As the saying goes, a man is not rich without windfall, and a horse is not fat without night grass!

Chao Gai led his men to attack the Wang family at night and annihilate the Wang family. There was so much money, food and supplies that they collected from there, and loaded seven or eight hundred carts. In addition to fully armed guards riding horses back and forth to keep watch, there was a person in the response team.

Count one, either driving livestock or temporarily acting as a coachman.

Fortunately, the people from Chenjiacun arrived, otherwise the response team would be dwarfed by comparison. The team of thousands of people was huge, stretching for miles like a long dragon.

Chao Gai led the team to break up the rear, and he sighed when he saw this scene: "It is easy to rob, but difficult to transport! Just talk about it and it is simply unrealistic."

He had read many novels about how easy it was to transport so much. This was pure nonsense. Transportation in the real world was not that easy.

Fortunately, we had already considered the issue of return when we attacked the Wang family.

The transport team heading northeast is just a pretense!

After walking some distance away from Wangjiaji and confirming that no one was following us, we turned back on the path we had mapped out in advance and went straight west into Jeju territory and headed straight for Yuncheng.

Moreover, the return route was also a sparsely populated place that Wu Yong had chosen when he arrived. He personally led the team and turned into a chicken and duck dealer and hurried forward.

A mile or two behind were traders disguised as driving pigs and sheep. The whole team was too bloated and was divided into several grain transport teams moving forward at intervals.

Hundreds of fully armed guards from the Chao Mansion cleared the way at the front, just like the mobilization of local troops. The team was well organized, escorting money and food on their way quickly.

Along the way, try to go to secluded places with few people, so that almost no one notices you. Even if people see the team in the fields, they just watch from a distance.

No one dares to touch the brows of these ruffian soldiers!

Chao Gai led the team to break up the rear to prevent the government's pursuers from coming. After all, there was a lot of commotion at the Wangjia gathering last night, and no one could guarantee that no one would report to the officials early. Therefore, be careful to make the Wannian ship and not be careless and cause disaster.

Fortunately, everything was safe, there was no sign of officers or soldiers, and no thieves were looking around. In the afternoon, the last grain transport team also entered Chaojiazhuang.

The old housekeeper Kang Bo had already received the news and had been waiting outside Zhuangzi early. He organized two to three thousand villagers to help carry supplies and put bags of grain into storage...

This is more than 20,000 stones of food!

The old housekeeper didn't know what Chao Gai was doing, he only went to the city to make a big purchase. Chao Gai was highly appreciated by the magistrate, and it was known to the world that he had frequent contacts. This move was reasonable and would not make anyone suspicious.

Chao Gai followed the team with his personal guards and looked at the half-human-high earthen wall outside Zhuangzi. From a distance, he saw Wu Yong, Su Ding, Li Kui and others waiting.

"Brother, you are back!"

"Brother, you were lucky along the way."

"Hahaha, brothers, Chao is back!"

The three heroes of the Ruan family and Zhu Gui were not there, but there were still more than ten people greeting him. When Chao Gai saw this scene, he remembered the time when he had just traveled through time and laughed especially stupidly.

He rolled over and ran over, greeting everyone one by one. Especially the few new people who joined the village, he expressed warm condolences and said thoughtful words.

Then, like stars holding the moon, he was surrounded by everyone and entered the Chao Mansion. The first thing he did was to visit Chao Qiang, who was seriously injured and still in a coma. He carefully asked the famous doctor who came over to make sure there was no danger before leaving with peace of mind.

He then went to visit and express condolences to the guards who were injured in the battle. This move made the newly joined Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian and others secretly praise him.

It took a long time before I came to the kitchen. The old housekeeper had already arranged a banquet and was waiting for him.

Chao Gai naturally sat in the middle. The first person sitting on his left was Wu Yong, followed by Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian, Zhu Fu, Bai Sheng and Chen Bao.

The first person on the right is Shi Xiu, followed by Su Ding, Li Kui, Guo Sheng, Yang Lin, and Chen Hu. After counting, there are also six people, totaling twelve people.

There are so many talents nowadays!

Chao Gai looked at the people sitting on both sides and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Then he coughed twice and said: "Brothers, if you don't follow the rules, you can't have a square circle. Before the banquet, let's arrange the affairs of the new brothers who have joined the village."

The new additions Zhu Fu, Guo Sheng, Chen Hu, Chen Bao and others are looking forward to it seriously. When I came to Chaojiazhuang and knew how prosperous it was, I was naturally full of expectations.

"Zhu Fu, the smiling tiger, and Bai Sheng, the rat in the sun, the two brothers will follow Saburo from tomorrow on. They are familiar with the operations of various restaurants and are responsible for running the restaurants..."

"It's all up to my brother's arrangement." When Zhu Fu and Bai Sheng heard their names, they stood up and accepted the order. Zhu Fu's brother's letter was not surprising. Bai Sheng, an idle man, was very happy to have a serious job.

Why Bai Sheng is at the village is because he received a letter from Wu Yong a few days ago, so he packed up his things and took his wife to follow the team to the village yesterday.

This guy's martial arts skills are average, but he's smart and can act. In his original trajectory, he knocked Yang Zhi down and arranged for him to enter the restaurant as the best choice.

Chao Gai considered their specialties to make the best use of their talents, and then continued: "Sai Rengui Guo Sheng, Black Mountain Kite Chen Hu, and Poison Star Brother Chen Bao first entered the Guards to hone their skills. Brother Guo Sheng temporarily took over the position of Teacher Chao."

"Yes, I'll take the order!" Brothers Guo Sheng and Chen Hu clasped their fists to accept the order and sat down. Guo Sheng didn't need to say more, Chao Gai still let him continue to be a bodyguard.

Chen Hu, the Black Mountain Kite, brought the villagers to join him in the early hours of last night. He is eight feet tall, broad-shouldered and round-waisted, with extraordinary strength and a simple and honest personality. He is a bodyguard material. Chen Bao is skilled in bow and horse and is clever, so he needs to hone his observation first.

Chao Gai looked at the thirty-year-old scholar on his left, who was seven feet forty-five feet tall, wearing a green robe and a black gauze Tang hat. He was none other than Xiao Rang, a scholar with great skills. The other one was Jin Dajian, who was about the same age and had a square face and thick eyebrows but was a bit fat.

"Brothers Xiao Rang, the master scholar, and Jin Dajian, the jade-arm craftsman, you two assisted Wu Xuexu in handling the affairs of the house, dispatching personnel, and supervising the progress of the construction project."

Chao Gai continued to delegate tasks. For Xiao Rang, a scribe who was preparing to be an official, Jin Dajian still forged badges and letters. It was just that he couldn't be busy with this thing all day long. It was just right to learn how to deal with things.

"It's all up to my brother's arrangement." Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian stood up one after another.

Chao Gai nodded and looked at the somewhat anxious Jinbaozi Yang Lin: "Brother Yang Lin, you are cautious and experienced. I will leave the liaison with the government and the scout team to you. Remember, our scout team must also be able to fight tough battles."

"Don't worry, brother, I will never let you down." Yang Lin was overjoyed when he heard his name and was entrusted with an important task. He stood up quickly and patted his chest to assure himself.

"Okay, everyone else's affairs remain unchanged. Let's have a drink together for the cause." Chao Gai patted the table, picked up the wine bowl and gestured to the left and right.

"Hey, I, Tieniu, can't hold it in any longer."

"Come, follow my brother, everything will be fine!"

More than a dozen people in the hall stood up one after another, touched each other's wine bowls and drank from the glasses. Then, everyone held the wine bowls and toasted everywhere. After several rounds, they became familiar with each other from strangers, and each told anecdotes and some interesting stories.

There was laughter. With Li Kui, a lively character, making jokes, the atmosphere became more harmonious.

As the saying goes, some are happy and some are sad!

Song, the governor of Yuncheng, has been very, very sad recently, and can be said to be very anxious. I wonder if he has been repaid for doing too many immoral things over the years.

After the recent period, various gossips spread everywhere as if they had grown wings. At first, there were overwhelming topics about Han Bolong. He said that he defected to Chaozhuang as a distinguished guest, but he avenged his kindness and committed theft first. Later, he led hundreds of strong men to attack Dongxi Village.

Hundreds of lives were killed.

The three words "Han Bolong" were always on people's lips. Many people talked about him in restaurants, teahouses, and streets. Over and over again, he was reviled in Jiuchongtian. Nicknames such as big-eared thief, white-eyed wolf, and ungrateful dog were spread among the people in the world.

Song Jiang felt that he was not dealing with it calmly, but the matter was far from over. Somehow, as the news spread, he got involved.

I don’t know which old farmer got up early to plant rice. He said that he saw Song Yasi leading a group of people to Songjiazhuang at dawn. Among them was the one with extraordinarily big ears. How many people there were, what they looked like, and they said they had noses and eyes.

It was said that Han Bolong was hiding in Songjiazhuang, colluding with gangsters to rob homes and houses. The matter became more and more serious, until it came out that Han Bolong and Song Jiang had a close relationship. Song Jiang was involved in the murder of King Chao Tianwang.

This made Song Yasi, who had been laundering stolen goods for strong men for many years and had been trained to do things calmly, panicked. If the assassination of the eldest brother became famous in the world, the reputation of Shandong Jijiyu and Yuncheng Hu Baoyi, which had been won for many years, would be ruined.

The key is that Song Jiang has no confidence to explain, so he can only argue like a rogue!

Because it was soon discovered that the source of the rumor that he had a good relationship with Han Bolong turned out to be his good apprentice. Zhang Wenyuan’s drunken remarks about where and when they met made him beat his chest and stamp his feet, woefully!

Ever since he got involved in the murder of Chao Gai, everything has gone wrong. First, he had a quarrel and breakup with his apprentice Zhang Wenyuan. On the surface, other colleagues in the county government remained unchanged, but secretly they talked a lot and looked at him strangely.

The county boss no longer trusts him, and some time ago he sent county officers to search the Song family village. Now the situation is a little different, and Song Jiang senses a crisis.

He had a dark face and rode a fast horse back home from the county. Not to mention that the villagers in the same village did not dare to call Sanlang to say hello. Even his own banker wanted to go up and call the uncle, but he did not dare to say a word when he saw the expression on the other side's dead father.

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After Song Jiang returned to Songjiazhuang, he immediately went to the Buddhist hall in the backyard. He strode in, closed the door and pushed it up. He moved the altar table and pulled out the bricks from the wall, revealing a square wooden board. He reached out and knocked three times.

Down.

"Brother Gongming, what's going on outside?" After a while, the board was opened from the inside to reveal a hole, and Han Bolong leaned half of his body out.

It turned out that the government came to Songjiazhuang to search for the thief Han Bolong half a month ago, and Song Jiang interfered and delayed the process, allowing the other party to hide in this secret room. Only he knew it, as a precaution to prepare for any eventuality.

Song Jiang was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Brother, the wind around Yuncheng is getting tighter and tighter. You must leave as soon as possible, I'm afraid something will happen."

He was indeed afraid. Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, two of the county chiefs, came to inquire. After perfunctory at that time, he felt that the two people were obviously alienating him. Song Jiang was a deep and suspicious character and did not trust anyone.

"Okay!" Han Bolong touched his still painful shoulder and said through gritted teeth, "I will never drag my brother down, but I still have things to do before I leave..."

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Chapter completed!