His lips moved slightly, and he stopped talking, and Xun Yi, the governor of the north, looked around cautiously.

Gradually, he regained consciousness and realized that he was no longer in the inn where he was staying, but in a completely unfamiliar room.

"Did someone knock me down with a drug and bring me here?"

He was secretly judging in his heart.

At this time, there was a hoarse and rough laugh: "Xun Duyou has finally woken up, my subordinates rudely invited Xun Duyou here, and I ask Xun Duyou to forgive me for any offense." ”

“……”

Hearing this, Xun Yi looked squarely at the person sitting across from him, who he had actually noticed.

A man with a tiger mask.

And in the direction of his right hand, there is also an extremely burly man, this person folds his hands in front of his chest, purses his mouth, and bends the sides of his lips downward, at first glance, there is some suspicion of pretending to be majestic, but it is undeniable that this strong man does bring great pressure to Xun Yi.

But despite this, Xun Yi still felt that the little man sitting across from him was the real leader here.

"Black Tiger Thief ......"

As soon as he saw that mask, Xun Yi subconsciously thought of the black tiger thief.

『…… I guess I'm still the leader of the Black Tiger Thief.'"

With the candle on the table, Xun Yi carefully observed the ink-colored dress worn by the other party, and then added secretly.

After a while, he took a slight breath, looked at the man with the tiger face opposite, and asked calmly, "Foot...... Who is it? ”

At this time, the tiger-faced man sitting opposite Xun Yi was Zhao Yu, and he arched his hand with his sleeves raised, and deliberately smiled in a rough voice: "In the next week, Hu is a small trader in Kunyang County......

Xun Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then he was stunned again.

Zhou Hu?

He had heard this name from Liu Bi, Ma Gai, Ishihara and others......

The leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, Zhou Hu!

For this thief leader, this afternoon Xun Yi specifically asked Shi Yuan, the head catcher who participated in the encirclement and suppression of the black tiger thief, according to Shi Yuan, this Zhou Hu's origin is mysterious, and he didn't know where he came out, only knowing that after the death of the first leader of the black tiger thief, Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong, this Zhou Hu became the leader of the black tiger thief.

Other than that, there were no clues, and no one had even seen the leader of the Black Tiger Thief.

Feeling a slight hint of inexplicable coolness on his back, Xun Yi endured the horror and sneered in a low voice: "The leader of the black tiger thief, but he is a hawker in Kunyang County, and he is really humble and ...... Laugh. ”

Hearing the word 'laughing', Niu Heng, who wrapped his arms like an iron tower, immediately widened his eyes, opened his mouth to scold and scold, but he suddenly thought of Zhao Yu's previous advice to him, it was not good to have a seizure, so he snorted heavily and glared at Xun Yi with vicious eyes, so as to express the unhappiness in his heart.

Zhao Yu didn't care about Xun Yi's verbal offense, took the wine spoon, scooped a spoonful from the wine vat that was boiling on the side, and poured the wine for the cow.

If it were Chen Zu, Chen Cai and others, most of these people would understand Zhao Yu's hints, but unfortunately, Niu Heng didn't notice the deep meaning of Zhao Yu's move at all, and still stared at Xun Yi with a pair of tiger eyes like copper bells.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu secretly shook his head, put down the wine spoon in his hand, and said calmly to Xun Yi in a thick voice: "Do you think it's funny?" However, what follows is the truth...... If there had been another way to survive back then, Zhou would not have appeared in front of the post governor with such a posture today......"

“……”

Xun Yi's eyes flashed a few different colors.

Similar to the feeling when Liu Bi, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, heard Zhao Yu speak, Zhao Yu just said a few words, and Xun Yi was surprised to feel that the person opposite was from an unusual background, and he was definitely not the kind of vulgar thief who did not learn and did not know how to do it.

"Do you want to hear Zhou's story?" Zhao Yu asked with a smile.

Xun Yi glanced at the dark corner of the room a few times, stroked his beard and said lightly: "Even if Xun doesn't want to hear it, he must not release it under his feet...... Listen to it, Xun is also very curious about what kind of magical story the leader of the black tiger thief has. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu shook his head and smiled: "Then I will disappoint the superintendent, Zhou's story is bland and boring......

As he spoke, he began to make up stories and changed the one he originally used to deceive Chen Mo.

He said that he was once the son of a small family in the Wannan area of Nanyang County, and his family had some spare money, but unfortunately the rebels entered Nanyang County, and his family was ruined in an instant, so he could only follow the refugees to flee north.

Until a few years ago, he came to Kunyang County, because Kunyang County did not accept refugees at that time, he was desperate and went to Heihu Village.

As Zhao Yu said, the whole story is bland and boring, and there is nothing earth-shattering, but in Xun Yi's opinion, such a story is more real.

"Then after Yang Tong dies, you will grab the position of the leader of the Black Tiger Thief?" Xun Yi asked with a little surprise.

Zhao Yu smiled, shook his head and corrected: "The post supervisor may have misunderstood something, before Yang Tong died, Zhou was his reliance and the decision-maker in the village, so after Yang Tong's death, I took the position of leader, which is justified." ”

"What a good name."

Xun Yi sneered twice, but he didn't doubt Zhao Yu's words in his heart.

As a person who has studied, he also subconsciously looks down on the kind of vulgar bandits who don't even recognize big characters, so he doesn't doubt that a child of a small family like Zhao Yu will be appreciated by the leader of the bandits immediately after joining the thief's den.

However, from the conversation with Zhao Yu, he also noticed one thing: it seemed that the second-generation leader of the black tiger thief named Zhou Hu in front of him had no respect for his former leader Yang Tong, and named him from beginning to end.

Thinking of this, he curiously probed: "Listening to the words of the foot, it seems that the foot does not have much respect for your former leader?" ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu smiled disappreciably, but there was a little smug in his heart.

He deliberately showed no respect for Yang Tong, wanting to arouse Xun Yi's curiosity, so as to elicit what he wanted to say next, so as to show that he and Yang Tong were not all the way. - Of course, he actually doesn't have any respect for Yang Tong.

"Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong, hehehehe......"

Smiling with a somewhat disdainful tone, Zhao Yu glanced at Niu Heng beside him, and clicked to the end, but Niu Heng did not react, still staring at Xun Yi with his eyes, so that it seemed that Zhao Yu's scruples were a little excessive.

I saw him tap his fingers on the table, pretending to be silent, and after a while, he said lightly: "What do you say...... Although I still have a lot of affection for Yang Tong's original containment, I really can't get used to what he did at times...... I think he's too vulgar and too ...... I don't know how thick the sky is. ”

After a pause, he spread his hands and said: "How many thieves who have always killed innocents indiscriminately, aroused public indignation, and even dared to oppose the government, how many can end up well?" As the so-called thief also has a way, even if we wait for the grass to fall into the grass, but we can't do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, let alone go against the government, isn't that self-defeating? ”

“……”

Xun Yi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

He never expected to hear this from a bandit.

Suddenly, Xun Yi thought of the black tiger thief's various 'weird' moves.

According to today, he learned from the mouths of Ishihara and Yang Kang, the black tiger thieves in Yingshan, like the rest of the bandits and rogues in the world, were all about killing people and stealing goods, robbing homes and houses, no matter whether they were good or bad, as long as they were planted in their hands, there would definitely be only a dead end.

But suddenly one day, the black tiger thieves changed, they restrained the villagers, no longer indiscriminately killing innocents, and no longer robbing the mountain villages below the mountain at will, but plundering the passing caravans in a targeted manner.

Even, even if it was plundering caravans, this group of bandits seemed to be trying to minimize killing, so one after another, passing caravans were willing to scatter their wealth to eliminate disasters, donate a part of the road money, and exchange it for the black tiger thieves to allow them to pass.

"Could it be that all the changes of the Black Tiger Thief are because of this Zhou Hu?"

A thought turned in his heart, Xun Yi said tentatively: "The Black Tiger Yishe in the county seat...... It's your people, right? ”

"That's right." Zhao Yu admitted it very frankly.

Seeing this, Xun Yi asked again: "That...... The brotherhood in the city, as well as the merchants who attracted Ye County to build workshops in the county, are you also doing? ”

"Yes." Zhao Yu admitted frankly again.

『…… The stone catcher's guess was right.'"

Xun is slightly discolored.

It wasn't until the leader of the Black Tiger Thief personally admitted that he was convinced that the Black Tiger Thief had actually controlled half of Kunyang.

Thinking of this, he turned a blind eye to Niu Heng's stare, and at this moment, a layer of cold sweat couldn't help but ooze out of his head.

Yang Tong is not terrible, the kind of coarse thief who does not know the height of the sky and the height of the earth is not on the table at all, and when Kunyang County pulls out his hand, he can be destroyed immediately.

But the Zhou Hu who replaced Yang Tong in front of him was really terrifying, he quietly controlled half of Kunyang, and the county commander Liu Bi and the county lieutenant Ma Gai also foolishly thought that this bandit could be eliminated at any time......

"What exactly do you want to do?" Xun Yi asked vigilantly.

Facing Xun Yi's vigilance, Zhao Yu spread his hands and said calmly: "What to do?" It's very simple, one, I want to live, and two, I want money. ”

"Huh?" Xun Yi frowned.

"Is there anything incomprehensible about this?" Zhao Yu spread his hands and said: "Everyone in the world wants to live longer and better, and Zhou is no exception. Besides, I have a lot of men to support, so I need a lot of money......"

Xun Yi Zhengse said: "For this reason, you will trample on the royal law?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head with a smile and said: "I have a good conversation with the post of the superintendent, and I must also be from a scholarly family and a noble family, how can I understand my generation if I am born like this?" If given a choice, who would want to be a bandit? ”

"Of course you have a choice." Xun Yi said with a straight face: "You can surrender to the government and seek forgiveness from the imperial court." ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhao Yu suddenly felt that the Xun Duyou in front of him was a little pedantic, and he smiled and said, "That's not good." …… If you surrender to the government, it will undoubtedly be self-defeating and slaughtered, and I still hope that I will be the master of my life! ”

was rejected by Zhao Yu on the spot, although Xun Yi felt a little pity, but he was not surprised.

After all, he didn't think that he could persuade the leader of the Black Tiger Thief to surrender to the government with a few words, he licked his lips that were a little dry, and said lightly: "That's it, Xun Mou's words are all here, I don't know how the leader of Zhou Hu is going to deal with it?" …… Just now you told Xun all kinds of secrets, presumably you don't plan to let Xun leave alive, right? ”

"How so?" Zhao Yu raised his finger and pointed to the cold wine and food on the table, and said with a smile: "Zhou Moufang just said that I asked the post supervisor to come today, just in the hope of making friends with the post governor, you see, I even have all the wine and food...... Well, it seems to be cold, so I ordered someone to heat it up, and re-burn it after changing the taste, how about you and I have a good drink today? ”

"No need."

Xun Yi said lightly: "Xun does not have the habit of drinking and having fun with reckless thieves. If Leader Zhou is not ready to do harm, then please put it in the next place. ”

Zhao Yu looked at Xun Yi and said slowly: "Let the superintendent go back, of course this is okay, Zhou never thought of harming the superintendent, he just wanted to make a friend with the superintendent, but unfortunately the superintendent didn't look down on Zhou...... However, before letting the superintendent go back, Zhou wanted to ask the superintendent to promise one thing. ”

Xun Yi snorted lightly and said, "You want me to hide it for your black tiger thief?" ”

Zhao Yu stroked his palms and smiled: "The post supervisor is really a sensible person......

Before he could take out the copy of the nomination in his arms, he heard Xun Yi say coldly: "I'm sorry, it's difficult for Xun to obey!" ”

He glanced at Zhao Yu, and said: "Maybe the black tiger thief led by the leader of Zhou is indeed different from the ordinary thieves in the world, but a thief is a thief, Xun Mou, as the county governor, came to investigate the thieves in Kunyang County on the order of the county guard, so he should naturally be based on the facts!" ”

『…… It's a bit pedantic."

Looking at Xun Yi with a righteous face in front of him, Zhao Yu felt a little embarrassed.

It stands to reason that Xun Yi should not have pretended to agree, but for the sake of prudence, he took out the petition in his arms and asked Xun Yi to sign and draw a pledge - even if Xun Yi wanted to refuse, he should refuse at this time.

Unexpectedly, Xun Yi refused on the spot, which made him so embarrassed that he couldn't find a suitable time to show the name in his arms.

"Hmm...... Let's think about it again. ”

With a little embarrassment, Zhao Yu took out the copy of the petition in his arms and handed it to Niu Heng beside him.

Niu Heng nodded knowingly, slapped the name on the table on Xun Yi's side, stared at the urn and shouted angrily: "Sign and draw!" ”

"What is this?"

Xun Yi picked up the petition and glanced at it, and then showed a little ridicule on his face, crumpled it casually, and then discarded it in front of Zhao Yu and Niu Heng.

Seeing this, Niu Heng was furious, grabbed Xun Yi's clothes, and pulled the former in front of him with the arm strength of one hand.

"Do you want to die?!" He glared and menaced.

However, under the threat of Niu Heng, Xun Yi, who seemed to be thin, did not change his face, and said lightly: "If you want to kill, you will kill, Xun will never succumb to a group of thieves." ”

"You!" Niu Heng became more and more angry, and raised his other hand into a fist.

"Do you still have this punch?"

Zhao Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Niu Heng, how did you promise me?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yu's question, Niu Heng remembered what the former had told him beforehand, and explained with some embarrassment: "This guy is too annoying......

After all, he still let go of Xun Yi, sat in the seat sullenly, picked up the wine that Zhao Yu had poured for him before, and drank it all.

At this time, Xun Yi, who had not changed his face from beginning to end, tidied up his clothes as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu couldn't help but puff his hands and praised: "The superintendent is not chaotic in the face of danger, which is really admirable." ”

As he spoke, he changed his words and said in a low voice: "Don't you think that because you are a messenger sent by the county, you don't dare to touch you?" ”

Seeing that Xun Yi didn't speak, Zhao Yu said again: "Indeed, the superintendent is the envoy of the county, if he harms the superintendent, it will inevitably cause the anger of the county, but considering that the superintendent will be let go, the superintendent will inevitably report the truth after returning to the county, and the county will still re-examine the matter at that time. …… Is the Postal Superintendent no longer considering it? ”

When saying this, Zhao Yu carefully observed Xun Yi's complexion, but unfortunately, this Xun Duyou's face did not change from beginning to end, as if he was not afraid of death at all.

"Don't think about it."

Xun Yi tidied up his clothes, sat upright, looked at Zhao Yu and said lightly: "From the moment it fell into your hands, Xun never thought of going back alive." …… If you want to kill or chop, listen to it, but if you want Xun to succumb to you and others, it is impossible! ”

With that, he closed his eyes and waited for death.

After waiting for a long time, Xun Yi suddenly heard a few strokes.

He opened his eyes and saw that the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves on the other side was clapping his palms.

I saw that under his gaze, Zhao Yu stroked his palm and praised: "The superintendent is determined and not afraid of life and death, which is really admirable." ”

After that, he sighed, shook his head and said: "Originally, Zhou didn't want to use that trick, that trick was too vicious, but since the post supervisor refused to cooperate, then Zhou could only ...... Don't compromise the means. ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands twice and ordered, "Someone! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, four burly thieves stepped out of the dimly lit corner of the house.

Xun Yi glanced back, his face still did not change, and he sneered: "Do you want to torture me to comply?" …… Hum! ”

There was a hint of disdain on his face.

"I called you hum!"

Niu Heng endured for a long time, and finally got a chance to slash Xun Yi on the back of the neck with a hand knife.

Xun Yi immediately fell in response.

When Xun Yi woke up again, he felt that he didn't know what he was lying on.

Mats?

He subconsciously moved his hands and feet, only to find that his hands and feet were tightly tied with ropes and other things.

At the same time, he also noticed that his mouth was tightly stuffed with a ball of cloth or something, and his head seemed to be covered by a cloth bag. However, at the position of the eyes, the other party drilled two small holes, so that he could vaguely see the situation outside the cloth bag.

Wait......

How do you feel ...... Light whooshing?

Xun Yi realized that his clothes seemed to have been stripped off, and he wanted to shout in shame, but he could only make a 'woo' sound.

"Boss, he's awake."

Suddenly, a man's voice appeared in the room.

Is there anyone else in the house?

Xun Yi was startled, and even heard another man say with a smile: "Awake? Okay, go and call someone, the chief has commanded, let this person enjoy himself from beginning to end when he is sober, hehehe......"

Enjoy?

Does it mean torture?

Xun Yi sneered.

Although he is only a helpless scholar, he firmly believes that he will never give in to a group of thieves!

No matter what kind of torture it is, just come!!

Just when he was secretly motivating himself, he suddenly heard a delicate woman's voice in the room, slightly contrived: "Master Chen, the girls have been waiting for a long time......

"Okay, you let the girls come over one by one and wait for the ...... on the bed."

"Huh?" The female voice was shocked: "This is ......"

As if feeling that his naked body was being watched by a woman's gaze, Xun Yi was so ashamed and angry that he subconsciously tensed his whole body.

"It's a friend of mine." The man laughed and explained, "He's used to it...... Don't ask. ”

"Uh...... All right. The female voice didn't dare to ask more: "I'll go and call the girl over immediately......"

After a burst of footsteps, the male voice suddenly appeared beside Xun Yi, and he lowered his voice and said, "Enjoy, Xun Duyou." ”

As if realizing what was going to happen, Xun Yi struggled with a "whin", but he never struggled.

With a squeak, light footsteps came to Xun Yi's side, and immediately, a delicate female voice sounded in the room: "This lord, the little woman is called Gui'er...... Hee-hee. ”

When she couldn't help but chuckle, Xun Yi suddenly felt a delicate hand gently brushing his chest, causing him to tense all over.

After a period of stumbling undressing, Xun Yi suddenly felt a hot body lying beside him.

"Woo (no!) No! ）”

He struggled hard, but to no avail, and could only look at the good-looking woman through the two small holes in the cloth bag...... Let it be.

A moment later, the woman who called herself Gui'er put on her clothes and said in Xun Yi's ear with a bit of playfulness: "The master will come to Gui'er next time......

“……”

Xun Yi lay on the couch weakly, his mind blank.

Although he had a premonition that he would be severely persecuted by the black tiger thief, the 'torture' he had just experienced was really different from what he imagined......

What does that Zhou Tiger mean?

Ready to use beauty tricks to make me succumb?

Before Xun Yi could react, there was a creak from the door again, and immediately, the same light footsteps, the same delicate female voice.

"This lord, the little woman is called Liu'er......"

"Woohoo! (Coming back?!) ）”

Xun Yi's eyes widened.

But, there was nothing he could do.

A moment later, another delicate female voice appeared in the room......

"This old man, the little woman is called Cui'er......"

"Woooooooooooo (Wait, wait!) ）”

Xun Yi bit the cloth ball in his mouth and struggled, but unfortunately, at this moment, his whole body was sore, and he couldn't use his strength at all.

He hated that damn Zhou Hu, and he hated himself, he was obviously extremely tired, but for some reason, as long as he provoked a little, his brother would not be angry, and he would be miserable.

One......

Two......

Three......

Four......

Five......

When the sixth woman appeared, Xun Yi, who was tired, finally understood.

In a sense, it was indeed a painful torture......

That night, Xun Yi didn't remember how many times he had experienced, because he passed out during this period.

By the time he opened his eyes again, the ropes that bound his hands and feet had been removed.

At this time, an unprecedented ache swept through his body, and even a faint pain in a certain position.

With a sore and trembling hand, he took off the cloth cover on his head, and then removed the cloth in his mouth, Xun Yi struggled to sit up next to the couch.

"Awake? …… I can't see that the superintendent looks thin, but he actually has a lot of capital. ”

Inside, a laugh suddenly sounded.

Xun Yi was shocked, and while subconsciously covering his naked body with the quilt on the couch, he looked up at the location where the voice came from.

He looked up and saw a man sitting at the same table in the room.

A man wearing a tiger mask.

“…… Zhou Hu! ”

Recalling the humiliation he suffered last night, Xun Yi was ashamed and angry, gritting his teeth and pronouncing the other party's name.