PS: Today's state is not very good, a little less.'

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At noon the next day, after dinner, Ishihara and Yang Dang took advantage of patrolling the streets and led a team of county guards to the Black Tiger House.

Peeking from a distance, Ishihara really saw that the horizontal plaque of the righteous house was clearly engraved with the words 'Black Tiger Righteous House'.

After frowning slightly, Ishihara led the team towards the Black Tiger House.

At this time, there were not only dozens or hundreds of people eating in the house, but there was also a long queue outside the house......

"Who are those two?"

Ishihara raised his hand and pointed to the outside of Yoshisha.

Yang Dang glanced in the direction Ishihara was pointing and explained, "It's the secretary of this house. ”

"Officer?"

Ishihara frowned slightly.

The so-called officer, as the name suggests, refers to 'the person who does things', but the status is higher than that of the handyman, handyman, and hired worker, and then the 'manager', that is, the manager of a certain thing.

But the two officials of the Black Tiger Righteous House he saw were leaning against the door with their arms crossed at the moment and laughing, and the ruffian aura of that body made it difficult for Ishihara to believe that he was a serious person.

As if sensing something, the two officials of the Black Tiger House suddenly turned their heads to look at Ishihara, and when they saw Ishihara, the two were slightly stunned, and they looked at each other for some reason.

『……』

Ishihara walked towards them suddenly.

For some reason, when he saw Ishihara walking towards the two, there was a slight discoloration on their faces, and one of them turned his head and walked into the house, while the other had a tense face.

Ishihara knew at a glance that it was a gesture of vigilance.

These two Black Tiger Yishe officials he didn't know seemed to recognize him?

『…… That's interesting.'"

With a slight sneer on his face, Ishihara stepped forward and asked the officer, "Do you recognize me?" ”

“……”

The nominal priest opened his mouth, then looked at Ishihara and shook his head slightly: "No, I don't recognize it." ”

"Why are you so wary if you don't know me?"

Ishihara sneered secretly, but on the surface he pretended to be confused and asked, "But why do I think you are a little familiar?" Where have you and I met? ”

"No, I'm not impressed." The officer replied stiffly.

Seeing this, Ishihara nodded in relief, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe I'm mistaken......"

As he spoke, he glanced at the Yoshisha a few times, and in an instant, his hand slammed into the sword at the officer's waist.

Almost subconsciously, the nominal officer reached out to block it, but Ishihara grabbed his wrist first, and then flipped over.

Even though the officer had quickly withdrawn his hand, Ishihara saw the calluses on his hands.

Glancing at the head catcher Yang Dang and a county guard on the side, the officer stared at Ishihara and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?" ”

Ishihara smiled and stroked his palm, "Just try your skills...... It's a good experience. ”

Speaking of this, he stepped forward, approached the officer, and said with a chuckle: "The anger under your feet is a bit heavy, I don't know what you did before?" ”

Maybe it was something that the officer didn't dare to attack, because Ishihara was forced to take a step back, his expression shocked and angry.

And at this moment, a laugh suddenly sounded from the side: "It turned out to be the poor master of the county government......"

Ishihara turned his head to look, and Xuan even saw Chen Cai walking out of the house.

He didn't recognize Chen Cai, after all, although Chen Cai was Guo Da's confidant before, but before he was more often just acting as Zhao Yu's bodyguard, and did not directly participate in the fight with the officers and soldiers, but Chen Cai recognized Shi Yuan, after all, Shi Yuan and Yang Dang had swept away several cottages before, and of course Black Tiger Village recognized this powerful head catcher.

However, even if he didn't recognize Chen Cai, Ishihara, who had been traveling south and north for so many years, could still see at a glance that this Chen Cai did not look like a good person.

Just as he was thinking about how to talk to the person in front of him, Yang Dang hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Chen Cai with his fists in his hands: "Steward Chen." ”

"Yang catches the head."

Seeing Yang Kang, Chen Cai showed a little smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Yang Zhutou is empty today?" Why don't you go and sit in the house for a while? ”

"No, no, no."

Yang Dare waved his hand embarrassedly.

He was not afraid, in fact, he also suspected that the Black Tiger Yishe had something to do with the Black Tiger Thief, so he had brought the county guard to the Yishe to search, and Chen Cai was very cooperative with his search and interrogation, and even, when he was about to leave the first few times, Chen Cai secretly stuffed some money to him, saying that it was the money for inviting a county pawn brother to drink.

As the so-called cannibalism has a short mouth and soft hands, even if Yang Dang still feels that this Black Tiger Lodge is a little suspicious, he is embarrassed to come to interrogate with a cold face, not to mention, there are three or five hundred people in this Black Tiger Lodge every day, and Yang Dang doesn't think there will be any secrets hidden here.

He accompanied Ishihara to come today, completely because he was afraid that Ishihara would cause trouble, after all, the Black Tiger House now has a good reputation in the city, and at least three or five hundred people are counting on this house to eat, in case Ishihara insists that this house has something to do with the Black Tiger Thief, and uses the identity of the head catcher to seize this house, it is not good that his county government will be overwhelmed by the angry people.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Ishihara and explained to Chen Cai: "Steward Chen may not recognize, this is also the head catcher of our county government, Ishihara, he left the county and returned to his hometown a few days ago, not in the county, after returning to the county yesterday, he learned that there was a righteous house in the county that did good, so I took him to see." ”

"Sure enough, it's that Ishihara ......."

"I see." Chen Cai suddenly looked at Ishihara and said jokingly, "So...... What is the impression of Shi Zhutou on my righteous sacrifice? ”

"Huh." Ishihara chuckled, ignoring Yang Dang's hints, looked at Chen Cai and asked, "Why...... Do you want to name it the Black Tiger Righteous House? ”

Chen Cai spread his hands and said: "This is the name taken by my master, how dare I refute it when I am a subordinate?" ”

"Never thought about changing your name?" Ishihara said tentatively: "The word black tiger is not a good meaning in Kunyang. Maybe Manager Chen didn't know, there was a group of bandits in Kunyang before, known as the Black Tiger Thieves, and you took the name of the Black Tiger, so don't you worry that others will misunderstand? ”

Chen Cai shook his head and said, "My master is not worried. ”

"......" Shi Yuan took a deep look at Chen Cai, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then Shi won't talk much." …… I'll wait for something else, so I'll take my leave. ”

"The two heads of the head walk slowly." Chen Cai smiled and nodded.

"Farewell."

Ishihara clenched his fists and left, and after walking a few steps away, he stopped and turned his head to look at the second floor of the Black Tiger House, at this time he vaguely saw a man wearing a hood looking at him at the window of the second floor, as if he was faintly hostile.

"What's wrong, Stone Catcher?"

Chen Cai asked pretending to be puzzled.

"Nothing...... Leave. ”

Ishihara shook his head slightly, and left with Yang Dang and the others.

Seeing these county guards leave, the smile on Chen Cai's face slowly retracted, and in an instant, he immediately turned around and entered the righteous house, and followed the stairs to the second floor.

Just as he had guessed, Ma Hong was standing at the window and watching Ishihara as he walked away.

Chen Cai stepped forward, glanced at Ma Hong, who had a somewhat unkind face, and said in a low voice, "Don't come nonsense." ”

"I know."

Ma Hong nodded and said, "This Ishihara is just a small person, how dare I ruin the leader's plan because of him?" But when I saw him, I couldn't help but think of some of my former brothers......"

I have to say that if you want to ask who hates Ishihara the most in the Black Tiger Village, it is probably Zhang Feng and Ma Hong.

Chu Jiao, Chu Yan father and son are okay, after all, when Ishihara and Yang Kang led the officers and soldiers to attack their empty cottage, the father and son led the brothers back to the cottage in time and repelled the attack of Ishihara and others, but Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were ambushed by Ishihara and others, not only lost many of their brothers, but even they themselves were almost killed in the chaos.

It's no wonder that Ma Hong saw Ishihara's heart welling up with resentment.

A thought flashed through his heart, and he said to Chen Cai in a deep voice: "As far as I know, that Ishihara once knew a companion who died at the hands of us, so he was hostile to us...... While I don't think this person is qualified to be considered a threat by the Grand Leader, it's better to eradicate it as soon as possible. ”

Chen Cai stroked his beard and did not speak.

How could he not know that Ma Hong wanted to take the opportunity to kill Ishihara and avenge his original brother?

It's just that the others don't care, but this Ishihara ......

Recalling that Zhao Yu had praised this Ishihara in front of him, Chen Cai shook his head slightly.

At the beginning, he had been by Zhao Yu's side for a long time, of course, he knew that Zhao Yu was a little interested in this stone plain, since he was the person that the big leader was interested in, how could he take it upon himself to eradicate it?

Thinking of this, he shook his head and said: "Ishihara is the head catcher of the county government, and his identity is extraordinary, if he dies unexpectedly, the rest of the county government's head catchers and county pawns will inevitably work with the enemy to search for the murderer in the whole city, and it will be unfavorable to us at that time." So I will first send for the chiefs to see what they are going to do. ”

Seeing that Chen Cai moved out of Zhao Yu, Ma Hong couldn't say anything more.

Immediately, Chen Cai sent people to leave the city, went to the main village, and told Zhao Yu about Ishihara.

At the same time, Ishihara and Yang Kang had also walked out of the alley.

At this time, Ishihara whispered to Yang Dang: "Brother Yang, have you noticed that those officials in the Black Tiger Righteous House are not good, and I suspect that they are the spies of the Black Tiger Thief. ”

Hearing this, Yang Dang nodded slightly.

As the saying goes, from a person's words and deeds, you can roughly see the person's character, and those officials of the Black Tiger Yishe really don't look like good people, but the problem is, 'doesn't look like a good person', which can't be used as a reason for arrest, especially since the other party is still the officer of the Black Tiger Yishe.

After Yang dared to express his considerations, Ishihara nodded and said, "Brother Yang is right, that's why I didn't startle the snake and ask what kind of thing is in charge...... What's the name of the steward? ”

"Chen Cai."

"Oh." Ishihara thought for a while, making sure that he had no impression of this name, and then continued: "Let's do this, let's go and catch the thief who distributed the black tiger thief's token after nightfall, and after we catch him, we will arrest this person and confront that Chen Cai." ”

Hearing this, Yang Dang frowned and said, "What kind of thief is the thief who distributes the black tiger thief's token, that is just a rumor, whether there is indeed a person, has not been confirmed." ”

"Hmph." Ishihara shook his head and said: "There is no wind and no waves, since there is this rumor, then there must be such a person." ”

That night, Ishihara took Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui, as well as Yang Dang and several county officials, dressed up in disguise, and wandered around the Black Tiger Righteous House, looking for the man who was rumored to have given out the Black Tiger Thief token.

Around two o'clock, just as Chen Cai and Ma Hong were drinking on the second floor, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps at the staircase.

Immediately, a thief ran up quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Two bosses, it's not good, Ding Chong was arrested by officers and soldiers." ”

"What?" Chen Cai frowned and hurriedly asked.

Seeing this, the thief explained: "The brothers were eating and drinking in the righteous house, and suddenly heard the voices of people in the alleys and streets behind, and vaguely heard Ding Chong's voice, I immediately rushed out, and saw Ding Chong being pressed to the ground by several people from a distance. ”

"It must be that Ishihara." Ma Hong took the opportunity to say: "If this person is not removed, he will be a scourge after all." ”

Chen Cai ignored Ma Hong's words, and after sending the thief away, he said in a low voice: "I have sent someone to inform the big leader of this matter, and I will know the big leader's reply tomorrow. ”

After a pause, he said again: "As for Ding Chong, don't worry, we predicted that he might be arrested by officers and soldiers earlier, and also taught him how to deal with it, as long as he is smart, at most he will suffer some flesh and skin, and I will ensure that he is safe and sound." …… Anyway, wait for the order from the big leader. ”

Hearing this, Ma Hong stopped speaking and nodded silently.

That night, in order to ensure Ding Chong's life, Chen Cai went to see Ma Gai in person.

After seeing Ma Gai, Chen Cai told him about it, and the former immediately frowned.

In fact, Ma Gai had already expected this, after all, the matter of recruiting people from the Black Tiger Yishe was not very hidden, as long as he pursued it carefully, he would definitely be able to catch people - the reason why he was not caught before was only because Ma Gai did not give an order, and the county government's head catcher was too lazy to spend more energy.

Annoyance is annoyance, but Ma Gai still agrees to come down and guarantee Bao Dingchong's life.

The next day, Ma Gai came to the county office early.

When he came to the county office, he immediately went to the prison.

The conditions of the prison in the county are not much better than the original prison where Chen Zu was held in the Black Tiger Village, dark, simple, and damp, if there are no special circumstances, there are generally only one or two county guards in shifts in the prison, after all, the ordinary situation of the county prison will not hold any important criminals, at best, some small characters who make trouble, fight, and steal, and there will rarely be the kind of important criminals who kill people without blinking.

Seeing Ma Gai coming to the prison, the two county guards on duty were very surprised, and came forward to salute and ask about the intention.

Ma Gai said: "I heard that the head of the stone catcher caught a thief last night? I'll take a look. ”

The two county guards were a little surprised that Ma Gai learned about this so quickly, but they didn't dare to ask in detail, so they immediately took Ma Gai to meet the prisoner who had been imprisoned last night according to Ma Gai's request.

This celebrity criminal is undoubtedly Ding Chong.

It's funny to say, because recently the Black Tiger Village has been recruiting people in the city, and those troublemakers have gone to the Black Tiger Village, which not only makes the security of Kunyang County a lot better, but also makes the prison empty, and there are only two people in the huge prison except Ding Chong.

When he walked outside the cell where Ding Chong was being held, Ma Gai frowned and looked at Ding Chong in the cell.

As far as the torches in the prison were bright, Ma Gai could see that the man in the prison had been tortured a little, and his body and face were scarred by torture, but on the whole it didn't seem to matter, at least the guy could still sleep soundly on the hay with his hands on his pillows, and let out a heavy snoring sound.

"Has this person ever confessed?"

After confirming that Ding Chong was still alive, Ma Gai asked the county guard who was nearby.

"Never."

One of the county guards shook his head and said in a low voice: "Last night, Shi Zhutou and others tortured him, but this guy was very hard-mouthed, although the token of the black tiger thief was found on the spot...... It was some bamboo sticks engraved with the word 'tiger', but this person was cunning in every way, refusing to admit that he was a black tiger thief, and said that someone gave him money and asked him to distribute those tokens on his behalf......"

"It's good if you don't admit it, you can still fish it out if you don't admit it, otherwise...... It's a bit of a hassle.'"

Margai thought to himself.

It may have been that the sound of the words alarmed Ding Chong, who was snoring, who opened his eyes and looked at Ma Gai and the others outside the cell.

Although his level was not enough to know the details of Ma Gai, this did not prevent him from recognizing Ma Gai, so his face showed a little mockery.

"Is there anything to fear? Hmph!'

Ma Gai glanced at Ding Chong coldly, endured the thought of teaching this person a lesson, turned his head and left the prison.

In his opinion, the scum of the Black Tiger Thieves must be glad that they have a leader with outstanding strategy, otherwise......

He Ma Gai alone will screw off the heads of this group of scum.

Leaving the cell and returning to his class room, Ma Gai sat on the chair and thought for a moment, then called a county guard and asked, "Is the stone catcher here?" ”

"Not yet." The summoned county magistrate shook his head and said.

Seeing this, Ma Gai nodded and ordered: "Okay, when the stone catcher comes, you let him come to me." ”

"Yes!" The county guard retreated with his fists clenched.

About a moment later, Ishihara came to Ma Gai's room, walked into the house, clenched his fists and said, "County Lieutenant, you called me?" ”

"Hmm."

Ma Gai nodded, and after motioning for Ishihara to find a seat to sit down, he asked casually, "I heard that you caught a suspected black tiger thief last night?" ”

"The county lieutenant knows?" Ishihara had a slight look of surprise on his face.

Surprised to surprised, he didn't feel strange, nodded and briefly explained the arrest of Ding Chong last night.

Although he was not interested in this, Ma Gai listened patiently, and then he opened his mouth and asked, "Has this person confessed?" ”

Hearing this, Ishihara shook his head with some regret, frowned and said: "I tortured this person last night, but this guy denied it in every way, I feel that he has no fear, it seems that he has long expected that he will be arrested, and thinks that his comrades will come to save him...... Since it is useless to torture this person, then the lowly duty simply waits and sees the changes to see who will come to save him, if it is really the person of the Black Tiger Yishe, then it proves that the judgment of the lowly duty is correct, and the Black Tiger Yishe is indeed related to the Black Tiger Thief! ”

"Hmm......"

Ma Gai stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

Rao was him, and he couldn't figure out how to make Ishihara change his mind.

At the same time, Zhao Yu was taking Jingnu and Niu Heng into the city in a carriage.

"Young master, it's time to Kunyang."

"Hmm."

Under the reminder of Jingnu, Zhao Yu sat in the carriage, flipping through the thick stack of papers, with a slight look on his face that seemed to be smiling.

I saw that each of these papers had a signature on it......