At the end of the sixth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (177 AD), the year is approaching, which is the second year after Chen Lin left Anyang. Only this time, he had to live in the wilderness and countryside. Since Yan Liangwen was ugly received, Chen Lin was not in a hurry to return, but only asked Yan Liang to send a letter to the Chen Mansion in Luoyang, and the words were clear. Chen Lin also ordered the people of the Chen Mansion in Luoyang to find the Cai Yang family and say goodbye, and the two of them settled in the small village in a down-to-earth manner, and only waited for the New Year to pass before returning.

It turned out that this Yan Liangwen Chou was not from this village, and the two of them were also from Runan County, but neither of them had relatives, and the two of them knew each other when they were young, so they went together to find martial arts masters everywhere, please learn martial arts. Over the years, the two have suffered countless hardships, but they have learned a good skill. Wen Chou turned out to be the same year as Chen Lin, Yan Liang was one year older, but the two of them had been walking the rivers and lakes for five years, which made Chen Lin sigh.

Yan Liangwen Chou also came here three months ago, but he was originally invested in Luoyang to invest in the Yuan Mansion of the Fourth and Third Princes as a nursing home, just because he heard that there was a person in Hebei called Tong Yuan's master. The two of them temporarily suppressed the invitation of Yuan Benchu, the eldest son of the Yuan family, to come to find Tong Yuan, but they didn't want Tong Yuan to be found, but they met the bandit Luo Village here. The two helped each other, and the villagers saw that the two were good at martial arts, so they begged to stay to protect the village, and the two couldn't bear the villagers' hard work, so they had to agree. This help is three months, and the gang of thieves on the mountain not far away did not come down to rob it, so that Yan Liangwen couldn't bear to leave, but the two had no plan to exterminate it, and they were in a stalemate.

Chen Lin felt a pity in his heart, the two of them actually wanted to vote for Yuan Benchu, and they had an advantage from the Wang family. Hearing Yan Liang say this, Chen Lin couldn't help but look down and secretly glanced at Cai Yang, thinking about how to keep Cai Yang in the Chen family. Chen Lin remembered that Cai Yang said that in Hongnong, he often trained nursing homes for large families, and used it as a family, so it was better to be more simple, directly promise a lot of profits, and temporarily leave Cai Yang in the Chen family, and in the future, there will be time to slowly return to his heart.

Chen Lin made up his mind, and his mind returned to the status quo, Yan Liangwen and Chou could be regarded as helping Chen Lin when he was in danger, if he helped the two of them to settle this matter, so that the two of them could get out, it could be regarded as a return of favor. Chen Lin said to Yan Liangwen Chou: "Chen Mou got the help of the two of them, so he stayed here to help you and wait for a hand, and cleared the gang of thieves, and it was not in vain to drink the wine you and others entertained." When Cai Yang heard it, he hurriedly chased after him and said, "Yes, yes, so-and-so also stayed with the three to kill the thief, just to send a certain knife." ”

Yan Liangwen was ugly when he heard it, his face was happy, Yan Liang could see that although Chen Lin's martial arts were not as good as the others, his knowledge was above the three of them, and he couldn't decide if he thought of some methods. The young people in the village on the side were even more smiling, there were such strong hands in the village to protect them, so why not be afraid of those thieves who didn't want to die. Maybe the thieves on the mountain will be cleared, and the village will not be peaceful in the future, thinking of the benefits, a few people happily poured wine for Chen Lin and the four of them.

Chen Lin asked Yan Liang what he knew about the situation of the thieves on the mountain, and Yan Liang said: "According to the thieves who caught it, there are about 300 bandits on the mountain, and the leader is called Blackbeard, and he doesn't have an official name, so he has a big knife. I have also seen it for a while, if you fight alone, you can cut this goods in two rounds, but this person is extremely cunning, every time he sees a certain or old text, he will leave the small one and run first. ”

Chen Lin thought to himself, people are not stupid, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are as martial arts, it is strange if they don't run. It seems that as long as this person is captured, the thieves on the mountain are not afraid, and they ask, "What is the law of this group?" ”

"This gang of thieves is going to come three or twice a month, but after a certain two people came here, they were beaten away every time, and they couldn't please them. The New Year is coming in a few days, and on these two days, it is necessary to come. Every time, more than 100 or 200 people came down the mountain, and a certain person just didn't understand what the officers and soldiers of the neighboring county town were. A certain person has been in this village for three months, and he has never seen a single soldier to inquire, which is really angry. Saying that, Yan Liang clenched his fist and smashed it the case, with a bang.

Today's big man, thieves are everywhere, even if you want to manage it, I'm afraid you can't manage it, there are more gangs of thousands of people, occupying the mountain as the king, and the few three or two people dare to rob the house. Chen Lin is already accustomed to seeing it, every time he encounters thieves blocking the way, he is still amused by these crappy mountain kings.

Chen Lin heard that he was coming in the next two days, and asked how Yan Liang had repelled the thieves in the past. It turned out that Yan Liangwen and Chou relied on martial arts, and every time they blocked everyone on the path in front of the village, so that the thieves could not enter the village. Among the thieves, Yan Liangwen couldn't beat Yan Liangwen and Chou, and generally escaped after three or two people died. Although the thieves couldn't enter the village, Yan Liangwen was ugly and the thieves had no choice, so they confronted each other for three months.

Chen Lin thought about how to catch all the thieves, but he couldn't be like this anymore, so he hurriedly stood up and went out to check the terrain of the village. This village is built very standardly, with three rows of houses and two roads, and the distance between the squares and the distance. Chen Lin laughed, and stood in the middle of the village laughing. In such a place, if you let thieves in, it is too simple to block at both ends.

Yan Liang and the others saw Chen Lin like this, and looked at Chen Lin suspiciously, Chen Lin said that it was not a strategy in his heart, Yan Liang immediately understood how to act, it seemed that he wanted to keep the thieves out of the village, but he didn't think about letting them in and fighting again. If Grandpa Chen Lin was here, he would definitely say: Simple and typical closing the door and beating the dog.

Chen Lin, Yan Liang and others discussed, such a countermeasure is simple and effective, but they are afraid that many houses will be destroyed. Chen Lin finally decided to block one of the two roads in the village, so as not to let the thieves in, only one road was enough, and if it was destroyed, it would only destroy two rows of houses. He also gathered the people in the village, and everyone had no opinion, but after the incident, if the house was not destroyed, they had to help build the house and rebuild the home.

In this way, Chen Lin hurriedly organized the young men in the village to seal one passage at the head of the village, and also sealed the doors of the houses on both sides of the other passage, so that the thieves would not rush into the house when they were surrounded and it would be difficult to clean up. Measuring his gang of thieves, even if they found that the doors were all sealed after entering the village, they couldn't imagine that it was a plan.

After doing this, Chen Lin divided the more than 100 young people in the village into two groups, one group was led by Wen Chou Cai Yang, and the other group was led by Chen Lin and Yan Liang. Just waiting for the whistle outside the village to find the thief, Chen Lin's gang hid at the end of the village, but Wen Chou's gang bypassed it from afar, just waiting for the thief to enter the village, and immediately blocked the thief's retreat.

Chen Lin looked at the busy arrangers, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. Suddenly, Chen Lin saw several villagers cleaning up the houses used for ambush, and at this time they were helplessly surrounding a little pig, and the little pig was surrounded by many people, so he was so anxious that he rampaged, and his small body had infinite strength, knocking a group of people to the ground. Chen Lin patted the stone case and shouted: "Understood, understood." It also aroused the eyes of Yan Liang and others. Chen Lin hurriedly called the three of them: "If the thieves are surrounded by us and the others, I am afraid that we will have to fight the trapped beasts, even if we win in the end, there will be a lot of casualties." ”

Wen Chou shouted: "How can there be immortals in war, kill thieves for the villagers, and die unjustly." Yan Liang hurriedly drank Wen Chou, and asked again: "Chen Gongzi must have some plan, but?" Chen Lin laughed: "I can't hide it from Brother Yan, but I have to bother the three of them, and when I surrounded the thief, I found the thief head first, and immediately killed the thief head, which made the thief frightened, and shouted together to surrender and not kill." After hearing this, everyone laughed, and Wen Chou shouted: "It's so simple, what do you think you want to do, the thief leader, a certain hand can kill him." ”

Chen Lin said: "So we need to do one more thing, prepare hay and firewood at both ends of the village, and if you want to come to the countryside, some firewood in the village will not attract the attention of thieves." Then stop the thieves, quickly pile up the objects at both ends, and if the thieves do not surrender, set fire. Chen Lin said calmly, but the people next to him swallowed their saliva again and again, if you want to say that you want to kill one or two hundred thieves, it doesn't seem to be anything, but if you say that you burn one or two hundred people, it seems that it is terrifying. However, when the villagers heard that there was no need for more deaths, they also did it happily, and it was better to die a thief than to die yourself, and to be cruel was cruel.

Chen Lin, Yan Liang and others checked the villagers' arrangements over and over again, and there were no omissions. In the end, Chen Lin and the others quieted down, just waiting for the thieves to come. This will Chen Linzheng and Cai Yang are talking: "Brother Zilan, what are the arrangements in the future?" Cai Yang didn't feel that Chen Lin was a little inappropriate, so he just regarded it as an ordinary narrative, and said seriously: "Alas, I have no skills, but unfortunately I have no way to serve the country, but fortunately, everyone in the county can afford it, and I won't lose my livelihood." "In these years, it has never been based on real skills, either for filial piety and honesty, or for a prominent life and fame, otherwise it is difficult to enter the court as an official. Even if he enters the official position, he can only be an inconspicuous soldier, and it is difficult to make a difference, unless there is some strange fate, like Yan Liangwen and Chou, who somehow got the Yuan family's initial fancy.

Chen Lin stepped forward randomly and said, "I think Brother Zilan is talented, but it is barren and has no way to live for a long time. A certain Chen family in Anyang County is a big family, Bo Zhi also likes Brother Zilan's skills very much, if Brother Zilan and a certain go to Anyang together, Bo Zhi is willing to ten taels of gold, oh no, twenty taels of gold every year to serve Brother Zilan, Brother Zilan can teach a brother three people to martial arts, as long as Bo Zhi is still in the Chen family for a day, Brother Zilan will stay in the Chen Mansion for a day, never break his promise. After speaking, he looked at Cai Yang expectantly.

Cai Yang was also shocked when he heard it, twenty taels of gold, it was more than ten times as much as it is now, and Chen Lin Chengruo would not drive Cai Yang away as long as he was still in the Chen family, this is a lifelong deal. Cai Yang was also excited, but at this time, he couldn't understand why Chen Lin was so generous to himself, and he couldn't help but have more thoughts, so he said: "Bo Zhi sincerely invites, I can't bear to refuse, but there is one." Chen Lin hurriedly asked what it was. Cai Yang said: "If someone wants to leave in the future, Bo Zhi can't stop him." ”

Chen Lin still thinks what it is, it's just such a thing, as long as Cai Yang goes to Chen's Mansion, he is still afraid that you will run? At that time, even Cai Yang's family will come together and live a good life, I am afraid that Cai Yang himself will be reluctant to leave. How could Chen Lin not agree, Chen Lin saw Cai Yang agree, he didn't know how happy he was, and he couldn't help but be proud in his heart, Grandpa found Huanglong, but he found a Cai Yang who was not bad, but Cai Yang was not as active as Huanglong, but he rarely had martial arts. Chen Lin happily waited for the thieves to come, as long as the matter was resolved, he would immediately return to Anyang.