The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

"Yes! Your lord!"

Lao Liu hurriedly bowed and took the order and left.

After Lao Liu left, the middle-aged man raised the corners of his mouth slightly and sighed.

"Alas! By completing this mission, I have lived up to the prince's trust!"

"However, those bandits are likely to cause some trouble in Yangzhou. I must leave Yangzhou as soon as possible and go to Shenjing to report this matter to the prince in person!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man proudly pinched the two mustaches on his lips.

Then, he continued to taste the tea.

Just as I picked up the teacup, there was a knock on the door.

At the same time, Li Kui's voice came in.

"Has Mr. Xu rested? I beg to see you!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man, Mr. Xu, frowned.

But he still put down the teacup in his hand and said to the door,

"It's Master Li! Please come in quickly!"

Soon, Li Kui entered the room and sat opposite Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu looked at Li Kui and asked,

"Master Li, why are you visiting so late at night?"

Li Kui hurriedly whispered,

"Mr. Xu, Yangzhou City is in chaos!"

"According to this humble official's speculation, it's very likely the bandit leader of Qingfeng Village, who has been killed. The people of Qingfeng Village are now acting like crazy, ordering all the gangs in Yangzhou to search for him!"

Mr. Xu chuckled when he heard this.

"Hehe, I've already told you that you can just trust me when I do the job."

Then Mr. Xu looked suspicious and said,

"But why didn't Lord Li seize this great opportunity afterwards and order all the government offices to send troops to capture the Qingfeng Village gang in Yangzhou City?"

"This is a great achievement, maybe even be presented to His Majesty!"

As he spoke, Mr. Xu excitedly bowed towards the north and looked at Li Kui enthusiastically.

"I have a warrant from above to mobilize the troops from Zhenjiang Prefecture to help you suppress the bandits!"

Li Kui's eyelids twitched violently, and he cursed Mr. Xu in his heart for being greedy and a piece of shit.

I wanted to assassinate the bandit leader who was in my swarm of wolves before, but I don’t know what the situation is like outside now, and whether the bandit leader is dead or not.

He might be dead, otherwise it wouldn't be so chaotic outside.

Even so, he spent 100,000 taels of silver from Yangzhou!

This money was raised from the vicious salt merchants who were previously oppressed by Qingfeng Village.

Although he only received half of the labor fee, he still paid a total of 50,000 taels of silver.

If the troops from Zhenjiang Prefecture were mobilized, God knows what kind of exorbitant demands Mr. Xu would make!

At that time, Qingfeng Village was gone, who would give him money?

Maybe he will have to pay for it out of his own pocket!

Let's not talk about whether we can defeat Qingfeng Village.

It's a losing business, what can he do?

Besides, that’s a swarm of people from Qingfeng Village!

This is not comparable to those honest common people who just want to have food to eat and live a good life and who can be easily manipulated by others.

That person will chop people with a knife!

Even without the bandit leader, they are still a swarm for the time being!

When their leader died, they were not allowed to make a fuss and soldiers were sent to suppress it.

Doesn't this add fuel to the fire?

If they attack the government office and rebel, who will be responsible?

Mr. Xu talks about righteousness, but if something goes wrong,

The first one to walk away,

It must be him!

But Li Kui was an official after all, and he would not say these words in front of Mr. Xu.

After a moment of thought, he clasped his fists with a somewhat bitter look and said,

"To be honest, sir, I want to let you know that the bandits in Qingfeng Village are very powerful and all of them are fearless and unafraid of death."

"If we encircle and suppress them now, I'm afraid it will cause huge casualties!"

"Why don't we wait and see what happens? They're leaderless and will soon become a loose pile of sand. Then, when the imperial army arrives, we can wipe them out in one fell swoop. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Mr. Xu pondered for a moment, then took a deep breath and sighed,

"Forget it! Since that's the case, I'm not unreasonable. I'll just do as Lord Li says!"