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Aya said with some unease: "Patriarch, this ......"

Liu Zhibang smiled at Aya and said, "Go and arrange it!" ”

"Good!" Aya agreed, and led the group of coolies to find something to eat with doubts.

Liu Zhibang glanced at Lu Er, and Lu Er followed.

Walking to a quiet corner, Liu Zhibang asked the guards to stay away, and then asked Lu Er, "Say, what kind of trick are you playing?" ”

Seeing that no one was around, Lu Er suddenly knelt on the ground with his feet, raised his head and said to Liu Zhibang: "Patriarch Liu, the younger one is called Lu Er, he is from the Bumeng tribe, he worked in Xia Yuancheng before coming here, and the forty-six brothers who stayed with me are also poor people from different tribes. Today you take down Qi Kun and Qi Ming, we are all very relieved, seeing that you did not hesitate to confront Xia Yuancheng for the sake of your clansmen, we admire your courage and righteousness, we want to stay in the Fire Dance Clan and not leave, please take us in! ”

Liu Zhibang helped Lu Er up, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Er, you think too highly of me Liu Zhibang, our Fire Dance Clan is just a small tribe, there are few people and poor, if you stay, are you really not afraid that Xia Yuancheng will send troops to exterminate the clan, if you are caught, maybe it will affect your clansmen." ”

Lu Er replied resolutely: "Patriarch Liu, we have all thought about this, we laborers are just doing coolies, but no one can return to the clan until they are exhausted to death." A few months after I was captured in Xia Yuancheng, I saw that many people were either exhausted, sick to death, or beaten to death, no one could escape, and those who escaped were caught and must have been hung on the city gate and starved to death. We were all given up by our own clansmen, in order not to offend the Xia Yuan City Lord, our clansmen let us be sacrifices, we don't want such clansmen, we don't want to die in Xia Yuan City in vain, let's stay in the Fire Dance Tribe, we would rather die in battle than be slaves anymore. ”

Liu Zhibang looked at the tearful man in his thirties in front of him, and a sour feeling rose in his heart, patted Lu Er's shoulder, and said, "Okay, you believe in me Liu Zhibang, and I, Liu Zhibang, will not live up to you, so you can all stay!" ”

At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran to Liu Zhibang and said, "Report, commander, there is something urgent!" ”

Liu Zhibang saw that the soldier wanted to speak and stopped, turned his head to Lu Er and said, "You go eat something, and then go and have a good rest, I will arrange some things for you to do tomorrow." ”

After Lu Er left, the soldier said again: "Commander, Qi Kun is gone!" ”

"What? Take me to see it! When Liu Zhibang heard this, he immediately showed a somewhat anxious look.

Liu Zhibang rushed back to his room, the room was already empty, and at this moment, another soldier ran and said: "Report to the commander, someone saw Amu taking a person into the jungle behind the village, but he hasn't come back yet, the person Amu brought looks like Qi Kun!" ”

Liu Zhibang looked cold, and said loudly: "Seal down the village, no one is allowed to enter or exit, count everyone in the village, and there is an emergency assembly team!" ”

After a while, the square in the village was neatly filled with soldiers of the Phoenix Army, and after Liu Zhibang listened to the results of the count, he said coldly: "Everyone, listen, our clan is now in a state of emergency, and everyone is not allowed to leave this village without my permission." Ah Li, you lead the second team of people to all set out, go to the direction of Xia Yuan City to chase Amu and Qi Kun, if you don't find it for the time being, you will ambush them on the way back to Xia Yuan City, you must bring them back, give you five days, you can ride the horse left by Qi Kun, and come back after five days before you find out......"

"What's wrong? Why is the patriarch going to arrest Amu and Qi Kun......

"Don't you know? Amu rescued Qi Kun! ”

"How can Amu have such courage to save the prisoner, it's a capital crime......

"Maybe Amu has a grudge against the patriarch for punishing him......"

"Then he ignored his wife? Aunt Azhu is really pitiful......" The Fire Dance Clan heard that Amu had defected, and they all talked about it.

Ali led more than fifty people to gallop away in the direction of Xia Yuancheng on fire horses, Liu Zhibang disbanded the team, Aya approached Liu Zhibang and whispered: "Abang, do you think they will really escape to Xia Yuancheng?" ”

Liu Zhibang shook his head lightly and said, "Qi Ming didn't run, let's go see him!" ”

The two walked to a hut, there were two soldiers guarding the door, and when they saw Liu Zhibang coming, they immediately stood up straight, Liu Zhibang asked them to open the door, Liu Zhibang walked in with a torch and Aya, the hut was very low, there were no windows, only some firewood on the ground, at this time Qi Ming was lying on the hay, looking at the two people who walked in at the door in horror.

Seeing that Qi Ming was still there, Liu Zhibang said coldly: "Captain Qi, are you still comfortable here?" Would you like to send someone to play with you again? ”

Qi Ming saw clearly that it was Liu Zhibang and Aya, and hurriedly struggled to kneel on the ground, and said, "Patriarch Liu, I know it's wrong, don't beat me anymore, I'm willing to compensate the girl's family, can you let me go!" ”

Liu Zhibang looked coldly at Qi Ming, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and said, "Captain Qi, it's good that you know your mistake, since you said that you are willing to compensate the girl's family, then how can you compensate?" ”

Qi Ming thought for a while and said, "I'm willing to pay three gold coins for compensation!" ”

Liu Zhibang didn't know the price of Xia Yuancheng either, but thinking that three gold coins could be casually said by Qi Ming, he was sure that his financial resources were more than that.

Liu Zhibang said with a straight face: "Hmph, you ruined a girl's innocence and thought that it would be solved for three gold coins?" Why do you need a hundred gold coins! ”

Qi Ming's eyes widened after hearing this, and he hurriedly said: "Patriarch Liu, you have to be a man with your conscience, I just touched that girl a few times and came out, that girl is still innocent, you can't do this, three gold coins can buy a slave in Xia Yuan City, I can buy dozens of a hundred gold coins for a slave like that girl, Patriarch Liu, you are more ruthless than Xia Yuan City Lord!" ”

Aya said angrily when she heard this: "What conscience do you dare to talk about like a beast, you treat our girl of the Fire Dance Clan as a slave!" Since you don't want to give out a hundred gold coins, then okay, you can stay in our Fire Dance Clan and be a slave for the rest of your life! ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to be a slave, Qi Ming knelt on the ground and said busily: "Patriarch Liu, a hundred gold coins is too much, five, no, how about ten gold coins?" ”

Liu Zhibang snorted coldly and said, "Captain Qi, I've heard, you are the beloved son of the second master of the Qi family, your Qi family is a big family in Xia Yuan City, is your life only worth ten gold coins?" I said that a hundred gold coins are a hundred, there is no room for bargaining, now you write a letter to the Qi family, I will ask someone to send it to Xia Yuan City, otherwise I will let you be a slave in the Fire Dance Clan for the rest of your life......"

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