Agui, Acai is gone.

Zhang Zeshan was lying on the bed. Not long after, some bandits came in. Zhang Zeshan said angrily, "How many of you are there?"

The bandit scratched his head and said, "The people of Black Wind Village are almost finished, but I heard from the people of Yiyun Village that they betrayed the boss before, and the boss didn't punish them much. They all feel a little guilty."

"So we are ready to come to you to show our loyalty and let the boss see our loyalty."

"Besides, I heard that the boss is going to recruit bandits from the nearby strongholds, and the bandits he recruits will also have to pledge their allegiance, so you can figure it out for yourself."

Zhang Zeshan suddenly felt a chill. This meant that he would never get any rest.

Pei Yun, are you a devil?

Aren't you afraid of retribution for treating a nobleman like this?

…

Ruifeng County.

When Zhang Zhen saw Agui and Acai coming back, he hurriedly asked about the situation. He was relieved to learn that Zhang Zeshan had not suffered any torture. It seemed that the bandits still did not dare to do anything.

After repeating Zhang Zeshan's words, Zhang Zhen rushed to find Xue Wenju.

At this time, Xue Wenju had already bought all the masks and was asking the officials to distribute them to the people in the county.

Wang Xuan and the other two took the silver bills and left the city, returning to Qingyan Mountain.

"Master Zhang really said that?"

Xue Wenju frowned slightly when he heard Zhang Zhen's words.

"It's absolutely true, Magistrate. Is there no movement from the government office? The bandit leader of Yiyun Village is very ambitious and has even recruited other villages. He is trying to expand his power."

Xue Wenju was a little bit unconvinced. In this year of famine, recruiting soldiers and buying horses was simply courting death. Zhang Zeshan said that there was plenty of food in Yiyun Village. How was this possible!

Even the nobles in the county have nothing to eat, where would a bandit get food?

This must have been a story Zhang Zeshan made up in order to escape from the village.

"Brother Zhang, I have already urged the government office, and there should be news soon. I have something else to do, so I'll leave you now."

Seeing Xue Wenju leaving, Zhang Zhen couldn't help but clench his fists, but he had no better solution and could only continue to borrow money.

…

Yiyun Village.

As more and more nearby strongholds were incorporated, the population in the stronghold increased. Sun Erniang had said before that there were more than a thousand bandits in the surrounding area, and that was during the heyday.

Actually, there are not so many now, especially in famine years, some bandits went down the mountain to find food and never came back, and others starved to death, so that most of the villages are empty.

After Pei Yun gathered these bandits, there were only more than two hundred people in the village.

Of course Pei Yun could have gone to recruit villagers, but he didn't do that.

First, he had to supply food to more than 200 people every day, which was quite expensive. Even if he had a balance of several hundred thousand, it might not last long.

Secondly, most of the bandits he recruited had robbed villagers living down the mountain, and even committed murder and arson, and had hatred towards the villagers. If he recruited the villagers to move up the mountain, there would be conflicts and it would be difficult to manage.

Third, he now has to deal with government soldiers. The bandits all have experience in fighting and their training is effective, while the villagers are not as good.

Therefore, Pei Yun thought that these two hundred people were enough. He reinforced the village, dug traps, and equipped these bandits with stab-proof clothing, bulletproof helmets, and full-body protective clothing. In addition, Yiyun Village was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they should be able to resist the officers and soldiers.

"One plus one equals one, one plus two equals two..."

The catchy multiplication table rang out in the village. In the evening, Pei Yun began to teach the children the multiplication table.

There were originally 6 children in Yiyun Village, and 14 more came from Erlong Village, making a total of 20 children.

The oldest is 12 years old and the youngest is 5 years old. All the children in Erlongzhai are abandoned babies. They were brought back to the village by Sun Niaoniao and adopted. They are all girls.

At this moment, the children were trying hard to recite, but their eyes were on the White Rabbit milk candy in Pei Yun's hand.

Whoever had his back to the right angle would get some candy. Not to mention the children from the bandits' den, even the children from the noble families had never eaten this kind of candy.

"Ajiu, come here."

Pei Yun waved his hand, and immediately a little girl came out. She was the oldest of all the children and also the one who studied the most seriously.

"You have memorized all the multiplication tables correctly. As a reward, you will receive five candies."

Pei Yun handed the candy over with a smile. Jiu took the candy, his little hands trembling slightly, his eyes shining like stars.

She looked down at the candies in her hands, as if she were holding rare treasures.

"Can I eat now?" Jiu asked.

Pei Yun smiled and said, "Of course, this is your candy, you can eat it anytime you want."

Ah Jiu peeled off the candy wrapper, causing the children around her to swallow their saliva and stare at the candy in her hand.

When he put the candy in his mouth, Jiu's eyes narrowed and a happier expression than ever appeared on his face.

The children around came over and asked, "Sister Jiu, is it delicious?"

Ah Jiu nodded vigorously, "It's delicious and very sweet."

Pei Yun smiled and said, "If you have your back to the right place, you can all eat it."

Jiu looked at the four remaining candies in his hand, hesitated for a moment, walked to the youngest children, and gave the candies to them.

Pei Yun did not expect Ajiu to share the candy. Although she was the oldest, she was only 12 years old. Faced with candies she had never eaten before, she was willing to share them, which made Pei Yun look up to little Ajiu.

Some adults may not be able to do what she does.

Women such as Sun Niaoniao were also watching Pei Yun teaching the children multiplication formulas.

Ten confidants surrounded Sun Niaoniao.

"Second Mother, didn't Master Pei say when he would marry you?"

"Yeah, it's been so many days, why is there no movement at all? Is he trying to default on his debt?"

"Second Mother, you lost the duel, but you are the wife of Mr. Pei. If he doesn't recognize you, we will go and reason with him."

"That's right, a grown man dares to do something but not to take responsibility. Although we have taken refuge with him, we can't let him bully us. Let's go find him and ask him to give us an explanation as to whether he will marry us or not."

Sun Niaoniao became anxious when she heard this.

"What are you doing? You dare not take responsibility for what you did? Haven't you done it yet? Don't make trouble. Even if you need to ask, I will ask."

After she said this, her face turned red, as if she couldn't get married and had to ask Pei Yun to marry her.

But I do have to ask you one thing, I, Sun Erniang, always keep my words and I am a person who keeps my promises.

After observing for the past few days, Sun Niaoniao felt that Pei Yun was indeed a person worthy of entrusting her life to, but of course he was also very mysterious.

She still doesn't understand where all the food in the village comes from.

No matter how the number of people increased, the food did not decrease every day, as if it appeared out of thin air, making her more and more curious about Pei Yun.

There were also rumors in the mountain village that Pei Yun was a god, but Sun Niaoniao didn't believe it. There were no gods in this world.

If it really existed, would it make the people of the world suffer so much?

She decided to find some time to ask Pei Yun whether he wanted her to be his concubine.

If Pei Yun refused, she would force herself on him. Anyway, Pei Yun's kung fu was not as good as hers. Since she, Sun Niaoniao, lost to Pei Yun, she would only be Pei Yun's woman in this life.

This is how I, Sun Niaoniao, keep my promises!