Chapter 1716 Tiger Captain

Chu Huan didn't explain, and asked directly: "I just want to know, why did you go to Xigu Pass when you were originally in Anyi?" You look very familiar with this area, and you have been here for a long time. ”

The swarthy man came to his senses, hesitated, and still asked, "You...... Are you really the Chudak? You are a big official of the imperial court, how can you ...... How can you dress up like this? ”

"Don't you know that I'm already in the Northwest?" Chu Huan asked rhetorically.

The swarthy man shook his head, looking dazed, obviously not knowing that Chu Huan had been appointed by the imperial court to serve as the governor of Xiguan Province in the northwest.

"I'm going to rush back to the northwest, but Xigu Pass is blocked, so I can only cross the North Ridge." Chu Huan said simply and clearly: "There are bad people in the imperial court who want to harm me, so I want to hide my traces." ”

"I see...... The swarthy man will be suspicious, but Chu Huan is quite familiar with the ghost side, and the swarthy man believes it for seven or eight points, and clasps his palms respectfully and says, "I'm Britong!" ”

Chu Huan knew that the ghost people were like the hands of the Central Plains people, it was a kind of etiquette, and he wanted to return the courtesy, but when he thought of what these guys had just done, he didn't have a good feeling, so he just nodded slightly and said, "How many of you are here?" ”

"There were thirteen of them, but now there are only eight left." Brie is like-minded.

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Thirteen people? You're all from Anyi? ”

Bri nodded hurriedly and said, "Exactly, we all came from Ghost Fang Town...... ”

"Ghost Town?" Chu Huan thought for a moment before he said, "Did Yuan Chongshang move all of you Ghost Fang people to Ghost Fang Town?" ”

"There weren't many people in that town, and almost all of our sixteen caves were moved, and the town was originally very dilapidated, but we rebuilt it with our own hands. There were originally some Qin people in the town, and when they saw us moving over, some moved away, and although the rest did not have a good face for us, there was no conflict. Yuan Chongshang also divided the land for us to cultivate according to the head of the person according to the construction of Chu Dake, but in fact, it is all wasteland, and we need to reclaim the ...... ourselves! ”

Chu Huan said: "Even so, it's not bad, with your own land, hard work, you won't starve to death, why do you want to come here to fall into the grass?" ”

Brie said: "Chudake, if we can live a good life, how can we be willing to leave our families?" It's all the persecution of officials...... We used to farm well, but the government repeatedly collected taxes, and said that the imperial court would use soldiers, and the taxes in the next few years should be collected in advance......! "We put up with all this, but later they said that the officers and soldiers lacked horses and livestock, and that they would requisition my livestock, whether cattle or horses, they would have to hand over ......!" ”

Chu Huan frowned.

Chu Huan was clear about this, at the beginning, the ghost party pretended to cooperate with the Huang family, so he got a lot of materials from the Huang family, including hundreds of war horses, after the Huang family was exterminated, because of the ghost party's military exploits, this war horse still belonged to the ghost party, and at Chu Huan's insistence, a lot of materials were rewarded to the ghost side.

After confiscating the Huang family's wealth, the real estate and gold and silver treasures were naturally handed over to the imperial court, but the Huang family had a lot of land, and a large number of cultivated cattle were indispensable, and some of these cultivated cattle were handed over to Yuan Chongshang's Anyi government for processing, and the other part, under the control of Chu Huan, was given to the ghost party as a tool for cultivating land.

According to Chu Huan's estimates, in the hands of the ghost side, there are hundreds of war horses, and there are no less than five hundred cultivated cattle, these livestock, of course, are a huge wealth for the ghost side, and they are also an indispensable tool for the ghost side to go down to Dayimeng Mountain at the beginning.

"The ghost lord negotiated with the government and begged them not to requisition cattle and horses, but the government was arrogant and domineering, and set a time limit for us to send the cattle and horses over ourselves, if the time limit was exceeded, they would not only send someone to collect them, but also punish them heavily." Brie said with hatred: "Chu Dake, our ghost side sent troops, you also killed a lot of people, these cattle and horses, we also deserve it, and we also said that we will deal with it ourselves, but how long has it been, they have turned their faces and ...... ruthlessly!" ”

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Did they really come to levy cattle and horses later?" ”

"Yes, we are determined to keep those cattle and horses no matter what." Brie said: "They sent a group of people, of course we will not give in, so there was a conflict, and somehow we fought......!" Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, but still said: "We injured a lot of them, they fled, and the ghost lord knew that the government would not give up, so ...... So let's get out of ......! ”

Chu Huan understood, "It was you who injured someone, and Hexigu was worried that the government would pursue you, so he let you escape?" ”

"Yes." Bri said: "We also know that we have caused a big disaster, so we can only pack up our things and flee immediately, at that time, dozens of people escaped from the town, and then the officers and soldiers chased after us, we could only disperse, and the other roads seemed to have been arrested, and we escaped by chance...... Later, we found out that those who were arrested had been put in prison, and the government also posted a list of wanted ...... us, so we had no choice but to hide everywhere, and then we ran to the of Beiling! ”

Chu Huan was relieved, he was still wondering why the ghost people didn't stay in Anyi well, but they came here, but it turned out to be such a thing.

"You've been looting here since you escaped?" Chu Huan frowned and said, "You said earlier that there were thirteen people, why are there only eight people left, and where did the remaining few go?" ”

Bri said: "The government wants us, we only dare to stay in this mountain, we used to live in the mountains, and we are used to it, so in this North Ridge, we can still survive......!" After hesitating for a moment, he said softly: "Originally, there was nothing to do, but not long ago, the two brothers couldn't hold back in the mountains, and suddenly went down the mountain, and somehow, they were targeted by the officers and soldiers...... ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan thought to himself, your appearance is very different from Qin, if you are in the mountains, it is fine, and when you go down the mountain, you are very conspicuous, and it is very easy to be targeted.

Bri said: "They got some wine from the bottom of the mountain, but they also brought the officers and soldiers over......!" ”

"Wine?"

"Yes, Xigu Pass is full of people, and people come and go every day, and those two boys ran to the vicinity of the pass and snatched a carriage at night...... It was this time that the officers and soldiers were brought over. Britong said angrily: "It must have been robbed and the guards at the pass said it, and the guards really caught up." The officers and men crept into the mountains, found where we were staying, and suddenly surrounded and killed, and we resisted desperately, and they killed three of us, and they could have killed us all, but the captain who led the team suddenly ordered the siege to be stopped, and called me over to have a good talk with me. ”

Chu Huanqi said: "He wants to talk to you?" You are fallen into the grass, they are officers and soldiers, what is there to talk about? ”

"I was weird too." "But at that time, our lives were in their hands, and as long as he gave the order, we didn't have any left. ”

"The alliance under the city, of course, there are no good conditions." Chu Huan asked, "What's the name of that captain?" ”

"We still don't know his real name." Bri said: "He asked us to call him Captain Tiger, which must be a fake name, in fact, we also know that he must be afraid that we will know his real name and involve him in the future." ”

"Involved?" Chu Huan immediately knew that there was a big problem in this, "In this way, he must have put forward some conditions to take advantage of you when he spared your life." ”

Britong nodded and said: "He put forward conditions for us, saying that if we want to continue to mix in this area, it is not impossible, but we must pay him a hundred taels of silver every month, otherwise we will immediately turn our faces and we will not be able to live." ”

"A hundred taels of silver?" A sneer appeared on the corner of Chu Huan's mouth.

For Chu Huan today, of course, one hundred taels of silver is a small amount, not worth mentioning, but for ordinary people, this is really an incredible amount, you need to know that as the most elite royal guard in the empire, ordinary soldiers are only three taels of silver per month, and the defenders of these passes are naturally paid lower than the silver, that is, the captain guarding the pass, and it is definitely not more than three taels of silver a month, and now this mouth is one hundred taels per month, which is the salary of the captain for several years.

Britong smiled bitterly: "We are under the knife, how can we not agree?" They took two of us as hostages, and if we left here, they would kill those two brothers immediately...... and we ghosts never left our companions, so we had no choice but to stay here. ”

Chu Huan said: "One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount for you, how can you get one hundred taels of silver every month?" ”

"What Chu Dake said is that one hundred taels of silver is a lot of silver, even if we all go to make cattle and horses for others, we may not be able to earn one hundred taels of silver in a year......!" "When we first came to this mountain, we only fed on the birds, beasts and fruits in the mountain, and did not go down the mountain to harm people, but Captain Tiger forced us to pay the silver, and we had no choice but to go down the mountain and plunder. Xigu Pass is full of people every day, sometimes the hour is missed, some travelers camp near Xigu Pass, they just think that close to Xigu Pass, there are so many officers and soldiers in Xigu Pass, it will be safe and reliable ......! ”

Chu Huan said: "You just robbed those people's property? ”

"Yes." Britong was a little embarrassed and said: "But there are not too many opportunities for this, and those who usually carry a lot of silver money also have guards to follow, if we really want to fight, we are not opponents...... We almost missed the first time, and then we arranged for someone to find out the details at the pass, determine the goal and then start ......! ”

Chu Huan said: "Then you haven't been here for long, have you paid the silver?" ”

Bri said: "I paid it once last month, and I made up a hundred taels of silver, but this month...... There are still a few days left in this month, and the time limit is up, and Captain Tiger will send someone to get the silver, and we only add up to more than thirty taels of silver now......!" He hesitated, "Recently, although there are many people in Xigu Pass, there are mostly poor people, and the rich and noble people are protected by their side, and they have never had a chance to ...... to start!" ”

Chu Huan said: "When you saw the bracelet, and saw that a few of us were alone, you had a thought, and later saw us leave Xiguguan and come here, which was even more in your arms." ”

Britong said embarrassedly: "Da Wuli saw you, so he ran to the mountain, you walked down the mountain, he has been following you on the mountain, condescending, your every move, he can see clearly, and then he saw you go up the mountain, immediately came back to inform us, we don't know that you are Chu Dake, has been hiding in the tree and watching you from afar, and then ......!" ”

"Later, when you saw that woman was alone, you felt that the time had come, and immediately reached for her and took her back." Chu Huan sighed: "You think we have something valuable, so you ...... our idea!" Glancing at Da Wuli's corpse, "He even had evil intentions towards that woman and wanted to defile it, this is the truth of the matter?" ”

"That's true." Brie said, "What if...... If we knew she was Chudake's person, we would ...... We would never dare touch a single hair of her! ”

"If it weren't for my people, you would do the beastly acts?" Chu Huan sneered: "Da Wuli deserves to die, and you are also to blame." Could it be that your ghost master has not taught you, a manly man, even if you are in a desperate situation, don't lose your virtue! ”

Brie clasped his hands together and said: "Chudake, it's our fault, we don't dare to do this again, from now on, we must be a good man and stop looting!" ”

Chu Huan didn't speak, raised his hand and touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and finally asked, "How often do you see that Tiger Captain?" ”