Tian An didn't eat anything last night, so his stomach had long been empty. Only after drinking two bowls of porridge cooked by Chun Xi did he regain some strength.
"Where is Brother Yiming? I seem to remember that he took care of me last night." Tian An said, rubbing his dizzy head.
Chun Xi tucked her in and replied, "The young master stayed with you all night and just went to the county town. He said he had something to do."
Tian An was just about to ask Xiaokang when the little guy ran in.
"Sister, you finally woke up. Woohoo, you scared me to death."
Tian An raised his hand and gently rubbed his head: "You are a man, you can't cry easily. Sister is fine, she is just sick, she will be fine in two days."
Xiaokang wiped his face carelessly and said with a choked voice, "Sister, I'm not crying. It was the rain outside just now that got into my eyes. They weren't tears."
Tian An suppressed a laugh and said, "Okay, okay, these are not tears."
Xiaokang raised his misty eyes and asked, "Sister, are those bad guys very powerful? Can't Sister Deng Xue beat them?"
Tian An was stunned, looked at Xiaokang, and said after a while: "Xiaokang, you have to remember that there are always people who are better than you, and there is no such thing as the strongest, only stronger."
Xiaokang raised his head and said, "Sister, I know what Mr. Han meant when he told us this. I will work harder to learn from Mr. Han and learn martial arts from brother-in-law Yiming. When I grow up, I can protect you."
Tian An felt warm in his heart and reached out to rub his head again.
Thinking of Deng Xue, he asked again: "How is your sister Xue? Is she sick?"
Xiaokang hadn't seen Deng Xue since he came back from Tian'an, and he didn't know what was going on, so he said, "Sister, I'll go see Sister Xue now." Then he ran out.
After a while, Deng Shuang came in with Deng Xue. As soon as she entered the room, Deng Xue knelt in front of Tian An's bed.
Tian An frowned: "What are you doing?"
Deng Xue lowered her head and said, "It's all my fault. If I wasn't incompetent, I wouldn't have caused this disaster for the girl."
Tian An: "Now that you know your shortcomings, you should recover as soon as possible and work hard to improve yourself so that you can handle the same problems with ease in the future."
Deng Xue kowtowed: "Don't worry, young lady, I will definitely work hard to improve myself."
County Government Office
"What did you say? You want to go to Heiyun Village to suppress the bandits?" County Magistrate Gu looked at Zhao Yiming in disbelief.
"Anyone who dares to attack An An will have to pay the price. Zhang Wenhao and his parents are already in jail, the Zhang family is bankrupt, and the remaining people are not capable of anything. It's now the turn of Heiyun Village." Zhao Yiming said in a flat tone.
"Will An An agree to let you go?" County Magistrate Gu was not very optimistic about Zhao Yiming.
"An An won't know. I have already found out the information and made a plan. Now all we need is manpower." After saying this, he looked at County Magistrate Gu solemnly.
County Magistrate Gu was hesitant and walked around in circles for a long time.
"Have you really thought it through?" County Magistrate Gu asked again.
"Well! Tonight at 3:00 AM, you guys wait for my signal at the foot of the mountain, and then we'll catch them all in one fell swoop." Zhao Yiming said affirmatively.
After returning from the county government office, Zhao Yiming closed the door and read as usual. When it was time for dinner, he personally carried the food to Tian An's room to take care of her while she ate.
Then he kept talking to her until she fell asleep and then went back to his room.
It was a dark and windy night. Zhao Yiming, who should have been soundly asleep in his room, was now at Black Wind Mountain, a den of bandits.
Black Wind Mountain was originally just an ordinary mountain. It was called a bandit’s den because Black Cloud Village was stationed there.
Black Cloud Village was originally just a gang of 20 to 30 people, led by three men with some martial arts experience. They took advantage of the natural disaster and the influx of refugees to persuade many of them to follow them and occupy Black Wind Mountain, establishing Black Cloud Village.
At first, they deceived the refugees, saying they were looking for long-term workers to cultivate the mountains and asked them to bring their families. Later, they gradually tricked the refugees into following them to rob passing merchants.
By the time the refugees realized something was wrong, they had already boarded the pirate ship, and they were all dragging their families with them, so they couldn't leave. Later, after tasting the benefits of robbery, they gradually fell into depravity and became bandits.
The one who robbed Tian An was the third in command of Black Cloud Village. Zhang Wenhao, a man who did not do his job properly, had done a lot of thieving and sneaky things, thus making friends with many people from all walks of life. The third in command of Black Cloud Village was one of them.
Because Zhang Wenhao coveted Tian An's braised pork recipe and repeatedly attempted to murder him, and because Chen Feng and Liu Hui were attacked, Zhao Yiming and Peng Zhang plotted to bankrupt the Zhang family.
Although Zhang Wenhao had no evidence, he knew who was responsible. He didn't dare touch Peng Zhang, and Zhao Yiming was not easy to touch, so he picked on Tian An, who was the weakest.
He spent a hundred taels of silver and asked the third leader of the Black Cloud Village to kidnap Tian An. After receiving the silver, the third leader wanted to take the cake for himself, so he did not tell his elder and second brothers, but took his confidants and went into battle himself.
They had been observing Tian An for many days beforehand, and finally waited for her to go to the manor alone with Deng Xue to check it out. It was raining that day, which was a perfect combination of time, place, and people. If they hadn't encountered Tian An, who had a space, they would have definitely succeeded.
In Heiyun Village, the bandits slept soundly and did not wake up until noon the next day.
Although they make a living by robbery, they also need to purchase supplies from outside.
It just so happened that the Peng family had dabbled in various businesses, and after they had designed to sell them salt and flour laced with a powerful knockout drug, Zhao Yiming waited until late at night, went up the mountain to check the situation, and then gave the signal to the yamen runners down the mountain to arrest the man.
In the dark night, Zhao Yiming, dressed in tight clothes, quickly checked every room.
Everything else was fine, but when he stepped into the village chief's room, he noticed something was amiss. Just as he was about to retreat, he felt a sharp weapon approaching from behind.
After dodging sideways, Zhao Yiming quickly retreated back to the yard and fired a flare.
Seeing the red flare streaking across the dark night sky, the leader sensed something was wrong and turned to run. Unfortunately, Zhao Yiming had come alone precisely to meet these three leading brothers.
Ji Bu quickly ran in front of the big boss and blocked his way. Zhao Yiming started to fight him without saying a word. At first, the big boss could still take a few blows, but as time went on, he was increasingly outmatched.
"Bang..." After being kicked to the ground by Zhao Yiming, the boss was completely defeated.
"Who the hell are you? I haven't offended you, have I?"
In response he was beaten up again. When he was completely unable to get up, Zhao Yiming went to the second-in-command's room again, dragged the second-in-command who was sleeping like a dead pig to the yard and gave him another round of beatings.
When the yamen runners arrived, the two men lay on the ground like mud. The boss had never been so happy to see the yamen runners.
The leader walked up to Zhao Yiming and asked what happened to the two people on the ground. Zhao Yiming just said, "They tried to run away, so I taught them a lesson."
The eldest brother really wanted to escape, that was true. But the second brother was truly wronged, though he was too old to argue.
The leading yamen runner looked at the people he brought with him. Why did he feel that they were just here to clean up? Is it so easy to suppress bandits these days? He didn't even draw his knife!
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