Chapter 132

Duan Yu glanced at the dozen or so remaining bandits, then shook his head and said: "Tie them all up; they might be useful later."

"Also, seal up the bandits' treasury."

These bandits had been entrenched in Jinyang for so long, frequently plundering merchants on the road; they must have accumulated some wealth over the years.

So they definitely had to be looted.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu both nodded.

After the battle, because Duan Yu was behind them, the twenty-two of them had at most suffered some minor injuries.

Conversely, of the more than three hundred bandits in the Longshan group, over two hundred had been sniped by Duan Yu.

The remaining dozens were hacked to death by the twenty men led by Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu.

And a dozen or so surrendered.

As for the one who tried to escape at the end, in Duan Yu's view, he should be the leader.

While Tie Shitou and the others were tying up the bandits, Duan Yu also walked towards that bandit.

This was the first time Li Shanfeng had seen Duan Yu.

Li Shanfeng, lying on the ground, looked up at Duan Yu and felt as if he were looking at a giant.

Those cold eyes and indifferent gaze gave Li Shanfeng an extremely familiar feeling.

That year, he was still a villager.

Because his village was plundered by bandits and dozens of people were killed, he was forced to become a bandit and got on the same boat as the outlaws.

It was also that year, because of his 'outstanding' performance, he met the bandit chief.

At that time, he felt that the bandit chief sitting high on the first chair was looking at him just like this.

The gaze was indifferent, as if looking at an ant.

It was just that years later, he also sat on that chair.

He became the bandit chief in the eyes of others.

He thought he had become stronger.

But...

Now he realized that he was still the same him who came out of that small mountain village.

When encountering someone strong, someone stronger than him, he still felt timid in his heart.

"My... my lord, don't kill me; as long as you don't kill me, I will give all my wealth to you." Li Shanfeng begged for mercy.

Duan Yu squatted down and slung the longbow on his back.

"Whether I kill you or not, everything here is mine."

"So you need to find another reason for me not to kill you." Duan Yu said.

Li Shanfeng gulped.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Shanfeng nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, my lord, I have one!"

"I have a secret, a secret about the Administrator Liu Wei."

Hmm?

Duan Yu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Taiyuan Commandery Administrator Liu Wei?

How did this Li Shanfeng know the secret of Administrator Liu Wei?

"Speak." Duan Yu looked at Li Shanfeng and said: "If there is half a word that is false, you know the consequences."

Li Shanfeng nodded repeatedly, his voice trembling as he said: "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

"This lowly one wouldn't dare to lie."

"The reason this lowly one has been able to entrench himself in the Jinyang Longshan area for so many years is all because of the indulgence of Administrator Liu Wei."

"The merchants this lowly one has intercepted over the years were also mostly under the instigation of Administrator Liu Wei, and furthermore, the money and grain this lowly one has plundered over the years were mostly given to Administrator Liu Wei."

Heh.

Good fellow.

Duan Yu exclaimed in his heart.

There was such a thing?

Raising bandits to ensure one's own importance?

Of course, this was not impossible.

Because the phrase "raising bandits to ensure one's own importance" originated from the officials of this era.

"What proof do you have?" Duan Yu asked casually: "Just because you say so?"

"This lowly one would never dare to lie, my lord." Li Shanfeng said with a sobbing tone: "Back then..."

Li Shanfeng wouldn't have known if he hadn't spoken.

It turned out that there were countless bandits in this Longshan back then.

Times were bad, and there were many who turned to banditry; plus, Jinyang was the seat of Taiyuan Commandery, so anyone in the fur business basically had to come here.

So there were many bandits gathered here.

Li Shanfeng was originally a local villager who later turned to banditry.

By accident, Li Shanfeng happened to save Administrator Liu Wei, who was hunting in the mountains at the time, and thus the two became acquainted.

From then on, Li Shanfeng began to have good luck.

First, he became the boss of his own mountain stronghold.

Then he began to annex the bandits of Longshan.

Of course, all of this was under the instruction of Liu Wei.

With Li Shanfeng, the era of bandit chaos around Jinyang City ended.

The merchants coming and going all said that Administrator Liu Wei governed well.

But what they didn't know was.

Li Shanfeng was a bandit supported by Administrator Liu Wei.

Using Li Shanfeng, Liu Wei began to discipline disobedient merchants, and even raised the prices of furs, controlled the market, and made huge amounts of money.

Those disobedient merchants were all buried in Longshan by Li Shanfeng under Liu Wei's instruction, becoming waste for the withered trees and grass.

Duan Yu rubbed his chin.

Unexpected.

Really didn't expect that this guy was actually a bandit left behind by the practice of raising bandits to ensure one's own importance.

"Then who gave you the order to ambush me this time?" Duan Yu continued to ask.

"Chen Ye, it was Chen Ye!"

"County Magistrate Chen Ye!" Li Shanfeng replied hurriedly: "County Magistrate Chen Ye is a student and former subordinate of Administrator Liu Wei."

"Usually, the contact was also between me and Chen Ye."

"This lowly one knows he was wrong, but this lowly one was also acting under orders; I beg my lord to show mercy and spare my life."

Li Shanfeng struggled to crawl up and knelt before Duan Yu, kowtowing to admit his mistake.

Duan Yu reached out and rubbed his eyebrows.

Killing this guy was simple, a matter of one saber stroke.

Keeping him might be useful.

However, he didn't count on using a few words from this bandit to topple an Administrator of Taiyuan Commandery.

To reach the position of two-thousand-dan, a Commandery Administrator, was equivalent to being a regional official.

It wasn't something that could be toppled with a word or two.

But using this guy to deal with a County Magistrate should be more than enough.

Just as Duan Yu was thinking.

Tie Shitou ran over in a hurry.

"Big Brother Duan, we found some people inside the stronghold."

"Among them is a young girl who is the leader; she said... she said she seems to be a merchant from Jizhou, surnamed... surnamed what was it."

Tie Shitou scratched his head and frowned, then suddenly realized: "Right, she said her surname is Zhen, right, surname Zhen."

"Strange, there are people with the surname 'Real', I wonder if there are people with the surname 'Fake'."

"She said she wants to see Big Brother Duan." ===== CHAPTER 134 =====