Cao Qi was really worried about Gao Kan's safety. Even though he had given warning in advance, he was still worrying about it secretly in his heart at the moment. Even if he had to be reprimanded and punished by Gao Kan afterwards, he had to keep things safe first.
It's just that there are many thieves in front of me, and they all have sharp weapons in their hands. If they are unarmed and still being tied up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accomplish anything easily.
After some hesitation, he gave a secret signal to his left and right, asking them to take cover from the side.
When Gao Kan asked him to count his manpower, he specifically selected old people he knew well. They all hung out together often and had a perfect understanding of each other. They could often understand each other with just one look.
At that time, Cao Qi thought that if he encountered the current situation, it would be easy to deal with it.
I just didn't expect Xu Jin to be so vicious. It was unheard of to do such a thing in the inner courtyard of the dignified government office.
Although everyone on the left and right knew what he was thinking, there was still a thief on his side, and even the slightest movement was called awareness.
There is really no way, so we can only endure it for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
It seemed that God was helping him. At this moment, someone in the crowd in front seemed to have gone crazy. He suddenly screamed and made a fuss. He broke away from the thieves beside him and ran away.
When one person moved, everyone around him immediately became frightened.
For a time, people were running around and fleeing, making the scene extremely chaotic.
The thieves who had suppressed everyone had no choice but to arrest them one by one. However, there were many guests and few thieves, so they could not catch them all.
Some people even took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the thieves' custody, running towards the entrance to the front yard.
The thieves who were chasing after them quickly speeded up, and finally managed to capture these people again.
The thieves who were guarding Gao Kan and the others saw the chaos in the scene. Perhaps they felt that Gao Kan and the others were timid and had not dared to move until now, so they couldn't help but went over to help.
After finally waiting for such a good opportunity, Cao Qi hurriedly called for help to untie the ropes tied to his body, and hurriedly approached Gaokan and spoke urgently.
"Sir, this is a dangerous place. Don't stay for a long time. Ask your two brothers to escort you and leave first. The general will lead you to the rear!"
While talking, he untied the rope and came to untie Gao Kan's body.
Seeing this, Gao Kan said: "General Cao, don't worry, these are just chickens and dogs, what can we do with them?"
Cao Qi cried bitterly in his heart when he heard this. The thieves were sharpening their swords, waiting to subdue the situation again and threaten all the hidden belongings of the officials and wealthy households in Lingshou City, so they were definitely going to do something dirty.
When the white knife comes in and the red knife comes out, how can these few of them guarantee that Gaokan will be protected and exit safely?
However, even though I felt bitter, I had no choice but to persuade him: "Young master, the sword has no eyes. I think Xu Jin, a thief, might want to take advantage of this trip and plunder a large amount of money. He doesn't even want Lingshou City, so he will escape." , it is bound to kill people and silence them in the future. If the opportunity is missed now, it will be difficult to come back again!"
Gao Kan looked at the chaos in front of him. While the thieves assigned manpower to chase the scattered crowds, they also surrounded the ghost-faced leader to protect him.
I'm thinking carefully, this person is probably Xu Jin.
Cao Qi's advice was not unreasonable. Xu Jin probably had to make early plans for today's events.
If a critical moment comes, just these few people around him may not be able to protect him, so he has to prepare in advance.
So he said: "Don't be busy now. If anything changes, just hold on to the ghost-faced leader."
Hearing this, Cao Qi looked anxious and wanted to persuade him again, but he saw that the thieves everywhere had captured all the people who were running away, and the situation was already under control.
Although they took advantage of this gap to untie the ropes tied to their bodies and were able to move around freely, after all, they didn't have anyone in their hands, so they couldn't do anything rashly.
After hesitating for a moment, he had no choice but to obey the order and wait and see what happened.
But everyone who escaped was escorted back. This time, the thieves were even more ruthless. They kicked them all to the ground, making them unable to even run away. They had to get up from the ground while being tied up.
The ghost-faced leader walked out from among the thieves, took a knife, raised his hand, and chopped down the first man who ran away like crazy and asked to be captured.
Then three more people were chopped in succession, causing the scene to be filled with a rich and bloody atmosphere. The scene was very horrifying.
Having just relieved himself, the ghost-faced leader threw away the knife in his hand and said coldly: "Whoever dares to move again will not be spared!"
After this battle, no one dared to move again.
Most of the thieves were gathered in front, but no one cared about Gao Kan and his companions. Cao Qi seized the opportunity, leaned behind Gao Kan, and spoke in a low voice.
"Sir, those people who were killed are all minor officials in the Qingshui yamen of the state capital. They don't have much money on weekdays."
Gao Kan smiled when he heard this and said: "Our Lord Zhizhou is really good at choosing people to establish his authority."
"If a dog thief does such a vicious thing, he will be punished sooner or later!"
Cao Qi couldn't hold himself back and cursed in a low voice through gritted teeth.
Hearing him scolding, Gao Kan seemed to have just thought of something, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "General Cao, since you came to join Coach Lin, we have fought side by side several times, and have gone through ups and downs, life and death. Now there is an opportunity. We can be called a family, but I don’t know if you are interested.”
Cao Qi heard this and said hurriedly: "It is an honor for me to win the favor of the young master!"
"I expect that Xu Jin will be ruthless when he drains the most important people in this city of their oil and water. I'm afraid no one here will be retained." When Gao Kan spoke, he kept looking at the ghost-faced leader.
Although it has been determined that under the mask, it must be Xu Jin, the magistrate of Lingshou.
But after all, others did not show their true colors in Lushan, so there was still a change.
Gao Kan had tried Cao Qi before and half trusted him. Now was a good time to recruit him into his group and trust him half.
Then he continued: "Everyone present here is probably not a good bird. Let's wait until the thieves help us remember where the money is hidden in the city before we take action."
"If anyone is lucky and doesn't die under the knife of a thief, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get them out of the government office."
When Cao Qi heard this, he still didn't understand what Gao Kan meant.
At present, if these people are officials under the government of the state government, then one by one, they are all collaborators and traitors. They should be punished by beheading, so they will be killed.
This is why Gao Kan didn't hesitate at all when he asked Cao Qi and Lin Chong to sneak into the city and secretly plan to ambush all the officials in the city.
However, in addition to Lingshou officials, there were also wealthy gentry and wealthy people in the city.
In fact, they were just ordinary people. Xu Jin led the state capital to rebel and surrender to the Jin army. His crime was unforgivable, but he had nothing to do with the people.
If they were to be implicated, then wouldn’t everyone in Lingshou City be left alone and everyone should be killed?
For a moment, Cao Qi was unable to make a decision.
Fortunately, Gao Kan didn't force him to express his position right away. After he finished speaking, he didn't ask further questions and just watched the thieves in front of him with cold eyes.
