Chapter 225 Skin with the Tiger

The man in black looked at Qin Mubai with his hollow mask and eyes. He seemed to be very proud. He patted his clothes and sat down and said slowly, "Don't worry about it, General Qin. Business has been talked about slowly. We have all taken a lot of time and don't care about talking for a while.

"What do you mean?" Qin Mubai also sat down and asked.

"hoho!" The man in black laughed unsatisfiedly, "to this day, I'll tell you the truth!" Since the tax and grain payment began to be paid in various places last autumn, we have been insinuing about Zhang Luo, who will be the next governor of Xiangzhou and who will take over the military government of Xiangzhou. Later, we learned that it was you and Li Ke, which really made us happy.

"Why?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

"Because only under the cover of big people like you can we live better and make more money. When we make enough money, we should also stop working. The man in black laughed strangely and was so proud. "Do you feel very angry, General Qin? In fact, you don't have to be angry. We don't mean to look down on you at all. In fact, we are really afraid of you, especially you, Qin Mubai. You are shrewd, strong and difficult to deal with. Li Ke, with empty reputation and fame, is actually not a threat, because he is very thoughtful. Xiangzhou is only regarded as a passing place and didn't pay attention to it. So at the beginning, we planned a detailed plan on how to deal with you.

Qin Mubai frowned: "So, since we stepped on the ground in Xiangzhou, you have been monitoring our every move with the password?"

"Wrong." The man in black said, "Your every move has been within our surveillance since you left Chang'an. I even know that your father went to Lanzhou. Your wife runs a restaurant in Chang'an, and she is planning to open a business in Xiangzhou.

Qin Mubai couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "If you dare to touch my family, the consequences must be very serious!"

"Don't be angry, General Qin. We are just looking for money, never innocently hurting people, and we don't want to make enemies everywhere. After a long period of painstaking management, didn't it mean to make friends with General Qin and make a fortune together? The man in black was calm and said calmly, "You must know something about us. I don't have to hide it from you. Yes, we do have a large amount of grain in our hands. Food, you know. The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is humid and prone to mildew. Once it becomes moldy, it is worthless. Didn't you pretend to be a merchant last time and pretend to be Chang'an Wu Yuanqing to go to Zhengchang Grain to talk about business? The lion opened his mouth and asked for 500,000 stones of grain. Coincidentally, Zheng Anshun really came to Xiangzhou later, which was really a God-given opportunity. Then, some changes took place in our plan.

"Can you say that your original plan?" Qin Mubai said coldly.

"Oh, it's okay to tell you!" The man in black laughed and said, "Originally, we planned to wait for your wife, that is, Wu Mei Niang, a businesswoman who has gained fame in recent years, after arriving in Xiangzhou, we will find a way to pull her to get rich together, and then go through your doorway through her to do something convenient for us. Unexpectedly, after we played a play in Bagudu to test your attitude, you took the initiative to come to the door. Coincidentally, you also moved out of Zheng Anshun. This is really a godsend. Chang'an Zheng family, this is the biggest buyer in the world. In this way, a new plan was born.

"So, Zheng Anshun disappeared, Princess Wu's mother and daughter disappeared, and my deputy Pang Fei and the commander of the navy, Zhao Chong, also disappeared, right?" Qin Mubai said coldly.

"You're not bad at all. However, if something happens, I have no choice but to ask General Qin to take care of it! If we grass bandits want to sit down and have a good business with General Qin, we should have some capital in our hands, right? But don't worry, we absolutely don't dare to abuse any of them. They are all served deliciously. Everyone is safe and comfortable. The man in black said, "Say a thousand, say ten thousand, we just think that General Qin can make a fortune with us. Everyone takes what they need and walks their own way. How leisurely is it?

"What do you mean, take what you need?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Ha ha, why does General Qin pretend to be stupid?" The man in black smiled and said, "Which of the successive Xiangzhou assassins and military lieutenants is not in the same spirit as us? It is also because we know that Li Ke, the king of Wu, and General Qin are extremely arrogant, that we are cautious about all kinds of temptations. After seeing that you seem to have an attitude that is not at peace with us, we have no choice but to make this worst. In fact, why do you have to do this? Life is just a lifetime, but with grass and trees, make more money, live a good life, beautiful wife and concubines and fertile land, full of food and carefree all day long, isn't it leisurely? You come from a noble background, so you don't have to worry about making a living when you are born. We are just poor people. If we want to be prosperous, we have to find our own way.

"So you robbed the house and killed the goods?" Qin Mubai sneered.

"All right! I'm not here to tell you these big principles. The man in black seemed to be a little impatient. He gently knocked his fist on the table and said, "I am very sincere to cooperate with General Qin and make a fortune together. I just don't know, what does General Qin think?"

"To get rich, everyone thinks that no one has hatred for money." Qin Mubai touched his chin and said, "I just want to know how we can cooperate, what I should do, what I can get, and what risks I have to take?"

"Good. General Qin said this, which is the attitude that a business talker should have. The man in black nodded and said, "What we need General Qin to do is actually very simple. That is, in the next few days, you don't care about the things on the river. At the same time, a general text of military order was issued, so that we can walk unimpeded on the Han River.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Do you still need to lend the Shenyu spaceship of the military mansion to you?" That game has a large load, and no one has checked it. I'm afraid there is no safer cargo vehicle in the world than a military ship.

"General Qin, don't be sarcastic." The man in black said calmly, "Actually, as long as you are sincere and sincerely willing to cooperate with us, you don't need to do anything. Every year and every month, we take the initiative to show filial piety. I promise that even after the Mid-Autumn Festival Dragon Boat Festival, you will receive more filial piety than your three-year salary. If you want, you can become the local emperor of Xiangzhou. Whether it is in the officialdom or in the green forest, you will be able to respond, and everyone will be the head of you.

"What about Li Ke, the king of Wu?" Qin Mubai said, "He is an assassin. Logically speaking, he is the lord of Xiangzhou.

"He..." The man in black laughed, as if he was a little disdainful, and said, "Although he is a prince, he is very ambitious. He came to be an official from Xiangzhou, seeking neither fame nor profit. It is difficult for us to impress him with these things. But I can guarantee that he will live a peaceful life in Xiangzhou these days. He will not be impeached as he did in Anzhou before. As you know, although Li Ke is smart and capable, he also has many bad habits. Just choose one, which is a metaphor for being addicted to sex and gambling, which is enough for the emperor to play a book for him.

Qin Mubai's eyebrows were slightly dark, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised: This group of people actually have such a general ability?!

"Don't be surprised, General Qin. Don't think about it." The man in black said calmly, "We are just a group of grass bandits, and there is no one to support in the court. It's just that nowadays, the officials of the Tang Dynasty govern the Qingming Festival, and I'm afraid it's not difficult for ordinary people to sue the prince. If someone casually writes a letter and submits it to Chang'an Dali Temple or Yushitai to supervise Yushi, the officials don't dare to accept it or hide it, do they?

"You are really thoughtful, vicious and despicable!" Qin Mubai shouted and scolded in a low voice.

"Ha ha, I'm so happy to praise you." The man in black smiled and said, "These days, a gentleman is either old, or two meals and three meals are gone. Compared with the two, I'm still willing to be a despicable and shameless villain. In fact, we are really a group of grass bandits who have no ambition and no ability. They just want to make some money and then go back to be a good people at ease. Don't ask for wealth, but it's enough to ask for food and clothing to live a little better than ordinary people. If General Qin is embarrassed and afraid that it will be difficult to communicate with the court and the emperor, we can also make a commitment. After selling this batch of grain, we will wash our hands and retreat from the world, and the water ghost of the West River will stop from now on. In the future, the King of Wu and General Qin can also report this achievement to the court, saying that after you take office, there will be no worries about the political Qingming thief under the rule of Xiangzhou, and they will be greatly rewarded. Isn't this both beautiful?

"It sounds good. It's really tempting. I, Qin, don't have to do anything. I can make a lot of money, be too flat, and I can be rewarded. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "But I feel left and right. I'm looking for skin with a tiger."

Qin Mubai thought clearly in his heart. The so-called thief is immortal. Just like those guys who sold squeaks | souwan K fans on the dance floor in Hall D in their previous lives, they were fooled by those ignorant young people, even if they didn't pay for it for the first time, and they said how cool and happy they were. Then when others are addicted to drugs, it is equivalent to getting into a thief's boat, and they begin to exorcism, and even force Liang to become a prostitute.

At present, the man in black is nothing more than such a routine. At first, he talked a lot and tried his best to pull him into the water. When he went into the water, he pinched the handle in the other party's hand. The so-called barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes. These water ghosts are playing with their heads on their waists, and they are always ready to get their heads cut off by a knife. Qin Mubai, an official, didn't want to play so hard, so he had to accept it. Under their coercion, he kept making profits for them and completely became tools and puppets.

This is what is often said. If you often walk by the river, there are no wet shoes. Since your shoes are wet, just take a shower. Once you get into the water, never go ashore.

This is probably the routine that the water ghosts of the West River Trough have always relied on for a living. For in office, he coerced and lured people into the water, and then began to run rampant with the indulgence and support of the government and the army. Every time an official is changed, they make it in the same way. Because I always hold other people's handles in my hand, I always have no fear. For some people who refuse to cooperate, there will probably be no good end. Either he was squeezed away, or he was impeached by the defendant. Presumably, there are a lot of people who died in the end.

At this time, Qin Mubai also affirmed that Du Chengyuan in the military government was definitely the same party. They are very smart. They will never be "top leaders", but a guilty puppet-like officer who has suffered for him. In fact, he is the one-of-a-a-land bully in the military palace.

In contrast, Wei Haochen must be in the same situation in the Assassination House.

So over the years, the assassin of Xiangzhou and the lieutenant of Xiangzhou Military Mansion have become puppets, gas bags, and scapegoat. No wonder the people in these two positions are becoming more and more diligent, but everyone has been keeping their mouth shut and not revealing any information about the water ghost.

Think about it, there is almost a "industrial chain" between Xiangzhou water ghosts, the government and the army, and there are many unspoken rules.

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"Actually, it's us who seek skin from the tiger." The man in black took Qin Mubai's words and said, "Throughout the successive Xiangzhou assassins and military lieutenants, there is nothing more difficult than you and Li Ke. In the past, we even needed to send a lobbyist to give two cages of gold and silver to solve all the problems. At most, we could use some despicable and shameless tricks you said to force people to submit. But you can't. You are all big-scale people, and you have some skills. We don't dare to force you to be our puppets. We are just humble to honor you. After making money, the big head belongs to you. We only take some small profits to support our family for a living. Is this too much?

"It means that from now on, I, Qin, only need to sleep in the military mansion, and nothing else needs to be done, so that I can make an official and get rich, right? Otherwise, I will never have peace, and I may lose my official position, lose my relatives and friends, and even my family? Qin Mubai said.

The man in black nodded solemnly: "If you put it bluntly, it is indeed such a situation."

"It seems that I have no choice!" Qin Mubai smiled bitterly.

"General Qin is a very smart man. We believe that you will make the right choice. The man in black said.

"I need to think about it seriously." Qin Mubai said, "And before I make a decision, I should know whether the princess mother and daughter, Pang Fei and Zhao Chong are safe."

"Don't worry, they are all very good. Thieves also have a way. We do things according to rules, otherwise we can't survive for so many years. After it's done, you will see them. Before that, please forgive me for being unreasonable and not letting you see them. The man in black said, "In three days, we will wait for General Qin's good information. When you figure out how to make a decision, you can tell the flower lady.

Qin Mubai squinted at the flower lady standing beside her, and the woman smiled and said, "General Qin, why are you so careful? Are you still angry with the slave? I just want to see you handsome and play with you. It's just like you men meet a beautiful woman and always want to flirt lightly. It's no different.

Qin Mubai frowned with a chill in his heart and said, "Is it here to find her?"

The man in black nodded: "I want to tell General Qin that your every move is always under our gaze. Please don't play tricks. Otherwise, if it irritates us, it will be a matter of human life! The ugly words are ahead, and General Qin, please forgive me. We just want to get rich and don't want to hurt people.

"Okay, I know." Qin Mubai got up and said, "Three days later, at this time, I will reply to you. But please also make sure that all the hostages looted by you must be safe and sound. Especially the sick princess and the young princess. If there is any mistake... you will bear the consequences!"

"Don't worry. I know this kind of thing in my mind. General Qin just needs to take care of himself. The man in black also got up and nodded slowly. Two cold rays shot out of the empty mask's eyes and threw it on Qin Mubai. He said, "I also asked General Qin to be careful not to do something that should not be done. Otherwise, you will bear the same consequences.

"See you back!"

Qin Mubai shook his robe and walked downstairs.

"Guckle--" The flower lady smiled delicately and touched the man in black. She rubbed the elbows of the man in black with her plump **. She ate and said, "Dead, I'm so angry all over by this little man's **. Come and go to the fire!"

"Okay, hahaha!" The man in black deliberately laughed and grabbed the flower lady** with both hands. The flower lady suddenly moaned loudly.

Qin Mubai, who had just gone downstairs, suddenly felt a burst of panic, and his whole body was hot and dry. There was an evil fire burning in his lower abdomen. There was almost only one thought left in his heart. He wanted to lie on the flower lady and kill her alive!

"What's going on? What's wrong with me?" Qin Mubai touched his face with both hands, and it was already hot as if it were burning!

"No, I was poisoned by **, and I just found out!" Qin Mubai looked at the eight glazed lamps on the roof alertly and was shocked: By the way, this strange fragrance is poison!

"Giggle!" The flower lady smiled and shook down the stairs naked. She covered ** with her hand and hummed extremely, "Come on, handsome little man, my sister will love you well!"

"B bitch, you actually poisoned me!" Qin Mubai roared angrily.

"Yo, don't be angry! Is it possible that your sister's appearance is really a loss for you? The flower lady leaned down on the stairs and licked her lips. She pointed to Qin Mubai and said, "No man can escape from my palm. You won't be the first one. At this moment, you have been poisoned by my strange flowers. If you don't have a good relationship with me, you will become an eunuch-like figure from now on. How about it? Why don't you choose for yourself?"

I heard the man in black upstairs scolding: "B bitch, I told you not to attack General Qin, but you didn't listen. He is our distinguished guest!"

"What's the matter? It's just having fun, and it won't damage him. After all, it's me who suffers!" The flower lady smiled and said, "By the way, if he doesn't have the bad habit of picking flowers and making trouble, how can he be poisoned? Don't you think we'll be fine?"

Qin Mubai was stunned: Is it possible that when I climbed over the wall and went inside, I picked a gardenia flower to smell it, and then mixed the strange fragrance in the lamp oil in the room, and then I was poisoned?

"B bitch, old witch, I'd rather be an eunuch than live with you! Bah, go eat cucumbers!" Qin Mubai strode forward after scolding, but found that the door was locked. He was furious and kicked down with all his strength. The huge and strong door was kicked over by him, which only scared the man in black and the flower lady.

"Bad bitch, you seem to have gone too far!" The man in black scolded.

"How did I know he was so strong? Is there such a man in the world?" The flower lady was also a little stunned and regretted, "But every man who has fun with me is obedient to me. Isn't this also one of the plans you have arranged?"

"It seems that... we still don't know enough about him. He is really not an ordinary man!" The man in black sighed, "Forget it, fortunately, it's just some small spring medicine. It's not toxic. It will solve itself after an hour or two. Why did you scare him just now? If you don't seek sex immediately, you will become a eunuch?

"Because no man can stand such coercion and temptation." The flower lady stamped her feet angrily, "This guy, is it a eunuch?"