The book is picked up again.

"Brother Meng De, look at this group of people, which one is hard-boned?"

After saying this, Li Zhi slapped his palm with a folding fan and said firmly: "But such a group of soft bones, after being tortured, still didn't say a word, which proves that they are afraid of something!"

But in the study just now, apart from Brother Meng De, there was only that group of slaves left, so they must be afraid of that group of slaves. ”

As he spoke, he squatted down, looked around with a smile on his face, and then said to the prisoners: "But the identity of these people is all Confucianism, why should they be afraid of slaves?

Did they have something more important than their lives in the hands of their slaves? ”

Speaking of this, he raised someone's head with a folding fan and asked with a smile, "For example... Family, am I right? This old gentleman. ”

"......" After the old gentleman heard Li Zhi's words, he said with a wry smile on his face: "The world says that the Marquis of Luoyang is an immortal wise man, and the old man didn't care about it, but he thought it was a rumor, but today I realized that a mountain is even higher!"

Now, Luoyang Hou doesn't need to ask more, the old man admits it! ”

Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh and said: "That's right, as Luoyang Hou guessed, all the old man's family members were taken captive by those thieves, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so the old man has to do things for them." ”

"They ......" After Li Zhi heard this, he asked playfully: "The old gentleman has seen those behind-the-scenes commanders?" ”

"I've seen it, but I've never seen it." After shaking his head, the old man smiled bitterly: "Although the old man has met with them, he has all worn masks when he meets the old man, and he deliberately talks to the old man with a low voice.

Moreover, they were all draped in big hats to hide their figures.

Therefore, the old man can't even tell whether they are men, women, old or young. ”

"Huh! Little Ones! After Li Zhi laughed with disdain, he turned his gaze to the others and asked, "Are you all like this?" ”

"That's right, we're all the same."

"Hmm" Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and then asked the old man: "This old gentleman, I am going to ask you, how did your family disappear in the first place?" At what time did it disappear? ”

After the old man heard Li Zhi's words, he gritted his teeth and said: "It was late at night, and when the old man was sleeping, a person suddenly broke in and threw a handful of white dust at the old man.

Later, the old man didn't know what to do, and when he woke up, he found that all the people in the family had been taken captive!

Later, the old man found a letter on his desk, which contained an address, asking the old man to go there and wait for the order, otherwise the old man's family would be doomed! ”

After Li Zhi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile, "I don't know where Mr. lives?" Is it outside the city or inside the city, east or west of the city? ”

The south and north of the city were the residences of civilians and traders, and Li Zhi didn't think that such a great Confucian would "surrender his identity" and live with the commoners, so he didn't ask.

"......" When the old man heard this, he was silent for a while, then looked at Cao Cao with guilt on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Cheng Mengde Gongzhize, after I waited for the useless literati to come to Jizhou, he moved us to the vicinity of Caofu, and a hundred meters east of Caofu is the old man's mansion.

”

"How many people are in the old gentleman's family?"

When the old man heard this, he estimated it and said, "There are about a hundred servants in total." ”

"......" After Li Zhi heard the old man's words, he was silent, and his face became very ugly.

After a long while, he glanced at the old man with pity, sighed, and said, "The old gentleman mourns and changes. ”

"......" After the old man heard Li Zhi's words, his face was full of puzzlement.

Although his family was taken captive by those thieves, but no one died, what is the mourning?

However, Li Zhi had no intention of explaining to him, and after standing up, he said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, it has been determined that the enemy is not sent by other princes, but a small force in Brother Meng De's territory.

It is very likely that this whole thing was done by the scum of Brother Meng's family, plus a small group of forces that oppose Brother Meng. ”

"......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his head was full of confusion.

He also heard the words that Li Zhi asked just now, but he couldn't draw conclusions from those words

Therefore, he asked with a puzzled face: "How did Brother Xingzhi come to this conclusion?" ”

"It's very simple" Li Zhi stretched out a finger and said: "First, if you want to recover a person for your own use, you not only have to coerce, but also have to be tempted!"

And when that group of people subdued these people, there was no inducement, only coercion!

This proves that they were definitely not sent by other princes!

Otherwise, why would they be sneaky and hide?

Directly reveal their identities, and then tell these people that as long as they kill Brother Meng De, they can make great achievements.

When the time comes, if their lord wins the world, then these people can also get the status of a minister from the dragon.

In this way, on the one hand, it is much better to lure them with the identity of the servants of the dragon, and on the other hand, to coerce them with their family members, than to just coerce? ”

"Makes sense" Cao Cao nodded slowly after thinking for a while, and then asked, "What about the second?" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi sighed, stretched out his second finger, and said, "Second, if it is really the hands of other princes, then after they buy off the slaves beside Brother Meng De, they can completely spend a lot of money to buy off other guards patrolling the city, and there is no need to kill people at all." ”

"Kill people?" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, he was even more dazed and asked, "Who did they kill?" I haven't heard of any recent murders. ”

"Alas......" Li Zhi said. After a long sigh, he turned his head and looked at the old man with pity.

The old man was a little hairy by Li Zhi, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he thought of a possibility!

Then, with a pale face, he struggled to Li Zhi's legs, grabbed his hem, and asked, "Luoyang Hou... Luoyang Hou ...... Don't scare the old man, things are definitely not what the old man thinks, right?!

Tell the old man! It's not what the old man thinks!! Tell the old man!! ”

"......" Li Zhiyan heard this, and after being silent for a while, he smiled helplessly: "Old man, since you already have a guess in your heart, why don't you want to believe it."

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You must know that Yecheng is the seat of governance of the entire Jizhou, and the defense here is very tight!

On weekdays, tens of thousands of troops patrol the city, and Brother Mengde's mansion is the top priority!

Even on weekdays, there are more than 10,000 troops patrolling day and night.

At night, in addition to the 10,000 troops, there were thousands of people who had secretly set up secret posts, and hundreds of secret agents from the intelligence department controlled by Bong Hyo were lurking there.

This defense can be called watertight!

Except for me and other Brother Mengde's henchmen and Brother Mengde's people, no one can pass through the city at night.

Don't talk about people, even a mouse will be chopped into mashed meat if it suddenly comes out! ”

Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh, looked at the old man and said with pity on his face: "Under such a steel defense, do you think someone can quietly take more than a hundred people from your mansion?"

Besides, haven't you ever thought that if they really have the ability to take more than 100 people out of captivity, then why don't they just pick the main people to take them captive?

You know, after the mansion you are waiting for becomes empty, it is easy to attract the attention of others!

Like your neighbors, like your friends.

Once they doubt it, it will inevitably cause trouble!

Wouldn't it be better to take your descendants captive and threaten you, and keep those slaves in the womb to hide from the eyes and ears of men? ”

After the old man heard Li Zhi's words, he retorted with a pale face: "Xu is... Maybe those thieves bought off the city's defense forces? ”

After saying that, his face became even more ugly, because he also knew that he was talking nonsense!

There are about tens of thousands of defenders in the city, and the places where these guards are on duty are constantly changing.

Unless those thieves bought off all the troops under Cao Cao's command, otherwise, it would be impossible to quietly take out more than 100 people!

After thinking all this out, the old man "poofed" and sat on the ground with a face full of decadence.

Now, even if he is unwilling, he has to admit that his family may have been killed!

And the place where he was killed - it was in his home!!

At this time, his family is probably buried in his home and nowhere!

After thinking of this, the old man struggled to sit up, grabbed Li Zhi's leg, and pleaded with pain on his face: "Luoyang Hou, please be kind and take the old man to the old man's mansion to have a good investigation!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his gaze to Cao Cao, who had been silent, and pleaded: "Meng Degong, the old man knows that the old man and others are sorry for you, and the old man and the others don't want to live, they just want to find out what is going on, so that the old man will die!" ”

At this time, the other teachers involved in this matter couldn't sit still, they violently broke free from the soldiers who escorted them, and crawled to the old man's side, and asked with a pale face: "Mr. Yu, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that all the family members we are waiting for... It's all ......."

The man really couldn't say the word "dead."

"Alas......" When the old man heard this, he closed his eyes with pain on his face, let out a long sigh, and said in a hoarse voice: "......"