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"Tap, tap, tap …" A soldier wearing a suit of armor ran over and said to the thousand-man commander, "Sire, there is a group of suspicious people wearing earthen yellow robes surrounding this area."

Qian Hu didn't put too much thought into it. At this moment, she was feeling happy for a deal. She casually asked, "How many people are there?"

The soldier answered, "About three hundred."

When everyone heard this, their hearts went completely blank. Even Wen Shouxin was no exception.

Qian Hu was also worried as she said, "Do you know who it is?"

In less than ten breaths of time, there were a total of twenty-nine soldiers that were under siege by the Heavenly Valve Army and were thrown onto the deck one by one, scaring all the officials and merchants to the side. Wen Shou Si, on the other hand, revealed a happy yet puzzled expression; he remembered last night reporting to Liu Zhiqiang that the leading businessmen and guards in Zhixiang County would hold a banquet because of the issue of salt production. At that time, Liu Zhiqiang had only nodded to let him handle the situation, and he did not know why he suddenly brought people here.

Behind the teenager on the left was a purple-colored bug the size of a dog. Behind the teenager on the right was two huge men, one of whom was seven feet tall, and the other bear-shaped man had already been described as sturdy, while the seven-foot-tall man and the golden-eyed boy looked like they were about to explode from their short-sleeved suits.

When Wen Shou saw them coming up, he went over to greet them. Liu Zhiqiang returned the greeting, pulled a chair over to the table, and asked Elder Wen to sit down. Wen Shouxin pushed him a few times, but his strength was not as good as Wen Shou's, and he was only able to push him down half-way before Liu Zhiqiang pulled over a chair to sit on his own.

The rest of the group, other than the Heaven Saint Masters, were all excited. After a while, they slowly stood up and walked to the side of the thousand man army, the first to report to them, Ming Jun asked boldly: "Who are you." He did not dare to be rude, because Liu Zhiqiang was able to throw the close to thirty janissaries one by one. These janissaries were personally thrown out from the thousands of guards in the City Guards Institution, and their combat strength was much stronger than the soldiers in the City Guards Institution that he could not even afford to eat and wear. Of course, they also needed to borrow the momentum from the more than three hundred Heaven Valve soldiers.

Old Qin said: "This is the leader of our Sky Valve Army."

Hearing this, everyone shook, thinking: No wonder this young man is able to become the bandit's leader at such a young age, he really is extraordinary.

A merchant said: "I wonder why Sky Valve Army Lord is here."

Liu Zhiqiang said, "We have already been informed by the county magistrate. As officials, Cha Er and the others secretly used the salt merchants to traffic in private salt. This is against the law."

When everyone heard this, they wanted to laugh, but they knew that this was not a joke. This person wanted to capture us all in one fell swoop.

Zhao Chengning, who had participated in the meeting, said, "Shut up, you're a bandit. Do you have any evidence to say that the county magistrate wants to recruit you? Not to mention that the county magistrate doesn't have that authority either."

Even the table had blood droplets on it. Everyone retreated to the side of the restaurant with their backs against the river and only then felt a sense of security, just as the zombie Wen was about to throw the two halves of the corpse onto the ground and cut Wen Ming's neck, the blade that was in the way fell onto the ground, and when everyone, including the Sky Execution Squad soldiers, thought that the corpse would die, they only heard a "bo" sound as the knife cut into the flesh, and the corpse held the corpse firmly.

This time, no one made any moves. The zombie Wen Xue safely retreated and sat down next to Liu Zhiqiang. It grabbed the blood stained dishes on the table and began to eat. The moment it swallowed the food, the wound on its neck had already healed and everyone except for Liu Zhiqiang sucked in a breath of cold air.

After a long silence, Liu Zhiqiang said, "This is my proof."

Senior Qian Hu said with a trembling voice, "What are you going to do to us?"

Liu Zhi Qiang did not answer, but at the same time, a refined and somewhat lewd green uniformed bandit came out from the Sky Valve Army, and only heard him say: "If he is willing to give up on the evil and show kindness, then I, Sky Valve will give him a chance to change his mind, and let him report this to the government!"

"En!" The officer in light blue looked around and said, "I will give everyone ten breaths time to think."

"The ones who forsake evil will move to the left, while the ones who do not move to the right."

Shang Jia who was originally on good terms with the Sky Valve powerhouses quickly chose to stand on the left side, while the other merchants and families from the Zhixian and Qianhu powers were still standing there looking at each other.

"One, two, three …"

After the light-blue clothed soldiers finished counting, most people chose to live. Only one person chose to stand on the right side. That person was the county steward, Qi Yunxiao.

Butler Qi said while gnashing his teeth, "A group of bandits. Even if they are able to understand everything, one day they will see the light of day." Finished speaking, he rammed into a rock on the side of the wall. "Dong", he bled from the top of his head and fell to the ground.

No one had expected him to be so unyielding. Liu Zhiqiang also knew he had this kind of backbone, so he personally went forward to check if Qi Fang was still alive. Seeing that he was still breathing weakly, he ordered two people to call Elder Wen to bring him to the nearby hospital, then escorted him to the county magistrate.

The two soldiers then carried the entire room away. The people standing on the left were more at ease when they heard that even this person who resisted could be saved from death.

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Tie them up and escort them back to the county magistrate court. We will hear what the county lord has to say." After saying this, he instructed Old Qin San to bring some men to the siege guards.

Liu Zhiqiang personally escorted this group of people back to Cheng Xiang County. Liu Zhiqiang then went to see Cheng Xiang County's Zhixian. Seeing that he no longer had the same excitement as when he first rolled on the bed, he felt quite tired.

Liu Zhiqiang ignored him and opened a study near the magistrate court to serve as a temporary residence for handling affairs. He summoned the soldiers in the light-blue uniform and said, "Zi Wen, in a while, you will go with Elder Wen and pull over those merchants who were originally from the county and the Acropolis City. They are smart people, so they can earn money with them, but they also earn a lot with us, so if we give them enough benefits, they will follow us and at the same time, we need to be careful of those merchants who are related to them."

Liu Zhiqiang called over Zhixian, Li Benyi, and thousands of Acropolis City Hall, and two other county officials, and let Zhixian sit on the seat of honor. Everyone took their seats in succession.

After settling down, Liu Zhiqiang (reverted to his original form) said: "Sir Zhi County, we are willing to submit to the imperial court, I do not know if Sir County can accept us, we are willing to serve Sir Zhi County, and we will follow you." There was no doubt in his tone.

The other two officials were forced to move to the county magistrate's office by Liu Zhiqiang's men. When the two officials were forced to move to the county magistrate's office, they felt that the situation wasn't good. However, when they saw the burly man in yellow uniform standing outside the gate, they felt that the situation was even more dangerous.

Liu Zhiqiang didn't have much oil and water, and the household servants didn't have much to raise either. The county governor originally had about 50 family servants, but after finding that the expenses were too high, he had to reduce them to the size of 30 family retainers, who usually helped the county magistrate look after the stock of goods and stores. Liu Zhiqiang was left with a pile of oil and water.

At this time, the crowd realized that the baby was the leader of the Sky Valve Army, one of the Yao County officials standing in Pingyuan County did not answer, and said: "We do not have the authority to do so, we need to report to the Imperial Court, and only with the Imperial Decree can we do such a thing."

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Alright, then just write a report like this, saying that Cheng Xiang County has suffered many calamities from the bandits of Five Mountains. The bandits were a few thousand strong, harming one side, causing untold suffering among the people. They had also investigated the shortage of troops in Chengdu, making it impossible for them to fight back. Your Majesty, another bandit is also a man of benevolence and virtue, and is willing to lead the various tribes to surrender to the present. We are willing to attack both internally and externally to eliminate the bandit leader and chief evildoer, because of the urgency of the matter, and because we are afraid that the news will leak out, and because we see the people caught in the crossfire, we have no time to report it. This morning, we will lead the elite guards to attack the bandit leader together with the county magistrate, and destroy the rest of the bandits.

It was a meritorious deed to exterminate bandits, but when he thought about it, even if he could make a fortune from this, even if he could be promoted with all the money he had collected over the years, it would still be a small crime. If he was not good enough, he would lose his position and lose his life.

Seeing that the four of them were silent and unresponsive, Liu Zhiqiang said, "I have found out that he is very kind and compassionate. To be able to recruit the Zheng Family, he must be capable of infuriating them. And Senior Qian Hu, reporting the damage to your base would just barely fill up the empty space in your base.

At this point, the four of them were already treating this child as a monster. Another county, Pingxian, said, "If we report our military exploits, we might not be able to escape the crime of deceiving the Emperor even if we send Jinyi to investigate officials from various places!"

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Now there are only people in the imperial court: Eastwood, Eastless, and Imperial Clothes. The king doesn't believe in his subjects, so where are his eyes and ears? Aren't you all making a living here? Plus, do you have any other choices?"

Liu Zhiqiang noticed the lack of response from the officials, so he added, "In the imperial report, we will add a sentence to it. Investigate the personal trafficking of salt and bandits by Zhao Jueming, the county magistrate. He died in the chaos that day.

They didn't know whether to nod their heads or to shake their heads, so they had no choice but to stay silent.

After saying that, Liu Zhiqiang stood up and walked out the door, "Servants, please write and read with your masters. I will help them check when the sun rises."

Another county magistrate asked, "What do you think of us?"