Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 115 Gold and Silver Fortress

Speaking of the Gold and Silver Village, in the area of ​​Guofeng'ao, it can be regarded as dominating one side.

Those two village masters—Niu Youjin and Niu Youyin brothers, not to mention martial arts geniuses, their aptitudes are indeed not bad; they were lay disciples in Shaolin Temple during those years, and their strength was considered top-notch among their peers .

It's a pity that these two are not born to eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha's name. Even after seven or eight years of practicing in Zen, they are still full of lust and wealth.

So, not yet 20 years old, they can't stay...

One night, the two stole into the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, each memorized half of the "King Kong Leg" secret book, and then escaped down the mountain through a dog's hole.

Some people may wonder, why didn't these two guys just steal that secret book, or copy it out?

Simple, they dare not.

It’s fine for you to memorize this kung fu secretly by yourself, as long as you don’t use it to misbehave in the arena in the future, causing enemies to come to Shaolin to settle accounts, then the monks will turn a blind eye.

But if you directly steal the secret book, or copy a copy, or teach others what you have learned...then the nature is different.

Is Shaolin Temple really so merciful?As long as you pass a certain line, people will come to your door and destroy your martial arts in minutes.

The Niu brothers were not stupid, and they understood this truth, so after they went down the mountain, they didn't mess around in the rivers and lakes.

With their abilities, they are "invincible" in the bandit business.

In just a few years, the two relied on their martial arts skills to level up and incorporate all the cottages in the Feng'ao area, gathered the "elites" of those bandits into their gold and silver villages, and specially trained all the cottages. The minions have mastered the use of bows and arrows; they have also done a good job in terms of logistics, and they have sufficient weapons, food, grass and horses; they even spent a lot of money to manage the government offices in this area, so that the officials Also open the door for them.

Today, no one knows the people in the area around Feng'ao...it doesn't matter who it is, as long as they want to borrow a way from Feng'ao, they have to leave some meaning of "buy tolls".Even the servants are no exception, let alone ordinary people... I will take at least one-third of your belongings.

Of course, as long as you obediently give the money, they won't make things difficult for you.

As for the incidents of robbery and death, although it was not completely absent, those who did these things afterwards were sent to the government to "do it" by the Niu brothers without exception.

Their thinking is very clear: if they want to gain a foothold here for a long time, they must use discipline to control the people under them. Something bad will happen sooner or later... It is appropriate for a person like this to be sent to the government.

The magistrate of the county slaughtered the bandits who came to his door, which not only gained merit, but also calmed the anger of the people, and it did not affect them from continuing to take bribes from the Niu brothers.

As for the Niu brothers, they sent a few heads to the government for a job, and by the way, they also eliminated the cancer in the team.

This is called a win-win situation.

This is called the "underground order".

Not legal, but in a way it makes sense.

In those days, if there was no such gray area, the common people would have suffered even more; before the Niu brothers came, when there were many small cottages here, pedestrians who passed by were robbed, and it was not a solution that could be solved by "leaving some money to buy roads" up.

It is estimated that someone will say again, wouldn't it be better if there were no bandits at all?

Yes, but that is impossible, because this assumption is similar to "if corrupt officials do not exist", it is a very complicated issue.

In short, since Shuangxie came out of the rivers and lakes until now, among the bandits and water bandits they have encountered, in terms of strength, there is currently no one that can compare with this gold and silver village; Mei Chiyang, the head of the "Eagle City Five-ring Knife" and the prefix "Di" on the Green Forest Road, did not do as much business as the Niu brothers.

The point... these two brothers are still very smart, they didn't get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes or the green forests, they just engaged in collusion between officials and bandits in the local area, and took over the mountains as kings; No one in the green forest came to trouble them.

Then today, why did they take the initiative to find trouble with Shuangxie and Lei Buji?
That was instigated by Tang Fu.

Of course, Tang Fu didn't ask them to kill people. If he really wanted to kill these three, Tang Qizhu would have done it himself; moreover, even if he really wanted the Niu brothers to kill people, the latter would not agree to it—he If the two dared to kill people in the Jianghu casually, why would they be bandits?

The reason why the Niu brothers accepted this deal was because the Five Spirits Sect had really given a lot of money this time, and secondly because... this deal would not kill anyone, it was just for them to put on a show.

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A little later, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji sat down in the "Juyi Hall" in Jinyinzhai.

I don't know why, but these gangsters like to name the meeting hall of their cottages by this name, as if every village can pick out a hundred and eight generals.

But that's not the point...

At this moment, the hearts of Sun and Huang can be said to be filled with vain.

On the way here, the two of them already noticed that something was wrong: it is supposed that the bandits robbed, so there is no need to bring people back to the village?You can get it if you grab something, why bring people back?These three big men, do you still want to steal sex?
Besides, Sun Yixie and Lei Buji had already heard from the waiter in the nearby shop that the bandits in Jinyinzhai only charged tolls, and would not kill them under normal circumstances.

And... the ambush just now was carefully prepared. Not only were there a large number of people dispatched, but Niu Youyin, the "silver-footed king" of the second village, led the team personally; The luggage of the three of Sun Huanglei was moved, and they were not even searched. They were just tied up with ropes, and they were escorted back with their luggage.

No matter how you look at it, this is unusual, at least...it doesn't look like you are rushing for property.

After sitting in silence for a while, a figure appeared at the door.

The person who came was very similar to Niu Youyin, except for the distance between the eyes and the bridge of the nose; this man wearing gold silk-trimmed fast boots was undoubtedly the master of the village here - King of Golden Feet, Niu Youjin .

"Brother." Niu Youyin greeted his brother when he saw him.

The two brothers have a good relationship. Niu Youjin glanced at the three people sitting in the hall, smiled and helped his younger brother's arm: "Brother, you have worked hard."

"Hey, it's a small matter." Niu Youyin said with a smile, "Isn't it just to catch a few..."

"Hey!" Niu Youjin seemed to sense that his younger brother was about to say something offensive, so he quickly stopped him at this moment, "...Be more polite, I am a guest."

"Eh? Oh... Hahaha, yes." Niu Youyin smiled coyly, "Brother said yes, I almost called bald."

After the two of them said these words at the door, Niu Youjin turned around and took a few steps, and came to the three captives, cupping his hands together: "Three..." He was also observing the three prisoners while talking. The facial expression said, "I'm Xia Niu Youjin. I have heard the names of the three young heroes for a long time. Today, I invite the three of you to come to the village as guests. The etiquette is not good enough. I have offended you. I still hope Haihan."

"Hmph..." Huang Donglai sneered after hearing this, "The way the owner of the Niuzhai 'invites people' is not only a lack of etiquette, it is simply unconventional and amazing."

Niu Youjin was also mentally prepared for his strange response, he smiled calmly, and replied: "Hehe...our brothers are fallen grass after all, and the three of you are all young heroes who have become famous in the righteous way of martial arts. Just send someone down to invite the three of you to the door, presumably you will not come, right? And if I send too many people to invite you, it may cause the three of you to misunderstand. Hurt the peace... That's why Niu made such a bad move."

What he said made sense at first glance.

Huang Donglai didn't argue with him about that. Now that he is tied up, let's ask something practical: "Oh... well, then we will come now if we don't want to. I wonder if the owner of the cattle village can loosen it for us first. tie it?"

"Oh, it should be." Niu Youjin agreed simply, and immediately after him he shouted loudly, "Come here, untie the three young heroes."

As soon as he finished speaking, three bandits walked in quickly, and went over to untie the ropes on Sun Huanglei and the three of them.

The rope was untied, but Huang Donglai and the others did not act rashly.

Niu Youjin is also very clear that the other party will not mess around - anyway, this is also the hinterland of Jinyinzhai, not to mention that the martial arts of the two village owners are not bad, just say that there are hundreds of people outside who are fully armed The bandits are not easy to deal with. If they really want to fight today, these three people will never retreat from the gathering hall.

"Well...but I don't know, the two village masters invited us here, why?" After untying, Huang Donglai didn't thank the other party, because this is what should be done.

"Oh, it's nothing serious." Niu Youjin sat down while talking.

Seeing that his elder brother was sitting down, Niu Youyin also sat down beside him.

"The deeds of the three young heroes in Luoyang have now spread all over the world. Although my two brothers have not set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, they have heard of them a little bit." What Niu Youjin said at this time is the formula that has been prepared long ago. Its credibility is not important, anyway, he just said that, and the other party just listened, "Because I admire the righteous deeds of the three young heroes, we have always wanted to make friends with you three..." He paused, "Earlier, we heard that the three of you happened to be passing through Feng'ao, so I wanted to do my best to invite the three of you to come to the village to entertain us, so that we can get close... Hehe , if the three of you are willing to give us this face, why not just stay here for a few days, just to make friends..."

Both Sun and Huang listened to these words as a joke. They both knew that the other party hadn't said the real purpose and core content at all.

According to the two of them, they can pretend to agree first, and then deal with each other slowly.

But Lei Buji took those words seriously, this boy Geng, how could he be willing to be with the bandits, so he just slapped the table at that time, stared at the other party with his flying face and said: "Then we What if I don't give you this face?"

(End of this chapter)