"Chu Jiao, then we will wait for your good news."

"Okay."

In the laughter, Chu Jiao sent Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong out of the house, and watched the three of them walk away, probably going to the next place to persuade them.

"In order to be able to work together to resist the officers and soldiers, persuade Zhuzhai to merge into the Black Tiger Village? Hey, that's a good excuse."

Shaking his head slightly, Chu Jiao returned to the house, and when he was confronted, he heard Yizi Chu Yan say indignantly: "How can this be true! The Father-in-law must not grant such an impudent request! ”

"Calm down."

Chu Jiao blamed Yizi and said: "Such a big person, he is still so frizzy and frizzy......"

He was talking about Chu Yan rushing into the house just now.

Fang Cai, just as Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong were in the house to persuade Chu Jiao to defect to the Black Tiger Village, I don't know where Chu Yan heard the news, and rushed into the house with an indignant face, fortunately, Chu Jiao stopped drinking in time and ordered Chu Yan not to speak, otherwise, I believe that it is impossible for Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong to leave with a smile on their faces.

It can be seen that Chu Yan does have great respect for her father-in-law Chu Jiao, and was reprimanded by her father-in-law, Chu Yan pursed her lips sheepishly, although her face was still unswerving, but she didn't dare to refute it, just like a child who was dissatisfied after being reprimanded by her parents, pouting and sulking there.

Seeing this, Chu Jiao shook his head slightly.

He has no wife and no children, and he attaches great importance to his righteous son Chu Yan, and Chu Yan has never disappointed him, both brave and strategic, the fly in the ointment is that Chu Yan is too young, and sometimes he can't hold his breath, just like Fang Cai.

Shaking his head slightly, Chu Jiao sat down at the table in the room, beckoning and pointing to the seat next to him: "Sit down." ”

Chu Yan sat down as he said, and when he saw his father-in-law brushing his beard calmly, he couldn't help but say, "Father-in-law, you won't really decide to defect to Yang Tong, right?" ”

"Isn't it good?" Chu Jiao smiled calmly: "This Black Tiger Village is rich, guarding the intersection of the two main roads of 'Rukun' and 'Xiangkun'...... I have never heard of bandits who lack food and go up to the mountains to hunt on their own. ”

Hearing this, Chu Yan couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, their group of bandits is relatively unusual among a group of bandits, and the reason is that they were not evil bandits in the first place.

At least when his father-in-law Chu Jiao was young, their Chujia Village was not a cottage, but a small mountain village, which should be called Chujia Village, and there were only a dozen families in the village, mainly relying on hunting for a living.

The location of Chujia Village is not good, not to mention the remoteness, there are bandits who make a living by robbing houses nearby, in order to protect themselves, Chu Jiao, who was still young at the time, led the villagers to take the initiative to attack and resist the bandits in the vicinity.

Chu Jiao was also very brave when he was young, no less than his later son Chu Yan, so in the nearby villages that were plagued by bandits, there were also people who defected to him with their families, and even, even the rogues on Ying Mountain also defected to Chu Jiao - I later learned that there were many bandits on Ying Mountain who mistakenly thought that Chu Jiao was a peer who grabbed territory.

In view of the fact that there are many honest villagers who defected to him, Chu wrestled with public opinion and recovered the bandits who defected to him, which made Chujia Village slowly become Chujia Village, and became a half-mountain village and a half-thief nest.

Even, some bandits from Liang to do Orion, but there are also villagers affected by other bandits in the village and become bandits, in short, the internal composition of Chujiazhai is very chaotic, but in the fight against foreign enemies, both the villagers and the bandits are very united, and it is precisely because of this that Chujiazhai can gain a foothold on the Ying Mountain surrounded by bandits, and will not be killed by other bandits, or annexed.

Since it is a half-mountain village and a half-thief's nest, Chujiazhai has naturally done evil things, such as going down the mountain to loot, but because of the relationship between Chu Jiao, Chujiazhai has a principle, that is, not to rob the good people, in other words, they do not rob those honest and honest good people who are difficult to even make ends meet, and they specifically rob those squires and wealthy families, regardless of whether the other party is a person or not.

For example, even if the Luyang Zhao family, which is quite famous in Luyang, is located near Chujiazhai, Chu Jiao will most likely attack the Luyang Zhao family, who made the Luyang Zhao family rich.

This has nothing to do with other reasons, but the area of Chujiazhai is too remote and poor, and when hunting cannot feed the villagers, robbing the nearby squires and rich people is the fastest and most effective way.

What the? Looking for relief in Kunyang County?

Just rely on a half-people, half-thief village like Chujiazhai? It's no wonder that you can get help from the county.

It is precisely because of their own set of principles for dealing with the world that Chu Yan does not think that they are the same as other thieves on Ying Mountain, even if they are thieves.

Including Yang Tong of Black Tiger Village.

Therefore, when he learned that Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong planned to speak for Yang Tong, hoping that his father-in-law Chu Jiao would lead the crowd to defect to Black Tiger Village and Yang Tong, Chu Yan was furious.

On one side is his respected father-in-law, and on the other side is Yang Tong, who he actually looks down on in his heart, let his respected father-in-law go to work for Yang Tong, who he despises, what are you kidding!

Because of this, Chu Yan tried her best to persuade her father-in-law to dispel this idea.

Hearing Yizi's persuasion, Chu Jiao chuckled and said, "Although this matter is led by Liu Heimu, I think there should be Yang Tong's promotion among them...... This is a great opportunity, even if I am Yang Tong, I will take advantage of this golden opportunity to merge the personnel of the rest of the cottages, if I refuse, I am afraid that Yang Tong will hate ......"

Although he said that, a little confusion flashed in his eyes.

As he said, Yang Tong took the opportunity to merge the personnel of the remaining cottages, which was not unexpected, after all, when he learned that Yang Tong called himself 'Ying Shanhu', he was vaguely aware of this person's ambition.

Subsequently, Yang Tong designed to kill Xu He, Yu Rong, and Yuan Xu, who betrayed the alliance, and annexed the three cottages, and then led the people of Shizhai to crusade against Cai Ying, who also betrayed the alliance of the villages, which is enough to prove that Yang Tong is not satisfied with the status quo.

Therefore, today Yang Tong took advantage of Bazhai's weakness and wanted to annex Bazhai in one go, Chu Jiao was not surprised.

He just felt a little strange, wondering why the current situation was so beneficial to Black Tiger Village.

Obviously, it was the situation of Kunyang County Wei Ma Gai leading the crowd to crusade against the Black Tiger Village, but until now, the Black Tiger Village itself has almost no losses, but they are the eight villages, except for Chen Zu and his gang, the remaining seven families have been more or less attacked by officers and soldiers, so that they are about to be annexed by the Black Tiger Village...... No matter how you look at it, it feels a little wrong!

"Could it be that Yang Tong bought Ma Gai? Collusion between officials and thieves?'

A thought flashed through Chu Jiao's heart, but he immediately rejected it, after all, this argument was too ridiculous in his opinion.

At this time, Chu Yan interrupted his thoughts disapprenously: "Offended Yang Tong? So what? I'm not afraid! If that Yang Tong dares to come nonsense, I will kill him for my father-in-law! ”

Chu Jiao smiled when he heard this: "Although my son is brave, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Niu Heng in the Black Tiger Village are not inferior to my son. ”

Seeing Chu Jiao mention Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Niu Heng, Chu Yan opened her mouth and was speechless.

Although he has an arrogant personality, he must admit that the martial arts of those three people are indeed no worse than him.

Seeing this, Chu Jiao smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said to Chu Yan: "Look at the two of them, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, who were persuaded by Liu Heimu, followed Liu Heimu to persuade them, this is obviously to grab the credit, it can be seen that Yang Tong must have made all kinds of generous promises to them." Therefore, I think that Wu Sheng, Feng Xing, and Liu Mao will most likely be persuaded by them and defect to Yang Tong's command. If you and I don't obey, don't you think it's too conspicuous? ”

"Isn't there still Chen Zu?" Chu Yan frowned and asked.

"Yes, and Chen Zu." Chu Jiao narrowed his eyes and muttered, "If all this is pushed by Yang Tong and his group behind the scenes, then after recovering our Qizhai, he will definitely attack Chen Zu...... If Chen Zu does not obey at that time, he is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of Cai Cheng. ”

"What did my father-in-law say?" Chu Yan didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked in confusion: "What Yang Tong and his gang are pushing behind the scenes?" Does the stepfather mean that Yang Tong asked Liu Heimu to come forward? ”

Chu Jiao was silent for a moment, and suddenly changed the topic and said, "In short, let's not be the one who doesn't fit in...... Since Yang Tong wants to subdue us, he will inevitably treat us well, now we have lost the village and are sheltered in the Black Tiger Village, if we resent Yang Tong, how should the women and children in the village live? Ah Yan, everything must take into account the overall situation. ”

Chu Yan was silent for a moment, frowned and said, "Having said that, what Yang Tong did in the past ...... I have heard that they slaughter villagers and rob women...... I am deeply ashamed to be in the company of such people. ”

"But in the last year, Yang Tong and the people under him have also changed a lot, haven't they? Instead of slaughtering villages like Fengcun, they sent them money to help raise chickens and ducks in the village...... What a smart move! ”

Chu Jiao smiled, patted Yizi's arm and said with relief: "What's more, Yang Tong and his gang are not the only ones in Black Tiger Village, according to legend, Chen Mo and Wang Qing are both restrained by the people under their hands......"

"......" Chu Yan was speechless.

He must admit that Chen Mo's gang and Wang Qing's gang in Black Tiger Village are indeed relatively restrained bandits.

That night, Chu Jiao personally visited Liu Heimu and proposed to Liu Heimu that he was willing to join the Black Tiger Village, which made Liu Heimu very happy, and he smiled and said to Chu Jiao: "Wu Sheng, Feng Xing, and Liu Mao have agreed, and the owner of Chu Village is left." ”

"Sure enough, ......"

Chu Jiao was slightly startled, and explained with self-deprecation: "Chu has a bad brain, and he pondered for a long time, which made Brother Liu laugh. ”

Probably because Chu Jiao used to show people with a simple appearance, or Liu Heimu was happy at the moment, so he didn't care, and took Chu Jiao to see Yang Tong with enthusiasm.

Just like when he treated Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, Yang Gongxin made a lot of promises to Chu Jiao, and even Chu Jiao was quite satisfied.

After a while, waiting for Chu Jiao to come out of Yang Tong's house, he unconsciously glanced at the area where Chen Zu and his group lived.

"That's all there is left...... I don't know what Yang Tong will do to him."

He thought to himself.

So far, there are eight cottages on the eastern side of Yingshan, and Black Tiger Village has annexed seven of them, leaving only one Chen Zu.

Next, as long as Yang Tong can annex Chen Zu, or defeat Chen Zu, then he can be regarded as unifying the eastern mountains of Yingshan.

Based on this, Chu Jiao concluded that Yang Tong would not let Chen Zu go.

Unless Chen Zu is willing to surrender, otherwise, Chu Jiao feels that Chen Zu will definitely follow in Cai Cheng's footsteps.