C9 Anti-skeleton Thief Nathaniel

"Just now, I counted a total of 67 people." Gongsun Xu pointed to the yellow scarf on the ground and asked, "Tao Dayong, are they reliable?"

When Tao Dayong heard this, his body trembled. Gongsun Xu's question sounded a little strange, but he understood clearly. He wanted him to personally kill a few of his comrades in order to completely cut off his retreat path!

Zhao Yun instantly understood and nodded to himself in agreement with Gongsun Xu's move. This was an era of righteousness. If Tao Dayong killed his accomplices in front of everyone, not to mention the fact that he was Big Qu General and Tao Sheng's nephew, even his own son would be despised by the Army of Heishan. In the future, he would only be willing to be a horse for Gongsun Xu.

If Gongsun Xu knew what Zhao Yun was thinking, he would definitely add on with a smile: The biggest role of Tao Dayong and the Yellow Gown Army was to obtain that batch of equipment. Gongsun Xu was determined to get that batch of equipment, and only by getting Tao Dayong to personally eliminate the unreliable underlings would they be able to ensure that no mistakes would be made.

Seeing that Tao Dayong did not answer, Gongsun Xu asked coldly, "You don't want to?"

"This little one is willing! This little one knows what to do! " Tao Dayong's heart skipped a beat and he quickly agreed. Not to mention killing a few of his subordinates, even if his uncle Tao Sheng was here, he would still kill him!

"Give him a weapon." Gongsun Xu instructed.

"Catch." Gongsun Jia pulled out the sword from his waist and threw it forward to Tao Dayong.

Tao Dayong took the sword and walked towards the kneeling crowd with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Big Brother Tao, this little one has always been loyal to you!"

"Pui!" I, I have followed big brother Tao for many years, who can compare to me in terms of loyalty? "

"Junior Qu General, I'm begging you!"

Tao Dayong pulled out the person who had called him, Junior Qu General, and stabbed him with his sword to the heart. He silently cursed this fellow as a fool. He had already pledged allegiance to the young marquis of the Liu Steel Manor, and would be an official under his rule in the future. This fool actually called him 'Junior Qu General'. He was courting death!

Tao Dayong picked the items and continued to kill. Several people tried to resist, but they were all killed by Tao Dayong. At this time, Gongsun Xu shouted for them to stop.

"Enough!"

"Here!" Tao Dayong answered respectfully. He wiped his sword on a dead body and handed it to Gongsun Jia with both of his hands.

Gongsun Jia snorted coldly as he took it and put it back into its sheath. The two brothers were loyal to Gongsun Xu, and the one they hated the most was someone like Tao Dayong. If they didn't know that the young duke still wanted to use this person, they would have cut off his head with a sword.

"Well done, I will reward you handsomely when we return to Ji County." Gongsun Xu praised and waved his hand: "Come closer, you can tell me where that batch of equipment is now."

"Thank you, young duke!" Tao Dayong took a step forward and stopped three steps away from Gongsun Xu. He whispered, "Young Marquis, that batch of equipment is in a hidden valley on Mount Daqing. my uncle was worried that the number of people would be exposed.

"Mount Daqing? "Five hundred people?" Gongsun Xu muttered. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Then, what about Liu Fu Wu Yi?"

"His skills are mediocre, about the same as Sun Daniu's."

Gongsun Xu was stunned: "Who is Sun Daniu?"

Tao Dayong looked at Zhao Yun and said, "It's that Junior Qu General who was killed by this general just now."

Gongsun Xu laughed, "That is nothing to worry about! Tao Dayong, you have a good relationship with Liu Fu, right? "

"The young duke is wise!" This little one is rather familiar with Liu Fu, if I go now, I have an 80% chance of winning against him. "

"What does Zi Long think?" Gongsun Xu tilted his head and asked Zhao Yun. In the future, he would let Zhao Yun be the commander in chief. If there was a chance, he would naturally take the exam.

Zhao Yun bowed and said, "This subordinate thinks that this is not a good opportunity. We can only wait until the battle starts again, then it will be the best time to take action."

"Haha, I think so too." Gongsun Xu nodded in agreement and asked, "Tao Dayong, is there any collusion between Tao Sheng and Liu Bei? Do you know a person called Mi Zhu? "

"Liu Bei?" Tao Dayong shook his head in confusion, "my uncle has never been here with Liu Bei before. As for Mi Zhu, I've never even heard of him."

"That's weird. What is Mi Zhu doing here?" Gongsun Xu muttered to himself. He looked at the sky and instructed, "Gongsun Yi, help Liu Tie heal his wounds. Let's return to Ji County."

"Thank you, young duke!"

There was a look of guilt on Zhao Yun's face as he said softly, "Young Marquis, this subordinate roughly knows Mi Zhu's purpose for coming."

"Oh?" Gongsun Xu looked stunned, but in his heart, he was very happy with Zhao Yun's honesty.

Gongsun Xu knew that the historical Zhao Yun had finally sided with Liu Bei and became one of the Five Tiger Generals. Mi Zhu suddenly appeared in Zhao Yun's house, plus he had been rejected by Zhao Yun on several previous occasions when he tried to win Zhao Yun over to his side. However, Gongsun Xu didn't ask about it. He was waiting for Zhao Yun to bring up the matter.

Zhao Yun knelt down on one knee and said sincerely: "I have something to tell you, Young Marquis. Please punish me!"

"Zi Long, Zi Long, why are you kneeling again? Hurry and get up! " Gongsun Xu quickly jumped off the boulder, supported Zhao Yun with both hands and pretended to be angry: "Of course I have to be punished! How about this, I'll punish you to never ever kneel to me again! Remember, you and I are brothers! "

Zhao Yun blanked out for a moment. He was just a small marquis, but Gongsun Xu was the noble young marquis. To be treated so highly by the young marquis so many times, the gratitude in his heart couldn't be any better. At this moment, even if Gongsun Xu asked him to commit suicide on the spot, he would do it without any hesitation.

"Why did Mi Zhu come here?" Gongsun Xu asked with a smile.

"This subordinate does not dare to lie to the young duke. Mi Zhu should be here for the clouds."

It turned out that two years ago, in the first two years of peace, Yanzhou's Gaotang County was destroyed by the yellow scarf, and then Liu Bei, who was appointed as the official of Gaotang County, ran away in panic. After that, he went to Youzhou and became Gongsun Zan's subordinate. A fortuitous opportunity, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun know each other, to Zhao Yun's kung fu and praise, everywhere with the friendship.

Later, when Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fought, Gongsun Zan sent Liu Bei to Pingyuan County to lead troops against Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun was in charge of cavalry, and the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper. At that time, Liu Bei revealed his intention of recruiting, but Zhao Yun tactfully rejected him. After that, Liu Bei served as the county magistrate while Zhao Yun returned to the Youzhou. However, both sides still had letters to and from each other.

Now, Liu Bei was the patriarch of the Yuzhou, and could swallow the entire Xuzhou at any time to become a marquis. Therefore, he once again had the idea of recruiting Zhao Yun. He wrote a few consecutive letters to Zhao Yun and even sent his trusted aide Mi Zhu to welcome him.

Zhao Yun was a loyal person and did not want to leave Gongsun Zan's service. However, Liu Bei had promised in his letter that he would hand all of his cavalry over to Commander Zhou, and more importantly, he said that he would find a skilled imperial physician to treat Zhao Feng's illness. Zhao Yun was not a saint, and in the past few years, he had only been an officer for Gongsun Zan, so he could not help but feel some resentment. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree, and the condition of his brother Zhao Feng was getting worse, he decided to join Liu Bei after some consideration. Coincidentally, Guan Jing had gone to pick out a candidate to escort Yuan Lu back to Huainan, so Zhao Yun took the initiative to announce his name, preparing to take Zhao Feng on to the south.

If Gongsun Xu hadn't known earlier that he would chase after them overnight and touched Zhao Yun with his kindness, the Youzhou Army would have lost a super fierce general.

After Gongsun Xu heard this, he patted Zhao Yun's shoulder and comforted him with a smile, "My father didn't know about your bravery, so he was a little slow. However, Liu Bei was very attentive and friendly with him, it's only natural for Zi Long to have this kind of thought, why would I blame you?"

"Thank you for understanding!"

"Forget it!" The sky is already bright, if we settle two more matters, we will return to the Ji County. "Gongsun Yi, call the village elders over."

"Here."

Not long later, a trembling old man in a linen robe came in front of Gongsun Xu and was about to kneel down.

Gongsun Xu was supported by Gongsun Yi and asked in a pleasant tone, "Sir, are you a local elder?"

Trembling, the old man said, "This little old man is indeed wondering what orders this general has?"

"How are the casualties of the villagers?"

The old man said sadly, "Seven died, and more than twenty were injured."

"How many people are there in the village?"

"Our village has a total of ninety-seven people."

"He actually lost 30% of his life in an instant!" Gongsun Xu was a bit shocked and comforted, "Old sir, you don't have to be too sad. I will inform the local officials that they will be well compensated and will even exempt you from next year's taxes. "Gongsun Yi, give the money to this old man!"

Gongsun Yi nodded in agreement. He took off a money bag from his waist and handed it to the old man. The silver ingots and copper coins inside clinked loudly.

"Huh?" The old man was stunned and quickly waved his hand in fear, "You can't do that! He couldn't accept it! The general has just saved our lives, so how can we take his money? "

"Take it!"

Trembling, the old man accepted the purse, bowed and thanked him. May I have your name, General? this little old man so that people can put up the Immortal Tablet. "

"I am Gongsun Xu of the Wu Steel Manor."

"What!?" "Could it be that the general is the young marquis of Marquis Jin's residence?" The old man was shocked.

"Indeed, has old sir heard of my name before?" Gongsun Xu was surprised.

The old man said excitedly, "Of course I've heard of it. Everyone knows that the young duke saved Lord Liu in his robbery and is talking about the young duke's benevolence!"

"Hehehe, loot the dojo!" Gongsun Xu laughed dumbly. He never thought that he would have such a great reputation. This reputation was brought about by Liu Yu, causing him to feel displeased in his heart.

The old man continued, "Meeting the young duke now is indeed as benevolent and benevolent as the rumors say. This is our fortune!"

Gongsun Xu waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I have something I need you to do. "

The old man bowed and said, "Young Marquis, please instruct me. I will do it even at the risk of my life."

"It's not that serious!" Gongsun Xu smiled and instructed, "Have someone to burn the corpses of those Yellow Gown Army soldiers. If anyone comes here to investigate, tell them that I've killed all of them. Have you remembered that?"

'Who would come to inquire about this news? ' The old man was stunned as he nodded, "I will obey the young duke's orders. Please be at ease, young duke. If anyone comes to inquire about this matter, I guarantee that there won't be any loopholes. "

"Very good!" Gongsun Xu nodded with satisfaction and quickly walked towards the war horse.

Moments later, the group escorted the fifty captives with yellow scarves and under the light of the morning sun, they headed towards Ji County.