What benefits can A Chi give Zhao Cheng?
He himself is just a secret spy under the Prime Minister. At best, they have the right to pass unimpeded when entering and exiting the residences of certain officials or entering the camps of a certain military town.
These benefits are only for him personally and would not be feasible if it were Zhao Cheng.
The rest, A Chi only has information. But information is only useful to those who are interested. In the ears of those who are not interested, no matter how much information there is, it is like waste paper, which cannot be eaten or drunk.
However, if he is found out and he is exposed, Ahufeng and other tribesmen who protected him will be held accountable, and the tribesmen of Phoenix Mountain will never be able to wait until he returns.
What benefit can he give? Apart from his own life, there is nothing else.
But now is not the time for hesitation. A slight hesitation will easily lead to Sun An, who is watching eagerly from the side, seeing the flaw.
Between the lightning and flint, A Chi can only choose the most important thing he can provide - intelligence.
I have information, lots and lots of information, involving many secrets. As long as you want to know, I can tell you.
He didn't understand Zhao Cheng's refusal, and quickly said, I still have one life. As long as you save me, you will save our She people. I owe you a life.
Zhao Cheng hesitated for a moment. There was no use in wanting A Chi's life, but the information might be useful. The most important thing was that even if A Chi couldn't provide him with any benefits, he would have helped hide it.
Sun An saw the two people chattering and didn't know what they were talking about. He became suspicious and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Zhao Cheng said: "I told them to cooperate with your inspection."
As he spoke, Zhao Cheng raised his hands and said in She language: "Now you all stand by my side..."
He turned to Luo Xianwei and said, "Brother Luo, you can assign two government officials to come over to search and check."
Taking advantage of the chaotic movement of the clan members, when A Chi passed by Zhao Cheng, he stuffed four rings into Zhao Cheng's hands without leaving any trace.
Zhao Cheng didn't even look at it. He retracted his hand and put the four rings into his sleeves.
So two government officials stood aside holding torches, and two other government officials were responsible for body searches. Almost every barbarian had to be inspected in detail from head to toe.
But even so, Sun An was still not satisfied. He said from the side: "Wait! Such a sloppy inspection is not enough. This ring is such a small ornament. It can be hidden from inspection by just stuffing it into the corner of clothes. If you want to wash it, To clear the suspicion, you must take off your clothes."
Sun An looked at Zhao Cheng threateningly. The meaning was obvious. If you want to calm down the matter, just do as I say.
Because Zhao Cheng and A Chi had already passed the ring without anyone noticing, and they were slightly reassured, but they still pretended to be angry and said, "If you do this, these barbarians will not accept it!"
Sun An snorted coldly: "Just tell them what I say. If they refuse, it means there is something wrong in their minds and they have to be thrown into prison."
Zhao Cheng had no choice but to turn around and speak in She dialect: "They think the ring is too small and easy to hide, so they need you to take off your clothes and undergo inspection!"
A Hufeng was furious: "This is unreasonable! You are simply bullying others too much! Do you think we are She people?"
A Chi advised from the side: "Ah Hu Feng! Now is not the time to be impulsive! Do as they say."
A Hufeng took a deep look at A Chi. He had long suspected that the murderer the Han officials were tracking was actually A Chi. However, since A Chi was a member of his own tribe and the most critical person in this trip, he could not say anything. Give up, and certainly not expose it.
Otherwise, according to Ahufeng's temper, he would have been upset long ago.
The She people, like the Han people, attach great importance to dignity. Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!
It is undoubtedly a serious insult to ask the She people to strip naked and undergo examination. If it was not for A Chi, he would not accept it at all.
After hearing Zhao Cheng's request to take off their clothes, these She men were furious and clenched their fists. As long as Ahufeng gave the order, they would rush forward without hesitation and fight with these Han officials. .
Ahufeng tremblingly raised the dragon-headed staff in his hand and said to the tribesmen: "Take off all your clothes!"
"What! Ah Feng! They are insulting us..."
"Ahu Feng! Let's fight them!"
The men of the She ethnic group shouted one after another, and the crowd was excited!
Ahufeng slammed his stick on the ground, stretched out his hand and pulled open his collar, revealing his old chest.
Next, he unbuckled his clothes, took off his coat, middle coat, and underwear layer by layer and put them aside.
The She nationality man behind Ahufeng couldn't bear to look at it, but Ahufeng didn't hesitate in his movements and soon he was naked.
Ah Feng also had many silver ornaments on his body, but after comparing them one by one, they were not consistent with the silver ring on Sun An's hand. So Ahu Feng got rid of the suspicion.
With the leader Ahufeng taking the lead, although the She men felt humiliated, they had to take off their clothes and undergo inspection like Ahufeng did.
In order to avenge the previous incident, the inspecting yamen officers specifically asked the She men to spread their legs to check whether there was any entrapment.
The She men were very angry at being humiliated like this, but under the restraint of their leader Ahufeng, they all restrained themselves.
After careful inspection by the government officials, it was found that the silver rings of all the She people at the scene had nothing to do with the one in Sun An's hand.
"It is said that barbarians are as fierce as fire, but now it seems that they are just exaggerated," Sun Anxin said unwillingly: "Although it has not been tested, it does not mean that these barbarians are not suspicious!"
"Until the case is thoroughly investigated, you barbarians are not allowed to leave this warehouse!"
After hastily saying something to prop up the scene, an angry Sun An took Luo Xianwei and thirty or forty injured government servants and supported each other out of the warehouse.
After Zhao Cheng solved the trouble here, he planned to say goodbye to these She people.
A Chi grabbed Zhao Cheng and said, "You saved me and my people, please accept my respect!"
These words were spoken by A Chi in Chinese.
Zhao Cheng did not refuse, but stood there and received Ah Chi's bow: "Don't forget your promise to me!"
A Chi knelt on the ground with red eyes, watching Zhao Cheng leave.
The leader Ahu Feng put on his clothes silently, walked behind A Chi with a dragon head staff, stretched out his hand and patted A Chi on the shoulder: "Next, should you explain to me what happened? thing?"
A Chi stood up and said to Ahu Feng: "Chief! Please believe me! Some things are much better not to know than to know!"
"As long as you believe in me, believe that everything A Chi does is for the sake of the people, and believe that A Chi will not harm us She people, that's enough!"
