How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

The snowy mountains and forests were suddenly plunged into an eerie silence, with only the rustling of branches in the cold wind.

Just when Hu Lai thought that this trick didn't work, suddenly, the second in command next to him burst into applause.

"Okay! Well said!"

The second in command's eyes lit up when he saw the beautiful woman. "I didn't expect that the Madam is such a strong woman! Not afraid of bandits or death - this boss likes strong and brave women like you! What the hell, hurry up and find the softest cloth, I want to serve the Madam myself!"

After saying that, he kicked Hu Lai in the back, "Such a good lady, you are lucky to have her! You don't know how to cherish her!"

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It’s cheap, so why are you kicking me?

Making a note of the grudge in his heart, Hu Lai quickly went to the car behind to find a clean and soft piece of cloth and handed it to the second in command.

The second in command carefully stuffed a clean piece of cloth into the beautiful woman's mouth, and then gently tied her hands and legs together, as if he was afraid of hurting her. The more he looked at her, the more curious she seemed.

The villagers here all love their daughters. If their sons are lost in the mountains, they may be slow to react for a while, but if their daughters are lost, the whole village will probably carry hoes and go up the mountain to fight the bandits at night. Therefore, the bandits rarely kidnap good girls. At most, they will just rob some money.

And the merchants passing by would not bring women with them when they came to do business, so there were very few women on their mountain.

As for beauties who are both beautiful and strong, there are none.

That's why the second in command likes "her" more and more and finds her more and more rare.

"Second boss, this one is much prettier than the one that the first boss captured last time." A bandit chuckled, "You are so lucky~"

"I think so too, but that woman is also very pretty, but she's just not very smart. She said she was from the capital or something..." The second in command forgot what he was talking about and waved his hand indifferently, "I was a little envious at first, but I didn't expect that pie in the sky would fall. Hey, I also have a beautiful woman!"

The bandit said quickly, "This is a double blessing for our Qianjin Village!"

"That's right! I'll open some wine when I get back and celebrate with everyone!" The second in command said happily, but he didn't forget the main business either, and shouted to his brothers, "Let's go! Turn around and go back to the mountain! Let's get married!"

As he gave orders, the dozen or so bandits took off their animal skins, took out a gorgeous coat from their bag and wrapped it around themselves. They tied up their messy and rough hair with some snow, and instantly looked like businessmen.

They skillfully stuffed the animal skins under the carriage, then led the carriage and the goods in the opposite direction. Their destination was not Black Tiger Mountain, but another mountain in the southwest...

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To the southwest of Heihu Mountain, there is a big mountain called Qiantai Mountain.

It is said that in the previous dynasty, Qiantai Mountain was home to the most ferocious bandits in Liaozhou. They were cruel by nature and took pleasure in killing. Common people and merchants passing by all died here, which caused great headaches for the local government.

Later, one summer, a raging fire suddenly broke out on the mountain, burning the entire mountain black. When the villagers went up the mountain, they found that the bandits had already burned the mountain to the point that not even their bodies were left.

The people then spread the rumor that there was a mountain spirit in Qiantai Mountain. Because the mountain spirit was lazy and did not protect the people, God could not stand it, so he ordered the mountain spirit to burn the mountain to death and get rid of those vicious bandits.

As a result, the mountain spirit refused to submit and turned into an evil spirit. For a long time, no trees grew on Mount Qiantai. The bare black mountain was creepy to look at. Even during the war, many bandits were afraid of the mountain spirit's self-immolation, and because there were no trees to provide shelter, they were unwilling to build a village on Mount Qiantai.

Later, a group of arrogant rebels took a fancy to the battle terrain of Qiantai Mountain, where there was a river in front and a village behind, and stationed their troops there, intending to occupy the land and establish a new capital. They broke into the village, burned, killed and looted, but when they returned to the mountain, they were engulfed by a sudden fire on the mountain. That night, the rebels' miserable screams were endless, which made the people sad and happy, and they became more and more awed by Qiantai Mountain.

After that, there were no more bandits in Qiantai Mountain, and even the local people were afraid of evil spirits. Even after the Jian'an Dynasty, when some trees gradually grew on Qiantai Mountain, people were unwilling to go up the mountain to hunt, and every time they passed by, they would hurry up.

Therefore, no one had expected that there would be bandits bold enough to set up a stronghold on Qiantai Mountain.

"I don't believe in mountain spirits or evil spirits!"

On the way up the mountain, the second in command's tone was full of disdain. He stretched out his hand to push away the branches that were blocking the way. On his shoulders, which were broad and strong enough to almost carry a tiger, sat a beautiful young lady who looked like a fairy, forming a sharp contrast with the burly man.

"I don't believe in ghosts or gods either."

The young lady was Xie Chengze in disguise. He was pulling the second in command's hair nonchalantly, as if pulling the fur of his own big cat. He lazily looked at the surrounding mountain conditions and asked casually, "So the Black Tiger Camp in the rumors is you, right?"

"Hey, Madam is really smart!" The second in command said proudly, "There are too few people to rob in Qiantai Mountain, so it's really not interesting. So our first in command targeted Black Tiger Mountain and claimed to be from the Black Tiger Village. After robbing Black Tiger Mountain, we pretended to be merchants and returned to the village in Qiantai Mountain. The county magistrate of Black Tiger City naturally searched the entire Black Tiger Mountain, but couldn't find any Black Tiger Village!"

Therefore, even if they robbed the government grain, the government could not trace them!

Xie Chengze's eyes flashed.

The fact turned out to be just as he expected. The Black Tiger Village was not located in Black Tiger Mountain at all. It even... had another name.

"Madam! We're at the village!"

After pushing aside the last branch, the view in front of him suddenly opened up. The loud and rough voice of the Second In Command resounded across the mountain, echoing in waves, "Brothers of Qianjin Village! Come out to greet your Second In Command's wife!"

Xie Chengze looked up and saw a rather large mountain village standing in the mountains, like a sleeping beast lurking in the cliffs. There were no gorgeous decorations, only animal bones and broken blades scattered all over the walls, which flashed coldly under the illumination of the snow, making people shudder.

Inside the mountain village, most of the houses are simple wooden houses with thatched roofs. In the center is a flat ground where the bandits practice. On both sides are several wooden tables and benches, as well as bows, arrows, swords and other weapons on the shelves. Many men wearing animal skin coats patrol inside. The village gate is tall and heavy, made of several thick round logs staggered horizontally and vertically. The door panel is nailed with large iron nails, making it look extremely sturdy.

On the lintel, I don’t know if it was written with animal blood or something else, but there were three big, crooked and ugly characters, which were even uglier than someone else’s own characters - Qianjinzhai.

Xie Chengze couldn't help but comment, "It's really ugly."

Not only is it ugly, but the word is also written wrongly. The word "zhai" is missing a horizontal line.

"What?" Hearing Xie Chengze talking, the second in command looked up and asked.

"I say, the handwriting of your Qianjinzhai is so ugly." Xie Chengze leaned close to his ear and complained.

"Hey! I think so too!" The second in command immediately whispered, "This was written by our first in command. I said it was ugly, but he didn't believe me! Madam, you can tell at a glance that you are a good handwriter. Show him your skills and let him know what beautiful handwriting is!"

Xie Chengze immediately raised his head proudly, "Of course! My wife's calligraphy is the best in the world!"