When he learned that Zhao Yu came to the county seat in person, not to mention Ma Hong, even Chen Cai was quite surprised.

Although Chen knew that Zhao Yu was quite interested in that Ishihara, he did not expect that this interest would allow the great leader to come to the county seat in person.

Thinking of this, Chen Cai secretly congratulated himself that he had sent someone to report the matter in advance.

Without alarming outsiders, Chen Cai and Ma Hong met Zhao Yu, Jingnu and Niu Heng in the empty house next door to the Black Tiger House, and told Zhao Yu about Ding Chong's arrest last night.

After listening to Chen Cai's story, Zhao Yu was not surprised.

Because as Ma Gai criticized, they really didn't do this thing enough to be subtle - to be exact, they couldn't do it in a subtle way, after all, no one could guarantee that those who got the 'Black Tiger Lot' token would keep it a secret, and as long as a few of them were not tight-lipped, then this matter would spread sooner or later.

In fact, even if there was no Ishihara, the headhunters in the county government such as Yang Dang and He Feng were more or less aware of the clues, and realized the reality that 'there may be black tiger thieves lurking in the city', and even, when Ishihara and a few people would return to Kunyang, Yang Dang and other headhunters talked to the people of the Black Tiger Yishe several times, and even searched the Black Tiger Yishe.

It's just that Chen Cai, in accordance with Zhao Yu's order, privately gave these county officials some benefits, so those county guards were embarrassed to be too tough.

In other words, it has nothing to do with the head catcher named Ishihara, as long as he is still distributing tokens and recruiting people in Kunyang, then 'guides' like Ding Chong will be in danger of being arrested by officers and soldiers sooner or later.

But this is not a big problem, at the moment when the county commander Liu Bi and the county lieutenant Ma Gai have secretly succumbed to the Black Tiger Village, the Black Tigers have a great advantage in Kunyang County, Zhao Yu has several ways to rescue Ding Chong, the difference is only that each method has corresponding consequences, so he has to think about it carefully.

After all, it is necessary to save some face for the Kunyang County Ya, otherwise the situation of Liu and Ma will become embarrassing.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Anyway, let's rescue Ding Chong first." I have heard that the prison conditions of the county government are not good, dark and damp, how can we sit idly by and watch our brothers suffer there? ”

Hearing this, Chen Cai and Ma Hong spoke very well and complimented, and praised them repeatedly: "The big leader is righteous." ”

But how to save it?

When it came to this, Zhao Yu pondered and said, "Let's let Yishe come forward...... Chen Cai, you go, go to the county government to complain, and say that Ishihara and others arrested people for no reason and bailed Ding Chong out. ”

Chen Cai was taken aback when he heard this, and felt a little incredible.

Forced hard protection?!

He originally thought that Zhao Yu would rescue Ding Chong through the county order Liu Bi or the county lieutenant Ma Gai, but he never expected that Zhao Yu would ask him to come forward......

He hurriedly said, "Chief, if that's the case, wouldn't the suspicion on Yishe's side be even greater?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and asked rhetorically, "Right now, the suspicion of Yishe is not big?" ”

"Uh......" Chen Cai was speechless.

Looking at Chen Cai and Ma Hong, who were looking at each other, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "If I would be worried that Yishe would be suspicious, then I wouldn't have let Yishe hang a 'Black Tiger' plaque in the first place." …… Whether there is suspicion or not, it doesn't matter, there is no definite evidence, the county government does not dare to let the Yishe stop, otherwise those civilians who eat in the Yishe three times a day will angrily drown the county government; Take a step back and say, even if they get the evidence, they are not afraid, we also have people in the county government. ”

Chen Cai nodded thoughtfully.

Under Zhao Yu's instructions, Chen Cai immediately took three or five of his subordinates and went straight to the county office.

When the county guard on duty outside the county government asked about a noble cadre, Chen Cai was unceremonious, and said with a grand face: "In the next is Chen Cai, the steward of the Black Tiger Yishe in the south of the city, last night the officer of my Yishe was arrested by the head of the county government for no reason, and Chen Mou came to ask for justice!" ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he immediately reported it to the yamen.

A moment later, everyone in the county government learned about the incident.

In fact, the people in the county government more or less knew that the head catcher Ishihara and the others had caught a person yesterday, but who it was, and about half of the officials did not know exactly - after all, who was interested in investigating every person who was arrested?

But who would have thought that the person Ishihara and the others caught last night turned out to be the secretary of the Black Tiger Righteous House?

What the hell is going on?

Why did Shi Zhutou arrest the people of the Black Tiger Yishe?

Not to mention that the people in the county government who didn't know were puzzled, even the Ishihara people were stunned after hearing about it.

It was undeniable that he did want to wait for the rabbit to see if the accomplice of the black tiger thief in the prison would come to the rescue, and at the same time, he also wanted to see what the attitude of the black tiger Yishe he suspected was.

However, he never expected that the Black Tiger Yishe, who he suspected of being a black tiger thief, would come to the county office so openly and honestly, and frame him in turn.

"These thieves are so arrogant!"

With full of anger, Ishihara immediately left the class room and ran to the front office, and even saw Chen Cai and others in the front office, and some onlookers in the county government officials and county guards.

"The stone catcher is here."

"The stone catcher is here."

Seeing Ishihara walking briskly, the crowd immediately dispersed.

At this time, Chen Cai also saw Ishihara, and his face sneered.

I saw that under the gaze of everyone, Ishihara walked quickly in front of Chen Cai, and said with a calm face: "Steward Chen of the Black Tiger Righteous House...... Even Shi didn't expect that he would not hesitate to expose Gui Yishe and personally come forward to catch your accomplices. ”

Chen Cai turned a blind eye to Shi Yuan's words, and said lightly: "I don't know where I offended Shi Zhutou, or I Yishe offended Shi Zhutou, so Shi Zhutou arrested my Yishe's officer for no reason, and today Chen Cai came to ask for an explanation!" ”

“……”

Ishihara was furious when he heard this, only to see him grab Chen Cai's shirt and sneer: "Shi has been from the south to the north for so many years, and I have never seen such an arrogant and arrogant thief as you, since you admit that you are related to the thieves in the prison, then you must also be an accomplice of the black tiger thief!" ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to the nearby county magistrate and said, "Come on, take it!" ”

The nearby county officials looked at each other and stepped forward.

At the same time, several thieves behind Chen Cai looked shocked and opened their mouths to scold, but Chen Cai smiled and raised his hand to stop them.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a deep shout from behind the crowd: "Slow! ”

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads, and then saw Ma Gai squeezing into the crowd.

"County Lieutenant ......"

"County Lieutenant."

The crowd gradually dispersed, making way for the horses.

I saw that under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, Ma Gai walked up to Chen Cai and Ishihara, looked at Ishihara, and then at Chen Cai.

Unlike Ishihara's simple thoughts, Ma Gai's heart was uneasy at the moment.

Early this morning, when Ishihara proposed to him that he wanted to use Ding Chong in prison as bait to catch the big fish behind him and take the bait, Ma Gai did not dissuade him because he could not find a flaw.

Because in his opinion, Na Ding Chong didn't know his details, he was definitely not an important person, and the black tiger thief should not take risks for a little minion, in this case, as long as he secretly paid attention to it and saved Na Ding Chong's life, then this matter would be over.

But he never expected that Chen Cai would come forward to catch Ding Chong in person.

Who is Chen Cai? This guy with the pseudonym Chen Cai is the henchman of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, and he is also the steward of the Black Tiger Yishe, if this person reveals his identity, he will inevitably implicate the entire Black Tiger Yishe, and implicate Chen Zu who is now pretending to be 'Chen Da Cai', Ma Gai really can't figure out what reason Chen Cai has to do this.

Just to save one of his men? Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, allowed Chen Cai to do such a willful thing?

Or is this exactly what Zhou Hu did?

If it is just Chen Cai's arbitrary assertion, then this matter is not a big problem; But if this matter is the instruction of that Zhou Hu, then it is a big problem, because it means that Zhou Hu doesn't care about the exposure of the Black Tiger Yishe - and doesn't care about the exposure of the Black Tiger Yishe, what does this mean?

Magai hadn't thought of it yet, but his instincts told him that it must not be a good thing.

Putting aside the wild speculation in his heart for a while, Ma Gai asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Cai also ignored the fact that his clothes were still being pulled by Shi Yuan, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Ma, it's like this, the head catcher of your ya, Shi Yuan, Shi Zhutou, yesterday arrested the secretary of my righteous house for no reason, so today Chen came to mention someone, by the way, to ask for an explanation." ”

Ma Gai took a deep look at Chen Cai a few times, and said in a deep voice: "This matter, Shi Zhutou reported this morning to me, according to what he said, the officer of your house has distributed tokens of the black tiger thief to people every night these days, what is Steward Chen's explanation for this?" ”

"Nonsense."

Chen Cai sneered and denied it, he squinted at Ishihara and said, "I'm afraid that in Shi Zhutou's opinion, I, Chen Cai, am also a member of the Black Tiger Thief, right?" I would like to ask about this, is there any evidence for the stone catcher? If there is no evidence, and it is just based on Shi Zhutou's personal speculation that he arrested people for no reason, then I have to ask again, who gave Shi Zhutou such power?! ”

Seeing that Chen Cai's question was reasonable, Ma Gai became more and more suspicious.

He looked at Chen Cai and said tentatively: "Steward Chen, did Master Chen ask you to mention someone?" ”

I have to say that Chen Cai is indeed a little clever, and after hearing it, he thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, my master still doesn't know about it." …… A little thing, why should you alarm my master? ”

Ma Gai asked again: "Is that Steward Chen's own judgment?" ”

Chen Cai laughed, and Gu Zuoyan said, "No matter what, Chen must bring back the people of my righteous house today." …… Of course, if Shi Zhutou insists on blocking it, or even arresting Chen, he will listen to it, but he will bear the consequences. ”

“……”

Seeing this, Ma Gai chuckled in his heart.

It wasn't Chen Zu's instructions, and it wasn't Chen Cai's own opinion, so wasn't it a direct order from Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves?

Recalling Chen Caifang's confident appearance when he said those words, Ma Gai trusted his judgment more and more.

In all fairness, if it was the decision of Chen Zu or Chen Cai, Ma Gai would not worry about anything, the only thing he was afraid of was Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, after all, for this person, whether it was him or the county commander Liu Bi, he couldn't figure it out.

After taking a deep look at Chen Cai, Ma Gai raised his hand and patted Ishihara's hand that was holding the hem of Chen Cai's clothes, and ordered, "Ishihara, come with me." ”

Ishihara understood, let go of Chen Cai, and followed Ma Gai to the corner.

At this time, Ma Gai glanced at Chen Cai, who was tidying up his clothes fearlessly in the distance, and thought about how to advise Ishihara, but he didn't think that Ishihara was the first to speak: "County Lieutenant, as I expected, the Black Tiger Yishe really has an unclear relationship with the Black Tiger Thief, it is better to take down this Chen Zu and torture him strictly......"

Hearing this, Ma Gai glanced at Ishihara, shook his head and said: "Whether this Chen Cai is a black tiger thief or not, regardless of it for the time being, you must know that he has a great reputation in the south of the city and even in the entire city. …… Don't forget, he is the steward of the Black Tiger Righteous House, how many people in the city have received the favor of the Black Tiger Righteous House in the past few months? If you take him down, the Black Tiger Yishe will definitely spread the news to the whole city immediately, and when the time comes, those county people who have received the favor of Yishe will follow them to denounce you and the county government, and then it will be troublesome......"

"But...... There is evidence that the person in the prison is related to the Black Tiger Thief, and this Chen Cai Fang also admits to ......" Ishihara frowned in defense.

However, his voice was much softer, and it was clear that he didn't think that this reason was enough for those who came to denounce it.

Gritting his teeth, he said depressedly: "Can you only release people?" ”

Let go!

Of course Margay wanted to say that.

The average person may not know, but can he not know?

He Kunyang has long fallen into the clutches of the black tiger thief, not only him, but even the county commander Liu Bi has succumbed.

Maybe on some major issues of right and wrong, that Liu County Commander may not have resisted a little, but like this trivial matter in front of him, that Liu County Commander would not take the risk of doing it against that Zhou Hu.

Look at the rumor of the 'Wang's daughter', Liu Bi knows very well who is spreading the rumor, but does he dare to arrest someone? The county magistrate would rather be misunderstood by his fierce wife, and sleep in the study every night, not daring to catch the rumor-mongers, lest he really catch the rumor-mongers.

Of course, this is the truth, but I can't tell Ishihara directly.

"Let's listen to Liu Gongfa first." Magai said with a pretended seriousness.

Hearing this, Ishihara stopped talking.

To temporarily appease Ishihara, Ma Gai immediately reported the matter to Liu Bi in person.

After learning what had happened, Liu Bi was very hateful.

If you want to talk about Liu Bi, he doesn't have much appreciation for Ishihara, but he has some appreciation, but that is not important, what is important is that he has reached some tacit understanding with Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thief.

For example, Zhou Hu promised not to kill innocents indiscriminately in Kunyang, and even tried to minimize killing, although Liu Bi did not believe in the promise of a thief before, but after a few months, he was surprised to find that the other party did it.

Look at Kunyang County today, the wind is calm.

The villages in the county, even if they were once poor villages, have inexplicably become rich recently, and it doesn't matter where the money comes from, the important thing is that the security of those villages is good.

There are no bandits who loot villages at every turn, nor do they walk in the wilderness and see a corpse at every turn, and even the rogues don't have to come forward to commit crimes.

And in the county town, the annoying ruffians of the past, as well as the idlers, have disappeared one by one.

It doesn't matter where these people went, the important thing is that the security in his Kunyang County is also very good, and even he opened a righteous house with well-wishers in the city to provide free food to poor families free of charge.

The number of people who used to live in embarrassment and unable to survive has gradually decreased, and these people are full of food and drink, so they will naturally no longer abuse the government, and this is undoubtedly a political achievement.

Although Liu Bi knew exactly what the reason for this change was, he didn't want to pay attention.

As long as those black tiger thieves don't do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, and endangers his reputation and political achievements as a county magistrate, they can do whatever they want.

But at this stall, there was a person who caught the black tiger thief by the head catcher of his county government who was full of food and supported......

"What you provoked!" Liu Bi said to Ma Gai angrily.

Hearing this, Ma Gai secretly smiled bitterly.

Also, if he hadn't kept Ishihara at the beginning, how could there be today's extraneous branches?

It can only be said that he didn't expect the black tiger thief to make a comeback, nor did he expect that now he will gradually succumb to that bandit.

But the matter was regretted, apparently it was too late.

After some summing, Liu Bi said with a calm face: "People, you can put it, it's just a pawn, it's not painful." What is worth pondering is the intention of Zhou Hu to instruct this move. Don't hesitate to expose your righteousness to save a pawn? Hum! I suspect that he wants to take the opportunity to see the popularity of the Black Tiger Yishe in the county seat, to see if the public opinion can make our county government succumb, and even he may have other plans...... In short, after this incident, you go to see Zhou Hu and ask what happened. …… The county government can turn a blind eye to them, but he must not be allowed to interfere with the county government, otherwise you and I will become puppets and be at their mercy! ”

"Isn't it now?"

Ma Gai glanced at Liu Bi and muttered secretly in his heart.

On the same day, in view of Chen Cai's lawsuit, the county ordered Liu Bi to hold a court trial in the former office.

During the court trial, Liu Bi ordered Ding Chong, who was being held in the cell, to be brought in.

Ding Chong saw Chen Cai standing in the listening area, and he naturally felt more confident in his heart, he had no confession, and flatly denied the identity of the black tiger thief.

In the end, Liu Bi announced that Ding Chong would be released on the spot on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

Looking at Ding Chong's triumphant appearance, Ishihara itched his teeth with hatred, and when Chen Cai was about to leave with Ding Chong, he stepped forward and warned: "The county order only judged 'insufficient evidence', it does not mean that you have cleared your suspicion, if it is related to the black tiger thief, I will go to you at any time, you better stay in the city honestly." ”

Faced with Ishihara's threat, Ding Chong and several companions glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Of course, I will definitely do my best to assist Shi Zhutou when the time comes...... Oh, as for where to find me, Stone Catcher knows. ”

“……”

Ishihara was furious when he heard this, but he finally pressed it down and did not attack on the spot.

Afterwards, Chen Cai took Ding Chong back to the Black Tiger Righteous House and reported to Zhao Yu.

After telling Zhao Yu about the trip in person, he said with a smile: "I was ready to be arrested and taken to prison, but I didn't expect Ma Gai to come forward in time and ruin the leader's plan......"

"Nothing."

Zhao Yu smiled indifferently and said: "Take the opportunity to test the popularity of the people, if there is such a thing, it doesn't matter." Anyway, as long as this righteous house can continue to operate, the reputation of this righteous house in the city will inevitably get higher and higher, and even if there is no Liu and Ma to help you, the county government will not dare to move you easily. ”

Chen Cai nodded, and then said worriedly: "But after this incident, I believe that there will be some rumors in the county that are not conducive to my righteous sacrifice......"

"Suspected of being a black tiger thief? Right? ”

Zhao Yu continued with a smile, then shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, in the absence of definite evidence, suspicion is always just suspicion, as for whether Yishe will become eye-catching because of this...... Isn't it over when you throw a shield out? ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pushed a stack of papers on the table towards Chen Cai.

This is not an ordinary piece of paper, but a signed confession, or to put it nicely, a letter of nomination.

"It's ......"

Chen Cai looked down a few times, and after a little thought, he thought of the origin of these nominations.

Last year, when Zhang Jing led the officers and soldiers of the three counties to crusade against the Black Tiger Village, Zhao Yu exchanged some prisoners between the two sides in order to deliver the news to Ma Gai.

Before releasing the prisoners, Heihuzhai demanded that most of the officers and soldiers sign a confession that they were willing to serve as the prisoners of Heihuzhai.

"I didn't expect these things to be kept." Chen Cai said in surprise.

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Brother Guo Da's character, you still don't know?" As long as it is something useful, how could he possibly lose it? ”

"That's right." Chen Cai nodded with a smile, picked up a copy of the nomination certificate and looked at it a few times, but Xuan even frowned, and said with a little worry: "However, do these things still work?" ”

Zhao Yu said lightly: "The above people, since they would have succumbed at the beginning, now they are not tough, you will target them for the time being, look for them one by one, and make them submit one by one." …… Well, considering that these people are used as shields for the righteous people, there is no need to be too hidden, so in this way, in the name of the 'brotherhood', to recruit them, as for the purpose, it is probably to help each other, everyone can live a good life and so on, you think about this yourself. By the way, you can also absorb some civilians during this time...... Didn't you say that there are always people here who come to you and want you to recommend them for an errand? The Brotherhood does not participate in the affairs of the cottage, it is only set up in the county seat, and recruiting those civilians is not considered to force them to become prostitutes, you organize them well, find an errand for them to live, and they will in turn become our cover in the future. Just like the righteous house, if the county government wants to move you, you have to weigh the consequences. ”

"Understood." Chen Cai nodded abruptly.

As Zhao Yu said, since he recommended a good errand to Yan Kuan and other quite upright rangers, there has been a steady stream of people looking for him.

Some of these restless guys, Ding Chong recommended them to the cottage, but for some ordinary people who dragged their families and mouths, Chen Cai and Ding Chong could only turn them away, and they couldn't introduce these civilians to the cottage, right? First, the other party may not dare to go, and second, these people can't play a big role.

Now, there is a place to settle the ordinary people.

Looking at the back of Chen Cai's departure, Zhao Yu tapped on the table in front of him, thoughtful.

If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Kunyang, he must control the entire county, but he is always hiding behind the scenes, how can he control the entire county?

If the Black Tiger Yishe is just an attempt by Zhao Yu, then the brotherhood he proposed today means that he will really begin to infiltrate Kunyang County.

As long as the Brotherhood grasps the public opinion, then he will naturally be able to stand more stable.

At that time, the overhead county government may just be just an idea for him.

As for that Ishihara......

Zhao Yu was not very worried.

Because after a period of time, Ishihara will find that the entire Kunyang is full of people related to the Black Tiger Village......

When the time comes, who will he arrest?