Chapter 156 Discovering Thousands of Red Turban Army

In Gaoyou City, there is a deep mansion compound.

At this moment, it is autumn, and the weather is a little cool. Although the leaves have not yet fallen, they have gradually turned yellow. Just after an autumn rain, the sky has turned blue.

Li Qi stood in the middle of the yard, wearing an ordinary brown robe.

I just held my mother's 70th birthday, and at this moment, I am already 50 years old, but my ambition at the beginning is still immortal.

Since the fifth year of Dade, I have always been sensitive and learning. When I grew up, I first taught in my hometown. In the second year of Yuantong, after the township examination, the conference examination, and the palace examination, I became the first in the left list of Jinshi, the champion and the first. From a six-grade official to the current four-grade Gaoyou magistrate, he is still very grateful to the court. Therefore, I have been sparing no effort to serve the court. In a blink of an eye, I am over half a hundred years old, but I have seen the current decline.

Liu Futong's rebels in the north gathered hundreds of thousands of people to fight against the court. Several times of the court's encirclement and suppression were in vain, but the other party became stronger and stronger.

The turmoil in the north has not yet calmed down. In the south, Xu Shouhui and Guo Zixing in the west have jumped out impatiently. With them, there are also millions of ordinary people who have been bewitched.

Li Qi was appointed as the governor of Gaoyou in the face of danger, from the fourth grade. In response to the current malpractices, he was bold, strictly governed, and tried his best to turn the tide. He hoped to do his best to save the court in danger.

A few days ago, just before my mother's birthday, a group of robbers broke into the house with weapons, robbed twelve horses and left. After he heard that, he didn't have time to summon the army, so he immediately pulled out and waved his sword, led the officials and officers around him to catch up, killed the thieves, and recovered the lost horse.

However, he felt more and more powerless. The turmoil around him became more and more violent. The court repeatedly exterminated, but the Red Turban Army became stronger and stronger. Last time, in order to besiege the nearby Haozhou, he sent out 5,000 troops from his state capital. As a result, after besieging Guo Zixing in Haozhou for several months, he did not defeat him. Instead, he himself I came back in dismay.

What on earth is wrong? Is it a slight mistake in the way of the prime minister? Is the combat effectiveness of the imperial army too poor? Or is it God's will?

He didn't dare to think about it.

In the past few days, I celebrated my mother's birthday, and all the big families of Gaoyou came. He did not refuse to come, and everyone received the gifts. Because he knew that these large families each had dozens of family members. He was already considering that in times of crisis, he could organize the family members of these large families, which was also a force that should not be underestimated. The garrison of the state government was sent to destroy Xu Shouhui in the south. Now there are only 2,000 troops in the whole Gaoyou House.

What makes him more gratified is that so far, the whole Gaoyou Mansion and nearby Taizhou are still calm, and occasionally a few clowns have no climate.

"Sir, Xinghua Liu Ziren came to visit and said that there was something important to report." The housekeeper came in and said to Li Qi.

"Liu Ziren?" Li Qi has no image. He is just a big family. What can he do? Why don't you report to Yin of Xinghua County? Report it to yourself? He shook his head and said, "No."

"Sir, this Liu Ziren is the one who gave the old lady a golden peach." The housekeeper added.

"Oh, then let him in." I like this golden peach very much. For this sake, Li Qipo decided to see him once.

"Congratulations to the magistrate, congratulations to the magistrate." As soon as Liu Ziren came in, he bowed his head with a spring face.

"Where does happiness come from?" Li Qi asked.

"I inform the lord that since I listened to the teachings of the magistrate last time, the villain said that he recalled the teachings of the lord and worked for the court with his heart, so he personally went deep into the tiger's den and found out this big secret." Liu Ziren rudely took all the credit to himself.

"What's going on? Say it quickly." What Li Qi hates most is that a servant always fights with himself, goes around, but refuses to go around the theme.

"Yes, my lord, some time ago, there was a thousand households of the Red Turban Army, named Tang He, who escaped in Taizhou City. I don't know if you have any impression of this?" Liu Ziren asked.

"What does this have to do with you?" Li Qi secretly decided that if he didn't get to the point, he would call the guests to see him off.

"Your excellency, the villain made a secret visit and was not afraid of danger. Finally, he found out where this soup is." Liu Ziren said.

"Where is he?" Li Qi's eyes lit up. He knew about Tang He, but he had been shot to death in the river by the defenders of Taizhou. Didn't he die?

"Your Excellency, it's in our Gaoyou Mansion." Liu Ziren said.

"Where is it?" Li Qi was a little moved. If the thousands of households of the Red Turban Army were captured and publicly executed in the court, it would definitely play a role in deterring them. If he defected to the Red Turban Army, it would be the end of the landing of the people.

"Your Excellency, the villain is so loyal to the court..." Liu Ziren said.

"Well, if I catch Tang He, I will protect you with the court and let you be a governor from Jiupin." Li Qi said.

Liu Ziren was happy. He was really not in vain. Although his family was rich, he could not have an official position. This time, he could glorify his ancestors.

"Your Excellency, that Tang He turned out to be hiding in the murder port by Desheng Lake." Liu Ziren finally said the most important words.

"How many people does he have?" Li Qi asked.

"Your Excellency, a group of exiles have gathered around him, and a riot is likely to occur. I hope you can send troops to encircle and suppress it as soon as possible."

"I'm asking you how many people he has?"

"This..." Liu Ziren couldn't answer, because he didn't know how many people there were in the murder port.

............

Feng Qi stroked the water with his hand and quietly left the land. He did not dare to make too much noise or go too far away from the shore. He was afraid of shocking the fierce gods on the shore, and he was also afraid of losing his way, because he didn't know what the name of the place he had just inquired was and where it was.

After drawing like this for more than an hour, I finally saw a village on the shore. He resisted the pain in his back, leaned ashore and knocked open a farmer's home.

"Old man, I accidentally fell into the water and was injured. I want to hire two people to send me home." Feng Qi pretended to be harmless to people and animals and wanted to ask someone to carry himself back.

The old man who opened the door was a warm-hearted person. He saw the person in front of him looked like [***], and his face flashed with pain. He quickly found his own clothes, changed them, called a few young people in the village, made a side stretcher, and carried him back.

"Old man, where is this place?" Feng Qi asked.

"Dai Jiashe, all of us in the village, are surnamed Dai."

"So it's about five miles upstream. Where is it?" Feng Qi asked carelessly.

"Killing Harbor." Old man Dai whispered, "Why are you asking this? There are many lonely ghosts there. If you recruit them, the whole village will be unlucky.

"Killing Harbor?" Feng Qi said the name in his mouth and knew that they were all hiding in the murder port, which was really a good place.

However, he didn't know anything except that the soup was in the murder port.

Liu Ziren was anxiously waiting for a reply at home when he saw Feng Qi on the stretcher.

He gave dozens of money to those who carried Feng Qi and sent them away. Liu Ziren couldn't wait to ask what had happened.

"Sir, Feng Qi really died this time, and he almost couldn't see the master!" Feng Qi said sadly and indignantly.

Both of his family were killed, and he escaped back by himself. Who knows if the master will blame himself? Let's make some bedding first.

"Where are the two people left?" Liu Ziren asked.

"They were all killed by the poles. If I hadn't escaped quickly, I wouldn't have seen the master..." Feng Qi said.

Knowing that both of them were gone, Liu Ziren raised his stick and wanted to knock Feng Qi a few times. The pension of these two people had to spend a lot of money.

"Sir, but Feng Qi lived up to the master's instructions and finally found out that it was the Qianhu Tanghe of the Red Turban Army who robbed our ship."

What? Soup and? Is it the Tanghe that made a scene in Taizhou City? Liu Ziren was excited for a while. Inadvertently, he actually inquired about the foothold of this red scarf army. This was a good opportunity. After thinking about it, he decided to go to Gaoyou immediately and report to Li Qi, the magistrate of Gaoyou, which could bring him greater benefits.

On the contrary, my two robbed ships are no longer so important.

That's all he knows. How can he know how many people there are on the other side? Besides, Feng Qi didn't know how he would know.