Xu Xi took Li Xingluo back to his house, Li Yi attended the celebration banquet, drank outside, the house was dim and unoccupied, and it was extremely quiet.

Xu realized something, and after Xu Xi took his seat, Li Xingluo knelt on the ground: "Meet the captain." ”

"Do you know what I called you here?"

Li Xingluo lowered his head and bent over: "Please make it clear to the captain." ”

"Would you like to work for me?"

Overjoyed, Li Xingluo suppressed his excitement and said, "My subordinates are willing." ”

"No!" Xu Xi shook his head: "You may not have heard clearly, what I asked is that you are willing to work for me, not for the village!" ”

The room was dim, but Li Xingluo's eyes were shining: "My subordinates are willing, and I am willing to die for adults!" ”

"Good!" Nodding with satisfaction, Xu Xi said, "You can recruit reliable people from the militia and villagers, and form a secret guard who only obeys my orders." ”

"No! The subordinates must do a good job of this! ”

"This needs to be done in secret, and I don't want to let the news come out too soon."

Li Xingluo said solemnly: "No! ”

Speaking of Li Xingluo, Xu Xi thought about him for a long time, calling him today was definitely not a temporary idea, but just a plan in advance. Li Xingluo's qualifications are too strong and too high, and he can be described as the golden lin in the pool, a character who can turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm. Such a character does not dare to be reused, otherwise, he will make meritorious and great contributions again and again, and he will not be rewarded or reused when the time comes.

And it is a pity that a person with high qualifications like Li Xingluo is abandoned, and it will also make people think that they have no knowledge of people, which is not good for themselves. So after thinking about it, Xu Xi thought of a way, that is, not to let him appear in the open, so that he would not have to worry about his tail not being big, and he could make the best use of his talents.

Xu Xi, the best position to place Li Xingluo, has been found, that is, the leader of the secret guard, which is equivalent to the ancient Jinyi guard. It can be said that he is a high and powerful position, but he can't see the light, maybe he can influence the political situation, but he can't take the position himself.

After solving the problem of Li Xingluo's location, it was not a simple matter to let him form a secret guard. If you want to set up an organization, you first need people, but more importantly, you need to have money, and if you don't have money, how to form a force.

Xu Xi naturally doesn't have money, let alone Li Xingluo, and Li Yi also doesn't. Li Xingluo does have great potential, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Xu Xi naturally can't let him figure out a way by himself, otherwise the salary will come from Li Xingluo's hands.

Fortunately, there is currently a solution to the problem of money, and that is copycats.

Xu Xi instructed: "We will have an action tonight, that is, to exterminate the cottage, you first find a few trustworthy ones, and hide some of the money tonight, which will be used as funds for the formation of secret guards." ”

"No, my subordinates will definitely live up to their mission."

Nodding, Xu Xi said, "You go down!" ”

After Li Xingluo left, Xu Xi, who had solved one matter, breathed a sigh of relief and got up and went to the martial arts hall where the bandit prisoners were held.

Because there are too many bandit captives, only the martial arts hall can hold so many people, so they are temporarily imprisoned here. Wait for the village chief, they will implement Xu Xi's plan to split the bandits, so Xu Xi needs to meet them in advance, and it is best to screen out a list.

The captives were tied together with thick sticks so that they could not run unless they ran together and there was a tacit understanding. Just in case, Li Yi tied them up alternately one front and one back, so it was even more difficult to run away. In addition, their feet were all tied together.

The reason why it is so tense is because there is only a militia guard in the martial arts hall. The first time I watched the prisoners, the proportion of them was very large, so the militia widened their eyes and checked all of them every ten minutes or so. Check to see if the knots are loose so they don't escape.

In the face of such strict guards, the bandits knew that there was no hope of escape, and they were wailing everywhere.

"Will they kill us without dying?"

"Will they treat us as slaves?"

"We're not going to die?"

"These militiamen won't kill us all for the sake of military merit, and use human heads to build a Beijing Temple, right?"

"I wonder if they're willing to accept us?"

"You bastard, you want to rebel."

"Blame me? It's all to blame for the three village masters, and when they see that the big boss and the second boss are not there, they will make trouble! ”

"Second master, you can find a way to save the brothers."

"Second, you are extremely brave, quickly use your divine power to break the rope and save us all, let's escape together."

"The ...... of the second master"

"The ...... of the second master"

……

How could so many brothers who had been born and died be saved by themselves by the iron heads that were tied to the pillars of the house in the middle of the house, one head and two large?

At this moment, the sound of the scabbard knocking on the wooden door sounded in the banban: "Whatever is noisy, be quiet, our captain is here." ”

Xu Xi walked into the martial arts hall accompanied by these two militiamen.

Seeing Xu Xi walking in, the iron head, who had been thinking about it, suddenly had an idea.

"My lord, the villain is willing to surrender, and I am willing to serve the adults from now on." The iron head shouted, and the startled thieves were dumbfounded.

"Oh!" This is a sleepy person who sent a pillow: "Change him into shackles and bring him to the backyard to meet me." ”

The two militiamen received the order and put handcuffs and leg cuffs on the iron head, which untied him, and the iron head did not move, and was honestly escorted by the two militiamen and followed Xu Xi into the backyard.

Let the two militiamen leave, and only Xu Xi and Tietou were left in the backyard: "Why are you suddenly willing to surrender to me?" ”

Tietou was stunned for a moment, could it be that he told him that because the big boss valued him, it should not be wrong to follow him, and at the same time, in order to save the lives of his brothers, then he was willing to follow him? Iron Head is not very smart and does not like to use his brain, but that does not mean that he is stupid.

The iron head who was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his head couldn't scratch it, and he was even more anxious, so he stomped his feet and said in a bachelor's voice: "I see that you are very stakes, and it may be better to mix with you, and I hope you can let me go of my brothers." ”

With a knowing smile, Xu Xi asked: "It's not that anyone can drop me, but if you can answer me a few questions honestly, I will accept you under my command." ”

The iron head was overjoyed, patted his chest and said: "Okay, just ask, everything I know must tell you that the liar was raised by a son of a bitch!" ”

Bringing a pen and paper, Xu Xi asked in detail about the various leaders in the captives.

The interrogation was extremely time-consuming, and seeing that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Xi sent someone to find Lu Yiming and Li Yidu, interrogated these leaders together according to the information provided by the iron head, checked the information and intelligence, and combed through the information among these captives again to prevent omissions.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, everything was sorted out, including the iron head, a total of 13 big and small leaders.

Gathering these big and small leaders in the backyard and spreading their lists on the table, Xu Xi sat down Tietou and handed over a pen with cinnabar as ink: "Among them, seven people must die, and cross out the names of those you think should be killed." ”