After a while, Zhao Yu put on a cloak and took Niu Heng outside the house to talk, after all, Jingnu needed to avoid others and change her clothes.

Of course, when he came out of the house, Zhao Yu ordered the black tigers present to drag the three and a half corpses out - the four Cai Jian who had just come to attack Zhao Yu and Jing Nu were left, and only Zhang Yu was left with half a breath, holding his severed neck and lingering there.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu instructed the black tigers present: "Bandage this person." ”

Hearing the order of the big leader, even if one of the black tigers tore off a piece of the cloth on his body and tightly wrapped it around Zhang Xuan's neck, it looked as if he was going to strangle him, but in fact he was helping him stop the bleeding.

Taking advantage of this, Zhao Yu walked to Zhang Yu and squatted down, and deliberately asked in a hoarse voice: "You are from the cottage, right?" Why did you attack me? Who instructed you? ”

However, unfortunately, Zhang Xuan's injuries were too serious, and although he whimpered as if he was saying something, no one could hear clearly.

It didn't take long for Zhang Kun to swallow his breath because of excessive blood loss.

Before he could ask anything, the man died, and Zhao Yu stood up with a little regret.

Coincidentally, at this time, Guo Da rushed from a distance with a group of people in a panic, and when he saw Zhao Yu with a tiger mask standing outside the house, he hurriedly greeted: "Ah...... Chieftain. ”

Zhao Yu turned his head to look, nodded and replied, "Brother Guo." ”

Hearing that it was Zhao Yu's voice, Guo Da was relieved, walked up to Zhao Yu in a few steps and said: "I just learned the news, I heard that you and A Jing were assassin......ated" Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked in surprise: "Where is Ah Jing?" ”

As if guessing Guo Da's worries, Zhao Yu hurriedly relieved: "Brother Guo, don't worry, Ah Jing is fine......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Niu Heng on the side laughing evilly, and said in a low voice: "The little girl is amazing, four people came to assassinate, not only was she not injured, but she also killed two and a half, two dead and one seriously injured. ”

With the help of the light of the torches raised by the black tigers on the side, Guo Da immediately saw the four corpses lined up on the ground, and his face showed a little surprise.

Four twenty or thirty-year-old men were actually killed by a sixteen-year-old girl, Rao is Guo Da was also very surprised, but when he thought that Jing Nu had been practicing martial arts since she was eleven years old, and there had been almost no interruption for four or five years, Guo Da was also relieved.

"Can you kill three people back?" Niu Heng ridiculed Guo Dadao.

"Uh......" Guo Dawei said.

After all, he was not known for his martial arts in the first place, let alone after becoming a Zhai Cheng, he almost didn't even touch the sword a few times.

Seeing Guo Da's embarrassed face, Niu Heng buried Guo Da and said, "Don't mention that you have taught the girl swordsmanship in the future......"

Yes, Guo Da has also taught Jing Nu swordsmanship - since she went up the mountain, Jing Nu has a total of three 'masters' who have taught her swordsmanship, the first is Xu Fen, the second is Guo Da, and the third is Chen Mo.

And now, Guo Da can't help but feel that Jingnu has surpassed him.

Of course, it's nothing that Jing Nu surpasses him in swordsmanship, after all, he is not good at martial arts, not to mention that Jing Nu is like a younger brother and sister in his eyes, and it is too late for him to rejoice.

But Niu Heng teased him about this, which made him a little embarrassed.

In addition to being embarrassed, Guo Da immediately counted Niu Heng in turn: "Are you still giggling? You're not ...... The chief's guard? Why are leaders assassinated? What about the people you arranged? ”

was counted down by Guo Da, and Niu Heng, who was still making fun of Guo Da, suddenly lowered his head and scratched his head to show a little embarrassment.

After all, it is indeed his responsibility.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu hurriedly said, "Okay, okay......"

Before he finished his words, he heard Niu Heng's subordinates shouting not far away: "Chief, boss, there are brothers who have found the bodies of Yuan Fu and the others. ”

Niu Heng was stunned, and even when he saw the four Black Tigers moving two corpses from behind the pyre next to the house, he hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, it was Yuan Fu and the others he had arranged to be on duty outside Zhao Yu's house today.

“…… Fuck it! ”

Seeing the corpses of the two subordinates, Niu Heng, who had always been righteous, was furious and clenched his fists to the ground.

I saw him pointing to the corpses of the four people in Cai Jian with a sullen face, and scolded: "Brothers, chop up the corpses of these four bastards for me!" ”

"Wait."

Seeing that there were really a few black tigers who were about to step forward, Guo Da immediately shouted to stop them, only to see him glance at Niu Heng and blame: "Everyone is dead, even if you chop a few more knives, what's the use?" ”

As he spoke, he approached the bodies of the four people in Cai Jian, squatted down, and took the torch from the hands of the black tigers around him to take a photo, and then he asked everyone: "It should be the people in the original cottage, otherwise these people will not know where the leader lives...... How many of you, can anyone recognize these four? ”

Hearing this, the black tigers from the side stepped forward to watch.

During this period, one of the Black Tigers said: "Boss, among these four people, I recognize two, Cai Jian and Zhang Kun of the 'Xiangcheng Gang', and the other two should be ...... with them."

"Xiangcheng Gang ......"

Guo Da was thoughtful.

The so-called Xiangcheng Gang, of course, does not refer to any gang, but refers to a general term for origin.

There are a total of four groups of people in today's Black Tiger Village, the core of which is, of course, the more than 200 Black Tiger old people who followed Zhao Yu to Luyang County to hide the year before last; In addition, there is a group of people who defected to the Black Tiger Village from Kunyang, rangers, ruffians, and unemployed people, all of whom have defected to the Black Tiger Village in March and April last year after Zhao Yu opened the Black Tiger Shelter in Kunyang County, and then defected to the Black Tiger Village one after another, called the 'Kunyang Gang', that is, the Kunyang faction.

In view of living in the cottage for a year, this group of people has also been trusted by Zhao Yu, Guo Da, Chen Mo and others.

The other two groups are recruited from Runan and Xiangcheng, and they are also three religions and nine streams, called the 'Runan Gang' and the 'Xiangcheng Gang'.

Unlike the Kunyang Gang, these two groups of people almost defected to the cottage after the first month of this year, so they have no loyalty to the cottage, let alone a sense of belonging.

At this moment, several black tigers hurried over from a distance, and after hugging their fists towards Zhao Yu, they said to Guo Da: "Zhai Cheng, the fire brothers in the west have controlled ......."

Probably afraid that Zhao Yu would not know, Guo Da explained to Zhao Yu in a low voice: "Just now, a brother who patrols the night saw the house in the west burning, and it is suspected that someone deliberately set it on fire......

After explaining, seeing that Zhao Yu nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, Guo Da turned his head and asked the few black tigers who came to report the news: "Have you ever caught the arsonist?" ”

The Black Tigers shook their heads, and one of them explained, "When I arrived, it seemed that the arsonist had already run away, but we met three people who claimed to have seen someone set fire to it, and the arsonist was ready to attack them while they were sleeping......"

Hearing this, Guo Da and Zhao Yu glanced at each other, and immediately asked, "Bring those three people over." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, I saw that the group of black tigers came here with those three people, it was the three He Ren who Cai Jian had sent to cause a riot earlier.

I saw that He Ren and the three of them were taken to Zhao Yu's house by a group of black tigers, and with the light of many torches from the side, they saw Zhao Yu wearing a tiger mask at a glance, and their hearts became more and more panicked.

And when they noticed the corpses of Cai Jian and Zhang Yu on the ground, they were already panicked, and their faces became more and more pale, and even standing in front of Zhao Yu, Niu Heng, and Guo Da, they began to tremble.

Seeing this reaction, not to mention Zhao Yu and Guo Da, even Niu Heng, a reckless man, saw that he rushed forward with anger on his face, grabbed He Ren's shirt with his left hand, and clenched his fist and was about to wave it towards the door in front of him.

Seeing this, Guo Da immediately stopped: "Manniu, stop!" ”

"What for?" Niu Heng turned his head and glared at Guo Dadao.

Guo Da naturally guessed Niu Heng's thoughts, and said angrily when he heard this: "You want to avenge your brothers, and you can score points, at least wait for us to finish asking." ”

"......" Niu Heng let go, walked to the side angrily, and sat cross-legged with his arms folded.

At this time, Guo Da stepped forward and asked He Ren Sanren with a pleasant face: "You three, do you recognize these four corpses?" ”

In fact, at this moment, He Ren and the three of them were already frightened, and when they heard Guo Da ask, the three of them reacted, and they all knelt on the ground in unison, trembling and begging Zhao Yu for mercy: "Big leader, big leader, don't do our business, right...... It's Cai Jian, yes, it's he who insists on going back to the cottage to harm the big leader......"

Before he finished his words, another person rushed to say: "Yes, yes, everything is instigated by Cai Jian and Zhang Kun, they have received the benefits of Wei Chi and come to kill Wei Chi for Wei Chi...... to harm the Great Chief......"

Without waiting for Zhao Yu and Guo Da to ask, the three of them shook out all the things.

"Wei Chi?" Zhao Yu asked suspiciously, "Who is that?" ”

He Ren hurriedly replied: "It's the henchman of Yang Ding, the county commander of Ye County......"

"Oh." Zhao Yu suddenly realized.

In fact, even if there was no He Ren and others, he had already put the suspicion on Yang Ding's head, after all, the most hostile to him at the moment was the new Yexian county magistrate.

"The prodigy who was once famous in Handan, would he even resort to such a trick as assassination? Is it because to deal with thieves like us, there is no need to talk about the morality of the world? Huh.'

Shaking his head slightly, Zhao Yu secretly sneered.

While secretly sneering, he asked lightly: "Then Wei Chi, what kind of conditions did you put forward for you to kill me?" ”

He Ren swallowed his saliva and replied tremblingly, "Three...... 300,000 ...... Then Wei Chi promised to give us a ...... after the matter was completed. No, it's to give Cai Jian and Zhang Kun 300,000 money......"

"Three hundred thousand dollars?"

Rao is Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, looked back at Guo Da and said with a smile: "Didn't you come with 100,000 before?" Suddenly it became 300,000 dollars? My head is getting more and more valuable......"

"That's not something to be happy about." Guo Da whispered, then looked at He Ren and sneered: "People die for money, and birds die for food...... It seems that these are your last words. ”

Hearing this, He Ren and the three of them were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Big leader, Guo Zhaicheng, this matter really has nothing to do with me, it was all instigated by Cai Jian and Zhang Xuan...... It was Cai Jian who instigated me and others to do this deal, not only can we get 300,000 yuan, but we can also ask Yang Ding to guarantee ...... for us."

"As a guarantee? What is the guarantee? Guo Da asked puzzled.

Then He Ren secretly glanced at Zhao Yu, and hesitated, until Guo Da asked impatiently, he was shocked in his heart, and then said: "Draw a line between Zuobao and Black Tiger Village." ”

"What?"

Rao is Guo Da didn't expect this kind of answer, and asked puzzledly: "Now that you have gone down the mountain, you are naturally no longer from the cottage, and you have drawn a clear line with my cottage......"

"It's not." Then He Ren secretly glanced at Zhao Yu, and said boldly: "It's the big leader...... The great leader sent Wang Qing and Chu Yan to attack Runan and Xiangcheng, and according to Na Wei Chi, the two commanders not only robbed the entire family of the county commanders of the two counties, but also set fire to the county government ......"

Swallowing his saliva, He Ren continued: "Wei Chi said, this move is extremely bad, unless we can atone for our crimes, otherwise we will all be implicated in the future when the imperial court investigates it......

“……”

Hearing He Ren's words, Zhao Yu and Guo Da glanced at each other.

"I see!"

Zhao Yu finally came to his senses.

Just now, he still felt strange that a young prodigy like Yang Ding, who was full of fame in Handan, would actually send someone to assassinate the enemy leader, but now he understands that it turned out that Yang Ding was forced to be in a hurry.

He explained to Guo Da with a smile: "He is in a hurry, he is afraid that I will blackmail him with the two county orders of Liu and Wang, so he wants to borrow the hands of these people to get rid of me first...... I was a little worried about this, but now I ...... Hehe. ”

Guo Da is also one of the insiders, so he naturally knows the whole thing, and he also supports Zhao Yu's decision - to be exact, he has never opposed Zhao Yu's decision.

He also smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, Wang Qing and Chu Yan's people haven't sent a message yet, but Yang Ding revealed the news to us." ”

From the side, Niu Heng saw that Zhao Yu and Guo Da were almost asked, so he stood up and stepped forward and asked, "Ah Hu, Guo Da, are you done asking?" After asking, I did it. ”

Hearing this, He Ren's faces turned pale and begged for mercy.

It's a pity that no one present will intercede for the traitor, even if it is Zhao Yu, they will not tolerate those who try to harm him and Jingnu.

No, after glancing at He Ren and the three of them who kowtowed and begged for mercy, Guo Da sneered and said: "On that day, the leader gave amnesty, allowing you to wait to go down the mountain and go your own way, this move is not considered a betrayal, but you are so greedy for profit, you dare to sneak back to the cottage for the sake of the bounty, trying to harm the leader......"

As he spoke, he turned his head and gestured to Zhao Yu: "Such a bad behavior should not be forgiven, you should implement the rules of the village in front of the brothers in the village to set an example!" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Guo Da waved his hand and signaled to the black tigers present: "Take it!" ”

At the sound of an order, the black tigers present rushed up and firmly tied He Ren and the three of them with ropes.

Seeing that the three of them were still begging for mercy, several black tigers immediately punched and kicked.

The traitors in the nest have always been the most hated.

From beginning to end, Zhao Yu's heart did not fluctuate, after all, these people were to blame for all this.

After a while, when He Ren and the three of them were taken away by several black tigers and temporarily imprisoned, Zhao Yu said to Guo Da: "Yang Ding and the others hurriedly want to get rid of me, and ask these people to start as soon as they return to the cottage...... These people deliberately set fire, perhaps to send a message, immediately gather the brothers in the village to guard against the attack of officers and soldiers! ”

Guo Da was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates from the side: "Quick, quickly inform the Grand Commander of this matter." ”

"Yes!"

After realizing that the officers and soldiers were very likely to take the opportunity to attack at night, Guo Da immediately sent someone to inform Chen Mo.

Later, he learned that after Chen Mo learned that Zhao Yu was unharmed, he had already left the cottage with his subordinates, stationed at the ruins of the old village halfway up the mountain, peeking at the movements of the officers and soldiers under the mountain, and preparing to support the eastern or southern slope at any time.

At the same time, he also sent people to inform Legui from the east slope and Chu Ben from the south slope.

After learning about this incident, Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and even felt pleasantly surprised, because this incident was enough to prove that Chen Mo knew how to strategize—although his strategy was more of an accumulation of experience, rather than learning from a military book.

As Zhao Yu guessed, this night, Yang Ding, Wei Dong, Wei Chi, and Gao Chun paid close attention to the movements of the Black Tiger Village, and when they saw a faint fire burning on the Black Tiger Mountain, the Wei father and son and Gao Chun immediately led the officers and soldiers of Ye County to storm the mountain from the east slope.

But unfortunately, they were blocked by Wang Qing's henchman Legui organization halfway.

At that time, Wei Chi tried to shake the will of Le Gui and the others by shouting: "The black tiger thief on the other side listen, your family leader Zhou Hu is dead, if you are willing to surrender early, you may be spared death." ”

Le Gui laughed and sneered: "The traitors you bought, the bones are cold, and you are still waiting for them to meet inside and outside?" Those who know each other retreat down the mountain early, don't disturb the uncles to rest! ”

Hearing this, the Wei father and son frowned in unison.

The black tiger thief on the opposite side broke the fact that they had bought the traitors, and said that the bones of those people were cold, didn't that mean that the assassination of Zhou Hu had been exposed?

In this case, should we retire?

Just when Wei Dong, the general of his hometown, hesitated, his son Wei Chi said: "Since you are here, how can you retreat without a fight?" The father rests for a while, and waits for the child to lead the people to the mountain! ”

Wei Dong pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay!" Be careful! ”

"Hmm."

After discussing with his father, Wei Chi immediately led the county army with the county lieutenant Gao Chun to attack the front of Le Gui and others, only to see that they were all holding shields and moving forward cautiously.

Fortunately, at this moment, Chen Mo led people to rush to support from the halfway point of the southeast slope in time, attacking the ventral flank of the officers and soldiers of Ye County.

Faced with the enemy on both sides, the county soldiers of Yexian County naturally had no intention of fighting and retreated one after another.

In this case, the hometown general Wei Dong had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops: "Withdraw!" Remove! ”

Seeing this, Le Gui and Chen Mo launched a counterattack, and the two forces merged into one and took the opportunity to cover up.

Fortunately, the night was dark, and the mountain road on the eastern slope was difficult to walk, and the Black Tigers did not dare to chase too fast, lest their feet slip and roll down the mountain, which made most of the Yexian officers and soldiers finally able to withdraw from the Black Tiger Mountain.

Of course, Wei Chi and Gao Chun, who were responsible for the break, also contributed a lot.

Especially Wei Chi, who took the initiative to face Chen Mo, he was able to fight with the latter.

At this time, about two o'clock, there were gradually a few rays of light in the sky, and seeing the officers and soldiers of Ye County retreating down the mountain like a tide, Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered to stop the pursuit.

Also, after all, the number of officers and soldiers is several times that of them, not to mention that there are estimated to be around 3,000 Yingchuan County Army, rather than killing more officers and soldiers, Chen Mo thinks that it is more important to preserve his own strength, after all, the general strategy formulated by Zhao Yu is to 'drag', drag the rebel army south of the river to the scene to stir up the situation, otherwise, they almost have no chance of winning.

Withdrawing from Heihu Mountain and withdrawing to the camp of the Yexian County Army, Wei's father and son and the county lieutenant Gao Chun took the lead in surrendering to Yang Ding, who was waiting for news in the camp.

Yang Ding sighed helplessly when he learned that Zhou Hu was not dead, but the Black Tiger Thief traitor they had bought seemed to have been killed.

His sigh made Wei Chi uncomfortable to hear, and the latter immediately clenched his fists and said, "Young Master, it's better for me to attack the Thief Mountain again!" ”

From the side, his father Wei Dong also stroked his beard and persuaded Yang Dingdao: "Young master, in the old man's opinion, I should send someone to contact Tian Qin now, please mobilize the soldiers of Yingchuan County to help me and others, and finally ...... at this time and that time."

Yang Ding shook his head and said: "I understand what the old man means, the matter has come to this point, how can I still think about the credit for suppressing the thief?" It's just that the Yingchuan County Army was dispatched, and Zhou Hu would inevitably flee from the wind, and the two county commanders of Liu and Wang were still in the hands of his people, so it would be useless......"

"......," Wei Dong nodded silently.

Indeed, please mobilize the Yingchuan County Army, at best, you can only scare that Zhou Hu to give up the Black Tiger Village, but you can't save the two county commanders who were taken away, and it really doesn't mean much.

"Let's think about it in the long run......"

Yang Ding said with some melancholy.

Hearing this, Wei Dong, Wei Chi, and Gao Chun looked at each other silently.

The sky was soon bright, and the officers and soldiers did not move, and at this moment in the Black Tiger Village, Zhao Yu had already summoned all the brothers in the village to the open space in front of the Juyi Hall.

During this period, the bodies of Cai Jian and Zhang Yu were all moved to the ground under the Juyi Hall by the Black Tigers under Guo Da, and Zhang Ren, who was in charge of arson that night, was also firmly tied by ropes, stuffed with cloth in their mouths, and knelt in front of a group of Black Tigers.

In front of hundreds of Black Tigers, Zhao Yu, who was wearing a tiger mask, loudly counted the crimes of Cai Jian, Zhang Kun, and Zhang Ren, and when they learned that these seven people turned their backs on everyone and fled down the mountain, they actually colluded with officers and soldiers to try to sneak back to the cottage to assassinate their big leader, and even killed Yuan Fu and two other brothers in order to achieve their goal. Enforce the rules! ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Zhao Yu steadily walked behind Zhang Ren and the others, and drew his sword with a bang.

Seeing this, Jing Nu, who was originally standing beside Zhao Yu, was slightly startled, took a few steps forward, reached out and gently put Zhao Yu's wrist, and said in a low voice: "Young master, let me do this kind of thing, you don't have to ......"

"No, this time it has to be me ......"

Zhao Yu patted the back of Jingnu's hand and let the latter swallow the rest of the persuasion back into his stomach.

Jing Nu hesitated for a long time, and finally let go of her hand and took two steps back.

"Poof!"

After a slight hesitation, the sword in Zhao Yu's hand penetrated Zhang Ren's chest, and he went in and out.

Without much thought, he dealt with the other two.

Throwing the sword in his hand, Zhao Yu raised his sword and shouted: "I, Zhou Hu, once said that the brothers in the village are all my brothers, but traitors ...... There is only one death to apologize! ”

"Wow!"

Under the leadership of Guo Da, Chen Mo, Chu Jiao, Niu Heng and others, hundreds of Black Tiger Villages raised their arms and cheered.

Again, no one will pity the traitor.

When everyone raised their arms and cheered, Zhao Yu lowered his head slightly and glanced at the bodies of Zhang Ren and the others.

In all fairness, taking away a person's life with his own hands, watching a living person fall in a pool of blood, choking for himself, was not a good feeling for him who was killing for the first time.

What's more, it's three lives at once.

But as he said, this is a responsibility that he must bear, and he can't fake it, because he is the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves!

And this, when he was taken up the mountain by Chen Mo back then, Zhao Yu had an enlightenment.