Zhai Li and the other three teenagers looked at each other. They wanted to tell Han Yu the reason they had made up earlier, but Han Yu was obviously not someone who could be fooled. Instead, he stood there silently, as if he was making some difficult choice.

"Lord Han, I cannot tell you our family background, but I can promise to be loyal to you and will never betray you." Zhai Li said after a moment of silence. He did not use the same reasons he had used to fool others to fool Han Yu. It was unknown whether he was really grateful or felt that Han Yu was not easy to fool.

"If you can't even tell me your most basic background, how can I talk about loyalty? Not to mention whether you will betray me. The only thing you can do is to betray me. How can I trust you?" Han Yu said with a half-smile, his face showing obvious disbelief.

"But we really can't tell them about our life stories?" The younger boy said impatiently, with an anxious look on his face. He was obviously worried because Han Yu didn't believe them. He wanted to explain but felt powerless. He really wanted to follow this great hero like the adult, who was not only different from those dog officials in the court, but also had great skills. Even the bandit leaders were no match for him. Such a person was worthy of him following.

Han Yu didn't buy it. Even if he wanted talents to develop his private power, he would not recruit people with unknown origins. It was too dangerous. Han Yu's face was a little cold. It seemed that his attitude was too gentle. It was not enough to just say good things. He had to let them know their situation.

"If you can't explain clearly, not only will I not accept you, but I will also lock you up and hand you over to the court for punishment."

After Han Yu said this, the four teenagers did not show too much fear due to their upbringing and the experience they had gained in the past few days, but their small movements still revealed their panic. Their enemy had great power in the court, second only to the emperor, and even the emperor gave in to him. It can be said that the court was actually controlled by him, so for them, handing them over to the court would be like asking for their lives. Although this place was far away from Chang'an, the old thief was very afraid of them and sent people to chase them all the way. I'm afraid he would not give up and would definitely send people to chase them.

In this situation, it seems that they have no choice but to tell Han Yu. The boys had no choice but to compromise, but they were still worried: "Since the Lord insists on knowing, then fine, we can tell you, but before that, I hope that Lord Han will promise us that if he refuses to accept us, he will not reveal our life stories to anyone, and will let us go."

Han Yu raised his eyebrows: "I don't make any guarantees, and I can't promise you anything. If you want to join me, you must show me your sincerity."

"Brother Zhai, this guy is really going too far. Why should we listen to him? Let's go!" Finally, one of the young men lost his patience and was about to leave by pulling Zhai Li and the others, but was stopped by Han Yu's subordinates.

"Who said you can leave now? Didn't you understand what our adults said just now?"

"What do you mean? We helped you fight the bandits, now you want to stop us from leaving? What's the logic?" Some of the young men changed their expressions, but Zhai Li remained calm from beginning to end. He neither spoke nor agreed with his companions' actions. He just watched Han Yu's reaction in silence.

"What do you mean by help or not? Are you sure you didn't have an internal conflict with the bandits? If you are bandits, we naturally can't let you go. We have to take you back to report." These people have been following Han Yu for quite some time and understood the meaning of Han Yu's words.

"No, we are not bandits. Bandits killed our relatives. We sneaked into the mountain stronghold for revenge. You can't wrongly accuse us. I thought you were good people, different from those corrupt officials in the court. I didn't expect you to be so unreasonable." The youngest of the boys had been unable to hold his temper for a long time, and now he was even more angry and anxious, and spoke without thinking.

"Sir Han, I know you are a good official. I hope you can see clearly. We are really not bandits. We came to the mountain stronghold to wait for an opportunity to take revenge. As for our life experience, we really have no choice but to tell you." After all, the teenagers were too well protected by their families in the past. After these days of hardships, they were still a little naive and thought that this was really the reason why they were not allowed to leave.

Han Yu saw that several young men were looking at him and said, "It is not up to you to decide what happened. If you are really wronged, the court will naturally give you justice and release you after investigating. Otherwise, the court will naturally punish you and I will not interfere."

Han Yu said this very righteously, and it sounded like there was no personal feeling involved, just a matter of official business. In fact, Han Yu was indeed blackmailing the teenagers to make them act according to his own ideas. Han Yu saw that the teenagers' backgrounds must be related to the court, and seeing that the teenagers inadvertently revealed their resentment towards the court, it was estimated that the relationship with the court was still hostile, or the enemy was a powerful person in the court, which made them so afraid that they naturally did not dare to go back with him to cooperate with the investigation.

"Sir, I can tell you my life story, but we are loyal to you, sir. Some things can only be said to you." Zhai Li finally made a decision. He was better at thinking than the other three teenagers, and not so naive. He had roughly understood Han Yu's meaning. Apart from doing this, they now had no choice.

"Okay." Han Yu curled his lips slightly, very satisfied with Zhai Li's understanding. He didn't think he was despicable. It was inevitable to use some tricks to achieve his goals. Moreover, if someone else stood here today, the situation of the teenagers would definitely not be any better.

After getting a signal from Han Yu, Zhai Li led Han Yu to a room next to the hall, and the other three young masters followed. Perhaps because of their background, or perhaps because Zhai Li was more calm and wise, the young men had always wanted to follow Zhai Li and were willing to obey him in many things.

"Can you tell me?" Han Yu was also somewhat curious about who these young men were. Judging from their conversation and temperament, they should have good backgrounds, and they all knew martial arts. No one knew how they had fallen to this point.

Upon hearing this, Zhai Li did not immediately talk about his life experience. Instead, he asked Han Yu, "Sir, have you ever heard of any of the famous martial arts families in the martial arts world?"

Han Yu's eyes flickered when he heard what Zhai Li said: "Of course I have heard of it."

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Seeing that Zhai Li was looking at him without saying anything, Han Yu obviously wanted to find out his strength through this incident. He counted several well-known martial arts families in recent decades, and the leader of the eight families was the Guanzhong Zhai family.