of the Pei family, life would be very prosperous. If it weren't for the poor family and the homeland could not be separated, they would have long run to join the Pei family army.

With the invitation of the minor official, the only five gentry remaining in the city also hurried to the county government office and met with the official official.

"Everyone is a man from the county. What should you do now?" Dian Li wisely pushed out all the gentry present. In this way, no matter what decision is made in the future, it has nothing to do with him. He is only forced. If the court holds the matter accountable in the future, he can also escape punishment on this ground.

"Shi Dian Li. How many powerful yamen runners are there in the city? Can they be beaten outside the city..." asked a fat squire with round facial features. He originally wanted to say whether the remaining strong squads in the city could beat the Pei family army outside the city, but then he thought, wasn't this a lice on the bald man's head obvious? So he changed his words, "How long can it last?"

Shi Dianli hesitated for a moment and slowly said a number.

"What? Less than an hour?" All the gentry present looked at the Shi Dian official in disbelief, cursing in their hearts, and just for an hour. Then, what should they ask them to discuss? Even if they discuss the flowers, could they still let the remaining yamen runners hold on for a quarter of an hour? This is just to take the blame for them.

Just as these men were sarcastic, the young officials hurried over, bowed to everyone, and then said, "My masters, the thief army outside the city is shouting. If they don't open the door to surrender, they will come in. They said that if they wait for them to come in, they will not guarantee that we will be able to wait for our lives."

Hearing the threat from the Pei family army outside the city described by the minor official, the squire with round facial features who had just spoken suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "What kind of thief? That's the heavenly soldiers. Why don't you open the door quickly? Let's take your head to the ground one step later."

Yishi is not far from Pei Xiaoer's territory Xia County and Wenxi County. These gentry have long heard that Pei Xiaoer's Pei family army never robs the people, buys things and pays money, and the price is fair. But they like to investigate previous unjust, false and wrong cases, and if they find out, they will have to be fined silver. The fine of silver is also quite heavy. It can be said that it is a typical case of asking for money but not life.

Moreover, the Pei family army is also very fierce to the enemy, either quarrel or beheading, and the key is that you have nothing to say. However, at this time, no matter how much money you have, it can't stand your life. Between silver and life, this person decisively chose the latter.
Chapter completed!