Beijing.

In the evening, when the sky turned dark, Bei Liyuan got off his horse, glanced at the green mountains in the distance hidden in the dusk, and let out a long breath.

By this time, he was exhausted.

"How long will it take to get to Tianwan City?" Bi She, who was following him, also got off his horse and asked.

"If we hurry up, it will take another three days."

"But the horse can't bear it."

Bei Liyuan was anxious and wanted to go to Tianwan City as soon as possible, but he was anxious and couldn't eat hot tofu. He had to at least consider that his horse power was limited and he couldn't exhaust his precious horses to death just to rush on the road.

"Not only is the horse unable to bear it, but once you get here, you can't go any further at night. Honglin Ridge is ahead." Bi She said calmly.

"I know that there are several groups of bandits near Honglin Ridge, and they usually go out at night." Beiliyuan stood up straight and ordered the sergeants to start setting up camp.

"We are all in harmony, but there are still so many bandits. It's strange that the world is not in chaos."

Bi She felt another Da Qi again, a Da Qi hidden under the flourishing atmosphere of flowers, brocade, and burning fire. No wonder she always saw Zi Yan so busy. Such a Da Qi is like an old ship.

, there were holes everywhere, and the emperor and others just used hammers and nails to knock on the ship and repair it.

"Those common people were farmers during the busy farming season and became bandits in their free time, so the imperial court could not eradicate them all." Beiliyuan said with a bitter smile.

"If everyone can live a good life, how many people will rebel? This cannot be explained by the strong folk customs, but also by the lack of political power." Bi She frowned.

While the two were talking, the tent had begun to be set up.

At this time, on Honglin Ridge, a group of bandits were coming down the mountain.

"Brother, do you really want to go down the mountain to rob the road? Why do I feel something is wrong?" The speaker was a rough man in black. His name was Big Hammer. He seemed very rough, but in fact, he was as careful as hair.

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"It's not the first time we've robbed Dao. It's been said over there that this time it's a big fat sheep. Can't five hundred of us still be able to take it down?"

The eldest brother is Zhang Yan, the leader of one of the three bandits in Honglin Ridge.

Zhang Yan is a man who escaped from the north. He is tall, mighty, strategic, and brave.

"Besides, if we don't kill a fat sheep, will our brothers still have food to eat?" Zhang Yan glared at the big hammer.

"Brother, aren't I worried? I feel very reliable. Many times in the past, I was relied upon to turn disaster into good fortune." Big Iron Hammer touched the beard on his chin, obviously a little unconvinced.

"Then what should we do? Let's forget it this time?" Zhang Yan asked back.

"Brother, I don't want to give up, but I'm thinking, shouldn't we be more cautious? There were many kings and generals in Honglin Ridge in the past, but now? Only our three families are still alive."

Sledgehammer no longer laughed and laughed, but looked slightly sad.

"Then according to what you said, we won't go out this time. We will test it out first and send out the exploration horses."

Zhang Yan was thoughtful, then he waved to two agile men and asked them to explore the way.

Their village is the result of the merger of many villages.

In the past, there were dozens of bandits of different sizes in Honglin Ridge. In recent years, under the stranglehold of the imperial court, the number of bandits has become smaller and smaller. In order to survive, they have to unite.

Big Iron Hammer used to be from another village, but he came here later. He has experienced a lot.

After Tan Ma went out, Zhang Yan and his party lurked in the forest, not saying anything and keeping quiet.

After some time, an owl was heard hooting.

This was the agreed call, and Zhang Yan looked tense.

"No, the big hammer is right. This time we encountered an iron plate."

The signal of this agreement is to tell them that the ideas ahead are difficult and the brothers should not show up, but the specific situation is still unknown.

Zhang Yan did not dare to send anyone over, so she had to continue waiting.

After waiting for a while, just as his heart sank a little bit, two familiar figures appeared in front of him one after another.

"Master, luckily we didn't go there." The two detective horses who appeared looked panicked and had lingering fears.

"How do you say this?" Zhang Yan asked doubtfully.

"It's miserable, that scene was really miserable!"

"It's not just us this time, the other two families also showed up. They didn't have as many people as us, but each family also came with about two hundred people. Unexpectedly, the person they wanted to rob turned out to be a group of sergeants, and it was the last one who came.

The elite ones, they all took out dark tube-shaped concealed weapons, and there was a burst of firecrackers. The two families suffered heavy casualties, and only a small half of them fled into the forest."

The two detectives were obviously frightened. Their faces were pale and without a trace of blood, and they looked quite scary.

"What kind of hidden weapon in the shape of a pipe...that's called a fire gun!" The big hammer spat on the ground.

"Have you ever seen a hammer or a fire gun?" Zhang Yan asked. He had only heard of the name of the firearm, but he had never seen a real thing.

"I've seen it before. I saw a Western monk at the dock last year, and he had a firecracker in his hand." Big Hammer said in a rough voice.

"It seems that your knowledge has increased a lot since you went to help at the dock." Zhang Yan said.

"Isn't this the dock where I went when you asked me to see if I could do water transportation, brother?" Big Iron Hammer said.

"I remember..."

"Brothers, let's go back." Zhang Yan waved her hand.

He looked calm and maintained the image of a leader on the surface, but he was not as calm as he appeared on the inside.

If you walk too much at night, sooner or later you will encounter a ghost.

How can this bandit work for a lifetime?

I was lucky this time, but the other two families were unlucky for being deceived. Who can be sure that it won't be their turn next time.

However, quitting bandits is not a matter of words. Bandits like them still exist today because there are people behind them.

Whether he wants to be a bandit or not is no longer something he can just say that he won't do it.

On the way back, Zhang Yan had been thinking about how to solve this problem and find a way out for herself, but for a while, she really couldn't see the way forward clearly.

At night, Zhang Yan packed up the letters on the table and then lay on the bed.

But then, the half-opened window was slowly pushed open from the outside.

A black image, like a snake, entered the room from the window and happened to sit on Zhang Yan's chair.

"who!"

Zhang Yan reached out and grabbed the crossbow arrow next to the pillow, turned over, and pointed it at the figure on the chair.

"Calm down and put down the crossbow. I am not an enemy." The voice was a woman's.

"You came uninvited, and you are not an enemy? Tell us your intentions!"

Zhang Yan drank lightly.

"No. 37, Yunbie Lane, Beijing."
Chapter completed!