"What Mr. Chen said, these are just some of the family members I trained at home, how can they be as powerful as Mr. Chen said."

Chen Lufeng said: "Although Chen has never led soldiers, he will not be wrong when looking at people, these family members of yours should have received special training." ”

Zhou Xian saw that this Chen Lufeng was a little knowledgeable, and he should not be an ordinary businessman.

Zhou Xian opened his mouth and said: "These family members have indeed received some training in the house, I think Mr. Chen is not a businessman with extraordinary knowledge." ”

Chen Lufeng saw that Zhou Xian had already seen it, so he didn't hide it and said: "Chen used to be a seven-grade petty official in the capital, but because he offended people, he resigned and prepared to return to his hometown in Jiangxi, but he didn't expect to meet a group of thieves here. ”

Zhou Xian was puzzled: "I shouldn't go back to Jiangxi and pass through here." ”

Chen Lufeng said: "I heard that there are many saltpeter mines in Dengzhou, so I want to buy some saltpeter. ”

Zhou Xian continued to ask, "What does Mr. Chen need saltpeter for?" I don't know if I can tell each other. ”

Chen Lufeng said: "This is not a password, it doesn't hurt to tell Gongzi, I want to try to make a gunpowder, so I need a lot of saltpeter." ”

Zhou Xian was overjoyed, he didn't expect that this Chen Lufeng would also make gunpowder, this is a talent, he has to find a way to leave him in Monkey Mountain Village.

At this moment, Sun Wu came back with five hundred soldiers, and Sun Wu walked up to Zhou Xian and said, "My lord, we have caught the big boss of the bandits, do you need to bring it to your lord for interrogation?" ”

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Bring it here, I want to know why this bandit is so coincidentally ambushed here." ”

Feng Chao was brought over by a soldier, and Zhou Xian looked at the middle-aged man with a blue nose and swollen face who was beaten and asked, "What is your name, is it the leader of this group of bandits?" ”

Feng Chao had just been beaten by a few soldiers, and now he is much more honest.

He knew that this young man was the leader of this group of people, and he wanted to get the favor of this young man, so he replied very hard: "Back to this adult, my name is Feng Chao, and I am the master of Niutou Mountain." ”

Zhou Xian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Where is Niutou Mountain?" How many of you are there? ”

"Niutou Mountain is fifty miles away from here in the north, and there are 1,200 people in our cottage."

"Why did you come so far to rob the caravan?" Zhou Xian asked.

Feng Chao hesitated for a moment but decided to tell the truth, so he said: "Our cottage recently received a news from the capital, saying that as long as you kill an official named Chen Lufeng, you can get 10,000 taels of silver, so I led my brothers here to ambush them. ”

At this time, Chen Lufeng interjected: "Who paid 10,000 taels of silver to kill me." ”

Feng Chao replied: "I don't know who it is, I just received a message from an acquaintance in the capital." ”

Zhou Xian opened his mouth and said: "I think it should be the person Mr. Chen offended, the reward for you, I don't know who Mr. Chen offended, and he actually spent 10,000 taels of silver to hunt you down." ”

Chen Lufeng sighed: "When I was in the capital, I offended Liu Guang, a fourth-grade official of the imperial court. ”

Zhou Xian pondered for a while and said: "It seems that this four-grade official is going to kill Mr. Chen, I think Mr. Chen might as well live in my Monkey Mountain Village first, if you continue to go back to your hometown in Jiangxi, you may continue to encounter accidents on the road, and now there are bandits everywhere." ”

Chen Lufeng thought for a while and said, "Okay, if I continue to go back, I may encounter danger again, but if I go to your Monkey Mountain Village, will I cause trouble for Zhou Gongzi." ”

Zhou Xian said indifferently: "I dare to guarantee that Mr. Chen is absolutely safe in my Monkey Mountain Village, I still have some family members in Monkey Mountain Village, but I am not afraid of the attack of these bandits, since Mr. Chen needs saltpeter, my Monkey Mountain Village happens to have a saltpeter mine, and I will let someone send some saltpeter to Mr. Chen when the time comes." ”

Chen Lufeng was overjoyed when he heard that there was actually saltpeter in Monkey Mountain Village: "Since you have saltpeter in Monkey Mountain Village, then I will go to Monkey Mountain Village to live for a while, and then disturb Zhou Gongzi." ”

Zhou Xian said: "Where did you come from, my Monkey Mountain Village is now under construction, and I need people to live there." ”

Next, Chen Lufeng introduced his son Chen Wei, his wife Wang, and housekeeper Chen Jie to Zhou Xian.

After being polite to Chen Lufeng's family, Zhou Xian said to Xiang Shaoyun: "Shaoyun, you let a platoon of people take Mr. Chen and them to our Monkey Mountain Village, arrange a place to live, and casually tell Zhou Fugui that this Mr. Chen is our honored guest, and he will try his best to meet everything he needs." ”

Xiang Shaoyun ordered to go down and make arrangements, and Zhou Xian said to Chen Lufeng: "I'm going to go to Beijing now, you and my family will go back to Monkey Mountain Village first, I've already arranged it." ”

Chen Lufeng said: "You want to enter Beijing? Now the capital is very complicated, you have to be more careful. ”

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Thank you Mr. Chen for reminding me, I will pay more attention." ”

Soon, a platoon of soldiers took Chen Lufeng and all of them to Monkey Mountain Village.

Zhou Xian returned to the caravan with the soldiers, and after arriving at the caravan.

Zhou Xian said to Xiang Shaoyun: "Chop the grass to get rid of the roots, let's go and exterminate all the bandits on this Niutou Mountain, anyway, we will stop by and don't delay any time." ”

Xiang Shaoyun said: "I also hate these bandits very much, so let's go and exterminate the lair of these bandits." ”

After discussing, Zhou Xian asked Feng Chao to lead the way and lead the caravan to Niutou Mountain, and it was already dark when he arrived at Niutou Mountain.

It is called Mt. Niutou because there are two spiky peaks that resemble two horns.

It's an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, with a very narrow gap between the two peaks, and can only be walked by a few people side by side.

There is only one way up the mountain, which can be said to be a one-man pass, and it is impossible to open it.

If Zhou Xian and them were allowed to attack hard, there might be casualties, so Zhou Xian asked the soldiers to take Feng Chao to call the door.

Zhou Xian said to Feng Chao: "You go and ask your subordinates to open the mountain gate, if you play tricks, I will let my soldiers kill you on the spot, don't worry, if you behave well, I will let you go." ”

Feng Chao nodded hurriedly and said, "I will let them open the mountain gate, you can rest assured." ”

Ten soldiers took Feng Chao and walked up the mountain and arrived outside the mountain gate.

Feng Chao shouted at the mountain gate: "Open the door quickly, I'm back." ”

Torches lit up above the gate, and a thief looked under the door.

Seeing that only Feng Chaoyi was the eleventh, he asked with some confusion: "Big boss, why are only a few of you back, and what about the second boss and other brothers?" ”

Feng Chao opened his mouth and scolded: "Open the door quickly, there is so much nonsense, we have met the officers and soldiers, the second boss is fighting with the officers and soldiers, I will come back and bring more brothers to help"

The bandits on the mountain gate suddenly became nervous when they heard that some officers and soldiers were nervous, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, big boss, we will open the mountain gate." ”

After a while, the mountain gate was slowly opened, and Feng Chao and ten soldiers walked towards the door.

As soon as I entered the mountain gate, a thief said, "No, these people are not from our cottage, close the door quickly." ”

Ten soldiers saw that the matter had been exposed, so they did not hide, and they all took out flintlock pistols and shot at the bandits guarding the gate.

After five shots, the five bandits guarding the door were shot and fell to the ground, and the bandits farther away took out their weapons and ran towards this side.