Chapter 34 These days, it’s not easy to fool messengers.

"What? Did the Divine Lord also encounter Jiao's private soldiers?!"

Bai Shi was seriously injured and unconscious, and the person who could make the decision on the scene became Pan Lin.

After this battle, the Minyue Army also accepted this former enemy general. Everyone saw how brave Pan Lin was.

But Pan Lin was 100% sure that Jiao Jiao and his eldest son were right here, and he would never admit his mistake!
"Well, I'll give you fifty men, and you take the wounded back first."

"No!" Gong Lei obeyed Jin Mao's orders: "My Lord orders that if Bai Shi doesn't encounter Jiao's army, everyone must go back!"

Pan Lin's wound had not yet healed completely and his expression was extremely ferocious, but Gong Lei showed no fear at all.

Pan Lin admired these people a little and explained patiently: "You see, these enemies are the Jiao family army, and they were annihilated by Commander Bai and I together."

Gong Lei remained unmoved.

Pan Lin felt like he was back to facing those idiots under his command. He sighed and said, "I am also following the orders of the Lord of God."

"You can tell the Lord God exactly what I said."

"Let's say Bai Shi led Pan Lin to annihilate more than 300 enemy troops. It will take some time to salvage the bodies of their comrades and the equipment of the Jiao family army."

In fact, Gong Lei is just honest but not stupid. The stupid look is just an appearance.

Of course he understood what Pan Lin said.

"Ming Gong is in trouble! These small matters only require the assistance of the county soldiers. Everyone else, follow me back and protect Ming Gong!"

Pan Lin thought that the 150 soldiers in the county corps had not suffered any losses, which was indeed enough, so he agreed without thinking too much.

Gong Lei breathed a sigh of relief, led more than a hundred uninjured elite Min Yue soldiers and more than two hundred Yao soldiers, and took more than a hundred injured people back to Lizhou Township.

...

When Jin Mao saw the large group following Gong Lei back, he knew that the outcome was inevitable.

Next, it’s his time to show off.

"Sir Governor, my people told me that there was a large group of bandits in the Hushan area."

"As long as I am the magistrate of Wushang County, I will protect the country and the people!"

"Please allow me to lead the troops to wipe out the bandits!"

Tang Mao was speechless. Aren’t you the largest armed force in Wushang County?

Aren’t you the bandit?
Tang Mao looked at Jiao Tong's pale face again and began to wonder, so he asked Jiao Tong: "What's bothering you?"

Jiao Tong's voice became more trembling as he spoke: "A few days ago, my father wrote to me saying that there are more and more mountains around Taimo County, and the route just passes through Hushan..."

So that's how it is. Tang Mao understood everything in an instant. He was happy in his heart but did not show it.

Since the Jiao family had been beaten into submission, Tang Mao was sure that no one would dare to show his teeth again, so he said to Jin Mao: "Okay!"

He added meaningfully: "Don't let any bandits go."

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Governor." Jin Mao also wanted to know what happened, so he hurried outside.

After reading the descriptions of Gong Lei and the Min Yue elite, Jin Mao's mood was really like a roller coaster.

The elite level of Jiao's army is beyond imagination.

"I underestimated the enemy. If I let Jiao Jiao finish the kill, it would be really hard to turn the tables."

The good thing is that the final victory belongs to him!
But the casualties among his soldiers also saddened him.

"The foundation of the noble family cannot be underestimated. I still have a long way to go."

The most troublesome thing still happened, Jiao Jiao ran away!

"If you kill his son, then there will be no peace until one dies!"

At this time, Jin Mao realized that he couldn't guess where Jiao Jiao would run to.

The Jiao family's influence in Kuaiji County was widely distributed. In addition to its old nest in Taimo County, it also had branches in Shanyin, Shangyu, Yuyao, and Zhuji.

Originally, Wushang also had a branch, which was Jiao Qian who was destroyed by Jinmao.

In addition, Jiao Tong, the eldest son of the Jiao family, served as the Inspector of the Southern Region.

"It's not easy to eradicate the problem completely."

Since the fight is going to end, Jin Mao decides to strike first and not wait for such a powerful enemy to ambush in the dark.

Then he won't have to sleep at night.

"But can I really do it?"

You have to know that even someone as strong as Sun Ce couldn't defeat these nobles.

"Never mind, let's kill him first!"

This experience gave Jinmao some confidence: "At least my luck is not bad."

Once you make up your mind, just do it. Jin Mao bandaged each wounded soldier as usual.

It is also strange that Jin Mao has taught the doctor in Jinyunshan how to bandage, but only his bandage has the most therapeutic effect.

Gong Lei has the most say in this matter because he was one of the five people who were seriously injured in the first incident.

After bandaging all the wounded soldiers, it was already night before we knew it.

Jin Mao stretched comfortably, decided to have a good sleep, and then went to raid Jiao's house in Taimo County.

"My lord, my lady wants you to meet her." A maid appeared at the right time.

Jin Mao recognized her. Her name was Xing'er, and she was the personal maid of the beautiful girl Tang Ji.

Jin Mao patted his forehead. There were so many things to do that he almost forgot the most important thing.

"Lead the way."

...

The prefect settled in the backyard of the house.

Tang Mao happily hosted a banquet for all the wise men in the county tonight, so Tang Ji seized the opportunity and decisively invited Jin Mao.

This was her boldest decision yet.

There was no strict separation between men and women in this era, but the aristocratic families had strict rules. If a girl was discovered having a secret meeting late at night, she would be confined by her family.

Today, Tang Ji heard everything.

Jinmao remained calm in the face of danger and resolved the crisis with skillful means.

Although I don’t know the details, this is the most attractive part.

Jin Mao himself didn't know that he had successfully left an indelible mark in little Tang Ji's heart.

As her lover got closer, Tang Ji became more and more nervous: "I just took a bath, and I smell so good. He..."

"Oh, what was I thinking!"

"Hair, um, combed."

"Clothes, oh! I haven't changed my clothes!"

"How to do how to do!"

While I was daydreaming, the person I had been thinking about day and night appeared.

Under the light, he had a tired look on his face, and his white Confucian robe was stained with dark red blood, giving people the illusion of a tough scholar.

"Hey, you're not mesmerized by my handsome face, are you?"

Jin Mao wanted to tease her, but the little beauty just nodded shyly. Under the dim light, he could still catch a glimpse of half of her blush.

Jin Mao clenched his fists and hardened shamelessly.

"Amitabha..." He recited the Buddhist scriptures silently three hundred times in his heart before he suppressed the urge to beat the woman.

The two of them just looked at each other, and I was in a stalemate.

Jin Mao didn't know whether it was ambiguous or not, but he knew that if he didn't find some topic to talk about, he would not be able to leave here safely tonight.

"Did Xun Yu reply?"

This sentence had a miraculous effect. Tang Ji instantly exposed her little tiger teeth: "No! Even if there was, I burned it!"

"Oh!" Jin Mao regretted that he, who had been in love for a long time, actually made such a simple mistake.

"I'm waiting for Xun Yu's reply so that I can write to you earlier."

Brainstorming started, Jin Mao made up a story: "Alas, the county governor is too wary of me. Even if I write to you, he will suppress it."

The little beauty looked thoughtful.

Jinmao increased his strength, stepped forward and grabbed the little beauty's hands, without caring about anything else, and pulled hard.

"Listen to the sound of my heartbeat beating the drum; that is my longing for you day and night."

Suddenly, Tang Ji was lost.

Jin Mao pulled the person in his arms away and looked at him affectionately: "That's why I said that Xun Yu is the bridge between us. His reply is the reason why I wrote to you."

Sure enough, Tang Ji was fooled and nodded cutely.

Jin Mao smiled happily: "It doesn't matter if Xun Yu doesn't reply, I can just write another one."

"Okay." Tang Ji agreed readily and asked, "Are you ready to write the poem for me?"

Huh? What poem?
Jin Mao was so stunned that he almost gave up. His strong desire to survive made him agree immediately: "That's right. I miss you so much that I can write a poem every day."

(End of this chapter)