After witnessing the big leader Zhou Hu personally execute the rules of the village and execute He Ren and the other three traitors in public, the hundreds of black tigers who gathered in the open space in front of the Juyi Hall dispersed one after another, returning to their respective posts.

At this time, Guo Da walked up to Zhao Yu and asked in a low voice: "Ah Hu, are you okay?" ”

Glancing at the corpse on the ground again, Zhao Yu shook his head slightly.

Because when he had just executed the three of them, the three of them were kneeling with their backs to him, and he didn't see the faces of the three people, but he felt a little better, more of a moral shock to himself, after all, he was not an executioner who killed people without blinking.

Seeing that Zhao Yu's reaction was quite calm, Guo Da was relieved and praised in a low voice: "It's okay...... Also, well done. ”

Zhao Yu showed a wry smile on his face under the mask.

He understood what Guo Da meant.

In view of the fact that he, the big leader, is too 'mysterious' on weekdays and does not often appear in the cottage, this will inevitably lead to his low deterrent power in the hearts of ordinary villagers, so he took this opportunity to let him personally execute He Ren and the three of them in public, so that Zhao Yu could take the opportunity to establish his authority and improve his deterrent power in the cottage.

And Zhao Yu did not waste this opportunity, and resolutely assumed the responsibility that the leader of the Black Tiger Village should bear.

Following Guo Da, Niu Heng, Chu Jiao and others also gathered around Zhao Yu one after another, turning around and praising Zhao Yu's decisiveness.

After all, these big bosses all know Zhao Yu's exact age, and even, like a very few Guo Da, Niu Heng and others, still know Zhao Yu's origin - with Zhao Yu's age and background, it really takes a lot of courage and willpower to execute He Ren and the three of them as decisively as Fang Cai.

As for killing, for these people, killing someone is not a big deal.

In other words, in today's world, this is a commonplace.

From beginning to end, only the quiet girl was silent, and rarely did not praise her young master.

The reason is very simple, because she doesn't think it's a good thing - she is willing to stain her young master's hands with blood and kill all the enemies who threaten him for the young master, which doesn't mean that she can accept her own young master's own killing.

After returning to the house of the two, Jing Nu reached out and took off the mask on her face, and said to Zhao Yu with a serious and serious face: "Young master, if there is something similar in the future, please let me do it, I am willing to kill people on behalf of the young master......"

"The Quiet Girl." Zhao Yu reached out to pull Jing Nu's hand, but saw that the latter took a rare step back and avoided Zhao Yu's hand, bit his lip and said with an uncomfortable face: "Young master, you have a noble identity, you shouldn't and shouldn't do that kind of thing......"

"Honorable status?"

Zhao Yu secretly laughed to himself.

He is a coward in the grass, what kind of noble identity does he talk about?

But looking at Jing Nu's serious face, he didn't say anything, and after nodding, he reached out and took Jing Nu in his arms, and said softly and comfortingly: "I can only promise you, unless I have to, I won't do anything like that again, because ...... I don't want to upset the people who care about me the most. ”

Hearing Zhao Yu call herself the person who cared about him the most, Jing Nu's heart warmed, and although she was not very satisfied with Zhao Yu's promise, she still leaned on him obediently.

Although they didn't sleep well last night, in view of the extraordinary times, Zhao Yu and Jingnu didn't plan to sleep again.

In the morning, Guo Da sent a few people over, and Jingnu took them to clean up the bloodstains in the house, while Zhao Yu came to Guo Da's house and discussed the next strategy with Guo Da and Chu Jiao.

When it comes to discussion, it is indeed just a casual conversation, because there is nothing to negotiate - unless they are ready to counterattack the officers and soldiers under the mountain, and unfortunately, with the current number of people in the cottage, it is almost impossible to pose too much threat to the officers and soldiers under the mountain.

Therefore, it is not so much a discussion, but rather that Zhao Yu, Guo Da, and Chu Jiao are waiting for Wang Qing and Chu Yan to send someone to send back the news, so as to confirm that the strategy of 'taking away the county order of the two counties' has succeeded.

Around noon, the people sent by Wang Qing and Chu Yan finally returned to the cottage and told Zhao Yu, Guo Da, and Chu Jiao the news of the confirmed success.

Finally got the confirmed news, Zhao Yu and the others were in high spirits, and they were suppressed by Yang Ding and others for a long time, and they finally grasped a little opportunity.

What to do after grasping a little opportunity, it is naturally to force Yang Ding to withdraw his troops and give up this encirclement and suppression of his Black Tiger Village.

On the same day, Zhao Yu personally wrote a letter, instructing the two Black Tigers to go down the mountain and send the letter to the camp of the Yexian County Army in the form of arrow letters.

The two black tigers descended the mountain according to their words, tied the letter that Zhao Yu put in the bamboo tube to the arrow, and then shot it with a bow outside the camp of the Yexian County Army.

Outside the camp, there was a handle of the county guard of Ye County, and after picking up the bamboo pipe, he immediately went to the military tent and handed it to Yang Ding.

"My lord, there is a black tiger thief shooting arrows."

"Send it in."

Taking the bamboo pipe from the hand of a county official, Yang Ding took out the letter from it and glanced at it with a frown.

Similar to what he predicted, Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, threatened Liu Yi's family in Runan County and Wang Yong's family in Xiangcheng County, and demanded that Yang Ding immediately give up the encirclement and suppression of his Black Tiger Village and withdraw his troops immediately.

Correspondingly, Zhou Hu also promised to release Liu and Wang's two county commanders and their families afterwards, and promised that they would not commit any crimes against Qiu.

After Yang Ding read Zhou Hu's letter word by word, Wei Chi said: "This is alarmist, Zhou Hu may not dare to do that......

From the side, his father Wei Dong interrupted his son's words.

He said to his son: "Which is more important, release the government or kill the official? Since Zhou Hu dared to set fire to the yamen, then he dared to kill the official, but Mo Dao didn't dare. ”

"Uh......" Wei Chi was speechless.

Indeed, setting fire to the yamen and killing the county magistrate appointed by the imperial court are both heinous crimes and complicity.

After being speechless, Wei Chi said unhappily: "But father, you can't just agree to the conditions of the black tiger thief, right?" ”

Wei Dong stroked his beard, and said: "With the situation of the young master at the moment, he can only agree to the conditions of the black tiger thief, even if he takes a step back, he can't refuse the black tiger thief, otherwise it will not only damage the reputation of the young master, but also offend the officials up and down Yingchuan County, and even, even irrelevant people will have prejudices against the young master......"

Looking at Yang Ding, who was frowning and silent, Wei Chi nodded thoughtfully.

He began to ponder it.

You must know that the two counties of Runan and Xiangcheng would not have been plundered by only twenty or thirty black tiger thieves, but because the two counties responded to Yang Ding's call to encircle and suppress the black tiger thieves, they sent 500 officers and soldiers respectively, and evacuated the garrison of their own counties, so that the black tiger thieves took advantage of the situation.

If Yang Ding ignores the safety of Liu Yi and Wang Yong's two county orders and his family at this time, and rejects the conditions put forward by the Black Tiger Thief, what is this not revenge and death?

Once Liu Yi and Wang Yong were really harmed by the black tiger thief, although the culprit must be the black tiger thief who couldn't escape, Yang Ding obviously also had to bear a certain responsibility, which greatly damaged his reputation and was not conducive to him being an official in Ye County.

Previously, Yang Ding took this into consideration, realizing that Liu and Wang's two county orders falling into the hands of the black tiger thieves would make him fall into passivity, so he asked Wei Chi to contact Cai Jian and buy them with a lot of money, hoping that those people could get rid of Zhou Hu first.

But unfortunately, his last remedy ultimately failed.

Rao is Yang Ding, and there is nothing to be done about it now, so he can only ask Wei Dong, his most trusted general: "What can the old man do now?" ”

It can be seen that Wei Dong has not lived most of his life, although Yang Ding is a little at a loss at this time, but the veteran is quite calm, he said to Yang Ding with a straight face: "The matter has come to this, the young master should not reject Zhou Hu head-on, otherwise it will damage the young master's reputation." The old man thinks that this is okay, let's send someone to negotiate with the black tiger thief first and delay time; At the same time, someone was sent to deliver the news to Xuchang. …… The young lord is the county commander of Ye County, and the two county commanders of Liu and Wang are not subordinates of the young lord, and the young lord has no right to make decisions for the safety of the two county commanders, but Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, can...... In that case, why not let that Li Junshou come forward? Whether Li Junshou compromises or not, it will not affect the prestige of the young master. ”

"Will it offend Li Junshou because of this?" Yang Ding frowned and asked.

Wei Dong smiled, spread his hands and said: "Liu and Wang were taken captive, this is because the black tiger thief is too despicable, and there is no king's law, if it is not the young master, how can Li Junshou blame the young master for this matter?" As for whether he will personally have a prejudice against the young master because of this, with 'that one' there, I don't think he will ......."

Hearing the word 'that', Yang Ding immediately frowned.

After thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "Just do it." ”

After deciding to make a decision, he immediately wrote a letter by himself, sent his henchmen to Xuchang, and handed it over to Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan.

Subsequently, he sent people to summon the county governors of the five counties.

An hour later, the four county lieutenants Ding Wu, Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Zou Bu came to the camp of the Yexian County Army and came to Yang Ding's tent.

After the four of them and Gao Chun sat down in the tent, Yang Ding showed the letter in his hand and said to everyone: "I just received the arrow book sent by Zhou Hu, in which he has admitted that it was the Black Tiger Thief who attacked Runan and Xiangcheng counties and abducted Liu and Wang's two county orders and their families...... In the letter, Zhou Hu threatened Yang with the safety of Liu and Wang's two county orders and their families, and demanded that Yang order the withdrawal of troops......"

In fact, at this time, not only Huang Ben and Zou Bu have learned the news that their county orders have been taken away, but even Ding Wu and Ma Gai have also known about it.

Different from the anger and unhappiness on the faces of Huang Ben and Zou Bu, Ma Gai raised his eyebrows, and muttered to himself in his heart: Hmm, the familiar method was really done by Zhou Hu.

At this moment, the most complicated mood is Ding Wu.

He couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe that Zhou Hu in Yang Ding's mouth, the second son Zhao Yu he knew, would send someone to kidnap the county order and set fire to the county government.

I have to say that this is a bit out of line in Ding Wu's opinion.

However, considering the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, Ding Wu can also understand why the second prince took a risk-it is estimated that he is really desperate.

If he were someone else, Ding Wu would definitely not sit idly by and watch this kind of thing, but it was Zhao Yu, the second son of the Zhao family in Luyang County, who did it......

"The second son should be measured."

Ding Wu thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time glanced at Yang Ding quietly.

With his understanding of the second son Zhao Yu, the latter is by no means a person who kills innocents indiscriminately, but now the key is in this Yang Ding, if this Yang Ding ignores the life and death of Liu Yi and Wang Yong, then I am afraid that there will be a result that many people do not want to see.

However, Ding Wu didn't worry for a long time, because Yang Ding quickly made his plan: "Although the black tiger thief is despicable and shameless, and has no king's law, we can't tolerate such a rebellious act, but when it comes to the safety of Liu County's order, Wang's county's order, and his family, we have to be cautious...... I sent someone to report this matter to Li Junshou, and asked Li Junshou to decide this matter, and before Li Junshou made a decision, I would first stabilize the black tiger thief. ”

『…… This Yang Ding is cunning.'

Ding Wu glanced at Yang Ding in surprise and muttered secretly in his heart.

To say it nicely is witty, but to say it ugly, this is cunning - throwing difficult problems to Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, this Yang Ding's actions are not cunning, what is it?

"If you come from a big place, you can do whatever you want......

Glancing at Yang Ding, Ma Gai also secretly ridiculed.

Seeing Yang Ding's decision to 'not take responsibility', Ma Gai felt more and more that this person was not as good as Zhou Hu - seeing how responsible Zhou Hu was, he didn't do anything, kidnapped the county order, burned the yamen, and only relied on hundreds of black tiger thieves to let Yang Ding, who had as many as 5,000 officers and soldiers and county soldiers here, throw a rat trap.

Putting aside his position, Ma Gai personally feels that Zhou Hu is more courageous and charming.

Oh, by the way, there's no need to put aside his position, he's already on the Black Tiger Thief's side.

On the same day, Yang Ding wrote a letter by himself, and also sent someone to shoot it on Black Tiger Mountain in the form of an arrow book, and the black tigers he picked up were handed over to Zhao Yu.

Under the gaze of Guo Da and Chu Jiao, Zhao Yu spread out Yang Ding's letter and looked at it with a chuckle.

Seeing this, Guo Da was very curious, so he came to Zhao Yu's side and took a few looks, but he was not highly educated, and Yang Ding's words and words tended to be obscure, so that Guo Da couldn't recognize a few of them, let alone understand Yang Ding's entire text.

Embarrassed, Guo Da asked Zhao Yu: "Ah Hu, what did he write?" ”

"A piece of nonsense."

Zhao Yu shook his head with a smile and explained, "He wrote an article denouncing our and other measures...... He said that we had abducted the county order and burned the yamen, and that we had conspired to rebel, so that I could release Liu and Wang as soon as possible, so as not to regret it......."

From the side, Chu Jiao asked puzzledly: "Did he mention our withdrawal conditions?" ”

"Nope."

Zhao Yu shook his head, put the letter in his hand on the table, and said: "I didn't agree, I didn't refuse, I didn't even mention it, I just blindly condemned our approach, which made me feel ...... He also seems to be stalling for time. ”

"Procrastinating?"

Guo Da was shocked when he heard this, lowered his voice and said, "Could he have sent someone to search for Wang Qing and Chu Yan?" ”

"Searches will naturally be searched, but he probably won't pin his hopes on this, otherwise I can only say that he is too naïve." Zhao Yu shook his head slightly.

"And what does he want to do?"

Chu Jiao asked, picking up the letter on the table and struggling to identify it.

Zhao Yu shook his head: "I don't know, let's wait and see for a while." …… If he wants to stall for time, we will be happy to accompany him. ”

Hearing this, Guo Da and Chu Jiao nodded one after another.

That's right, after all, they're also stalling for time.

After nodding, Guo Da asked Zhao Yu again: "Then do we want to reply to a letter?" ”

"That's nature." Zhao Yu nodded.

Originally, he wanted to scold back, but considering that he didn't want to stimulate Yang Ding, Zhao Yu finally just painted a simple picture and sent someone to the camp of the Yexian County Army.

When Yang Ding received this painting and spread it out, he couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that on this painting, a hunter and an elk were depicted: the hunter was holding a bow and arrow, and a broken antler was stuck in his chest and fell to the ground; The deer, with its broken horns, staggered away dripping with blood.

The two meanings in the painting, Yang Ding naturally saw clearly.

"It's very well drawn, but I didn't expect that there would be such a ...... in the mountains Skills. ”

After nodding his head in praise, he turned to the Wei family and said, "This Zhou Hu is probably not an ordinary civilian...... So far, no one has been able to find out the details of this person? ”

Wei Dong, Wei Chi and his son shook their heads.

On the other hand, on the tenth day of the first month of March, Yang Ding's handwritten letter was finally delivered to Li Min, the warden of Yingchuan County.

After reading Yang Ding's letter, Li Min was shocked and angry.

What is surprising is that Yang Ding's action to encircle and suppress the black tiger thief still caused chaos after all;

What is angry is that the black tiger thief dared to take away the county orders of Runan and Xiangcheng counties, and used Liu Yi, Wang Yong and their families to blackmail the thieves and soldiers, and to blackmail the government, plus this group of people also set fire to the county government, it is simply a king's law!

In addition to being angry, he was a little unhappy with Yang Ding, and scolded with sorrow: "This little hairy boy who has not dried up has to be a thief at the beginning, but now he has caused a mess, and he will throw the problem to this mansion, which is really hateful!" ”

Hearing this, he whispered left and right: "Since it was the mess that Yang Ding provoked, why should the adults take responsibility for him?" Even if the matter is messed up in the end, and the court investigates it, it will be Yang Ding who will take responsibility......"

“……”

Li Min didn't say a word, his eyes flickered and he pondered for a moment.

Immediately, he ordered: "Come on, recruit Xun Yi back to Xuchang, and the mansion has something to explain to him!" ”

"Yes!"

At the same time, Xun Yi, the governor of the western region, still lives in Kunyang County, waiting for the results of Yang Ding's encirclement and suppression of the black tiger thieves.

He didn't know that the Black Tiger Thieves had attacked Runan and Xiangcheng counties, so when Li Min sent someone to summon him back to Xuchang, Xun Yi was also very confused.

Three days later, on March 13, Xun Yi returned to Xuchang and met with Li Min, the county guard.

After seeing Li Min, Li Min angrily reprimanded: "Xun Yi, didn't you say that the black tiger thief is docile? Look at the good things they do! ”

In addition to the reprimand, he threw Yang Ding's letter at Xun Yi.

I have to say that since receiving Yang Ding's letter, this Li Junshou has been holding back a fire in his heart.

But this fire is not good for him to attack Yang Ding, so he can only vent it on his subordinates, and Xun Yi, the governor of the western post, has obviously become this unlucky guy who has taken the blame.

Sure enough, Xun Yi didn't dare to talk back, carefully picked up Yang Ding's letter from the ground, and looked carefully after spreading it out.

As he saw the contents of the letter, he was shocked and shocked.

"What do you have to say?" Li Min asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency is angry."

Xun Yi bowed and reorganized his thoughts.

It is undeniable that he also thinks that Zhou Hu has done something out of line this time, attacking the county government, killing the county officials, kidnapping the county order, and burning the yatang, this series of behaviors is simply unforgivable, but in the bottom of his heart, he has a different voice: If it weren't for Yang Ding's aggressiveness, how could the black tiger thief do such a thing?

It's not that he exonerates the Black Tiger Thief, but because he has indeed monitored Zhou Hu and the Black Tiger Thief for a while, and has seen with his own eyes that Zhou Hu and the Black Tiger Thief have signs of 'being good', and since then, he has made it his goal to promote this matter until the appearance of Yang Ding completely disrupted the situation.

At this time, Li Min was also angry, or his anger was just a pretentious attitude.

I saw him ask Xun Yi in a deep voice: "Xun Yi, what do you think about the matter so far?" ”

Xun Yi is a responsible person, and when he heard this, he said: "My lord, I am willing to go to Kunyang as an envoy and persuade Zhou Hu to release the two county orders ......of Liu and Wang."

Seeing that his subordinates had such responsibilities and were willing to come forward without fear of danger, Li Min was naturally very happy, but he was also a little hesitant: "Are you sure?" ”

"This ......" Xun Yi hesitated.

If he wants to be sure, the only thing he is sure of is that Zhou Hu will not harm him, but if he wants to convince Zhou Hu, he can only let Yang Ding withdraw his troops.

But Xun Yi didn't dare to say.

After all, Zhou Hu's crime this time is too serious, so serious that the Yingchuan County Guard in front of him will never tolerate it - if the Yingchuan County Guard would have acquiesced to Kunyang County's recruitment of the Black Tiger Thief, then after the Black Tiger Thief kidnapped Liu and Wang's two county orders and set fire to the county government, this matter would be absolutely impossible.

『…… You said that if you kidnap those two people, forget it, what are you doing by setting fire to the ya?'

Xun Yi also scolded Zhou Hu in his heart.

Although the crime of abducting the county order is the same as setting fire to the government, committing two at the same time must be more serious than committing only one!

Sure enough, seeing Xun Yi's embarrassed face, Li Min ordered in a deep voice: "No matter what, you have to find a way to persuade Zhou Hu to release Liu Yi and Wang Yong, and for this, you can promise anything!" ”

As soon as he heard 'can promise anything', Xun Yi chuckled in his heart.

Because this means that the county keeper has not considered fulfilling his promise at all, and is only using it as a means to lure the black tiger thief.

Once the Black Tiger Thief releases Liu Yi and Wang Yong, I am afraid that the next moment, this Li County Guard will send county soldiers to wipe them out.

“…… Be. ”

Xun Yi received his order with a complicated mood.

At the same time, in Yi County, Jiangxia County, Xu Fen of the Black Tiger Crowd took several companions, wearing cloaks and hats, and mixed in with a group of people who fled outside the city in terror, and left through the north gate of Yi County.

At this time, behind Xu Fen and the others, it was like a cruel scene like a nightmare: I saw that in the city full of fire, countless rebel soldiers drove the people with sharp blades, or killed, burned and looted, or raped **, all kinds of cruel scenes, even Xu Fen, who was born as a bandit, felt a little frightened when he saw it.

No, it was not the rebel army, but the rebel army as the spearhead, the so-called 'Green Forest Rebel Army'.

In fact, it is a group of bandits, robbers, and rogues who are uneven.

"Here it is, the joint counterattack of the rebel armies in the regions south of the river......

Looking back at the tragedy behind him, Xu Fen's heart was pounding.

He never imagined that Yixian, as a county town next to Xiling City, the seat of Jiangxia County, obviously had the Jiangxia army stationed, but because the main general Han Yan was suppressing thieves in Xipi, it was difficult to resist the offensive of the rebel army, and it fell in just a few days.

"I should inform the cottage as soon as possible and inform Ah Hu."

Xu Fen thought secretly.