PS: I haven't been out for a long time, and today I took my daughter-in-law and children to the supermarket to buy a bunch of snacks, which is really expensive. In addition, I didn't write Liu Bi in the last chapter, because there is no need to repeat it, but it is not out of context.

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Liu Bi and Ma Gai left in the carriage they came, and Chen Cai, who was instructed by Zhao Yu, drove the carriage to send the two back to the mansion one by one.

After the two left, Zhao Yu took off the mask on his face, and while Niu Heng took the opportunity to drink heavily, he twisted his chin while looking at the letter of surrender that Liu Bi was forced to sign.

Similar to the situation when Ma Gai initially signed the letter of nomination, although Liu Bi was forced to sign the letter tonight and handed over the handle to Zhao Yu, this does not mean that Liu Bi will be willing to be his internal response to the Black Tiger Village, even if he has the handle in hand, Zhao Yu has to find some way to do what he likes and make Liu Bi profitable, so that the Liu County Commander will slowly give up resistance - just like Ma Gai, who has gradually given up resistance.

"Young Master ......"

Just as Zhao Yu looked at this nomination and thought about it, Jing Nu sat down in the seat of the previous Ma Gai, put the tiger mask on her face into her arms, and looked at Zhao Yu and stopped.

Noticing the different color on Jing Nu's face, Zhao Yu asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

Jingnu shook her head slightly.

She secretly told herself that all the decisions of the young master were correct, even if they were forced by threats, but that was just to make Liu Bi obedient, but ......

Her eyelashes twitched slightly, and the quiet girl asked quietly, "Prostitute or something...... Why did the young lord know? ”

"Ah......h

Rao is Zhao Yu, but he didn't expect that Jingnu's focus would be in this regard, and he was speechless for a while.

Inside, the room suddenly became extremely silent.

Niu Heng, who was originally taking the opportunity to drink, suddenly paused, glanced at Jingnu and then at Zhao Yu, and then took the wine bowl in his mouth, gently picked up the wine jug on the side, and slipped away quietly.

Not to mention that Zhao Yu is trying to explain the problem of prostitutes to Jingnu, and to say that Liu Bi and Ma Gai are two.

When they came, they rode in the same carriage, and when they returned, they also rode in the same carriage, but the atmosphere when they came and when they returned was like a world of difference.

Under Liu Bina's angry gaze that almost swallowed Ma Gai, Ma Gai stubbornly propped up until the carriage stopped in front of his house, and immediately, he didn't even bother to say goodbye to Liu Bi, so he hurriedly got out of the carriage.

“……”

Liu Bi lifted the curtain of the car window and watched Ma Gai return home from the car window, and he could even vaguely hear Ma Gai's wife Zou asking her husband in surprise.

"Why did my husband come back so late today?"

"Ah...... I went drinking with the county magistrate. ”

"Huh? Did Gong Liu send someone to send his husband back? ”

"yes......"

“……”

Listening to Ma Gai casually appeasing his wife, Liu Bi was almost angry, but fortunately, reason told him that it was not appropriate to make extraneous branches at this moment, he endured his anger and habitually ordered: "Go, go back to the county office." ”

As soon as he said this, he realized that the person driving for him today was not from the county office, but the bandits from the Black Tiger Village.

However, Chen Cai, who drove for him, still responded to Liu Bi: "Yes, Lord County Commander...... Hey, hey, hey. ”

Hearing that hehehe, Liu Bi couldn't help but feel that his face was burning.

He succumbed.

In front of the evil man named Zhou Hu, under the condition that the other party used such despicable means to persecute him, the backbone and courage he thought he thought were stripped away little by little, and finally signed the confession of colluding with the black tiger thief against his will, and gave the handle to others in vain.

Whenever he thought of this, Liu Bi was ashamed and annoyed.

Eventually, all this shame and chagrin turned into a long sigh.

It's not that he doesn't want to insist on justice, but the other party is too despicable......

I don't know how long it took, but the carriage slowly stopped in front of the county office.

Chen Cai lifted the curtain and reminded Liu Bi: "County lord, it's here." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bi lifted the curtain of the car window and glanced at it, and saw the familiar main gate of the county government.

He, came back alive, but ......

Looking back at Chen Cai deeply, Liu Bi walked up the steps, walked to the closed county yamen, and patted the copper ring on the door.

There was a county guard in the county office, and when he heard the sound, he quickly opened the door, saw Liu Bi standing outside the mansion, and said with a smile: "Liu Gong, are you back?" ”

Liu Bi nodded, and then glanced back at Chen Cai, but saw Chen Cai looking back at him fearlessly.

Get him! He's the Black Tiger Thief Yu Kou! - I wanted to say this in my heart, but when the words came to my mouth, I completely changed: "You should go home early and rest." ”

The smile on Chen Cai's face became even stronger, and he bowed down: "Thank you county duke." ”

Seeing Liu Bi walk into the county government without looking back, Chen Cai straightened his waist, and a little incredible pride flashed in his eyes.

The dignified county magistrate of Kunyang County, knowing that he Chen was a thief in the Black Tiger Village, wanted to arrest him but did not dare to act rashly, he could actually experience such a strange thing in his life.

And all of this was brought by their new leader.

"Hey, what are you laughing at? Hurry in the carriage through the side door. Noticing that Chen Cai was standing outside the mansion and smirking, the county official who opened the door urged.

"Uh-oh."

Only then did Chen Cai react, lowered his head and drove the carriage in through the side door of the county office, and immediately left the county office in a grand manner, disappearing into an alley under the night.

He was proud, but Liu Bi was very annoyed.

The Kunyang county magistrate walked to the back office and walked into the bedroom in a huff.

At this time, his wife had not yet slept, and when she saw her husband walking into the house with a gloomy face, she quickly got up and poured a glass of water for her husband, and asked with concern, "What's wrong with the master?" Didn't you say that you went to his house with Lieutenant Ma to eat and drink? Why are you so sad? ”

"......" Liu Bi opened his mouth, not daring to reveal the truth, and said pretendingly: "It's okay, it's just some arguments with Ma Gai." ”

Seeing that it was something in the county office, Mrs. Liu didn't dare to ask more, but said with relief: "The things in the county, the women don't dare to ask more, but the county lieutenant Ma is loyal and upright, so the lord might as well listen to his advice." ”

Loyalty, righteousness, and integrity? Hum! This loyal and upright person sent me into the den of thieves today and dedicated it to that Zhou Hu!

Liu Bi became more and more angry when he heard this, but fortunately, he also knew the stakes of the matter, and smiled reluctantly: "Madam is right." ”

That night, Liu Bi fell asleep in a huff.

When he woke up, the sky outside the window was already bright, and when Liu Bi sat up from the couch, the experience of last night immediately resurfaced in his mind.

How he wished it was just a dream, but the clearer memories in his mind forced him to accept the facts.

He, forced by Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, signed the confession that was equivalent to a handle.

And all of this is thanks to that damned Margay!

After breakfast, I came to the front office, and at this time, there were already small officials who neatly placed the case files that needed to be handled on Liu Bi's desk.

Sitting down on a chair behind his desk, Liu Bi took a file of lawsuits and spread it out to look at it.

This is a civil lawsuit, it is said that in a certain village in the township, a man surnamed Ma had a quarrel with a villager from another village over some problems, and as for what happened next, Liu Bi couldn't even look at it, because as soon as he saw the word horse, he thought of the damn Ma Gai.

"Someone." He called out in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell, a county guard walked in outside the house, clasped his fists and asked, "What does Gong Liu command?" ”

Seeing this, Liu Bi asked in a deep voice: "Has the county lieutenant arrived at the Yamen?" ”

The county soldier replied, "It seems that it has not been ...... yet."

"Bang!"

Liu Bi patted the table and said dissatisfiedly: "As a county lieutenant, you should lead by example, if you don't get to the yamen for a long time, what the hell is he doing?" …… When he comes, tell him to come to the official immediately! ”

“…… Be. ”

The county guard nodded and glanced at Liu Bi with some confusion.

After all, in his memory, the county magistrate in front of him never cared when the county lieutenant arrived at the county office, why did his attitude change so much today?

It seems that the adults are in a bad mood today, so I need to be careful.

The county soldier thought secretly in his heart.

He guessed correctly, Liu Bi was indeed in a bad mood and was intent on finding fault with Ma Gai.

Not long after, Ma Gai came to the county office, and someone immediately told him about it.

When Ma Gai walked to Liu Bi's study, the county guard reminded him in a low voice: "Liu Gong seems to be in a bad mood today, and the county lieutenant should be careful." ”

"Okay, thank you very much."

Ma Gai smiled and thanked the county guard, and then glanced at Liu Bi's study.

Of course, he knows the reason why Liu Bi is in a bad mood today, and he also knows the reason why Liu Bi is interested in finding fault, but now they are both grasshoppers on the same rope, who is afraid of whom?

He's figured it out - he's done it anyway, it's hard to recover, and regret won't help, so be it.

Thinking of this, Ma Gai strode into Liu Bi's study.

At this time, Liu Bi had no intention of dealing with those cases at all, so he waited for Ma Gai to come and scold him to vent his anger.

After Ma Gai walked in, Liu Bi got up and dismissed the county guard outside the study, and then looked back at Ma Gai and scolded angrily: "Ma Gai, as a county lieutenant, why did you delay the time to reach the Yamen?" ”

As soon as he saw this posture, Ma Gai guessed that Liu Bi was going to use the topic to vent his anger, and he didn't bother to accompany him, so under Liu Bi's stunned gaze, he found a chair in the room and sat down, with his hands around and one leg crossed, just looking at Liu Bi.

"You...... What's your attitude?! ”

Liu Bi became more and more angry.

Ma Gai probably let it go, and said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry for Gong Liu, but Gong Liu also understands that I have no other way, anyway, we are grasshoppers on a rope now...... Liu Gong looked at it. ”

"You ......"

Liu Bi was so angry that he couldn't speak.

In addition to being angry, he also glanced at it a few times with a little weakness, outside the house, for fear that outsiders would hear it.

Seeing Liu Bi so weak-hearted, Ma Gai also felt a little interesting in his heart - once upon a time, Liu Bi of Kunyang County said that one is one, how could he Ma Gai have the courage to talk to this county magistrate like this? But now they are both grasshoppers on the same rope, and this county magistrate may not be much taller than him.

Of course, having said that, Ma Gai didn't want to annoy the county magistrate too much, he said without being arrogant or humble: "Gong Liu, the matter has come to this point, it's useless for you to blame me, it's not me who wants to ...... I'm going to do that, you've seen it yourself yesterday, and there's nothing you can do. If Liu Gong comes to me to discuss a solution, then Ma Gai must be wholeheartedly, after all, this matter, the entire Kunyang Liu Gong is estimated to have to discuss with me; But if Liu Gong is just angry with me, I can't accompany him. ”

"You...... You ......"

Liu Bi pointed at Ma Gai with a trembling finger, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Just like Ma Gai thinks, now Liu Bi really can't help Ma Gai.

Enraged, he sat back at his desk, his eyes fixed on Ma Gai.

The two of them were at a stalemate for a full moment.

After staying for a moment, Liu Bi's long sigh suddenly sounded in the room, and immediately, the county magistrate sighed and asked, "Now...... What should I do? ”

Hearing this, Ma Gai also knew that Liu Bi had calmed down, he got up and walked to the door of the house, opened it a little and glanced outside the house a few times, then closed the window again, turned back to Liu Bi and said: "If Liu Gong is worried about whether this matter will be leaked, I don't think Zhou Hu will sit back and watch this happen......

"Of course."

Liu Bi sneered and mocked, then frowned, and said unwillingly: "Is it just to obey a group of ...... Are they? ”

Hearing this, Ma Gai was also silent, and said with a wry smile after a while: "Actually, the lowly position also tried to resist, and he disobeyed the instructions of those people, but he ......"

Liu Bi took a deep look at Ma Gai.

Although he was angry that Ma Gai pushed him into the fire pit yesterday, with years of understanding of Ma Gai, he still believed Ma Gai's words.

He asked in a low voice, "That Zhou Hu, what is the origin?" …… I don't think he's very old, how can he become a ...... The leader of the gang? ”

Ma Gai shook his head and said: "The specific lowly position is not clear, although the lowly position has seen this person twice before, but he didn't pay too much attention to it at the time, but Liu Gong must not underestimate this person, this person's strategy is comparable to Zhang Jing of the Five Tigers of Chenmen." ”

As he spoke, he told Liu Bi about the battle of Xiangcun that day, only to hear Liu Bi's face full of consternation, and asked in disbelief: "At that time, General Zhang Jing lied to you to report to that group, but this Zhou Hu saw through General Zhang's plan?" ”

"Hmm." Ma Gai nodded and said in a deep voice: "When I saw him yesterday, he told me that you should be careful with your life-saving benefactor...... I don't want to admit it, but if it weren't for him, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to defend it. ”

"A ...... on par with General Zhang Jing Tut. Liu Bi frowned, and immediately asked Ma Gai: "Ma Gai, what is the purpose of Zhou Hu controlling you and me?" ”

Ma Gai shook his head and said: "The only thing that the lowly position knows is that they want to prevent Liu Gong from escorting their subordinates to the county for distribution, and the other lowly officials don't know anything else. …… The humble post has already said that Liu Gong's move will attract them ......"

“……”

Liu Bi glanced at Ma Gai with a depressed feeling.

At this time, he finally understood why Ma Gai had previously dissuaded him from escorting the subordinates of the Black Tiger Village to the county government office, that is, because Ma Gai knew that this group of black tiger thieves would not be eliminated so easily.

But at this point, regret is useless.

After a moment of silence, Liu Bi looked at Ma Gai and said, "Ma Gai, can I still trust you?" ”

Ma Gai was stunned, and then nodded emphatically.

Seeing this, Liu Bi also nodded, lowered his voice and said: "Now that you and I have the handle in their hands, we have no choice but to temporarily make a mistake, but if they have an inch, you and I should have the heart of preferring to be broken, find a way to check and balance, and never do the thing that has been stinking for thousands of years, so that the ancestors will be ashamed......"

Although there was a little hesitation in his tone, these words still made Ma Gai admire Liu Bi a little.

It seems that this selfish county magistrate is not confused about the major rights and wrongs.

It's just that......

Can it really counterbalance that bandit?

So Zhou Hu, what will they do?

Glancing at each other, Liu Bi and Ma Gai were quite apprehensive.

At the same time, Zhao Yu and his entourage had left Kunyang County and went to Feng Village, only because of this time in Feng Village, there were women and children from their Black Tiger Village, including Deng Bai, Deng Song brothers and Ning Niang.

Similar to Ma Gai, Fengcun actually didn't want to contain the women and children of the Black Tiger Village, and he was afraid that the county would send them elsewhere as soon as possible, but they didn't dare to drive those women and children away, so as not to offend the Yu Kou of the Black Tiger Village, after all, according to the news, after the battle of the Black Tiger Village, although Yang Tong died, there were still more than 200 thieves who escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers under the leadership of a new leader, and there was no news in the following months.

In the case of no one alive and no corpse in death, the people of Fengcun certainly did not dare to arbitrarily believe that the remnants of the Black Tiger Village had been destroyed, so as not to be retaliated against in the future.

Don't forget, Black Tiger Village is a group of fierce men who dare to fight against the officers and soldiers, and have caused heavy losses to the officers and soldiers several times!

Finally, the hunch of the people of Fengcun was verified.

On December 21, Zhao Yu took Jingnu, Niu Heng, Chen Zu, Chen Cai and the remaining ten black tiger thieves to Fengcun in a grand manner.

Maybe the people of Fengcun don't recognize Zhao Yu and Jingnu, don't recognize Chen Zu, and don't even recognize Chen Cai and the other ten black tiger thieves, but they recognize Niu Heng's face, after all, Niu Heng used to be Yang Tong's right-hand man, and in terms of popularity in Fengcun, Xiangcun and other villages near Yingshan, Niu Heng naturally surpassed anyone present.

"Black Tiger Village...... The Black Tiger Village people are back! ”

After recognizing Niu Heng, some panicked villagers immediately crawled to the village and reported the incident to the village chief.

Under the circumstance that many villagers of Feng Village were secretly on guard, Zhao Yu and his party entered the village in a grand manner and asked the villagers where the women and children of their Black Tiger Village lived.

Naturally, the villagers who were questioned did not dare to hide it and told the truth.

Under the guidance of these people, Zhao Yu and his party came to the southwest side of the village and found the women and children living in the Black Tiger Village in the houses over there.

Knowing that it was the people of the Black Tiger Village, the women and children of the Black Tiger Village who lived there surrounded them one after another, and asked about the situation of the rest of the village.

To tell the truth, most of these women and children who listened to the persuasion of the village and defected to the officers and soldiers at that time were orphans and widows, and the women and children whose own men were still there, basically hoped to flee with the rest of the village, but after all, they lived in the cottage for a long time, not to mention the strange Fengcun, even if it was the hometown of a few women, most of them did not want to live.

Because of Zhao Yu's mask, these women and children did not recognize him, the new owner of the village, and they all surrounded Niu Heng, Chen Cai and other familiar people to ask when they could take them back.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Yu and Jingnu were looking for Deng Bai, Deng Song and Ning Niang in the crowd.

Got it.

Zhao Yu saw at a glance Ning Niang, who was looking for someone in the crowd on her tiptoes, and Da Deng and Er Deng, who were guarding her from being squeezed down by other anxious women.

After glancing at each other, Zhao Yu and Jingnu quietly walked around with a tacit understanding and went around the back of the three of them.

Seeing that the three of them didn't notice them, Zhao Yu reached out and tapped Ning Niang's shoulder.

The little girl immediately turned her head, and when she saw the tiger mask on Zhao Yu's face, she took two steps back in fear, hiding behind the brothers Deng Bai and Deng Song, and the brothers immediately protected this sister behind them, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

"What do you say?"

Zhao Yu took off the mask on his face at this time.

"Brother Erhu."

Ning Niang's eyes lit up, and she immediately threw herself into Zhao Yu's arms happily, but then she wrinkled her nose and said angrily: "Brother Erhu lied to people, obviously said that it would be 90 days, and it has already been 100 days!" ”

Seeing the little girl's angry appearance, Zhao Yu stretched out her hand to Jing Nu on the side, and Jing Nu immediately put a box of pastries they bought in Kunyang County yesterday into Zhao Yu's hand.

"Well, it's been more than a few days, that's why Brother Erhu also bought you more pastries. It's just one box, and there's a lot more...... Take a look. ”

The angry little girl reluctantly turned her head, glanced at the pastries in the box, swallowed her saliva secretly, and asked, "Are there many, many more?" ”

"Of course."

"That'...... That...... Don't lie next time. ”

"Definitely not. Come, high-five Brother Erhu. ”

"Hee-hee."

After high-fives, a smile suddenly appeared on Ning Niang's face, but then she asked, "Brother Erhu, have you met Brother Xu Fen?" ”

At this time, the brothers Deng Bai and Deng Song also came over, and their faces showed a look of worry similar to Ning Niang's.

Zhao Yu rubbed Ning Niang's hair, smiled and comforted the three of them: "Brother Xu Fen is fine, don't worry, he didn't wait with me this time, you can see ...... in a few days"

As he spoke, he noticed that Chen Zu had come to his side at some point, and looked at him and Deng Bai, Deng Song, and Ning Niang with interest.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu rubbed Ning Niang's hair and said, "Good, talk to Ah Jing, Brother Erhu has something to talk to Master Chen Zhai." ”

"Hmm." Ning Niang nodded, and immediately turned around and threw herself into Jing Nu's arms.

At this time, Zhao Yu stood up and looked at Chen Zu.

Chen Zu understood, followed Zhao Yu to a place where no one was, and immediately, Chen Zu looked at the women and children who were still surrounding Niu Heng, Chen Cai and others in the distance and asked, "In order to prevent Kunyang from escorting these orphans and widows to the county, take the risk of forcing that Liu County Commander to submit...... I guess it's more than that, right? What's next for the Grand Chief? Rebuilding a cottage? Pick these couples back? ”

Zhao Yu shook his head slightly, and said: "They are people in the village, this will not change, but they do not necessarily have to follow us back to the cottage, if they are willing, they can let them change their way of life and become the registered citizens of Kunyang......"

"......" Chen Zu glanced at Zhao Yu in surprise.

However, he didn't doubt Zhao Yu's words, after all, even the county orders of Kunyang County were now controlled by them, and it was really easy to add a few names to Kunyang's civil register, not to mention these women and children in front of him, even if they were a group of bandits, they might not be able to become registered citizens of Kunyang County.

"It seems that this is the reason why you took the risk of forcing that Liu Bi to submit......"

Chen Zu suddenly realized, nodded and said, "These women and children, even if they are registered in Kunyang's civil register, will probably be taken care of by the village, right?" In the village, I think I can't compete with Guo Da, so what is the big leader's arrangement for me? ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then guessed with interest: "Anyway, this time I obviously don't need to follow, but the lord of the big village specially brought me, and did not hesitate to let me know about Liu Bi and Ma Gai, it seems that the big leader intends to arrange me in the county seat of Kunyang." ”

"It is worthy of being the master of Chen Zhai."

Zhao Yu smiled and said meaningfully: "Yes, I never said that the village will definitely be on the mountain." ”

Really?

Chen Zu became more and more interested, licked his lips and asked, "So, what does the big leader want Chen to do?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu turned around and glanced in the direction of Kunyang.

"Jianyi House."