On the same day, after returning to his residence in the post house, Xun Yi locked the door and fell asleep on the bed.

He slept for eight or nine hours from morning to dawn the next day.

He was so tired, or rather, last night had drained him too much energy.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Xun Yi finally slept enough, and at this time, the softness of his whole body, or a part of the dull pain, had been relieved, but instead there was a burst of soreness from the muscles.

Even if it will take a few more days to gradually recover.

It was this feeling of soreness in his muscles that reminded Xun Yi of the humiliation he had the night before......

Disgrace!

Shame!

From the night before yesterday to yesterday morning, he experienced two great humiliations that he had never encountered in his life!

He didn't blame those women, after all, they were just poor people who were used, and what he hated was the leader of the black tiger thief, Zhou Hu!

But when he thought that he had been forced to sign those two humiliating things, Xun Yi felt a kind of despair again.

The disguised admission of being the black tiger thief's internal resignation was actually good, but what made Xun Yi feel most ashamed was the other 'debt' - he didn't dare to think about the consequences of that debt once it was exposed.

It was a debt that would be enough to disgrace his family, enough to make his ancestors lose face.

In the sigh, Xun Yi got up from the couch, sat down at the table, and lit the oil lamp on the table.

By the light of the oil lamp, he searched everywhere for his booklet, but could not find it.

『…… Most of them were taken away by his men.'"

The figure of a man wearing a tiger mask flashed in his heart, and Xun Yi got up to find his bag.

Judging from the clothes in his bag, someone had searched his bag, but fortunately he had not searched for another booklet that he had left for backup.

Picking up the booklet and returning to the table, Xun Yi pressed his memory and prepared to re-record it.

However, when he picked up the pen and was about to put pen to paper on the booklet, a trace of hesitation suddenly flashed on his face.

Immediately, he put down the pen in his hand irritably.

After all, he was afraid.

『…… Zhou Hu."

Sitting on the chair with his hands folded, Xun Yi looked solemn and sorted out his understanding of the leader of the black tiger thief.

In all fairness, his impression of that Zhou Hu was actually good, because that Zhou Hu had both studied and knew etiquette, and even seemed to be a generous person, turning a blind eye to his repeated ridicule and ridicule.

But judging from these points, this Zhou Hu's personal charm is really not low.

But at the same time, this Zhou Hu's character is extremely 'bad', and his methods are really 'despicable and vicious'......

Thinking of the 'torture' he suffered the night before, Xun Yi couldn't help but blush slightly.

He is forty years old, and in those forty-one years, he has always followed the rules, whether it was learning to read and write as a child, or later growing up and starting a family, he has never made that kind of ...... Crazy stuff.

It's crazy......

Xun Yi suddenly felt that his mouth was a little dry, and his whole body was also a little inexplicably hot.

After scolding himself twice, he got up and poured himself a bowl of water.

With a bowl of underwater, he felt much better in his body, and he was finally able to concentrate on what was next.

That is, how to deal with reports about black tiger thieves.

This thought was more than an hour, and when the sky outside the window was bright, he couldn't make a decision.

「…… Unlike Yang Tong, I will not be stupid enough to do such an evil deed."

Xun Yi's ears vaguely recalled the words of the black tiger thief leader.

"Let me see for myself." He muttered.

After that, he had breakfast in the inn.

After breakfast, he summoned the two guards he was with him to the room, and asked them what had happened the day before.

At this time, Xun Yi knew that when he was kidnapped by Zhou Hu's people the day before yesterday, his two guards were actually drinking with the people in the post house and were poured down.

This was obviously deliberately arranged by Zhou Hu.

『…… I'm very careful.'

Muttering to himself, Xun Yi breathed a sigh of relief, after all, this saved him from explaining anything.

Looking at Xun Yi's solemn face, the guard who had met him yesterday seemed to think of something, and with a somewhat flattering smile, he said meaningfully: "Supervisor, don't worry, we slept to death that night and never left the door." ”

『……？』

Xun Yi didn't understand what this guy wanted to express.

After eating, he bathed and changed his clothes at the post house, and then took the two guards to the county office.

Of course, the people in the county government recognized this superintendent, and immediately asked Xun Yixing: "Superintendent, are you here to see Liu Gong or Ma County Lieutenant?" ”

Xun Yi shook his head and said, "I'm here to see Shi Yuan and Yang Dang. ”

Hearing this, the other party was a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask, so he immediately took Xun Yi to the general class room in the county office, that is, the class room where the head catcher and the county pawn were located.

In one of the class rooms, Ishihara was chatting with Yang Kang and several county officials, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Shi Zhutou, Yang Zhutou, Xun Du Post has something to do with you two." ”

Shi Yuan and Yang Dang turned their heads to look, and immediately saw Xun Yi, and immediately greeted him, clasping his fists and saluting: "Supervise the post." ”

Xun Yi also bowed his hand in return, and immediately expressed his intention: "Shi Zhutou and Yang Zhutou, can the two of you take Xun to the countryside in the north of the county to have a look?" ”

The countryside in the north of the county?

That's the territory of the Black Tiger Thief.

Ishihara lowered his voice and asked, "Superintendent, do you want to see the current situation of the Black Tiger Thief with your own eyes?" ”

"Hmm." Xun Yi nodded without concealment.

Seeing this, Ishihara and Yang Dare glanced at each other and said to Xun Yi: "The superintendent orders should be obeyed, but that side is too close to the black tiger thief's lair...... The day before yesterday, I said that there are also black tiger thieves in this city, and I am afraid that I have learned the identity of the superintendent, and now the superintendent is going to the village in the north of the county, and I am worried that the black tiger thief will be unfavorable to the superintendent. ”

Hearing this, Xun Yi didn't know how to feel.

However, he was not worried about what Ishihara said, after all, he had already dealt with the leader of the Black Tiger Thief, and the other party had already obtained what he wanted, so how could it be unfavorable to him?

"Please, two of you." Xun Yizheng said.

Seeing that Xun Yi disregarded his own safety and insisted on going to the Black Tiger Thief's territory to check the reality in person, Ishihara was quite impressed.

He thought for a moment and said, "The superintendent is serious. …… Since the superintendent insisted on going to check in person, the lowly rank should follow and protect him, but this matter needs to be reported to Liu Gong or the county lieutenant, and only with the permission of Liu Gong and the county lieutenant can we have the right to bring a team of county guards to protect the superintendent. ”

Although Xun Yi knew very well that the black tiger thief would not be unfavorable to him, and felt that Ishihara's caution was unnecessary, he didn't want to attract the suspicion of this head catcher, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, then...... I went to talk to Liu Gong about this matter in detail. ”

With that, he headed towards Liu Bi's study.

At this time, Liu Bi was dealing with county affairs in the study, and when he heard that Xun Yi came to see him, he immediately showed a strange expression on his face.

As the biggest internal response of the black tiger thief in Kunyang County, how could Liu Bi not know what happened to Xun Yi the day before yesterday?

Yesterday, someone suddenly reported to the official, saying that there was a dispute between a group of people in the Yanliu Building in the city, so the county lieutenant Ma Gai immediately went with a team of county guards, and finally arrested a large group of people and temporarily detained them.

It may seem to outsiders that this is just a normal trip, but Liu Bi and Ma Gai know very well what is going on.

When Ma Gai came back and told him that he had seen a man wearing a tiger mask in Yanliu Tower, and took advantage of the chaos in the building to take away a man wearing a cloth cover and a quilt, Liu Bi realized that Zhou Hu was probably successful.

It turns out he guessed right.

Yesterday afternoon, after inspecting the streets, he went to the Brotherhood's workshop, and got the exact reply from Chen Cai's mouth that he had done it.

This is good.

Liu Bi admired the black tiger thief Zhou Hu's practice of not killing people without killing people, after all, he also had a conscience, and he didn't want Xun Yi's upright overseer to die.

If the incident can be resolved without causing human life, this is naturally the best.

However, thinking carefully about what Xun Yi might have experienced, Liu Bi also faintly shuddered.

After all, the Black Tiger Thief Shou Zhou Hu had also used this trick to intimidate him, but this time it was really used on Xun Yi.

"Xun Du Post."

A moment later, when Xun Yi walked into the study, Liu Bi greeted him personally.

While greeting Xun Yi politely, he secretly observed the face of the postal superintendent.

As far as he could see, the Governor's eyes were slightly sunken, his eyes were dark, and his face and lips were slightly pale, all of which were signs of a serious loss of vitality.

Seeing this, Liu Bi was not only jealous in his heart, but also secretly wanted to laugh.

"I don't know how many women Zhou Hu appointed to torture this ......."

When beckoning Xun Yi to sit down, Liu Bi thought secretly in his heart.

Xun Yi didn't know what the Kunyang County Commander in front of him was thinking, and after sitting down, he explained his intentions: "Gong Liu, Xun wants to go to the countryside in the north today, near the old lair of the black tiger thief, to see the situation of the black tiger thief with his own eyes, and hope that the county government can send a team of people to accompany him." ”

"This ......" Liu Bi stroked his beard and said, "It's better to let the county lieutenant Ma go with you." ”

Probably Xun Yi also felt that it was indeed a little inappropriate for him to bypass Ma Gai several times, or that he listened to the words of Ishihara and Yang Kang the day before yesterday and felt that Ma Gai could be trusted, so he did not refuse today.

Under the summons of Liu Bi's faction, Ma Gai soon came to the study.

When he came to the study, he saw Xun Yi sitting in the room, and a few strange colors flashed in the eyes of the county lieutenant.

"Captain ...... Maxian County"

In front of Xun Yi, Liu Bi told the previous story.

At this time, of course, Ma Gai also learned that the black tiger thief had already succeeded, although he was surprised that Xun Yi still had to go to the village in the north of the county, but he had no intention of refusing, and immediately nodded and agreed.

When he was about to go out, for some reason, Xun Yi's right foot accidentally tripped on the threshold of the study and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Xun Yi held on to the door on one side in time.

Seeing the inexplicable embarrassment and shame on Xun Yi's face, Liu Bi and Ma Gai glanced at each other and pretended not to see it.

However, the two of them had the same thoughts: It's really ruthless, that Zhou Hu ......

On the same day, under the protection of Ma Gai, Shi Yuan, Yang Kang and Yigan County Pawn, Xun Yi inspected several villages near Yingshan such as Xiangcun and Fengcun before and after.

It has always been rumored that these villages are secretly under the control of the Black Tiger Thieves.

In the perception of most people in the world, the village controlled by the bandits must be a dilapidated village, and the people of the village are bullied and yellow-skinned......

Including Xun Yi, he also thinks that it should be like this.

But the villages he saw with his own eyes today were completely beyond his expectations.

The villages that were rumored to be controlled by the black tiger thieves were much more peaceful and wealthy than he imagined, and the farmland outside the village was full of crops, while the village was a bit chaotic, with chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry walking around the village, and there was a faint smell of feces in the air - Xun Yi knew that it should be the smell of livestock.

Looking at the appearance of the villagers, it doesn't look like they are yellow and thin at all.

In Feng Village, Xun Yi found the village chief and asked the latter a few questions.

When asked about the black tiger thief, the old village chief was a little flustered, and said firmly: "I don't know if there are no thieves around here. ”

If it weren't for Ishihara and other insiders, Xun Yi would really be deceived.

Subsequently, Xun Yi asked the old village chief again: "I see that there are most women and children in the village, but what about the young people in the village?" ”

The old village chief was hesitant, and Gu Zuoyan said to him.

During this period, Ishihara said to Xun Yi in private: "According to rumors, the young people in this nearby village were hired by the Black Tiger Thief to help the Black Tiger Thief repair the cottage. ”

I have to say that this truth simply subverts Xun Yi's cognition.

However, it turns out that Ishihara may be right.

Because when they left Fengcun, they happened to bump into five or six men who came to Fengcun with their bags on their backs, and it seemed that they were the young men of Fengcun.

These people were still talking and laughing when they were in the distance, but when they bumped into Xun Yi, Ma Gai and others, these young men suddenly became vigilant and restrained.

When Xun Yi casually asked why they were not in the village, those young men and women claimed to be out to work, and as for the work of 'business', those young men were slurred, vague, and their eyes were wandering, and they knew at a glance that they were making up nonsense.

How so?

The beloved man in the village actually fell into the company of bandits? Even, he even had to hide it for the bandits.

Is it just out of fear of the bandits?

Recalling the villagers he had seen guarding against them like thieves, and recalling the peaceful atmosphere in those villages, Xun Yi felt that it was probably not just fear.

『…… Perhaps these villages are still the places where the black tiger thieves sell their stolen goods, and they have benefited from it."

Xun Yi thought secretly.

In the evening, before closing the city gate, he returned to the county seat of Kunyang County, and returned to the post house, Xun Yi was alone in his house, looking through some of the information he had recorded today.

He once again realized that the black tiger thief Shou Zhou Hu was indeed a guy with a lot of vision and skill, and he was indeed very different from most of the thieves in the world.

In all fairness, although there is a handle in the hands of the black tiger thief, if the black tiger thief is all vicious and cruel thugs, then Xun Yi's conscience will prompt him to report to the county, asking the county to help Kunyang County eradicate this group of evil gangsters as soon as possible and save the people of Kunyang County from fire and water.

Today, however, the opposite is true.

The villages that were rumored to be controlled by the black tiger thieves were not even as wealthy as the villages under his rule in Xuchang County, but in Kunyang County, the black tiger thieves even cooperated with the merchants of Ye County to set up workshops in the city, so that many people in the county town got errands with stable incomes......

Bandits like this, maybe you can be appeased?

Xun Yi's heart was inevitably a little shaken.

Come to think of it, in order to report a group of bandits who are not actually very harmful, it is really a bit unworthy to take advantage of the reputation of yourself and your ancestors......

That night, Xun Yi tossed and turned on the couch.

The next day, he took the two guards and rode straight to the door of the Black Tiger Righteous House in a carriage.

Ordering two guards to watch the carriage on the street, Xun Yi walked straight to the righteous house.

At this time, outside the righteous house, there was an officer in the house who specialized in maintaining order, and when this person saw Xun Yi, his face immediately showed a strange look.

"You...... What's the point? ”

Ignoring the strange eyes of the people queuing up outside the righteous house, Xun Yi guessed that the other party must know him when he saw the strange expression of the officer.

He said in an irrefutable tone, "I want to see you...... Steward. ”

The officer was stunned for a moment and said, "This ......"

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xun Yi: "I want to see your chief steward!" ”

“…… Allow me to inform me. ”

After taking a deep look at Xun Yi, the officer turned around and walked into the righteous house, and after a while, he went back and forth, raised his hand and asked, "Please." ”

Under the leadership of this person, Xun Yi walked to the Yishe, went straight to the second floor of the Yishe, and saw the steward of the Yishe, Ma Hong.

Before Ma Hong could give a salute, Xun Yi said bluntly: "I want to see Zhou Hu." ”

Probably didn't expect this superintendent to be so straightforward, Ma Hong was stunned, and then pretended to say: "This ...... Sir, I don't understand what Mr. means, and I don't know who Zhou Hu you are talking about......"

Seeing this, a little impatience flashed on Xun Yi's face, and he said in a deep voice: "You know my identity, and I also know your identity...... I'm going to return to the county today and report to the county about your black tiger thief, and if you stop me, I'll do it at my own risk. ”

“……”

Ma Hong, who was threatened, looked at the seemingly weak post supervisor in front of him with interest, licked his lips and said, "The leader is right, the post supervisor is really a brave man. …… Please, I'll take you to the chief, who has been waiting to oversee the mail. ”

"Wait for me?"

Xun Yi's face showed a little surprise.

Immediately, Ma Hong took Xun Yi from the second floor down the stairs outside the house, and took Xun Yi to the next door to the righteous house, which was one of the secret strongholds of the Black Tiger Clan.

As Ma Hong said, Zhao Yu really took Jingnu and Niu Heng to sit in the house.

After Zhao Yu waved his hand to order the irrelevant people to retreat, Xun Yi asked in surprise, "Do you know that I will come here to see you?" ”

"It's not hard to guess."

Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "I know, you went to the county government yesterday, and under the protection of Ma Gai and other county officials, you went to Xiangcun, Fengcun and other places...... As for why I am waiting here, it is because I think it is most likely that the Governor will come to see me. ”

"This Zhou Tiger ......"

Taking a deep look at the man with the tiger mask in front of him, Xun Yi sneered and said, "So, Xun's intention, Chief Zhou has already guessed it?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "It should be good news, right?" ”

"No, bad news."

Xun Yi paused deliberately, but the other party did not react, which made him a little disappointed.

Disappointed, he said in a deep voice: "After returning to the county, I will keep an eye on you all the time, if one day you do something harmful, no matter what handle I have in your hands, I will give up everything and immediately report to the county guard!" ”

Zhao Yu tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile: "This bad news...... Doesn't sound bad. ”

"Humph!"

Xun Yi snorted coldly and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Zhao Yu.

"Ah Jing." Zhao Yu opened his mouth to signal.

Hearing the signal, Jingnu walked towards Xun Yi with a brocade box in her hand.

Seeing this, Xun Yi's face changed suddenly, and he scolded angrily: "Who are you Xun?!" ”

After that, you have to brush your sleeves away.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yu said slowly: "Don't supervise the post, then Zhou Hu will give it to those women as a souvenir." ”

"What?"

Xun was stunned when he heard this.

It may be that he has suffered several losses on Zhao Yu's side, Xun Yi also had a heart, and opened the box in Jing Nu's hand to take a look.

At this sight, he immediately became angry.

It turned out that the brocade box contained the clothes he had when he was taken away a few days ago.

It's just a piece of clothing, and you take a brocade box to put it?

…… Are you fucking sick?

Xun Yi glared at Zhao Yu angrily and hugged the brocade box.

How could he not know that the guy with a bad personality in front of him was purely playing tricks on him, but he had nothing to do about it.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Xun Yi hugged the brocade box and brushed his sleeves away.

From the side, Jing Nu saw Xun Yi leaving, so she reached out and took off the mask on her face, and said puzzledly: "Why does the young master always like to play tricks on upright people? Lieutenant Ma is like this, and this Xun Governor Post is also like this......"

"Because both of them say that I have a bad personality......" Zhao Yu said with a smile: "They all said that, then I naturally have to behave badly." ”

Hearing this, Jingnu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Zhao Yu also smiled, got up and walked to the window of the front room, and watched from the window as the superintendent got into the carriage with the brocade box.

On the same day, after bidding farewell to Zhao Yu, Xun Yi returned to the post house, waited to pack his bags, and then took a carriage to prepare to leave Kunyang.

"Huh. …… Maybe in the future, this man will be of great use.'"

Zhao Yu smiled meaningfully.

When passing by the smoke willow building, Xun Yi, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage and take a few looks.

It is undeniable that the experience of that night a few days ago can be called the greatest pain and suffering of his life.

But......

Suddenly, Xun Yi caught a glimpse of the second-floor window of the Smoke Willow Building, where a young woman was leaning lazily on the window lattice.

It seems familiar......

Immediately, he lowered the curtain like a thief, not only his face was slightly red, but his heart was pounding.

『…… It's crazy.'"

Recalling the experience of that night, Xun Yi thought secretly.

Even he didn't know why he thought of that night.

A few days later, Xun Yi returned to the county and did not report the thieves in Kunyang as the county.