"Master, Mr. Tao has also been found."
Another figure fell down. This was Ying San's subordinate, another shadow guard from the Shadow Department, who was now also serving in the guard team of Prince You's Palace.
The "Mr. Tao" he mentioned is the one mentioned on the "paper money". He is another very important person in the village besides the three heads.
This was an old scholar with a great reputation. He used to be a teacher in an academy in Tanzhou Prefecture. When the flood occurred, he was returning to his hometown with his wife and two children to visit his elderly parents.
But the flood came suddenly and the whole village was destroyed by the rushing water in an instant. Their family of four and two old servants were all separated by the flood.
In the end, Mr. Tao was left alone with himself and his 28-year-old daughter who was still waiting to be married. His daughter had a high fever and Mr. Tao had no money or food, so he volunteered to join the Black Dragon Village when they were recruiting men.
He could read and write, and had read several military books. He was very knowledgeable when analyzing things, so the three leaders of the Black Dragon Village treated him with great courtesy. Even his daughter, who could not carry anything and looked frail, was taken care of.
Otherwise, with that fair and beautiful appearance, she would not have been able to live peacefully in the Black Dragon Village until now.
Although it is stated on the "paper money", this Mr. Tao is a ruthless character, equivalent to a military strategist in the Black Dragon Village.
However, Qi Xu read something unusual from it.
If Mr. Tao was really as cruel as described on the "paper money", why would he allow the three heads of the family to sacrifice the small to protect the big and to escape in different places, so that the officers could easily capture the whole group of people in one fell swoop?
Rather than saying that Mr. Tao is the think tank of Black Dragon Village, it is better to say that Mr. Tao is in cahoots with the person who wrote the paper money, and wants to take this opportunity to use the power of Yizhou Guard to bring down Black Dragon Village.
What is written on the "paper money" is more like a protective umbrella for Mr. Tao's identity, so that even if the paper money unfortunately falls into the hands of people in Heilongzhai, Mr. Tao will not be implicated.
Now that Mr. Tao has been found, how far will it be to find the person who wrote the "paper money"?
"Let's go and meet Mr. Tao."
Most of Qi Xu's troops moved forward. The leader and second in command of the Black Dragon Village had been tied up, blindfolded, and gagged. They could neither move nor make any sound.
Mr. Tao was locked up in solitary confinement in another place. Qi Xu walked over and said to the two guards of Prince You's Palace who were guarding him, "You go down first."
"Yes." The guards retreated.
The brazier was lit, and in the warm house, only Mr. Tao, Qi Xu and Ying San were left.
Ying San quietly left and stood guard at the door.
Qi Xu drew the long sword from his waist and pointed the tip of the sword at Mr. Tao. Just as Mr. Tao's face was tense, the tip of the sword pointed forward and cut the hemp rope that bound his hands in front of him.
Mr. Tao was stunned for a moment before he reacted and looked at Qi Xu in shock, "What does this mean?"
Qi Xu kept staring into his eyes, "Sir, don't you already know why I'm here?"
Mr. Tao was silent for a moment, then he put away his pretended surprise and said in a deep voice, "You recognize me."
Qi Xu took out the pieces of paper money from his sleeves.
"Mr. Tao, you should be familiar with this, right?"
"Sure enough..." Mr. Tao glanced at the door and saw guards who were obviously different from those dressed as government soldiers. He became a little confused about the identity of the man in front of him.
But no matter who this man is, the fact that he was able to lead people here and make the soldiers of Yizhou Guard obey his arrangements shows that his status is higher than that of the Qin commander.
Black Dragon Village is finished, their plan succeeded!
There was excitement in Mr. Tao's eyes, but more importantly, he felt relieved.
"My dear, there are a total of 876 people in the Black Dragon Village, of which more than 500 are the able-bodied men recruited by the three leaders along the way, and the remaining 300 are the families brought by this group of people. Only some of them have blood on their hands, and the remaining half were mostly deceived by the leaders of the Black Dragon Village and joined half-heartedly."
"Don't worry, after interrogating them one by one, everyone will get the results they deserve." Qi Xu said in a solemn voice.
When it comes to interrogation, no one is better than Tianshu Pavilion. Qi Xu will not show mercy to those thieves whose hands are stained with the blood of too many innocent people.
As for those who had no lives on their hands and were just forced to stay in the Black Dragon Village, Qi Xu would not order the indiscriminate killing of them.
"Master, except for the third in command and the people she took away, the remaining 850 people have all been under control." Ying San went in again and reported in Qi Xu's ear.
The people from Tianshu Pavilion are hunting down the third in command. In addition to the people tracking her in the mountains and forests, there is another team of guards who took a detour and rushed to the only way down the mountain in advance, determined to capture her before dawn.
When reporting this, Qi Xu did not ask Ying San to avoid Mr. Tao.
Seeing Mr. Tao's slightly surprised and somewhat relieved expression, Qi Xu raised the corners of his lips slightly and asked, "Are you relieved now, sir?"
Mr. Tao was ashamed, "How can you say that, sir?"
The originally noisy outside had gradually quieted down. Mr. Tao knew that the people of Black Dragon Village had been completely controlled by the noble man in front of them.
As for the hostages in the mountain stronghold, and those who were taken into the stronghold but refused to go along with the evil and committed too many murders, their mother can finally be freed.
Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard the noble man in front of him ask.
"I wonder what Mr. Tao's plans are for the future?"
Before he could answer, the nobleman in front of him continued, "If you have no other plans, I would like to ask you and the person who wrote these words to work for me."
The words "This King" made Mr. Tao suddenly open his eyes wide.
At this critical juncture, there is probably no other person who can appear in Yizhou and call himself "this king" except King You who recently arrived in the southwest.
Their secret letter written on paper money actually attracted King You!
If it was before today, Mr. Tao would have had some doubts about whether to become the Youwang's staff. But the strength shown by the Youwang Mansion today was enough to convince him.
However, he can be the master of himself, but he cannot be the master of another person.
"Your Majesty, can you let me ask him?"
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As Mr. Tao approached the place where the rescued hostages were temporarily accommodated, Qi Xu saw him walking towards a man who was dressed in ordinary cloth but had an upright posture and outstanding temperament.
Ying San reminded him that the person Mr. Tao was walking towards was the Mr. Wu who had lost his memory before.
Just when Qi Xu was feeling grateful that he had guessed correctly, he suddenly saw Mr. "Wu" raising his head.
That gentle, jade-like, handsome and elegant face looked somewhat familiar.
They seem to be somewhat similar to the Wei family.
Especially like Wei Jiayan who was holding a wooden sword and yelling for his daddy to come back soon!
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