Li Xu, who appeared in front of Zhao Yu, had a very ugly face, because he felt some kind of threat.

Half an hour ago, he received a secret message from several county officials, who were in charge of guarding the city wall, telling him that a rebel had sent someone to deliver an arrow book to Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.

And this letter eventually fell into the hands of the Black Tiger Thief.

Before dusk, Zhou Hu abruptly left the city with his henchmen, and it is not difficult to guess that he went out of the city to contact the rebels.

This incident made Li Xu's heart alarmed.

He will not deny the merits and contributions of Zhou Hu and the Black Tiger Thieves so far, if it were not for Zhou Hu and the Black Tiger Thieves, Kunyang County might have fallen when the rebels attacked last time, and it would not have been able to hold out today.

And now there is intelligence that the main force of hundreds of thousands of rebels has advanced north from Dingling County to the south bank of the Shahe River, and his Kunyang County is about to face an unprecedented threat.

Therefore, after receiving the news that Zhou Hu was out of the city, Li Xu sent someone to contact the county commander Liu Bi and the county lieutenant Ma Gai, and discussed privately with the two, hoping that Liu Bi and Ma Gai would come forward with him to question Zhou Hu.

However, Liu Bi and Ma Gai did not support his claim, and they believed that conflicts should not be created at this time.

At that time, Li Xu was almost angry.

What does it mean to create contradictions? That Zhou Hu received a letter from the rebels, and went out of the city to contact the rebels, shouldn't he be questioned face to face when this kind of thing happened? Is this called creating contradictions?

The dignified county commander, the dignified county lieutenant, would actually say such a thing?!

Although Li Xu was vaguely aware that the county magistrate Liu Bi and the county lieutenant Ma Gai were full of fear of that Zhou Hu, as officials of the Kunyang County Ya, if the three of them did not come forward at this time, could they still be called courtiers of the Jin Kingdom?

With such a thought, even if he was rejected by Liu Bi and Ma Gai, Li Xu still appeared in front of the leader of the black tiger thieves without hesitation.

He was going to confront him to his face and ask him if he had made any ulterior deal with the rebels!

As for after that, in fact, Li Xu didn't have much to do, he only knew that once Zhou Hu fell to the rebels, he Kunyang would be finished......

"Whew."

With a long sigh, Li Xu put the cranky thoughts in his heart behind him, stared at the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him, and asked in a deep voice with a little panic in his sternness that he didn't even realize it: "Leader Zhou, I heard that you received a letter from the rebels today?" ”

"Ahh

Zhao Yu nodded, and did not mean to hide it: "It's the commander of the rebels, a guy named Guan Shuo sent someone to send ......"

"The commander of the rebels?"

Li Xu was shocked in his heart, and his face became even more ugly.

At this moment, he couldn't think carefully about why Zhao Yu didn't hide him, and asked in surprise: "Leader Zhou just left the city, could it be that he went to see that Guan Shuo?" But I didn't know that Leader Zhou sold me Kunyang and the people of Kunyang for a good price?! ”

Zhao Yu didn't care about Li Xu's sarcasm in his words, because he noticed that this Li Xiancheng seemed to be trembling all over his body with excitement.

He stood up with laughter, and under Li Xu's puzzled gaze, he put his arms around the latter's arms, helped him to the stool next to the table, and said with a smile: "The county is too excited, come on, sit down first, and drink saliva." ”

From the side, Jingnu poured a bowl of water quite obediently and tacitly and brought it to Li Xu.

It could be seen that Li Xu was a little confused about Zhao Yu's attitude, and after sitting down on the stool, he closed his mouth tightly, still staring at Zhao Yu with suspicion and vigilance.

Seeing his demeanor, Zhao Yu smiled and said with relief: "Li Xiancheng will receive his heart in his stomach, whether I am Zhou Hu or my Black Tiger Village, they are all part of my Kunyang, and they will never betray Kunyang." When I went out of the city to see Guan Shuo, it was nothing more than that he sent someone to send a letter to meet me outside the city, so I took the opportunity to meet him, wanting to see what kind of plan the rebel commander had for me Kunyang. ”

Li Xu looked at Zhao Yu's eyes intently, and said tentatively uneasily: "The commander of the rebel army, just want to meet Leader Zhou?" …… Unexpectedly, the reputation of Leader Zhou had already reached the ears of the commander of the rebel army. ”

"Hahaha."

Zhao Yu could naturally understand the voice outside the strings, and said with a smile: "Li Xiancheng, you and I have been in contact for a while, I believe that you also understand Zhou's personality, and we will simply reveal some words, there is no need to hide ......"

『……』

Li Xu looked at Zhao Yu with some suspicion.

It was undeniable that he had indeed gotten along with the leader of the Black Tiger Thief for a while, but he didn't dare to say that he knew each other, especially in such a matter of great importance.

Exhaling slightly and calming down his mood, Li Xu said seriously and sincerely: "Okay, since Leader Zhou wants to be sincere, I want to know if Leader Zhou has done anything with the rebels...... Trade. ”

"Not really."

Zhao Yu didn't hide it, shook his head and said: "Then Guan Shuo wants me to raise the city and surrender, and promised me the position of so-called 'general' and allow me to take charge of 10,000 horses, but Li Xiancheng also knows, how could Zhou agree to such conditions?" I told him that if he allowed Kunyang County to be zoned as my territory and not invaded by the garrison, then I could also give up my position of resisting him......"

"Tiger this week...... To make such a request to the rebels?'

Li Xu was stunned when he heard this, and he was speechless.

Rao didn't expect that Zhou Hu in front of him would actually make such a 'non-partial' request to the commander of the rebels.

Use a Kunyang in exchange for you Zhou Hu to change the position of 'resisting the rebels', and not allow the rebels to enter the country, even if he Li Xu is the commander of the rebels, he will not agree to this kind of 'non-share' request. - Who do you think Zhou Hu thinks he is?

I have to say that Li Xu has always known that Zhou Hu is a conceited and arrogant guy, so much so that on the matter of 'joining forces to resist the rebels', Zhou Hu expressed his intention to ask the county government to obey him on the first day, which was extremely arrogant.

Unexpectedly, this guy faced the rebel commander with hundreds of thousands of troops, and he was actually like this......

I really don't know whether to call it bold, or I don't know the height of the sky.

…… Ah, no!

Realizing that his thoughts were off topic, Li Xu straightened his mind and said with a frown: "How can Leader Zhou negotiate terms with the rebels? ”

Although there was still a reproach in his tone, he was obviously relieved compared to Fang Cai, because he had already discovered that the black tiger thief leader in front of him had more appetite than he had imagined, so he didn't have to worry too much about the other party being bribed by the rebels.

"Why can't we talk?"

Zhao Yu asked Li Xu in turn: "Li Xiancheng also knows that with the strength of my Kunyang county alone, to resist the hundreds of thousands of rebels, it is not that I can't, but my Kunyang will inevitably pay a heavy price for this, and after a fierce battle, it may not be impossible for the people in the city to be ten rooms and nine empty......

"......" Li Xu was silent.

Don't look at Zhao Yu's pessimism, in fact, his real thoughts are even more pessimistic than Zhao Yu, at least Zhao Yu feels that the price of 'ten rooms and nine emptiness' can still hold the county, but in his opinion, it may not be.

The reason why he insisted on fighting the rebels was nothing more than that he was a courtier of the Jin Kingdom and refused to bow to the rebel forces.

"Nope."

He gritted his teeth and said: "My Kunyang is not an isolated city, the county will not abandon us, and will definitely find a way to rescue ......"

Zhao Yu glanced at Li Xu and poured cold water without hesitation: "Zhou doesn't dare to expect to get assistance from the county. …… The main force of the rebels went north, it can be seen that Zhaoling County has indeed fallen, like such a fortified city with the danger of the Luo River, the county can not give assistance, watching it fall by the rebels, not to mention this Kunyang, which is almost impossible to defend? ”

“……”

Li Xu's face turned pale when he heard this, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't speak.

Because he can't refute it.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu lowered his voice and said: "Li Xiancheng, you are an upright person, Zhou Mou has always respected upright people, and he doesn't want to hide anything. …… So far, the county has not figured out which is more serious about the threat of my black tiger group and the rebels, and refuses to give me any promise to Zhou Hu, in this case, Li Xiancheng should not expect me Zhou Hu to have any kind thoughts about the county. But in Kunyang, Zhou will try his best to preserve it, which is not only a reward for Liu County's order, Ma County's lieutenant and Li County's three people who gave Zhou's trust, but also a return to the people of the city...... In other words, if one day the rebels accepted Zhou's conditions and promised to use Kunyang as Zhou's territory and not to infringe on them, Zhou would also consider reaching a tacit understanding with the rebels by giving up resistance...... Whether it is public or private, or reasonable, Zhou will not give up Kunyang, but if necessary, I will ignore the attitude of the county. Please believe that Zhou's move is also the follow-up of me Kunyang not to go to Zhaoling. ”

“……”

Li Xu raised his head suddenly, looked at Zhao Yu in shock, his lips moved slightly, and he stopped talking a few times.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, just wrapped his trembling hands around the bowl and took a sip of the tea in the bowl.

Seeing this, a slight smile appeared on Zhao Yu's face under the mask, and he said: "In short, please rest assured that Li Xiancheng will not turn his back on Kunyang no matter what." On the other hand, the only one who can shelter Kunyang is me, Zhou Hu! ”

“……”

Glancing at Zhao Yu, Li Xu nodded slightly silently.

A moment later, Li Xu said goodbye and left with mixed feelings.

The result of this visit to the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves made him mixed feelings.

Fortunately, Zhou Hu did not turn his back on Kunyang, even if he was selfish, but he still thought about the whole city, although Li Xu also understood that this was only because Zhou Hu regarded Kunyang as his territory, and refused to let go even in the face of the rebels, and made people cry and laugh strongly.

What worried him was that Zhou Hu had debunked the fact that Yingchuan County was now unable to support him in Kunyang County, which made Li Xu's heart shake.

If Zhou Hu really forced the rebels to acquiesce to Kunyang as Zhou Hu's territory through the struggle in the future, and restrained the rebel soldiers under his command from not attacking Kunyang again, then what kind of attitude should he Li Xu take in this matter?

For the sake of Kunyang, support Zhou Hu to negotiate with the rebels in private?

Or is it that for the sake of justice, regardless of Kunyang and the people, at the risk of turning against Zhou Hu, and in a hopeless situation, continue to fight against the rebels?

He shook his head with a wry smile.

As for what Zhou Hu kept saying about his territory, in fact, Li Xu was not unaware that Zhou Hu regarded Kunyang as his territory, but he did not reject it; On the contrary, he was glad that Zhou Hu thought so, because it meant that Zhou Hu would always be on his side with Kunyang, and would not turn his back on Kunyang and turn to the rebels.

Or maybe that's the only thing to be thankful about right now.