Pei Yun's mouth twitched. To be honest, Xu Zong didn't have any other special skills except running fast. Even when fighting with the barbarians, he was just watching from the side.

With your condition, even if Yanyu Tower recruits you as a killer, they will probably let you in reluctantly.

Of course, this guy has very good eyesight. At such a long distance, Pei Yun couldn't even see Yuan Zheng's face, but Xu Zong could tell who he was. He is a special talent and is most suitable to be a scout.

Now that he knew they were soldiers, Pei Yun was no longer panicked. He whispered, "Go to the fort in Taoyuan County and tell Magistrate Xue that they can come back."

Xu Zong nodded and ran away.

Yuan Zheng had already approached, rode forward, and said, "I am Yuan Zheng, the lieutenant of Qingyang County. May I know who you are..."

He did not dismount, but looked down at Pei Yun and others. Although this group of people were dressed strangely and were able to kill barbarians and had good combat effectiveness, as a captain, he was in charge of 30,000 officers and soldiers in Qingyang County and was the confidant of the King of Bashu, so he naturally had a sense of arrogance.

Pei Yun cupped his hands and said, "I am Pei Yun, the head of Yiyun Village."

"Bandits?"

Yuan Zheng was shocked. He had thought about the identities of these people, but he never expected that they were bandits.

This doesn't seem like the case at all. In his impression, bandits are either wanted criminals by the imperial court who can no longer hide and run to the mountains and forests to become bandits, or they are poor people who are forced to become bandits due to financial difficulties.

But no matter which type, their clothes were very ordinary, and many bandits even wore clothes with patches on top of patches.

The group of people in front of him didn't look like bandits no matter how they looked. Yuan Zheng believed that they were a special force secretly trained by the imperial court. After all, their equipment was so cool.

Could it be that they were the ones that Liu Xiao led the team to suppress before?

Xue Qianqian heard Yuan Zheng's tone was not right, and hurriedly said: "Captain Yuan, I am Xue Wenju's daughter. Although Brother Pei and his men are bandits, they killed the barbarians this time and saved the people of Ruifeng County from danger. My father is preparing to report to the prince to pardon Brother Pei and his men from their bandit status and allow them to become volunteers."

Yuan Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. "Where's your father? Ask him to come see me."

"My father is in the fortress in Taoyuan County. I will ask him to come and see you now." As he said this, he was about to tell Zhang Kui to go back.

Pei Yun said, "I have asked Xu Zong to call Magistrate Xue. Captain Yuan, why don't we go into the city and wait for Lord Xue."

Yuan Zheng nodded and ordered the soldiers to station outside the city. Pei Yun also asked the bandits to return to the mountain village. Then the two of them and Xue Qianqian entered Ruifeng County.