After reporting his family and understanding, Chen An learned that the three brothers were actually sworn brothers rather than real brothers.

The eldest square-faced man is called Hou Shu, the second thin man is called Hou Bin, and the third bearded man is called Hou Yong, all three of whom are from a remote village surnamed Hou in a remote mountain col in Lingzhou.

The three of them are close in age, they grew up playing together, if nothing else, they will become farmers and hunters in the village like their parents in the future, who would have thought that when the three of them were seven or eight years old, Hou Shu's father rescued a middle-aged man who was covered in a blood-stained coma while hunting in the mountains.

After treatment, the middle-aged man finally woke up, the hospitable Houjia Village did not ask about his past, and the middle-aged man also kept silent about it, in order to repay Hou Shu's father's life-saving grace, the middle-aged man with profound knowledge and strong martial arts tried to teach the children in the village to read and practice martial arts.

And it was because of this that the fate of the three brothers changed completely.

The three brothers have outstanding talent in martial arts, and soon stood out from a group of children, and the middle-aged man did not sweep away his own treasure, he not only taught the three brothers the characteristics of martial arts, and even took the three of them to travel through the rivers and lakes to see the world when they were young, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and soon after returning to the village after this trip, the middle-aged man said goodbye to Houjia Village and never came back.

Since then, the three brothers have studied and practiced martial arts diligently, and plan to leave Houjia Village together to find the whereabouts of their mentor when they grow up, but unfortunately several searches have been fruitless, and the three of them have gradually become discouraged.

For a long time, the adult brothers three nested in the mountain village to farm and hunt, to support their families, because they had seen the wonderful and colorful outside world, how could the three of them live in the village for the rest of their lives, not long ago, the three brothers and the family after discussion, and then came out to break into the rivers and lakes again.

When passing through Fanzhou, they heard about the martial arts conference from a certain person in the wine shop, and their hearts suddenly had the same plan as Chen An to see the excitement, and at the same time, they also wanted to use the martial arts conference to break into the reputation of the three brothers, so maybe the teacher would hear the news and rush to meet them after hearing the reputation of the three people.

Although Hou Shu and Hou Bin will deliberately hide it in ordinary conversations, Hou Yong's big mouth will unintentionally reveal some of their secrets from time to time.

For example, if the three of them ride a horse, the money on their bodies comes from robbing their homes.

Hou Shu hurriedly explained to Chen An after realizing that something was wrong, although these things outside his body were ill-gotten gains, they were all plundered from the local tyrants and bullies, and the extra property would be distributed to the poor people who were oppressed by them, which could be regarded as a kind of righteous act of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Chen An is noncommittal about this, after all, any behavior that does bad things in the name of justice needs to be examined.

Moreover, he is a modern man and an ancient person in feudal society, there is a huge difference in values.

On the way to the martial arts conference together, Chen Anda heard that the martial arts conference was held in a mountain villa in Cuishan Lake on the outskirts of Chailing County, Chuzhou, and Chailing was only half a day's journey away from Taikang City, Chuzhou Governor's Office, and it was very convenient to go to the Peony River in Taikang City to have fun.

The specific time of the martial arts conference was eight days later, and the three brothers originally planned to go to the famous Peony River to see what was wonderful about the fireworks land praised by countless literati.

After all, judging from Chen An's style of acting, he doesn't look like the kind of person who likes to linger in Fireworks Willow Lane, the problem is that he is young and has no desire in that regard, which is really strange, could it be that he still abides by the rules and precepts after he is still vulgar?

The three brothers couldn't help but secretly speculate about this.

Chen An is a normal man, he also has physiological needs, but his self-control ability is good, and he is not interested in the so-called famous people, so he naturally has no interest at all.

The most important thing is that he is a modern man who carries countless germs, who knows whether he and a certain woman will be infected with incurable modern germs after a night of spring supper, or even further spread into a plague? Think about how the Inca Empire conquered by Spain during the Great Voyage perished? It wasn't that the Native Americans were infected with all kinds of viruses brought by the Europeans and died on a large scale.

To be honest, thinking back to the time he and the little girl Yaoyao got along for a long time, he was deeply afraid that the other party would accidentally be infected with the modern germs carried by him, but fortunately this kind of thing did not happen.

Therefore, he would not cause countless innocent deaths because of the impulse of the lower half of his body.

About three days later, the four of them came to the county seat of Chailing.

Soon after entering the city, they could see people wearing all kinds of swords and weapons everywhere, thinking that everyone was rushing to the name of the martial arts conference, and after a large number of outsiders poured in for a while, the inns in Chailing County were full all at once, and the law and order quickly became corrupt.

Whoever makes the people in the rivers and lakes pay attention to disagreeing with each other and drawing swords, or the enemies who usually have grievances will inevitably break out into bloody conflicts when they meet, and the local government is powerless to manage it, unless the army is transferred to martial law in the whole city, but the problem is how can the army be so easy to deploy.

After searching for many inns, the four of them found a place to stay, and Hou Shu took the opportunity to explain to Chen An that the three brothers planned to go to Taikang City tomorrow to play, and then return to Chailing before the martial arts conference.

Chen An did not continue to be reluctant, and directly nodded and acquiesced to the other party's departure.

The next morning, he heard from his fellow that the three brothers had left the inn before dawn, and it was hard to imagine how much they were afraid of him, and he had treated them kindly all the way.

A person to stay in Chailing for a few days is inevitably a little boring, in his spare time Chen An will slowly wander around Chailing, carefully feel the local customs, generally he will rarely go to the wine shop where people often gather in the rivers and lakes, after all, these people are too noisy, and sometimes even stage a full martial arts drama.

Chen An had always thought that he was an outsider in this world of rivers and lakes, but when the martial arts conference was only held one day away, trouble suddenly found him.

He was listening to a book in the teahouse that day, but not long after, a group of people from the rivers and lakes broke in with knives.

The leader saw Chen An's eyes lit up, and then shouted.

"The Xuanzhou Salt Gang is seeking revenge, and no one else will retreat for the time being!"

Before the words fell, the man pointed the long knife in his hand at Chen An.

"Brothers, kill him for me to avenge Gang Leader Chen!"

Seeing that the lively suddenly became a party, Chen An was immediately stunned, and then reacted.

Before the Salt Gang rushed to kill him, he instantly pulled out the long knife at his waist, and it appeared in front of the speaker's eyes like a flash.

"Are you still looking for revenge?"

Chen An calmly put the long knife on the other party's neck and said.

And behind him, the seven or eight Salt Gang members who rushed up just now all screamed and fell to the ground one after another.