When Yan Zhuang woke up, he found himself tied to a large tree, several men were on guard around him, and a young man with a short knife was polishing back and forth on a stone, and from time to time pouring water on it.

"Who are you?"

At the sound of the voice, the young man turned his head to look at him, and went on to sharpen the knife as if he were a lamb to the slaughter.

His memory is still stuck at the moment last night, a huge beast claw, suddenly appeared in front of him, followed by a pain in the back of his head, a black eye, he was kidnapped by someone, from the heavily guarded Mrs. Qiu's courtyard? He couldn't believe it, but the facts were already in front of him.

"That drugged goat, did you do it?"

"Good inference, go on." Liu Ji continued to sharpen his knife without looking back.

"You are just trying to turn them over, not asking for their lives, just to lead so-and-so to appear? You didn't know what so-and-so looked like before, and you didn't know where so-and-so lived? ”

"And there's more."

"Without them, you would be better off, no, the main building is so high, let someone choose, the courtyard from the front yard to the main building is the most suitable, why don't you do it there."

Without waiting for Liu Ji to answer, he said to himself: "You thought about it, but you didn't do it, because you were afraid of startling the snake, you saw Dr. Yang and heard our conversation." ”

He looked at the young man on the ground, and said in a good time: "Which of the Li family sent you here, since you know the identity of so-and-so, you might as well say bluntly, why do you want to come here." ”

Liu Ji picked up the short knife and looked at it in front of him, stood up, and slowly walked towards him.

"Why would you guess that the Li family, we can't just tie up a meat ticket and ask for a ransom from An Fat?"

"There are a lot of powerful people in Beijing, all of them are worth more than so, do you plan to tie up so-and-so here and send someone to Fanyang to get money?"

"It's a little incomprehensible, but don't guess the kidnapper's thoughts, maybe I'm so tasteful."

Yan Zhuang couldn't cry or laugh, if you want to be unreasonable, people have always been kind and pleasant, without scolding or scolding, but every word is full of sarcasm, which is unpredictable.

"What do you want?"

"I said that I wanted a ransom for the kidnapping ticket, if you don't believe it, tell me the address of your home, it's better to have a token or something, so that your lady doesn't know it."

Yan Zhuang was completely confused, and had to say in a low voice: "If you really want money, you don't have to go so far, and a certain family doesn't have much money, so it's better to go to Doctor Yang in the city, and he will definitely offer you a satisfactory price." ”

"Yang Guozhong? He does have money, but it is also dangerous, your family is not dangerous, we are asking for money, but we also want to die, don't be afraid from afar, safety will be done, how about it, are you willing to say it? ”

Yan Zhuang lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed.

"No, you're not asking for money to ransom people, but you want to arrest someone's family, what do you want to do?"

Liu Ji laughed, stretched out his thumb approvingly, then turned around and spread his hands.

"Give money and money, I said he must have guessed, how about it, this old boy is okay."

Several of his subordinates walked over dejectedly and put a few large coins into his hands, and one of them glared at Yan Zhuang, as if he was dissatisfied with his reaction.

The Kaiyuan Tongbao in Liu Ji's hand, under his constant shaking, made a crisp and pleasant sound, Yan Zhuang looked at that smug face, and didn't know what to say for a while, he really had never seen such a bandit.

"What are you going to do, kill if you want to."

"So I said, Mr. Yan is a blessed man, and he brought me wealth as soon as he came, how do you say I am willing to kill you."

Looking at the driving force behind the Anshi Rebellion, Liu Ji smiled.

"You can guess so well, you might as well guess again, there are still something bad that has happened."

Needless to say, Yan Zhuang also quickly turned his thoughts in his mind, although this person is young, but he has a mighty force, those who are older than him are all respectful, such a person, will it be a bandit who gathers in the mountains and forests? Besides, in a peaceful and prosperous world, where can you not make a living, being a bandit is the next choice, few people will do this, not to mention, what kind of bandit will risk his life and tie himself up?

Thinking at the same time, he was also inadvertently looking at the surrounding environment, this is a mountain forest, judging from the type of forest, it should not be far from Chang'an City, considering the time of the disappearance last night, the distance that the fast horse can run is only fifty miles, he can roughly deduce where the position is.

If the expectation is good, and the other party has no killing intent, it means that they have something they want to know, and combined with the purpose of coming to Beijing, Yan Zhuang has a little intention.

"You are familiar with the couple who robbed the baby that day, do you want to exchange so-and-so for them, right?"

"Even if you don't hit it, it's not far away." Liu Ji saw that he really guessed the topic, and he was still a little admired.

"Actually, I just want to know, where your family lives, how to convince Zun Niangzi that you are in our hands."

went around again, and Yan Zhuang was suddenly shocked when he saw that he didn't look like he was joking.

"Something happened to them? If you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, it's a dragging river. ”

"Three hundred rivers in the river, do you guess whether Fat Man An will be angry with you, I advise you to say it quickly, otherwise it will be too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to pick up your family, you don't want them to be slaughtered."

Liu Ji accurately said the quantity, Yan Zhuang had no luck in his heart, even if the result was not like that, the matter had been revealed, and it was not what he expected, not to mention, how to explain to the king of the county.

"They are officers and soldiers, who would dare to do this?"

"Officers and soldiers dressed as horse thieves?" Liu Ji said frankly: "Anyone can do that, a national thief, everyone will be punished." ”

"I'm not waiting."

"So what are you? When this kind of thing reaches the ears of the Son of Heaven, what do you think he will think? ”

Yan Zhuang's face became a little ugly, in fact, what he was most worried about was this, three hundred elite border troops appeared near the capital, and they deliberately hid their whereabouts, no matter what kind of rhetoric it was, it would be jealous of the Son of Heaven, and more importantly, the king of the county would definitely deny it, so this pot could only be carried by himself.

If you can't hear it by this time, these people are intended to be the king of the county, and his advisers don't need to be either.

"Who are you?"

"You've asked this question a third time, don't you bother." Liu Ji's face suddenly changed, and he put the knife on his neck: "Either die, or tell me the address of your family, how to make them believe, choose." ”

Yan Zhuang stiffened his neck and shouted, "Kill so-and-so, you won't get anything." ”

"We don't need you, we've got everything."

Liu Ji took out a piece of paper, and when he unfolded it, he saw those dense handwriting and handprints, and Yan Zhuang's body trembled uncontrollably.

"It's really you."

"Convinced? There is also a person who should be looked at. Liu Ji beckoned, and Xu Guangjing pushed a man with his hands and feet tied and appeared in front of him.

"Sir, I'm sorry for you."

Tian Qian really appeared, completely dispelling his luck, this is a man who is loyal to the county king as a confidant, even he betrayed himself, and the three hundred rivers will not be lucky.

"You intend to be the king of the county, and it is impossible for someone to testify against him."

"You guessed wrong, Fat Man is not the opposite, Lao Tzu is not interested in it at all, I am only interested in you, say it, life or death, just one word, I will fulfill you after speaking."

At this moment, Liu Ji no longer has the slightest hint of laughter, what makes people feel a strong self-confidence, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Yan Zhuang's mind.

"You are Liu Ji, you are the Liu Ji who broke through the capital of the Tubo people alone!"

Liu Ji was stunned, can this be guessed?

They didn't show anything from beginning to end, and he really had a little interest in the person behind this legend.

Interesting.