Nie Chen smiled calmly and looked at Qi Huan, who was nervous yet a bit cold in front of him.
Qi Huan snorted coldly and said,
"We have been together day and night for several years. We eat and live together. We are as close to each other as brothers. I am their leader. If they were captured alive by you, I will naturally come to save them. Those who abandon brothers will eventually be abandoned by others. .”
Nie Chen nodded and said,
"It makes sense. I didn't expect that the ruthless Liu Jia's subordinates would actually have people who value love and justice. What benefits did she give you to make you work so hard for her?"
Hearing this, Qi Huan snorted coldly,
"What, you want to win me over by saying you have to pay double the price?"
"That's not true, I'm just curious. With Liu Jia's character, he is definitely willing to give up money, but your mission failed this time and I captured you alive.
This shows that Liu Jia knows that I have obtained your secret. According to her character, it is time to silence you, but you are not dead yet. "
Hearing this, Qi Huan glanced at Nie Chen in surprise and shock, then quickly lowered his head to hide his eyes.
Seeing his look, Nie Chen knew better.
"What? I guessed it right, how did you escape?"
"You can't control it."
Qi Huan said coldly.
Nie Chen didn't care at all and said calmly,
"Let's talk, since Liu Jian can kill you, you will definitely no longer be loyal to her, so why keep her secret anymore?
In other words, if I kill someone, can you just say something? "
Hearing this, Qi Huan's eyes suddenly became cold and murderous. After hesitating for a moment, he said,
"Okay, I can tell you, but after I say it, you have to let us go."
"Reconsideration."
Nie Chen smiled slightly.
Qi Huan said,
"I used to hang out with a big family in the capital, doing intelligence and assassination work for them. Later, that family was wiped out by a powerful minister. I was also hunted by the enemy. I fled all the way to the border and came to In Qingshui County, Liu Jia took me in and asked me to form an assassination team.
But this stupid woman locked us up when we were not needed and wouldn't let us out. If we had a mission, she would send us out to kill people. If we didn't have a mission, she would lock us up and eat, drink, and defecate in a dark basement all day long.
She often blames me for providing her with bad information. She doesn't even think about it. She keeps me locked up all day long, so where can I go to get information for her? "
When Qi Huan said this, he was filled with anger.
"Because she doesn't trust you, doesn't trust you, and is worried that she will lose control if you are released.
To put it bluntly, she doesn't trust anyone. If my guess is correct, she should have trained more than just your team of killers. "
"Master Nie is indeed a master of clever calculations."
Qi Huan replied expressionlessly,
"It's true. Our mission failed this time because she was too urgent and I didn't have time to do intelligence work. In addition, the weapons of your Qingfeng Village were too unexpected, so so many people died.
But even so, we still tried our best to catch one alive, and also snatched back a jar of wine, completing the intelligence mission she requested.
It's just that so many of us died, and in the end, we didn't get a single good word from her. Instead, she led people to burn down our lair.
If I hadn't noticed something unusual about her, at this time, all of our remaining brothers, numbering more than thirty, would have been reduced to ashes. "
Nie Chen nodded in agreement and said,
"That's right. It fits her style. So what are you going to do next?"
"Waiting for you to kill me."
Qi Huan replied.
"No, I mean, if you succeed in robbing someone this time, what are you going to do?"
"I haven't decided yet. After rescuing the brothers, I will either go up the mountain to become a bandit, or I will seek refuge with the Ming Lord again."
Qi Huan also put down the knife in his hand at this time, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
"What a strong drink."
"This is the kind of wine you stole."
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"It's hard to find a wise leader in the world. For someone like you who does intelligence work, why would you be a confidant in any family? Will people trust you, an outsider?"
"Haha, there's nothing I can do about it. I, Qi Huan, have lived an upright life with no regrets. They don't want me, so I don't want to work for them. I work hard every day and have to be guarded by my own people. Why bother?
It's better to go up the mountain and become a bandit and feel free. "
As Qi Huan spoke, he picked up the wine jar and poured himself a bowl of wine.
"Follow me."
Qi Huan had just put the wine bowl to his mouth when he heard Nie Chen's words.
"What's the meaning?"
Qi Huan put down the wine bowl again and looked at Nie Chen coldly.
"You also said that you can either go up the mountain and become a bandit, or you can find a wise master and live with me. Isn't it wonderful that you can achieve both at the same time?"
"Do you think you are a wise master?"
"I think I am, at the very least, open-minded enough to know people and make good use of them. Moreover, our copycat is now in the entrepreneurial stage and there is still a lot of room for development in the future. I don't have an intelligence department under my command, so I am blind to the outside world. .
I need people like you to serve me, and you need me to provide you with shelter, money, and resources.
Cooperation between you and me is a win-win situation. "
After Qi Huan thought for a moment, he said,
"I killed your people, but I used to hang out with your enemies. Will you trust me?"
"I don't trust those who employ me, and I don't trust those who doubt me. I won't be like Liu Jia, who uses others but is wary of others at the same time. He wants a thousand-mile horse to run as fast as possible but refuses to let go of the reins. How can there be such a sense in the world?
After you follow me, you will not belong to the army, but will be under my direct jurisdiction. You will be responsible for all intelligence work. I will not interfere. I will at most give you suggestions.
Oh, by the way, don't you have more than thirty brothers outside? You can also join. I will accept anyone who comes.
In the future, when you recruit people and expand the team, whether they are people from the village or outside, you can have full decision-making power.
Even if you fail the mission, I will not kill you like Liu Jia to silence you.
I won't say big words, this is all I can do, you can think about it yourself. "
Nie Chen waved his hand and said,
"Untie those guys and bandage their wounds."
"As you command!"
Immediately, a crossbowman came forward, cut the rope, and took out gauze and other materials to bandage the five people.
Qi Huan sat on the stool, hesitated for a long time, and said,
"I have more than thirty brothers."
"I said, bring them together."
"I mean, I'm going to find them, and I'm going to take a few of them with me."
Qi Huan pointed at everyone behind him and said.
"Okay, you can take all your people away, I won't send anyone to follow you."
Nie Chen sat on the stool, motionless, as if he was talking about an insignificant thing.
