It's night, on the border of Xiaoshan's eastern mountains.
Niutou and Wei Kui were waiting in an inn at the intersection of Dongshan. They first went back to the village in Dongshan and ordered a few of their confidants to remind the minions to gather in the village and wait, and then returned to the village.
The inn next to the intersection is waiting for He Nan's arrival.
A basin of cold well water poured down from head to toe. Ma Mian, who was pretending to be dizzy, could no longer pretend to be dizzy. He opened his eyes and looked at the room full of menacing people. He couldn't help but put on a smile. But this smile was not pretty.
, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it was forced out.
"Master He... I know I'm wrong!" Ma Mian's first reaction was to look for He Nan. As soon as he caught He Nan's eyes, he blurted out, which must have been brewing for a long time, "It was my fault before.
, I stand on the side of Qing-faced Yama because I am blind and ignorant of praise. You, sir, have a lot of money... It’s better not to argue with the little one!"
"Besides, I have long seen that this Blue Faced Yama is unlikely to achieve great things. Do you think the final result is still firmly in your hands?"
He Nan smiled disdainfully at the words and said to the second master sarcastically: "You guys in Yanluo Village all learned their glib skills from you?"
The second master was a very evil person. Of course he knew that this was not acceptable at all, so he pretended to be embarrassed and cupped his hands towards He Nan, then shrank his body to the back of the crowd. If he was still shy,
He stood with his face forward, wondering when He Nan would have to hit him with words again.
"Don't look at me..." He Nan turned to Ma Mian, who was kneeling on the ground, "To be fair, you really have nothing to be sorry for. Anyway, I never regarded you as one of my own from the beginning. Today you
You fell into my hands because of your own incompetence."
"The person you are really sorry for is your sworn brother..." At this point, He Nan looked at Niutou. He Nan and Yu Ruyi were sitting in the center of the inn lobby, while Wei Kui was leaning on the door frame.
Niutou sat opposite He Nan, and the remaining minions were all Niutou's confidants. These people stood behind their eldest brother and glared at his eldest brother - they also understood the whole story this afternoon.
Niutou frowned tightly, and his two thick eyebrows could be twisted into a black rope.
"Just after you and I agreed, your brother and I also made a bet. The bet was whether you would betray me...or whether you would abandon him. The bet was your future.
He lost the bet, so he is now my subordinate."
"Although I am the boss now, the matters between you brothers still need to be resolved by yourselves. I will never interfere." He Nan stood up, stretched, pulled Yu Ruyi to sit elsewhere, and took the main seat.
He gave the seat to Niutou Lai. "Today I will only watch the show."
Upon hearing this, Ma Mian immediately turned his head to his sworn brother - twenty years ago he was Niu Tou's sworn brother, but now his life has changed. His younger brother has become a guest, while his older brother has become a prisoner.
"Brother, I didn't mean to do it on purpose. It was just that the situation was so pressing that I had to make a desperate move... As a brother, you must understand what I did, right? Please put in a good word for me in front of Mr. He.
A few words..."
Niutou took a deep breath and said, "You said you wanted me to understand you..."
"Then why do you still say those words? Is the more than ten years of brotherhood between you and me worthless in your eyes?" Niutou could risk his life to block Wei Kui's fatal blow.
He betrayed his brother for the sake of his own life, how could he not be heartbroken?
"Brother... that's just a stopgap measure..." Ma Mian is not as shameless as the second master. He does feel guilty about Niu Tou in his heart, so this explanation does not seem convincing.
Paler.
After all, he and Qing-faced Yama are still the same thing. Although he is bad enough, his mind is not smart enough, and his face is not that thick. If He Nan is kneeling here today - no matter whether it is useful or not, he can just keep his eyes open anyway.
He uttered a very humiliating sentence to beg for mercy without changing his expression.
The lobby of the inn was so quiet that one could almost hear the pounding heartbeat of Ma Mian, while Niu Tou's face was so gloomy that he could squeeze water out of it. Looking at his sworn brother who smiled flatteringly at him, he suddenly recalled many past events.
Ma Mian didn't miss the old feelings, but he still couldn't bear it.
After so many years, the two brothers have been through all kinds of storms, but now they end up in a situation of fratricide - is it because the world is declining or because people's hearts are not ancient?
Niu Tou is an upright person, he doesn't have so many twists and turns in his mind, and he himself doesn't want to think about those things that are there or not.
"You are unkind, but I can't be unjust." After a while, Niutou finally spoke. As he spoke, he turned to look at He Nan - although He Nan said that he would only watch the theater today, Niutou knew that he had to let go.
He Nan was satisfied and gave him an explanation. "You have betrayed Mr. He. Although it has not caused a big disaster, there is no place for you in Xiaoshan anymore, and I can't keep you."
"We are two brothers, and I have no intention of killing you. You'd better leave, go far away, and never come back again." Niutou is still an honest man. If it had been anyone else, he would have let the horse-faced man's head fall to the ground.
"From today on, the relationship between you and me has been severed, and we are no longer brothers." After saying that, Niutou pulled out his sword and struck the horse in the face.
Ma Mian was so frightened - why did he say "no intention to kill me" before and now he was going to chop off my head? At this critical moment, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. Niu Tou's knife was not aimed at Ma Mian.
He lost his life, but cut off a lock of hair on the horse's face, and then cut off a piece of his own clothes.
The horse's head was cut off as the head, and the ox's head was cut off as the sworn brother. The two were no longer sworn brothers.
Ma Mian, who was kneeling on the ground, was trembling and kowtowed to his former sworn brother to thank him, but Niu Tou didn't even look at him and went straight to He Nan.
"Master He, I have only one merciless request - I hope you can consider the loyalty between the two of us and let him live - I know what I said is not true, so I ask you to be noble." Niu Touye.
He knelt down on the ground and congratulated Nan, "From now on, Peng Niu will be a cow or a horse for you, and he will be at your disposal without any hesitation." He no longer calls himself Niutou, but resumes his real name. Apparently, he has
It’s time to get rid of this past.
He Nan clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, I am indeed right about you. You are a man who values love, righteousness, and promises. Since you are the new leader of the Yama Village that I have appointed, then this matter is up to you.
Already."
Peng Niu Sheng bowed politely to He Nan a few times, then walked back to Ma Baocai... no, it was Ma Baocai, and kicked him, "Why don't you leave quickly?"
In fact, Ma Baocai felt very unhappy... He was thinking that if he had not betrayed He Nan, would he be the leader of the new village now? In fact, He Nan had already told him that after everything was done, the two of them could become the leader of the new village.
Lord, Ma Mian chose to stand on the side of Qing-faced Yama because of fear at that time. Now it is too late to regret. In fact, he felt aggrieved in his heart - standing on the side of Qing-faced Yama, He Nan would lose if he won.
was liquidated; while standing on He Nan's side, he had to be skinned off by Qing-faced Yama on the spot. After all the effort he put into it, it turned out to be a deal that was unpalatable to both parties, while Peng Niu Sheng was made the second choice.
After being held hostage for ten days, he rose to prominence and directly became the master of the cottage? This is actually what made Ma Baocai feel aggrieved.
But - this is not a pie in the sky that falls into Peng Niusheng's mouth, but Peng Niusheng relies on his instinctive actions to win He Nan's favor. You know, Wei Kui's move can also kill people.
If the person sent back as a spy was replaced by Peng Niu Sheng, then he would not betray Ma Baocai even if he died - this is the difference between the two.
Villains are often like this. When they see others harvesting, they will be jealous and hold grudges, but they often don't remember that they have no intention at all during the season of sowing. They only see the results but ignore the causes and processes. They think about the harvest all day long but fail to do so.
Not willing to put in physical effort and sweat for this... Peng Niu Sheng is not a gentleman, but at least in his friendship with Ma Baocai, he has a clear conscience.
Everything has a cause and effect, and those who only want to get benefits but are unwilling to pay the price will end up getting nothing.
However, these illusory truths are not important for now. After Ma Baocai kowtowed to thank He Nan and Peng Niu Sheng, he rolled away from Xiaoshan and disappeared into the misty rain.
In fact, He Nan originally wanted to agree to Peng Niu Sheng first, and then secretly send Wei Kui to secretly kill Ma Baocai and bury him on the spot. This would not only protect Peng Niu Sheng's face and understand his long-cherished wish, but also eliminate the root cause and prevent future troubles...
But after Yu Ruyi's suggestion, she gave up.
"Ma Mian is a poor man. If you can spare his life, let him live. Why bother to add so many more killings?" These were Yu Ruyi's exact words. Even the female murderer said so.
He Nan had no reason to kill anyone, so he obeyed her words.
And He Nan's letting go of Ma Mian's hand did him a big favor a long time later. This can be regarded as a kind of cause and effect.
In this way, He Nan and the other two people settled in the Dongshan Village, and spent more than half a month integrating the five mountain villages in the southeast, northwest, and northwest. They were collectively known to the outside world as Green Faced Yama, a cruel, cruel and sadistic person, and the village owners could not bear the humiliation.
So they joined forces to rebel against him. Now that Qing-faced Yama was enthroned, all the ghost servants died and fled, leaving only Peng Niu Sheng, who naturally took over the position of leader of the village.
The second master is still the same second master - the second master's surname is Yu and his nickname is Lao Taro. He Nan originally thought of using him for a while before killing him, but seeing Lao Taro complaining with runny nose and tears, he
I was a little helpless, so I kept Old Taro alive for the time being and observed the performance before talking about it later.
Naturally, many people were dissatisfied with Peng Niu Sheng's unexplained taking over the position of village leader. These people were all direct subordinates and loyal fans of Qing Mian Yan Luo. Even if Lao Yao spoke for Peng Niu Sheng, they could not dispel their suspicions.
, Peng Niu Sheng also showed his thunderous methods under He Nan's instruction and support - he promoted some old members of the Green Faced Yama who were willing to submit to him, and selected some who were difficult to manage, intending to avenge the Lord.
He was trying to scare the monkeys, and soon the voices expressing dissatisfaction gradually became much quieter - after all, they are all seeking wealth, so following whoever is behind them is not a fool.
After clearing up the internal conflicts in the village, a new problem came to He Nan - we can't let these people be bandits all the time, right?
Originally, He Nan and the others despised the bandits' bad behavior of bullying men and women, so they couldn't let Peng Niu Sheng become the next Blue Faced Yama, but he also suffered from the fact that there was no way to make these bandits
Transformation - after all, those who can become bandits are either reckless men with nothing but strength, or idlers.
The turn of events can be regarded as a coincidence. One day, He Nan went down the mountain and passed by the village where Qing-faced Yama was besieged and killed. He wanted to visit the villagers to see if they needed more silver to repair the fighting between the gangsters.
Affected house equipment.
Unexpectedly, He Nan found out after arriving at the village that not much of his 200 taels of silver fell into the hands of the villagers. Each household received less than 5 taels of silver, and the remaining 60% was given to the village chief.
One person has enriched his own pocket - no wonder the village chief lives in the only brick house in the village. It seems that he also pocketed a lot of money from the court's disaster relief work.
It's not the first time.
He Nan naturally became angry when he thought about this, and immediately gathered Wei Kui. Peng Niu Sheng, Lao Yutou and others led a group of strong men to block the door of the village chief's house. The village chief immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.
He returned the money he had squandered to each family in full, and also took out extra private money from his own pocket to repair the houses and buy furniture for the villagers - this sum of money was spent quite a lot. It seems that this old guy is still good at it.
I've done a lot of things like this.
Unexpectedly, these villagers would not only have to deal with bandits in the mountains, but also with bandits in their own village, but this also gave He Nan some inspiration - since there are always such injustices in the world, he must take care of them.
Other places are still out of reach for him, but the surroundings of Xiaoshan are always within reach. He Nan explained his ideas to Peng Niu Sheng, Lao Yutou and other current senior officials of Yan Luo Village - from now on they
Not only to be a bandit, but also to be a second government, specifically for these people to have a place to redress their grievances and solve their problems - of course, you have to pay for redressing your grievances, but compared to some places that just collect money and do nothing.
It's been so much better.
First of all, the name needs to be changed. It can no longer be called "Yam Luo Village", but can be renamed "Yiyongwu". In terms of personnel, those who are idle, just eat and do nothing, and have bad conduct should be streamlined and replaced with selected personnel.
Some young and middle-aged men with acceptable virtues join and are called "Volunteers"; the Volunteer Corps collects "protection fees" from surrounding villages, townships, and counties on a quarterly basis, and every household that pays money and food is recorded in the register.
Any matters that cannot be solved by oneself, such as disputes between neighbors, the need for labor to help with farming or building houses, and complicated matters such as attacks by thieves, will be helped by "volunteers"; and the volunteers will naturally have to maintain a good relationship with the local government.
, "donating" some silver to the government from time to time - even if it cannot be officially certified, at least it must be done without trespassing.
Of course, these bandits may not adapt to this change for a while, and it is unrealistic to suddenly abolish road robbery, but strict restrictions must be set up - a certain amount of "tolls" can be charged from tourists passing through Xiaoshan
, and after collecting tolls, volunteers will escort the customers to prevent them from being attacked by other predators and wild beasts; as for robbing women and burning and killing them indiscriminately, things that clearly violate human ethics and the law must be said goodbye to them.
Anyone who kills people randomly, sets fires, or robs property and women will be killed without mercy according to the rules.
Originally, He Nan thought that Peng Niusheng, Lao Yutou and others would object, but unexpectedly, most of these people agreed - thinking about it carefully, there was really nothing to object to.
Although this idea only has a preliminary prototype, the money collected is much less than the previous robberies, and it is not as unscrupulous as the bandit career - but at least it is safe. Blue-faced Yama is strong and ruthless enough, right? Originally, he was beaten by the mountains
The thieves were treated like gods, and he was beaten as hard as the Third Grandson by the knights of the Jinghong Sect, let alone a group of stragglers in the village now. The fate of Qing-faced Yama and the ghosts also made Peng Niu live.
He and Lao Yaotou realized that there are people outside the world who are righteous, and the government is not unable to control them, but they are too lazy to control them at all - the life of bandits is not that easy. If they are not protected, they will lose their heads one day, so they can suddenly become a local.
At least the lives of the volunteer soldiers are guaranteed - again, if they can earn a living honestly, how many of them are really willing to be bandits with their heads high?
He Nan was busier than Peng Niu Sheng, Lao Yutou and the others these days, and after nearly half a month, a preliminary reform of the bandit gang was finally officially implemented.