ps: Thanks to book friend *Ben Yin for the reward. I should have released a few more chapters, but I don’t have enough manuscripts. I will update three chapters first and two more chapters on Saturdays and Sundays.
The stronghold that Liu Hao brought Su Xin to was the largest bandit among the many bandits in Jiangnan Dao. There were seven warriors at the divine palace level in the leadership, and there were also more than a dozen innate warriors under his command. There were hundreds of other acquired warriors, and they were already close.
A relatively weak second-rate force.
Of all the bandits in the entire rivers and lakes, the strongest one is the Taihang Village in Henan Road. Thirty-six Knives Hall runs across Henan Road, and even the big sects in the rivers and lakes do not dare to provoke them easily.
Therefore, the Taihang Village is located clearly on the Taihang Mountains. For hundreds of years, there are still people who dare to go up there to do heroic things.
As for these bandit cottages in Jiangnan Province, they naturally have to keep a low profile.
The village that Su Xin and others were going to didn't even have a name. It was just located in Beiling Mountain, so it was called Beiling Village. The leader of the bandits was Zhang Xiao, the "Beiling Tiger", and his strength was also that of the God Palace.
Peak state.
Su Xin and others, led by Liu Hao, walked around the twists and turns of Beiling Mountain several times before they came to a valley, where Zhang Xiao's village was located.
When the bandits guarding the gate saw Su Xin and others coming, especially since they were all wearing six-door official uniforms, they were immediately frightened and hurriedly knocked on a big drum next to them.
Immediately the drums started thundering, and within half a quarter of an hour, the entire village that had been built for hundreds of years had been assembled at an astonishing speed.
Su Xin nodded with satisfaction. He was indeed one of the largest bandit forces in Jiangnan Dao. At least the quality of his bandits was pretty good.
The gate of the cottage opened, and the leader was a man in his forties with a ferocious face. He was carrying a huge Guandao and had an unusually ferocious appearance.
There were six divine palace-level warriors beside him, all of whom were heads of the Beiling Village. They all looked at Su Xin and others with solemn expressions.
Ever since Jin Wulin took on the role of chief arrester of Jiangnan Province, no one had gone to exterminate them bandits and bandits because of Jin Wulin's deliberate indulgence. Therefore, Zhang Xiao and other bandits had been quite happy in recent years. They only had to guard against those various kinds of bandits.
The great martial arts sect is enough.
Although they had heard about the recent news that Su Xin had taken over as the chief arrest officer of Jiangnan Province, they didn't pay much attention to it.
Although these bandits are hiding in the deep mountains and forests, they have special spies out there to gather information, so they know the current situation of the six gates of Jiangnan Road very well.
According to what Zhang Xiao and others thought, the first thing Su Xin had to do was to eradicate the dissidents and completely control the six gates of Jiangnan Road, and then prepare to deal with the Jianghu sects.
The bandit forces like him had to wait until the end, but he never expected that after Su Xin eliminated the dissidents, he would go directly to their mountain stronghold.
Zhang Xiao cautiously cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Su, our Beiling Village has been very honest recently. You are busy with official duties, why do you need to be in trouble with us?
After all, our little village is full of scabies, so you should deal with those Jianghu sects first, it would be unwise to insist on annihilating us."
Zhang Xiao changed the subject, and his tone became a little cold: "I, Beiling Village, have a small number of people and are weak, but if Mr. Su insists on annihilating us, we will not just surrender.
Even if my stronghold is completely wiped out today, I might have to break some of your teeth, Mr. Su, and greatly damage the strength of the Six Gates of Jiangnan Road!
Mr. Su, you have to think carefully about this deal. Anyway, we are all going to die. If anyone wants our lives, we will fight to the death!"
The heads of the family behind Zhang Xiao and the numerous bandits all had ruthless expressions in their eyes. Those who dared to set up a stronghold and become bandits here would not be easy to compare with.
Especially in Jiangnan Dao, the disciples of those big sects might be wiped out at some point. If you don't even have the determination to fight to the death, you'd better stop doing this as soon as possible.
Su Xin raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Are you threatening me?"
Zhang Xiao said calmly: "Master Su is someone who has fought against the master of the Nian Bang Qiutan and the powerful men in the Yuanshen realm. How can I have the courage to threaten you? I am just stating a fact clearly.
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A smile suddenly appeared on Su Xin's face: "Master Zhang, don't be nervous. I'm not here to annihilate you. If I were here to annihilate you and others, I wouldn't bring these people here."
Zhang Xiao looked at Su Xin doubtfully. He only brought Liu Hao and others with him this time, and the rest of the innate realm agents only brought a few dozen people. This kind of power would not be able to destroy his stronghold.
However, Su Xin is the chief arrester of Jiangnan Province, and he is a bandit who established a stronghold. Zhang Xiao did not believe that Su Xin came here to chat with him. Zhang Xiao still cautiously cupped his hands and said, "I don't know, Mr. Su."
Why did you come here?"
Su Xin said loudly to everyone in Beiling Village: "It's very simple, I came here to find a way out for everyone.
We, the Six Gates of Jiangnan Province, are now in the midst of employing people, and we are very hungry for talents. As long as you can join our Six Gates of Jiangnan Province, you can become members of the imperial court and gain a good background."
Su Xin's words immediately caused an uproar in the entire village. Liumen came to recruit bandits. Did they hear it correctly?
When everyone heard about such a fantasy, they were not moved, but vigilant, deeply vigilant. Who knew if Su Xin wanted to paralyze them, lure them out of the village, and strangle them in one fell swoop?
Su Xin smiled and shook his head and said: "Are you worried that I will lie to you? I believe that there are spies outside your village. The arrests and chiefs from the six gates of Jiangnan Road are all in the major capitals of Jiangnan Road and there is no movement. I
Even if I want to annihilate you, what power will I use to annihilate you? Just rely on dozens of people here?
I brought so many people here today because I sincerely want to recruit you to help the court, but it is better than you hiding in the mountains and forests in fear, isn't it?"
Hearing what Su Xin said, everyone thought about it, Su Xin was not a fool, and annihilating them now would not be of any benefit to the six gates of Jiangnan Road.
In this case, is what Su Xin said true? Can they really transform from bandits to officials?
As a result, everyone present was really excited.
It is very difficult for bandits like them to clear their names. Their reputations are only slightly better than those of demonic disciples who do all kinds of evil. Even if they want to clear their names, few sects will accept them.
them.
Just like Pang Feiyun, the leader of Lianyun Village who had taken refuge with Di Yunfei in Xiangnan Road before. His strength is considered good, but if he wants to join the local sect in Xiangnan Road, even if he is not strong enough,
Even the weaker third-rate forces will not keep him.
In the end, he still had to rely on the special moment when Di Yunfei came to southern Hunan to join Di Yunfei's men, looking forward to joining the Zhengjian League to clear his name.
At this time, Zhang Xiao saw that some of his men had emotions in their hearts, and he immediately screamed inwardly that something was wrong.
Zhang Xiao was not interested in Su Xin's recruitment.
In this Beiling village, he commanded hundreds of people under his command. He said the same thing and ruled the king. He was very happy and happy. Why would he join the Six Sects to be Su Xin's lackey and become the court eagle dog?
Some people are just like that. They would rather be a chicken than a cow. This is what Zhang Xiao thinks.
So when he saw this scene, Zhang Xiao immediately said: "Master Su, you are using me as cannon fodder.
Who doesn’t know in the entire Jiangnan Road now that the Six Gates of Jiangnan Road are weak, and there will definitely be a fight between you and the martial arts of Jiangnan Road. If we join the Six Gates at this time, we will definitely become enemies of the martial arts factions of Jiangnan Road. This kind of
We will not seek death."
The bandits under Zhang Xiao immediately reacted. They were still wondering that Su Xin, as a member of the Six Gates, risked great disgrace to recruit these bandits. It turned out that he was waiting for them here and wanted to treat them as...
Cannon fodder comes to fight against the martial arts forces in Jiangnan Road.
Thinking of this, many bandits in Beiling Village suddenly looked at Su Xin and others with unkind eyes.
Su Xin sneered twice and said: "Do you think that if you don't join us, you won't have to be enemies with those martial arts sects?
Do you know what you are in the eyes of those martial arts sects? You are just a stepping stone for them to gain reputation!
The strength of your Beiling village is indeed not weak, it is even only slightly inferior to some second-rate forces.
But if any first-class sect in Jiangnan Dao takes action, you will definitely die. But why do you think you have been able to survive for so long? That is because those martial arts sects deliberately kept you as a stepping stone for their disciples.
Footsteps!
Which sect has a younger generation of disciples who want to go out and travel around the world? Come to your village to do some heroic deeds, kill a few bandits and murderers, accumulate some reputation, and become a knight in the world.
If there were no murderous bandits like you, where would they go to do justice? So think about it, how many of you have died at the hands of those big factions over the years? Even if you are not hostile to them, they will let you go.
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They have always been the ones who kill you to gain reputation and act chivalrously, but if you dare to touch the direct disciples of those sects, do you believe that your village will become history the next day?
Instead of being worried now, fearing that the village will be wiped out one day, it would be better to join our Six Doors.
Although our six sects are called the Imperial Eagle Dogs, at least we live with dignity. Look at which disciple of the sect dares to point at our noses and say that we are the Imperial Eagle Dogs?"
Su Xin's words made many bandits present fall into deep thought, and some were even more angry, because what Su Xin said was indeed the truth.
Over the years, many of their people have died at the hands of those big sect disciples.
Sometimes they can obviously rely on their numbers to take revenge, but the village leader above wants them to calm down, because once you kill the direct disciples of those big sects, it will cause great trouble to the entire village!
This kind of thing is really frustrating to the extreme. (To be continued.) 8