Chapter 152: Coercion
『ps: It was a little late when I started typing. Sorry, this is the first chapter before twelve o'clock."
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When Magai opened his eyes again, he found that he seemed to be lying in a cave, his hands, his feet were tied with ropes, and the back of his head also felt a vague pain.
From the side, two bandits dressed in a guardian.
"What's going on? Why am I here? What exactly happened?"
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Magay's confused mind.
He vaguely remembered that Yang Tong and his gang attacked his camp at that time...
Yes, the brave guys actually went down the mountain to sneak attack his camp. When he commanded the people in the camp to resist the ignorant thieves, he suddenly learned the news and learned that another bandit was attacking from the other side of the camp and heading towards the place where they piled up food and grass...
He found that he had been trapped, so he hurriedly took dozens of county soldiers and rangers to block the attack, but he never thought it was a trap, and another bandit ambushed him there...
Yes, the target of that other bandit is him!
He still remembered that he fought with two bandits by one against two, one of whom held two swords and the other held a spear. Both of them were very powerful, and then... he couldn't remember, he only remembered that he had a heavy blow in the back of his head, and it hurt a little until now.
"Are I captured by that group of bandits?"
After glanced at the two bandits, Magai was groping on the ground quietly, trying to touch some sharp stone and quietly cut the rope on his body.
At this moment, three people walked in outside the cave, two big and one small. The man in the leader looked familiar, and looked like the portrait of Yang Tong, a merchant named Huang Shao, given to him by the Luye Masonic Republic. His wanted reward for Yang Tong in Kunyang County was based on this portrait.
"You two go to the entrance of the cave to guard."
The man suspected of Yang Tong waved his hand and told the two bandits guarding Magai.
After waiting for the two bandits to leave, he looked at Ma Gai, smiled and said hello, "Is County Ma awake?"
Magai looked at the other person coldly, looked around pretending to be careless, and asked casually: "Where is this?"
"This is just a very ordinary cave on Yingshan."
"Who are you?"
"I am the leader of the Heihu Village, Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong!"
『It's indeed Yang Tong!』
Ma Gai's pupils shrank, and then he snorted lightly and said as if nothing had happened: "So, Ma is now your Yang Tong prisoner? Humph, if you want to kill and cut, you will be all right."
Hearing this, the man opposite, no, should be said to be Yang Tong, the leader of the Heihu Village, smiled and shook his head, saying, "What is Ma County Ma saying? Yang really hopes to be friends with Ma County Ma."
“…”
Ma Gai, who had originally planned to close his eyes and wait for death, looked at Yang Tong with some suspicion when he heard this, but he couldn't understand what Yang Tong wanted to do, so he simply looked at Yang Tong with an expressionless face.
At this moment, he saw Yang Tong turn his head and say to a small bandit beside him: "Zhou Hu, show him the things."
"yes."
The little bandit responded in a tender voice.
Magai frowned, and then he realized that the little bandit was not the one he had subconsciously thought to be short, but a child with grass dust on his face, but from his tender face, it can be seen that the child is not very old.
"Have you fallen into the thief's village at a young age? It's so sad..."
A thought flashed through Magai's mind, and he suddenly asked, "That child, how old are you?"
“…”
That child, Zhao Yu, looked at Ma Gai in surprise.
Even though he didn't expect that Magai would actually talk to him.
In the surprise, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as if Magai had not recognized him.
In his memory, he had never seen this county magistrate of Kunyang County, but God knew whether Magai had seen him? To be cautious, he used wood ash to blacken his face in advance. Whether it was useful or not, at least Magai did not recognize his identity.
With a slight smile, Zhao Yu did not answer Ma Gai, but took out a piece of cloth from his arms and spread it flat on the ground in front of Ma Gai. He smiled and said, "Sign up the name, Ma County Ma and our Heihu Village are friends."
As he said that, he placed a pen on the ground again.
“…”
Ma Gai looked at Zhao Yu suspiciously and looked down at the picture in front of him.
At this time, the sky outside was already bright. Although the light in the cave was dim, the horse cap could still vaguely see what was written on the cloth.
I saw it read: I, Ma Gai, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, admit that I will connect with Heihu Village and be willing to be a group of internal responders of Heihu Village...
After just looking at one line, Magai's face changed drastically and said angrily: "Discussion!"
He looked up at Yang Tong and sneered, "Yang Tong, do you think Ma is the kind of person who is greedy for life and fears death? Do you want Ma to be your inner supporter and be accomplice for the tiger? That's a delusion! You dog thief, I advise you not to waste your time and kill Ma early, otherwise, if Ma escapes from the trap, you will definitely not be able to spare you group of dog thieves!"
“…”
Hearing Ma Gai's insults, Yang Tong's face darkened, but strangely, he didn't even get angry. Instead, a smile appeared on his face, spread his hands and said, "Mr. Ma, Yang really wants to make friends with you..."
"This guy...is getting more and more calm."
Zhao Yu took a look at Yang Tong with some surprise.
As far as he knew, Yang Tong was definitely not that easy to talk to. Even a few days ago, Yang Tong was still angry because of Liu Hei's interruption and deliberately mocked him. Unexpectedly, today, this guy could tolerate Ma Gai's insults.
Zhao Yu certainly understood that the reason why Yang Tong could tolerate the humiliation of dismounting Ma Gai was because Yang Tong also knew the importance of Ma Gai to them, and this incident in turn was enough to show that Yang Tong had gradually changed, unlike ordinary little thieves.
The reason why Yang Tong has such a huge change lies in his ambition and the ambition he thought he could achieve under the guidance of Zhao Yu.
However, Magai ignored this. He sneered disdainfully: "Ma doesn't want to listen to the noise anymore. If you want to kill and cut, you will be obedient!"
As he said that, he closed his eyes.
Seeing this, Yang Tong frowned slightly and turned to look at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu pressed his hand calmly and signaled Yang Yong to be calm.
Immediately, he continued to persuade Ma Gai: "Ma County Ma, I want to make friends with Ma County Ma, and I am definitely not trying to use Ma County Ma’s identity to do anything that harms the world. I believe Ma County Ma has also heard that during this period, my Heihu Village has changed. We no longer kill innocent people and no longer kill people and robberies. On the contrary, we protect the villages at the foot of the mountain from harassment and looting by other bandits..."
"..." Ma Gai opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Yu with a smile. Then, he was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "Ma County Ma, my village leader sincerely wants to make friends with you, but he didn't expect that Ma County Ma was so inhumane. By the way, Ma County Ma seemed to have never noticed that before you woke up, I took something from you..."
Margai immediately opened his eyes, his hands tied by ropes fumbled around his waist for a while, and his face changed slightly.
However, he was not panicked, and glanced at Yang Tong and mocked: "A group of bandits who occupy the mountain and become kings also want to see what the token of the county lieutenant looks like? That's right, that may be the only chance you can get the token of the county lieutenant in your life."
But unfortunately, his ridicule did not play any role. After all, Yang Tong has become more and more calm now, and Guo Da himself is a steady and cautious person. As for Zhao Yu...
He clapped his hands and praised him: "It's very skillful ridicule, but does County Ma want to know where the token is going?"
"If you like to say or not," Magai said lightly.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu was not surprised and pointed at Guo Da and said, "It was Guo Da. Guo Da sent someone to Kunyang County to ask Mrs. Ling for Mrs. Ling. Those who he sent would tell Mrs. Ling that he said that the Ma County Ma was seriously injured and was incurable and was about to die. I believe that Mrs. Ling would not doubt that when she saw that token... I believe that the Ma County Ma would soon see Mrs. Ling and the son-in-law."
『??』
Guo Da stood beside him with his arms wrapped around him, listening in confusion.
Immediately, I felt a fierce look staring at him.
Under Guo Da's gaze, Ma Gai's face gradually became ferocious and fierce, and his eyes were full of murderous intent: "Dog thief, disaster is not as good as family members. How dare you hurt my wife and children?!"
Guo Da opened his mouth, and then he snorted lightly, cooperating with Zhao Yu and sneered: "Minister Ma, I don't want that. Just as my village leader said, we really want to make friends with Mainist Ma, but if Mainister Ma doesn't give face..."
As he said that, he glanced at Zhao Yu quietly, waiting for Zhao Yu to leave, and persuaded Ma Gai to sign his name on the cloth.
But he didn't expect that Zhao Yu was in a daze at this moment.
"Is it not as bad as family members...?"
When Zhao Yu heard a word suddenly burst out from Ma Gai's mouth, he felt a dazed in his heart, and unconsciously recalled that night, and that he had more than 200 words from the Zhao family in Luyang that night were killed by the soldiers of Liangcheng Army.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yu threw all the random thoughts in his heart behind his head and whispered: "Ma County Ma, we just want to survive. You can see that my Heihu Village is different from the counterfeit villages in other places. At least we are only plundering goods and no longer killing innocent people. If someone still wants to kill us, then we will not wait to die..."
As he said that, he took out Ma Gai's token from his arms and said in a deep voice: "Sorry, I just wanted to deceive the lie of Ma County Ma. We have not sent anyone to ask Mrs. Ling because I don't want to disturb the peace of your family. But if Ma County Ma still insists on refusing the kindness I sent from my village, I don't guarantee whether Ma County Ma will sign this confession letter in a way that you don't want to see!"
“…”
Ma Gai looked at Zhao Yu in shock.
He originally thought that Zhao Yu was just Yang Tong's follower and servant, but he did not realize that this child seemed to have an extraordinary status among these bandits.
From the side, Guo Da also looked confused, not understanding what Zhao Yu was doing?
Aren’t one going to be a red face or a black face?
In the quiet cave, Zhao Yu repawned the confession, handed the pen to Ma Gai, and said in a deep voice: "For the last chance, sign the name on this confession and leave, as if this has never happened, go home to reunite with your wife and children. From now on, no one will disturb your family, and no one will use this confession to force Ma County Ma to do things that go against your conscience..."
“…”
He looked at Zhao Yu in front of him, then looked at Yang Tong and Guo Da again, and Ma Gai hesitated to take the pen from Zhao Yu's hand.
"Child, who are you?" he couldn't help asking.
Chapter completed!