Just two days later, the Yang Mansion was in the middle of recruiting a few village warriors when she suddenly received an official letter from, telling him to go to the taiwai Manor in the prefecture at the beginning of December at noon. The Lord Taishang wanted to discuss the matter of exterminating bandits with the village gentry. Yang Lin couldn't help but to laugh, thinking that Chen Ze was really nimble in handling things, getting his father settled so quickly.

On the morning of the tenth day, Yang Lin brought Yang Hu, Yang Bao and a dozen or so servants to the Forbidden City. However, when he arrived at the taiwai's manor, he was shocked. At this time, there were already more than a dozen squire waiting in the lobby of the taiwai Residence.

Not only did Lord Taishang invite, Xu Zhu, Li Shuang, Wang Da, but also the other six counties' twelve countryside gentry. The one thing these gentry had in common was that they all lived in Little Flood Mountain and suffered from those bandits.

"Lord Taishang has arrived."

Following the yamen runners' shouts, a tall middle-aged man walked into the main hall of taiwai Mansion. This was the taiwai Great Elder, Chen Song. He expressionlessly walked to the seat behind the main desk and sat down, his sharp eyes sweeping across the entire hall before slowly opening his mouth.

"Gentlemen, the reason why I called you all here today is to discuss how to eliminate the bandits from Little Flood Mountain. Currently in Little Hong Mountain, there are a total of four large bandit groups, Zhang Dazui, Wu Dazhi, Wang Laosan and Liu Ergou. They rob and rob homes, murder and arson, committing all sorts of crimes, all of you have been harmed by them.

"In order to ensure the safety of our citizens, the This Official has decided to recruit village men and eliminate the bandits. Each of your sixteen countryside gentry will recruit one thousand five hundred men, each to prepare their own weapons and equipment. They will be led by the County Officer General Palace to eliminate these bandits before the end of the year, allowing everyone to live a comfortable life. "Do you have any questions?"

"No, my lord."

Hearing the Lord Taishang's question, they knew that it was just an act. Although they were talking about exterminating bandits, who could say no? Furthermore, everyone had been deeply affected by the bandits, so exterminating them was indeed a great thing.

"Alright, I'll give you five days. After five days, County Officer General will go to your village and lead the villagers to kill the bandits. Everyone, hurry up and go back and prepare. "

After Lord Taishang Chen Song finished speaking, he stood up and waved to everyone, and turned to leave the hall. Yang Lin could not help but sigh in his heart, the efficiency of Lord Taishang was actually quite high, with just a few words, he was able to explain everything clearly, without saying a single word.

"High, it really is high."

Yang Lin secretly nodded his head, this Lord Taishang was truly wise. Asking the sixteen squire families to contribute, he only sent County Officer General to lead them to war, he did not need to spend a single cent to eliminate the bandits, and he could even earn a big contribution.

"It's not hard to have fifteen hundred village men, but where can we get weapons and equipment?"

"That's right, those bandits are bright with blades and spears, and they also have armor. Even with our arrows and hunting knife s, we are not a match for them."

"I don't have much time. Even if I invited the blacksmith to do it, it would still be too late."

"Don't the soldiers have weapons? I wonder if you can sell some to us? "

"I'm afraid that won't do. The weapons of the county guards are strictly forbidden to be owned by the commoners. Who would dare to buy them?"

Outside the main hall of the taiwai Palace, all the nobles started discussing. There were archers and hunting knife there, but compared to the weapons of the bandits, they were still far behind. It was no wonder that the gentry were worried.

When Yang Lin saw Xu Zhu, Li Shuang, and Wang Da, he went forward to greet them. A few people stood together and talked about the weapons. Just as they were talking, a few servant like servants walked over, they walked to the side of Yang Lin and the rest and cupped their hands towards them.

"Old masters, my family's young master wants to invite you all over to discuss something with him."

Yang Lin and Xu Zhu knew what to do, so they followed the servant, while Li Shuang and Wang Da seemed to be confused, and could only follow. The few of them followed the servant into a small tavern. Pushing open the door to a private room, it turned out to be Chen Ze sitting inside. He cupped his hands to everyone and invited them to sit down.

"Four old masters, according to the arrangements of the Lord Taishang, I will lead the County Officer General to exterminate the bandits your four families in five days. Our job is to eliminate Zhang Dazui, and the other bandits are to be eliminated by the other squire. Is there anything I can help you with? "

Hearing Chen Ze's words, Yang Lin admired the Lord Taishang even more. The Lord Taishang was really high, he invited so many country bumpkins, making the bandits become very powerful, he could sell the weapons to them, but other people could not say anything, because those village bumpkins were brought by the County Officer General, who could say that they were not soldiers? Isn't it reasonable and fair to use weapons on soldiers?

"Chen Gongzi, all we lack are weapons and equipment. Can you help us get some?"

Since Chen Ze wanted to act, then Yang Lin will cooperate with him a little and act out this show even more perfectly. Indeed, Yang Lin's words made Li Shuang and Wang Da nod their heads. Chen Ze understood and laughed, he pretended to think for a while and then nodded at them.

"Sure."

"Alright, everyone, prepare a spear, a long knife, a set of armor, and some tents."

"Alright, I'll prepare fifteen hundred sets for each of you."

Knowing that his mission was Zhang Dazui, after returning to the Yang Mansion, Yang Lin started to think about the captured bandits. Under Hua Tuo's meticulous treatment, the injuries of the injured bandits had basically stabilized. More than thirty bandits were already able to walk freely on the ground.

Yang Lin started with these more than thirty bandits and talked to them separately, asking them about the situation in Dark Dragon Mountain's Mouth. But although these fellows were grateful to Yang Mansion for saving their lives, none of them were willing to sell out Dark Dragon Mountain's Mouth.

From their eyes, Yang Lin could see their fear. They were afraid that Zhang Dazui would take revenge on them, because their families were all in the Wulong Mountain area, whereas Zhang Dazui was a vicious bandit with a strong desire for revenge. The bandit who betrayed him in the past had their entire family annihilated by him.

"Don't even think about it, this time you will not forget about Zhang Dazui if you don't eliminate him. If you tell me about Zhang Dazui, I'll bring your whole family to the Yang Family Villa. If you don't tell me, I can destroy your entire family too. "

Yang Lin, who had a modern interrogation technique in his heart, was not discouraged. He imprisoned over thirty bandits and had them take turns interrogating, not allowing them to rest at all. As long as they were asleep, he would wake them up and then use both soft and hard, bombarding them day and night.

Such a method of interrogation was even more effective than torture. Even the trained agents were unable to endure it. No one knew how many heroes would be able to survive this ordeal. They would even obediently confess to stealing a piece of candy when they were young.

The bandits finally could not hold on any longer. There were more than thirty bandits, and none of them survived the five days. All of them began to confess. They told everything about Wulong Mountain and Zhang Dazui in detail. They even mentioned about Zhang Dazui snoring and farting while he slept.

It turned out that in the vicinity of Wulong Mountain, there was about one ten thousand people that was distributed among more than fifty villages, with a radius of a hundred miles. Due to the scarcity of land, the mountain people lived by hunting. Most families did not have overnight food, and there were even many families living in caves.

Zhang Dazui's bandit's nest was located in the Wulong Mountain. The cave was cool and dry, and it was spring all year round. There were so many caves that even the bandits didn't fully understand what was going on. Even if you surrounded Dark Dragon Cave, it would be hard to catch Zhang Dazui.

However, there was a situation that still caught Yang Lin's attention. Although Zhang Dazui did not have a family, he had quite a few, and three of them had borne him children. Of these three, two had daughters, one had a son, and the one who had a son was especially pleasing to him.

Having spent all his life on the blade and killed many people, Zhang Dazui became exceptionally careful. He was always on guard against retaliation from others, so everything about him was kept a secret. An average bandit simply didn't know the names of his bandits and where they lived.

Amongst these bandits, only one bandit named Li Quan knew some of Zhang Dazui's secrets and was his trusted aide. After a few exchanges, Li Quan finally revealed his name and locations, but he did not go to those homes, but heard about it from Zhang Dazui's guards. In order to protect his own family, Li Quan agreed to take Yang Lin to find the Xiao Shuixian who gave birth to his son.

"Zhang Dazui still has a spy in Yang Family Villa."

Just when Yang Lin told Li Quan to get down, he did not expect Li Quan to suddenly kneel down and say another shocking thing. It was probably because he had already confessed to Xiao Shuixian and felt that there was no way out. If Zhang Dazui didn't die, he probably wouldn't end up well.

"Oh, there's a traitor? Who is he? "

Yang Lin was really shocked, he never thought that the bandits at this time would actually know how to work as spies. If the bandits had planted a spy by his side, would he still be able to sleep? Moreover, he had also interrogated bandits these past few days. If Zhang Dazui found out about this, wouldn't he be running away?

"I've also never seen him before. Usually, there will be a special person to deliver the news to him. I only know that his name is Er Lai Zi, and he seems to be a servant of the Yang Mansion. It was he who sent the message that Zhang Dazui came to attack Yang Mansion. "

"Ah, a servant?"

Yang Lin was really about to faint, he immediately ordered two servants to bring Li Quan away, then sent someone to get Yang Cheng. This news shocked Yang Lin too much. No wonder the Madame and Yang Juan had fainted just now. The bandits came that night, it was because a traitor had appeared in Yang Mansion.

"Old master, you called me?"

Regardless of whether he was willing or not, Yang Cheng still respectfully called him Master Yang Lin. Yang Lin did not stand on ceremony with him, he raised his hand and pointed to the place where Li Quan was sitting just now, where Yang Cheng sat down after thanking him. Yang Lin sized up Yang Cheng, and felt that no matter what, Yang Cheng could not possibly be a traitor.

"Uncle Cheng, among all the servants in Yang Mansion, who is called Er Lai Zi?"

"Er Laizi, no."

"No, it can't be. Think about it."

"Oh …"

Yang Lin was a little confused. He believed that Li Quan was not lying, because Li Quan had already given him a huge shock. At the same time, he did not need to come up with a spy. However, Yang Cheng did not lie. The father and son duo had killed so many bandits, Zhang Dazui would never let them off.

"Uncle Cheng, on the afternoon of the day the bandits attacked Yang Mansion, which servant produced a Yang Mansion?"

"This... I have to ask Yang Song, Yang Bai, if there are people going in and out of Yang Mansion, only they know about it. "

"Men, go call Yang Song, Yang Bai."

Yang Lin was unable to wait any longer and immediately sent for Yang Hu, Yang Bao, He Yi, He Man, Gong Dou, Gong Dou and even the Lei Shu to send people over to get them to hurry over. Right now, he would rather believe in these hoodlums like Liu Pi and Gong Dou than to believe in his servants.

Not long later, Yang Song and Yang Bai ran over. Just as they entered the door, they saw their father sitting there, they did not know what was going on. Although they bowed respectfully to Yang Lin, Yang Lin did not smile at all, and was extremely shocked.

"On the afternoon of the day when the bandits attacked Yang Mansion, which is after Madam fainted, who else left the Yang Mansion?"

"Ah …" That day Chief Steward sent us to get Doctor Hua Tuo. The two of us went out, but no one knows who went out. "

"Heavens …"

Yang Lin was speechless this time. He could imagine that on that day, the people in the Yang Mansion were all panicking and running in and out of the city, all their thoughts were searching for Hua Tuo for their mistress. No one even noticed who was in and out of the Yang Mansion.

"Yang Song, Yang Bai, the two of you go out. From now on, not a single servant is allowed to leave the Yang Mansion."

"Sure, but someone went out just now."

"Who?"

"Yang Ping."

"Yang Ping?"

"Aiya, not good, this Yang Ping is Er Lai Zi!"

Yang Cheng suddenly smacked his head and jumped up from his seat. He roared out in hysteria, startling Yang Lin. In order to investigate this spy, Yang Lin was currently nervous in his heart. After being shouted at like this, he almost jumped up as well.

"This Yang Ping has a brother. When he was young, he was born with a son on his head, and everyone in the village calls him Dalai Zi. Although Yang Ping has never given birth to a son, he was also called Er Lai Zi by others. It's just that many years have passed, and the villagers stopped calling me that long ago.

"Yang Song, Yang Bai, you two hurry up and chase after Yang Ping. If they can't catch up, they must at least die. "

"Ah …"

"Ah what? Chase quickly!"

"Yes, master."

Yang Song and Yang Bai answered and turned to run out. Coincidentally, Yang Lei and the others walked in, and almost bumped into them. Yang Song, Yang Bai did not even greet them, and immediately ran, leaving Yang Lei and the rest confused as they did not know what happened.

"Lei Shu, you came at the right time. Immediately gathering all the brave villagers, they split up and chased after Yang Ping. "If you can't catch anyone alive, you have to do it even if it means your death."

"Ah, what's going on?"

"There's no time to explain. Let's capture him first."

"Yes, master."

Hearing Yang Lin's sharp tone, Yang Lei suddenly understood his identity. Although Yang Lin and Lei Shu called out, that was also what the old master called his servants. Yang Lei's heart could not help but feel depressed. He turned around and walked out, and suddenly thought of the flustered Yang Song, Yang Bai, could it be that they were also going to chase after Yang Ping?

"What's wrong with Yang Ping?"

Of course Yang Lei knew him, ten years ago, Yang Ping was a servant of the Yang Mansion, he was a pretty good person, but because his family was poor, he was in his thirties and he couldn't even marry a wife. Why would he run? Moreover, his home was at Yang Family Villa, so where could he run to?

"Why is Yang Lin so strict?"

Ever since Yang Lei had been rescued by the father and son, they had never seen Yang Lin being so strict. He had been busy recruiting, training the village men, and focusing on the robbers. He didn't care about anything else. Bandits? Could it be that Yang Ping was a bandit?

"Yang Hu, Yang Bao, gather the village men, we will split up and chase after Yang Ping."

It was still the same figure on the rugged mountain road. The man on the horse looked behind him as if he was about to catch up with him at any moment. However, when he turned his head back for the ninety-ninth time, he saw a few familiar figures.

"Yang Ping, stop, there's something I need you for."

This voice could not be more familiar, one could tell from the voice that the two brothers, Yang Song and Yang Bai, were chasing after them. However, he could no longer turn back. He knew that he had embarked on a path of no return. It was just that he did not know when it would come to an end. Now he understood that this was the end.

"Giddy up …"

Yang Ping suddenly held onto the horse belly, urging it to gallop forward, the hooves of the horses sending gusts of wind and dust flying. Now that he had seen the pursuers, his heart relaxed. He knew that he was far from being a match for Yang Song and Yang Bai. The only thing he could do was speed up and escape.

"Chase!"

Yang Song roared, and slapped the horse's butt heavily. The horse was so agitated that it raised its head and let out a long hiss before raising its hooves and galloping forward. At this time, Yang Song's mood was abnormally depressed. From his father's expression to Yang Lin's sternness, he could already feel that the situation was serious. If even the servant could not be trusted, who else would the old master believe?

On the winding mountain path, one mount was fleeing while the other were desperately chasing. Those who ran had to keep their lives, and those who chased had to keep their jobs. No one could easily give up. Seeing that Yang Ping was running further and further away, Yang Song, Yang Bai and the rest could not help but take down their bows and arrows.

"Halt!"

Following the loud roar, Yang Ping finally raised his head and saw a tall figure standing in front of him with a strong longbow in his hand. He was also familiar with that figure, but he had not dealt with it for ten years. However, he did not dare to disrespect that arrow.

"Lei Shu, please spare me. I will definitely repay you in the future."

"Yang Ping, come back with me. I will definitely plead for you, give up on my old face, and beg for your life."

"Sigh, Master will not forgive me. "Whatever, so be it. If you die, so be it."

Yang Ping sighed to the sky, his hazy eyes looked up at the sun, only to see circles of chaotic light and shadow, a wave of sorrow involuntarily welled up in his heart. He suddenly pulled out his waist knife. Before the sound of the steel knife being unsheathed could dissipate, he raised his hand and slashed at his own neck.

"Pu!"

Just as he pulled out his waist blade, Yang Lei's Arrows flew out of the bow string. Yang Lei had already figured out his intentions. He wanted to use his death to atone for his sins, but if he died, wouldn't his reputation be ruined? His right hand was finally unable to lift up, but his body was still carried down from the horse.