On this day, Ji Chao, the big boss of Ma Qi Mountain, can be said to be proud of the spring breeze. Since the successful sneak attack on the outpost, Ma Ya Mountain has spread far and wide, and thieves, bandits, ruffians, and hooligans of all sizes within a hundred miles around it have come to defect.

Such a good opportunity, how can you miss it, Ji Chao and Chu Ying will not refuse. For a time, the number of people on the mountain increased greatly, but they were all rabble, there was no discipline at all, and fights, drunkenness, and troublemaking occurred from time to time.

On the fifth day after the attack on the outpost, when Ji Chao was drinking and celebrating with the village owners, a small minion came to report: "Big boss, ten people have come down from the mountain." The leader called himself Feng Dahai, they claimed to be from Shuanglong Village, admired the prestige of the big boss, and came to defect. ”

"Hahaha...... All right! Here we go again, brother. Xu Dazhui laughed when he heard this, and said first.

Ji Chao asked the minion: "Have you interrogated it clearly?" ”

"Clear. They also brought in a cart of grain. The minion replied.

"Why didn't you say it earlier! Hurry up and ask them to go up the mountain, and find more people to come down the mountain to pull food. Ji Chao was even happier when he heard that there was food. The minions hurried down the mountain to meet them, for fear that they would regret and leave. Now the number of people on the mountain has increased, but there are not many people who carry food up the mountain, so food is a little tight. When he heard that they had brought food, he was naturally glad and looked up to them.

After a while, a small, dark-skinned, bearded man walked in with eight or nine people. He swept left and right, then knelt down on one knee and bowed down: "Shuanglongzhai Feng Dahai to meet the master of Jida, to meet all the masters." ”

"Excuse me, brother, please get up! Come on, quickly arrange a place for the brothers who just arrived. Ji Chao was very enthusiastic about him, after all, people came with food. After waiting for the brother who came with Feng Dahai to go down, Ji Chao then said to him: "We are setting up a wine to celebrate, and the Feng family will also be seated together." ”

"Xie Ji is in charge!" Feng Dahai thanked him, and he was not polite, and generously found a place to sit down.

Ji Chao introduced everyone sitting one by one, and Feng Dahai bowed again and again. After some introductions, everyone started drinking again.

Chu Ying looked at Feng Dahai in front of him, he was not very old from his face, but his beard was a little exaggerated, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious. I thought to myself, that Shuanglong Village is eighty or ninety miles away from here, how could he come with food without prior contact? Could it be that the prestige of my Ma Qi Mountain will be so loud? Besides, I haven't heard that someone has fallen into the grass in Shuanglong Village, why did this Feng Dahai suddenly appear?

Thinking of this, Chu Ying picked up the wine bowl and said, "Brother Dahai, you must be tired after walking such a long way with the grain truck." Let's drink a bowl of wine to relieve fatigue. ”

"Xie Chuer is in charge!" After Feng Dahai thanked him, he drank all the wine in the bowl, wiped his mouth with his hand, and said: "Chu Er is in charge of something, my brothers and I have just fallen into the grass in Shuanglong Village, and there is food. This cart of grain was robbed in the middle of the road, and a few of us had just passed through the village of Lipo when we happened to meet four or five people driving the wagon southward on the mountain road. Those people wanted to turn around and run when they saw us, and that was a good thing, and that would make him run. A few of us stepped forward, pulled out a steel knife and solved a few of them in a few clicks, and the grain truck belonged to us! ”

"Well, you guys are so blessed! What about the corpses of a few people? Chu Ying then asked.

Feng Dahai's eyes widened, and he said ferociously: "What do you want it to do?" I threw it into the mountain stream to feed the wolves! ”

Ji Chao, who was sitting on the main seat, heard this, frowned slightly, and did not speak.

Chu Ying asked again: "Where is the big sea brothers' house?" Why did the grass fall? ”

"My family is from Shimenling Village, and last month I took a few brothers to the crossroads to play money with Han Bald in a gambling house. That kid won my money, and he didn't admit it when he said that he was out of a thousand, so he fought with his people, and I beat Han Bald to death in a fit of rage. The officers and soldiers arrested me everywhere, and when I had no choice, I ran to Shuanglong Village to hide, and I hid in Tibet for almost a month. When I heard that Ji Da's family attacked two officers and soldiers in one night, my brothers and I admired it very much, so we came together to vote. ”

When Ji Chao heard this, he thought to himself that this Feng Dahai was ruthless and ruthless, and he was definitely not a good type. But now is the time to employ people, and we can't drive him down the mountain, but it is still necessary to remind him a few words. Yes, he said solemnly: "Feng Dahai, although we are forced to fall into the grass as the crown, but there is also a way to steal, we go down the mountain to rob, only pick the rich to start, if we can not kill people, we will not kill people." Thou shalt not rob the poor, nor commit adultery* to adulteress or oppress the good. ”

Feng Dahai stood up and saluted respectfully and said: "Since you have come to join the Ji Da master, everything is up to the Ji Da master, and you will never kill innocents indiscriminately in the future." ”

Feng Dahai thought to himself, it seems that this Ji Chao is not like a murderous and black-hearted person, he can say such things as thieves and Taoists, and he still has a good conscience.

Reading this, readers should be able to guess. Yes, this Feng Dahai is Ma Wu, after some arrangement, he took a small flag to Ma Qishan as an undercover agent.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed, and Chu Ying secretly said to Ji Chao: "In the past few days, there have been one or two hundred people who have come to defect. Now that there are many fish and dragons in the mountains, if the government takes the opportunity to send undercover agents, it will be very disadvantageous to us. ”

"Well, it's a no-brainer. Do you think today's Feng Dahai is suspicious? ”

"Exactly, Shuanglong Village is nearly a hundred miles away from here, and I don't think our reputation will spread there so quickly."

"It's easy to discern, send someone to the crossroads to inquire, if he really kills someone, there will be rumors in the town. Even if there are no rumors, the government will post a notice and arrest him. Ji Chao said.

"Big brother is right, I'll send someone to find out the news." Chu Ying replied, and then continued: "Big brother, there are still forty or fifty people locked up in our dungeon, rather than wasting food like this, it is better to kill them and throw them off the cliff." ”

"Don't kill them, let them go, let them build fortifications." Ji Chao thought for a moment and said.

"If the eldest brother has a way, I'll do it right away."

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Two days later, the spies came back and secretly reported to Ji Chao and Chu Ying: "There was indeed a murder case in a gambling house in Crossroads Town last month, and the murderer has not been arrested so far. The murderer's name was Feng Dahai, and I secretly unveiled an arrest notice. As he spoke, the spy took out a notice from his bosom.

Chu Ying then announced, and after a closer look, the portrait was indeed similar to Feng Dahai, especially the beard on his face. It was clearly written on the notice that this person's name was indeed Feng Dahai.

Chu Ying handed the notice to Ji Chao and said: "It seems that Feng Dahai is not lying, the notice is clearly written, and it is also stamped with the big seal of the Juzhou Yamen." It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, and this person can use it with confidence. ”

"Since this person is available, there is no need to supervise them secretly, call them over and assign them things to do." Ji Chao said.

It wasn't long before Ma Wu and his nine brothers arrived in the lobby.

Then he bowed and asked, "Big brother, are you looking for us?" But is there something for us to do? I have been idle all day for the past two days, and I am almost idle. ”

"Exactly, the first wall of the cottage is being built now, and the eldest brother asked you and your brother to supervise the construction of the wall by the captured people. Would you like to? ”

"Yes, my eldest brother asked me to go because he trusted me, and my brother will definitely repair the wall." Ma Wu was secretly happy in his heart. The first cottage wall that Ji Chao said was the wall on the flat area halfway up the mountain, which was exactly what he couldn't ask for.

Subsequently, Ma Wu said goodbye to Ji Chao and walked out of the gate to the construction site of the first cottage wall. Now there are forty or fifty emaciated people working here, and Ma Wu has officially taken over this place after handing over to a small leader who was supposed to take care of these people. The little leader whispered to him: "These people are all people who were captured during the previous robbery, don't be polite to them, listen to the will of the second master, and after the wall is built, all these people will be killed." ”

Ma Wu couldn't help but pity these people in his heart, these people were all the family members or slaves of the big families who were arrested nearby, and they were all poor people who gave up and didn't want to redeem them.

Suddenly, he found a familiar face among them, although the man was unkempt, his clothes were tattered, and his face was yellow and thin. But he will never admit that he is wrong, that man is actually a bull and a second egg!

At first glance, he was taken aback, how could Niu Erdan be here? Didn't he run away with the Qi family's silver? Will he recognize himself? When you think about it, you feel that you have a beard that you don't recognize unless you know it well. He had only been with him for two hours, and it was unlikely that he would be so easily recognized.

In fact, Niu Erdan noticed this bearded man at the beginning, he felt that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he stared at him directly.

Ma Wu saw him staring at him, thinking that he might have noticed something. He couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart, but he thought to himself that I was now taking care of him, and it would be easy to kill him, and if he found out that he was not persuasive, he would secretly kill him, and he was not a good person anyway. Thinking of this, he walked over with a whip and whipped it fiercely, and scolded: "You are too young to work hard, what are you staring at me!" Want to die? ”

Niu Erdan shrank his neck in fright, and continued to work without saying a word.

After Niu Erdan left, Ma Wu glanced at one of his brothers named Zhou Zhi, and the two found a secluded outside, he whispered to Zhou Zhi: "The person I smoked just now is called Niu Erdan, we have met before, he may recognize me." You pay more attention to him, and if there is anything unusual, make an accident and kill him. ”

Zhou Zhi was a little surprised, he couldn't bear to start, and asked, "Does this person have an enmity with you?" It's pathetic to look at him. ”

"I'll tell you more about it later, he's not a good guy anyway. Just remember my words," Ma Wu said, and then said to him: "Keep an eye on it for me, I'll walk around, collect information, and you can write the secret letter at night." ”

"Okay, Fifth Brother Ma. Guaranteed to keep an eye on it for you! ”