Chapter 148 Collusion between officials and bandits?
"Hey~ what's going on~"
As soon as he said this, he was stunned.
Wenjiu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He knew it was too strong from the sound. It turned out that men could also imitate cats' meows, and men with beards were no exception.
The Fourth Master and the Ninth Master, who were originally planning to grab the knife, were also confused. What was going on? The three guys opposite suddenly lay on the ground and meowed like cats.
"You vicious woman~ You drugged us~, I will never let you go~"
Jiu Ye got goose bumps all over his body and shivered. He couldn't help but give Wen Jiu a thumbs up: "Little Fourth Sister-in-law, you are awesome."
People say that women have the most vicious hearts, and he finally saw it today.
The land of gentleness is truly the tomb of heroes; the ancients were not deceiving me.
He was talking to you with a smile one second, and poisoning you the next!
Jiu Ye thought that facing his fourth sister-in-law's face, he might also be affected. For a moment, he subconsciously took two steps away from the warm wine. It was scary.
Fortunately, she is not my woman.
At that moment, the Ninth Master looked at the Fourth Master with sympathy. The Fourth Brother was so powerful that he had to face such a woman all day long.
The Fourth Master met Wenjiu's moist eyes and patted his head: "Well done." He looked a bit like his youth.
Jiu Ye: "..." Seeing his wife like this, wouldn't he panic for a moment? Manzi Fourth Brother is indeed different.
"You two pretty boys~ How can you be heroes standing behind a woman? If you have the guts, fight her one on one~"
The corners of the Fourth Master's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but stuff the handkerchief into his mouth.
It's really unbearable. The sound is not as pleasant as a cat's meow. It's more like a duck with its throat pinched!
Finally, he added: "My woman can kill you, so you don't have to do it yourself."
This sentence successfully made the several big men lying on the ground unable to move roll their eyes in anger.
Wenjiu secretly said to Xiaojin: You know what, this soft water on your delicate body is quite useful. I'll get some more when I have the chance.
[Ahhh! I've told you so many times that this isn't how it's used! ! !]
Warming the wine: Why are you so excited? Isn’t it the same thing as using it anyway?
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The silent movement arrived faster than expected, soon surrounding the entire temple. It didn't take them long to subdue all the people, and they were even more vulnerable than expected.
"Master, all the bandits have been captured alive. The men have all been locked up. The elderly, the weak, women and children have also been locked up in the hall next door and are being guarded." He replied without saying a word.
Because the master had instructed in advance not to take any lives, the trip went much more smoothly than expected. Including the soldiers and bandits, the number of them could be counted on one hand.
The Fourth Master nodded slightly, and then saw Buyan and his men come in.
"Master, this is the leader of the Black Wind Village. Everyone calls him Big Brother." Bu Yan pointed at the masked man.
He pointed at the bearded man and said, "He's the second in command, and the skinnier one next to him is the third in command."
The other two Fourth Masters had seen it before, so they just turned their attention to the boss and said, "Take his mask."
Bu Yan pulled off the mask, but the leader of the Black Wind Village did not resist, not even moving a hair.
The next second, when they saw his face clearly, they couldn't help but be surprised, even the Fourth Master at the top couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Jiu Ye was quite amused: "Is this the leader of Black Wind Village? Is he joking?"
Beneath the ferocious mask of the man in front of him was a handsome and fair face, which could be described as having rosy lips and white teeth.
He clearly looks like a thin scholar, how can he look like a bandit?
"Don't be confused. I'm Heifeng, the boss of Heifeng Village." He spoke calmly, looked up at the Fourth Master, and suddenly knocked his head to the ground: "Fourth Master, I stole the food. If you want to kill me, I have nothing to say."
"Do you know me?" asked the Fourth Master.
Heifeng simply said, "There are only four princes on this trip. Aside from the Fourth Prince, I'm afraid no one else could have taken control of our Black Wind Village so quickly. It's also my fault for not checking. The two princes were brought back by my men for a day, and I only found out about it now."
Jiu Ye: “…Hey, how can you talk like that?” I feel offended!
"Master Jiu is not obsessed with the court, why are you angry?" Heifeng said.
Jiu Ye rolled his eyes: "You said you're not intoxicated, then don't be intoxicated." Looking back at his fourth brother's face, Jiu Ye suddenly waved his hands in self-deprecation: "Come on, you're right."
The Fourth Master tapped his fingers lightly on the table twice and asked calmly, "What is your relationship with Liu Yu?"
Hei Feng's pupils shrank, and he lowered his eyes and said, "I don't know him."
Jiu Ye curled his lips. "You're lying like that. You're a bandit from Jinyang, but you don't even know the Jinyang prefect? It's ridiculous. If you didn't know him, why did the soldiers ignore you even though you were stationed a few miles outside the city? Your temple is even connected to a charity hall. Do you think we're all fools?"
Hei Feng lowered his head even more: "So you are talking about the prefect, of course I know him, but I'm not familiar with him."
After a pause, he continued, "Aren't you all just looking for food? I can tell you where the food is. I stole this food from the government office, and it's no one else's business. Heifeng accepts the punishment. You can kill him or chop him up, it's all up to you."
Jiu Ye was puzzled: "Why did you steal food?"
Heifeng pursed his lips and said nothing.
The Fourth Master glanced at him and suddenly said, "Heifeng, do you know what the fate of the people in your temple will be today?"
Heifeng's body stiffened, and he looked up suddenly: "They are all civilians!"
"Who would believe it?" The Fourth Master said, "Don't say anything. Talk to him."
Bu Yan's voice was icy cold: "According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, bandits and robbers will be killed without mercy, regardless of their leader or followers. In the Black Wind Village, regardless of whether they are men, the elderly, the weak, women or children, they must all be annihilated according to the law."
Hei Feng's eyes turned red, and veins in his arms throbbed. "These are all disaster victims. I stole food just to help them! They are not bandits!"
The Fourth Master looked at him intently: "Oh? Why?"
Hei Feng clenched his fists and said, "I... I just want them to be grateful to me. I wasn't valued by my family when I was young, so I came up with this method to make everyone value me..."
"Really?" The Fourth Master said lightly, "But Liu Yu said that he hid the grain and it had nothing to do with you. I don't know who to believe. How about taking both of you back to the capital for punishment?"
Heifeng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he kowtowed again: "Fourth Prince, this matter really has nothing to do with you, my Lord! It's all me, I did it, Fourth Prince, just take me back to the capital."
"Ridiculous." The Fourth Master's voice gradually turned colder: "I really don't know whether I should say that you are young and ignorant!
Do you think you can protect Liu Yu by yourself?
You know, the loss of food and fodder alone would have cost him his life, not to mention the large number of bandits that have appeared in the area under his jurisdiction! With officials and bandits colluding, he would have been in trouble no matter how many heads he had."
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