The mayor's mansion, the main hall of the reception, Ming Gui and Zhang Fatzi sat left and right.

Ming Gui asked, "Cousin Ming, who is this Mr. Su, and even Liu Tian is not his opponent?"

Zhang Fatzi said: "I met him at an inn outside the town, I don't know who it is, I don't know who it is, I only know that he also has a senior sister, and his martial arts are also extremely strong." ”

Ming Gui was envious and said, "Cousin Ming is lucky, and he easily met such a master." ”

Zhang Fatzi smiled and said, "It's all a coincidence, a coincidence." ”

The two were chatting, when they heard the housekeeper of the mayor's mansion say outside: "Master, the head of the Zhao family, the Qian family, and the Sun family are asking to see you outside the door." ”

Minggui sat up straight, snorted coldly, and said, "No, tell them to go back!"

Ming Gui originally wanted to re-recruit soldiers, but he was obstructed by these families.

Those former town soldiers who were recruited to serve as guardians, if they did not have the support of these three families, they would not have the courage to disobey the mayor's orders.

Now that these people have come to ask to see, Minggui will naturally not have a good face.

Zhang Fatzi persuaded: "Brother Ming, they are here, it must be related to the bandits in Wulong Village, now that we have arrested Liu Tian, we must be ready for the bandits to retaliate. ”

Minggui thought for a while when he heard this, and said, "Okay." He looked at the butler, "Bring them here." ”

After a while, the three heads of the Zhao, Qian, and Sun families walked in together, and as soon as Zhao Hu entered the door, he shouted: "Zhang Fatzi, I heard that the second master of Wulong Village has been caught by you? ”

Zhang Fatzi drank tea and didn't speak, but Ming Gui had a cold face and said, "You came at the right time, I was about to kill him and feed the dog." ”

"What?"

Before Zhao Hu could speak, Qian Jinrui exclaimed, "You want to kill Liu Tian!"

Ming Gui snorted coldly and said, "What?"

"Brother Ming, why are you so confused!"

Qian Jinrui jumped to his feet in a hurry.

"Then Wulong Village is so easy to provoke, you can catch Liu Tian is already a fluke, how dare you kill him?"

Minggui slapped the table, shook the tea bowl, and shouted: "What do you mean? He is not easy to mess with, is it easy for me to be provoked by Minggui? Liu Tian dares to kill my son, why don't I dare to kill him! The surname is Qian, do you think that my son should die in vain?"

Qian Ruijin said: "I didn't mean that......"

"Then what do you mean!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by an angry Minggui.

Sun Zhi, who had not spoken, came out to play a round and said: "Brother Ming, the head of the Qian family didn't mean this, he said that Liu Tian's affairs should be discussed in the long run, and he should not be killed so hastily, after all, he is the second leader of Oolong Village." ”

Zhao Hu also said: "That's right!

Minggui's lungs were about to explode, and he said: "I, Minggui, as the mayor of Xingfeng Town, how to do things, do I still need three people to teach?"

Sun Zhi said: "Brother Ming's words are serious, the three of us are not teaching Brother Ming how to do things, just suggestions, after all, killing Liu Tian will inevitably lead to the retaliation of Oolong Village, which is a major matter related to the life and death of all the people in Xingfeng Town, in the final analysis, we are also for the people of the town." ”

Minggui sneered: "For the people of the town?" You are not for the whole town, you are for your own caravans. If Wulongzhai dares to blatantly attack Xingfeng Town, it is a rebellion, and they don't dare to give them ten guts, as long as the people stay in the town, they will be fine, and your caravan is different, it will be looted by Wulongzhai, so you are afraid. ”

Zhao, Qian, and Sun will pay the road money to Wulong Village every month, so that the caravan can travel unhindered and unharmed.

If Liu Tian is killed, who knows if Wulong Village will go crazy and grab the goods indiscriminately. Even if they are not crazy, I am afraid that they will be blackmailed fiercely, who made them also from Xingfeng Town.

Zhang Fatzi also paid for the road to Wulong Village before, but he didn't continue to pay it until he was robbed last time.

And why he was robbed last time was because Zhang Fatzi was greedy. I wanted to transport the goods, but I didn't want to pay the money to buy the road to the Oolong Village, so I secretly led the team in person, wanting to open up a new business route and avoid the Oolong Village.

But I didn't expect the news to be leaked, and I was blocked by Oolong Village. If he hadn't met Su Fan, he might have died a long time ago.

As for whether to kill Liu Tian or not, Zhang Fatzi doesn't care. His family was a large landowner in the town, and he could live well without having to be a trader.

And now Su Fan is his son's master, and Wulong Village can be said to have a deep enmity like the sea, and whether he kills Liu Tian or not has little impact on him, so he only watches the excitement from the sidelines.

Sun Zhi was unmoved, and said: "Brother Ming's words are wrong, if the trade routes between my Sun family and Zhao Qian are cut off, and the goods cannot be transported in, the lives of the people in the town will be affected, and even the town's taxes will be reduced. ”

Ming Gui said: "This doesn't have to worry about the three of them, the people have no goods, so naturally there is a way to live without goods, as for the blame from above." Minggui gritted his teeth, "I just don't want to be the mayor of this town, and I want to kill Liu Tian and avenge Tianci!"

"You!" Sun Zhi was speechless, and finally said: "Unreasonable!"

Zhao Hu was furious and shouted: "Minggui, you don't want to toast and eat and drink!"

"Presumptuous!" Ming Gui shouted, "Zhao Hu, you think clearly, see who you are talking to." ”

After all, Ming Gui is the mayor of Xingfeng Town, Zhao Hu didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and said: "I don't care, anyway, this Liu Tian can't be killed." ”

Minggui knew that he was a bad person, so he no longer pursued it, but only said firmly: "Liu Tian, I will kill him!"

Sun Zhi usually prides himself on being resourceful, with a three-inch tongue, the dead can say that they are alive, but today he met Minggui, who has no desire and no desire, and is bent on avenging his son, and there is no way for a while.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and the servants of the Sun family, who came with Sun Zhi, shouted outside: "Master, come and see, something is wrong!"

Several people in the house were shocked, "Isn't it from Wulong Village?"

Sun Zhi walked out quickly, followed by the others.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Zhi asked the servant.

The servant pointed in the direction of the backyard of the mayor's mansion and said, "Master, look!"

A few people looked in the direction of his finger and saw a long wooden pole standing in the backyard, on which hung a man in a white robe, this pole was extremely long, and even the people outside the mayor's mansion could see it clearly, which caused them to exclaim.

Zhao Hu shouted: "Something should happen to me, isn't it just a person hanging on the pole, what's the fuss!"

Sun Zhi also glared at the servant, blaming him for not shouting.

The servant was anxious and said, "Master, the man on the pole is Liu Tian!"

"Liu Tian?"

Sun Zhi and the three of them were shocked, and hurriedly looked at it carefully, but the distance was really far, and the pole was high, so they couldn't see it clearly.

Hurriedly turned his head and asked Minggui: "The one on the pole is really Liu Tian?"

Minggui smiled and said, "Exactly!"

Qian Ruijin's voice was sharp: "Minggui! You have caused a big disaster for you!"

Hanging the second master of Oolong Village on a wooden pole is a naked insult, and it is to keep slapping the face of Oolong Zhai, which is more serious than directly killing Liu Tian.

Qian Ruijin shouted at the top of his voice: "Don't put him down quickly." ”

"Who dare?"

The servants of the three families were about to make a move, but they were stopped by Minggui with a loud shout.

"This is the mayor's mansion, and it is my territory, I see who dares to go wild!"

In an uproar, a group of guards from the mayor's mansion armed with long knives surrounded them.

After the failure of the Ming Gui attack on Oolong Village, he learned from the pain, no longer stingy with money, and spent a lot of money to support these people, which finally came in handy at this time.

Qian Ruijin's face was ugly, and he shouted: "Minggui, if you want to die, die by yourself, don't pull us along!"

Sun Zhi looked at these guards and said, "Brother Ming, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about these brothers under you, you will hang Liu Tian on a wooden pole, which will inevitably make the whole Wulong Village angry." Although they didn't dare to attack Xingfeng Town at that time, they only needed to send some masters to come, how many of these brothers would survive?"

When the mayor's guards heard this, there was a commotion and they hesitated.

At this moment, the butler of the mayor's mansion hurriedly ran over with a flying knife and a letter in his hand, and said, "Master, this is someone shooting at the gate, and two letters have been taken by the townspeople outside. ”

Ming Gui took the letter and read it, and after a while, his face turned black, obviously angry.

Zhang Fatzi took a closer look and saw that it read: "Tomorrow morning, every half an hour, kill two townspeople in Xingfeng Town, one rich and one poor, regardless of men and women, young and old." ”

Zhao Hu snatched the letter, and Qian Ruijin and Sun Zhi also stepped forward.

"Woe to you!"

Qian Ruijin shouted: "I just said that Oolong Village is not easy to mess with, you have to listen, what should I do now?"

Zhao Hu was forced out of the rebellious mentality by the Oolong Village, and scolded: "What's going on with this Oolong Village, isn't it even Lao Tzu's family who wants to be killed?

Sun Zhi was reading a letter to the guards of the town mayor's mansion when he heard Zhao Hu's words and shouted: "Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about? Do you have a warrior in your family? Have you ever fought hard?"

When Zhao Hu heard this, he wilted.

Sun Zhi said to Ming Gui again: "Brother Ming, the top priority is to put Liu Tian down, serve him with good food and drink, and then send him back to Wulong Village, maybe there is a turning point." ”

Minggui had a dark face and didn't say a word.

Sun Zhi was also a little angry, and said, "Brother Ming, what are you still hesitating about? Listen to the voices of the people outside!"

When the letter was read to the townspeople gathered outside the door, the townspeople were in an uproar, and their fear was palpable.

I don't know who was the first to shout: "Let Liu Tian go!"

People's fears seem to have an outlet for catharsis, and they shout along!

"Let Liu Tian go!"

"Let Liu Tian go!"

"Let Liu Tian go!"

The first few sounds were a little messy, but the back began to be neat and uniform, and the momentum was huge!

Ming Gui listened to the uniform sound outside, his face was cloudy, and he looked at the guards he had raised at a great price, only to see them talking to each other, whispering, and with fear on their faces.

Minggui was sad in his heart, he knew that his son's revenge might not be avenged today.

If he doesn't agree to let Liu Tian go, I'm afraid he doesn't have to do it in Oolong Village, and these guards who have been frightened by Oolong Village will have to do it themselves.

I couldn't help but regret a little, if I had killed Liu Tian directly with a knife at that time, how could there be so much trouble.

Sun Zhi saw his vacillation and said, "Brother Ming, what are you waiting for!"

Minggui waved his hand weakly, and said astringently: "Go and let him down." ”

Except for Zhang Fatzi, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, and the guards hurriedly walked to the backyard, as if the people from Wulong Village were already behind them.

......

"Who is it that wants to release Liu Tian?"

The voice was extremely soft, but it spread throughout the audience, and even the uniform voices of the people outside the door were suppressed.