Later, Zhao Hongrun found out that he had overestimated Ying Kang.
Because Ying Kang considered that Jin Gou had sent people to assassinate Zhao Hongrun several times and guessed that Zhao Hongrun must have resentment in his heart, so he gave Jin Gou's arm as a gift.
But in fact, the biggest grudge in Zhao Hongrun's heart was not because he was assassinated several times by the Fuqiu people, but because the Fuqiu people murdered the wife and children of Ma Qian, the magistrate of Yangxia County.
It can be seen from this that Ying Kang's vision and accuracy of insight into things are not as good as Jin Gou's.
However, Zhao Hongrun still accepted it.
"Shen Yu, ask someone to send it to Houyama County Magistrate's Office."
"yes!"
Shen Yu understood this and called a Shang Shui soldier outside the house, and ordered him to deliver the wooden box to the county magistrate Ma Qian in Houya. He also asked the soldier to inform Ma Qian that this was the murderer of his wife and children. The hand of the mastermind.
"Although the probability is not high, I sincerely hope that this thing can awaken Ma Qian's consciousness..."
Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.
Seeing this, Ying Kang clasped his fists and said, "Does King Su like our gift?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Ying Kang and said with a half-smile: "It's good, but...it's a little missing."
The implication is that he hopes to see Jin Gou's whole body even more. After all, compared to "an enemy's arm", "an enemy's corpse" can touch the mind of Yangxia County Magistrate Ma Qian more. It's hard to say. When Ma Qian saw Jin Gou's body, he was shocked. He might be able to regain his consciousness.
But Zhao Hongrun couldn't do this on his own, so he could only rely on the help of Ying Kang and others.
"Something missing?"
Ying Kang was stunned, and then he understood what Zhao Hongrun meant, and said with some shame and regret: "I have disappointed King Su. Although we laid many traps, the thief Jin Gou... was still able to escape. "
"Jin Gou is not dead?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this.
Perhaps seeing the concerns in Zhao Hongrun's heart, Ying Kang quickly said: "Prince Su can rest assured about this. As long as I, Ying Kang, live in this world, I will definitely send people to hunt down Jin Gou and use his head to pay homage to him." The leader of the previous generation..." At this point, he suddenly thought of something. After glancing at Zhao Hongrun, he added: "And Magistrate Ma's wife and children who died innocently and tragically."
Obviously, it was Zhao Hongrun's words "Send this thing to the Houyama County Magistrate" just now that pointed out Ying Kang and made him vaguely guess the reason why Zhao Hongrun did not help the Fuqiu people to eradicate the Yiqiu people.
It is precisely because of this that Ying Kang's view of Zhao Hongrun changed.
Because he felt that His Highness King Su in front of him was obviously a member of the royal family of noble birth, but he cared so much about the family background of a county magistrate. From this, it can be seen that this person must be a person who values love and justice, unlike what they had seen in the past. Like a well-known aristocrat.
Thinking of this, Ying Kang no longer resisted surrendering to Zhao Hongrun and the imperial court as before.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was still thinking about "Jin Gou's escape".
He knew very well that once a treacherous and cunning hero like Jin Gou escaped, he would most likely cause trouble again in the future.
And when Jin Gou returns here, the targets he wants to take revenge on will no longer be just the people in Yiqiu, but even him, Zhao Hongrun.
However, it is not an easy task to hunt down a thief who is good at hiding and assassinating.
Zhao Hongrun was thinking about Jin Gou here, but Ying Kang was waiting a little anxiously on the other side.
No wonder, after all, the current situation is still unclear, and they are actually a little uneasy, fearing that Zhao Hongrun will go back on his words.
Therefore, Ying Kang carefully reminded Zhao Hongrun.
"King Su, according to the agreement, we have captured the lair of the Fuqiu people."
"Oh? Tell me." Zhao Hongrun said with a little surprise.
In fact, during these days, although Zhao Hongrun was lying high in Yangxia, he was also paying attention to the attacks and killings of the Yiqiu people and the Fuqiu people. However, what he heard was just hearsay, so naturally he would not respond accordingly.
Kang and these people know so comprehensively.
Therefore, Ying Kang briefly explained the attacks they had carried out with the Fuqiu people in the past few days.
Although he told it very simply, it is not difficult to guess from the fact that Jin Goudu lost one of his hands. How could the fight be described in just a few words? You know, even the leaders of the hidden thieves in front of Zhao Hongrun
Each of them is also decorated.
After telling all this, Ying Kang looked up at Zhao Hongrun and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, Prince Su, I wonder about the promise you made that day..."
He opened his mouth and revealed the main purpose of their visit.
After listening to Ying Kang's words, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said to the group of people: "As I said that day, since you have defeated the Fuqiu people, I will hand over the quota that originally belonged to the Fuqiu people.
Here it is for you... Speaking of which, how are you going to divide these two places equally?"
When he said the last sentence, Zhao Hongrun looked at Ying Kang and others with a hint of ridicule in his eyes.
You know, this time it was the five hidden thieves groups, Yiqiu Clan, Black Spider, Mangyao, Duan Lou, and Geng Lou, who worked together to defeat Jin Gou's Fuqiu Clan. Maybe Yuma also contributed, so this
How can the six hidden thieves divide the two places equally?
Maybe there will be an attack and killing between the hidden thieves and the hidden thieves?
No, after hearing the first half of Zhao Hongrun's words, the six leaders of the hidden thieves all showed happy smiles on their faces. They were probably glad that His Highness Prince Su in front of them did not go back on his words and burn bridges across the river, but when he heard
In the second half of the sentence, their expressions became a little stiff, and they glanced at their colleagues next to them with uncomfortable expressions.
Seeing this, Ying Kang quickly said: "King Su Mingjian, for that handful of fried rice, we are willing to fight cocks in King Su's hands. However, if we kill each other, King Su will even get two hidden thieves afterwards.
, it’s nothing more than a sick and weak bird, what benefit does it have to King Su?”
"..."
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and felt that what Ying Kang said made sense, so he asked Ying Kang: "What do you mean?"
I saw Ying Kang clasping his fists towards Zhao Hongrun and saying: "As long as King Su allows it, the four hidden thieves groups Black Spider, Mangya, Duan Lou and Geng Lou will be merged into two..."
Hearing this, the four leaders of the hidden thieves couldn't help but be stunned: Huh? There is still this trick?
"You..." Zhao Hongrun frowned and said, "A bit opportunistic, right? According to what you said, why don't you merge your Yiqiu people, Fuqiu people, and Yuma? Even if I give you a quota,
It’s enough.”
Seeing the displeasure on Zhao Hongrun's face, Ying Kang heard the words and said quickly: "We are convinced by King Su's wisdom, strategies and methods. If King Su still insists on killing three people with two peaches, we will kill each other, and we will eventually suffer."
What has been lost is only the strength of the hidden thieves under King Su... Although after the fight with the Fuqiu people, we still have many outstanding hidden thieves, but if there is another fierce battle, I am afraid that King Su will finally get
They are just two empty frames... If you are as wise as King Su, why would you do anything that is not good for yourself?"
"Humph." Zhao Hongrun responded without comment, then looked at Ying Kang and suddenly asked: "I suddenly remembered that you didn't mention your Yiqiu people just now..."
"Yes." A bitter look appeared on Ying Kang's face, and he said with regret: "To be honest with King Su, our Qiu people alone could not defeat the traitor Jin Gou's Fuqiu people that day. Therefore, Ying
The conditions for withdrawing from the competition for two places are in exchange for the support of the leaders of the hidden thieves... As for our Yiqiu people, if King Su allows it, Ying wants to disband the Yiqiu people, whether it is to ask him to switch to Yuma's brother Youma people
No matter whether he becomes an ordinary civilian from now on, in short, if he can keep them alive, Ying will be satisfied..."
"This Ying Kang... is really two extremes compared to Jin Gou."
Zhao Hongrun looked at Ying Kang, frowning and thinking.
To be fair, the reason why he used two peaches to kill three people that day was because he felt that there were too many hidden thieves in Yangxia and they were too confusing to discipline. Furthermore, Zhao Hongrun also wanted to see if he could borrow the help of Ying Kang and others to get rid of Jin.
hook.
After all, Jin Gou's repeated behavior showed that he would not give his whole heart to Zhao Hongrun, and Zhao Hongrun did not like this kind of subordinate who kept a hand in everything.
Not to mention that Jin Gou sent people to assassinate him again and again, and also killed the family members of the county magistrate Ma Qian. Even if Zhao Hongrun kept him for the sake of the overall situation, there was always a thorn in his heart.
But now that the Fuqiu people have been defeated, Jin Gou has also fled Yangxia and is missing. The remaining leaders of the hidden thieves are all people who have seen and experienced Zhao Hongrun's machinations, and they would never do anything like this.
Something that offends the latter.
Under such circumstances, if these hidden thieves continue to fight among themselves, perhaps as Ying Kang said, the only loss will be the strength of the hidden thieves under his command in the future, Zhao Hongrun.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said: "In this case, this matter ends here. Black Spider, Mang Crow, your two hidden thieves merged, and they were collectively called..."Black Crow". In the future, if this king
You are responsible for going on expeditions, harassing enemy cities, assassinating enemy generals, and all other killings."
Seeing Zhao Hongrun speak so straightforwardly, Black Spider and Mangyao looked at each other, but there was a hint of admiration in their eyes.
Thinking about it, how could a rebellious thief be willing to work under an indecisive person? The decisive and decisive His Highness Prince Su in front of them was quite to their liking.
It's just that this Black Crow... simply merged the gangster accounts of their Black Spider and Mourning Crow, right? Do you want it to be so casual?
At this time, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Ying Kang and said: "Ying Kang, there is no need to disband your Yiqiu people. From now on, you will be responsible for inquiring about news at home and abroad for me. But you
Let’s move our base to Shangshui, Yangxia, and give it to the ‘Black Crow’ in the future.”
Hearing this, Black Spider and Mourning Crow were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed.
After all, Zhao Hongrun's words undoubtedly promised that the "Black Crows" would become the only hidden bandit in Yangxia County in the future.
And Ying Kang was also very surprised and surprised by this.
Because he knew very well that Shangshui County could actually be regarded as the fiefdom of His Royal Highness King Su. Zhao Hongrun asked the people of Yiqiu to develop in Shangshui. Ying Kang knew very well what this meant.
However, the second half of Zhao Hongrun's words made Ying Kang want to cry without tears.
"...Well, their name is Black Crow. From now on, your team will be called 'Green Crow'. It's simple and easy to remember...Shangshui Green Crow, this is a good name."
Seeing the complacent Zhao Hongrun, the leaders of the hidden thieves looked at each other.