From the winter of the old year to the first month of the new year, Zhao Yu and Jingnu spent nearly two months of their lives.

At first, Niu Heng lived in the west room out of concern for the safety of the two, but after a while, he moved out.

First, as Zhao Yu said, few people in Kunyang County know his identity, so there is no possibility that someone will come to murder him; Second, the little couple became more and more disregarded when they had sex at night, and the sultry breathing made Niu Heng gradually unable to resist, even if he went to the Yanliu Building in the city a few times, it didn't work, so he simply moved out.

Of course, it is said that they moved out, but in fact, next door, the nest of Zhao Yu and Jingnu, the houses around them were finally bought by Guo Da at the behest of Chen Cai.

Fortunately, Chen Cai is still smart, he asked the Black Tigers under his command to buy those houses in the name of the Brotherhood, and then arrange for the members of the Brotherhood in the east of the city to live, after all, the Brotherhood is still very united, if there is really someone who is not good for Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu only needs to claim to be a member of the Brotherhood and shout, I believe that those who are not good for him will definitely not be able to run out of this street.

Because of Chen Cai's arrangement, even though the head catcher of the county government and others learned of the news, they only looked at the brotherhood with suspicion - thinking about it, even if they found out Zhao Yu, they would only think that Zhao Yu was just an ordinary person who joined the brotherhood, and would never have thought that this person was the big leader of the Black Tiger Village.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Yang Ding, the county magistrate of Yexian County, brought people to visit Liu Bi, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, on the grounds of 'newly appointed' and 'visiting neighboring counties', and had a conversation with Liu Bi, as well as the county lieutenant Ma Gai and the county magistrate Li Xu.

The topic of conversation is naturally Kunyang's specialty - the black tiger thief.

At that time, Yang Ding said to Liu Bi: "The disease is in the gut, and the soup is within the reach of ironing; In the skin, the needle stone is also within reach; In the stomach and intestines, the fire is within reach; In the bone marrow, the fate of the division belongs, helpless. Today, there is a black tiger thief hidden in Kunyang, but Guixian does not take it seriously, as a disease of scabies, but it is not clear that although the disease is in the skin, it is not cured. Yang was first appointed as the commander of Ye County, but he also heard about the murder of the black tiger thief, and hoped that your county could eradicate it as soon as possible. ”

I have to say that Yang Ding's attitude when he said this was quite good, but unfortunately, Liu Bi, Ma Gai, and Li Xu didn't take it seriously.

It's no wonder, after all, these three people don't have a bad impression of the Black Tigers now.

Let's talk about Liu Bi and Ma Gai first, although they have a handle in Zhao Yu's hands, Zhao Yu has never used this handle to blackmail the two, the reason is that they don't want to stimulate the two.

It is undeniable that Zhao Yu can indeed use the confession to force Liu Bi and Ma Gai to compromise again and again, Liu Bi and Ma Gai will never dare to resist, but correspondingly, this move will also make the two accumulate resentment towards Black Tiger Village, and when the resentment accumulates to a certain extent, it will definitely erupt.

Therefore, those so-called confessions, Zhao Yu only regarded them as the final guarantee and punishment.

To put it bluntly, unless people like Liu Bi and Ma Gai openly betrayed the Black Tiger Village and betrayed the Black Tigers, Zhao Yu would never threaten the two of them with him.

In doing so, it can minimize the resentment of Liu Bi, Ma Gai and others against the Black Tiger Village.

For example, when the Black Tiger people were about to reach out to the county seat last year, Liu Bi was very resistant at that time, and he was even ready to be threatened by the Black Tiger Village with his confession.

But in the end, there was no Black Tiger to threaten Liu Bi at all, Zhao Yu first opened a Black Tiger Righteous House in the city, and then took advantage of the reputation of the Black Tiger Righteous House to create a brotherhood, and finally recruited Yexian businessmen led by Huang Fu and Huang Shao brothers to create the Kunye Mutual Benefit Association.

This series of methods, Liu Bi was also dumbfounded at the time.

In the end, under the temptation of political achievements, Liu Bi expressed his approval of the establishment of the Kunye Mutual Benefit Association, and this recognized the legal status of the Brotherhood in the county in disguise, and to put it more colloquially, he acquiesced in the Black Tiger Thief's activities in the county in the name of the Brotherhood.

So, Zhao Yu's goal was achieved.

It was this incident that made Liu Bi and Ma Gai feel a little more at ease with the Black Tiger Village, and they felt that Zhou Hu was not the kind of person who threatened them with a handle at every turn.

I have to say that this cognition is quite critical, and it can dilute Liu Bi and Ma Gai's resentment towards Black Tiger Village to the greatest extent.

The resentment gradually subsided, and there was a handle in the hands of the Black Tiger Village, and over time, wouldn't it slowly become his own person.

Just like Ma Gai, he has often met with Chen Cai, Ma Hong, and Zhang Feng, the leaders of the Black Tiger Village in the county seat, to exchange news with each other, and over time he has become accustomed to it.

And Liu Bi also attended the celebrations of the Kunye Mutual Benefit Association and the Brotherhood many times last year.

More importantly, whether it is the Black Tiger or the Brotherhood, under the constraints of Zhao Yu, the two have never made trouble in the county, giving Liu Bi and Ma Gai enough face, even if Ji Rong, the deputy general of the Nanyang Army, seized more than a dozen workshops of the Brotherhood, the Black Tigers did not directly stand up to resist, and the security of Kunyang County can be used as a benchmark for Yingchuan County.

Based on this species, as far as Liu Bi and Ma Gai are concerned, they have gradually eliminated their hostility towards the Black Tigers, and even the county Cheng Li Xu, who is not a person who is not an insider in the Black Tiger Village, has also put forward the proposal of 'recruiting the Black Tigers', which shows that the county government's views on the Black Tigers have changed dramatically.

To a certain extent, the executive power of the county government is linked to public opinion: if the public opinion is indignant, then the county government must take action; Otherwise, you have to get by and keep the status quo.

And the problem now is that the Black Tigers have not harmed the interests of the Kunyang people, and the people of Kunyang have no feelings for this bandit...... No, it's the threat from the rebels this year.

But at this moment, Yang Ding, the newly appointed county commander of Yexian County, came to Kunyang County, talked about it as a cliché, and brought up the matter of the black tiger thief again, no wonder Liu Bi, Ma Gai, and Li Xu were so interested.

After talking for half an hour, the two sides broke up unhappily, and Yang Ding walked out of the county office with a frown.

At this time, Wei Dongyi, the old general who came with him, frowned and said, "Young master, the old man looks at Kunyang County, it seems that something is not right......

"Hmm." Yang Ding nodded slightly.

He also felt that for the encirclement and suppression of the black tiger thief, the 'three chiefs' of Kunyang County, the county commander Liu Bi, the county lieutenant Ma Gai, and the county Cheng Li Xu were all very interested, and they actually claimed that they were negotiating with Zhou Hu, the thief leader of the black tiger thief, to find a way to recruit the black tiger thief.

If only Ma Gai insisted, Yang Ding could still understand it, after all, Ma Gai was very likely to be the internal response of the Black Tiger Thief.

But Liu Bi and Li Xu also support Zhao'an, what's going on?

Could it be that the black tiger thief subdued all three of them?

With all kinds of puzzlement, Yang Ding took Wei Dong around the city.

At this time, he was surprised to find that few of the people in the city talked about the black tiger thief - at least he didn't meet any of them.

But if you ask these people in Kunyang if they know about the Black Tiger Thief, at least half of the people who are asked know it.

Knowing that the black tiger thief was in his own county, but he was not afraid, and the reason why he didn't talk about the black tiger thief was not out of fear but not interest, the reply of the people of Kunyang really made Yang Ding stunned.

Knowing this, Yang Ding shook his head and sighed: "I finally understand why the Nanyang army that came to suppress the thieves was hated by the Kunyang people......"

The old general, Wei Dong, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This Zhou Hu is quite cunning, he will neither offend the people nor the county, so the voice of hating the black tiger thief will naturally be reduced to the lowest......"

Indeed, it is clear that the black tiger thieves are infested in Kunyang County, but the ones who hate this group of thieves the most are actually those businessmen led by Lu Kuang in Ye County, Rao is Wei Dong has lived for half his life, and he has never seen such a treacherous thing.

After shaking his head, he said to Yang Ding: "The situation in Kunyang County is like this, and there is a county lieutenant Ma Gai who is suspected of being a thief, I am afraid it will be difficult for the young master to convince the Kunyang County Ya...... If the young master still wants to eradicate this group of bandits, for the sake of today's plan, he can only suppress the above and ask Yingchuan County to directly order Kunyang County. ”

Yang Ding nodded slightly, but his face was a little hesitant.

What to hesitate about, it is natural to hesitate to ask Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, to help him in this matter, because with his identity alone, Li Min may not allow it, unless Li Min looks at someone's face.

In other words, Yang Ding needed to take advantage of the situation to convince Li Min, but he himself resisted this.

"The big picture counts."

Perhaps out of Yang Ding's hesitation, Wei Dong said in a low voice.

"Hmm."

Yang nodded as if he had made up his mind.

After returning to Ye County, Yang Ding personally wrote a letter and sent it to Xuchang to his henchmen and handed it over to Li Min, the guard of Yingchuan County.

In view of the fact that it was the first month of the first month at this time, and the ice and snow blocking the road had not yet melted, it took six days for Yang Ding's letter to be delivered to Xuchang around the fifteenth day of the first month.

After reading Yang Ding's letter, Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, was very unhappy.

He also couldn't understand why everyone liked to stare at Kunyang County under his jurisdiction, Wang Shangde was this virtue, and the new Yexian County Commander Yang Ding was also this virtue.

Are there thieves in Kunyang County? Yes!

This point, Li Min and Li Junshou are very clear.

But the problem is that compared with the bandits and robbers in other counties in the world, the black tiger thieves do not hurt the people and disturb the people, and they do not offend the county seat, but only attack some passing caravans, and mainly for the purpose of robbing money, if they can not kill people, they will not kill people, this kind of 'kind' bandits, there are not a few in the world!

What if there are thieves in Kunyang County? The security of Kunyang County is one of the best in Yingchuan County, first, there are no homeless people to make trouble, second, there are no homeless gangsters to cause trouble, plus there were no few life lawsuits in the whole year last year, what else?

Looking at Yingchuan County under his rule, there are few that can compare with Kunyang County in terms of public security.

As for the black tiger thief, it is clear that the Kunyang County Ya is already trying to communicate with Zhou Hu, the leader of the thieves, and does his best to recruit him without using knives and guns, but there are still people who talk about this thief.

Seeing Li Min's unhappy face, he whispered left and right: "Xiaoxiaoye County Order, dare to interfere in my Yingchuan County?" Adults don't have to pay attention. ”

"Don't bother?"

Li Min looked at the letter in his hand and exhaled slightly.

The new Yexian County Commander Yang Ding, he knows that the grandson of the former Situ Yang Tai, the disciple of Wang Ying, the imperial master, is very well-connected, but he is not too jealous of these, after all, Wang Ying can't talk about covering the sky with one hand in the court, and Chen Zhong Chen Taishi, who is loyal to his Jin Kingdom, loyal to the Son of Heaven, and loyal to his Li family!

This is true for Wang Ying, and it is naturally the same for Wang Shangde, but this Yang Ding ......

This person is a bit special.

After thinking for a while, Li Min sent someone to summon Xun Yi, who had been promoted to the post of governor of the west.

After a while, when Xun Yi came to the house, Li Min said to him: "Today, this mansion has received a letter from the county order of Ye County, re-mentioning the matter of the black tiger thief, I hope you will go to Kunyang again and urge Liu Bi to step up the recruitment of the black tiger thief, otherwise, I may send troops to help Ye County suppress the thief." ”

Hearing this, Xun Yi was quite stunned.

You must know that as far as he knows, the Black Tiger Thief has been very low-key recently, and even, after Wang Shangde's warning, the Black Tiger Thief's looting of the Luye Masonic caravan has gradually decreased, so he also believes in Zhou Hu's promise that day more and more.

But just when things were gradually changing for the better, Li Min brought up the matter of the black tiger thief again, and even said that 'if the black tiger thief can't be recruited immediately, he will send troops to exterminate it', Xun Yi really couldn't understand it.

He immediately gave up his hand and persuaded: "Your Excellency, think twice." It is undeniable that the recruitment of black tiger thieves in Kunyang County is indeed progressing slowly, but considering that the black tiger thieves are not very harmful, I think that the county should not be persecuted...... If you push too far and force the black tiger thief to be cornered, I am afraid that it will backfire at that time. ”

Li Min nodded and said, "I know what you said, but ......"

Xun Yi is also a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and when he saw this, he immediately guessed the reason, and asked tentatively: "My lord, isn't this new Yexian county magistrate very big?" ”

"Hmm." Li Min nodded and said, "This person is a disciple of Taishi Wang Ying...... If that's all there is, I'm not taboo, the key is ...... Forget it, you don't have to know about it. All in all, you immediately go to Kunyang County and urge Liu Bi to step up the recruitment of the Black Tiger Thief! ”

“…… Yes, sir. ”

Xun Yi hesitated slightly, but finally gave up his fate.

On the 22nd of the first month, Xun Yi, the governor of the western region, rushed to Kunyang.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, after entering the city, Xun Yi still came to the county government first, please see the county order Liu Bi.

Liu Bi was very surprised by Xun Yi's arrival again.

You must know that Xun Yi is no longer the original northern post supervisor - Xun Yi was originally the northern post supervisor, and there were few counties under his jurisdiction, but now Xun Yi has replaced Wu Fu as the western post governor, and the counties west of Xuchang are under Xun Yi's control.

"Isn't it...... Wouldn't it?'

After a few glances at the body of the Xun Duyou in front of him, a little strange look appeared on Liu Bi's face.

He knew that the last time the black tiger thief went to Wancheng to persuade Wang Shangde to withdraw from the army in order to thank Xun Yi, he really comforted this Xun Dupost, so that he was really envious when he learned the inside story afterwards, but the tigress in the family is too powerful, he has a thief's heart but no thief's courage, for fear of falling the grape trellis.

But you're too shameless, aren't you? How long has it been? Running again?

"It looks well-dressed and dignified, but it's actually ...... Tsk!'

Liu Bi secretly despised himself.

Of course, Xun Yi didn't know what Liu Bi was muttering to himself, and said his intention with a straight face: "Lord County Shou ordered me to come to Kunyang and urge Liu Gong to step up his efforts to recruit the Black Tiger Thief." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "Superintendent, has something happened?" I've been reporting to the county for the past few months, and the county has never rushed the matter......"

Xun Yi nodded and said: "Well, Lord County Shou received a letter from the new Yexian County Commander Yang Ding, this person seems to have a lot of background, and Lord County Shou also wants to sell him some affection, so he sent me to urge." ”

Liu Bi suddenly realized: "No wonder." …… On the ninth day of this month, the Yang County Commander visited my Kunyang and talked about the encirclement and suppression of the Black Tiger Thief, and the Governor also knew that the Black Tiger Thief was just a minor illness, and the rebels' counterattack this year was a big problem for us, so we didn't pay attention to it, but we never thought that Yang Ding would actually disturb the county guard Lord for this matter......"

After listening to Liu Bi's words, Xun Yi was even more annoyed with Yang Ding in his heart, angry that he was young and did things indiscriminately.

Can the harm of the black tiger thief be compared to the counterattack of the rebel army this year? Even Wang Shangde, the general of Nanyang who has an army of 100,000, is actively preparing for war, he is good at Yangding, but he is holding on to the thieves in Kunyang County, he really doesn't know the severity!

But the matter has come to this point, and Xun Yi can't help it.

After thinking about it, he said to Liu Bi: "The county guard has sent a message, asking your county to hurry up and recruit the black tiger thief, I don't know how your county and the black tiger thief are talking?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bi actually wanted to laugh in his heart.

Because he knew that Xun Yi actually knew very well where Zhou Hu lived.

"Ahem."

Coughing, Liu Bi pretended to be serious and said: "Regarding the matter of recruiting the black tiger thief, the county government has sent someone to make preliminary consultations with Zhou Hu, and Zhou Hu is also willing to submit, but he is afraid that the court will investigate the crime, so he hesitates......"

This reaction was not strange, Xun Yi nodded and said: "Having said that, this time the county guard has issued an ultimatum, and he also asked Liu Gong to promote the recruitment of the Black Tiger Thief. ”

"I do my best."

After a brief chat, the two of them clicked, because they both knew that if they wanted to promote this matter, they had to have the leader of the Black Tiger Thief, Zhou Hu, nod, otherwise it would be in vain to talk about it.

So, after Xun Yi left the county office, Liu Bi immediately summoned Ma Gai and ordered Ma Gai to go to the Baiji Inn immediately to meet Zhou Hu, the leader of the black tiger thieves who lived there; And Xun Yi, who left the county office, also went straight to the Baiji Inn.

However, Xun Yi and Ma Gai were all in vain, because at this time, Zhao Yu did not have a Baiji Inn at all.

What's even more embarrassing is that Xun Yi, who was about to leave after the air, bumped into Ma Gai who was about to enter the inn when he left the inn.

I have to say that Xun Yi didn't expect Ma Gai to appear here, and Ma Gai didn't expect Xun Yi to appear here, his eyes met, and the air around the two of them seemed to freeze all of a sudden.

"Lieutenant Ma?"

"Ah...... Xun Du Post? The superintendent settled in this inn this time? ”

"Ah...... I've heard that this inn cooks good food, that's why, hehe...... What about the county lieutenant Ma? ”

"Me too...... Hehe......"

"Hehe......"

“……”

“……”

"Uh...... I suddenly remembered that there was something, so I won't bother Yaxing, who supervises the post......"

"Oh, oh, good, uh...... Come back and get back together. ”

"Okay."

The two talked flawedly, and then went their separate ways.

Of course, Ma Gai knew about Xun Yi, but Xun Yi was not a fool, and after Ma Gai walked away, he frowned and looked back at Ma Gai's back, thoughtful.

Subsequently, Xun Yi took the lead in contacting Zhao Yu in the world of the two through Chen Cai in the Brotherhood Workshop.

Zhao Yu also felt a little strange that Xun Yi came to Kunyang County again, but he would not misunderstand like Liu Bi, after all, in Zhao Yu's opinion, Xun Yi would never go to Kunyang for something - this Xun Du Post still values face.

On the same day, Zhao Yu simply met Xun Yi in that small mansion.

I have to say that when he came to the small house where Zhao Yu lived, Xun Yi's heart was full of surprise.

He couldn't imagine that the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves would actually live in such an inconspicuous mansion until he saw Zhao Yu wearing a tiger mask with his own eyes.

"I can't imagine that Chief Zhou will live in this kind ......of house," Xun Yi couldn't help but say the emotion in his heart.

Zhao Yu smiled and explained: "Zhou once said that falling into the grass is a last resort for survival, and now that everything is on the right track, Zhou also wants to live a life of his own......"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to Shizunu, who was also wearing a mask standing nearby.

Xun Yi suddenly understood, and immediately realized that this other person with a tiger mask was a woman nine times out of ten, and she was also the woman Zhou Hu's beloved.

In the case of secretly controlling most of Kunyang County, the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him actually lived a civilian life with a beloved woman, which made Xun Yi once again convinced that this person was by no means ambitious.

"It's a pity that I won't be with him at the time......

Secretly sighed, Xun Yi understood his intentions, and told Zhao Yu the meaning of Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan.

During this period, Xun Yi secretly paid attention to Zhao Yu's demeanor, although the latter was wearing a mask, he couldn't see the clues, but the long silence of the leader of the black tiger thieves still made Xun Yi feel a little nervous.

He immediately said: "Chief Zhou, don't be in a hurry to get angry, I look at the attitude of the county guard, he still hopes that you can surrender and send me to urge Liu County to recruit An Guifang, and it is precisely because of this." The leader of Zhou intends to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and it is not appropriate to change his mind because of this matter, and on the side of the county guard, Xun will intercede for the leader. ”

"......" looked at Xun Yi, who was a little anxious, and Zhao Yu under the mask frowned slightly.

He wasn't angry, in fact, on the ninth day of the first month of this month, when Yang Ding arrived in Kunyang County, he guessed that Yang Ding was going to do something.

But at that time, Liu Bi, Ma Gai, and Li Xu sent Yang Ding away, and Zhao Yu didn't care when he learned about it afterwards, even if he guessed that Yang Ding would not stop there.

What really surprised him was the attitude of Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan.

You must know that this Li Junshou almost tore his face with Wang Shangde last time, Wang Shangde is the nephew of Taishi Wang Ying, and Yang Ding is the disciple of Wang Taishi, these two should be about the same status in Wang Taishi's heart, right?

Considering that Wang Shangde is a general with an army of 100,000 troops, and Yang Ding is only a fledgling Yexian county commander, why can Li Junshou not give Wang Shangde face, but give this Yang Ding face?

The only explanation is that Yang Ding's reliance is not only on the Taishi Wang Ying, but also on his backstage is bigger than Wang Shangde, so big that Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, has to leave a little affection.

"Whether you recruit security or not, you must wait until the rebel army counterattacks on a large scale, and then I will have the qualifications to negotiate conditions...... Then Yang Ding, we must find a way to hold him back."

Zhao Yu thought secretly.

A day later, Ye County Lieutenant spread many rumors that were very unfavorable to the new county magistrate Yang Ding, one of which made the people of Ye County the most indignant, that is, Yang Ding drove the wife and old lady of the former county magistrate Mao out of the back office where he had lived for more than 20 years.

For a time, the people of Ye County were furious and denounced Yang Ding in the streets and alleys.

Rao is Yang Ding, he was also a little panicked for a while, hiding in the county government and not daring to go out.

In his panic, he immediately guessed something......

"It's the Black Tiger Thief! It must be the Black Tiger Thief who deliberately released rumors and wanted to trap me in injustice! ”

“…… What a bad thing! ”