It turned out that after the mysterious collapse of the Cangzhou branch more than ten years ago, the Cui family reacted quickly and secretly split the Yandi branch into two again.

One is the old nest in the deep mountains, the eldest son of the Cui patriarch, and the next patriarch with two brothers, the vast majority of the armed children, young elites and wastes in the clan who can suppress the thieves under their subordinates, and the children who can be used as reproductive machines to reproduce and expand the family population with people to guard the town.

The main job of the thousands of horse thieves in the lair in the mountains is not to go out to rob, but to guard the wealth of the lair, so they open fields in the mountains to survive.

This secret, except for the one in the lair, is only known to Patriarch Cui and several major elders of the family.

These elders also live in the lair.

With such a large population, there must always be an explanation for the other members of the family who do not know the secrets.

Patriarch Cui deceived these people and said that the main branch in Cangzhou no longer exists, the Liao people are not credible, and our family cannot leave all its strength in the Khitan sphere of influence, we are Han people, and the family cannot leave roots in the Great Song Dynasty in case of accidents. The people who were separated were transferred to the Great Song Dynasty to take root and spread out, and they would be another independent branch in the future. You can take refuge when it is critical, and you can't contact you at ordinary times.

He himself is also dividing the boundary with the deep mountain nest in his heart, but he can't help but do necessary things such as the Xishan Inn, and he still has to help deal with it under the pretext of deceiving uninformed members.

His brave son Cui Chuancheng led people to set up a cave in the mountains of Dulu Mountain where the rest of this branch was left, but there was no collection of money obtained by various means such as looting, and it was transferred to Cuijiabao, in fact, it was secretly transferred to the lair in the mountains.

The secret of the old nest in the deep mountains and the matter of transferring money, the old guy doesn't even know about his capable biological son Cui Chuancheng.

The goods looted by the armed force in Dulu Mountain became the goods of the Cui family, and some of them were disposed of locally. Some of them were turned into caravan goods and transported to the side of Taihang Mountain for sale, and then the silver was transferred to the cave of Taihang Mountain. There will be no more bothersome risks to bring it back to Yanjing.

The leader of this cave in Taihang Mountain is led by capable side branch disciples.

This is to use its ability to open up the situation in the Taihang Mountain area, where there are many robbers, and defend this cave. It is also the heart that balances the side branches of the family.

Dulu Mountain and Taihang Mountain belong to one branch, and finally the nest is in Taihang Mountain.

If Dulu Mountain can't stand up, it will concentrate the power of the horse thieves and transfer to Taihang Mountain.

The patriarch stood in the light with the youngest son who also needed to deal with the affairs related to the three caves in the deep mountains, as well as the members who needed to stay behind in Cuijiabao and Yanjing officialdom to find out information, grasp power and situation, and deal with daily scenes.

They all belong to the branch of Taihang Mountain.

It's just that the children of officialdom don't know the secrets of Dulu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and only contact Benbao, and if necessary, they are abandoned victims.

Parents and relatives of these people. Including the children are in the cave of Taihang Mountain. No one in this castle can reveal secrets to the children of officialdom.

Of course, there are very few children in Khitan officialdom today.

The real talent is either in the deep mountain nest, or to help the construction of Taihang Mountain. The rest are those who have real power in the officialdom or are good at sneaking horses and can cling to the Khitan magnates as dogs, which is conducive to the family grasping the news and taking advantage of the situation.

The Cui family has made preparations to abandon their home and flee at any time, and the reason why there are still nearly 100,000 yuan left in the fort is that one may be used in ordinary times, and the other is more likely to be used to deceive and destroy the Khitan government where they have made a fortune.

With a large amount of land being cut out by the government to settle the Khitans who went south, the Cui family's financial resources have been greatly reduced on the surface. The family consumes a lot and has little income, and the Cui family only has this money left, which seems normal. The Khitan government copied the money. Without the drive of profits, you won't care too much about those who escape, and you won't chase after them. The people of the Cui family will be able to get out more easily. The secret of Dulu Mountain. In particular, the secrets of the nests in the mountains can be better preserved.

According to the collapsed Cui Chenggong, the Cui patriarch has a big heart. took refuge in the Jin Army and bothered to make the layout of the three caves in the deep mountains. However, he had the idea of gathering force and becoming the cause of the emperor, and wanted to wait for the Jin army to destroy the Liao State in the future, so he encouraged the Jin army to invade the Song Dynasty on the grounds that the Great Song Dynasty was far richer than the Great Liao.

Zhao Yue hated traitors the most, and when he thought of the tragic scene of the Cui family inciting the greedy ambition of the Jin army, which led to countless deaths and injuries of the Han nation, he felt how much he should kill Yan Zhi Cui.

He figured out all kinds of tricks, and he had to marvel at the ruthlessness and scheming of the super old family.

He ordered all the personnel to be transferred, including the wounded soldiers of Cangzhao, to stay in the Dulu Mountain Cottage and station on the spot to guard, under the command of Wang Nianjing, Wan Qi Danian, Cheng Ying, and Wu Neng, who took Haidong Qingli to reconnoiter and defend this place.

Shi Yong and other generals of the horse thief army, as well as Xu Jin, Ning Zuo, Ning You, Ba En, and Che Li, took the Cangzhao soldiers and rode back to Shifeng to defend the town.

He took the golden eagle and the Liu family brothers who knew the road, led the two big dogs, escorted the old lady of the Liu family to the Xishan Inn, temporarily placed the Liu family here, and then returned to the lair in the mountains with the golden eagle.

As soon as he returned to the mountain, Zhao Yue first went to the family temple on the mountain, and this time he turned on a flashlight to carefully inspect the cave below the Buddha statue.

Shi Yong, Duan Jingzhu, the Pan brothers, Xu Jin, as well as Jin Diao, Ning Zuo, Ning You, Ba En, and Che Li followed in, but they didn't understand what Zhao Yue wanted to do.

Those who knew this secret before muttered in their hearts: The wealth in the cave has been transferred, and all that is left is the daily necessities left by the Cui family, such as beds, coal, and others, what else can be checked?

However, when Zhao Yue smashed open a cave wall, everyone casually looked inside from the breach with the torches, and everyone, including Zhao Yue, instantly widened their eyes, and the first expression they showed was not surprise, but incredulity.

It turned out that this was a natural and man-made cave wall, which closed a cave that was originally semi-enclosed, but it was actually a wall that looked like a natural cave wall, made of stone and cement, very thick and solid.

Because when the cement is not dry, the natural soil in the cave and large and small gravel sharp stones are covered on the outer surface, and after the cement is dry, let alone in the dark cave. Even if it is outside with a good line of sight, I am afraid that I can't see that this is a man-made camouflage.

Zhao Yue's eyes were sharp. The nose is sharp, and the whole cave is examined repeatedly. In the end, I felt that the cave wall had a faint smell of cement, and after careful inspection, I noticed an abnormality, and then I was able to discover the secret.

What's the secret?

Silver.

Most of them are generally sized silver bars neatly stacked inside, and the innermost part is actually gold, but there are not many of them. There is no jade jewellery that is not conducive to longevity as a long-term wealth inheritance for the family.

It's almost crammed into this cavern that actually has a lot of space.

The cave is more than one and a half people high, and there is so much silver in front of everyone's eyes, as long as the space of this cave is a little larger, the amount of silver hidden here is also amazing.

How can this not be shocking?

How much silver does this have?!

How much money does the Cui family have?!

Could it be that some families in the history of legend are as rich as the country? Zhao Yue came to find out the secret. But when he knew that the wealth of Dulu Mountain was also here, just as he felt that something was wrong when he learned that there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in the silver treasury in Cuijiabao, the thought at that time flashed in his mind again, but this time he caught this thought.

The Cui family was rich, but at that time, Zhao Yue felt that since the Cui family was ready to abandon their home and flee at any time, how could they be willing to casually leave behind so much money with nearly one-tenth of the wealth of the old nest in the deep mountains?

This doesn't make sense.

Not to mention the extremely greedy Cui family, even any family would not do this.

Dulu Mountain felt this way again, and he checked the cave again, and sure enough, he verified his judgment.

Judging by the wealth of this.

Yan Zhicui considered himself and obviously kept a hand on Cangcui, also to disperse wealth and ensure the safety of economic foundation and inheritance capital. In Liaodi, he has accumulated a large amount of wealth in front of him for nearly a hundred years, but he has not transferred a large amount of silver to Cangbenzhi. It should be to transfer the gold to Cangzhou, the land of the Han people. After the collapse of the vicissitudes, the gold accumulated in the past ten years was hidden here.

The millions of dollars found before may be the Cui family, just in case the mountain is breached, and the cave is discovered. Think of it as a benefit to hide your real wealth and distract the intruder. It may also be that it is not enough to create a secret room to collect and seal.

Since the Cui family became rich since the late Tang Dynasty, they have always regarded gold as a wealth inheritance. Using the money that was snatched by trickery to find ways to collect and exchange gold, it was accumulated from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Song Dynasty, so when he broke the cangcui, he could get a maddening amount of gold.

Zhao Yue figured out the trick and sighed that the Cui family's financial resources could indeed support the emperor's ambitions.

He calmed down and secretly observed the reaction of the crowd in the face of the test of money.

OK.

Almost all of them had a greedy glint in their eyes after the incredible, but they quickly or slowly extinguished it.

Zhao Yue said calmly: "Let's seal it up as it is." When it comes later, the money will be used as military expenses, and it will save you trouble. ”

Duan Jingzhu frowned when he heard this.

Shi Yong shouted: "Don't mind. I said San Lang, with so much silver by my side, I can't help but be greedy and want to reach out. ”

His name is Zhao Yue Saburo instead of Gongzi, which is to express the trust that his close relationship and confidants deserve, and to talk about things in a joke, but it is to strengthen the expression of serious requirements - silver cannot be kept here.

This deep mountain nest belongs to the Cui family, and it may not always be able to keep it secret, and it is not so safe and unbreakable.

If the horse thieves need to move elsewhere, they can be abandoned at any time.

The main thing is that there is a terrible amount of money around, and that is not rich but a curse.

This person, suddenly encountered a mountain of money, even if he knew that a person would not be able to take much from it, but he still couldn't help but desperately take it, and it was not unusual to risk his life.

The silver was left here, and it was as terrible as sleeping on a pile of explosives that could explode at any moment.

The mere duty of a caretaker can be overwhelming.

And the most enjoyable thing about being a horse thief is to be relaxed, go wherever you want, kill if you want to, rob if you want, and escape in a blink of an eye if you want to escape. Guarding the silver mountain just ruined the specialty and pleasure of being a horse thief.

With this mountain of silver contained, can people still play happily?

I'm going to play a fart in the future!

Everyone laughed when they heard Shi Yong say something interesting, and said one after another: "Brother Shi is right. Can't stay. ”

Silver is good, everyone likes it, but it can lead to greed and lead to disaster, if you don't take it, you will be panicked and unbearable, and if you take it, as long as you stretch out your hand, even if you only take a silver bar, it will be bad for righteousness. ruined the rare fate and future of life.

Zhao Yue glanced at everyone appreciatively, but said nothing.

But everyone suddenly felt tall under this gaze. The waist pole unconsciously straightened and stiffened.

Zhao Yue laughed: "You are all capable people in this world, and you are rarely qualified to do great things. can live a life of majesty, glory, pride and openness, can be blessed to children and grandchildren, if it is ruined by a mere amount of money, it is not cost-effective. ”

"I am happy and proud of you to be able to keep your sanity in front of Yinshan. This is the heroic brother I want to get along with for the rest of my life. ”

The smiles of the crowd became more and more cheerful and natural.

The day after the Cuijiabao fire, all the children of the Cui family in the Khitan officialdom were suddenly arrested, interrogated, and executed. The rest of the Cui family who disappeared were severely wanted by the Khitan government.

The tragedy of Cuijiabao that night. Because of the holy decree of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom that was invested in the Yan Palace, it was characterized by the government as very likely to be a joint search for revenge by the enemy. Although the whereabouts of this group of people were traced and they wanted to punish the crime of killing the Liao army, it was fruitless for a while.

The Han villagers of Cuijiapu were forcibly relocated, crying and crying when they left, looking very miserable, but they did not despair in their hearts, and they calmly embarked on the long road south with enough copper coins and food.

The Cui family's money was robbed by the murderous strongman. But the castle with ideal land and location was a windfall from heaven, which was soon torn apart and devoured by the Liao officials and local tycoons.

The Cui family in Liaodi was completely annihilated in Hu Feng.

A few days later, the pirates suddenly landed in a big way. invaded the Yanjing area, but quickly slaughtered to the north of Yanjing, and quickly retreated like a tide.

King Yan was busy forming a 'resentful army' in Liaodong. Not in Yanjing.

The general who stayed behind in Yanjing had to report that the pirates had actually invaded Yanjing this time, and he was both shocked and angry. Hurriedly set up defenses, gathered troops and horses, prepared to intercept and counterattack, and teach this group of madmen a good lesson. The soldiers and horses were not ready, but they learned that the pirates had retreated.

He was stunned, looking at the news from all over the north and east, and muttered: "Why didn't this gang of thieves rob the population this time and didn't engage in Sanguang?" ”

A senior staff member of the Yanwang Mansion also frowned and said strangely: "When I went back, I broke a few towns by the way, killed some of my garrisons, and only robbed some large households, military horse materials, and people's cattle and sheep, and didn't kill my ordinary people, and didn't even rob the horses of my Khitan people, so I left satisfied?" ”

"What are they doing when they dispatched so many men and horses to move the army to collapse the sea?"

"Show off your strength and bully me, is there no one in Daliao?"

"Damn!"

Dulu Mountain Cottage, the gate of the village is closed, but it is empty, and the thousands of war horses and transferred personnel who are hiding here are gone. Only the mountain birds that come to forage for food are free to hop around inside.

The two hundred Cangzhao soldiers who were originally horse thieves in the old nest of the mountains, the six newly recruited generals, and the dozen or so women brought from the Cui family were also gone, and they all moved along with the army that came to meet them.

The six newly recruited generals all expressed their intention to join the army, give full play to their strengths, and make meritorious contributions.

Among them, Cheng Ying and Golden Eagle are brave and alert, and Zhao Yue feels that he is a good hand at mixing special forces, so he suggests going to Taiwan Island to learn new ideas, new words, and new knowledge transformation, and then receive special forces training.

It is recommended to study in the Northern Army first, and in the future, which general's subordinate general is not strong enough and has a temper, he will arrange for them to go to which department.

Those women don't have to worry about it. They have expectations and fears for an unfamiliar future, and they all choose to follow the bodyguards of the Cui family's mansion in the past, who are familiar and close to each other.

Zhao Yue agreed.

One side was originally a plaything that the Cui family would get rid of when they had enough, and the other side was a force tool used by the Cui family to sacrifice. The common experience of suffering makes this couple cherish this fate even more. It is better for women to end up than to find a new husband in a new place.

The four generals of the horse thief army have a newly transferred 500 Cangzhao army.

In fact, there are too many people, which is not safe, and the consumption is large, and it is not necessary to increase the burden of living in the deep mountains.

With the power of the Cangzhao army, if a hundred horsemen are dispatched but they can't rob those smuggling merchants, it means that they have robbed the wrong target and are dangerous.

The original 200 officers and men worked hard and made great contributions in this incident, performed extraordinarily, returned to the Northern Army, and were promoted to officers in various departments according to their ability, and were rewarded heavily.

Zhao Yue instructed the four generals to guard the secret base of Shifeng, so as to facilitate the reception and protection of the personnel of Yanjing and the intelligence network in the northern region.

In the future, don't annex horse thieves and thieves to recruit here, you must hide here.

The many bandits and horse thieves in Dulu Mountain and Yanshan Mountain were actually the Cui family's people, which sounded the alarm for the annexation of other horse thieves.

Don't look at the growth of people, but in fact, it is to lure the wolf into the room, let the family find Shi Feng's secret, and take the old nest.

You can use the cottage of Dulu Mountain as an external base, and each time the second general takes two hundred soldiers to where to station, first eradicate the remnants and bandits scattered by the Cui family in Yanshan, and if you want to do a big job with more strength, you can take the way of forming an alliance with other robbers.

There are other horse thieves and robbers to distract the attention of the Khitan government, which is also conducive to the safety of the Cangzhao horse thief army.

The four generals were ordered to reluctantly send Zhao Yue away.

Zhao Yue came to the Xishan Inn.

The herbs that were stored here and were intended to be sold were picked up by the army along with the wagons.

Zhao Yue used a truck specially left behind to plant the old woman Liu, who could not bump and retreat quickly with the army, and Xue Limei, who wanted to follow him, with Liu Zhong, Liu Yi, Wang Nianjing, Wu Neng, and Xu Jin, escorting the vehicle and running to the Great Song Dynasty.

Wan Qi Danian's body size is too special, it is easy to be remembered at a glance, killing the Liao army, it is inconvenient to follow through the Liao land, and he also moved early with the army.

At this point, Yan Zhicui's greedy wolf dream was shattered.

The remaining remnants of the sin hiding in Taihang Mountain can get away with it for a while, but they have lost the strong financial resources and relationship support of their own clan, and they are unable to set off a big storm again.

Zhao Yue telegraphed to inform the eldest brother, and Zhao Gonglian found a way to solve it.

Or secretly send a small group of elite troops under the Qingzhou Army to go over and destroy them in person, or use the power of the Great Song Dynasty to attack and eradicate them near Taihang Mountain, it is not difficult to clean up. (To be continued.) )