The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 600 I guessed it, the young master’s name is Li Rifan

I am a guest from heaven, and I came down to the mortal world with a sword.

Eradicate harmful insects and save the world and the people.

Li Mi looked at the line of poetry in front of him, his face full of expression. When did his son become so heroic and extraordinary? How come I, as a father, had no idea about it?

Li Tianfan, the young master of Wagang, led thousands of troops to escort a large amount of supplies into Luokou City. There were hundreds of carts of food and fodder stretching for thousands of meters, and there were also many other more valuable items. The traces of the heavy boxes on the carriages pressing on the ground were clearly visible.

Shen Luoyan was quite capable and quickly investigated the whole story. It turned out that there was a rather magnificent temple ten miles outside the city. It owned more than a hundred acres of fertile land, had ten thousand tenants, and housed nearly a thousand monks, most of whom were proficient in martial arts, and more than a hundred of them were above third-rate strength.

Such a large temple was breached overnight. The leader was named Li Gongzifan. His subordinates were all elite cavalrymen with great riding and archery skills. He also had elite scouts coming and going, making it difficult to defend against them.

They sneaked into the temple, wreaked havoc and killed sleeping monks. After being discovered, they evacuated in an orderly manner. The furious monks chased them in groups and found that this group of people advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, but their martial arts skills were not very strong, they just had good lightness skills and were good at combined attacks.

The monks chased for several miles, encountered resistance at every turn, and were even beaten to death for advancing too recklessly, forcing them to slow down and wait for more monks to arrive. The situation and battle situation were unpredictable and the monks in the courtyard were familiar with the terrain and surrounded the enemy on three sides.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the thieves fled immediately. Some of them fled into the mountains and forests, using their light body skills to escape, some ran into the countryside and fields to hide themselves, and more turned into birds and beasts and ran in all directions.

The monks were not individually strong, and they did not dare to be distracted, so they had to weave a big net to drive them down the mountain. When they found a flat road, there was a burst of smoke and dust, and hundreds of cavalrymen swarmed in with a rumbling sound. Dense rain of arrows poured down, instantly severely damaging the monks. Then the howling of wolves sounded, and the cavalrymen drew their swords and slashed, and in a moment all the monks were wiped out.

The bandits then surrounded the temple and sent soldiers to capture many tenant farmers. They beheaded the temple's leaders in front of them, leaving behind their name, Li Gongzi Fan, and a short poem. They then began to plunder the temple's food and treasures, forcing the tenant farmers to use their own wagons, which were no longer able to hold the food.

However, he was not an unreasonable person. He was ruthless to monks, but took good care of ordinary people. He bought things at high prices. Of course, they could choose money or food. Anyway, these things were originally owned by the temple.

Looking at the warehouses of grain and the white and glittering gold, which almost blinded the eyes of countless people, and because of the gleaming knives in the hands of the thieves, they "reluctantly" accepted this unequal transaction and made a huge profit.

In order to show that he is approachable to the people, Mr. Li warmly greeted an old man with a wrinkled face and introduced himself as Mr. Li Fan. The old man called him Mr. Li Fan, but Mr. Li Fan shook his head and said that there was another character in the middle of his name, and it had a very high meaning.

The old man said, "It turns out to be Master Li Gaofan."

Young Master Li shook his head slightly and pointed to the sky, "High cannot reflect the greatness and loftiness of this young master. Old man, guess again."

The old man looked up at the sky and saw the bright red sun following his finger. He suddenly realized, "Young Master is like the rising sun, its rays illuminating the earth. I have guessed it. His name is Li Rifan."

Mr. Li Fan was confused. If I point upwards when it’s dark, will you call me Li Yefan? No, you should call me Li Yuefan.

Seeing that Li Gongzifan looked unhappy, a young man from the same hometown whispered, "Eighth Master, there is the sky above your head."

Only then did the old man suddenly realize what was going on. He hurriedly apologized and kept saying, "The weather is good, the weather is good."

The young man seemed to be annoyed by the tussle with the old farmer, so he waved his hand to drive him away, and then ordered someone to escort a lot of supplies to a place that was quite remote and far away from the crowd. The young man led his cavalry and took away only various books and precious items in the temple. The rest of the food, gold and silver were packed into boxes and tied into carts, and then handed over to the villagers to escort.

The common people in the countryside were cunning and lacked wisdom, so one of them secretly stole a carriage and did not dare to go home, but went straight to Luokou City. He thought that with so much gold and silver treasures, he would be able to live a good life. However, he was discovered by the gatekeepers when he entered the city, and was captured and tortured to find out what had happened.

The captain of the city defense team was also a smart man. He did not report the information to his immediate superior. Instead, he used his connections to find Young Master Li Tianfan as quickly as possible, using this as a means of advancement. He successfully left a deep impression on Li Tianfan and was regarded as his confidant.

As the son of Li Mi, Li Tianfan had some military power. After finding out the general intelligence, he took his guards and a thousand elite Wagang soldiers to stop the villagers who were moving cautiously and slowly, and took them back to Luokou City with both the people and the evidence.

Shen Luoyan said calmly, "The villagers' separate interrogations yielded similar results. The temple was looted and slaughtered, and only a handful of monks, fewer than eleven, escaped, mostly elderly and weak. The thieves killed but did not set fire. They simply stole all the books and burned the temple's account books, IOUs, land deeds, and other documents."

After burning the account books, IOUs, and land deeds, Li Mi felt a slight stir in his heart, as if he had thought of something, but he couldn't grasp it for a moment. Zu Junyan beside him said angrily: "The thieves are despicable. They are cruel and brutal. They slaughtered the temple and even spared the elderly and the weak. No one survived. It's really..."

"Master Mi, in my opinion, we should quickly send troops into the temple to protect the scene, and send messengers to all the temples around Luoyang to report the news and discuss subsequent matters. After all, the place where Buddhists practice meditation is on my Wagang territory, and it would be unacceptable if we do nothing." Zu Junyan's words had hidden meaning. Except for Li Tianfan, everyone present was not a fool. Although Zu Junyan's move was a bit dark, it could maximize the benefits.

However, such a big thing happened ten miles outside Luokou City, and there was a cavalry of hundreds of people wandering around, which really sounded the alarm for them. It seemed that they did not have complete control over Luokou, which they had just taken over.

Li Mi forced himself to cheer up. After all, his silly son accidentally solved the short-term food problem, which prevented him from being so stretched and allowed him to carry out the established plan step by step. As for Xingyang County, it was really not very important.

Shen Luoyan collected intelligence and placed spies, Xu Shiji inspected the four directions to stabilize order, Wang Bodang prepared for another battle, and Zu Junyan was responsible for negotiating with local wealthy families to gain more support, and by the way, contacted the Buddhist sect to resolve the issue of the extermination of the temple outside the city.

Zu Junyan added that he mentioned Cao Mengde just now only to persuade other untrustworthy and selfish people to retreat, leaving only the absolutely trustworthy confidant of Li Mi to discuss the real layout.

After all, many of Li Mi's methods are somewhat shady. He is of noble birth, but in the world of martial arts, he is a disciple of the Demon Sect of the Demonic Sect, so he is somewhat embarrassed to show off his skills.

"The four major bandits have not yet reached an agreement, but Du Fuwei has already made up his mind and is ready to attack Jingling. By then..." Zu Junyan glanced across and pointed his finger at a corner of the map, on which were written four small words: Pegasus Ranch.

When Li Tianfan saw these four words, his heart was moved. It seemed that the owner of Pegasus Ranch was also a rare beauty. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he could get both her and her wealth? Moreover, as the young master of the Wagang Army, he had no marriage contract yet, which was really unacceptable (because of Yang Xuyan, Song Que looked down on Li Mi), and he looked down on ordinary women, so he became interested in Shang Xiuxun.

Seeing his son take the initiative to stand up and help him solve his problems, Li Mi nodded with satisfaction. However, he knew what level of ability his son was, so he appointed Shen Luoyan as deputy general to assist his son in accomplishing his goal.

As the lord of Wagang, Li Mi thought it was natural to let his trusted generals assist the young master. However, it was different in the eyes of Xu Shiji, Zu Junyan and others. Wagang's great cause had not yet been accomplished and it was the time to make progress. However, the lord gave such an important matter to the young master to practice, and there was suspicion of suppressing Shen Luoyan. It was really inappropriate.