Everything had been discussed and Xiao Feng brought Xia Feng, Li Mazi and his party to the town before the hour of You.
Kaohsiung notified them at 3:15 pm on the evening of the twelfth lunar month, but Xiao Feng and Xia Feng still had not seen the second young master arrive until 3:15 pm on the evening of the twelfth lunar month.
Li Mazi and a few brothers were keeping watch on the street where the Sixi Restaurant was located, and there was no unusual movement outside.
Kaohsiung sat opposite them with a sullen face, looking at the two of them with a murderous look on his face, as if he wanted to devour them.
Xiao Feng simply closed his eyes and rested, completely ignoring this person as air.
Xia Feng sipped his tea leisurely and even greeted Kaohsiung. Although he only received a murderous look in return, Xia Feng remained relaxed and at ease.
Kaohsiung was very angry at the two men's disregard for him, but he did not dare to act rashly.
It was not until the end of the hour of Xu that Li Yanfeng brought the servant into the inn.
Li Yanfeng was born with an imposing bearing, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He was dressed in rich and luxurious clothes like a young master from a noble family in Kyoto. He wore a blue-white jade crown on his head and a jade pendant around his waist. At first glance, he looked quite good.
Xia Feng glanced at Xiao Feng briefly before he lifted his robe and knelt on one knee to salute him.
"Xia Feng and Song Yi have met the Second Young Master."
Li Yanfeng didn't expect that these two people were so tactful, and he was extremely satisfied.
Kaohsiung, who just clasped his fists and bowed his head, secretly hated these two people. They were so shameless. However, they dared to perform this ceremony and force the second young master to recognize them as their master when they met him for the first time.
Li Yanfeng laughed heartily and helped the two of them up personally. "Sit down, don't be restrained."
After sitting down, Li Yanfeng looked at the two men. One looked like a weak scholar, and the other was dressed as a black-faced horse bandit, wearing clothes made of animal skins.
Kaohsiung clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the identities of these two are unknown. They killed the former leader and second in command of the stronghold."
Kaohsiung really couldn't swallow that humiliation. If he wanted to use him to get close to the second young master, it would depend on whether he was willing or not.
Li Yanfeng raised his eyebrows, a mocking arc appearing at the corner of his lips. Could it be that Kaohsiung still wanted him to settle the lawsuit?
Although he thought so in his heart, his face turned serious and he looked at the two of them, "Is this true?"
Xia Feng said: "It is true. I am Xia Feng, from the Xia family of Qingzhou..."
After Xia Feng explained his origins, Li Yanfeng did become somewhat interested in him.
The Xia family is a big family in Qingzhou, just like their Li family in Liangzhou, which is also a first-class surname.
"Since you are from the Xia family, why did you end up in Liangzhou?"
Xia Feng sighed and recounted his miserable past with some embellishment.
"Brother Song and I came to Liangzhou with the refugees. We originally wanted to go to the border town to serve as soldiers and earn a living. We passed through Xiaping Village and were taken in by the villagers. At night, horse bandits came to rob and kill many villagers. Brother Song was brave and strategic. He led the young and strong refugees to set an ambush at the village entrance and slaughtered the bandits."
Hearing this, Li Yanfeng deliberately glanced at Xiao Feng, the silent, dark-faced man.
"Then how did you guys take over the stronghold?"
Xia Feng took a sip of tea and continued, "The villagers were afraid the bandits would come for revenge, so Brother Song, Yu Liang, and I discussed and decided to catch the bandits off guard. Brother Song went to the stronghold overnight and drugged the bandits' well. The next day, we easily captured the stronghold."
Li Yanfeng was amazed when he heard this.
Kaohsiung's face turned pale, and he felt that those horse bandits were simply trash, as they were all so tall and strong for nothing.
"I also want to know how you managed to bring the bandits from Mangshan into this trap."
Li Yanfeng was quite interested in the two people in front of him.
Xia Feng smiled and said, "Deputy Captain Gao's men came to tell me that the bandits in the mountain stronghold were robbing the military pay. I'm from a noble family and I know that military pay is a matter of great importance. We refugees just want to find a safe place and don't want to do something big that would rob our families and exterminate our clans. But we also don't want Deputy Captain Gao to know that things have changed in the mountain stronghold. Someone has to do this, so I thought of another major bandit group in Qingyuan County."
Lieutenant Gao's face darkened as he listened to this. Seeing that Li Yanfeng seemed to be extremely appreciative of the two of them, he clenched his fists.
Xiao Feng caught a glimpse of Kaohsiung's appearance and lowered his eyelashes.
"One of the bandits in the bandit camp frequently visited gambling houses. He knew of Peng Lin's relationship with the bandits from Mangshan. Peng Lin owed a lot of debts, so I used this as an opportunity to strike back. I pretended to be the owner of the gambling house, beat him up, and then instigated him to rob the military pay."
"Brother Song led the brothers in the mountain stronghold to explore the route that the imperial convoy must take, and secretly gave Peng Lin a perfect looting plan..."
Apart from changing a few details, Xia Feng described the general process almost perfectly.
They didn't know whether Li Yanfeng would conduct a private investigation, so they could only make every possible preparation.
After he finished speaking, Li Yanfeng applauded.
"Song Yi, right? What did you do in the past?"
Xiao Feng had already thought of a set of rhetoric, and now he replied respectfully: "I used to run a security company, so I know a lot of martial arts."
Li Yanfeng nodded. "You two want to work with me?"
Xiao Feng and Xia Feng's eyes flashed with excitement and anticipation. They knelt on one knee again, clasping their fists. "If you don't mind, we are willing to follow you and serve you wholeheartedly."
Li Yanfeng helped the two of them up again. "You two are both intelligent, one is a scholar and the other a warrior. With you two, I will be even more powerful."
"This young master has one last question. How did you two know that there was someone behind Deputy Captain Gao?"
Xia Feng smiled, his confidence and composure evident. "Deputy Captain Gao calls the shots in Gu'a Town, raising horse bandits and amassing wealth. He may seem arrogant, but the imperial court's military pay is extraordinary. How could a deputy captain in charge of a few hundred soldiers have such audacity?"
"Furthermore, when Ge Li sent the message, he said that he would hide after the robbery was completed and that he would be given most of the money after the storm died down. This shows that he is stupid and does not take the robbery of the imperial court's money seriously at all."
Lieutenant Gao was publicly called stupid. He was panting like a cow, his eyes were bigger than a cow's, and his fists were clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.
Xia Feng finally figured it out with Xiao Feng's guidance.
If they followed Ge Li's message and robbed the military pay themselves, then the bandits in the stronghold and Kaohsiung would not be able to escape death afterwards.
According to Xiao Feng, Li Yanfeng had wooed Kaohsiung behind Li Bocheng's back. In order to prevent the matter from being exposed, Li Yanfeng would definitely kill Kaohsiung to silence him afterwards.
But the bandits from Gu'a Town who were supposed to rob the military pay turned out to be Peng Lin leading the bandits from Mangshan to rob, and the matter suddenly had nothing to do with Kaohsiung and the bandits from Gu'a Town.
This is why Kaohsiung has survived to this day.
Xia Feng thought he was very smart, but after Xiao Feng said that Kaohsiung was nothing to be afraid of, and after listening to his brief analysis, he suddenly realized and saw everything clearly.
Xiao Feng clasped his fists and said, "My lord, do you know that Deputy Captain Gao's biological father was once the head of the mountain stronghold. He died at my hands. I will inevitably have to work with Deputy Captain Gao in the future. I am afraid that a disagreement might cause trouble, so I am telling you this."
At this time, Kaohsiung's face turned red.
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