Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 180: Bandits of Mangshan

Jiang Yizhou's decision to go to Mangshan alone was a well-thought-out decision.

First of all, there are no extra staff for her to deploy at the moment.

Second, the terrain there is complex, and ordinary martial artists cannot adapt to such an environment, so they don't have much advantage in fighting. Going there will easily expose yourself in advance.

Jiang Yizhou cleaned up the things that needed to be prepared. The space that Xiao Tongzi shared with her was filled with a lot of food, water, spare clothes, etc.

There are also various weapons, hidden weapons, poisons and so on.

The things that were searched from the Viper Gang before were of little use.

As for some urgent matters at the moment, she also made arrangements in advance.

When everything was ready, she rode away on her horse, heading straight for Mangshan.

Liao Qi followed closely with more than a dozen brothers.

These dozen people were selected by Liao Qi himself. They are good at martial arts and have been to many places over the years while escorting goods.

When they saw the fluttering clothes and heroic killing figures in front of them, they always felt that it was a joke.

They had indeed heard that the head of the Jiang family was extraordinary. Even their direct leader Liao Qi said that the head of the family's kung fu was unfathomable.

But after all, they had never seen the master of the family take action with their own eyes, and they could not even see the master of the family normally. They only knew that every time they arrived at a farm, they would either inspect the workshops and fields, or be locked up in their own exclusive courtyard.

Secondly, they still have the prejudices that ordinary people in this world have against women: they have also seen so-called female heroes in the world, who do have some martial arts skills and are a little better than ordinary women, but they have a hard time against men, or men with stronger strength.

So, at this moment, when they saw the head of the Jiang family taking the lead, they couldn't help but feel hesitant.

One of them couldn't help but say to Liao Qi, "Boss, does the Patriarch really want to help us brothers get revenge? There are only a few of us?"

When they went to investigate before, they had not yet had a head-on confrontation with the bandits in Mangshan, and several people were killed.

Liao Qi lowered his voice and reprimanded, "Shut up. If you have any more doubts about the Patriarch, you can go back now, so as not to hinder the Patriarch."

Several people looked at each other. The boss rarely spoke to them in such a tone.

"Boss, I don't mean anything else, I just..."

Liao Qi: "To tell you the truth, the Patriarch originally decided to go by himself, but I decided to go with him. After all, the dead are our brothers. Even if we don't have the ability to avenge them, we can't let the Patriarch bear all this alone. So, from now on, you must obey the Patriarch's orders in everything. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded and came to their senses, finding that Jiang Yizhou had stopped in a clearing in the woods ahead.

Liao Qi seemed a little embarrassed because the owner of the house had assigned him to be in charge of the guarding of the farm temporarily, fearing that someone would take advantage of the situation after she left.

"Master, let us go with you. I have asked the rest of the people in the farm to be on full alert. We have dealt with those people in Mangshan before, and we have also found a small path..."

Jiang Yizhou said: "You can follow me if you want, but remember not to act on your own and follow my orders. Do you understand?"

Everyone responded in unison.

After a day and a half of rapid travel, twelve people including Jiang Yizhou finally arrived at the intersection outside Mangshan.

Jiang Yizhou asked everyone to rest for an hour before setting off.

At this moment, everyone dismounted as if they had been pardoned, too tired to move.

Before, they felt that following a woman was degrading, even if the other party was the head of the family.

But after a day and a half of running... they had to try their best to barely keep up with the other party.

At this moment, not only were the people collapsed from exhaustion, but even the horses were foaming at the mouth.

Jiang Yizhou calmly took out bean cakes and salt from the package and fed them to the horse, then drew out his long knife and went to the mountain to chop a lot of green grass.

The grass is a little old and slowly turning yellow in this season, but the wild grass in the mountains and forests has not yet withered and can feed the horses.

After doing all this, she pretended to take out a bag of dry food from the package and started eating.

The others felt very ashamed. It seemed that what the leader said was right. They really were holding the head of the family back.

Jiang Yizhou said very considerately: "You guys take a good rest for now, eat and drink enough, because there will be another fierce battle later."

Everyone looked at the woman in front of them, whose face looked younger than theirs and whose figure was slender, and it was hard to believe that she was a woman in her late thirties.

But the other party's calm and steady temperament made them feel at ease and gave them a sense of conviction.

While Jiang Yizhou was eating, he discussed with Xiao Tongzi in his sea of ​​consciousness.

There are still about twenty miles to go into the valley. If she walks, she can reach the destination in half an hour at her current speed.

But it will take at least half a day to walk with these people.

So she planned to ride a horse later, which would make more noise.

Just the right time to lure those people out.

…………

Zeng Wei sat steadily on a rough and domineering chair carved from a whole tree. Two young women were kneeling at his feet, bending over with their heads lowered, carefully massaging his legs.

On one side of the chair, a beautiful woman was massaging his shoulders.

On the other side of the chair, another beautiful woman took a fruit and fed it into his mouth.

At the foot of the stairs, in a hall of more than 100 square meters, forty or fifty people were sitting on both sides.

These people are full of violence and evil spirits, and it is obvious at first glance that they are not ordinary people.

Nearly half of them were important managers of the former Viper Gang in Kyoto. After their backer King Kang was killed by the barbarians, Zeng Wei quickly gathered the remaining troops and transferred them out.

After arriving at Mangshan, he quickly dealt with the bandits who were originally here and took the position of boss himself.

Promote a few trusted people to be officials.

There were still about twenty people, three of whom were small leaders of bandits and now served under his command.

The others were the descendants of those ministers whose property Zeng Wei had seized to suppress the new emperor, or the leaders of related forces. All of them were gathered together.

While they were transferring the family's supplies and personnel, they also contacted some people in Xinli State, intending to establish an independent small kingdom between Zhou State and Xinli State, calling themselves Gaoshan State.

Now, Zeng Wei is the first emperor of Gaoshan Kingdom.

In the past, he established the Viper Gang, served as a dog for others, and cleaned up the mess for those powerful people.

Now, they can finally step out from the darkness into the sunlight and experience the joy of being the best.

At this moment, they were holding a routine court meeting in accordance with the Zhou Dynasty's court system, reporting on the matters under their respective responsibilities.

At this moment, a spy came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, there is news from the valley entrance that someone else has come..."

Zeng Wei sneered. He had just killed more than two hundred people, but those people hadn't learned their lesson yet.

"How much cargo did you bring?"

"There was no cargo. There were twelve people in total, riding horses. The leader was a woman, probably in her early twenties. I heard she was the head of the Jiang family."

As the spy finished speaking, the woman who was massaging Zeng Wei's shoulders trembled unconsciously, and there was tangible murderous intent in her eyes.