Now among the ten embroidered guards in this house, the leader is a middle-aged man with a wooden expression and a frosty face, with a thin and tall body like a bamboo pole, and his muscles and flesh are as hard and powerful as iron cast copper, although he is only wearing a gray cloth dress, but his eyes are bright, looking forward to self-pride, and he is noble, as if there are not many people in the world who can put it in his eyes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But it is the current commander of the embroidered guards, ranked eighth on the Xuanwu list, and is known as the "embroidered beast" Zhou Dunyu.

As soon as Wang Xiaojie saw this person appear, he knew that there was nothing good in this matter.

Zhou Dunyu saw Duan Qianqiu, bowed down and saluted: "His subordinates, Zhou Dunyu, was ordered by His Majesty the Holy Emperor to come and listen to Lord Duan's dispatch. Zhang Dezhi, the general of the Qianniuwei Rangers, has been secretly captured by me as you ordered. His attitude towards Duan Qianqiu was extremely humble, which made Duan Qianqiu a little awkward.

It is necessary to know that Zhou Dunyu's official rank is the second grade, and he is on an equal footing with Cai Xun in the court, and now he is so deferential to a middle-level general from the fourth grade, he must have been strictly ordered by Yang Heng to completely obey Duan Qianqiu's orders.

Duan Qianqiu returned the salute and said, "Lord Zhou doesn't need to be polite, my qualifications are extremely shallow, you can call me Qianqiu like Lord Zheng next time." ”

Zhou Dunyu listened, but still bowed down and said: "The subordinates are ordered by the emperor to obey the instructions issued by Lord Duan. The emperor said that when he saw Lord Duan, his subordinates would not dare to make a mistake, so as not to break the rules. If Master Duan has any orders, just ask. ”

Duan Qianqiu listened to him and looked at his behavior, knowing that this person must be very rigorous, so he was no longer reluctant, so he smiled and said: "In this case, Duan Mou will be disrespectful, and I will thank Master Zhou in advance, it is hard to catch the thief." ”

Zhou Dunyu waved his hand at the two of his subordinates, and the two embroidered guards who were holding Zhang Dezhi with knives pushed Zhang Dezhi in front of Duan Qianqiu, and then kicked the crook of his knee, and Zhang Dezhi knelt in front of Duan Qianqiu.

The Southern Guards were all the emperor's guards, and they were originally brave people, but this Zhang Dezhi saw that the matter was exposed, and he had seen the cruel methods of the embroidered guards to defeat the traitors many times, and he was terrified in his heart, and he couldn't help but tremble like chaff.

At this time, two more embroidered guards in civilian clothes presented a box to Duan Qianqiu, a box, the box was full of gold, I was afraid that there were thousands of taels, and in terms of one tael of gold to fourteen taels of silver, the box alone was worth more than ten thousand taels of silver, and these gold alone were indeed enough to shake the will of many people.

In another box, there is a secret book, which is used to convey messages.

The plain words in the ciphertext are all everyday words, and the corresponding code words are completely different interpretations, written in great detail and logically, apparently written by someone who is skilled in intelligence spying and gathering.

These two things, Wang Xiaojie, who is the Qianniu Guard of the Southern Guard, are very clear, because someone has also taken out these things to tempt him, but he just resisted confiscation.

Zhang Dezhi has known him for many years and is like a brother, and Zhang Dezhi himself has always been honest and self-controlled, but he didn't expect to lose under the gold in the end.

At this time, Duan Qianqiu suddenly pulled out a horizontal knife from Wang Xiaojie's waist, and his knife drawing technique was swift and round, as if his hand had already been on the handle of Wang Xiaojie's waist knife, without a trace of artificiality.

Wang Xiaojie didn't have time to react at all! The knife was out of its sheath!

Duan Qianqiu's shot, Zhou Dunyu's eyes showed a look of approval!

As soon as Duan Qianqiu's wrist was handed over, the tip of the knife pierced Zhang Dezhi's armor and went straight into his chest, but at the moment when he was about to pierce his heart, Duan Qianqiu suddenly stopped his hand.

His hand is very steady, drawing the knife, stabbing forward, stopping, the three movements are done in one go, and it can even be said that there is some wonderful chic, and his cold tone is set against each other, showing the powerful and incomparable deterrent power of his words.

I only heard him say to Zhang Dezhi: "Do you want to die or live?"

Zhang Dezhi could feel the chilling chill of the blade that stopped just an inch in front of his heart, and he said tremblingly, "I want to live..."

"I know that you have a wife and a concubine in Yehuang City, and you also have three beautiful female slaves from the Western Regions in Dengzhou Mansion, do you want me to send someone to kill them all!"

"I don't want to!" Zhang Dezhi's eyes widened in fear.

"Okay! Then I'll ask, you answer, if there is any inaccuracy, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

"Yes!"

"Who gave you the gold and the codebook?"

"A woman!"

"If you see her again, will you still recognize her?"

"I don't recognize her, because I haven't seen her face, only her voice. She sat behind a screen, negotiated terms with me, and left, leaving only the box of gold and the secret book. ”

"How did this woman find you?"

"I was once drunk in Hualou, and when I woke up, I was escorted by several masked men, and she seemed to know my situation very well, and she also knew that I needed money urgently, so..."

"How do you get in touch again?" Duan Qianqiu interrupted.

"She said that if there were no special circumstances, we wouldn't need to contact each other again. Naturally, she would contact me if she needed to. ”

"What?" Duan Qianqiu frowned, and the tip of the knife pierced a little more.

Zhang Dezhi panicked and hurriedly said: "It's true, it's true, my lord!" She told me that as long as there was any news about Cui Chengxiu in the Southern Guard, she would leave a message in secret language on the guest message board in the lobby of the Tongfu Inn. ”

Duan Qianqiu sneered: "She is so stupid, she spent so much money to buy the news, and she casually wrote it on the message board in the lobby, what if someone erases it?"

"When she negotiated the conditions, she said that she must find a way to keep the news in the lobby for at least one day, otherwise she will hand over the evidence of my bribery and signature to the imperial court. That's why I'll pay the inn guys to take care of the message board for me. ”

"For the sake of this box of gold, you are still willing to sign the receipt? and you are willing to be controlled by others for the rest of your life?" Duan Qianqiu asked.

Zhang Dezhi said with a sad face: "My lord, you don't know how short of money I am, my family has food, clothing and housing all in silver, I... It's also a last resort..."

"Shut up! If you cry again, you don't need to do anything about it, I'll abolish you first." Zhou Dunyu on the side snorted coldly. He had always been known for his ruthlessness and iron, and the words he uttered were like knives cutting through flesh just by listening to them.

As soon as he spoke, Zhang Dezhi was immediately silenced.

Duan Qianqiu asked again: "If you hear this woman's voice next time, will you be able to tell it?"

Zhang Dezhi looked back at Zhou Dunyu and didn't dare to answer!