"Knock knock knock", a series of knocks on the door rang out.

  "Two guests, my elder brother has invited you to the front hall for a chat." Ding Wu pushed open the door and walked in, followed by several of his men who entered in a line, their eyes fixed intently on the two of them. The master of the house said that if they heard even half a word from Zhang Feng and the other person's mouth, it would be necessary to invite them over by force.

  The two of them exchanged a glance, thinking that they had just wanted to get closer and find an opportunity to ask for clarification, but now they themselves had come first. It was indeed the case that "when you mention Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives". Both sides were harboring ulterior motives, and Zhang Feng followed Ding Wu to the front hall.

  When Zhang Feng and the others had just left to treat their wounds, Ding Wu, who had always suspected that they were suspicious, said to Tie Shan: "Big brother, these two are suspicious in appearance, not to mention that Xiao Wu also told me that they unconsciously think we are mountain bandits. I suspect that there is a problem with the identity of these two people."

  "It's just that, I've analyzed it, and they shouldn't be possible to be Zhao Wangba and Yingzhou Zhongtunwei's people. But if not them, then who else could it be? We've been robbing merchants for years without leaving any clues, so there shouldn't be other enemies... but besides those two families, who else would know we're mountain bandits just by seeing us? It's really contradictory, I just can't figure it out..." Tie Feng hurriedly stepped forward and shared his analysis when he heard Er Ge mention the identities of the two men.

  Tie Shan looked at his younger brother in surprise, feeling greatly astonished. For the first time, he heard Tie Feng's calm and reasonable analysis, which was also very logical. His younger brother was usually crazy and confused, but today he made his older brother look at him with new eyes.

  "Big brother, don't look at me with that kind of gaze, it's making me feel really awkward......" Tie Feng embarrassingly touched the back of his head, still thinking that what he said earlier was all nonsense.

  "Wow, little brother, I didn't think you'd actually use your brain for once. It's been all these years and this is the first time I've heard such a well-reasoned argument from you." Tie Shan patted his younger brother on the shoulder, feeling relieved that his trouble-making sibling had finally grown up.

  "It's better to just take action directly, problems that can be solved by taking action aren't a problem at all. Besides, wasn't there Fourth Brother around before? Why would I need to come up with ideas and rack my brains?"

  "Yes... Old Fourth was the most talented and intelligent among us brothers, unfortunately... Heaven is unfair...” Iron Mountain said with a heavy heart. The death of Old Fourth was the greatest pain in the hearts of several brothers, it can be said that the survival of this mountain village today, at least half of the credit goes to Old Fourth.

  "I won't say any more, big brother. I'll go and bring those two people back for a good interrogation. Although Ping'er said that young man saved her, what if they really have malicious intentions towards the village? In these extraordinary times, we'd rather kill by mistake than let them off." Ding Wu thought to himself as he tried to signal with his eyes to Iron Mountain not to mention Fourth Brother's matter in front of Iron Wind. After all, when they had agreed to avenge Fourth Brother, they hadn't planned on involving Iron Wind. Now that he had accidentally let it slip, with Little Five's temper, he would definitely follow along.

  Tie Shan nodded and said, "You go invite the two of them over, try not to use force, I think I probably already know what their identities are."

  "Huh? What's their identity? How did you know, big brother?" Ding Wu couldn't help but ask doubtfully.

  "Old Two, it seems that after all these years, you've forgotten almost everything about military habits except for archery. Think back to when we were in the Yuan army, every time we encountered a battle, didn't we always send out scouts first and prioritize gathering intelligence? Little Five hasn't experienced those things, so naturally he wouldn't think of it. How could you have forgotten too?" Iron Mountain shook his head, it seemed that being away from the military for these years had caused Old Two to neglect even the most basic things in the army.

  "Ah! So, Brother Iron Mountain means that those two are scouts? But which side did they come from?" As soon as Ding Wu heard Iron Mountain's words, he immediately reacted and although it had been a few years since he last thought about it, the fundamental memory was still in his mind, and with just a hint, he understood.

  "It is clear that they are neither Zhao Chuhai's men nor the people of Yingzhou Zhongtunwei, but rather the people of the Yan king's expedition to suppress bandits."

  "This... then we can't kill them, but we also can't just let them go. In that case, I'll take some men over and 'invite' them to come with us." Ding Wu said hesitantly. Since they had already decided to surrender, they couldn't kill the personal guards of the Yan King. Otherwise, how could they be accepted as surrendered? The few of them didn't matter, they were originally planning to go take revenge for Lao Si, their lives were already not important to them. But Tie Feng and the villagers still had to continue living, so they could only capture but not kill.

  ……

  "Please, both of you!" Ding Wu led them to the front hall, where Tie Shan had already set up a banquet table waiting for the two of them.

  "Please take a seat, I apologize for the humble conditions in the mountains. We only have some simple tea and plain food to offer. Gentlemen, please don't mind." Iron Mountain stood up and greeted them.

  Zhang Feng said, "I didn't dare to, that year on Wudang Mountain, there were often times when we couldn't eat. That year was very chaotic, every day it was either you fighting me or me fighting you. Whenever a large army passed through the mountain below, the mountain would have less grain and rice. Because Wudang Mountain was designated by the Yuan Dynasty as 'Wudang Fudi', it was even more famous as a Taoist holy land. Various rebel armies didn't dare to go up the mountain to plunder, they could only rob supplies in the villages at the foot of the mountain. So every time that happened, Yu Xuzi would send people down the mountain to distribute food, and naturally the Taoists on the mountain had to tighten their belts.

  Looking at the food in front of him, Zhang Feng said it was very appetizing and didn't hesitate at all. He lifted his butt and sat down immediately, so Old Liu had to follow suit.

  "Come on, come on, this meal may be simple but the fruit wine is sweet and fragrant. This is our homemade fruit wine, young brother must try some!"

  "No need, we still have things to do, let's skip the wine." Before Zhang Feng could respond, Old Liu took a step back and refused, he was actually afraid of Zhang Feng. It was the first time he saw that scoundrel treating his home as his own, when someone invited you to dinner you just sat at the table, when someone poured you wine you just picked up your bowl, didn't you fear they would poison you to death?

  After eating a few mouthfuls of the dishes on the table, Zhang Feng smacked his lips and asked directly, "It was you who robbed the grain transport team the other day, wasn't it?"

  This sentence stunned everyone, Old Liu was so shocked that he couldn't catch his breath and coughed desperately, stretching out a trembling finger to point at Zhang Feng. It turned out that this was what he meant by "investigating" just now in the house. What kind of investigation is this? You're clearly directly provoking him! Oh no, oh no, my life is over.

  Tie Shan's hand paused, he was also the first time to see such a straightforward question, thinking that little brother, you are fearless or brain-damaged, aren't you afraid that we will take action and kill both of you?

  "Cough... Little brother is really good at joking, we are all ordinary citizens, who dares to rob military rations?" Tie Shan awkwardly explained.

  "See, I knew you were one of them. I didn't even say it was military rations, how did you know? Unless you're the bandits themselves." Zhang Feng had a "you've been caught" expression on his face, while Old Liu rolled his eyes and coughed even harder, as if he wanted to cough himself to death.

  Tie Shan was stunned. He really didn't expect to be tricked by a young boy. Helplessly, he drank a bowl of wine and said, "Actually... we are good people..."

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