The corners of the old Taoist Fan Dajian's mouth are slightly upturned, his thick eyebrows and big eyes are full of true feelings, his beard is white, and he is dignified, he actually shows a bit of the gentleness of a woman.

Hu Guiyang was taken aback when he opened his eyes and saw such a face, the hairs on his body stood on end, he hurriedly moved to the bed, and asked nervously, "What's wrong?" ”

"One of them has come to surrender." Lao Dao spoke softly, as if he were speaking to a patient.

Hu Guiyang came to his senses, "What about the military households who made trouble?" ”

"None of them came, and it is said that they have dispersed, and they have returned to their respective homes."

Hu Guiyang rubbed his face with his hands and asked again, "When is it?" ”

"It's just after noon."

"Hmm. Is it just one person who surrendered? ”

"Yes, but ......"

"Eight are here, and then call me." Hu Guiyang closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Fan Dajian didn't speak again, tiptoed back, closed the door gently, and walked to the main hall in four directions, he didn't sleep all night, but he wasn't very sleepy.

Hu Guiyang in the house actually couldn't sleep, a crisis just passed, he was also very surprised, and a little proud.

The next wait was very long, Hu Guiyang regretted it a little, he pretended to be too calm, he should let Fan Dajian often come to report the situation, now it's good, he has to continue to pretend, not only has no way to understand the situation outside, but even his stomach is so hungry that he is embarrassed to let people bring food.

Nearly in the evening, Yuan Mao brought wine and meat and food, Hu Guiyang got up with a bone, didn't say a word, ate a meal first, and then asked after being half full: "Are there all the people?" ”

"Five are coming, and three are missing."

"Their families have already been released?"

"Let it go."

"Well, wait until tomorrow afternoon, count a few, and bring them to me."

"If you don't come to surrender, what will happen to your family?"

"When the time comes, they didn't suffer here, did they?"

"There was food and drink, no torture equipment, no suffering, but the family's business will definitely be delayed."

Military families cannot support a large family by relying only on money, and they usually have to do something else to make a living, and the main male in the family loses their freedom, which has a great impact.

"That's okay, let's see if the remaining three guys are filial." Hu Guiyang continued to drink wine and eat meat.

Soon after dark, two more people came to the camp to surrender, thus replacing their father and brother, only one of them insisted on not coming, and his family was also small, and only his brother was imprisoned in the camp.

It is this last one, Hu Guiyang wants to see it the most.

This person's surname is Zhou Mingming, but he calls himself "Little Zhou Cang", has the deepest friendship with Guan Dazi, is willing to serve as a slave, has always advanced and retreated together, and knows Guan Dazi's various illegal things best.

Hu Guiyang wanted to ask Zhou Wang, when Guan Dazi was hit by a bird, was he also among the people who fled in a hurry?

Zhou Wang didn't come to surrender, Zhou Jing came early the next morning, although they were both surnamed Zhou, the two were not relatives, and Zhou Baihu came here to intercede for the Guan family.

"Things have come to this point, the Guan family has become the target of everyone, everyone says that they are affected by Guan Dazi, the Guan family has a headache, I am afraid that if this continues, even the hereditary military position will be gone." Zhou Baihu stood up, took out a small package from his arms, and put it on the table respectfully, he took Hu Guiyang more and more seriously.

Hu Guiyang took the package, swiped it twice, and said with a smile: "Guan Dazi has been crisscrossing Gyeonggi for many years, so he won't be poor like this, right?" ”

Zhou Baihu had expected this question, and immediately showed a bitter expression, "Guan Dazi has done a lot of bad things such as burning, killing and looting, but he doesn't care about his family, and all the gold, silver and jewelry he got are used to make fox friends and dog friends, and the Guan family is very poor, and this bit of silver is still borrowed from East and West." ”

Hu Guiyang lifted the corner of the package, glanced inside, and pouted, "Half is missing." ”

"What?" Zhou Baihu was puzzled.

Hu Guiyang withdrew his fingers, "I said that half of the silver is missing." ”

Zhou Baihu's face changed suddenly, "How come, that's all there was when the Guan family gave it to me......"

"Think again." Hu Guiyang stared at him.

Zhou Baihu's face changed several times, and finally he suddenly realized, and patted his head, "I remember, look at my memory." He took out a few more ingots of silver from his bosom, put them next to the small package, and said with a smile: "The package is too big to carry......

"It's okay, just think about it." Hu Guiyang was not angry, and brought the silver to his side, "Go back and tell the Guan family, everyone has a price, the price is different, Guan Dazi is famous, I only accept this bit of silver, I am ashamed, let them prepare five times more." ”

"Five-fold?" Zhou Baihu gasped, he didn't expect this Jinyi lieutenant to be so greedy.

"Delivered before noon."

"Less than half a day...... This...... can't make it up at all, even if the Guan family sells the house and land immediately, it's too late. ”

"Then let the Guan family send Xiao Zhoucang before noon, and it can reach this number."

"Xiao Zhoucang is not a Guan family......"

"With his friendship with Guan Dazi, he can't die without help, right? In short, seeing Xiao Zhoucang, the matter is over, and from now on, I will not pursue the Guan family, and in my report to my boss, the Guan family will not be involved. Hu Guiyang stretched out a hand and pressed it on the silver bag, indicating that the thing had been accepted.

Zhou Baihu stayed for a while and said goodbye.

Hu Guiyang's two partners have been standing at the door and watching, as soon as Zhou Baihu left, Fan Dajian said excitedly: "You said that half of the silver is missing, but you are actually cheating him, right?" He's a trader, and when he sees money, he has to take a share, you guessed it from the beginning, right? The Guan family claims that Guan Dazi never cares about his family, but he gives you money in a bad way, so you know that they are weak-hearted, right? ”

Fan Dajian took a bite of "right", becoming more and more excited, and a little admired.

Hu Guiyang smiled: "It's not that complicated, I see that the baggage skin is quite big, but there is not much silver in it, so I guess Zhou Baihu took some of it privately." ”

"It's that simple?" Fan Dajian was disappointed, "What about Xiao Zhoucang?" Can the Guan family be found? ”

"I don't know, who will intercede anyway - no matter who he intercedes for, I will ask him to exchange Xiao Zhoucang, whether it is successful or not, I must try it if I have such an opportunity."

Fan Dajian was even more disappointed, and said to Yuan Mao: "I thought he was confident." ”

Yuan Mao laughed and said to Hu Guiyang: "What if Xiao Zhoucang doesn't come before noon?" ”

"Then forget it, let his brother go home, those seven people are enough."

"The silver...... Let's put it away for now. Fan Da has not entered for a long time, and there is not much silver on the table, but he looks a little hot.

Hu Guiyang pushed the silver to Yuan Mao, "In the afternoon, you return it to the Guan family." ”

"Yes." Yuan Mao put away the silver bag.

Fan Dajian let out a long sigh, knowing that his suggestion would not be taken seriously, so he simply did not speak.

Hu Guiyang has another place to use the old way, "After eating at noon, you go out." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Find a colleague you know and find out the cause of Sun's blind man's death."

Fan Dajian was reluctant to take on this task, so after thinking about it, he still replied: "Okay, if I don't come back before nightfall, you have to ask Yuan Mao to go to the Daguan Emperor Temple to find me and bring more people." ”

Hu Guiyang smiled and nodded.

Xiao Zhoucang really came to surrender, only a short time before noon, he came alone, broke into the patrol camp, and shouted loudly that he wanted to change his brother out.

His brother didn't appreciate it very much, and when he saw his brother in the courtyard, he didn't even stop to say hello, and ran out of the camp gate at a faster pace.

All eight of them were taken to a side hall to be interrogated by the captain of the brocade.

According to Hu Guiyang's request, these eight people did not wear shackles and locks, only the weapons on their bodies were taken away, and after the soldiers escorted them in, they immediately retreated, and opposite the eight people, only Hu Guiyang and Yuan Mao were interrogated.

Eight people rushed to death, maybe they could beat these two groups to death, but no one moved, this is a patrol camp, and the other party is Jinyiwei, if something happens, no one can escape, and no one dares to shield them.

Eight people stood in two rows, and some hesitated for a moment, seeing that their accomplices did not kneel, and they did not kneel themselves.

Hu Guiyang looked at them with a smile, and did not ask them to kneel, and suddenly stretched out his hand to point to a person, "I have an impression of you." ”

The man was startled, and his face immediately changed.

Hu Guiyang pointed at the four of them in a row, "You were with Guan Dazi that day, and then you went to the swamp, am I not mistaken?" ”

The four resignedly admitted.

Hu Guiyang looked at the other four again, moved his fingers around, and finally stopped, pointing to a short man in the front row, "You are Xiao Zhoucang." ”

"It's your uncle and me." The man said in a rough voice, his face full of disbefriendment, and the other seven companions all lowered their heads, ready to watch the excitement.

Yuan Mao stepped forward and was stopped by Hu Guiyang.

"You weren't there when Kwan Dazi died."

"Of course not, otherwise you would still be sitting here?" Xiao Zhoucang glared, becoming more and more fearless.

Hu Guiyang was not affected, but sighed lightly, "What a little Zhou Cang who values righteousness, but unfortunately, there is no second person like you by Guan Dazi's side, at that time, he took more than a dozen or twenty people, all of them ran away, running so fast that I couldn't catch up if I wanted to." ”

The other seven hung their heads even lower in shame.

Xiao Zhoucang said sharply: "A group of ungrateful people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, bah, Brother Guan has been friends with them for so many years. ”

The seven of them were ashamed and angry, but in front of Jinyiwei, they didn't dare to show it, and only squinted at Xiao Zhoucang.

"But they are more filial to your father and brother than you, when they heard that their family members were arrested, they all came to the camp to surrender, only you waited until the end to come, and let your brother sit in the cell for half a day."

"We haven't been brothers for a long time, and my only brother is Brother Guan."

"Shouldn't it be 'Second Brother Guan'?"

The more Hu Guiyang was entangled in the details, the more annoyed Xiao Zhoucang became, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, scolded a swear word, and rushed to the public case, wanting to fight with the captain of Jinyi.

Hu Guiyang was bare-handed, but Yuan Mao was carrying a knife, and immediately pulled it out and shouted: "Bold! ”

Xiao Zhoucang stopped, spat on the ground, and retreated back to his original place, "If you want to kill, you can kill Brother Guan, and naturally someone will seek revenge on you." ”

"Hehe, I don't need 'someone' to come to me, I'll go find him." Hu Guiyang sat up straight, with a smile on his face, "I want to lead the troops to attack Tiejiazhuang, who wants to lead the way?" ”