"Ajian, that green partridge horse is of extraordinary quality. It's a pity that our brothers are really poor and have no chance of being with this good horse."
On the way to the county office, Liu Bei still kept lamenting that he had missed the good horse just now.
"I don't buy it even if I have the money. Is it crazy to pay 400,000 yuan? I can still ride the horse I bought for 40,000 to 50,000 yuan."
"How can that kind of rogue horse be compared with a green raccoon horse? You really don't understand horses!"
"Two gentlemen, here we are.
While he was talking, Yu Ze had already led the two of them to the Zhuoxian County Office. He led them directly into the county office gate without any notification.
After passing the front yard, we came to the main hall of the county office. Gongsun Zan was waiting inside. When he saw the Liu brothers, he greeted them with a smile.
"Haha, how come you two worthy brothers are here so late?"
"Senior brother came to my humble residence yesterday and presented you with valuable gifts. I was really frightened. Today, Mr. Yan's loving mother asked me and I to come to the county office to return the heavy gifts to my senior brother. I also asked my senior brother not to back down. The Liu family really cannot bear such a generous favor.
"
Gongsun Zan showed an expression of extreme dissatisfaction: "It's just a small gift. One is to thank you and the two for their righteous deeds, and the other is to express my respect for your father. How can I withdraw it? No way! Take it back quickly!"
Liu Jian secretly thought to himself, even now, he is still pretending to be here... Not to mention, he is really pretending to be the same.
"If senior brother doesn't accept it, I will have no face to live in Zhuoxian County, and I will have no face to face senior brother. Just ask senior brother to issue a talisman and take me across the state."
After hearing this, Gongsun Zan looked very embarrassed.
"You... oh, it's nothing more than what you want to say! Since my virtuous brother is responsible for what I say, I can only do it with difficulty as a brother."
After saying that, Gongsun Zan looked at Yu Ze and said, "Take Brother Xuande to the side hall to make tea and rest first, and then count the things and put them in the warehouse. Brother Deran and I still have some small matters to discuss."
After saying that, Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Bei again: "Don't blame Xuande, it is a matter of confidentiality and it is inconvenient to spread it more."
When Liu Bei saw that Gongsun Zan wanted to find Liu Jian alone, he felt a little puzzled, but he couldn't stay away.
He glanced at Liu Jian and saw Liu Jian slightly nodding to him, telling him that it was okay.
Liu Bei obeyed Liu Jian's instructions, and he and Yu Ze went elsewhere to wait.
After Liu Bei left, Gongsun Zan said with emotion: "You two brothers are of the same mind and know each other well. To be honest, you two are masters and slaves, and you complement each other very well... But apart from these brothers, you still need more or less
Just find a few more helpers."
"helper?"
"Of course, isn't Xuande your helping hand?"
Liu Jian was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself... Since when did Liu Bei become my assistant in the eyes of outsiders?
"I have ordered people to bring that Hu man here. You can interrogate him at any time."
Gongsun Zan's words brought Liu Jian back to reality from his meditation.
"Senior brother, please help me find an assistant who can speak Xianbei. I don't understand Xianbei Hu."
Gongsun Zan said carelessly: "Don't worry, I have personally examined him before you. This man can speak Chinese, you don't need to know Xianbei to examine him."
Liu Jian was stunned when he heard this.
If you think about it carefully, would Xianbei people who can't speak Chinese dare to easily enter the hinterland of Youzhou and cause trouble?
Gongsun Zan personally took Liu Jian to a side room. Liu Jian did not rush in, but gently opened the door to a gap and observed the movements of the barbarians inside.
The Hu man's hands and feet were tied and he was curled up on the ground, his hair disheveled and covered in blood.
He was sleeping soundly at this time, and his snoring could be heard faintly coming out of the room.
Liu Jian couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw this.
"How can you still fall asleep after everything is like this? It's so lenient."
"A generous heart?"
Gongsun Zan sneered: "Did you know that he hasn't slept for two nights?"
"Oh, like this."
No need to guess, Liu Jian also knew that Gongsun Zan and his subordinates must have done this deliberately because he had not slept for the past two nights.
Interrogation, any disgusting methods will be used. It is estimated that these two nights must have been extremely hard for this Xianbei person.
Liu Jian turned around to look again and suddenly discovered a very interesting situation.
The Xianbei man was sleeping soundly, with his arms still wrapped around his chest, making a defensive posture, and muttering something unknown.
When Liu Jian saw this, his thoughts moved slightly.
After some calculation, he knew how he should interrogate.
He turned to look at Gongsun Zan and said, "Brother Gongsun, please prepare something for me."
"what do you need?"
"A good piece of armor, not leather armor, but top quality, a long sword, a pair of felt boots, a leather whip that my brother usually uses to beat horses, and a cooked dog leg..."
Gongsun Zan looked at him confused: "What do you want these for?"
"Brother, don't worry. After using it, I will return the things you borrowed, no matter how much...brother, you won't be reluctant to give it, right?"
The method of stimulating generals was really useful to Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "If you and I weren't from the same sect, I would really like to... Oh! Come, prepare some armor and dog legs for him!"
Okay, after talking for a long time, do you dare to love Gongsun Zan and just remember these two things?
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After a while, Gongsun Zan's men gathered all the things Liu Jian wanted and sent them to him.
Liu Jian then put on his armor, sword, military felt shoes, and tied his hair into a bun again, looking like a military man.
Then, he did something that surprised everyone.
Liu Jian, who was originally wearing a plate armor, was quite heroic, but he put on this good armor and ran to the sand in the courtyard and rolled back and forth several times, covering himself with dust, and then his face was covered with ashes.
He also messed up his newly tied hair, making himself look a little embarrassed.
Gongsun Zan frowned as he watched.
What kind of mistake is this?
But he was anxious in his heart, so he didn't say anything after all, and just let Liu Jian do what he did.
Then, the dirty Liu Jian picked up the cooked dog leg, took a hard bite, and then smeared the meat oil from the dog leg on his lips, making it shiny.
He took a deep breath, held the whip in his other hand, and strode towards the side room where the Xianbei man was detained.
Gongsun Zan followed closely and hid outside a side room to eavesdrop on what was going on inside.
Liu Jian came to the side room, turned to Gongsun Zan and whispered: "I will use some criminal methods later. You can send someone in to stop me at the right time."
Gongsun Zan listened to Liu Jian's solemn words. Looking at his clothes, he roughly knew what effect he wanted, and nodded immediately.
"Of course I understand, just go."
Liu Jian took a deep breath, turned around and kicked open the door.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise, and Fuluo, who was sleeping on the ground, was awakened like a rabbit.
He straightened up suddenly and looked at the door in panic.
Facing the sun, he saw a Han man with a dog leg in his left hand and a riding crop in his right hand, wearing plate armor and covered in dust, standing there.
Judging from his armor and sword, he should be a figure with some status in the Han army.
What is this kind of person doing here?
Fuluo has suffered a lot of physical abuse from Gongsun Zan in the past few days, and the string in his heart has always been tight. He is like a frightened bird at this moment, panicking, but this dark house has imprisoned it on all sides, so that he can't find a trace of it. bright light.
At this time, where there was light, there happened to be an evil god standing.
He looked at Liu Jian in surprise, and for a moment he could not recognize that this was the man who led people to capture him in the first few days.
"What a bastard!"
Liu Jian roared loudly, stepped forward with a whip, and struck Fuluo hard with the whip.
"Snapped!"
"Ah~~!"
Fuluo's screams suddenly echoed through the room.
Outside the house, Gongsun Zan's cronies heard this and wanted to enter the house to stop Liu Jian, but Gongsun Zan raised his hand to block him.
Gongsun Zan had no expression on his face and whispered: "Let him toss it first."
In a side room, Fu Luo, whose hands and feet were trapped, was whipped again and again by Liu Jian, causing him to roll on the floor in pain.
While Liu Jian was beating him, he said viciously: "Xianbei dog! Eight of my brothers died under the hooves of your thieves' horses. Even if you beat him to death and the whole Xianbei clan dug up their graves and whipped their corpses one by one, it still wouldn't make me feel better." Hate! Go to hell!"
"Snapped--!"
"Snapped--!"
The sound of whips and shrill screams kept coming out, making people feel goosebumps all over their bodies.
Gongsun Zan's confidant said: "County Lord, he doesn't judge people here, but beats them as soon as they come up. Isn't there something wrong? Besides, the thief slave is already injured. If he tortures him too hard, he may not survive for a few days." !You have written to Uncle Fang about everything here. If you die now, I am afraid there will be inconvenience."
"Well, it's almost time to hit him a few times. You go in and stop him so that Liu Deran can have some control over him. By the way, you can call him like this after you go in..."
The man followed Gongsun Zan's instructions and immediately entered the house.
"Junhou! Don't fight again, Junhou!"
The attendant rushed forward and hugged Liu Jian from behind.
When Liu Jian heard the other party call him "junhou", he thought that Gongsun Zan was also sensible and knew what he wanted to do.
"Let go! I will beat this man to death today! I will avenge my brothers!"
"Jun Hou! I also know that thieves are hateful, but the court's laws are still there. If you attack again, don't blame me for going to the county king to report it! By then, everyone will look bad!"
After hearing this, Liu Jian's whip slowly fell.
But he still glared at Fuluo angrily.
At this time, Fuluo was whipped, and was shocked by the scene in front of him. He felt uneasy and didn't know what to do. He was trembling all over and his teeth were chattering back and forth.
People's nerve tolerance is limited, and Fuluo's nerves are extremely fragile at this moment. If you are not careful, you may be completely broken.
And what Liu Jian wanted was this effect.
It is impossible to interrogate prisoners without some corporal punishment, but too much is not enough. Some things are slightly artificial and will have different effects after a while.
Moreover, Liu Jian did not want to interrogate him today, but wanted to deceive him.