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Chapter 1797: Attacking Shuanglong Ridge

When the waiter was serving the dishes again, Feng Jiuxiao stopped him and asked softly, "I want to ask you something!"

The shop assistant immediately leaned over and said, "Sir, please speak!"

"I heard there are bandits around here?"

"Have!"

Feng Jiuxiao didn't expect that this guy's answer would be so straightforward!

"Oh? Which bandits are they from?"

"Actually, they are not bandits, they are deserters from the Great Shu! They are soldiers who escaped from the front line! My lord, you should know that deserters are subject to execution according to the law! They knew that there would be no way out after escaping, so they became bandits and occupied the mountains to become kings! The leader is Guo Kai, a junior officer."

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Don't they know that Dashu has surrendered to Dasong?"

The shop assistant said, "I'm not clear about this situation yet, but I think they should know. After all, it's been many days since the Shu Emperor surrendered. It's impossible for them to be so isolated from the news."

Feng Jiuxiao glanced at Zeng Yong and said, "Don't these officers and soldiers know how to surrender to the Song army?"

Zeng Yong said: "If you want to surrender, why don't you surrender earlier? Why are you running away?"

Feng Jiuxiao thought for a moment and said, "Well, there is indeed a problem here. They fled to save their lives because they could not defeat the Song army. They occupied the mountain and became kings to save their lives because they were afraid that the Great Shu would hold them accountable. But now the Great Shu Dynasty no longer exists, so why don't they come down from the mountain? Even if they retire, no one will hold them accountable."

Zeng Yong snorted coldly and said, "Maybe he's addicted to robbery. After all, the rewards here are much better than when he was a soldier!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Well, that makes sense."

He turned to ask his friend, "Besides this group of bandits, are there any other bandits?"

The shop assistant said with certainty: "No! The reason why I am so sure is that several gangs of bandits in the surrounding area have been wiped out by Guo Kai! Now he is the only mountain king within a radius of 300 miles!"

"Did you know that they robbed a family a few days ago?"

"I know! Someone was talking about it here yesterday! They said the robbers were from the Yazhou Du family. The Du family is a well-known and prestigious family in our area. They have produced many high-ranking officials and have many businesses. They are definitely rich and powerful!"

Zeng Yong said: "It seems that Guo Kai and the Du family are acquainted with each other!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yes, they didn't rob others but robbed their family. It must not be random!"

Chang Zijin said: "First of all, they might be after money! Their family is rich!"

Zeng Yong said: "That's right! They are most likely after money! But under normal circumstances, those who are after money will not kill. Once they hurt someone, it means they have cut off their route. If they rob again, they will most likely be met with desperate resistance. It's not worth it for them!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Could it be pure revenge? I haven't heard how much silver they robbed, but they killed all the men and took away the women. This doesn't look like an ordinary robbery!"

Zeng Yong said: "I heard someone over there was discussing this matter just now. It seems that not all women were taken away. All the older ones were killed. The ones taken away were all young girls! It's like wiping out the whole family!"

Feng Jiuxiao looked solemn: "Yes, it is equivalent to wiping out the whole family. How great is the hatred?"

The food and drinks were served one after another, and everyone started eating immediately. They ordered two jars of Jiannanchun and drank a small glass, not daring to drink more.

When the waiter served the last dish, he took a look at the iron basin in front of Big Wolf. It was empty. The iron basin was filled with 30 kilograms of beef! With the waiter's eyes, he could naturally conclude that the blond man must have eaten the meat alone! What a big appetite!
We finished the meal very quickly. According to the information provided by the shop assistant, the mountain is called Shuanglong Ridge. The shape of the mountain is like two intertwined dragons, hence the name Shuanglong Ridge.

When Pang Shiwu paid the bill, he deliberately picked a silver note with the smallest denomination and put it on the counter. The shopkeeper's eyes were wide open! Three thousand taels! This would cost more than 2,900 taels of silver. Unfortunately, they didn't have any large-denomination silver notes, so they could only get back large ingots of silver.

Feng Jiuxiao reminded him, "If you have any valuable gadgets, you can use them as money." Where should we put two thousand taels of silver? How can we rest if we put them in the car? The shopkeeper suddenly woke up from his dream, "Is this also possible?"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Sure! If our money came from the wind, we don't need to give change."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Sir, you are joking. How can a meal cost three thousand taels? I really have a treasure here, it is estimated to be worth two or three thousand taels!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "What treasure?"

The shopkeeper glanced around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side. He immediately and carefully took out a brocade box from his bosom. When he opened it, he found a white jade pipa inside, only two inches long, which was carved with exquisite craftsmanship and lifelikeness.

Zeng Yong recognized that this was a rare plaything, "It's a good item, worth almost 2,700 taels."

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Okay, since Brother Zeng said so, let's do it this way, and keep it on the 15th."

The shopkeeper's face was full of smiles. The jade pipa was indeed bought for more than two thousand taels of silver, but it was worth at most two thousand seven hundred taels. So, he still made a fortune, at least making more than one hundred taels of silver in net profit!

When everyone left, many people stared at their backs.

Pang Shiwu was about to turn around to see who was staring at him, but Feng Jiuxiao said, "Don't look back!"

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Pang Shiwu had no choice but to endure it. After leaving the house, he felt a little depressed, "Why can't you let me look back?"

"You turned around just to make sure who was looking at you. At most, you could glare at them. Smart people would understand this as a warning, but stupid people would think it was a provocation! If you happen to run into some stupid people, they would immediately clash with you, which would alert the governor, who would try to keep us. Then it would be neither right to leave nor right to stay!"

Yuan Zishan said: "Your elder brother is right. If we really alarm the governor, your elder brother insists on leaving, which is not giving the governor face. But if he doesn't leave, it will delay another whole day!"

Pang Shiwu said, "I understand." But he was not convinced. There was no one in the room who could fight! He could knock them all down with just a few moves, and then leave immediately. What would it matter if the governor and Sima knew about it? I would have left long ago!

Feng Jiuxiao stepped onto the carriage and looked back at Pang Shiwu. "Are you not convinced? Don't agree?"

Pang Shiwu said: "Well, I am not convinced."

Feng Jiuxiao lifted the curtain and entered the carriage. A voice came from inside: "You want to beat someone up?"

Pang Shiwu said angrily, "Of course! Those guys weren't staring at me!" Although he didn't look back, he basically knew who was staring at who among them. Some drunks even whistled at Yuan Zishan, La Jiao, Chang Zijin and Erni. This was naked teasing! Pang Shiwu didn't know why his elder brother could tolerate it! In the past, whoever dared to disrespect his elder sister-in-law would be touching his reverse scale!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let's go to Shuanglong Ridge, the person you want to beat will definitely follow us!"

Pang Shiwu's tiger eyes flashed, "Really?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "When the shopkeeper took out the Jade Pipa, they had already set their sights on us!"

"You mean, they'll come and grab the Jade Pipa?"

"Of course! Among us, apart from Brother Zeng who looks like a swordsman, who else looks like a master? You look like a passionate young man, I look like a weak scholar, and Brother Wolf looks like a big fool. There are four beautiful women traveling with us, and they have valuable antiques and jades. If we don't rob them, who else should we rob?"

Pang Shiwu immediately perked up, "Okay then. Let's walk slowly and wait for them."

Zeng Yong said: "No, we should hurry up! The faster we walk, the faster they will show up!"

Pang Shiwu said, "I understand. The faster we go, the more afraid they are that we will run away. The closer they follow us, the sooner we will show up! So what are we waiting for? Let's go straight to Shuanglong Ridge now!"

Thank you Yudong for your strong support and encouragement!