Speaking of this Jinyin Village, it can be regarded as the dominant one in the Guofengao area.
The two village leaders, brothers Niu Youjin and Niu Youyin, are not bad martial arts wizards, but their qualifications are indeed not bad; during the years when they were lay disciples in the Shaolin Temple, they were among the same generation. The strength in it is also considered top-notch.
What a pity, these two were not born to eat fast and chant Buddha's name. Even after seven or eight years of practicing in the Zen sect, they were still full of wine, sex and wealth.
So, before they were twenty years old, they couldn't stay any longer...
One night, the two of them sneaked into the Sutra Pavilion and each memorized half of the "King Kong Sutra" Legs", and then escape down the mountain through a dog hole.
Some people may wonder, why didn't these two guys just steal the secret book or copy it?
It’s simple, they don’t dare.
You can memorize this skill secretly and practice it yourself. As long as you don’t use it to do anything wrong in the world in the future, causing enemies to come to Shaolin to settle accounts, then the monks will turn a blind eye. Close one eye.
But if you steal the secret directly, copy a copy, or teach others what you have learned... the nature is different.
Is the Shaolin Temple really that kind and compassionate? As long as you cross a certain line, people will come to destroy your martial arts in minutes.
The Niu brothers are not stupid and understand this truth, so after they came down from the mountain, they did not hang out in the rivers and lakes - they had already thought about it, and they would directly become bandits and become the kings of the mountain. .
With their abilities, they are "invincible" in the bandit industry.
In just a few years, the two relied on their martial arts to conquer and consolidate all the mountain villages in the Guofengao area, and gathered the "elite" among the bandits into their Jinyin Village. Here, they also specially trained all the minions to master the use of bows and arrows; in terms of logistics, they also did a good job, with weapons, food, grass and horses fully prepared; they even spent a lot of money to manage the area. The government offices also opened the door to convenience for them.
To this day, everyone in the area around Guofengao knows that... No matter who you are, if you want to borrow a road from Guofengao, even if you are an errand, you have to leave some " "To buy tolls" means, let alone ordinary people... I will give you at least one-third of the property you have.
Of course, as long as you obediently give the money, they won’t make things difficult for you.
As for the cases of sex and death, although it is not completely absent, the people who did these things afterwards were without exception sent to the government by the Niu brothers to be "handled".
Their thinking is very clear: if you want to stay here for a long time, you must use discipline to control your subordinates, those who can't even control their lower bodies, and those who act impulsively. A guy who wants to kill people indiscriminately will do bad things sooner or later if he is kept alive... It is appropriate for a person like this to be sent to the government.
The county magistrate killed these bandits who came to his door.The achievement also calmed the public's anger, and it did not affect them from continuing to take bribes from the Niu brothers.
As for the Niu brothers, they sent a few heads to the government, and by the way, they also eliminated the cancer in the team.
This is called a win-win situation.
This is called "underground order."
Illegal, but from a certain perspective it is reasonable.
In those days, if there was no such gray area, the people would be even more miserable; before the Niu brothers came, when there were many small cottages here, passers-by were robbed, so it was not "left behind" Click "Buy road money" to solve the problem.
I guess someone will say again, wouldn’t it be better if there were no bandits at all?
Yes, but that is impossible, because this assumption is similar to "if there are no corrupt officials", it is a very complicated problem.
To put it simply, from the time when Shuang Xue came out of the Jianghu until now, among the various mountain bandits and water bandits they have encountered, in terms of strength, there is currently no one that can compare with this Jinyin Village ; Even the "Eagle City Five-ring Knife" who appeared in the previous article and Mei Chiyang, the head of Meijiazhai whose name is prefixed with "地" on the Green Forest Road, are not as big in business as the Niu brothers.
The key point...the two brothers are also very clever. They did not get involved in the affairs of Jianghu or Green Forest. They just colluded with local officials and bandits and occupied the mountain as king; because they could appease the people. Okay, so no one from Jianghu or Green Forest comes to trouble them.
Then why did they take the initiative to find trouble for Shuanghe and Lei Buji today?
It must have been under the command of Tang Fu.
Of course, Tang Fu did not ask them to kill people. If he really wanted to kill these three people, Tang Banner Master would have done it himself; moreover, even if he really wanted the Niu brothers to kill people, the latter would have done it himself. They won't agree - if they dare to kill people in the Jianghu at will, why would they be bandits?
The reason why the Niu brothers accepted this deal was, firstly, because the money given by the Five Spirits Sect was indeed quite large this time, and secondly, because...this deal would not result in any loss of life, it would only cost They were just putting on a show.
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In no time, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji sat down in the "Juyi Hall" of Jinyinzhai.
I don’t know why, but these bandits love to give this name to the meeting hall of their village, as if every village can pick out a hundred or eight generals.
But that's not the point...
At this moment, Sun and Huang were feeling extremely empty.
On the way here, they already noticed that something was wrong: Ordinarily, the bandit was robbing people, so there was no need to take people back to the village, right? It's okay to just rob things, why bring people back? Do you still want to rob these three grown men?
Besides, Sun Yixie and Lei Buji had already heard from the waiter at the nearby store that the bandits in Jinyinzhai only charge tolls and would not kill anyone under normal circumstances.
Also... the ambush just now was carefully prepared at first glance. Not only were there a large number of troops, but they were also personally led by Niu Youyin, the leader of the second village, "King of Silver Feet"; after the ambush was successful, the bandits also The luggage of Sun Huanglei and the others was not touched, and their bodies were not even searched. They were just tied up with ropes and escorted back with their luggage.
This is unusual no matter how you look at it, at least...it doesn't look like you are here for money.
After sitting in silence for a moment, a figure appeared at the door.
The person who came here looked very similar to Niu Youyin, except for the distance between his eyes and the bridge of his nose. This man wearing gold-trimmed fast boots was undoubtedly the leader of the village—— King with golden feet, the cow has gold.
"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, smiled and supported his younger brother's arm: "Brother, thank you for your hard work."
"Hey, it's a trivial matter." Niu Youyin said with a smile, "Aren't we just going to catch a few..."
"Hey!" Niu Youjin seemed to sense that his brother was about to say something offensive. When his son came, he quickly stopped him at this moment, "...Be polite, I am a guest."
"Huh? Oh...hahaha, yes." Niu Youyin smiled coquettishly, "What the eldest brother said is, I almost said I was bald."
After they said these words at the door, Niu Youjin turned around and walked a few steps to the three captives. In front of him, he cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Three of you..." He said while observing the expressions of the three of them, "I have heard about the names of the three young heroes for a long time. Today, I invite the three of you to the village as guests. It's polite." If you are not considerate, you will be offended."
"Hmph..." After hearing this, Huang Donglai sneered, "This way of 'inviting people' from the village master is not only disrespectful. It's simply unconventional and breathtaking."
Niu Youjin was mentally prepared for his strange response. He smiled calmly and said: "Haha... we brothers are the fallen grass after all. People, and the three of them are young heroes who are famous in the righteous way of martial arts. If I directly send a subordinate to invite the three of you, you will probably not come, right? And if I send too many people to invite you, it may cause trouble. The misunderstanding between the three of them, if they start fighting, the harmony between the two parties will be damaged again... That's why Niu came up with this strategy."
His words sounded a bit true at first glance. reason.
Huang Donglai didn't argue with him about that. Now that he was tied up, he might as well ask something practical: "Oh...well, we can come now even if we don't want to. I don't know if Niu Village Master Can you loosen our ties first?"
"Oh, yes." Niu Youjin agreed simply, and then shouted loudly, "Here comes someone. , Untie the three young heroes."
As soon as he finished speaking, three bandits walked in quickly and untied the ropes from Sun Huanglei and the others.
The rope is untied, butHuang Donglai and the others did not act rashly.
Niu Youjin also knows very well that the other party will not mess around - after all, this is also the hinterland of Jinyin Village, not to mention that the martial arts of the two village leaders are not bad, let's talk about the outside world. Hundreds of heavily armed bandits are not easy to deal with. If they really take action today, there is no way these three people can escape unscathed from the gathering hall.
"Well... I don't know, why did the two village masters invite us here?" After the bonds were released, Huang Donglai did not thank the other party, because this was also the right thing to do.
"Oh, it's no big deal." Niu Youjin sat down as he was talking.
When Niu Youyin saw his brother sitting down, he also sat down beside him.
"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 world for a long time, they have heard a little about it." What Niu Youjin said at this time is He had already prepared a cliché, and its credibility is not important. Anyway, he just said this, and the other party heard it like this, "Because we admire the three young heroes for their righteous deeds, we have always wanted to make friends with you. These three friends..." He paused, "Previously, we received a rumor that the three of them happened to be passing through Feng'ao, so I tried to show my friendship as a landlord and invited the three of them to the village to entertain them. Fan, get close... Hey, if the three of you are willing to give us this face, you might as well stay here for a few days, just to make friends..."
These words, Sun and Huang both They took it as a joke, and they both knew that the other party had not yet told the real purpose and core content.
According to what they want, they can pretend to agree first, and then slowly deal with the other party.
But Lei Buji took those words seriously. This kid Geng, how could he be willing to associate with bandits? So he just slapped the table and stared at him with his flying face. He looked at the other party and said, "Then what if we don't give you this face?"