Speaking of this gold and silver village, in the area of Guofeng Ao, it can be regarded as a dominant party.

The two village masters, Niu Youjin and Niu Youyin, are two brothers, not to mention what kind of martial arts wizards, their qualifications are indeed not bad; they were lay disciples in Shaolin Temple for many years, and their strength among their peers is also top-notch.

It's a pity that these two people are not born to eat fasting and pray for Buddha, even if they have practiced in the Zen Gate for seven or eight years, they are still full of wine and wealth.

So, before they are twenty years old, they can't stay......

One night, the two stole into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, each memorized half of the secret book of "King Kong Legs", and then escaped from the dog hole.

Some people may wonder, why don't these two goods just steal the secret book or copy it?

Quite simply, they didn't dare.

As long as you don't use it to do anything wrong on the rivers and lakes in the future, causing an enemy to come to Shaolin to settle accounts, the monks will turn a blind eye.

But if you steal the secret tips, or copy them, or teach them to others...... That's not the same nature.

Is it really so merciful and compassionate in Shaolin Temple? As long as you cross a certain line, people will come to the door every minute to abolish your martial arts.

The Niu brothers are not stupid and understand this truth, so after they went down the mountain, they did not mix on the rivers and lakes - the two of them had already thought about it, and they went directly to the grass and became the king of the mountain.

With their skills, they are "invincible" in the bandit industry.

In just a few years, the two of them relied on their martial arts to level out and co-opt all the cottages in the area of the wind pass, gathered the "elites" of those bandits into their gold and silver villages, and specially trained all the minions to master the use of bows and arrows; in terms of logistics, they also did a good job, and the weapons, grain, grass and horses were well prepared; they even spent a lot of money to set up the official yamen that managed this area, so that the officials could also open the door to them for convenience.

Today, everyone in the surrounding area of this wind pass knows about it...... No matter who you are, if you want to borrow from this wind, even if you are on an errand, you have to leave some meaning of "buying road expenses", let alone ordinary people...... Whoever has at least a third of his possessions on you.

Of course, as long as you give money obediently, they won't embarrass you much.

As for the murderous things, although it is not completely absent, but the people who did these things afterwards were all sent to the government by the Niu brothers to "do it" without exception.

Their thinking is very clear: if they want to gain a foothold here for a long time, they must use discipline to control their subordinates, those who can't even control their lower bodies, and those who are about to kill indiscriminately on impulse, will be bad sooner or later...... For people like this, it is appropriate to send them to the government.

The county magistrate slaughtered these thieves who came to the door, which not only gained merit but also calmed the anger of the people, but did not affect them to continue to take bribes from the Niu brothers.

As for the Niu brothers, they sent a few heads to let the government pay the errand, and by the way, they also cleared the cancer in the team.

This is called a win-win situation.

This is called "underground order".

It's not legal, but it's reasonable in a way.

In those days, if there was no such gray area, the people would have suffered even more; before the Niu brothers came, when there were many small cottages here, pedestrians passing by were robbed, and it was not possible to solve the problem by "leaving some money to buy the road".

I guess some people will say again, so wouldn't it be better if there were no bandits at all?

Yes, but that's not possible, because the assumption is similar to "if there are no corrupt officials", which is a very complex issue.

In short, since the double harmony came out of the rivers and lakes to the present, among the various bandits and water bandits they have encountered, in terms of strength, there is no one that can compare with this gold and silver village; even the "Eagle City Five-Ring Knife" that appeared in the previous article, and Mei Chiyang, the big boss of Meijiazhai with the prefix "land" on the green forest road, is not as big as the Niu brothers.

The essential...... The two brothers were also very witty, they did not get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes or the green forests, but only engaged in the collusion of officials and bandits in the local areas, and occupied the mountains as kings; because they could pacify the people, no one came to trouble them in the rivers and lakes or the green forests.

So today, why did they take the initiative to find trouble with Shuang Harmonic and Lei Buji?

That was instructed by the soup.

Of course, Tang Fu didn't let them kill people, if he really wanted to kill these three, the Tang Qi Lord would have already done it himself; besides, even if he really wanted the Niu brothers to kill people, the latter would not agree - if they dared to kill people in the rivers and lakes casually, what kind of bandits would they do?

The reason why the Niu brothers took this deal was because the Five Spirits Sect gave a lot of money this time, and the second was because of ...... This deal doesn't kill people, it's just a show.

............

In a short time, Sun Yihuan, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji sat down in the "Juyi Hall" of Jinyinzhai.

I don't know why, these bandits all love to give this name to the meeting hall of their cottage, as if each village can pick out a hundred orders and eight generals.

That's not the point, though......

At this moment, Sun Huang's hearts can be described as empty.

On the way here, they had already sensed that something was wrong: It is said that this bandit robbed, there is no need to bring people back to the village?

Moreover, Sun Yixiang and Lei Buji had already heard from the shopkeeper of the nearby town store that the thieves in this gold and silver village only collect tolls, and they will not be killed under normal circumstances.

And also...... After the ambush was successful, the bandits did not touch the luggage of Sun Huanglei and the others, and they did not even search their bodies, but only tied the ropes of the three people, and escorted them back with their luggage.

This is unusual by any means, at least...... It doesn't look like it's coming for money.

After a moment of silence, a figure appeared in the doorway.

The man who came and Niu Youyin looked very similar, but the distance between the eyes and the bridge of the nose was a little different; this man with gold wire trimmed fast boots was undoubtedly the master of the village here - the king of golden feet, Niu Youjin.

"Big brother. Niu Youyin saw his brother and stepped forward to say hello.

The two brothers had a good relationship, Niu Youjin glanced at the three people sitting in the hall, and smiled and helped his brother's arm: "Brother, it's hard work." ”

"Hey, little thing. Niu Youyin smiled, "Isn't it just to catch a few ......?"

"Hey!" Niu Youjin seemed to sense that his younger brother was about to say something offensive, and hurriedly stopped him at this moment, "...... To put it mildly, people are guests. ”

"Uh, oh...... Hahaha, yes, yes. Niu Youyin smiled, "What the eldest brother said is that I almost said that I was bald." ”

After the two of them finished saying these words at the door, Niu Youjin turned around and walked a few steps, came to the front of the three captives, and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Three ......" He said while also observing the expressions of the three people, "In the next Niu Youjin, I have heard the names of the three young heroes for a long time, and today I invite the three to come to the village as guests. ”

"Hmph......" Huang Donglai sneered when he heard this, "The way of 'inviting people' of the owner of the cattle village is not only inconsiderate, it is simply unconventional and breathtaking." ”

Niu Youjin was also mentally prepared for his response to this yin and yang weirdness, he smiled calmly and responded: "Hehe...... After all, our brothers are the ones who fell into the grass, and the three of them are all young heroes who are famous in the righteous path of martial arts, if I directly send one of my men to invite the three to the door, I guess you will not come, right? And if there are too many people I send to invite you, it may cause misunderstanding between the three of them, and if they start to move, the two sides will hurt the harmony again...... That's why Niu made this decision. ”

At first glance, what he said really made sense.

Huang Donglai didn't fight with him for that, and now that he was tied up, he still asked something practical: "Oh...... Okay, then we don't want to come now, I don't know if the owner of the cow village can loosen the tie for us first?"

"Oh, it should be. Niu Youjin agreed simply, and then he shouted outward, "Come on, untie the three young heroes." ”

As soon as his words fell, three bandit minions walked in quickly and went over to untie the ropes on Sun Huanglei's three people.

The rope was untied, but Huang Donglai and they didn't act rashly.

Niu Youjin also knows very well that the other party will not mess around - after all, this is also the hinterland of the gold and silver village, not to mention that the martial arts of the two village owners are not bad, let's just say that the hundreds of heavily armed bandits outside are not easy to deal with, and if they really want to make a move today, these three people will never be able to retreat from this righteous hall.

"Hmm...... But I don't know, the two village owners invited us here, so what's the matter?" After the tie was relaxed, Huang Donglai didn't thank the other party, because this is also the way it should be.

"Heh, it's not a big deal. Niu Youjin said and sat down.

Niu Youyin saw that his brother was seated, so he also sat down on the side.

"The deeds of the three young heroes in Luoyang have now spread all over the world, although my two brothers have not been involved in the rivers and lakes for a long time, they have also heard of it. Niu Youjin said these at this time, it is a cliché that has been prepared for a long time, and its credibility is not important, anyway, he just said it, and the other party also heard it, "Because I admire the righteous deeds of the three young heroes, we have always wanted to make friends with you three......" He paused, "Earlier, we received a rumor that the three of them happened to pass through our Fenggao, so I wanted to do my best to be the landlord, and invited the three Shangzhai to entertain and get close...... Oh, if the three of you are willing to give us this face, you might as well stay here for a few days, just make friends......"

Sun and Huang listened to these words as jokes, and they both knew that the other party had not yet said the real purpose and core content.

According to their intentions, they can pretend to agree first, and then slowly negotiate with each other.

But Lei Buji took those words seriously, this kid Geng, how could he be willing to be with the bandits, so he just slapped the table at that time, glared at the other party with his flying face and said, "Then what if we don't give you this face?"