In the side room next to the main hall, Fang Rui was tightly tied to a nanmu chair. Normally, he would have had a chance to break free with all his strength, but Pei Yue used a dagger to stab him seven or eight times in non-fatal places.

Now, even the slightest movement will cause excruciating pain, leaving no room for struggle.

What's more, Deng Zai was sitting opposite, staring directly at him.

The door was pushed open, Deng Zai turned around to look, immediately stood up and saluted: "Young Master."

Pei Yue came over, pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down, and said gently: "Sit down, you don't have to be so polite at home in the future."

Deng Zai nodded without any hesitation: "Yes."

Fang Rui was normal when he saw Pei Yue appear, but when he saw the dagger held by Pei Yue in his left hand, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and subconsciously stepped back as if he was seeing a devil.

Pei Yue pulled up a chair and sat in front of Fang Rui. He was no longer as bitter and resentful as before, and said a little casually: "I'll give you two choices."

Fang Rui really didn't want to show his timidity in front of a teenager, but looking at the dagger dangling in the other person's hand, he couldn't experience that kind of inhuman torture again, so he asked awkwardly: "

What choice?”

Pei Yue said calmly: "First, you answer whatever I ask. Second, you continue to be a tough guy. I still have many ways to try on you."

Fang Rui hesitated for a long time. If someone had told him before tonight that he would fall into the hands of a young man, he would have definitely kicked him over and rushed forward to spit.

Although he is only a child of a side branch, he grew up in Pingjiang and has seen many young geniuses. For example, the eldest son of the Fang family who has entered the trap camp and is praised as the ancestor of Xiao is much stronger than the young man in front of him.

.However, Fang Rui knew very well that no matter what, the genius of his own race could not be like this young man and be extremely calm when committing extremely cruel acts.

He would rather offend his own tribe than anger the crazy young man in front of him again.

Pei Yue watched his expression change and did not speak to force him, but the dagger in his hand turned faster and faster.

Fang Rui looked at the spinning dagger, his expression completely dejected, and he said as if he was resigned to his fate: "Ask me."

Pei Yue said calmly: "Tell me about your origin."

Now that he had surrendered, Fang Rui stopped speaking harshly and answered honestly: "My name is Fang Rui, and I am a descendant of the Fang family of Pingjiang in the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, I come from a side branch and don't know much about our sect. If you want to know about the Fang family

Regarding the matter, it may be more detailed to check your court’s official newspaper.”

He did not tell the truth, but no matter how ruthless Pei Yue used it, he did not dare to betray the inside story of his sect, because his family members were all in Pingjiang, and none of them would survive if the matter was revealed.

Pei Yue did not care about his concealment and continued to ask: "Why did you appear in Daliang Jingdu?"

Fang Rui said: "At the beginning of last year, the head of the family found me and asked me to lead a group of experts to sneak into Beiliang in batches, and the final destination was in the Hengduan Mountains."

"how many people?"

"Eight hundred people in total."

"You will lead them all?"

"yes."

Pei Yue's face became solemn. Although he and Mr. Xi both guessed that these bandits were not ordinary people, no one would have thought that these people were actually from Southern Zhou Dynasty! And they were not ordinary people. They were most likely elite soldiers trained by the Pingjiang Fang family.

He suppressed the shock in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing here?"

Fang Rui shook his head and said, "I actually don't know what we are doing. When we came here last year, the head of the family told us to obey the orders of the master of the mountain. When we arrived in the mountain, I found that there were actually quite a few people living there, three or four.

There are thousands of them, and the leader is a woman about twenty years old, nameless, we can only call her girl."

"Keep talking."

"After we arrived, we stayed in the mountains for more than half a year. Apart from helping the girl train her men, our tasks were just to patrol the surrounding areas and hunt. Oh, by the way, those people reclaimed farmland in the relatively flat areas of the mountains.

It looks a bit like a rebellion."

"Can you feed five thousand of you just by hunting and that little farmland?"

"Of course not. Food and grass are often sent into the mountains, but I don't know where they come from. These things are the responsibility of the girl and her cronies, and we can't interfere. At the beginning, I also wanted to find out. Later, the head of the family ordered someone

Send a letter and ask me to only be responsible for helping her train soldiers and kill people, and don't ask about other things."

Pei Yue thought for a moment, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "Pei Rong sent people to send those grains and grass into the mountains, and you received them twice."

Fang Rui was not a fool to begin with, otherwise he would not have been entrusted with the important task. He quickly understood Pei Yue's intentions, but said with a wry smile: "I can say that, but who will believe it without evidence?"

Pei Yue sneered: "What you said is evidence, and naturally some people will choose to believe it."

Fang Rui understood as soon as he heard that, no matter in the court or in the army, no one was monolithic and everyone would have enemies. The same was true within the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but with his status, he could not access the upper-level insiders. In fact, at this point

At that time, what he was most interested in was why the father and son of Duke Dingguo became mortal enemies. However, Pei Yue did not put down the dagger in his hand, so he did not dare to ask.

Pei Yue asked: "Since that girl wanted to rebel, why did she send hundreds of people out to die?"

According to Fang Rui, the Fang family of Pingjiang in the Southern Zhou Dynasty sent people to the Hengduan Mountains to help the people in the mountains train soldiers on a voluntary basis. This is actually not difficult to understand. After all, they can create some trouble near Daliang Kyoto and bury a chess piece, all they have to pay is

The Eight Hundred Soldiers, no matter who is in charge, are very willing to make such a decision. But if the girl in the mountain really wants to rebel, the best thing to do is to accumulate strength, and then wait for the opportunity to make a move at the right time.

The flag rises.

But now her behavior is a bit incomprehensible. First she sent people to rob the outskirts of Kyoto, and after the capital camp reacted and set up an ambush, she still let hundreds of people come out to die. Why is this?

Fang Rui shook his head and said: "I don't know what she is thinking. To put it bluntly, we are just thugs. Nearly half of the 800 people who were ordered to rob and massacre were people sent by our Pingjiang Fang family. Of course I don't

I agree with her to do this, but as this year has passed, her power in the mountain has far surpassed ours, and with the strict order of the family master, I have to obey the order."

He seemed to be lost in memories and said in an erratic tone: "I remember that she said some words that were incomprehensible. One of them was 'the people's livelihood is prosperous and the country's destiny is prosperous'. Then she laughed a few words, and then ordered us to follow

After the secret passage out of the mountain, most of the people went to the southwest of Kyoto to kill and massacre the village, while I took Aunt Leng and these people out day and night, and came to the vicinity of your village."

"Who is Aunt Leng? Why did she kidnap the peach blossom?"

"Aunt Leng is a person that the girl trusts very much. I don't know her specific identity. She has been here to inquire about it before. I don't know what she said to the girl after she returned. Originally she did not participate in our attack, but the girl asked her to follow.

Come here and let us obey her orders."

Listening to what he said, Pei Yue probably understood the context of this matter in his mind.

If Fang Rui is not lying, the bandits in the Hengduan Mountains must have a lot of history and have been operating in the mountains for many years. It must be said that the place they chose is very unexpected. After all, when the former Wei Dynasty collapsed, the remaining members of the royal family

Faced with the chaotic situation in the world, no one dared to escape into the extremely dangerous Hengduan Mountains. From this, it can be inferred that these people must have been the targets of the imperial court to be killed, otherwise this would not have happened.

Fang Rui and his gang sneaked into Daliang territory at the beginning of the second year of Kaiping, and disguised their identities all the way into the Hengduan Mountains. This shows that earlier, at the latest in the first year of Kaiping, the people in the mountains had contact with the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

As for the peach blossom being robbed, Pei Yue was certain that it was related to the little maid's life experience.

Although she is still very worried about Taohua, at least she should not be in fear of her life.

Thinking of the little maid's life experience, Pei Yue couldn't help but flash the face of that middle-aged man with fair complexion in his mind.

He put away the messy thoughts in his heart, stood up, looked at Fang Rui, and said coldly: "After I finish what I have to do, I will give you a treat. You must be more honest during this time, because of my temper.

not too good."

Fang Rui begged in despair: "Can you let me go?"

Pei Yue shook his head and said, "No."

Fang Rui saw that his expression didn't seem to be hypocritical, and his strong desire to survive prompted him to grit his teeth and say, "What else do you want to know? As long as it doesn't involve the Fang family, I can tell you everything I know!"

Pei Yue said calmly: "Let's talk about it after I come back from Kyoto."

He turned to look at Deng Zai and said: "From now on, you and Wang Yong will take shifts, each with one person to watch him. He will never be allowed to leave your sight at any time, and no one will be allowed to enter this room."

Deng Zai bowed and said, "Don't worry, young master, nothing will go wrong."

After coming out of the penthouse, his eyes were full of stars when he looked up. Pei Yue felt that his body was very tired, as if he was about to fall apart, but his heart was filled with excitement that could not be dissipated.

There are only two or three hours before dawn, when he will leave this village, show his fangs for the first time in a real sense, and let some people swallow the bitter fruit they have brewed.
Chapter completed!