Although the fat brother tried his best to dissuade him, he obviously lacked confidence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info still have some fear of the old fox in his heart. Under the coercion of the opposite side again and again, he had to bow his head and retreat.

The old ghost always has that unattainable posture, and his nose is almost up to his eyelids. He was completely disdainful of the swarm of bee camp ants around him, and even shouted that everyone must obey his orders absolutely. Otherwise, they will be executed as traitors.

The rest of the ghosts who stayed in place turned their heads and crooked their necks one by one, looking sideways. Wandering left and right, hesitating. A pair of countless anxious eyes stared closely at the old ghost's body.

The old ghost didn't laugh angrily when he saw it, as if he was born with a pair of fiery eyes, and he could guess his heart by looking at his words and colors. In the blink of an eye, he took out a strange-shaped medicine bottle from his cuff, leaned his head and said with a secret smile: "The old man knows very well in his heart, your friendship with that yellow-haired child is heart-to-heart, like a grasshopper on a boat." Fish and water depend on each other. But I'd like to ask you today whether you want it to be in the water or in the soup pot. ”

The fat brother stared at the bottle of poison in his hand with trepidation, and his face turned extremely pale in an instant. I had to pinch my sweat and force a smile, and I said hard: "Hehe! In the water, in the water, of course! ”

At the same time, the surrounding group of swaying and looking at each other, as soon as they heard the coercive words with poisonous lips, they could only swallow their anger, and laughed in unison in their hearts:

"Lord Fox is too worried, and the lowly officials have no second thoughts, and they must obey the order!"

"Yes! Yes! We were all marching in the water. ”

"I must go to the soup."

"No excuse."

The old ghost heard their words and smiled secretly. Although he was extremely satisfied, his expression was still arrogant. He swept his fingers at everyone and scolded angrily: "Go to the soup and go to the fire? Going to the soup? The old ghost repeated the words twice in an accentuated tone, and then his face changed, and then he continued: "Then what are you still doing here?" ”

At this moment, the fat brother quickly raised his head and locked his eyes on He Wei and the others. Drawing his sword and legs, he rushed forward, shouting as he ran: "Head, I'm sorry, I'm just acting on orders." ”

The dozen or so ghosts behind also rushed forward, drawing their swords; The one who raises the knife raises the knife; The one who holds the bow holds the bow; the halberd of the halberd; All kinds of swords, guns and blades are clenched in a pair of countless fists. Countless figures that flashed and galloped towards each other were like a cluster of hornet's nests, and they all rushed up and slammed in front of He Wei.

The old ghost almost stood in place with his hands crossed, quietly watching the wonderful moment of "tiger predation". The smile on his face was like a monkey's teeth. Above the entire dock, it can be said that except for the roar in front of him, it is his bad laughter.

At that moment, countless ferocious lion faces swarmed in. The female beggar, regardless of her own safety, stepped forward and blocked the sword with her body, and in an instant, her right shoulder was unfortunately pierced by the blade, and her left leg was accidentally pierced by a spear. The upper body was accidentally wounded by an arrow, and the lower knee was unfortunately cut by a halberd.

In the blink of an eye, the dizzying array of knives, guns, and clubs passed through her body in an indifferent and merciless diameter. The female beggar screamed in pain, and suddenly a piece of blood gushed out from her two red lips, her stiff torso, her pale face, her blood-red robe, and her soft legs suddenly became weak, and she fell down with her back to the ground.

"Ahh Girl, what are you doing here? ”

Fortunately, at this time, He Wei hurriedly stepped away from his agile body and stretched out two hands full of hunger. With his palm facing outward, he hugged him tightly in his arms at a speed like thunder and lightning.

Then he quickly pulled up the whole petite body of the female beggar and put it on his shoulder, then turned around and ran away without looking back.

Strangely, the group of ghosts who followed closely behind him were also extremely abnormal. There is no such thing as a desperate pursuit. One by one, the movements are lazy and lazy, running fast for a while, and chasing extremely slow for a while. Only roar but not intercept, only chase but not hit. It seems that he is deliberately going to let He Wei go from his hands.

He Wei panted and ran ahead, although he heard a burst of shouting and killing from behind, but the whole person was fine. In this way, he ran slowly to the edge of the dock with the female beggar on his back.

Ahead is a stagnant water, a black and oily river, quietly flowing rapidly. The bottomless tears are as calm as ashes. It was like a black human skin face floating faintly on it.

He Wei saw that the suspension bridge board was six or seven feet high from the water, so he had no choice but to stop moving forward, slowly turned his head sideways to look at the ghosts who were armed to the teeth around him, and said thunderously: "Stop me!" ”

The fat brother who rushed to the front took the lead in stopping, and waved his hand to signal that the people behind him also stopped. He looked at He Wei standing on the edge of the dock with tears in his eyes, lowered his voice and sobbed: "Head! Run, jump. ”

He Wei's eyes widened and glanced at him, and he replied in a serious voice: "What? So high you let me jump? Do you still have a conscience! ”

The fat brother wanted to cry without tears, his voice felt a little faint pain, and he wiped the dry tears from the corners of his eyes worriedly, and said: "Head, jump quickly, it's too late if you don't jump." ”

He Wei looked at him affectionately for about three or five seconds, stretched out a hand and took out a steamed bun and threw it into the fat brother's hand. said: "Thank you for not killing today, this steamed bun is given to you as a souvenir, and I will see you again." ”

The fat brother took the steamed bun in his hand, hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket, and thanked him.

One of them, a little imp with a monkey face who was standing beside him saw this scene, and quietly walked up and squinted at him sideways, with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth.

He Wei looked at the fat brother and smiled slightly, then immediately turned around and prepared to jump into the river. But as soon as he made a preparatory move, he subconsciously shrank his body back again, and said in his heart: Oh my mother, it's so high!

He Wei closed his eyes tightly, hugged the female beggar's waist with his right hand, and took a deep breath. Kick your legs, "Smack!" "Flowers exploded on the surface of the water.

At this time, the fat brother on the dock suddenly pulled out the long sword in his hand and pointed it at the dock. He shouted to his men: "Brothers, the traitors have fled, and I will catch up." Kill!!!!!! ”

Immediately afterward, several ghosts almost rushed to the dock, and then suddenly stopped. One by one, they looked down at the rippling water, turned their heads and shouted, "Oh no, the traitor has jumped into the water, jump down and catch up with me!" ”

Although each of them said so, none of them actually jumped. The thunder is heavy and the rain is small, so the author looks like a pig screaming like a pig.

"Let! Let! Let! Get out of the way of me, where did the people go? The old ghost suddenly hurried after him from not far away, and he seemed to realize that something was not quite right.

When the fat brother saw the old ghost, he greeted him with a smile and said grovely: "Lord Fox, you are incompetent, the traitor has fled, please punish the crime!" ”

The old ghost gave him a strange look, and his face was calm. He didn't seem to be ready to be angry, just nodded calmly and told everyone to go back to the town.

When everyone retreated to the town, the old ghost went to find Zhang Qi as soon as possible. told him the ins and outs of the whole matter one by one, and accused the fat brother of corruption and bribery and secretly let go of the traitor He Wei.

When Zhang Qi heard this, he was furious. pinched the teacup in his hand and threw it to the ground, and immediately sent someone to call the fat brother who was eating in the room.

Although the fat brother looks more ghostly, he actually doesn't have many eyes, and he doesn't think about the consequences when he does anything, he only cares about the immediate turnover. During this period, someone also came to report that the situation was not good, and asked him to abandon his official position and flee quickly.

But after the fat brother heard it, he didn't think so, and only said casually: "I treat people with sincerity, and he will treat me sincerely." ”

When the man who came to report heard this, he didn't say more than half a word, but shook his head helplessly and turned away.

Soon after, the fat brother came to Zhang Qi's mansion alone. But how did he know that the entire mansion was hidden inside and outside with strong bows and crossbows, and the top and bottom were already covered with tiger warriors.

As soon as the fat brother walked into the gate, several soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides of the gardens and grasses in all directions of the house, and pounced on them and pressed them to the ground. He was roped to all fours and escorted into the lobby.

The fat brother didn't have time to say a word from the time he entered the door to the time he was escorted, he just screamed, and his mouth was blocked by a wet black cloth.

The fat brother was tied into the hall, and he hasn't figured out what the reason is.

Zhang Qi, who was sitting on a mahogany chair in the center of the boxy, asked, "Where did the steamed buns come from?" ”

The fat brother couldn't say half a word, just muttered below. It wasn't until a soldier removed the black cloth from his mouth that he hurriedly spoke, "What? Steamed bread? I don't know what kind of steamed buns. ”

Zhang Qi immediately asked the surrounding soldiers to search the fat brother's body, and sure enough, he found a white-flour steamed bun from him, which was still hot.

Zhang Qi accentuated his tone and asked again: "The official is giving you a chance, where did the steamed buns come from?" ”

Now the fat brother was finally so frightened that he had nothing to say, and he finally understood everything this time. He closed his eyes and sighed, and with a hint of luck, he made up a random reason to explain: "A friend of mine sent it." ”

"Which friend sent it?" Zhang Qi asked angrily as he glared.

"A very good brother, who once worshipped the master, and who has known him for several years, his surname is Wang." The fat brother gambled his fate on this lie, and continued to make up nonsense.

When he heard this, he slapped the table angrily and scolded angrily: "You continue to talk nonsense! It seems that the official is going to give you a potion, and bring me witnesses! ”

As soon as these words fell, I saw a little ghost with a monkey face and a deformed appearance come out of the side room, and the old ghost with a beard also followed closely behind, straightening his chest and the two of them walked towards him.

The fat brother subconsciously glanced back, and watched the two of them walk step by step in amazement.

Zhang Qi put down the teacup in his hand, beckoned to the little ghost, and deliberately said in a slow tone: "You! Come here, repeat everything you saw on the docks. ”

The little ghost almost smiled and walked slowly, his white and tender skin could not hide his sissy breath. First, he turned around and looked at the fat brother who was kneeling on the ground with a slippery evil smile, and then looked back at Zhang Qi who was sitting on the wooden chair with a flattering face. Then he pinched his strange voice and pointed at his nose and whispered:

"Hee-hee...... This fat boy is bad, for the sake of his own glory and wealth, he actually did this kind of betrayal to seek glory. Ouch! Tut-tut, I blushed so much that I was embarrassed to continue, hey! ”

When the fat brother heard this, his nose was almost red. There was a strong smell of gunpowder in his eyes, and he couldn't help but jump up from the ground, sprayed a soak of saliva on his face, and roared angrily: "You dead bastard, don't spew blood!" Who am I selling? Who am I selling? Which of your dog's eyes has seen it? ”

The little ghost was so frightened that he hurriedly rubbed his feet and shrank back, gently stretched out his fingers to wipe his tofu cheeks, snorted and muttered: "Forget it, it's disgusting to saliva if you don't have the same knowledge as a hybrid like you." ”

The two soldiers beside him quickly stepped forward and pressed him to the ground fiercely, one stretched out his left leg, and the other lifted his right leg and kicked the fat brother on the knee.

Zhang Qi also stood up from the chair, pointed at the little ghost on the side and scolded: "Okay, you don't need you anymore, you get out of here for me first." ”

The old ghost behind him looked down and bent over to look left and right, walked away with a hasty face, and said: "Lord Zhang, this person is an official, but he took bribes in private, and everyone got all the stolen goods, and the crime is unforgivable." The five horses should be divided into corpses and cut off at the mouth of the vegetable market! ”

Zhang Qi hesitated for a moment, and hesitated for several minutes. No one knew what was going on in his mind, his expression was strange, and his face was yellow. Finally, he looked up and sighed deeply: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving only a few innocuous words.

After the old ghost received this verbal order, he firmly held the fat brother's life and death in his hands. Let yourself do whatever you want. First, he was imprisoned, and not a single bowl of soup or water was brought to him. So he was hungry for seven days and seven nights.

After that, the old ghost did not want to know his life quickly, and gave him endless torture. And always instructed the ghosts guarding the prison to not let him take the initiative to seek death. After a few days, the fat brother finally couldn't bear the pain anymore, so he looked for an opportunity to hang himself in prison. When he died, he left behind only a black cloud of blood staining the beams of the entire cage.

Later, when a ghost on patrol found out, he found that the fat brother had suddenly disappeared. He was afraid that he would also be condemned by the old ghost, so he did not report the matter in time. One day, in the dead of night, he quietly abandoned his official position and left the town.

But this incident was discovered by other ghosts guarding the prison one after another, and they were all afraid of being punished by the old ghosts, and they all said goodbye one after another. In recent days, the ghosts in the town have escaped almost every day, and the number of people has become smaller and smaller, so small that there are almost a handful.

After Zhang Qi learned about this, he was moody again, and even verbally conveyed a ridiculous order, he once said: In the future, one escapes to kill two, and two to kill five. By analogy.

Zhang Qi believes that his handling method can control the number of ghosts who escape every day, but things often do not go as expected. After this order was delivered, the number of people who fled every day increased.

At first, it was just one or two people who escaped from time to time, but now people run away every day, leaving quietly in groups, and at most eight people a day. But the ghosts up and down the house add up to a total of only more than 50 people.

After a few days, there were only three or five old and sick janitors on duty, and it was even more empty at night.

Zhang Qi was furious, and continued to ask the old ghost to send some strong men to the town to catch some strong men to fill up the number and work for him. But the old ghost told him that there were countless strong men who had been caught over the years. There weren't many strong men and warriors left in the town, only a few helpless orphans and widows, and if these people were on the run, it would be a lonely city.

But Zhang Qi didn't believe his words, and he must let him catch some back, and if he didn't comply, he would also execute the old ghost.

The old ghost had no choice but to reluctantly agree. The next day, he summoned all the six remaining ghosts in the hall and went to the town to arrest people, and all of them seemed to be weak. Skinny, old, small, and one leg is crippled, and it is difficult to walk.

The old ghost sighed and led the remaining remnants to the town.

But there were hardly any pedestrians passing by in the town, and even the beggars in the corner who begged for food every day and night were nowhere to be seen. The doors of every house are closed, with rotten doors and broken wooden windows. It looked like it was uninhabited.

The old ghost had no other choice, so he had to break in door to door, and as soon as they entered the door, the first thing they did not look for was to find the strong men they needed, but to collect and scrape whether there were steamed buns and wild vegetables and other food. But almost all of them were surrounded by walls, and there was nothing of value in each bedroom except for some simple straw covers, and not a single commoner lived in it.

They tossed and turned for nearly a morning, and only a dozen women and old women were captured, all of whom were listless, drowsy, and weak when they walked. It looks like he's about to die in the next second.

Although the old ghost was very dissatisfied in his heart, in order to cope with the errand in front of him, he had to take all of them back and hand them over to Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi's face turned red with anger, and he said angrily: "You can't do anything that the official asks you to do, it's really a waste, fortunately, there are more than 100 soldiers stationed outside my town, which can be used to protect me, otherwise it's not even as good as a grass coward." ”

At this time, a ghost rushed in from outside the door, panting and running in, and even said urgently: "Lord Zhang, it's not good, the soldiers stationed outside your town have all run away." ”

Zhang Qi laughed directly after hearing this, patted his chest and replied arrogantly: "What did you say?" Ha ha! Are you a fool to be an official? These are my cronies, and even if I die, they won't abandon me. ”

The ghost continued: "It's true, if you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself, they are all complaining that they can't eat enough, and there have been deserters missing one after another in recent days. ”

When Zhang Qi heard this, he was furious, and drew his sword to slash the ghost who reported the news.

After the old ghost on the side saw it, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and his whole body was trembling.

Zhang Qi was like crazy, he kept smirking in place, looking at the old ghost, and said stupidly: "Haha! Don't be afraid, do you really think that this official has reached the point of exhaustion? To tell you the truth, I still have two personal female guards, and even if I die, they won't run, believe it or not. ”

The old ghost was so frightened that he hurriedly leaned over and nodded, "Believe!" Letter! Letter! Of course the old man believed it. ”

Zhang Qi smiled, walked up and stretched out the steel sword in his hand, put it on the neck of the old ghost, and said nervously: "If you dare to run, this official will use the sword in his hand to personally cut off your head."

"Don't run, don't run, never run! My life is tied to the adults, and I am loyal to the adults! ”

After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he smiled stupidly, and then walked out of the lobby in a crazy way.

The old ghost almost squinted his eyes outside the door, and found that he had disappeared from the figure, so he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat.

Zhang Qi walked slowly back to his room, staggering like a drunk, but he didn't even get a drop of drink.

There were two female guards standing at the door of his room in front of the door, and when they saw them, they greeted them with a smile, walked up to the two of them, and said, "Hehe! You're not going to betray you, are you? ”

The two female guards felt strange and twisted their necks to look at each other curiously. He turned his gaze to Zhang Qi in front of him again, and said in unison: "My lord! What's wrong with you today? ”

Zhang Qi accentuated his tone and repeated his previous words. But this time, his face looked even more vicious, and he clenched his teeth and said, "You won't betray this official, right?" ”

Only then did the two female guards understand the meaning of Zhang Qi's words, and they were so panicked that they both bent down and knelt on the ground at the same time, and replied at the same time: "The humble duty must swear to follow the lord to the death, and there is no half-heartedness!" ”

Zhang Qi suddenly laughed out loud with satisfaction, and was happy for a long time before he squinted his eyes and said, "Okay!" Good! Good! Haha, this official has your sworn allegiance, and you can sit back and relax. I will reward you heavily, and give each of you a box of steamed buns, but you must not betray me! ”

After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he turned around and rushed into the room, his every move, his behavior, and even his walking were all upside down.

The two female guards kept kneeling on the ground, not getting up for a long time, and not replying half a sentence. It seems to feel strange in my heart.

(To be continued)