The female bandit leader was completely dumbfounded, looking at her "righteous brother" and at the detachment leader of the Eighth Route Army, she stood helplessly in place, unable to say a word.

Wei Xin was a little unbearable - regardless of the status of the righteous sister, the Black Stone Cliff Cottage had finally extended a helping hand to the former Xu Brigade Second Battalion, but now Liu Wumei's subordinates were in trouble, but he couldn't act rashly out of the overall situation.

Wu Zijian, who was standing on the side, seemed to be calm, and his heart was also experiencing fluctuations. In order to incorporate the great cause, the trick he is using now is inevitably suspected of taking advantage of people's danger and falling into the well; What's more, the subject is still a female streamer.

But then again, the composition of this group of bandits can be described as uneven, and there are not many members who can still have a conscience and a desire to resist the war, so it is too difficult to integrate them through normal channels. If you can use this opportunity to force the female bandit leader to submit, it will be a shortcut.

Thinking of this, the commander of the Eighth Route Army gave Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion, who was looking at him with inquiring eyes, a resolute look, and signaled him not to be compassionate.

Liu Wumei observed her words and looks, and had already understood that her eldest brother could only look forward to Wu Zijian, so she felt more and more anxious and desperate. At this moment, the minions came to report: Master and Miss Biao (the bandits' honorific title for Liu Wumei's cousin Xiaoju) are back.

It was as if she saw a light in the vast night, and the female bandit leader was in good spirits - if this matter was privately calculated with the master first, she might be able to find a way to get through!

"Big brother, Chief Wu, the little woman has long had the heart to submit to your army, but these brothers under her command are too difficult! It's better to do this, the two of them first please stay and have some wine and dinner, and let the little girl discuss it with a few brothers in charge, and then immediately reply to the eldest brother and Chief Wu. ”

As soon as they heard the minions in the bandits' nest report that the master was back, Wu Zijian and Wei Xin secretly screamed that it was not good, this old and cunning master had a lot of ghost ideas, and he was obviously more difficult to deal with than the female bandit leader. However, since both sides have spoken to this point, it is neither appropriate to continue to "force the palace" at this moment, nor should it be left with their sleeves brushed away. The two exchanged glances, and Wu Zijian opened his mouth and replied, "It's okay, Camp Chief Wei and I will wait a little longer, and dinner will be eaten at your place honestly and unceremoniously." ”

Liu Wumei was overjoyed, and hurriedly urged her subordinates to hurry up and put on the banquet, while she arched her hand towards the two commanders of the Eighth Route Army, and hurriedly walked out of the Juyi Hall without saying goodbye.

Wei Xin, who had already lived in the cottage for a night, poked his head over to the detachment leader opposite and whispered: This master has a lot of bellies, and he is afraid that something bad will happen.

Wu Zijian calmly picked up the tea bowl and drank a few big sips, and also replied in a low voice: It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, and let's see what tricks this old thing can come up with to deal with us.

As he spoke, the wine and food were put on the table one by one - the chef of a restaurant who had been kidnapped back from Wencheng by the Black Rock Cliff Bandits in the first few years had served them in the future. This chef used to be in charge of Datong Mansion in Shanxi, and he won the samadhi of the cuisine of Jin Cuisine North Road. At this moment, the pot roasted mutton, fermented bean curd meat, Datong assortment, roast lamb loin, with enough chili peppers from Daixian County and sesame oil from Yanbei, the oil is thick and salty, and it is very different from the banquet of Wei Xin, who was entertained by the three masters yesterday. It is not easy to make this seat in a hurry.

Wu Zijian ran dozens of miles of mountain roads, and at this time it was dinner time, his stomach was already hungry and growling, and when he saw these fragrant delicacies served like water, he was not polite at the moment, and picked up chopsticks to eat and drink. But neither Wu Zijian nor Wei Xin moved the wine that was sent with the delicacies.

It was almost not until the detachment leader of the Eighth Route Army had eaten that the female bandit leader reappeared in the Juyi Hall, and as expected, this time she followed the thin and withered figure of the master.

"Chief Wu, Chief Wei, Xiao Lao'er is here to meet you," Before he could reach the table, the master threw up his hands and made a loud noise: "Thank you Chief Wu for specially sending a group of military masters to escort Xiao Lao'er and Miss Biao back to the cottage safely." ”

Looking at the master who was smiling and not smiling, Wu Zijian snorted and did not respond - he sent a squad of soldiers to return to the Black Stone Cliff with the master, which originally meant to be coerced and monitored, in case Wei Xin at that time encountered an accident and used it to deal with the situation; Now listening to the master's words with puns, he tacitly refuses to be-for-tat.

Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion, has never had a good impression of this master, and when he saw that the other party had a tendency to provoke as soon as he came up, he immediately impatiently threw the chopsticks in his hand onto the small plate in front of him, raised his hand and wiped his oily thick lips, and did not look at the master with his eyes, and asked directly at Liu Wumei:

"Has the big boss ever made up his mind?"

Unexpectedly, before the female bandit could open her mouth to speak, the master grabbed the conversation, and first admitted that the subordinates of the third master violated the family rules, and said that he would be severely punished in the future. However, dozens of brothers fell into the hands of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army in Guanmen Shannan, and I am afraid that they will not be able to negotiate with each other on an equal footing with the fact that they are cottages; Therefore, the only way to rely on the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army was to mediate and redeem the guns.

After a pause, the master continued to declare that in return, the cottage was willing to take out three hundred oceans, plus one bite of cattle, sheep and pigs, and thirty stones of grain, and hand them over to the two chiefs to take away.

Wu Zijian sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but glance at the master with admiration: this old horseman really didn't get along with each other in vain, he even indirectly sacrificed this trick similar to paying a ransom, and lightly circumvented the conditions and requirements for the Eighth Route Army to absorb the bandits.

Looking at Liu Wumei again, the expression on her face was much calmer, and even a hint of pride faintly appeared.

Wei Xin was very annoyed, this move of the master caught him off guard, and the posture in front of him, it seemed that Liu Wumei had handed over the disposal of this matter to the master, and she herself would no longer come forward!

Wu Zijian's reaction was faster than that of his second battalion commander, and he simply pointed the finger directly at the master: "You little old man has a very clear account, and if you take 300 oceans plus raw meat and grain, you plan to exchange it for more than 20 guns, which is really a good deal." ”

Hearing this, the master was neither annoyed nor panicked, and asked calmly: "Then according to the meaning of Chief Wu, how much ransom should be given to your army by the contempt cottage?" ”

The commander of the second battalion of the Eighth Route Army finally became angry, slapped the table and shouted: "Old thing, you speak more properly!" The Guanmenshan detachment of the Xu Brigade is a national army of resistance against the war, not a bandit who kidnaps tickets, so don't talk nonsense with us about ransom! ”

After yelling at these few words, Wei Xin was still unsatisfied, and instead stood up and asked aggressively towards his righteous sister: "If you want us to save people, but you, the big boss, took the initiative to mention it, how did it become a ransom for us now?" If I hadn't seen that you had helped me, how could I still be sitting here talking this nonsense to you!? ”

Seeing that her eldest brother was angry, the female bandit leader hurriedly walked in front of the other party, pressed Wei Xin's tall body on the Taishi chair, and said in a loud voice: Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, all misunderstanding, the master did not make his words clear, so that the eldest brother and Chief Wu misunderstood.

Liu Wumei said so here, but the master on the other end kept his mouth shut and refused to agree, as if he did his own thing and did not repent.

The commander of the Eighth Route Army knew in his heart that the master and servant of the bandit gang sang with a red face and a white face, and he was determined not to move the matter of incorporation. But he and the second battalion commander Xingshi mobilized the crowd to come here, and they couldn't just return empty-handed.

"Big boss, it seems that it is impossible for the copycats to accept the adaptation of the Eighth Route Army today, so let's just talk about business!"

Wu Zijian's words made everyone, including Wei Xin, stunned, and they didn't know what medicine Captain Wu was going to sell.

The master was the first to react. In the process of private consultation with the big boss just now, he inadvertently learned that the Eighth Route Army unit was in short supply, so he came up with a means of bribing the other party with money. At this moment, when he heard Wu Zijian's words, he twisted his sparse goatee with his hand, and asked quietly: "How much is Chief Wu going to offer?" ”

Hearing the word "offer", the second battalion commander on the side couldn't help but have another attack, but was stopped by Wu Zijian in time. At this point, the commander of the Eighth Route Army had already made up his mind that "the east will not shine in the west." Since the goal of co-opting the other party has not been achieved, it is not worth the trip to simply take this opportunity to knock on this gang of evil gangs.

"Speaking of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, I just sent the commander of the cavalry company to Pingquan County to establish contact with the brigade headquarters," Wu Zijian said, grabbing a piece of roast lamb spine dripping with oil from the plate on the table, putting it to his mouth and tearing it up: "With the current relationship between our department and the 12th Brigade of the Independent Army, it has not yet reached the point where we can open our mouths to ask for people in vain; So the price you just offered, I can try to let my subordinates take it and negotiate with the 12th Brigade of the Independence. However, first, whether the other party will agree to this condition cannot be determined; Second, we come forward to redeem people for you, we can't work in vain, and we have to talk about a commission for doing business, if I help you get the gun back, what should you give to thank you? ”

The detachment commander's incessant talk made the second battalion commander Wei Xin shake his head frequently in his heart, he didn't expect Wu Zijian to talk about ransom and commission with the gangster master in front of him in a serious way - this is for the new detachment political commissar Liu Shu to know, but he is afraid that he will be sued to the brigade headquarters with an official document!

Although the female bandit leader was also surprised by this, she did not interject rashly, but waited for her Zhiduoxing master to speak and respond.

After being silent for a moment, the master also said in a surprising voice: "If Chief Wu says this, I'm afraid that the contempt cottage will not be able to bear it." We have taken out the above conditions, and we are about to empty our family funds, and there is really no more surplus to give to your army. If Chief Wu insisted on taking a commission, the contemptuous cottage had no choice but to take this ocean of grain and grass, go directly to the 12th Brigade of Du, and pay the money to ransom people! ”

When Wei Xin heard this, he no longer ignored Wu Zijian's attitude on the side, picked up a wine glass in front of him, slammed it to the ground with a "snap", and then got up again, stepped on the Taishi chair with his left leg, grabbed the shell gun magazine hanging on his waist with his left hand, and grabbed the handle of the shell gun exposed outside the gun magazine with his right hand.

The atmosphere of the Juyi Hall instantly became tense.