Jiang Wenlun nodded and said: "Both of them are heroes, and it is normal to have this kind of thought. However, heroes can create the times, and heroes are still prosperous even if they are not as good as the king of literature. With such a civil and military talent as the two of them, as long as they have this idea of reforming the evil and returning to the right, there will be a chance in the future, and it is a matter of their own mind, and there is no need to rush for a while."

"I heard that the two of them are in the county, and they often attack the city and seize the land, and the officials of the prefecture and county are taken and beheaded?" Xie Le'an said: "This is not surprising. Attacking cities and seizing land, killing the government, and we are not the only ones. Anyone who does something like ours will inevitably have a time to get involved with the officers and soldiers. If you move, you will win or lose, if you lose, you will scatter and flee, and if you win, you will seize the city. However, our gang of brothers has a greater reputation, and has never been defeated by officers and soldiers, so this movement is getting bigger and bigger. ”

Jiang Wenlun said: "Then, the two of you should occupy a lot of territory?" Xie Le'an said with a smile: "Who will seriously occupy it and fight with the officers and soldiers without stopping? If we seriously fight with the officers and soldiers, we will not be able to bargain for it no matter what." Our personnel have been few for a while, and there has been no increase in reinforcements for a while, and the officers and men can add to each other. ”

"There is only one method that can deal with officers and soldiers. No one who is an official wants to fight, as long as it is peaceful at present, he has to whitewash the peace and ask for merit and reward. He knew exactly where we were hiding, but he didn't want to ask, because he didn't want to lose face, and he would never go to the trouble of fighting with us for life and death, and the so-called thousands of miles of officials were only for money, and how many of them were willing to throw their heads and spill their blood? We only wanted to make a profit in business, so why bother to find the government for no reason to make things difficult, so that we could live in peace with each other. ”

Jiang Wenlun said: "Now that the two of you are forced to come here, is there no obstacle?" Xie Le'an said: "It's not appropriate to leave for a long time, but there are still some old people in the gang there, and you can generally rest assured, although this business is run by the next master, I have long expected that making private salt is not a long-term business, and I can't help but take advantage of this time to accumulate a few pennies of hard-earned money here, and make plans to retreat bravely in the future." ”

"It's just that the reputation of our two brothers is too big, and the two of us can't come forward to buy property and land, and this kind of matter of wealth and life is not easy to entrust to others. ”

"Even if one person is found, he takes out a lot of silver taels out of thin air to buy land and land, but there are thousands of people out of thin air, and it is impossible for others not to be suspicious. If others are suspicious all their lives, it is inevitable that they will not check the root cause, and if they show a little bit of rumor, the two of us will be in vain. ”

"I'm waiting for the fate of the future, presumably it will be more auspicious than lucky, it's just that this place is not a place to stay for a long time, since Little Brother Jiang has nowhere to go, it is better to go back with me, and when the limelight is avoided, it is not too late to do it."

Jiang Wenlun hesitated for a while, then nodded as well, he was also chased and killed all the way, and it was also a good choice to go back with the two brothers Xie Wei to avoid the limelight, otherwise he would continue to be tired along the way, and Jiang Wenlun didn't know how long he could hold out.

said that Xie Le'an felt that after listening to Jiang Wenlun's words, he still felt that his situation was a little difficult to change his path for a while. On the way home, I thought about it all the way, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that the situation I was in danger now, so the idea of changing my ways and returning to the right was decided unconsciously.

After returning to the gang, he told Wei Zhenghao Jiang Wenlun's words again: "People who do this business like us, except for a few people who wash their hands early, carry their burdens and fly away, and don't know where to go, I haven't heard of a person who can die well." Aren't they as strong as you and me? It can be seen that this road cannot be taken longer. By my point: it's better to try to get out of it as soon as possible. ”

Wei Zhenghao has always been a person who has no ideas, so he didn't open his mouth when he heard this, and looked at Xie Le'an and said, "Then how do we settle these brothers under us? How can we get out, do we really want to become monks?"

Xie Le'an couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "I said that I want to try to get out, not to be a monk, even if you want to become a monk, you don't know a single big word, you are fierce and arrogant, where is the temple willing to allow you to go to lose your hair?" Wei Zhenghao said: "Okay, it's good if you don't leave home, I can't leave for a day with good wine and meat, besides, it's not easy for us to get out, and the people of our same way, although there are people who carry their baggage and fly away and don't know where to go, but we can't act like them." ”

"Most of them are sneaky and don't dare to get into trouble, they don't make any reputation, as long as they leave this place, they don't change their names, they don't change their surnames, and no one knows his resume. What kind of momentum are you and I at the moment, even if you are a monk, I am afraid that someone will pick your eyes, let alone become a monk?"

Xie Le'an laughed when he heard this: "According to what you say, our two brothers just can't get off the stage?", Wei Zhenghao smiled, and then said, "Of course I can't think of any good way, it's all up to the eldest brother's guidance." Xie Le'an said: "And depending on the opportunity, there is no proper way for the time being. Now that we have this heart, we will have a good rest, and we expect that there will be opportunities soon. ”

"However, we must not be discouraged and retreat in the event of an incident because of this thought, then it will be a bad thing, and we must not reveal a little news to the brothers to know, if we are discouraged before stepping down, we will never be given a good chance to step down. ”

Wei Zhenghao nodded and said: "This is a natural reason, I just follow the advice of the eldest brother." After the two discussed, they entertained Jiang Wenlun, and after placing him, they did not change their actions, and they still supervised their brothers and did private salt transactions.

And Jiang Wenlun is bothering on the territory of the two, the so-called cannibalism has a short mouth, and he is soft on people, although it is inconvenient to help directly, but he also gives a lot of advice from the side.

Under his plan, the sale of illicit salt, which had been a lot of constraints, was actually smoothed a lot, and there were several times when the danger was turned into a disaster, and no one was killed or injured again, so that the salt gang naturally respected him, and Xie Le'an, Wei Zhenghao, and Jiang Wenlun were even more brothers.

After some more time, once he acted secretly, leaked the news, was surrounded by officers and soldiers, the two sides confronted each other, and in the blink of an eye there was another conflict, after a period of clashes, the officers and soldiers were defeated and retreated, and the salt lords attacked the city as usual. This time, he broke through a county seat and took the whole family of the county magistrate.

The magistrate who was captured in the city was Ke Yuyu, Ke Yuyu's appearance and talent, there was no match for him in the officialdom of the county at that time, and he already had the reputation of a capable member in the county. This time, due to the lack of troops, he neglected to take precautions a little, and was attacked by Xie Le'an and others, and he couldn't escape for a while, and the whole family was captured.

Ke Yuyu knew that Xie Le'an and other salt lords were particularly fierce, and the government fell into the hands of this class of salt lords, and they never released them properly. When he was caught this time, he had to arrange a death, and he didn't have the intention of sparing. Usually the salt lord caught the government, just like the government caught the bandits, the bandit leader sat in a dignified position, put the government for interrogation, and killed without arresting, Xie Le'an and other salt lords, the officials killed in the county, all of them had a bad official reputation on weekdays.

Although Ke Yuyu has the name of a capable member, he has no kindness to the local people, and there is no place to make Xie Le'an and others admire. Therefore, when the city fell, he took his whole house as usual. They have never taken the official mansion, and they were all interrogated by Xie Le'an in court.

On this day, after Xie Le'an interrogated Ke Yuyu, he withdrew from the court to gather Wei Zhenghao and Jiang Wenlun to discuss secretly. Xie Le'an spoke first: "The last time I listened to Brother Jiang's words, I was moved by the idea of changing the evil and returning to the right, I have always been careful to look for an opportunity for everyone to step down, but I can't see it. ”

"Just now I interrogated this magistrate Ke Yuyu, and looking at his conversation and appearance, it was very unusual. I expect him to be prosperous in the future, unlimited, I will step down, and I will not insult us, this opportunity is not to be missed, but I don't know what the two brothers mean?"

Wei Zhenghao said: "This county magistrate talks and looks good, how can it be our chance to step down?" I don't understand the truth?" Xie Le'an glanced at Jiang Wenlun, and after seeing Jiang Wenlun nodding slightly, he also had a bottom in his heart, and then turned back to Wei Zhenghao and said: "I also know that my brother doesn't know, and I only ask if my brother is willing to take advantage of this to step down." Yes, I'll say it again. Wei Zhenghao said: "It is a good opportunity to step down, where is there unwillingness." ”

Xie Le'an nodded and said: "I see that Ke Yuyu's appearance is extraordinary, and the Ke family in Caochuan County is also a big family in a county, so I expect him to become a great weapon in the future." I intend to entertain him and marry him, and beg him to seek to recruit us in the future, for it will be good for us and good for himself, for he will be able to live up to our desires. ”

Wei Zhenghao wondered: "If he thinks he is a member of the imperial court, and he can't afford to sell illegal salt, and he is unwilling to settle with us, isn't the eldest brother's scheming in vain?"

Xie Le'an shook his head and said: "I don't have to worry about this layer, first, although this person is from a big family and has some talents, but he doesn't know martial arts, and the support of the family is also very limited, so he is committed to this small county town, otherwise how can a big family in a county be rare to have this nominal court lord?"

"Second, we have arrested the government on weekdays, and we have put it to death, so now we don't kill him, but treat him hospitably and make friends with him, saying that these children of the big clan, which one is not afraid of death, how can there be a reason for unwilling?" Wei Zhenghao tilted his head and thought about it, as if this was indeed the truth, and then said: "What the eldest brother said, the second brother can save it, but there are very few people in the world who can be consistent." We treated him with kindness, and he was able to speak well in order to save his own life."

"Swear to heaven that you will make friends with us, and do your best to recruit us in the future. As soon as he left us, he immediately changed his hexagram, and even remembered our hatred for capturing him, trying to take revenge, isn't this scheming of the eldest brother still in vain?"

Xie Le'an smiled: "I also thought of this. However, I don't expect him to do this, I know that after Ke Yuyu gave up martial arts, he was very keen to be an official, otherwise Caochuan County is so rich, why would he come to such a bitter cold place? I have a way to help him, so that he can be promoted quickly, and I don't worry that he will not fall into my trap. ”