Chapter 97

Yan Wu crawled in the tunnel with Crown Prince Wei Xikang on his back for an unknown amount of time. On the way, he even encountered the tunnel narrowing, and Yan Wu could only untie the robe in the narrow tunnel and drag him forward bit by bit.

In a dense forest outside the capital, a piece of land that looked ordinary suddenly vibrated, and then a wooden board broke out with the mud above it.

Yan Wu carefully poked his head out, ensured everything was safe, and then dragged Wei Xikang out.

Not far from the hole, two horses were tied to a tree, which made Yan Wu sigh that the other party was truly worthy of being Bu Yunsuan, really calculating everything and considering it so thoroughly.

Even though Yan Wu was physically and mentally exhausted, he still didn't dare to stop, covered the hole with the wooden board again, covered it with mud, and tried his best to clean up the traces.

Just at this time, Wei Xikang woke up leisurely, and the first sentence he opened his eyes to say was, "Who dares to plot against me?"

Yan Wu hurriedly stepped forward to ask with concern, "Crown Prince, how do you feel now?"

You have to know that there were quite a few bumps in the tunnel just now, and now both of them were pitch black all over, completely unable to see the majestic appearance they once had.

"Who are you?" Wei Xikang looked at the other party, completely unable to see who this pitch-black face was.

"Crown Prince, don't scare me, I'm Yan Wu!" This made Yan Wu secretly anxious, thinking if he patted too hard and hurt the other party's brain.

"Oh! Yan Wu! What's the situation now?" Wei Xikang looked around, his head still not fully awake.

After Yan Wu told everything, he couldn't help but redden his eyes. The brothers of the past should have all died in battle by now, leaving only him alone.

Wei Xikang was silent for a long time after hearing this, finally looked towards the capital, and spat out cold words from between his teeth.

"Blood for blood! I will definitely come back!"

A man doesn't shed tears easily, but Yan Wu couldn't help letting the tears slide down his cheeks, wiped them casually, and asked.

"Crown Prince, this place is not suitable for staying long, where should we go now?"

Wei Xikang turned to look at the horses and analyzed calmly, "There are only two places that can not be stepped on by the scholar-gentry now."

"Xiliang and Beijiang?" Although Yan Wu was a martial artist, he was a Dong Gong guard after all, and knew some things about the court.

"That's right, Uncle has been in Xiliang for many years, and his influence is deeply rooted. Going to Xiliang can keep me safe and worry-free. The Prince of Zhenbei in Beijiang is loyal and will definitely support the orthodoxy, which is also a place to go." Wei Xikang said while climbing onto the horse.

Yan Wu followed closely, "Wherever the Crown Prince goes, I go!"

"Go to Beijiang!" Wei Xikang almost didn't hesitate and made a decision in an instant.

"Good!" Yan Wu didn't ask the reason, turned over and climbed onto the horse.

Feeling the touch from his bosom when turning over, Yan Wu suddenly thought of one thing.

"Crown Prince, this is for you!" Yan Wu took out the Imperial Seal from his bosom and handed it to Wei Xikang respectfully with both hands.

Wei Xikang looked at the familiar thing and suddenly laughed: "How did you bring this thing out?"

Yan Wu smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to answer.

"In this way, it's not bad to disgust my second brother!" Wei Xikang comforted himself like this.

With Si Gui's help, although it didn't affect the other party's ascension to the throne without the Imperial Seal, there would eventually be some gossip.

At this moment of fleeing the capital in a sorry state, Wei Xikang turned to look at the silent capital city wall, and then rode away.

Wei Xikang didn't tell Yan Wu that they could live if they went to Beijiang, but if they went to Xiliang, it was hard to say.

That uncle of his was high-spirited when he was young, and even had the experience of arm-wrestling with his father, but in the end, the late Emperor chose his father, so this uncle could only develop in his own fief, Xiliang.

So many years have passed, Wei Xikang didn't dare to bet that the other party had no two hearts. After all, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!

Plus Xiliang had never reported any natural or man-made disasters all these years, always saying that the country was peaceful and the people were safe, and it seemed that there was an attempt to deliberately conceal the real situation in Xiliang.

In just an instant, Wei Xikang thought of so much, and even felt that the Xiliang King, that uncle, would have a heart of rebellion.

Now he could only pin all his hopes on the Prince of Zhenbei, but if the Xiliang King really had a different heart, and he was driven out of the capital, facing such a predicament, I'm afraid the Prince of Zhenbei would also be powerless.

Thinking of this, Wei Xikang was worried. With such civil strife, the surroundings of the Da Qian country were afraid that war would start, and by then, the people of the Da Qian country would be in deep water.

Seven days passed between the fingers, Jiang Jinshi stood on the mountain irritably looking at Shixian Shan, looking at the "Gold Mountain" but powerless.

This County Magistrate of Qingcheng was completely a stone in the latrine, smelly and hard. When he first heard the news that the other party was an honest and good official, Jiang Jinshi realized that this matter would not be so easy.

For so many days, Jiang Jinshi had thought of all the methods he could think of, but he still couldn't get this mountain from the other party's hands.

At first, he let Wang Hou go to squat and deliver a letter. After the other party received the letter, he didn't respond.

Jiang Jinshi disguised himself as a merchant to buy this mountain, but the response he got was that he didn't have the right to buy or sell this mountain. If Jiang Jinshi really wanted it, he should go find the Prefecture Governor himself. As long as there was the Prefecture Governor's document, he had no opinion.

In short, it was one sentence: I'm not not giving it to you, you have to do things according to the rules and regulations.

This made Jiang Jinshi very angry. He was a mountain bandit, what kind of rules and regulations, if he could know the Prefecture Governor, why would he come to find you old man?

Even though Jiang Jinshi used many means, the old man was still like a boulder in the wind and rain, unmoved.

During this period of time, Jiang Jinshi basically didn't do anything, just went against this old man, resulting in the fact that he now found it difficult to even see the other party.

Seeing that he couldn't take down Shixian Shan for the time being, and fearing that his little wife at home would worry, Jiang Jinshi prepared to go back to Yangguangzhai.

After all, he had lived in the Fengyunzhai for so many days, so he had to go and say something if he wanted to leave.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshi went down the mountain to find Nie Fengyun. In fact, Nie Fengyun was not bad, he was quite righteous and would consider for the brothers under him.

He didn't want the brothers to be hungry following him, so he took refuge in "Yangguangzhai", wanting to fight for a good future for everyone, who would have thought that he would meet a liar.

And during the time Jiang Jinshi was here, he had several times wanted to speak, but in the end, he never said it.

Nie Fengyun belonged to the kind of person who was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of the rope for ten years. Even though Jiang Jinshi had lived here for several days, his courage and martial arts made him admire, and he also believed that Jiang Jinshi was the stronghold king of Yangguangzhai.

After all, the dead Old Wu couldn't use his life to cooperate with the other party to act for him to see, right?

What really made him have concerns was, is it really good to join Yangguangzhai?

Everything was hearsay, he hadn't been in contact with Yangguangzhai, maybe Yangguangzhai was even worse than his Fengyunzhai?!

It just so happened that Jiang Jinshi went down the mountain to tell Nie Fengyun that he was going back to Yangguangzhai. After learning the situation, Nie Fengyun immediately expressed that he wanted to go to Yangguangzhai to see together.

Jiang Jinshi couldn't refuse that! He came to Fengyunzhai for a few days, and people treated him with good wine and food, so he should naturally take people to his place, so that he could fulfill the duty of a host.

Thus, Nie Fengyun followed Jiang Jinshi to Yangguangzhai, and the scene he saw later made him unforgettable for life.

"Chief, back? Is the trip smooth?" The person speaking was Wang Sixi, and the patrol today was his team.

Jiang Jinshi smiled bitterly, "Don't mention it, that old man is stubborn beyond words!"

"Hahaha! Then take a good rest for a few days when you come back."

Wang Sixi didn't think much, in his eyes, there was nothing that could stump his own Chief.

What Nie Fengyun saw was completely different from Jiang Jinshi. This patrol team had strong discipline. Even though their captain was communicating with the Chief, everyone didn't look around.

From the mental outlook, although most of them were a bit dark-skinned, they had meat on their faces and light in their eyes.

Just looking at this point, Yangguangzhai was already much stronger than his Fengyunzhai.

With the continuous climbing, Nie Fengyun could notice that there were many secret sentries in the forest, which made him curious about how many people Yangguangzhai had.

"Chief Jiang, how many people are there in your Yangguangzhai?" Nie Fengyun asked whatever he had, with the expression of a country bumpkin entering the city.

"More than five hundred! I don't know if there are any newcomers during the time I wasn't here."

Nie Fengyun, who got the answer, didn't reply, looking around on his own.

Finally, they came to the gate of the mountain stronghold, and seeing the building complex inside, Nie Fengyun was so surprised that his chin was about to fall to the ground.

Shouldn't mountain bandits find a cave to hide in?

Or just build some thatched houses like him to sleep, why make it so good?

Just at this time, two children chasing and laughing passed by Jiang Jinshi, and shouted in a hurry.

"Hello Chief!"

"Hello to you too!" Jiang Jinshi replied with a smile, these two children were from Dajiang Village before.

After getting the response, the two children ran to the other side laughing.

Looking at the pure smile on the children's faces, Nie Fengyun couldn't laugh at all, because he thought of his own mountain stronghold.

Jiang Jinshi couldn't laugh either, he wasn't so happy when he was a child!

No, can't let these little brats be idle, find a teacher to open a school in the stronghold?

Let's see if they can still laugh then!

Keeping this matter in mind, Jiang Jinshi introduced while leading the way.

"Brother Nie, this is my mountain stronghold, I'll take you around."

The two walked from the front to the side of the martial arts field before stopping. It just so happened that Ye Chang was training the mountain bandits.

"Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime! Everyone persist in running."

Nie Fengyun looked at the mountain bandits running around the martial arts field with big bags on their backs, and asked with some confusion: "Brother Jiang, what is this for?"

"Weight-bearing training, training physical fitness!" Jiang Jinshi stared at the training field without blinking, he could see everyone's changes from it.

At this time, a mountain bandit's lips were white and he couldn't hold on, falling straight to the ground. Ye Chang just took a look and didn't care.

Nie Fengyun was just about to remind him, when he saw two mountain bandits run up, carrying him together left and right to run.

"Don't worry about me, run quickly! If you carry me, you won't be able to finish running!" The mountain bandit with white lips used all his strength to persuade the two.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We are all from the same village, can I leave you behind?"

"Coach Ye has said it, unity is strength."

These things were all said by Jiang Jinshi to Ye Chang, but he didn't expect the other party's understanding ability to be so strong, he could already see the shadows of some great people from these people.

Because Jiang Jinshi said that he would choose small squad leaders by martial arts, everyone was working hard to practice now, and it was completely rolling.

"Let's go! Go see other places." As long as everyone's training was normal, Jiang Jinshi had nothing to command, he had to believe in the ability of the people under him.

The silent Nie Fengyun followed Jiang Jinshi's footsteps, this time coming to the place of logistics.

When Yangguangzhai had more than a hundred people, the kitchen was barely enough, but now that there were more than five hundred people, it was completely insufficient, so the people who cooked built several open-air big stoves.

At a corner, the two saw a scene in full swing, washing vegetables, brushing bowls, fetching water, serving dishes, etc., all mixed together, and the two leading women were shouting with their throats.

"The pot is out, the pot is out! It will be burnt in a while!"

"Where did the seasoning I put here go?"

Nie Fengyun also noticed that many old people were helping to wash vegetables or do some things within their power on the side.

Now the food in Yangguangzhai had become better than before. Before, they could only eat meat after a period of time, now there must be a meat dish every day.

These meats were all bought by Li Xinyue from the system. According to her calculation, recycling silver directly to redeem points, and then using points to buy pork, was cheaper than the price on the market.

Moreover, the mountain bandits trained every day, so they couldn't do without some oil and water.

Although there was only one meat dish, the oil used for cooking was lard, which made everyone fragrant and almost swallowed their tongues.

Yangguangzhai was unprecedentedly united at this moment. You have to know that you can eat your fill every day, and even have meat.

If you get sick, go to Huasheng to see a doctor without medicine money, and you can receive some monthly wages every month.

The most important thing is that these treatments are not only enjoyed by you as a mountain bandit, even the children and old people in your family are the same, the only difference is that they don't have monthly wages.

This was enough to make all the mountain bandits completely crazy. It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Jinshi now says to fight Lin City, and everyone will go up with knives.

The old people at home have to let you rush faster, if it really doesn't work, he will go too.

More than five hundred mouths have to eat every day, and monthly wages have to be paid at the beginning of the month. This expenditure is undoubtedly huge, fortunately, there was quite a harvest after robbing Jiangcheng, and there was no problem in the short term.

Now Nie Fengyun was already thinking about how he could open his mouth to let Jiang Jinshi accept his Fengyunzhai.

"Big Boss, you are back!" Luo Jin's eyes lit up, discovering Jiang Jinshi.

This also attracted everyone's attention, and they greeted Jiang Jinshi one after another.

"Hello Big Boss!"

"Big Boss, have you eaten? We will be ready soon!"

Jiang Jinshi waved at everyone as a response, and said to Luo Jin: "I have a friend here to be a guest, and I have to trouble you again!"

Luo Jin waved his hands, "No trouble, no trouble, Big Boss, you and your friend go sit first, I will be ready in a while!"

In Jiang Jinshi's eyes, Nie Fengyun was a guest after all, and the other party treated him with good wine and food, so he naturally couldn't lose face.

Nie Fengyun, who hesitated for a long time, finally gathered his courage to say when no one was around.

"Big Boss Jiang, take me!"

"Ah?"

"No, no, I mean, I submit to you!"