Zhurou

Chapter 36
Zhao Mingzhi took the fire folder, and just lit the candle with him, when he heard a loud noise not far away, even though separated by the door and wall, the sound was still terrifying.

When I was young, I heard the sound of stumbling and running, and screams and begging for mercy.

Hearing the direction of the sound, she knew that it was probably caused by Wei Chengyan, she hurriedly got out of bed with a candle, first lit the oil lamp in the room, and when she lowered her head, she saw two lying on the ground.

One of them was rolling over while clutching his stomach, while the other fell on all fours and was held upside down by the four legs of a top chair from neck to waist, unable to get up.

But Li Xun stepped on the chair with one leg, pulled the belt on the man's body, tied his hands to the legs of the chair, and then turned his head and said to Zhao Mingzhi: "Come and sit here."

Zhao Mingzhi didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly turned on the lamp and walked over. After sitting down, he looked at the face of the person lying down on the ground under the chair. It was not the second child today, nor the person who was going to lead the horse, but Zhang Sheng's face.

But this person struggled hard, turned his head desperately, saw Zhao Mingzhi was looking at himself, glared back angrily, and cursed: "Where did you come from, and let us go so honestly, do you know who the master is?!"

As he said that, he already pushed up hard, intending to overthrow Zhao Mingzhi.

He came to commit crimes in the middle of the night, and when he was caught, he still smelled like this, and his tone was even harder.

Zhao Mingzhi saw that his eyes were fierce, his hands and feet struggled with great strength, as if he was about to pry the chair apart, he felt uneasy, he hurriedly pressed his foot on the top chair, moved his hands over the water basin on the side, and slammed it hard on his face .

The man was about to scold, but for a moment ice water flowed from his head into his neck, his teeth were fighting with the cold, and he was dizzy for a while after being hit, he couldn't speak anymore.

But at this moment, there was a collision at the door, with a "bang", the door was kicked open, and a person stepped in with big strides—it was indeed Wei Chengyan.

With a full face of impatience, he clamped one person in each of his left and right arms, and after entering the door, he released his armpits, causing the two people to roll to the ground.

One of them had been silent for a long time, and the other was still struggling, but he stomped heavily on his back and let out a howl.

Wei Chengyan turned a deaf ear, turned to Li Xun and said, "Second brother, I just asked, there is no guest in this inn except us!"

He said again: "There are two other minions outside, I tied them up, and they couldn't speak freely. I was tired of hearing them, so I sent them to bed."

Pointing to the human being under his feet, he said: "This man has an open mouth. Just ask him. If you can't answer, I don't have one at hand, but the knife is very fast. Just cut off that tongue!"

He said that cutting out tongues and tying people up is as easy as drinking water and eating, and the man rolling on the ground was so scared that he turned pale, and shouted fiercely: "Don't be arrogant, let our brothers in Jingshan Village know, be careful Tear off your skin and flesh, crush it and eat it!"

He shouted again: "If you let us go at this moment, just treat it as nothing, and tell you to save your life!"

However, the man under Wei Chengyan's feet trembled like a sieve, but he kept saying: "The good man spares his life, but the little one was threatened by the thief village with his family's life. It's really not his heart!"

He also confessed: "The owner of the inn was killed by them a long time ago, and everyone who refused to obey his order was also killed. Today, I took a fancy to the horse you are riding and wanted to kill people at night, so I am still on the sidelines." I've drunk drugs with you guys, but I don't want to meet such a hero who is invulnerable to all poisons!"

Then flatteringly said: "The little one is forced to do so, those people have lives in their hands, but the little one is really innocent, and has never hurt half of the pedestrians! Please spare my humble life!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the ground cursed.

One of them shouted: "Miscellaneous! Who are you fooling! Why don't you find an idea, look for the rich and powerful, kill us if you say kill us, and rob us if you say robbery, now you are innocent!"

Someone else said angrily: "Tomorrow I will learn what you say and listen to the boss, and see if he doesn't tear your mouth!"

But the man on the ground said in a cold voice: "I was forced to do evil by you because I had no choice in the past. Now that a good man is here to rescue me, how can I help the tyrant!"

He was lying on the ground, but at this time he looked through the lights in the room, first glanced at Zhao Mingzhi, then turned his head straight towards Li Xun, sat up on his knees at a distance, and said: "So that the hero knows, I was originally I'm not from Dengzhou, I came here to hide because I was in trouble in the north, I didn't want to be caught by them, I stumbled, this time I was rescued, I don't want to say anything, just let me have a way out, and take me out of this den of thieves!"

Seeing that his voice was familiar, Zhao Mingzhi looked down at his actions at this moment, and immediately recognized that this was the mistress who had come to meet them at the beginning.

At that time, this person brought out the wine, afraid that they would taste something wrong, and he knew how to cover it up with words. The rest of the time, he was also adaptable and very clever.

But now that he was captured, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, and he could tell at a glance who was in charge, he ignored him, and turned a blind eye to Wei Chengyan, only begging for mercy to Li Xun.

With such sharp eyesight and such a glib tongue, how can one tell the truth from the false?
Before she could think about it, the little girl said again: "I acted wrongly last night, and it's right for a hero not to believe me, but this time it's not just for me to steal my life alone - there will be people coming here every day from Jingshanzhai to ask questions. There are hundreds of thieves there, and countless captured men and women."

As he spoke, he raised his head and said with a sense of righteousness and dignity: "Although you are highly skilled in martial arts, they are not ordinary, but three punches are hard to beat with four hands, and a single tiger is hard to beat a pack of wolves. If you don't leave now, you will be the same tomorrow." If they collide, it will be too late to leave!"

Words like this are so progressive that even if people don't believe them, they will feel a little uneasy.

Zhao Mingzhi turned his head to look at Li Xun, thinking that he wanted to ask more questions, but he didn't expect that man to be unmoved after hearing all these bewitchments, he just raised his head and said to Wei Chengyan: "Tie them together, lock them up." .”

And Wei Chengyan didn't ask a word, tore off a long piece of cloth from the cuff of the little boy, tied his mouth, and tied his hands and feet upside down with his belt, just like this Shujiao dealt with the rest of them one by one.

But the two people who were still sane kept struggling, and scolded the person who was pretending to be the second child, but they spoke their local accents, and Zhao Mingzhi couldn't understand what they were talking about.

When all the people were tied up and thrown into the next room, and the room finally returned to tranquility, then Li Xun said: "Let's go to sleep first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow——Jingshan Mountain is tens of miles away from here, and the road is not easy to walk. It's snowing, and if the bandits really want to come, they have to wait for the snow to stop before taking any action."

Then he said to Zhao Mingzhi: "The two of us share a room with those people next door. The door is open. If you need anything, just call."

After finishing speaking, he didn't forget to put the wooden window back to keep out the wind, and left with Wei Chengyan one after another.

(End of this chapter)