That night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong. The people led by Zhao Ji were like those in an empty city. The people from the Black Wind Village looked very fierce.

But in reality they are like paper tigers. When they really encounter war or trouble, they become extremely panic-stricken.

Zhao Ji looked at it coldly. Not everyone in this village was like a bandit.

Soon, Zhao Ji's well-trained army took control of this place.

There were nearly five hundred people in the entire village, and all of them were captured by Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji came in official uniform.

Not to mention the orthodox troops, each of them was fully equipped with armor. Perhaps it was precisely because of such a formal scene that these bandits became weak in the knees before the battle even started.

Zhao Ji was not in a hurry, but asked his men to interrogate them, mainly to find out why these 500 people joined the village.

This issue is quite important to Zhao Ji.

"Your Excellency, I have already registered all the 500 people. More than half of them were once residents of this town, and most of them later joined this village due to recruitment."

"Listening to these people's descriptions, not everyone came here to become a bandit in the beginning. In the beginning, they really didn't say they wanted to be bandits. It was only after these people joined that it slowly evolved into a village."

"After these people joined, they were not allowed to leave the village, but they received silver every month, so they gradually stayed here to train."

Zhao Ji stood on a high place and listened carefully.

When he heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "How much silver can you give me every month?"

The subordinate choked, thought for a while and said, "About two taels of silver per month."

Zhao Ji sneered and said, "There are a total of 500 people in this village. Each person gets 2 taels per month, which means that the entire village needs to spend 1,000 taels per month. The person behind the scenes is really generous..."

"Have you found out who is behind this?" Zhao Ji asked with sharp eyes.

The subordinate shook his head: "This village should have a real person in charge, the so-called big boss, but the big boss left the village the day before we took action, saying that he was going to the so-called headquarters!"

"Some people here said that the big boss would go out once a month, but the good news is that every time he goes out, he would always bring back a sum of money, and then everyone in the village would look forward to the day of distribution of money."

Zhao Ji understood that what was meant by going out was to go to another organization and take the money out.

"I understand. What is the current status of these five hundred people?"

When the subordinate heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "The resistance consciousness of these 500 people is not strong now. My subordinates have also found the relatives of some people and arranged a meeting, so most of them are very obedient now."

"But there are also a few troublemakers among them who don't seem to be willing to stay here."

"I have arranged to lock these people up separately. This is good so they don't affect the emotions of those who have already calmed down."

Zhao Ji nodded: "We should focus on interrogating these restless people and make them tell us everything they know!"

After arranging these things, Zhao Ji called another subordinate who was specifically responsible for searching the mountain stronghold.

"Have you found the money and supplies for disaster relief that were lost earlier?"

The subordinate was actually about to report this to Zhao Ji: "Speaking of these things, some of the supplies and medicines have been recovered and stored in the town's warehouse, but the strange thing is that there is no money for disaster relief."

"I have led people to search this place thoroughly, but unfortunately, we have dug deep into the ground but still cannot find the so-called disaster relief money!"

Zhao Ji frowned slightly when he heard this: "Is there no secret room or basement?"

The subordinate shook his head, also with a worried look on his face: "I suspect that it has been taken away during the summer vacation, because this mountain stronghold is actually made of wood, and we didn't find any secret passages or anything like that. We even turned over everything we could on the ground, but there was nothing!"

Hearing this, Zhao Ji frowned. The most important thing now was actually the silver. Supplies and medicinal materials were still easy to deal with, but now that the people had no silver, they would probably be quite agitated.

"Has General Tian been found?" Zhao Ji asked again.

You should know that the reason why Zhao Ji came here and discovered the problem was because he found that General Tian had disappeared in such a short distance.

One of the reasons why I went to Black Wind Village was because I wanted to find General Tian.

Now some of the disaster relief supplies have been found, but General Tian is still missing.

"We haven't found the person yet, but after asking some of the people in the village, they said that they did see a man dressed as a general being forced in. Unfortunately, he only showed up for a day or two, and then he was never seen again!"

Zhao Ji frowned slightly. It was already a shame for General Tian, ​​such a brave and warlike man, to be ambushed and captured by these people.

Now I don’t know where I have been taken to. This is really a frustrating thing.

"I think the breakthrough point lies with those minions. Go and interrogate them thoroughly. Make sure to pry their mouths open!"

After Zhao Ji said this, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"Ask those people where this headquarters is and how long this so-called big boss disappears every time."

At the same time when Zhao Ji took down the Black Wind Village, in an unknown small town, the leader of the Black Wind Village walked into a gambling house with a smile on his face.

After exchanging secret codes with the person in charge, I was quickly led into a new, separate room.

Compared with the noisy and bustling outside, this room can be said to be quiet.

There were only the guide and the boss in the room.

The guide walked into the room and knocked on the floor tiles, and soon a black tunnel appeared on the ground.

It was pitch black down there, but the guide was not afraid at all and led the boss down with a candle.

The tunnel was so narrow that the two people could only walk down while crouching, but it became wider and wider, and after a while they were able to stand up straight.

At this time, no sound could be heard from inside the gambling house, only the silent underground space.

Although it was not the first time that the boss had come here, he was always a little scared every time he was in this kind of environment.

It's as if the silence here is a perfect place to dump bodies. The natural fear of darkness, quietness and the unknown will attack your heart.

But after walking for a while, you can hear some noises.

It sounded like a man's suppressed scream.