The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

As soon as Liu Zhaoqing gave the order, Zhang Liao nodded.

While the two bandits were still talking with the scholar, suddenly a figure jumped down from the high slope nearby.

"who!"

"The one who wants your life!"

With one slash of the knife, one bandit was killed. With two slashes of the knife, another bandit was so scared that he pissed himself. The bloody knife was less than half a finger away from his head.

"You, you, who are you?!" The bandit looked at Zhang Liao in horror.

By this time the scholar had recovered from his shock. Liu Zhaoqing, who had walked over, was just about to say you're welcome, but he didn't expect the scholar to point at him angrily.

"You, you, you!! You are such an evil ghost! You killed someone in broad daylight!!"

"?"

Not only Liu Zhaoqing had a question mark, but Zhang Liao also frowned.

"He is a thief." Zhang Liao reminded the scholar.

Who would have thought that the scholar gritted his teeth and looked at her with resentment: "I think you are the thieves! I, I almost met my grandfather! As long as I can meet my grandfather... I can go home and be recommended to be an official."

Just seeing the grandfather can make you an official. Is Emperor Ling of Han vacationing on this hill?

Obviously impossible.

Liu Zhaoqing frowned slightly, and looking at the scholar's appearance he knew that he would not be able to get any useful information.

"Get out of here."

The scholar wanted to curse again, but when he saw the knife in Zhang Liao's hand and the sword on Liu Zhaoqing's waist, he backed off. He looked at them resentfully and then ran away quickly.

At this time, Liu Zhaoqing also looked at the surviving bandit.

The bandit, who was already paralyzed by fear, begged for mercy: "My Lords! Please, please spare my life. I just want a meal..."

Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao ignored it.

Later, under torture, the bandits revealed the address of their lair on the hill, and said that they had never seen the young woman in white, Xun Yu, described by Liu Zhaoqing.

Then Liu Zhaoqing asked what happened to the scholar, but the bandit kept silent and refused to answer.

At Liu Zhaoqing's nod, Zhang Liao prepared to increase the intensity of the torture, but he did not expect the bandit to show great fear in his eyes, then his face turned grim, and he actually bit his tongue to commit suicide.

"..."

Looking at the dead bandit tied to a tree trunk with vines, Zhang Liao remained silent.

It's not that she sympathized with this villain who had killed at least a dozen people. She was wondering what on earth could have made this cowardly bandit choose to commit suicide rather than tell the two the reason for the scholar's strange attitude.

"There should be more than just bandits on this mountain..."

Liu Zhaoqing spoke.

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly: "That can only be the reason."

"In this case, Xun Yu may be in greater danger. There is still some time before sunset. Let's go to the lair he just mentioned and take a look."

Zhang Liao nodded.

The two of them quickly passed through several winding paths and came to a wooden village on the mountainside. This was the bandits' lair on the mountain.

Then, the two of them sneaked into the village through the broken wooden fence on the side.

In the dry grass, Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao covered the mouths and noses of the bandits, and each of them took a knife, and quickly killed several people who came to relieve themselves. Then they followed the same method and assassinated a few more.

But the two were not professional assassins after all, and Liu Zhaoqing failed to get the little girl Tianci, and was eventually accidentally exposed.

But it didn't matter. The purpose of "infiltration" was to assassinate all the enemies, and most of the bandits in the village had been killed by the two men, with less than ten left. So killing all the rest would still be considered "infiltration".

However, among these ten bandits, there is one who seems to be a talented person with a rhinoceros horn on his forehead. He seems to be the leader of the bandits in this small village.

He also threatened to chop them into meat paste, especially Zhang Liao, saying that he would tie her to a piece of wood and cut off her hands and feet.

This made Zhang Liao, who was originally planning to deal with this man's subordinates first, change his target directly. He leaped up and kicked the bandit leader half into the ground, then cut off his horns with a knife.

No one would have thought that the fair and pretty Zhang Liao was so fierce. The bandit leader, whose head was pressed into the ground, was bleeding profusely and screaming wildly.

Seeing that the boss had been captured, the remaining bandits were stunned and immediately dropped their weapons.

"Damn it, it hurts so much!!"

This bandit must have been gifted with something like "thick skin". Even with half of his face sunk into the mud, he was still alive and could even scream.

But this just happened to fulfill Liu Zhaoqing's wish.

"Answer me a few questions." Liu Zhaoqing said.

"Then, can you spare my life?"

"That depends on how you answer."

After Liu Zhaoqing finished speaking, he didn't say anything more and directly asked the first question, which was whether he had met Xun Yu.

"A woman in white... noble and dignified, with an extraordinary temperament and good looks..." The bandit leader was puzzled when he heard this description, "Sir, are you kidding me? Such people must be nobles, with guards protecting them. How can a small bandit like us catch them!"

While Liu Zhaoqing was interrogating the bandit leader, one of the surrendered bandits who was standing still was secretly taking a knife.

But the next second, his chest was pierced by a dagger. It turned out that Zhang Liao had been staring at these people.

For a moment, the bandit leader's expression changed slightly, and the other bandits also knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Second question, we just saw a scholar coming up the mountain. He seemed to have come to you voluntarily. Why did he have such an attitude?"

The bandit leader looked puzzled: "How should I know why? Maybe his brain was damaged by reading too much?"

"Let's do it." Liu Zhaoqing said coldly.

“Wait wait wait!!!”

Seeing that these two men were not good people, the bandit leader finally stopped playing tricks.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I advise you two not to get involved in this matter..."

Zhang Liao's sword moved instantly.

"I just said it casually! I'll take you two to present the gift right now!"

"A gift?"

"Yes! A tribute to the 'Big Father'."

This was not the first time Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao had heard this title.

The literal meaning of "Dafu" is "father of father", but the "Dafu" here definitely does not mean this.

"Who is 'Grandfather'?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Zhaoqing said this, the bandit leader and the remaining ordinary bandits all changed their expressions, with deep fear in their eyes.

"No! You can't say its name!"

"But! But I can take you to see my grandfather!" The bandit leader's eyes were full of desire to survive.

Zhang Liao looked at Liu Zhaoqing, waiting for his decision.

Chapter 66: Being an accomplice to the tiger

At nightfall, on the hill.

The night wind blew up dust and swept away the blazing torches, which went out but quickly reignited.

In the cold and dim night, Zhang Liao stared at the bandits who were moving things not far away, while Liu Zhaoqing stood beside her, thinking about something.

"Don't waste time! Do you still want to live? Hurry up and put the sheep you hunted yesterday on it!"

"Damn it! Hurry up!"

Over there, the bandit leader, who had already been bandaged, kept urging his men.

Liu Zhaoqing did not deliberately ask them to be quicker, it was simply because they did not want to or were afraid of wasting time.

So, Zhang Liao was silent for a moment, and she realized one thing, that is, there might be a trick.

But when she looked at Liu Zhaoqing, Liu Zhaoqing shook his head, indicating that she didn't need to say more.

They both knew that the "Big Father" was definitely not an ordinary thing, and what they had to do now was to see it.

Liu Zhaoqing also considered whether there would be any danger.

But after thinking about it, these hills are close to the ferry and located next to a busy official road. The "Big Father" should not be a powerful creature, otherwise it would have been noticed by the authorities long ago.

He may have taken advantage of the chaos in the Yellow River and came to this mountain to act tyrannically for a few days.

I don’t know where Xun Yu is, but if this “Great Grandfather” is the common leader of the bandits on these hills, then even if Xun Yu was captured or something, he should be with “Great Grandfather”.

It’s always a good idea to find the “Great Father” first.

The night grew darker, and a cold wind blew in from the ferry crossing beside the Yellow River, rustling the trees in the mountains.

Just as the moon climbed up into the darkness and leaned against the clouds as if stretching, the bandits over there were finally ready.

"Huh..." The bandit leader let out a long sigh and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He didn't do any of the lifting himself, and the sweat on his head was all from nervousness.

"Are you ready?"

At this time, a cold female voice was heard.

When the bandit leader looked up, he saw Zhang Liao, a pretty man with fair skin but more ruthless than anyone else. He felt a phantom pain at the broken corner of his forehead.

But the bandit leader still gritted his teeth and forced a flattering smile: "Alright, alright, sorry to have kept you and my dear waiting for so long."

Liu Zhaoqing came to Zhang Liao's side and glanced down at the vehicles behind the bandit leader.

Although the wooden carts were not big and could only carry one adult pig at most, there were five of them.

Moreover, the items on the car were of various kinds, including pigs, sheep, wine, boxes of cakes, and even two pieces of fine brocade.

"Are these all for 'Grandfather'?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

"Yes, yes." The bandit leader nodded and bowed, "Young Master...if you come with me, you will be able to see the 'Grandfather', but don't say anything nonsense, otherwise if the 'Grandfather' gets angry...we will all be finished."

What kind of "Big Father" needs so much food?

According to previous clues, this group of bandits is only a small group, and other bandits are also paying tribute to the "Big Father".

"How long did it take you to prepare these things?" Liu Zhaoqing continued to ask.

The bandit leader thought about it and was not sure: "Three days."

"Three days?"

"Yeah, we had less 'business' during the Yellow River disaster, but it's much easier now." The bandit laughed, then suddenly realized that the two people in front of him were not his companions, and quickly shut up.

Fortunately, neither Liu Zhaoqing nor Zhang Liao wanted to ask more questions about this issue.

"Let's go when you're ready." Liu Zhaoqing gave an order.

The bandit leader immediately agreed: "Did you hear that? The young master said he was leaving! Hurry! Quickly!"

Each of the five carts was pushed by at least two people. The bandit leader was leading the way in front, while Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao were at the end of the team.

This is the best position to observe the entire team and also the position to escape from any possible danger the fastest.

"I feel that the clues we have obtained are not sufficient..." Zhang Liao said softly.

"I know." Liu Zhaoqing nodded.

Of course he knew that these people had hidden ulterior motives and would not completely submit to him.

However, there was the previous example of the bandit who bit his tongue to commit suicide, and the bandit leader showed fear in his eyes when he mentioned the name of "Grandfather".

Liu Zhaoqing felt that if he didn't take advantage of the situation, these people might commit suicide again.

That clue was broken.

The bandits' carts seemed to have been specially modified for transporting goods in the mountains, but they were still inevitably stuck by rocks on the rugged mountain roads and were difficult to push up the slopes.

At this time, the bandit leader cursed his men viciously, and looked up at the moon from time to time, as if he cared a lot about time.

Just like that, as the moon gradually became fuller and hung high in the sky.

The convoy finally climbed over the hill and came to a slightly flat woodland.