Jinzhou is the fiefdom of the King of Jin.
Jincheng is equivalent to the provincial capital of Shen Liang's mother country in his previous life.
Ordinarily, there shouldn't be any more dangerous factors around Jincheng.
But on a green hill in the outskirts of the country, there was a bandit den that was flourishing.
It is the target of Shen Liang's test today - Tianlang Village!
"Master, our lives have been getting harder and harder lately."
"There is no other way. The several checkpoints we have set up nearby have long been discovered by traders who come to Jincheng all the time. Now they would rather travel dozens of miles to take a detour than give us money to eliminate the disaster. "
"In peaceful times, few people are forced to turn into bandits anymore. We only have so many people, and we can't block all the roads leading to Jincheng."
"Hey, Master, haven't you always said that you have a good relationship with Prince Jin's Mansion? I heard that Prince Jin always treats his servants generously. Why don't you talk to Mr. Prince Jin and let's go work for Prince Jin's Mansion together!"
"What a good idea! If you are lucky enough to fall under the command of King Jin and become the eagle dog of His Highness, then you will have no worries about food and drink for the rest of your life!"
"Yes, yes! I have long heard from the people in Jin City that this young highness is a dandy. As long as he is happy, he can easily give his servants a reward of a thousand taels of silver!"
"Do you really mean what the third master said?!"
"Bullshit! People in Jincheng say so, can I still fool you?"
The brothers were chatting animatedly, but the shirtless and bearded leader was frowning and saying nothing.
If he could really lead the entire Tianlang Village to join the Shen Family Army, why wouldn't he want to do it?
But the problem is-
The so-called "good relationship with the Jin Palace" was simply a boast he made after being drunk!
Back then, when Prince Jin's Mansion was first established, he had planned to split the money and break up the gang. After all, applying eye drops under the nose of Prince Jin, who had massacred countless cities, was like carrying a lantern into the toilet - looking for shit!
Unexpectedly, during the time when he was about to break up the gang, he was worried and drunk every day, which lasted for a month.
As a result, Prince Jin's Mansion never came to touch them.
So there were subsequent crazy attempts on the verge of death.
It also made him gradually relax his vigilance towards Prince Jin's Mansion.
You want to ask why?
Ma Xiang couldn't figure out why.
He is just always thinking about disbanding after the next vote, disbanding after the next vote, and not disbanding after the next vote, he will be a dog...
Fortunately, in this Tianlang Village, no one knows what the head of the family is thinking, and even if they know, no one dares to raise their head and make him bark a few times.
"okay!"
As his thoughts turned around, the discussion among the people became more noisy and noisy.
As soon as Ma Xiang opened his mouth, everyone immediately shut their mouths.
"Everyone, please go down. Let me consider the matter of surrendering to Prince Jin's Mansion for a few more days."
The meaning of considering is that there is a drama. After everyone took this reassurance, they made a pretense to disperse.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a subordinate rushed in in front of the gate in a panic.
"Report to the boss! Someone...is killing us in our village!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone's expression changed.
Ma Xiang also suddenly stood up!
"Who dares to attack our Tianlang Village!"
The messenger swallowed hard and turned pale.
"Yes...the other party claimed to be from Prince Jin's Mansion!"
"What?!"
Ma Xiang and the bandit leaders present were all shocked!
Jin Palace? How could it be the Jin Palace?
The relationship between the head of the family and the Jin Palace is irreversible, which has been proven through practice over the years.
If not, given the behavior of Tianlang Village in recent years, wouldn't the Shen Jiajun have already trampled it to the ground? !
Ma Xiang, who was aware of the truth, panicked now, but now was not the time to blame himself and regret, so he hurriedly asked:
"How many soldiers and horses are coming?!"
The subordinate was a little unsure about his answer.
"The only people who negotiated with me verbally were one person and one horse, but I don't know if there were others ambushing me in the dark."
After hearing what the subordinate said, the second head of the family, Ge Liang, immediately showed a cruel look on his face.
"Master! This is a blessing, not a curse, but a curse that cannot be avoided!"
"If the Jin Palace is really treacherous and wants to destroy our Tianlang Village, then we might as well use the geographical advantage to fight them!"
Ge Liang's words attracted everyone's approval.
"The second boss is right! It means death anyway, so it's better to give it a try!"
"No one is more familiar with the mountain terrain here than us. If we use this to counterattack, we may lose the Shen family army!"
"Master, how about this, let's make an appointment to meet at a place afterwards, and then rush out together. If anyone is lucky enough to survive, let's get together again and start anew!"
After everyone had expressed what they were thinking, Ma Xiang waved his hand and ordered:
"Don't worry, come with me to the mountain gate to have a look!"
In this way, Ma Xiang distributed his men and gathered the whole village to go out. More than a hundred people flocked to the mountain gate.
In front of the mountain gate, the young man Shen Liang was dressed lightly. At least from the outside, he did not bring any weapons, only a piece of luggage hung on the saddle.
When the two sides met, Ma Xiang separated from the crowd, took two steps forward, and cupped his hands.
"I'm the boss of Tianlang Village, Ma Xiang. May I ask what your name is and what the purpose of this trip is?"
The boss... he should be the only Bagua realm martial arts cultivator in Tianlang Village, right?
With this thought flashing through his mind, Shen Liang turned over and dismounted, stood beside the horse, smiled and held his hands.
"Shen Liang, I came up the mountain to Guizhai to do some private business today."
The surname is Shen, private matter.
Ma Xiang was not that master with well-developed limbs and simple mind, he captured these two key pieces of information in an instant.
"My little brother is a direct descendant of King Jin?"
Ma Xiang, who was stationed at Tianlang Village, didn't realize who "Shen Liang" was for a moment.
Shen Liang said "Yeah" and said nothing more.
Ge Liang reacted at the right time and quickly leaned into Ma Xiang's ear to remind him.
"If I remember correctly, His Highness the Prince of Jin's Mansion is called Shen Liang!"
Ma Xiang's heart tightened, and then he thought of the word "private affairs", and a beautiful guess emerged.
The next second, with a flattering smile on his face, he asked Shen Liang tentatively:
"It turns out that His Highness is here to visit us. Some of them are not welcomed from afar, but some are not welcomed from afar!"
"Hmm... I would like to ask Your Highness, the private matter you mentioned during this trip could be because you heard that my brothers in the village have some abilities, so you plan to recruit us to form a personal army, right?"
Shen Liang was the king of Daxia's special forces in his previous life. Although he had an out-of-touch personality, he had the same beliefs as other Daxia soldiers and hated evil the most.
And the rebirth in this life did not strip this faith from his soul.
Therefore, as for Ma Xiang and his like, these evil mountain bandits who harm the people and do evil things, he will naturally get rid of them as soon as his ability allows!
"Master, you may have misunderstood. I'm talking about private matters. I'm here to take you in, not to take you in."
