"Shhhh

The familiar voice made Jiang Zhi can't help but give up struggling, turned her eyes to the back, lowered her voice, and asked:

"Why are you here? Did my cousin find it? ”

"Found it, it's in this tent, but don't act rashly just yet."

Feng Chen let go of the mouth covering Jiang Zhi, pointed at the big tent just now, and whispered in a low voice.

"Why? Is there anyone inside? Or is something wrong? ”

Hearing Feng Chen's words, Jiang Zhi was stunned for a moment, stared at the tent, and asked.

"I've already asked people to check, these bandits are all middle-aged men from villages near Chungju, and they only got together some time ago and became robbers in Zhiyang Mountain."

Looking at Jiang Zhi, Feng Chen nodded, and then said:

"These robbers have mediocre martial arts and are only average in resourcefulness, originally they just robbed some ordinary merchants to scare people, but not long ago, more than a dozen unusual people suddenly came."

"These people are highly skilled and well-trained, and they soon became the leaders of these bandits, specializing in robbing large households, and sometimes blackmailing the rich."

"The power has skyrocketed, and there are more and more people in the north, and now most of the mountains are theirs, and this is only the smallest one."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then said:

"You mean this has something to do with the Northern Army? But I heard my cousin say that this is a bandit who has just gotten up, how can he grow so quickly with his power? ”

"This force has just risen, but the few hills not far away are three or two years ago, and the government has never taken care of it, but occasionally sent us to encircle and suppress it, which means that it will come back at once, and I heard that it is a lot of money promised to the prefects of all parties."

Feng Chen paused, then pulled Jiang Zhi to the back mountain, looked around vigilantly as he walked, and said:

"You come with me, I'll take you to see something, Ye Hezhen is still waiting there."

"He's here too? Didn't he say he was going to the steppe? ”

Jiang Zhi asked suspiciously.

"He said that Qingming wanted to go with me, cross the Shanhaiguan, and go north along the capital, also by the way, and heard that there was an accident in Bangping, so he came with me."

Because Feng Chen remembered the road, the two of them soon arrived in the cave in the back mountain unimpeded, it was night, and the cave was even darker.

Jiang Zhishen walked with one shallow foot, and Tao Yao behind him almost fell down many times, and after walking less than two feet, a pungent smell came.

"Brimstone? Is it gunpowder? ”

Smelling the pungent and familiar smell, Jiang Zhi couldn't help but shout softly, why is there gunpowder in a bandit cottage.

"It's not gunpowder, it's firecrackers and furlong machines."

A deep voice came from the depths of the cave, Ye Hezhen walked out in a black robe embroidered with cloud patterns, stepping on soft-soled leather boots, and holding a huge night pearl in his hand.

"How could it be ......?"

Jiang Zhi was only halfway through her words when she saw that the place where the light had been lit was all copper-colored metal, and the black muzzle of the cannon was facing her eyes.

"Why is this happening? I've never heard that the imperial court wants to raise soldiers, is it someone who wants to rebel? ”

"The specific matter still needs to be investigated in detail, and it is still impossible to say whose forces are behind it."

Feng Chen said, looking deeply at the Furlong machine.

"Blow it up here, it's not okay to leave this thing, it's a disaster for the country."

Jiang Zhi looked at it coldly and said.

"No, this will startle the snakes, and the bandits from the other mountains will definitely transfer if they know about it."

Ye Hezhen hurriedly shook his head and said.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what about my cousin, he's still tied up."

Listening to the words of the two people, Jiang Zhi was impatient, she had been coming up for so long, and if she waited any longer, the sky was almost dawn, and people could not be saved.

"Don't worry, we have already inquired clearly when we came, Bangping is fine, they want to exchange him for money, after all, the Qin family is a rich man in Zhongzhou, a stinky girl, you can rest assured."

Ye Hezhen said, patted Jiang Zhi's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Your family has been kidnapped, can you rest assured?"

Jiang Zhi glanced at Ye Hezhen coldly, and walked out as she spoke.

"Ah Zhi, I just told you, these people have real rogues, but there are also villagers, who have good land, but they can't live because of the imperial court's tax increase, so they participated in the anti-tax struggle, but it also ended because many people died."

"Now Bang Ping and Hai Daren are locked up inside, saying that they want to inquire more about things, let's not act rashly first, he will let people spread the word."

Feng Chen grabbed Jiang Zhi, frowned slightly, and said:

"And the most important thing, Bang Ping found a green ring under the bed of the bandit leader in the big tent, the token of the Shadow Society."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"Didn't you say that the Shadows would be the place to make deals? Are they going to sell all of them? ”

"I don't know, so Bang Ping means to find out when they went to the Shadow Society, and we should be able to find out something if we follow quietly."

Feng Chen said in a low voice.

"But I remember that Song Lian and the black-clothed man in Chaoyun Village wore rings on their hands, why did he put them up?"

Jiang Zhi thought of the events of those days, and was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but ask.

"The night of Chaoyun Village was March 15 last year, and the day I met Song Lian was the first day of October last year, and I was just in time for the Shadow Society."

"I suspect that the people in Chaoyun Village that night should have just come out of the Shadow Society and went to look for you."

Recalling last year's events, Feng Chen's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he spoke.

"So this time, if it's in the right direction, maybe you can find the man in black who killed me? He's going to the Shadow Society too? ”

Thinking like this, Jiang Zhi suddenly felt a little excited, a year's unsolved case, and now the answer is about to be laid in front of her.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be possible, so I plan to leave after April 15th, but the shadows will be all over the Ming Dynasty, and I may not have the opportunity to meet that person."

Feng Chen nodded, how could he not be excited, since he saw Jiang Zhi's jade pendant, his premonition was even stronger.

Perhaps the case in Chaoyun Village is actually related to the case in which he was hunted down and killed more than ten years ago, because of that jade pendant, Jiang Zhi and others were killed.

If you find the murderer, his background, and the mystery of his being hunted down, you may be able to get the truth.

"Don't say it, it's almost dawn, let's go down the mountain first."

Ye Hezhen looked at the bright star not far away, picked up the sword, lowered his head and began to walk out.

Several people went down the mountain along the same road, and when they passed the big tent, Jiang Zhi wanted to open the tent to take a look, but heard the sound of chattering inside.

It was as if the people inside were talking about what ransom money and what generals were, but because time was pressing, they didn't have time to listen carefully, so they quickly went down the mountain.