Seeing that the progress of the negotiations was about to collapse, Zhao Ji coughed lightly, and the others immediately understood what Zhao Ji meant.

So the attitude is not as tough as before.

"This town really needs this money for construction. As long as you hand over the money, we will forgive you for what happened and we won't report it to the court!"

The envoy from Zhao Ji said.

Who would have thought that when the people in the village heard these words, their faces changed drastically and their eyes revealed murderous intent.

"You still want to report to the court? Are you dreaming?"

"Someone, take these thirty-five people away!"

Zhao Ji frowned slightly, and the others were also nervous.

"When two armies are fighting, neither side kills the envoy. How can you be so arrogant?" another person said.

The big bearded man tied everyone's hands and said, "Black Wind Village has its own rules. Who cares about the bullshit outside!"

Zhao Ji gave a look secretly, and someone immediately started to struggle: "Let me go, what right do you have to lock me up..."

This man happened to be the strongest one in the delegation, and he managed to break free in a short time. When the bearded man saw this, his expression changed immediately.

A whistle was blown, and soon more people rushed in from outside the village and pinned down everyone, including the person who had just struggled to get out.

Soon, Zhao Ji and his companions were taken to a leaky woodshed covered in dust and dirt.

Then he was stuffed into the house.

After a while, a tall and thin man came in with a big knife in his hand.

"You have narrowed your path. Now there are two paths before you. One is to either submit to our Black Wind Village or lose your head. I am the only executioner in the village."

"But don't worry, I kill people very quickly and will definitely let you leave this world with the least amount of pain."

Although the man had a gentle smile on his face, Zhao Ji knew very well that he was a ruthless character.

"We choose to live." Zhao Ji took the initiative to speak.

The man looked at Zhao Ji in surprise, then looked at the others, and found that the others probably had the same idea. Then he sneered, "How funny! I thought you Chinese were so strong-willed, but now it seems you are nothing special!"

Zhao Ji used his eyes to suppress those who wanted to refute. Perhaps because he saw that Zhao Ji and the others were really spineless, the man did not mock them like he did before. Perhaps he felt it was a bit boring.

"Since you have chosen the first path, then congratulations, you have finally chosen the right direction. However, even if you want to join us, there will naturally be some tests. If you fail these tests, you will only have the second path to go."

"We need to train in the early hours of this evening, so remember to cheer up and follow us..."

Seeing Zhao Ji and the others like this, the man just felt a little bored. He hurriedly explained some things and left.

Zhao Ji and the others wanted to take advantage of this time to discuss something, but Zhao Ji had sharp eyes and saw a faint black shadow projected on the window outside.

So he signaled these people not to speak. At the same time, if Zhao Ji wanted to communicate with anyone, he would write on that person's hand.

What the man said was indeed right. The early hours of the morning were the time when everyone was sleepy, and they chose this time for training.

It is indeed very unreasonable.

But Zhao Ji was also very clear that if outsiders wanted to join the Black Wind Village, they would definitely have to go through all kinds of troubles and tests.

For several days in a row, Zhao Ji and his colleagues were pulled out for training in the middle of the night when everyone was most sleepy.

There was a person in the delegation who had been to the grassland before. He muttered that day: "I think these people in Black Wind Village are treating us like eagles!"

Zhao Ji felt that this was indeed the case.

But they don't really want to completely surrender to this bandit's den.

Perhaps because Zhao Ji and his men were too docile, the guards in the village were not as strict as before.

Sometimes after training at night, the person in charge of watching over them did not come to lock the door again.

At first, Zhao Ji did not let these people go out.

The next day, Zhao Ji and his friends noticed that the attitudes of the so-called instructors who were responsible for training them were much better than before.

Zhao Ji guessed that the reason why the door was not locked that night was probably because it was a trap left intentionally by their village to see if anyone would take the bait. If anyone did, they would probably disappear immediately.

It was also because of Zhao Ji's high degree of cooperation that within ten days, this group of people relaxed their vigilance and even stopped detaining them, just like good brothers and family members. Zhao Ji also took this opportunity to explore the belly of the village. Then he used the cloth on his clothes to draw these routes.

When Zhao Ji and his men came to the mountain stronghold to negotiate, Zhao Ji had told the soldiers in the city and his subordinates that if they did not come back for more than ten days, there must have been a problem, and they would need to take some measures to get out of this unscathed.

Now it was almost the tenth day, and Zhao Ji had been sneaking out more frequently than before. On the tenth day, which was supposed to be a quiet and dark night, the lights suddenly lit up, and then there were screams from many people.

The place where Zhao Ji and his friends lived had not been guarded for a long time. Seeing the village in such a mess, Zhao Ji immediately went forward hypocritically and stopped a person he had met before.

Zhao Ji told the man that he wanted to help.

Now there is not enough manpower. The man naturally agreed to Zhao Ji's proposal without hesitation.

At the same time, Zhao Ji also knew what had happened. It turned out that there was a problem with their granary behind the mountain, and it seemed that someone had set it on fire.

When Zhao Ji heard this, he had some vague guesses in his mind. He thought that the people he brought with him might have discovered that he had not sent any messages for a long time and had lost contact with them.

This man thought about the mission he had sent out before, and these people took advantage of the chaos to create some trouble.

I didn't expect that the technique was so professional and it really lit the fire.

According to Zhao Ji's previous estimate, there were about 1,800 people in the entire village.

Now most people are going to put out the fire.

There was no one guarding Zhao Ji's side, and they had all been released and were free to move around.

So some people in the delegation began to persuade Zhao Ji to leave now and seize this opportunity to escape.