The prefect pretended to be angry and glared at the man in black with his eyes wide open. The more he behaved like this, the safer the man in black felt.

"Then how many things do you want me to do for you? Now that those two nobles are gone, how long are you going to hold my daughter hostage?"

At this moment, the prefect's acting skills simply exploded.

The man in black now believed the prefect without a doubt. He laughed faintly from behind his black mask and said, "I hope you can clearly understand that the initiative is not in your hands now. If it were in our hands, you would have already boarded our ship, and it would not be up to you to decide whether you can get off the ship or not."

"So what exactly is the reason you're here to see me now? If I do everything you ask, can you take good care of my daughter? And I need to make sure my daughter is alive and safe!"

This is actually the prefect's selfish desire.

The black man also knew that if he continued to exploit the prefect, the prefect might just give up, so he thought about it and decided to give the prefect a little sweetness.

"Don't worry about your daughter. I happen to have a letter your daughter wrote to you. I haven't opened it yet. The ink on it was sealed by your daughter herself."

The man in black took out an envelope from his chest and stuffed it directly into the prefect's arms.

The master took the envelope with shaking hands, for he was afraid to read in the letter that his daughter was not living well and was blaming him.

But when he opened the envelope, he saw his daughter instead. Her words of comfort even implied that she hoped her father would not be threatened by her and could get out of the quagmire as soon as possible.

With such a sensible daughter, how could he, as a father, not try his best to preserve his bloodline?

The man in black watched indifferently from the side. In his opinion, the more genuine the feelings of the prefect were, the easier it would be to control him.

Among so many towns, this prefect had little desire for money and power, but he was very protective of his bloodline.

And it is precisely these kinds of people who are most assured to use you, those who like money and power, even if you use money and power to lure them, they will easily give up on you because the offer is high.

But for a man like the prefect, as long as you tie his blood tightly to yourself, he will do anything for you like a dog.

That's why he was chosen.

"Now as you wished, I have given you the news about your daughter. So can you help me with the things on my side?"

The man in black asked leisurely.

What could the prefect say? He could only follow the request of the man in black and do what they wanted him to do.

"As long as you can guarantee that my daughter is not in any danger, I will do whatever you ask me to do. I just hope that you can keep your promise and treat my daughter well!"

"If you are worried that I will do something bad to you after you return my daughter to me, you can use any excuse of corruption to bring me down. Just don't let my relatives get hurt!"

The more the prefect tried to find a way out for himself, the easier it seemed to be for the men in black to control him, and there was no sign of danger.

"Then what I need you to do is, I know you have a group of hooligans under your command, what I need now is for you to have all your people go to the place where the two nobles are about to pass by and intercept them."

The prefect had never expected this to happen.

"Have you forgotten? It's not like I don't know their identities. If I really saw them, wouldn't that be asking for my life?"

"So you actually didn't intend to let me live at all, right?"

"If you really think so, I can directly use my life to exchange for my daughter's life. You don't have to go through so much trouble!"

The prefect pretended to be extremely angry.

Of course, everyone knows that this is a very difficult task and is simply like roasting someone on fire.

"I know this is a very difficult thing to do. You have to trust us. We will never let you be exposed. If you believe us, I believe you can do it!"

The man in black noticed that the prefect's resistance was indeed very serious, so his tone became softer than before.

"You can think about your daughter. As long as you help us with this matter, we can promise you that we will give your daughter a chance to hire the best embroidery master in Jiangnan to teach her needlework. By then, your daughter will have a skill to make a living even if she doesn't rely on you in the future, and she will be able to live a life without worries about food and clothing!"

Now the man in black has obviously put all the choices in front of him, and it all depends on what the man opposite him, who is eager to see his daughter, will choose.

"Let me think about it. If I really do this, can you guarantee that the people under my command will be safe and sound?"

The man in black sneered and said, "You may be asking for too much now. I hope you can understand that I am very tolerant of you. As for the lives of these people, they are not very important!"

"What is in front of you now is not an option in itself, but something you must do. If you don't do it, then you will pay with more than just the lives of these people!"

"This deal itself is very suitable, I hope you can make a good choice!"

"These scumbags themselves are nothing to be pitied!"

The man in black behind him became more and more impatient. The prefect also knew that the man in black was about to reach his limit, so he no longer refused like he did before.

"In that case, I will arrange it now, but I also hope that you can keep your promise and not do anything else!"

Seeing that the prefect had finally agreed, the man in black no longer pressed him as hard as before.

"Since you can think clearly about the interests involved, then I think there are no additional variables in this matter!"

Before long, there was no trace of the two people's conversation in this place.

Only one dazed guard stood up.

"But why did I fall here? Could it be that I fell here because I was too tired?"

"Alas, I really should have a good rest recently. Fortunately, there is nothing serious to do. If there was any serious work, I would have delayed things like this!"

On the other hand, Zhao Ji and the emperor had already received the news conveyed by the prefect.

"What on earth does he want to do? To act so blatantly?"

When the emperor heard the news, he was shocked.

In his opinion, this group of people were too bold. They would actually do such a blatant thing.