Speaking of this Jinyin Village, it can be regarded as the dominant one in the Guofengao area.
The two village masters, brothers Niu Youjin and Niu Youyin, are not bad martial arts wizards, but their qualifications are indeed not bad. During the years when they were lay disciples in the Shaolin Temple, their strength was considered top-notch among their peers. .
It's a pity that these two people are not born to eat fast and chant Buddha's name. Even after seven or eight years of practicing in the Zen sect, they are still full of wine, sex and wealth.
Therefore, before they reach the age of twenty, they cannot stay any longer...
One night, the two sneaked into the Sutra Pavilion, each memorized half of the "Vajra Legs" secret book, and then escaped down the mountain through a dog hole.
Some people may wonder, why didn't these two guys just steal the secret book or make a copy?
Quite simply, they don't dare.
It's enough for you to secretly memorize this skill and practice it yourself. As long as you don't use it to do anything wrong in the world in the future, causing enemies to come to Shaolin to settle accounts, then the monks will turn a blind eye.
But if you steal the secret directly, copy a copy, or teach others what you have learned... the nature is different.
Is the Shaolin Temple really that kind and compassionate? As long as you cross a certain line, people will come to destroy your martial arts in minutes.
The Niu brothers were not stupid either, and understood this truth, so after they came down from the mountain, they did not hang out in the rivers and lakes - they had already thought about it, and they would immediately become bandits and become the kings of the mountain.
With their abilities, they are "invincible" in the bandit industry.
In just a few years, the two relied on their martial arts to conquer and consolidate all the mountain villages in the Guofengao area. They gathered all the "elite" bandits into their gold and silver village and specially trained all the bandits. The minions have all mastered the use of bows and arrows; in terms of logistics, they have also done a good job, with weapons, food, grass and horses well prepared; they even spent a lot of money to manage the government offices that manage this area, so that they can be seen by the officials. It also opens the door to convenience for them.
It has developed to this day, and everyone in the area around Guofeng'ao knows... No matter who it is, if you want to borrow a road from Guofeng'ao, even if you are an errand, you have to leave some money to "buy tolls", which means ordinary people. Not to mention people... you will take at least one-third of their belongings.
Of course, as long as you obediently give the money, they won't make it difficult for you.
As for the cases of sex and death, although it is not completely absent, the people who did these things afterwards were all sent to the government by the Niu brothers to be "handled" without exception.
Their thinking is very clear: If you want to stay here for a long time, you must use discipline to control your subordinates. Those guys who can't even control their lower bodies, and who want to kill people on impulse, should stay. Sooner or later something bad will happen... It is appropriate for a person like this to be sent to the government.
The county magistrate killed these bandits who came to his door, which not only gained merit, but also alleviated the public's anger, without affecting their continued taking bribes from the Niu brothers.
As for the Niu brothers, they sent a few heads to the government, and by the way, they also eliminated the cancer in the team.
This is called a win-win situation.
This is called "underground order."
It's not legal, but from a certain perspective it's reasonable.
In those days, if there was no such gray area, the people would suffer even more. Before the Niu brothers came, when there were many small cottages here, passers-by were robbed, and it could not be solved by "leaving some money to buy the road" .
I guess someone will say again, wouldn't it be better if bandits didn't exist at all?
Yes, but that is impossible, because this assumption is similar to "if there are no corrupt officials", it is a very complicated problem.
In short, among all the bandits and water bandits they have encountered since they came out of the martial arts world, none of them can compare with this Jinyin Village in terms of strength; even those who have appeared in the previous article Mei Chiyang, the "Eagle City Five-ring Knife" and the head of Meijiazhai with the word "di" on the green forest road, does not do as much business as the Niu brothers.
The key...the two brothers are also very smart. They did not get involved in the affairs of Jianghu or Green Forest. They just colluded with local officials and bandits to occupy the mountain and become kings; No one in Green Forest came to trouble them.
So today, why did they take the initiative to find trouble for Shuanghe and Lei Buji?
He must have been ordered by Tang Fu.
Of course, Tang Fu didn't ask them to kill people. If he really wanted to kill these three people, Tang Banner Master would have done it himself; moreover, even if he really wanted the Niu brothers to kill people, the latter would not agree - he If the two of them dared to kill people in the rivers and lakes at will, why would they be bandits?
The reason why the Niu brothers accepted this deal was, firstly, because the money given by the Five Spirits Sect was indeed quite large this time, and secondly, because...this deal would not involve any loss of life, it would just require them to put on a show.
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Not a moment later, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji sat down in the "Juyi Hall" of Jinyinzhai.
I don’t know why, but these bandits love to give this name to the meeting hall of their village, as if every village can pick out a hundred or eight generals.
But that's not the point...
At this moment, Sun and Huang were feeling extremely empty.
On the way here, they already noticed that something was wrong: Ordinarily, this bandit was robbing people, so there was no need to take people back to the village, right? It's okay to just rob things, why bring people back? Do you still want to rob these three grown men?
Moreover, Sun Yixie and Lei Buji had heard from the waiter at a nearby store that the bandits in Jinyinzhai only charged tolls and would not kill anyone under normal circumstances.
And... the ambush just now seemed to have been carefully prepared. Not only were there a large number of troops, but the leader of the second village, "Silver-footed King" Niu Youyin, personally led the team. After the ambush was successful, the bandits also They did not touch the luggage of Sun Huanglei and the others, and did not even search their bodies. They just tied the three people with ropes and escorted them back with their luggage.
This was unusual in any way, at least...it didn't look like he was here for the money.
After sitting in silence for a moment, a figure appeared at the door.
The man who came here looked very similar to Niu Youyin, except for the distance between his eyes and the bridge of his nose. This man wearing gold-trimmed fast boots was undoubtedly the leader of the village - the King of Golden Feet. Niu Youjin .
"Brother." When Niu Youyin saw his brother, he stepped forward to say hello.
The two brothers had a good relationship. Niu Youjin glanced at the three people sitting in the hall, smiled and supported his younger brother's arm: "Brother, thank you for your hard work."
"Hey, it's a trivial matter." Niu Youyin said with a smile, "I just want to catch a few..."
"Hey!" Niu Youjin seemed to sense that his brother was about to say something offensive, so he quickly stopped him at this moment, "...be polite, I am a guest."
"Huh? Oh... Hahaha, yes." Niu Youyin smiled sarcastically, "Big brother is right, I almost said I was bald."
After the two of them said these words at the door, Niu Youjin turned around and walked a few steps, came to the three prisoners, clasped his fists and handed over his hands: "You three..." As he spoke, he also observed the three prisoners. His expression said, "I've heard about the names of three young heroes for a long time. Today I invite them to the village as guests. I'm not polite and I'll offend you. I hope you can forgive me."
"Hmph..." After hearing this, Huang Donglai sneered, "The way Master Niu Village invites people is not only disrespectful, it is simply unconventional and astonishing."
Niu Youjin was mentally prepared for his strange response. He smiled calmly and responded: "Haha...our brothers are just outcasts after all, and the three of them are young heroes who are famous in the martial arts world. If I If I directly send a subordinate to invite three people to come to my door, you will probably not come, right? And if there are too many people I send to invite you, it may cause misunderstanding among the three of you. If there is a fight, both parties will have to It hurts the harmony... That’s why Niu made this move.”
What he said does make some sense at first glance.
Huang Donglai didn't argue with him about that. Now that he was tied up, he might as well ask something practical: "Oh...well, we can come now if we don't want to. I wonder if the Niu village master can give us some relief first." Where are you tied up?"
"Oh, it should be." Niu Youjin agreed simply, and then he shouted loudly, "Come here, please loosen the bonds of the three young heroes."
As soon as he finished speaking, three bandits walked in quickly and untied the ropes from Sun Huanglei and the others.
The rope was untied, but Huang Donglai and the others did not act rashly.
Niu Youjin also knows very well that the other party will not mess around - after all, this is also the hinterland of Jinyin Village, not to mention that the martial arts of the two village leaders are not bad, but there are hundreds of fully armed soldiers outside. The bandits are not easy to deal with. If they really take action today, there is no way these three people can escape intact from the gathering hall.
"Hmm... I don't know, why did the two village masters invite us here?" After being released, Huang Donglai did not thank the other party, because this was also the right thing to do.
"Oh, it's no big deal." Niu Youjin sat down as he spoke.
When Niu Youyin saw his brother sitting down, he 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 been involved in the world for a long time, they have heard about it a little bit." What Niu Youjin said at this time was the cliché that he had already prepared. Its credibility is not important. Anyway, that's what he said, and that's what the other party heard, "Because we admire the three young heroes for their righteous deeds, we have always wanted to make friends with you three..." He paused, "Previously, we received a rumor that the three of them happened to be passing through Feng'ao, so I wanted to do my best to show my friendship as a landlord and invite the three of them to come to the village to entertain us and get close to each other... Haha , if you three are willing to give us this face, you might as well stay here for a few days, just to make friends..."
Both Sun and Huang took these words as a joke. They both knew that the other party had not yet revealed the true purpose and core content.
According to what they want, they can pretend to agree first, and then slowly deal with each other.
But Lei Buji took those words seriously. This kid Geng, how could he be willing to associate with the bandits? So he slapped the table and stared at the other party with his flying face and said: "Then let's What if I don’t give you this face?”
