On the order of the young lord Yang Ding, Wei Chi left the camp with two guards.

These two guards, one is called Yu Jian and the other is called Pang Pei, both of whom have followed Yang Ding for many years, although their qualifications are far inferior to Wei Dong and Wei Chi's father and son, they are also trustworthy.

There were still many guards like this around Yang Ding, but not all of them followed Yang Ding to Ye County, and many remained in Handan and other places.

After leaving the camp and turning over on his mount, Yu Jian took the torch handed by a county official next to him, turned around and asked Wei Chi: "Brother Wei, where can we find those people?" ”

Wei Chi also turned over and got on the horse, held a torch to show the direction, and said, "Go to Xiangcun." …… Before leaving, those people had left a message that they would live in Xiangcun for a while. ”

The location of Xiangcun, the three of them know, is just south of the military camp in Wuxian County, not far, about ten miles to the south.

The only problem is that it is already dark at this moment, and it must be inconvenient to ride a horse with a torch.

But the matter was urgent, and Wei Chi and the three did not dare to slack off.

"Drive!"

With a flick of the reins, the three of them went straight to Xiangcun.

According to rumors, in Xiangcun, Fengcun, Xuxiang and other villages around the Black Tiger Mountain, there is a private collusion with the Black Tiger Thieves in the villages, including building mountain defenses for the Black Tiger Thieves, raising poultry and livestock for the Black Tiger Thieves, and even helping the Black Tiger Thieves sell their stolen goods.

Because of the night rush, the distance of more than ten miles, the three of them took half an hour to arrive in Xiangcun.

After coming to Xiang Village, Wei Chi and the others took the lead in going to the sentry box next to the village.

It was said to be a sentry pavilion, but in fact it was just a wooden house - when passing through Xiang Village that day, Yang Ding sent a team of Yexian County guards to garrison the village, so as not to confuse the villagers of Xiang Village with the black tiger thieves.

The leader of the team of Yexian county guards was a catcher surnamed Qu, and after Wei Chi met him and asked what he wanted to know, the catcher nodded and said: "Yes, this morning, there are indeed a few guys who are suspected of being black tiger thieves in the village, and they asked the villagers for a house in the west of the village to live in, and they also asked for a lot of wine and food...... I sent someone to report this matter to Lord Yang, but he ordered me not to act rashly. ”

Seeing a little doubt on the face of this Qu Hunting Head, Wei Chi explained: "Although these people are black tiger thieves, they have turned their backs on Zhou Hu under the persuasion of adults, if you capture them, no black tiger thief will dare to surrender." ”

"Oh."

Qu Zhutou suddenly realized, but Xuan even frowned and said, "Did those people really turn their backs on Zhou Hu?" Today, I sent people to keep an eye on them, but I found that they still regarded themselves as black tiger thieves in front of the villagers, and asked the villagers to serve wine and food obediently......"

Wei Chi didn't know about these things, so he didn't make any comments, he diverted the topic and said to Qu Zhutou: "In short, I am on the orders of the adults, and I have something important to see those people. ”

Qu Zhutou immediately understood, clenched his fists and said, "I'll lead you forward." ”

Temporarily depositing the three mounts in the sentry pavilion, Wei Chi and the three of them followed Qu Zhutou to the west of the village.

Because it was a big night, there were almost no people in the village, but the sound of the four of them walking around still alarmed some villagers who had not yet fallen asleep.

Then the man blew out the oil lamp and probably went back to sleep.

Probably noticing the strange look on the faces of Wei Chi and the others, Qu Zhutou lowered his voice and explained: "I have lived in this village for a few days, and I have found that the villagers here are not very happy to associate with us...... Although they are not hostile to me and his party, it is not difficult to feel that they have the meaning of avoiding them. ”

"A group of ignorant fellows are willing to fight for the tiger."

Guard Pang Pei heard a little clue, and snorted coldly rather unhappily.

Wei Chi didn't squint and didn't make any comments - anyway, this village was not a village under his young lord Yang Ding, what did he care so much about?

Not long after, the three of them were led by Qu Zhutou to an adobe house in the west of the village.

Far away, Wei Chi heard the sound of cups and bowls colliding in the house, and several men drunkenly talking and urging them to drink.

"This is it."

Coming to the outside of the house, Qu Zhutou turned to Wei Chi and said.

Wei Chi nodded, stepped forward and knocked on the closed wooden door.

Immediately, there was a scolding sound in the house, and then a man opened the door and glanced out of the house drunkenly, until he saw Wei Chi's appearance clearly, this person immediately became alert, and shouted quietly into the house: "Big brother, it's Wei Chi beside Yang Ding." ”

As soon as the words ended, a man's laughter sounded in the room: "Hahaha, let him in." ”

"Okay."

The black tiger thief at the door gave way, and Wei Chi was not stunned at all, and walked into the house with Yu Jian and Pang Pei, but the head of Qu Zhutou hesitated for a moment, and finally shouted outside the house: "Wei Guard, Qu is answering outside the house." ”

"There is labor."

Wei Chi replied casually, and then swept his gaze to the house.

There were about seven men in this room, and three of them were lying on the ground and snoring, while the other three were still sitting around a low table drinking and eating—their faces were flushed, and they had obviously drunk a lot.

And among the three people, the person in the center was looking at Wei Chi with a smile at the moment.

"Cai Jian." Wei Chi calmly called out the other party's name, but there was all kinds of disdain in his heart.

It turned out that Cai Jian's group was one of the people who shouted 'What kind of person are you Lao Tzu' outside the camp in Taye County today.

Although the other party was a thief who had done a lot of evil, Wei Chi still admired these people a little at that time, but he didn't expect that not long after this group of people left angrily, they returned to the camp in Taye County, and agreed to Yang Ding's request that they return to Black Tiger Village to 'do internal response', but they offered 200,000 yuan.

200,000 yuan is the price of this group of people betraying their old companions and turning against each other.

For this kind of person, Wei Chi only uses two words to evaluate: scum, scum!

But right now, they need them.

Under the gaze of several former black tiger thieves in the house, Wei Chi sat in the vacant seat opposite Cai Jian, and said with a straight face: "Cai Jian, the request you made to my family today, my family agreed. ”

"......" Cai Jian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at Wei Chi in surprise, and then smiled with a little suspicion: "This is strange." …… Could it be that something happened in one day? ”

Wei Chi replied expressionlessly, "You don't have to worry about this. You just need to know that my family has agreed to the conditions you and others proposed, but my family wants Zhou Hu's head! ”

The moment he finished speaking, the room was silent for a while, and Cai Jian, who was still smiling, also put away his smile at this moment, frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you only do internal responses?" ”

"This time, that time." Wei Chi said in a deep voice: "As long as you wait to get Zhou Hu's head, the 200,000 yuan is yours." ”

Cai Jian took a deep look at Wei Chi a few times, and said with a strange smile: "Zhou Hu...... Did you do anything? ”

"......" Wei Chi didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Cai Jian deliberately said: "Wei Huwei refuses to say, then we can't do this deal...... Seeing that Wei Escort came to see me in the middle of the night, I'm afraid it's not a bad situation, right? Looking at it this way, it seems that we should go back to the cottage......"

Wei Chi looked at Cai Jian expressionlessly, of course he understood why Cai Jian deliberately said this, he sneered and said, "Want to know?" Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you! …… Today, Zhou Hu sent Wang Qing and Chu Yan to attack Runan and Xiangcheng counties, kidnapped Liu Yi, the commander of Runan County, and Wang Yong, the commander of Xiangcheng County, and ordered them to set fire to the county government ......"

As he expected, after hearing this, Cai Jian's face was full of shock, and he looked at the other two companions who were still sober.

They are not savages in the mountains, how can they not know the consequences of abducting the county order and setting fire to the yaya?

“…… It's insane. Cai Jian muttered.

Seeing this person's behavior, Wei Chi felt more and more contemptuous in his heart, but his complexion was not unusual, and he couldn't see any clues.

He said calmly: "You should know what the consequences of taking away the county order and burning the yamen are, once he learns about it in the county, or even the imperial court, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you will inevitably be arrested and sent back to Fufa." However, if you are willing to obey the orders of my family, sneak back to the Black Tiger Village, and try to kill that Zhou Hu, then not only will there be no shortage of 200,000 yuan in the bounty, but in the future, my family will be able to intercede for you, so that you will not be burdened with the crime of taking away the county order and burning the yamen. ”

"That's not about us......"

Cai Jian heard a bit of threat, and glared at Wei Chi rather unhappily.

Wei Chi said lightly: "Things have come to such a point, and those who were once related to the Black Tiger Thief will not be able to escape in the future, unless they can ...... Atonement for sins. ”

"Whew, Whew......"

I don't know if I drank too much or was angered by Wei Chi's words, Cai Jian's breathing gradually became thicker, and he stared at Wei Chi with a flickering look in his eyes.

After a while, he took a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Hu's side, there is Niu Heng as a guard, this manpower is as big as an ox, even if he is barehanded, it is difficult for three or five people to get close, not to mention that most of the people in the village are loyal to Zhou Hu, if the deeds are revealed, then our brothers will not be able to come back......"

Wei Chi raised his hand to interrupt Cai Jian's words, and Zhengse said, "We will cooperate with you and others." After you wait for it, then set fire to the village, I saw a fire on the mountain, so I immediately led people to attack the mountain, when Zhou Hu was dead, the inside and outside should be combined, the black tiger thief will be in chaos, you can take the opportunity to escape with Zhou Hu's head. ”

Cai Jian stared at Wei Chi with a tense face, and suddenly, he opened his mouth and said, "500,000 yuan!" I'll take the brethren to give it a try. ”

Wei Chi raised his eyebrows and reprimanded unhappily: "Cai Jian, you don't want to gain an inch!" ”

Seeing this, Cai Jian hesitated and gave in: "400,000 yuan!" …… Do you want me to wait and fight hard, but be stingy with the bounty? ”

Wei Chi closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes and said, "I will make the decision for my family in this matter, 300,000 yuan!" …… This is the final bottom line, get Zhou Hu's head, and the 300,000 yuan is yours! ”

"Refreshing!"

Cai Jian patted the low table in front of him, drank the bowl of wine on the table excitedly, and then wiped his mouth and asked, "Three days later, wait for me to wait for the signal......

"No, do it right away tonight!"

Considering that Fang had already told the reason, Wei Chi simply stopped hiding it, and said in a deep voice: "Liu and Wang's two county orders are already in the hands of Wang Qing and Chu Yan, but now Zhou Hu may not know about it, and he must eradicate it before he learns about it!" ”

"Tonight? Right now? ”

Cai Jian looked stunned: "This is too hasty, we are unprepared." ”

"Then prepare now!"

Wei Chi said with a calm face, and at the same time glanced at several former black tiger thieves who were sleeping in the house.

After a while, after discussing with Cai Jian for a while, Wei Chi got up to say goodbye, and left with Yu Jian, Pang Pei, and the head catcher surnamed Qu.

After sending Wei Chi and the others out of sight, Cai Jian returned to the house, sat back in his original seat, and poured a bowl of wine again.

At this time, his companion Zhang Kuo asked in a low voice, "Big brother, do we really want to do this business?" According to me, let's go back to the cottage, and after all, we will not be treated in the cottage ......."

"Are you stupid?"

Cai Jian glanced at his companion and said angrily, "Didn't you hear? That week, Hu ordered people to rob the county orders of the two counties, and also set fire to the yamen, which was tantamount to rebellion! It's too late for us to draw a line with him now, how can we go back? ”

"But ......" Zhang Yu opened his mouth, but finally closed his mouth, obviously he also understood the serious consequences of robbing officials and burning the government.

Immediately, at Cai Jian's signal, Zhang Xuan woke up the three drunken companions, and the seven of them got together and discussed.

It can be seen that Cai Jian also has some brains, and he whispered to everyone: "Let's pretend to change our minds and return to the village, when someone asks, they say that we drank some wine in Xiangcun...... At present, it is the time to employ people in the village, seeing that we are back in the cottage, it is too late for those guys to be happy, where will they tell the big and small leaders? They took the opportunity to touch Zhou Hu's house and smeared and chopped off his head......"

Admittedly, it was a good idea, but the rest of the companions were hesitant.

Seeing this, Cai Jian said with a little sigh: "After all, we have to get some money for ourselves, otherwise how will we make a living in the future?" …… Besides, Zhou Hu's madman has done such a thing, we must draw a line with him! …… Just us, how can we escape the wanted of the imperial court? ”

Hearing this, several people looked at each other.

These people were originally ruffians in the Xiangcheng area, although the above evil deeds continued, but they were still different from those old people in the Black Tiger Village - those are the real bold gangsters, who can even rob officials and burn officials!

"Okay, just listen to the eldest brother!"

After some summing, the other six finally obeyed Cai Jian, after all, they all needed money.

Without further ado, the seven people immediately set off and returned to the Black Tiger Village.

By the time they returned to the southern slope of Black Tiger Mountain, it was already around the clock.

Considering that the time to meet Wei Chi was approaching, Cai Jian and the others couldn't take a breath and went up the mountain along the south slope.

The southern slope of Black Tiger Mountain is now guarded by Chu Yan's clan brother Chu Ben, and when he went up the mountain like Cai Jian and others, he was naturally immediately discovered by the secret sentinel in the mountain.

"Who?!"

The Black Tiger sentinels lurking in the shadows immediately asked.

Cai Jian and the others were originally also people in the cottage, of course they knew the stakes, and hurriedly agreed: "It's me, it's me, Cai Jian, Cai Jian of Xiangcheng." ”

They didn't dare not agree, because if they didn't, the next moment they would be greeted by a shuttle of crossbows.

"Cai Jian?"

After a puzzle, a black tiger climbed out of the shadows, holding a crossbow and a fox and asked, "Aren't you going down the mountain?" ”

Cai Jian almost said: "Don't mention it, I'm confused for a while." …… At that time, we were frightened and fled down the mountain, but after escaping down the mountain, a few of us regretted it, no, we drank some wine in Xiangcun, and went back to the village to ask for guilt through the wine gall...... Chu Fei, for the sake of the brothers, spare the brothers. ”

"Hah, that depends on what the leader means."

That being said, the black tiger sentry named Chu Fei still put away the crossbow.

And Cai Jian and the others didn't take the opportunity to make trouble, because there was no need.

Besides, God knows if there are any other secret sentinels around here, in case Chu Fei shouts, then their plan will be over.

Therefore, Cai Jian and the others took the best way, that is, to get close to Chu Feitao and regain the latter's trust.

Probably because Cai Jian and the others did not behave abnormally, Chu Fei gradually relaxed his guard, and said happily: "No matter what, it's good to come back, as long as you are willing to come back, then we are still good brothers......

With that, he sniffed and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Good fellow, such a big smell of wine? How much alcohol did you guys drink in Xiangcun? Didn't you guys deliberately make excuses to go to the bar? ”

"How can it!" Cai Jian and the others laughed.

After some conversation, Cai Jian felt that the time was almost up, so he said to Chu Fei: "Brother, let's not talk about it, where is the right commander?" Let's ask him to ......."

Hearing this, Chu Fei said: "Brother Yan has something to go down the mountain, and now this side is handed over to Chu Ben, that kid Han, I don't think you can please a few of you...... In this way, you go back to the main village to find Guo Zhaicheng, I heard that today one after another, about a dozen brothers have returned to the village, and they have all reported to Guo Zhaicheng...... Well, but it's too late now, so it's not too late for you to go back to your original residence first, and wait for tomorrow to see Guo Zhaicheng. ”

His words hit Cai's heart, and the latter took the opportunity to say: "Okay, let's go back to the village first, let's go, brother." ”

"Beware of slippery roads."

"Okay."

Bidding farewell to Chu Fei, Cai Jian and his party continued to walk towards the cottage.

Along the way, they also encountered several sets of secret sentinels one after another, but because they were familiar with each other, those Black Tigers who served as secret sentinels did not suspect Cai Jian and others, which made Cai Jian and his party pass through the dark sentinels without danger and came to Black Tiger Village.

Even, even the Black Tigers who were on duty at the gate of the Black Tiger Village did not suspect them, and after some teasing and laughing, they put Cai Jian and his party into the cottage.

It's done!

Stepping into the cottage again and seeing the silence in the village late at night, Cai Jian was really proud in his heart.

Who said he had no wisdom?

In addition to being proud, he reminded the six brothers around him: "Be smart. ”

Because there are also patrolling guards in the village, these people are directly under Guo Da's orders, and they are very loyal to Zhou Hu, Guo Da and others, once these people see the flaws, it will be all over, not only the 300,000 bounty will be in vain, but even their lives will be lost.

Before they could take a few steps forward, they bumped into a group of guards.

Fortunately, it was impossible for these guards to guess the plot of Cai Jian and the others, and they might not even know that Cai Jian and the others had fled down the mountain - after all, for the sake of morale in the village, Guo Da did not announce a specific list of those who fled down the mountain.

"Why?"

"Just came back. …… I regretted it after going down the mountain, a few of us will come back, it is late today, and we will ask Guo Zhaicheng for guilt tomorrow. ”

"Okay, then you can go back to your original residence, rest early, and don't wander around the village at will."

"Okay."

After a short exchange, Cai Jian, Zhang Kun and the others got rid of the team of guards and secretly headed towards the house of the big leader Zhou Hu.

After being reminded, the group quietly touched the house of the big leader Zhou Hu.

As far as they knew, the house where the great leader Zhou Hu lived was on one of the two sides of the Juyi Hall - the room on the west side lived Guo Da, and the east side lived Zhou Hu.

One further east of Zhou Hu's house is Niu Heng's residence.

And the problem is that at this time, outside the big leader's house, there are two black tigers.

You don't need to ask to know that these two people must be Zhou Hu's henchmen.

Seeing this scene from afar, Cai Jian thought about it, he took a few companions to a no-man's corner, and ordered: "There are two people guarding outside Zhou Hu's house, and those two will definitely not let us get close, once we forcibly break in, they will inevitably shout." …… Let's do this, He Ren, you take the two brothers back to our house, set a fire, and attract the attention of the village. If anyone asks, lie that someone has attacked you. Zhang Kuo and I will take two more people, four of them to take Zhou Hu's head, once we succeed, we will set fire to Zhou Hu's house, and you will quickly flee when you see it. ”

"Okay."

After the discussion, He Ren took the other two companions back to his original residence and set a fire.

The fire in the dark night is naturally the most conspicuous, and the guards patrolling the village immediately rushed to the fire, and taking this opportunity, Cai Jian took Zhang Xuan and the other two to quietly touch the two guards in front of Zhou Hu's house.

The two black tigers who were on duty were obviously attracted by the fire in the distance in the village, so that they didn't even notice that Cai Jian and Zhang Yu had quietly touched their backs.

"I'm sorry, brother, although we have no grievances, who told you two to block the financial path of my brothers......

Muttering to himself, Cai Jian quietly stretched out his hand to the mouth and nose of the person in front of him, and immediately covered it, and at the same time, the sharp blade in his hand pierced the other party's body with a pop.

"Woo."

The black tiger struggled violently for a moment, and then the whole person went limp.

On the other hand, Zhang Kun also succeeded.

After succeeding, Cai Jian and the four of them immediately hid the corpse, and immediately, he asked the other two to pretend to be Zhou Hu's guards, so that no passing guards would find out that something was wrong.

And he and Zhang Kun went straight to Zhou Hu's close house.

"Squeak......

With a slight sound, Cai Jian pushed open half of the door slightly, turned sideways and quietly moved in.

And then there's Zhang Kun.

The room was dark, except for a window a few feet away, and the moonlight was faintly penetrating.

Cai Jian and Zhang Xuan were afraid of bumping into something that would arouse Zhou Hu's vigilance, so they groped cautiously.

And at this moment, only to hear a swish, a cold light swept in front of Cai Jian, and he subconsciously leaned back, which could be avoided.

For the rest of his life, his hair stood on end, and he took two steps back and squinted his eyes to take a closer look.

By this time, his eyes had gradually adjusted to the darkness of the room, and he only then noticed that a few steps in front of him stood a man with a sharp blade......

The moonlight that penetrated the room through the window reflected a faint light on the blade of the other party's sword, slightly illuminating the man.

Cai Jian and Zhang Xuan realized that it seemed to be a woman, a woman with long hair and waist-length, holding a thin quilt covering her body in her left hand, a sharp sword in her right hand, and a pair of white feet stepping on the ground naked.

However, the most heart-warming thing is that beautiful face.

It's just that the woman's gaze is as cold as the sword in her hand, full of murderous intent.

She...... Who is it?

Cai Jian and Zhang Yu were a little distracted for a while.