"PS: It's a little late to start the codeword, sorry, this is the first chapter before twelve."

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When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying in a cave, his hands and feet tied with ropes, and the back of his head aching.

From the side, two men dressed as bandits guarded him.

"What's going on?" How did I end up here? What the hell is going on?'

Thoughts flashed through Margai's confused mind.

He vaguely remembered that Yang Tong and his gang from Black Tiger Village attacked his camp at that time......

Yes, that group of bold fellows actually took the initiative to go down the mountain and attack his camp, and just when he commanded the people in the camp to resist this group of thieves who did not know whether they were alive or dead, he suddenly learned the news that another group of bandits had attacked from the other side of the camp and went towards the place where they had stacked grain and grass......

He found out that he had been tricked, so he hurriedly took dozens of county guards and rangers to stop him, but he never thought that it was a trap, and another group of bandits ambushed him there......

Yes, the other bandit is targeting him!

He still remembered that he fought two bandits, one of whom was armed with two knives and the other with a spear, both of whom were quite powerful, and then ...... He couldn't remember, only that he had been hit hard in the back of the head, and he still had a dull ache until now.

"Am I being captured by those bandits?"

Glancing at the two bandits, Ma Gai quietly groped on the ground, trying to touch some sharp stone and quietly cut the rope on his body.

And at this moment, three people walked in outside the cave, two large and one small, the leader looked a little familiar, similar to the portrait of Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong given to him by a businessman named Huang Shao under the Luye Freemasonry - his Kunyang County's wanted reward for Yang Tong was based on this portrait.

"You two go to the entrance of the cave and keep guard."

The man who was suspected of being Yang Tong waved his hand and said to the two bandits guarding Ma Gai.

After waiting for the two thieves to leave, he looked at Ma Gai, smiled and greeted, "Lieutenant Ma is awake?" ”

Ma Gai looked at the other party coldly, pretending not to care about looking around, and asked casually, "What is this place?" ”

"It's just an ordinary cave on Ying Mountain."

"Who are you?"

"In the next is the head of the Black Tiger Village, Ying Mountain Tiger Yang Tong!"

"Sure enough, it's Yang Tong!"

The pupils in Ma Gai's eyes shrank, and then he snorted lightly, and said casually: "So, Ma is now your Yang Tong's prisoner?" Hmph, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it. ”

Hearing this, the person opposite, no, it should be said that it was Yang Tong, the owner of the Black Tiger Village, shook his head with a smile and said: "What is this talking about County Lieutenant Ma, Yang hopes to become friends with County Lieutenant Ma." ”

“……”

Ma Gai, who originally planned to close his eyes and wait for death, looked at Yang Tong with some suspicion when he heard this, and he couldn't understand what Yang Tong wanted to do, so he simply looked at Yang Tong expressionlessly.

At this time, he saw Yang Tong turn his head and say to a small thief beside him: "Zhou Hu, show him something." ”

"Yes."

The little thief replied in a voice that seemed immature.

Ma Gai frowned, and he realized that the little thief was not the one he had subconsciously thought was short, but a child, his face was covered with grass ash, but from his immature face, he could see that the child was not very old.

"Did you fall into a thief's village at a young age? It's sad......

A thought flashed through Ma Gai's heart, and he suddenly asked, "How old are you, kid?" ”

“……”

The child, it should be said that Zhao Yu, glanced at Ma Gai with some surprise.

Even he didn't expect that Margai would actually talk to him.

In addition to the surprise, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as if Ma Gai did not recognize him.

In his memory, he had never met this county lieutenant of Kunyang County, but God knows if Ma Gai had ever seen him? For the sake of prudence, he had smeared his face with grass and wood ash beforehand, and whether it was useful or not, at least Ma Gai did not recognize his identity.

Smiling slightly, Zhao Yu did not answer Ma Gai, but took out a piece of cloth from his arms, spread it on the ground in front of Ma Gai, and said with a smile: "Sign your name, Ma County Lieutenant and our Black Tiger Village are friends." ”

As he spoke, he placed a pen on the ground again.

“……”

Ma Gaihu glanced at Zhao Yu suspiciously, and looked down at the picture in front of him.

It was already dark outside, and despite the dim light inside the cave, Ma Gai could barely see what was written on the cloth.

I saw that it was written: I, Ma Gai, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, admit that I have access to the Black Tiger Village, and I am willing to serve as a member of the Black Tiger Village......

Just by looking at one line, Ma Gai's face changed in anger, and he said angrily: "Delusional! ”

He looked up at Yang Tong and sneered: "Yang Tong, do you think Ma is the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?" Do you want Ma to be your internal response and act for the tiger? That's wishful thinking! You dog thief, I advise you not to waste your efforts and kill Ma as soon as possible, otherwise, if Ma gets out of trouble, he will definitely not be able to spare you dog thieves! ”

“……”

Hearing Ma Gai's insults, Yang Tong's face sank, but the strange thing was that he didn't have a seizure, but instead a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Captain Ma, Yang really wants to make friends with his subordinates......"

"This guy...... I'm getting more and more composed.'

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Tong with some surprise.

As far as he knew, Yang Tong in the past was definitely not so good at talking, even a few days ago, this Yang Tong would still be angry because of Liu Hei's interruption, and deliberately mocked, but he didn't expect that today, this guy could actually endure Ma Gai's insults.

Of course, Zhao Yu understands that the reason why Yang Tong was able to endure Ma Gai's humiliation was because Yang Tong was also very aware of Ma Gai's importance to them, and this incident in turn was enough to show that this Yang Tong had gradually changed, different from ordinary little thieves.

And the reason for such a huge change in Yang Tong is his ambition and the ambition he thinks he can achieve under Zhao Yu's guidance.

However, Ma Gai didn't care about this, he sneered disdainfully: "Ma doesn't want to listen to the noise anymore, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”

As he spoke, he closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Yang Tong frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu pressed his hand silently, signaling Yang Yong to be restless.

Immediately, he continued to persuade Ma Gai: "Ma County Lieutenant, my Black Tiger Village wants to make friends with Ma County Captain, I definitely don't want to use Ma County Captain's identity to do anything harmful, presumably Ma County Lieutenant has also heard about it, during this time, my Black Tiger Village has changed, we no longer kill innocents indiscriminately, no longer kill people and goods, on the contrary, we protect the villages under the mountain from other bandits who should be harassed and looted......

"......" Ma Gai opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Yu with a smile, and immediately, he didn't bother to pay attention to it anymore.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu exhaled slightly and said in a low voice: "Lieutenant Ma, the owner of my family sincerely wants to make friends with his subordinates, but I didn't expect Lieutenant Ma to be so unkind." By the way, it seems that Lieutenant Ma didn't find out, and before you woke up, we took something from you......"

Ma Gai suddenly opened his eyes, and his hands bound by ropes groped around his waist for a while, and his face changed slightly.

However, he didn't panic, and glanced at Yang Tong and mocked: "A group of thieves who occupy the mountain as kings, do you also want to see what the county lieutenant's token looks like?" That's right, that may be the only chance you have in your life to become the captain of the county lieutenant. ”

But it's a pity that his ridicule didn't have much effect, after all, Yang Tong is now more and more calm, and Guo Da himself is a steady and cautious person, as for Zhao Yu......

He clapped his hands and complimented: "It's a good level of ridicule, but doesn't Lieutenant Ma want to know where that token went?" ”

"Love to say it or not." Ma Gai said lightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu was not surprised, pointed at Guo Da and said, "It's Guo Da, Guo Da sent someone to Kunyang County with the token to ask Mrs. Ling." The people he sent would tell Mrs. Ling that the county lieutenant was seriously injured and was dying, and he believed that Mrs. Ling would not doubt it when she saw the token...... I believe that Lieutenant Ma will be able to meet Mrs. Ling and Ling Lang soon."

『？？』

Guo Dahao stood beside him with his arms folded and listened, confused.

Immediately, he felt a fierce gaze staring at him.

I saw that under Guo Da's gaze, Ma Gai's face gradually became hideous and fierce, and his eyes were full of murderous intent: "Dog thief, the disaster is not for your family, you dare to hurt my wife and children?!" ”

Guo Da opened his mouth, and immediately, he snorted lightly, and cooperated with Zhao Yu and sneered: "Ma County Lieutenant, I don't want to do that, just like what my village owner said, we really want to make friends with Ma County Lieutenant, but if Ma County Lieutenant doesn't give face......"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Yu quietly, waiting for Zhao Yu to pick up the words, and persuaded Ma Gai to sign his name on the cloth.

He didn't expect that Zhao Yu was in a daze at this moment.

"Woe to my family...... What?'

Hearing such a sentence suddenly burst out of Ma Gai's mouth, Zhao Yu's heart was in a trance, and he unconsciously recalled that night in his mind, and recalled that night, more than 200 people from his Luyang Zhao family were killed by the soldiers of the Liang Cheng army.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yu put all the nonsense in his heart to the back of his mind, and said in a low voice: "Lieutenant Ma, we just want to live, you can see that my Black Tiger Village is different from the cottages in other places, at least we are only looting goods now, and we are no longer killing innocents indiscriminately, if someone still wants to kill us all, then we will not sit still......"

As he spoke, he took out Ma Gai's token from his arms and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, just to deceive the lie of the county lieutenant Ma, I haven't sent someone to ask Mrs. Ling yet, because I don't want to disturb the peace of your family, but if the county lieutenant Ma still insists on rejecting the kindness from my cottage, I don't guarantee whether the county lieutenant will be asked to sign this confession in a way that you don't want to see!" ”

“……”

Ma Gai looked at Zhao Yu in astonishment.

He originally thought that Zhao Yu was just Yang Tong's follower and servant, but it wasn't until he found out that this kid seemed to have an unusual status among this group of bandits.

From the side, Guo Da was also full of confusion, and he couldn't understand what Zhao Yu was doing?

Isn't it to have one to play red and the other to play black?

In the silent cave, Zhao Yu re-laid the confession, handed the pen to Ma Gai, and said in a deep voice: "One last chance, sign your name on this confession, and then leave, as if this incident never happened, go home to reunite with your wife and children." From now on, no one will disturb your family, and no one will take this confession to force County Lieutenant Ma to do things that go against your conscience......"

“……”

Glancing at Zhao Yu in front of him, and then at Yang Tong and Guo Da, Ma Gai hesitated to take the pen in Zhao Yu's hand.

"Child, who are you?" He couldn't help but ask.

Because he didn't know what was going on, he suddenly felt a kind of jealous compulsion in this child, which made people have the illusion of "ah, he would do that".