Ji Taoist

Three days ago.

Yan Buji had already realized that something was wrong when he returned home. How could the eldest daughter of the Ling family in Huanglong City come all the way to Linshan City?

The key was her eyes and the passive reaction of his blood essence, which made Yan Buji feel a trace of danger.

"If I'm not mistaken, they must have something urgent to do to come to Linshan City, otherwise they wouldn't have traveled in the middle of the night." Yan Buji thought.

Could it be that he had met them before and was discovered by Ling Yan?

No, if that was the case, the Zhong surname would never have that attitude.

"Since Linshan City is already in chaos, I don't know if it will threaten me, or if there is a slight possibility that it came because of my blood essence." Yan Buji thought.

Linshan City has been prosperous since ancient times, and many things have happened, big and small. Yan Buji's experience is just one of them.

But after all, for that person, it is still necessary to investigate it.

Thinking of this, Yan Buji didn't want to leave the city again in the next few days, but it seems that he has to go for a walk nearby first.

When Yan Xirou came back in the carriage in the afternoon, Yan Buji asked about what happened in the academy as usual.

In the past few days, seeing that Yan Xirou seemed to get along well with the students in the academy, Yan Buji nodded.

At least for now, it is not time to use this daughter.

"Father, I will go back to my room to review my homework and skip dinner." Yan Xirou said with a smile.

"Well, I'll have someone bring you some chicken soup later." Yan Buji laughed.

"It's fine."

Yan Buji looked at the maid and asked, "Is Rou'er okay these days? She's gentle on the outside but tough on the inside. If something really happened, she wouldn't tell me now."

The maid was stunned for a moment and laughed, "Master, you worry too much. With the young lady's status, nothing will happen. It's that... Mr. Zhou. I asked around and it seems that his reputation in Linshan Academy is not very good..."

The maid hesitated a little, and Yan Buji waved his hand, "It's normal for scholars to like romantic things."

"Since the master said so, I know."

"Well, just keep an eye on the young lady and don't let her be bullied in the academy. If something happens, I will go over and deal with it."

"Yes, master."

Yan Buji took a deep breath. He spent half of the Yan family's property to get such an opportunity, so he couldn't just waste it.

"It seems that Rou'er did use the rouge I bought for her. That's good, that's good." Yan Buji laughed secretly.

Wait until the evening.

Yan Buji changed into his night clothes again and went out, and soon arrived outside the city.

It was so dark that he couldn't see the road at all. Yan Buji also relied on his memory to observe the situation around several strongholds outside the city.

Didn't find anything suspicious?

Isn't it because of the blood essence?

Yan Buji thought of the abnormal situation during the day, and always felt that Ling Yan of the Ling family would never come to discuss business. The Ling family is a big force in the secular world. The Ling family can send people here in person, even the young Miss Ling Yan should not be underestimated.

Yan Buji can underestimate Ling Yan's little ability, but it is impossible to ignore the Ling family as a force in the world.

Just thinking about it, Yan Buji quietly approached his stronghold.

This stronghold is in the village. Yan Buji has six such strongholds, mainly so that when something happens to a certain stronghold, the remaining strongholds will not be affected.

The stronghold hides some things left by Yan Buji's slaughter of passing caravans and interception of various warriors over the years.

Some things are easy to deal with and can be burned directly, but Yan Buji is reluctant to burn some things, so he hides them in these villages.

The identity he used is naturally the leader of the bandits in the Howling Three Mountains, and the people in Linshan City call him the "foreign demon".

Since ancient times, there have been many cases of merchants colluding with bandits, but it is rare for someone like Yan Buji to be a merchant during the day and a robber leader at night.

The large amount of money Yan Buji needed to prepare for fifteen years was partly based on his business ability, and the other part was based on these gray incomes.

In addition to the silver he robbed, the various jewelry, weapons, and armor were also valuable goods. Yan Buji needed money, so he had to find a way to sell the stolen goods.

It happened that he had hoarded a lot of things during this period. In addition to giving them to the bandits, Yan Buji estimated that the things he robbed were worth about 3,000 taels of silver.

It's just that there are too many things, and it's really hard to find a buyer with such a big appetite.

After visiting several strongholds near his home, he didn't find anything unusual, so he went to his base camp on the mountain.

This is a huge cave hidden in the deep mountains outside Linshan City. It looks like a mine. When they settled in before, they found many mine tunnels. It was just right to be one of their base camps, so it was convenient to escape.

Yan Buji set up three base camps like this. It was for the sake of freedom of coming and going, for fear of being surrounded by people.

The main reason was that Yan Buji didn't want to make too much trouble. Originally, the old man Sun You was very angry with the mountain bandits outside the city. He sent troops to encircle Yan Buji several times but he just avoided fighting.

If the government and the army were really involved, he didn't want to be accused of rebellion.

When they arrived in front of the mine cave on the mountainside, the few minions guarding the gate saw Yan Buji's dress, especially the iconic green-faced and fanged evil ghost mask, and their eyes lit up and knelt on one knee and said:

"Boss, you are back?!"

"Well, who is on duty to guard the Black Wind Cave today?" Yan Buji asked calmly. He looked around and didn't see any of the bosses, so he said with some dissatisfaction.

"It's... the third boss." The minions' heart jumped and he stammered.

"Where is he?"

"This... the third boss... is drinking inside."

"Hehe."

As he spoke, Yan Buji stepped forward and walked into the Black Wind Cave.

Several minions looked at Yan Buji's tall back, shrank their necks, and said with some fear:

"The third boss is finished now, and he will be severely punished by the first boss again."

"The third boss is the most vengeful. He won't wait for the first boss to leave to cause trouble for us, right?"

"It's over!"

Although the minions also knew that the first boss was always elusive and could hardly be seen on the mountain.

But whoever dared to make trouble in the three mountains, whether it was his own people or outsiders, the final outcome would only be death.

No one dared to touch his tiger whiskers. Even the other leaders on the mountain were like mice seeing a cat when they saw the big boss.

Before he even entered the inner hall, Yan Buji heard the sound of people having fun and laughing loudly.

"Come on, come on, I'm happy today, drink, drink!"

"Third boss has a huge appetite, hahaha!"

"Third boss, when will you take us to rob again? It's boring to stay in this mountain all day!"

"Little Six, you are talking about this because you are jealous of the woman in the arms of the third boss, right?"

"Of course I want a woman!"

"Hahaha."

A bald man sitting up there drinking was holding a woman in her arms, pinching her arm, and laughing: "Hahaha, don't worry, I will find one for you in the future, everyone will have one!"

"Third boss is so righteous!"

"Follow the third boss until death!"

"Oh? The third boss is so generous, can you find one for me too?"

An untimely sneer came, and the third boss's slightly drunk face suddenly changed drastically, and he quickly got up and looked at the cave entrance.

He swallowed hard, crawled over, and knelt in front of the other party:

"Big... Big boss, you are back? I really miss you so much."