There is a long distance between the county towns and there are mountains, forests and rivers between them. There are many snakes, insects and beasts, and of course there are robbers.
Some robbers are forced to fight in life and are quite amateurs, but some robbers are professionals. Lin Xiao is eyeing professional robbers. Most amateur robbers are trained externally, and the highest is internal training, and even
There are also ordinary people who have only practiced a few fists and kicks.
"Sir, this is my first time to come out to rob the Tao. There are old people above me and young people below, so just treat me like a fart." A tall and thick man knelt down and huddled in a ball, begging with tears in his eyes. It was really a surprise to those who heard it.
It saddens the listener to cry.
"I can't fart as big as you." Lin Xiao was unmoved: "You are quite familiar with this rhetoric. How many times have you said it?"
"Sir...Sir...Sir...this is the first time I have come out to rob the road. Unexpectedly, I kicked the iron plate and ran into you..." The big man almost let it slip, but he had to react quickly to wake up and insist that he was the No.
A robbery.
"Okay, okay." Lin Xiao smiled. This strong man looked tall and strong, but he was actually an ordinary person with some strength. He didn't even do external training: "It's not impossible to spare your life..."
"Sir, if you have any requests, please tell me. I can do it even at the risk of my own life." The strong man responded quickly, his chest thumping loudly.
"Take me to Black Dragon Village." Lin Xiao's words immediately caused the man's complexion to change dramatically. He went limp and pretended to be dead, bursting into tears: "Sir, please have mercy on me..."
"You have only two choices, die here or lead the way." Lin Xiao's voice was suddenly filled with coldness.
"No, Black Dragon Village will never let me go." The big man screamed.
Black Dragon Village!
This is the only bandit stronghold between Luoyang County and Liancang County. It is also a water stronghold. The rest of the bandit strongholds have been destroyed or conquered by Black Jiao Stronghold. Therefore, there are quite a few masters in Black Jiao Stronghold.
One party is like a nail stuck in the lake and is difficult to destroy.
Although Lin Xiao knew about the existence of Black Dragon Village, he didn't know the specific location. He had to find someone who knew to lead the way, otherwise he would have to spend a lot of time searching slowly.
"You only need to take me to a place where I can see the Black Dragon Village. You don't need to take me into the village." Lin Xiao added, and the strong man suddenly started thinking.
If you don’t bring it, you may die here. If you do, you may die afterwards, so bring it.
The worst-case scenario is to leave here immediately after leading the way and go to a distant place.
That’s it.
Although this man has no cultivation level, his strength is not weak, and his muscles and bones can be considered strong. The most important thing is that he has been around for many years and is quite familiar with this area. Therefore, he not only knows the illustrious name of Black Dragon Village, but also the black dragon village.
Where is Jiao Village located?
After going around and around, we finally came to the edge of a large lake. The man hid in the grass and pointed to the left: "The Black Dragon Village is right there. Look, sir, that's the one."
Lin Xiao's eyesight was much better than that of a strong man, so he could see the outline of a water village on the lake, standing against the mountains and rivers.
"Okay, let's go." Lin Xiao chuckled: "But don't do any more robbing people in the future. There is no guarantee that one day you will meet a ruthless person and your life will be lost."
"Thank you, sir...thank you, sir..." The strong man kowtowed repeatedly, stood up, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at the other person's leaving figure, Lin Xiao had a smile on his lips. It was a great feeling to do good deeds without leaving any name, but now he had to think about how to cross the water and enter the Black Dragon Village.
I am not a top martial arts master. I cannot walk on water. I need a boat or other tools.
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The strong man ran all the way and had made up his mind. After listening to Lin Xiao's advice, he could no longer do this kind of robberies. Otherwise, he would accidentally encounter a ruthless master one day, and that would be called Tiantian.
If you don't respond, the ground won't work, and begging is useless, and you will be killed directly.
After running a long way, the strong man stopped panting. After wiping his sweat with his hand, he touched his pocket out of habit. Suddenly he touched something. He took it out and saw that it was a piece of folded paper. He opened it again.
Look, it turned out to be a banknote.
One hundred taels!
A banknote with a face value of one hundred taels!
The strong man's eyes suddenly widened.
One hundred taels, that's not a small amount. It's enough for an ordinary family of four to live in a small place for two or three years. If you save a lot of money, it won't be a problem for four to five years, even if you spend more.
, it won’t be a problem after a year.
The strong man immediately turned around, knelt down and kowtowed to where he came from, with tears filling his eyes.
With these one hundred taels of silver, I can start a job and support my family.
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Why didn't Lin Xiao give one thousand taels, but only one hundred taels?
Because there is no need to give so much. For an ordinary person, one hundred taels of silver is enough. You can't give the other person enough money to eat and drink well. Even if you are suffering from some disease, one hundred taels of silver is normal.
It's enough. A man with hands, feet, sound limbs, and strength, and with that one hundred taels of silver at his side, at least has a guarantee, whether he finds a job by himself or starts a small business.
With his own hands and plenty of food and clothing, Lin Xiao simply built a small boat. It was said to be a small boat, but in fact it was cut and split with wood, and then tied up crosswise with vines. Finally, it formed a boat about one meter wide and two meters wide.
A raft with long left and right lengths, and some branches and leaves on the side to increase buoyancy, this is how a simple raft is done.
After putting it into the water, it did not sink. Lin Xiao tried to stand on it. The raft sank slightly, but fortunately, it was still floating. In this way, he could use the raft to cross the lake and go to Black Dragon Village.
The speed of the raft was not fast, and Lin Xiao had no choice but to cross the lake slowly. Fortunately, the water flow in the lake was not fast, otherwise it would have been even more troublesome.
The closer he got to Black Dragon Village, the clearer Lin Xiao could see that Black Dragon Village was built close to mountains and rivers. It could be said that one side was leaning at the foot of the mountain and the other side was standing on the lake. The mountain peaks were very rugged and it was impossible to climb from them.
Coming down the mountain, given the level of ruggedness, at least a martial arts master would have to take action to be safe, otherwise a true martial artist might fall to his death accidentally.
In this way, Black Flood Dragon Village has a natural geographical advantage, or this may be one of the reasons why Black Flood Dragon Village has not been wiped out.
Of course, these are just Lin Xiao's personal guesses. I don't know what the reasons are. The world is not as simple as black and white. There are also grays. For example, there are gangs in the county. Are gangs good things?
?
In essence, it's not. He wants to collect the merchants' regular money, which causes the merchants to share part of their monthly profits, reducing their income. But are gangs bad? Not necessarily. When gangs collect regular money, they have to be responsible for the merchants.
Prevent anyone from causing trouble.
Good and bad, sometimes are not so absolute, and it is impossible to kill everyone with one stick. Lin Xiao is looking at these things, seeing them with his own eyes, experiencing them personally, feeling them, and then keeping them in his heart bit by bit.
, if you have accumulated enough, and things will fall into place, you will understand.
There are many boats parked under Heijiao Village, including large boats with a length of more than ten meters, and small boats with a length of three or four meters. There are also people patrolling next to the village.
"Crossbow!" Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly condensed.
Black Dragon Village actually has crossbows. Crossbows are forbidden weapons in the military. They are not allowed to be owned privately without permission. Generally, the City Health Department and the army have them. Even the crossbows equipped in the City Health Department are retired from the military.
The type of crossbow is the short crossbow level, which is the lowest level crossbow and can only threaten internal martial arts practitioners.
Some killers will also get crossbows and arrows close to them, but a bandit village has them, and there are more than one or two. This is not simple.
At a glance, Lin Xiao saw ten men armed with crossbows patrolling in a very strict manner. Then, these gangsters armed with crossbows also noticed Lin Xiao who was approaching and immediately raised their hands to aim at Lin Xiao.
"Who are you?" a gangster asked loudly.
"Stop, if you don't stop, don't blame us for being rude."
Lin Xiao actually smiled, this gangster was a bit interesting, he seemed to have strict discipline.
"I admire Black Jiao Village. I heard that Bo Yuntian, the leader of Black Jiao Village, came to seek refuge." Lin Xiao responded with a smile while slowly cruising closer to the raft without stopping.
"Stop first, otherwise, don't blame the crossbows in our hands for not having eyesight." The gangster was a little surprised, but he had no doubts. After all, the people who came to seek refuge were not just one or two, they had all become brothers. As for
Why are you here to wipe out the bandits? What a big joke.
This is the Black Dragon Village. Whoever dares to destroy it alone is not seeking death.
But to be cautious, they still asked Lin Xiao to stop the raft. This was the rule.
However, Lin Xiao still did not stop the raft, but continued to move forward, silently calculating the distance, and at a suitable distance, he guessed that he could use his skills to rush up to the stockade.
The expressions of the ten gangsters suddenly changed. They pulled the trigger without hesitation. Ten crossbow arrows flew through the air immediately. Each crossbow arrow tore through the air, causing white ripples in Lin Xiao's eyes.
After passing ten trajectories, he accurately locked himself.
Crossbows are easier to operate than bows and arrows, but they also require some training to be able to hit the target accurately. This is enough to show that these ten gangsters are not novices.
Lin Xiao did not draw his sword, but swayed slightly to avoid the ten crossbow arrows and got closer to the water village.
"Come here, someone is attacking the stronghold." Seeing Lin Xiao avoid ten crossbow arrows, the expressions of the ten gangsters suddenly changed. Knowing that they were definitely not ordinary warriors, they immediately shouted loudly. Soon, there were a dozen more
The gangsters rushed over, staring at Lin Xiao one by one.
Immediately afterwards, a slender man walked briskly, like a silent cat walking, and appeared next to the village. On his back was a one-meter-long strong attack and a
The pot contains twelve black-feathered arrows.
"It's really fun to attack the stronghold." With a chuckle, the man moved elegantly but quickly to attack from behind, drew his bow and loaded the arrow, and aimed directly at Lin Xiao.