The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 266 Cleaning up the mess

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi learned from Guo Guaizi about the changes that happened in Dunhuang City and the grassland. So how will he investigate further? Let's read on.

The two chatted for a long time, but no one of the children had sent back any news. Li Yi was getting impatient and asked, "Brother Guo, there has been no news for so long. Did something happen?"

Guo Guaizi thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, I see that those two women are both pretty. I wonder how skilled they are. Have they ever been in the underworld?"

Li Yi knew it was not a good sign when he heard it, so he shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Guo, if you have something to say, just say it. The three missing people are very skilled. If there were not more than a dozen fourth-grade warriors working together, they would not be able to be taken down!"

Guo Guaizi was surprised when he heard this: "Mr. Li, who are you exactly? Are all your friends really that powerful?"

Li Yi said: "Do you believe me when I say I am a high-ranking official?"

Guo Guaizi shook his head and laughed, "I don't believe it. How could a high official sit here and talk to a human trafficker like me for so long?"

Li Yi said, "I am just a playboy. I happened to come to Dunhuang to purchase goods, so I brought the girl I like here to play. I wanted to show her the scenery outside the Great Wall and write a few poems to please her. I never thought that we would be separated. Brother Guo, if you know anything, please tell me the truth. If you can rescue my lover, you will reward me handsomely!"

Guo Guaizi thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but this Dunhuang City is full of good and bad people. If you don't have real skills, you will just become lambs to be slaughtered!"

Li Yi stood up and looked at the dozen or so people gradually approaching him, shaking his head and saying, "So, Brother Guo, you're not just in the business of kidnapping and selling children?"

Guo Guaizi said with a smile, "Mr. Li, I am a human trafficker. Of course, I don't just sell children. I also sell women, slaves, and craftsmen. I have been here for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen a rich man like you. I think your head must be worth a lot of money. It would be better if you obey me and suffer less."

Li Yi smiled and sat down and asked, "So, the marks we left behind were all erased by Brother Guo?"

Guo Guaizi said with a smile: "It's convenient to chat with smart people. Mr. Li, are you admitting defeat?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "I have no choice but to admit it. Brother Guo brought so many people to surround me. How can a weak scholar like me have any chance of winning? But Brother Guo, how are my friends? If Brother Guo can reunite us, I can also ask my family to give me more money."

Guo Guaizi waved his hand, and the crowd stopped. He smiled and said, "The older woman is very skilled in martial arts, so we can't use force. As for the other one, she should be your lover. She is indeed good-looking, but you can tell at a glance that she is a virgin. It shouldn't be difficult to trick her.

Mr. Li, please wait here. My men will capture the two women and bring them over for you to reunite. But if you want to keep them alive, you have to pay a good price, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my brothers."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Brother Guo, what you said makes sense. I want to ask you one thing. Are the things Brother Guo told me just now true or false?"

Guo Guaizi smiled and said, "Of course it's true. I don't like to lie!"

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's good. Just the information just now is worth a lot of money. How about this, Brother Guo, you name a price, and I can write a letter back home and ask them to raise money to redeem me."

Guo Guaizi laughed and said, "That's great! Brother, you are such a straightforward person. I like that. How about this? One hundred thousand taels of silver in exchange for your life and the lives of those two women. As for that servant, just give him away for free. I guess you don't care about his life or death."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Brother Guo is really good at doing business, and the price is very fair. Then please get some paper and pen so I can write a letter home."

Guo Guaizi said excitedly: "Okay, okay, come on, get some paper and pen!"

Li Yi took the paper and pen and began to write a letter. While writing, he asked, "Brother Guo, I have something to ask you. Is the rule of Dunhuang City that there is no fighting in the inner city and no judgment in the outer city still in place?"

Guo Guaizi smiled and said, "Yes, there are, but it depends on how big the deal is. The current City Lord Liang is a businessman. If the price is reasonable, he will do any deal, whether it is in the inner city or the outer city. Why are you worried about the safety of those female companions you put in the inner city, brother Li Yi? Don't worry, my arms are not that long and can't reach the inner city. But the girl who has been holding your hand is also pretty. I don't know if the gang in the inner city will take action."

When Li Yi heard this, he stopped writing and looked at Guo Guaizi, who quickly asked, "Brother, why did you stop writing?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Nothing, I'll write it right away." Then he wrote quickly, picked up the letter paper, blew dry the ink, folded the letter in half and stuffed it into the envelope. Guo Guaizi reached out to take the letter, but Li Yi put it into his sleeve pocket.

Guo Guaizi asked, "Brother, what are you doing? How can you send the letter if you don't give it to me?"

Li Yi shook his head and smiled, "Brother Guo, I'm afraid I can't send it to you. This is not a letter to my family, but a scripture to help you transcend. Brother Guo, how much do you think your life is worth? Is it worth 100,000 taels?"

As soon as Guo Guaizi raised his hand, everyone drew their swords and approached step by step. He also showed a fierce look and looked at Li Yi fiercely, squeezing out a sentence from between his teeth: "It seems that Master Li is not going to discuss business properly."

Li Yi sighed, "Ah, it's not that I don't want to have a good talk, it's just that your rules change too quickly, so there's no way to talk."

Guo Guaizi pulled out a big knife from under the table and said with a smile: "It seems that you won't obey me unless you suffer a little. So don't blame me for being too harsh!"

Li Yi looked at Guo Guaizi and smiled, "I hope your body is as strong as your words!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yi's body turned into purple and gold. Guo Guaizi raised his knife and chopped at him. He took the knife with his left hand and reached directly for Guo Guaizi's throat with his right hand. In just this one round, the knife in Guo Guaizi's hand broke into three pieces. The force was transmitted to his right hand, which directly injured his tiger's mouth, and Li Yi had already grabbed his neck.

Guo Guaizi covered the wound on his right hand and begged for mercy: "Mr. Li, Master Li, please talk nicely if you have something to say. Please talk nicely if you have something to say! Don't kill me! I will listen to you in everything! Don't kill me!"

Li Yi smiled and said, "What I hate most is human traffickers, especially those who traffic children and women. After I knew you were a human trafficker, I wanted to kill you, but I held back because I thought I could get something out of you. It turns out you actually know something. Well, for what you just said, I can spare your life."

Guo Guaizi said quickly: "Thank you, Master Li. If Master Li wants to know something else, I will tell you everything I know!"

Li Yi said: "Then I would like to hear what else you know?"

Guo Guaizi asked, "That depends on what you want to know, sir."

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "What do you know about this new city lord?"

Guo Guaizi replied hastily, "I don't know much. He has only been the city lord for a few months, but he has already done some big business, intercepted and killed two large caravans, and also some small ones, robbing and killing people, and robbing a few women is nothing to us. City Lord Liang is a money man, as long as the money is enough, he will do anything, so if you want to do big business, you can find him. I can introduce you to him. I have some friendship with him, and I was the one who told him the news of the caravan!"

Li Yi asked, "You helped him do two big deals, but he didn't reward you with anything. That's not very polite."

Guo Guaizi said, "Yes, yes. This business at the entrance of the market was rewarded to me by him. Otherwise, how could I dare to bring these kids to steal money so openly? In the past, I only did small things, but now that I have the relationship with the city lord, I dare to do it openly."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Well, it seems that you two really have the same bad taste. Well, since Brother Guo has told me so much information, then even if you make amends, I was originally planning to break your hands and legs, but now it seems..."

Li Yi kicked Guo Guaizi on the left knee. With a click, Guo Guaizi's knee was bent to 90 degrees, followed by a scream. However, Li Yi did not stop. He pulled up Guo Guaizi's arm with his left hand and punched his elbow with his right hand. With another click, Guo Guaizi's right hand was also disabled. This time no scream was heard because he had fainted.

Li Yi threw Guo Guaizi to the ground. Looking at the evil people surrounding him, Li Yi said with a smile: "You have seen his end. Do you want to be like him? He knows what I want to know. Do you know it? If you don't know, you will die!"

Seeing this, everyone ran away, but they were stopped by an invisible wall of air. It was the Golden Bell Cover used by Li Yi. Seeing that they could not escape, everyone had to fight to the death. They raised their swords and shouted to give themselves courage, and then rushed forward. Suddenly, a voice came from the air: "If you want to kill him, you have to ask me first! Watch this!"

The following scene was too bloody, so I won't describe it in detail. Xiao Daxia's attack was quite cruel. Li Yi sat back in his seat and poured wine. He listened to the screams of the gang while drinking, and then said, "Buddha has mercy on me. I hope Xiao Daxia will spare their lives. It's ok to break their limbs to make them remember this lesson. At least they will never do evil again."

Xiao Ziyi laughed and said, "You are too soft-hearted. You want me to keep these evil people alive?"

Li Yi said: "I advise you not to kill them so that you will not be involved in karma, and it is also for your own good."

Xiao Ziyi said coldly: "I don't believe in Buddhism, and I don't believe in karma. I just know that these people are evil. As a knight, I, Xiao Ziyi, have an obligation to punish evildoers and eliminate evil!"

Li Yi drank and said: "There is a saying..." Li Yi looked around and saw that the dozen people were already dead. He shook his head and said: "Forget it, why did you have to mess with Hero Xiao when you could mess with anyone else!"

At this time, Liu Ruyun slowly walked over and looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "Zi Yi, you just wanted to show off and used some beautiful moves. This is not a good habit. These are trash and can't tell anything. But if there is a real master hiding among them, it will be a big loss."

Xiao Ziyi nodded and said, "I understand, Aunt Yun, I will pay attention next time."

At this time, Butler Zhou came running over with a bunch of things in large and small packages. Looking at the scene in front of him, he said, "Oh, my lord, you two heroes, let's get out of this dangerous place as soon as possible!"

Li Yi said, "You guys go to the Yuhe Inn in the inner city. You go first. I'll clean up the mess and then join you. Please ask Aunt Yun to keep an eye on Xia Xiao and don't let her cause any more trouble."

Xiao Ziyi said unhappily: "I behaved well and didn't cause any trouble, but you actually took the initiative to provoke the human traffickers."

Li Yi smiled and said, "It was indeed my fault this time, so please take it as a warning, Master Xiao, and don't make the same mistake again." Xiao Ziyi snorted coldly and walked towards the inner city.

Li Yi dragged the corpses on the ground to a place and piled them up into a dead body pile. At this time, the group of children surrounded him. They looked at Li Yi blankly, at a loss. Although they were all abducted, they wanted to live. These people were their only support, but now everyone was dead, and they had no idea how to live in the future.

The mess that Li Yi had to clean up was these children. He asked, "Can anyone among you understand the Central Plains dialect?"

A thin hand went up, and he said, "I understand."

Li Yi asked: "Where are you from? What's your name?"

The child shook his head and said, "I don't know where I am from. I was brought here after I got separated from my family."

Li Yi looked at this child who definitely did not come from the Central Plains and asked, "Do you have a name?"