The bandits that Lu Yu led his troops to suppress this time were the bandits on Luoyun Mountain.

The bandit leader on Luoyun Mountain is a reckless man without much brains, but he has a second-in-command who is the think tank and military strategist of the mountain. He usually makes plans for all actions.

This man was a scholar. Because his family property was seized by a wealthy landlord, he failed to sue the official and was beaten instead. In a fit of rage, he fled to Luo Yunshan.

In the end, with the help of Luo Yunshan's power, he avenged himself and killed the rich landlord.

Although they failed to harm the county magistrate at the time, they broke into his house in the middle of the night and threatened him, which frightened the county magistrate so much that he resigned and returned home overnight.

I heard that the county magistrate encountered robbers on his way back to his hometown, all his belongings were stolen, and he fell off a cliff and died.

As Xiao Ruge walked up the mountain, she thought about what she had heard in her previous life, her eyes burning.

This military advisor is a talented person, and she would like to win him over if possible.

Glancing at Mu Gu who was following silently beside her, she thought for a moment and said, "There is a talented person on Luoyun Mountain who is the brain trust of this entire bandit den."

Mu Gu looked at her and smiled, "Does Ruge want to use her for her own benefit?"

Xiao Ruge nodded, "Yes, but he is a bit underappreciated here. If you want, you can try to get him. Besides, the big boss of Luoyun Mountain is also a great man, brave and invincible. He and the military advisor have a good understanding."

After hearing this, there was nothing Mu Gu didn't understand.

Isn’t this just the loved one adding wings to oneself?

Mu Gu readily agreed immediately, "Once we get to the mountain, I will try my best to win them over. Even if they cannot be employed by me, I will try not to make things difficult for them."

Xiao Ruge didn't think that the bandit would disagree. After all, they had been targeted by the imperial court. Even if Lu Yu returned unsuccessful this time, the imperial court would send someone else.

Luo Yunshan will no longer have a peaceful life from now on. Rather than being destroyed by the imperial court in the end, it is better for him to take his family assets and join others.

As long as that person can bring them corresponding benefits, there is no one they cannot defeat!

Xiao Ruge wore men's clothes today because there was a bit of heroic spirit between her eyebrows, and she dressed up deliberately. If you didn't look closely, you really couldn't tell that she was a woman.

Mu Gu simply glued on a beard. Because of his noble temperament, he looked like a child of a wealthy family. Xiao Ruge, on the other hand, looked like his bodyguard.

Xiao Ruge didn't care about this, and the two of them quickly passed the first secret checkpoint set up by Luo Yunshan.

Not long after the two men left, several people with grass wreaths on their heads raised their heads from the grass.

One of them said to the younger brother beside him: "Hurry up and inform the second in command, someone has come up the mountain!"

The man nodded and ran quickly up the mountain along the path.

Mu Gu walked slowly up the mountain with his hands behind his back. He took in the surrounding scenery and watched the figure disappear behind the bushes nimbly. He whispered, "They found us!"

"Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we are here to meet their first and second in command. If they know, they can come forward to negotiate in advance."

Xiao Ruge didn't care. She used the scabbard in her hand to pick up a grass snake on the road and the two continued to move forward.

Luoyun Mountain has a superior geographical location and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The imperial court had sent troops to suppress the bandits several times in the past, but they were always blocked by the bandits using the natural barriers.

Xiao Ruge looked at the surrounding scenery as she walked, imagining in her mind the scene of Lu Yu going into the mountains to suppress bandits. She felt that even if she won, it would probably be a narrow victory.

When they reached halfway up the mountain, the two encountered the second wave of sentries.

More than a dozen people stopped the two men. The leader was a sturdy man holding an axe in his hand. He shouted coldly, "Who are you? Do you know where this is? How dare you barge in!"

Xiao Ruge walked forward with a smile and bowed to several people.

"Don't misunderstand, my fellow men of Luo Yunshan. My son and I have come to see your leader. We have something important to tell him. This is about the life and death of everyone in Luo Yunshan. Please pass on the message, brother!"

It is said that one should not hit a smiling person. Besides, Xiao Ruge and the other person did not show any hostility, and there were only two of them, so the leading man hesitated.

At this time, a younger brother next to him whispered to him: "Brother Lei, didn't they say before that the imperial court would send troops to attack us? Are they from the imperial court?"

The man called Brother Lei's expression became stern when he heard this, and he looked at the two of them with a murderous look in his eyes.

"Are you from the imperial court?"

"Brother, you have misunderstood. Although we are from the capital, we do not represent the court. I advise you to report to your leader, so as not to make mistakes and implicate the people of the entire mountain!"

What Xiao Ruge said was quite serious, and Brother Lei's face turned ugly after hearing it.

"Brother Lei, I see there are only two of them. With so many of us, they won't be able to do anything even if something happens. Why don't we notify the boss first?"

The younger brother who had spoken before whispered to him again, and Brother Lei thought it made sense, so he sent a younger brother to notify the people on the mountain first, while he personally watched Xiao Ruge and Mu Gu walk up the mountain.

A group of people were watching them covetously, but Mu Gu and Xiao Ruge, who were surrounded in the middle, were calm and composed, which made Brother Lei admire them.

"What are your names?"

"My surname is Gu, so you can just call me Mo Yi."

Mu Gu pretended to be aloof, stood with his hands behind his back and said nothing. Since Xiao Ruge was his bodyguard, it was natural for her to deal with these minions.

She directly used the last character of Mu Gu's name as her surname, and made a homophonic character "Gu", and thus Mu Gu's surname was formed.

As for herself, she simply used Mo Yi's name. Since Mo Yi was not there anyway, whatever she said was the final word.

Mu Gu looked at her with the corner of his mouth curled up, thinking that this girl's way of replacing others was good and very smart.

"Oh, it turns out to be Master Gu and Brother Mo Yi."

Brother Lei bowed to the two of them.

Mu Gu nodded in return, and Xiao Ruge asked him about the situation with a smile.

"Our first and second in command are both in the village, right?"

"Yes, the imperial court is going to send troops here soon, and both of our leaders are here."

Almost everyone near the capital knew about this, so Brother Lei had nothing to hide. When Xiao Ruge asked, he answered.

Xiao Ruge smiled and glanced at the top of the mountain, then asked, "Looking at the huge mountain we occupy, there should be quite a few brothers on the mountain, right?"

Brother Lei still looked innocent and said with a smile, "No, there are only about a hundred people. All the brothers on our mountain were forced to become bandits. Who from a good family would be willing to be a bandit?"

Luo Yun Mountain covers a large area, with five connected hills. The one they are currently on is the largest of these mountains, and it would take more than a hundred people to defend it.

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