After subduing these bandits, Wei Mingyan began to inspect his newly laid foundation with a knife in hand.
This nest of bandits has been entrenched here for seven years. They used to be honest peasants. Although they now look like bandits, the ability to live here for seven years is naturally not due to their ability to fight.
At the beginning, Wei Mingyan still didn't understand why the vicious group of bandits who were rumored to be able to eat children raw were so weak and hadn't been eliminated by the government. After wandering around, he roughly understood.
The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and some of the bandits are from hunters. They made bows and arrows, and they lay down on the mountain. Not to mention the wine pockets of the government, even the gods of Daluo would be terrified when they came.
But no matter how vigilant the bandits here are, they never thought that Wei Mingyan could go up the mountain and beat them all by himself.
The former boss Mo followed behind Wei Mingyan with a bruised nose and a swollen face, watching him enter the warehouse that he had managed to fill up half of it, and patting him back and forth in it made his heart ache.
Even if they can't use these things, they are still accumulated over the years.
"Brother, big brother..." Mo Da had a bitter face, and the face of the five big and three thick men almost wrinkled into a ball with distress, "This is the warehouse where we usually store our belongings. If you like anything, you can take it..."
At the end, the ending sound was trembling.
Wei Mingyan turned his head and glanced at him, and said in a calm tone, "You have stayed on this mountain for seven years, and this is all you need?"
Mo Da's face became more and more bitter, "We only earned some silver taels in the first year, but from that year onwards, everyone in the neighborhood knew that there were bandits on this mountain, and they would rather take a detour than go here. After the government came several times The notoriety has even spread, and now it is considered lucky to rob one person in January."
Originally, their life was hard. Although they had a lot of money in the first year, they would have been clean after so many years of sitting and eating. They also knew that they dared not leave the mountain, so they had no choice but to cultivate the land by themselves. Occasionally grab some wild game in the mountains and make a tooth sacrifice.
Life was already miserable enough, but in the end, such an evil spirit was provoked.
Wei Mingyan opened a small box, and as expected, it was empty.
Most of the things in this half of the warehouse are empty boxes. As for the things inside, I don't know where they went.
"This, this is filled with a pearl. At that time, pearls were cheap, so I exchanged them for money."
Mo Da cautiously watched the face of the new eldest brother, for fear that he would be angry because of the empty box.
Wei Mingyan was not angry, he weighed the small box in his hand, and asked, "When you robbed this box, did you have anything else?"
"Other..."
Mo Da thought for a long time before pulling out the memories of this box from his memory, and quickly replied, "Yes! Yes! This is not considered to be robbed by us. There is a pack of wolves on the east mountain. The merchant who transported these goods was bitten to death by wolves. Most of them, and the other half were desperately transported in the truck and refused to escape, and they were almost dead by the time we reached the top of the mountain."
He said, with a look of disgust on his face, "The wolves were biting and chasing them, and they refused to leave their cargo to escape. My brothers and I thought that there must be treasures in the car when they were working so hard, but after the wolves left , we worked hard to move the box up the mountain, but it turned out to be a box of strangely-grown wood."
"Wood." Wei Mingyan smiled and nodded, turning his head to look at him, "Where are those logs?"
"It was burned by us. It happened to be raining and there was no dry firewood for cooking. It was not a waste of work."
After Mo Da finished speaking, he recalled that when they heard the movement, they quietly lay on the top of the box to watch, and finally saw that the businessman would hang on to the box and would not let go. He sighed a little, "What do you think these people think? Some rotten wood is not easy to burn when we burn it, but it is quite fragrant."
"Is it all burned?"
"It's all burned. The rain has been falling for a long time. We even took apart those wooden boxes and burned them."
Wei Mingyan listened, just smiled and didn't speak, Mo Da looked at his smile, for some reason, he always felt chilly and flustered.
He didn't know what he did wrong, so he tried hard to search for the memory in his mind, "Ah, yes! Yes! There are more!"
"At that time, one piece was too big. We couldn't fit it into the stove, so we put it in the yard as a dining table."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the person in front of him laughed even more deeply. When he was frightened, he heard Wei Ming say:
"Go, bring your best clothes here, and then ask someone to bring me a bucket of water."
"Hey, okay, I'm going now."
In the thatched hut, Mo Da walked out, just wiped the sweat from his forehead, when several people outside quietly guarding the courtyard came up to him.
"Brother, what's the matter, that person didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"
"What's your name, big brother!" Mo Da slapped the leader Hou Er on the head, "You don't think I've been beaten enough, do you? From now on, I'll be called second brother!"
As he said that, he looked at Hou Er with unwillingness in his eyes again, "You will be the third master in the future, remember?"
"Brother, our brothers are all from the same village, we recognize you, but that kid, what is he!"
Hou Er had grief in his eyes, and his expression was full of anger, "Let's fight him! There are so many people, we can't stop him alone!"
Mo Da coolly glanced at his former second-in-charge, "It's not like you haven't tried it, that's fine, don't say such things in the future, what if you really annoy him."
"Annoyed, annoyed!"
Hou Eryi thought that he actually accepted a thief as his eldest brother for his own life, so he wished he could go back to stabbing himself to death just now.
How heartbroken my elder brother would be if he did this.
"Brother! I'm serious! I was the one who was scared just now. In my heart, you will always be the only big brother. I will never recognize that kid inside!"
The few people who followed immediately said, "That's right, big brother, we don't recognize you either, you are our big brother, it's fine for us to be his subordinates, but he will never try to take your place!"
Hearing the categorical words of the brothers, Mo Da moved his eyes to heat up, and he didn't know what to say, so he patted them on the shoulder one by one, "Good brother, good brother, it's not in vain that we went through life and death together so many times. "
Wei Mingyan came out with the small box just now, and looked coolly at the few people standing at the entrance of the yard, "Why is it so frustrating to do something, hurry up and fetch water for me."
Mo Da suddenly felt as if cold water had been poured all over his body, he withdrew his hand lazily, and went to fetch water in despondency, Hou Er looked at the man standing outside the door with hatred and fear, and turned his head to chase after him.
"Brother, I'll help you!"
The others were afraid that Wei Mingyan would be angry, but his reaction was still flat. He just looked at them and gave an order: "Go and move the wood that is usually used as a table to this yard."
"Yes Yes… "
Seeing those scared people running away like chickens, Wei Mingyan touched the small box with joy in his eyes.
It seems that he will be able to marry a daughter-in-law soon.
***
"I changed the water three times after taking a bath, why are you acting like a bitch?"
"Don't talk about it, can girls be so good at beating? Be careful that he will beat us up when he hears it."
"Look, it's out..."
The door opened, Wei Mingyan was wearing brand new clothes, and his hair was still wet behind him, he didn't mind, and stretched comfortably.
This mud can be regarded as washed down, comfortable.
"Big brother...?"
Mo Da had been guarding the door waiting for him to call, but now when he saw the man standing in front of him, he was almost terrified.
If Wei Mingyan was wearing bulging clothes inlaid with thick fur before taking a bath, his face was dark and dirty, and his hair was messy, it could be seen that his facial features were good, but no matter what, he couldn't think of Junyi.
But he just took a shower, changed his clothes, and his face was clean. Why does he look so different
This face is also fair, and the appearance is also good-looking. The whole person looks, how do you say that word, a jade tree facing the wind, heroic, those eyebrows, those eyes. Like a general.
Of course, Mo Da had never met the general, but in his mind, the general should be like this.
"What are you doing?"
Wei Mingyan replied in a nonchalant manner, and Mo Da smiled awkwardly, "That's right, I just feel that you seem to be different in some way."
Before, the original body's hair was messed up like a grass nest, it was tied together without any rules, and the eyebrows were overgrown with weeds, but now the sword eyebrows are on the sideburns, and the hair is neatly combed together, it must be different.
"Brother, you made your own eyebrows..."
After reading it for a long time, Mo Da finally saw something about the regulations, and asked boldly, "You look pretty good."
"That's natural."
Wei Mingyan had a smug smile on his face. He stretched out his hand to touch his eyebrows, and looked at his subordinates, "Tell me, with my looks, will I please girls?"
"Yes, yes, yes! That will definitely happen!"
Mo didn't even think about it and hurriedly flattered, "Brother, I still have some loose silver here. If you want a girl, I'll take you to the flower building at the foot of the mountain. The girl there..."
"roll!"
Wei Mingyan kicked over, watched Mo Da get out of the way, tightened his sword eyebrows, and looked at him with sharp eyes displeased, "I'm talking about serious girls, Miss, who asked you about those in the flower building. "
"Serious, serious girls should also like it..."
Mo Da hid in the back with some fear and did not dare to come forward, and said cautiously, "I have never met Miss Da, and I have robbed a few before, but they all hid in the sedan chair, gave them the money, and let them go. Didn't even look at it."
"Okay, okay, you take two people, let them change into the clothes I pointed out just now, and go to the city with me."
"Brother, what are we going to do?"
Wei Mingyan glanced at him indifferently, "I'm the big brother and you are the big brother?"
"I'm... No, no, you are, you are, I won't ask, big brother, I'll arrange for the brothers now."
Looking at the back of Mo running away in a hurry, Wei Mingyan felt a little headache. Can such a subordinate really do it
After those two people, including Mo Da, had changed into servant's clothes, Wei Mingyan led them on the road.
"From now on, call me Young Master, do you understand?"
Several people nodded repeatedly, "Yes, young master."
"Come on, Mo Da, come here."
Seeing Mo Da come over in a hurry, Wei Mingyan threw the small box into his hand, "Smell, is it fragrant?"
Mo Da obediently moved to the tip of his nose and sniffed, "It smells good."
"Do you know what this is?"
He shook his head in confusion, and smiled when he saw the handsome man, "This is Zhu Mu."
Mo scratched his head in great doubt, "Huh?"
"Zhumu has always been a spice enjoyed by the royal family and ministers of our state of Jin. It is said that after being lit, the fragrance is light but not scattered, and it can be used to rejuvenate the mind and prolong life."
"Before the death of the first emperor, the vermilion wood that had been accumulated for a hundred years remained in the treasury and disappeared because of a fire. The vermilion wood was originally more expensive than gold, but now a small piece can be exchanged for a thousand taels of gold. Even so, there is no place for the price. Searching."
"Even the emperor wants to use sparingly. You are afraid that you will use them to burn the vermilion wood that will be gone after you use it."
While talking, Wei Mingyan shook his head under Mo Da's gaze staring at him, "If those burnt vermilion trees are sold, the silver taels they get should be able to buy a city."
"me… "
With big eyes, Mo looked down at the small box in his hand, "This, this..."
"This should be able to exchange for at least a thousand taels of gold. Although the war is fierce now, those dignitaries will not give up the opportunity to enjoy it."
The handsome man took the small box with a chuckle, "Zhu Munai, when you burned it, didn't you find anything wrong?"
"... It was raining heavily at that time, and we were cold and hungry. Seeing that the wood was resistant to burning, we split it and built a fire. After the heavy rain, there was another flood. We hid on the mountain and burned it for more than half a year. clean... ”
Mo Da is no longer confused, he is in a trance, "We, what we burnt is vermilion wood..."
Such a small box can hold a thousand taels of gold.
So many boxes they burned...
Mo Da rolled his eyes, and fell straight on the ground.
"Okay, okay."
Wei Mingyan stretched out his shoes and kicked his subordinates on the ground in disgust, "It's a pity that you burned the red wood, but it's a good thing."
"If it's really like what you said, a few big boxes of vermilion trees are sold before the money comes. You guys who don't know anything will have been murdered and seized by bandits long ago."
"When the time comes, the people will be killed, the treasures will be removed, and then the mountain will be burned. You won't need to spend a penny, but you will get the priceless vermilion wood. What a bargain."
Mo Da's whole heart was hurting, but when he heard these words, his whole body felt as if ice water had been poured on him, and he calmed down.
That's right, they said they were occupying a mountain, but in fact it was just that the officials knew it would be troublesome to beat them and didn't do anything. If the news of the treasure really leaked out, how could those people let them hold it.
Even though I thought so, but fortunately, my heart still hurts.
That's baby!
If they hadn't been burned, even a handful would be enough to feed them for half their lives.
"Get up quickly, after the box is sold, let's go to the restaurant and bring some good wine and food back to share with the brothers."
Wei Mingyan carried the vermilion box he took out from the bandit's warehouse, and smiled very gently, "Don't worry, follow me, there's meat to eat."
Mo Da moved tears all over his face, "Brother, you are so kind!"
"No way, who made me the big brother."
Seeing the man stand up with full of blood, Wei Mingyan clapped his hands and called the two bandits who were still walking forward in a daze.
"Remember, I will be the young master of the Wei family from Miaocheng in a while, and I will discuss business with Master Li in a while, and you will stay outside the door. If someone asks where you are from, how do you answer?"
Mo Da answered first, "We are the Wei family from Miaocheng, and the young master is inside."
"Okay, remember, no matter who comes to ask or what to ask, don't answer anything except these two sentences."
"Put your face up to me, hold it all together, if it works out this time, you can order whatever you want to eat."
"yes!"
***
"Brother, why hasn't he come back? Is that kid cheating, or did he encounter something on the way..."
Hou Er waited anxiously behind the yard, and after a while, he craned his neck to look down to see if they had come back.
"Second brother, don't worry, we all recognize him as the eldest brother, and he can't do anything to the eldest brother."
Hou Er paused, with a wry smile on his face, "Yes, we all recognize him as the eldest brother."
"At the beginning, the brothers in the village ran out together, and they depended on each other along the way. We ate and suffered together, but now, an outsider actually treats us as the eldest brother."
The brother comforted, "Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. Our life was not very good. I think that person seems to be quite rich. Maybe we can live a better life in the future."
"You think too well."
Hou Er squatted on the ground and sighed, "Brother is from our village and grew up together. No matter how good he is at beating, he will never touch a finger of our brother. Usually he would rather suffer by himself. It won’t hurt us, but what about that person?”
"An outsider, don't say he doesn't have any feelings, just say that he will be beaten up when he comes up. How will his attitude towards us be better in the future? What I'm afraid of is that when the time comes, he will squeeze our brothers to work for him, and he will be popular If we drink spicy food, what we eat is not as good as before."
The brother suddenly panicked, "We are suffering enough now, we are still worse, so how can we live..."
"Hey... that's what I'm afraid of. Originally, we survived with great difficulty. Now if we are being manipulated like cows and horses, and we can't even get enough to eat, it will be the same as being dead."
As soon as Hou Er finished speaking, the two brothers who followed him came up happily in servant clothes, carrying their things, and the smiles on their faces stretched to the horizon.
"Second brother! We're back!!"
"The young master bought a lot of food, look, there are so many! There is also roast lamb! There is also good wine!!"
They struggled to show the things they were carrying in their hands to the stunned two.
"Hurry up and call the brothers out to eat together! The young master said, if you don't have enough to eat, go down the mountain to buy!"