The next morning, Yang Cheng left the yard where Chen Yuan was, feeling refreshed.

A full hour passed before movement was heard in the room again.

Chen Yuan lifted the bed curtain with difficulty. She looked at her bruised wrist and cursed Yang Cheng with gritted teeth.

She couldn't understand why Yang Cheng had happily slept with his concubine the day before yesterday, but why did he go crazy and come to tease her yesterday?

After torturing her for a whole night, Chen Yuan wanted to kill him.

But she quickly gave up the idea. The glory of the General's Mansion was supported by Yang Cheng alone. As long as Yang Cheng was there, the power of the General's Mansion was there. If Yang Cheng was gone, could this huge General's Mansion still be called the General's Mansion?

Therefore, no matter how excessive Yang Cheng was, Chen Yuan had to endure it for the sake of her status and power.

However, she had to investigate why Yang Cheng's attitude changed so much.

Chen Yuan had a good idea, but Yang Cheng didn't give her any chance at all. She slept in the main courtyard again that night. After tossing and turning for two consecutive nights, Chen Yuan couldn't get out of bed the next day.

The attempt to thoroughly investigate why Yang Cheng's attitude changed so much was also unsuccessful.

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After Changsheng arrived at the bandit’s stronghold, he asked to go back the next day, but was stopped by Li Dazui and others.

At first, Li Dazui invited him to drink, but ended up with a group of bandits who had heard of his abilities coming to force him to drink, and he was repeatedly forced to drink by those bandits.

Changsheng didn't really want to leave, so he pretended to be drunk and fell asleep.

For this reason, Changsheng slept for a whole day.

Another day passed. Changsheng finished his breakfast in the dining hall. He put down the earthenware bowl in his hand, wiped his mouth, and asked Li Dazui to go home. Li Dazui said without thinking:

"Brother Changsheng, look, we have endless wine and beautiful women in our village. Why do you want to go down the mountain to live a miserable life? You can live a much happier life here!"

"Yes! Brother Changsheng, it is said that brothers should share happiness and hardships. You have seen how happy life is in our village. I treat you as a brother, so I let you stay. Brother, you can't not give me face!" Wang Gui raised his hand and put his arm around Changsheng's shoulders, as if he would not let Changsheng leave.

Since they have come to the village, there is no way Wang Gui would let them leave like that. Those who can leave are either his brothers or they can leave sideways.

Not only are they not brothers, but they also walk upright. This has never happened before, not to mention since Wang Gui came to the village.

No matter how strong Changsheng is, there are hundreds of people in their village. So many people can stop him alone, right?

However, things have not come to that point yet, and Wang Gui will not easily get violent with Changsheng. He has not forgotten the purpose of bringing Changsheng back to the village.

Changsheng scratched his head, a trace of confusion and reluctance flashed across his face.

"I know life in this village is better, and I want to stay here. But if I stay, I've been away for so long. If I don't go back to tell my family, they're afraid I'll have an accident." Changsheng's reason was irrefutable. However, it didn't mean that Changsheng had to go back.

"Good brother, we have so many brothers, where do we need you to go in person? Just tell me a place and I will ask a little brother to go there for you."

Changsheng was overjoyed, "Really?"

Wang Gui nodded. "How can I deceive you? I will arrange for someone to go down the mountain later. Which village are you from?"

Changsheng chuckled and said honestly, "Just send someone to my aunt's house to tell her the news. You should know Wangjia Village, the one with the crooked tree at the door. My uncle's name is Wang Datou."

Wang Gui waved to the boy who was eating his meal, "Did you hear that? When you go down the mountain, you will know what to say, right?"

The boy looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. After hearing what Wang Gui said, his eyes rolled and he nodded quickly, "I know. I said that Brother Changsheng killed two wild boars and went to the county to sell them. After selling the wild boars, he went back home."

Wang Gui nodded with satisfaction, "Well, that's good, you can go down the mountain after dinner!"

Wang Gui is the fifth in command of the village, with dozens of people under him. When he opens his mouth, his people will run themselves to death.

The man who lived in the house under the crooked tree in Wangjia Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain was indeed called Wang Datou, but he was not Changsheng's uncle, but a victim who had been persecuted by bandits.

Changsheng was naturally not afraid of that kid going to Wangjia Village. As long as that kid appeared in Wangjia Village, their people waiting in the dark would immediately catch him.

Changsheng was hoping that someone would come down the mountain at this time!

It was not known if it was because it was too late when he went to the village, Zhou Minglang and his group did not track him up the mountain. It had been a day and two nights, and there was still no movement at all.

At this time, someone came down the mountain and led them the way.

However, Changsheng will not sit idly by and wait for death.

After discovering that Wang Gui was at odds with the chief and second-in-command these two days, he proposed to compete with several chiefs in the village.

When Wang Gui heard this, he was overjoyed.

There are six leaders in the village, and Wang Gui is the fifth. The first and second leaders were also brought in by people in the village. He took this position after defeating the original leader.

However, when these two men killed people and robbed people, many people in the village could not stand it and some were unwilling to submit. However, they were not strong enough to defeat the other party and were always suppressed. Wang Gui was one of them.

He was originally the third in command of the village. Later, these two came and drove out the previous leader. Then Wang Gui became the fifth in command. Unfortunately, he could not beat them, so he had to be ranked fifth.

When he heard that Changsheng wanted to compete with someone, he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

He has seen Changsheng's abilities. If he could defeat the boss and the second in command, those two would not have the face to sit in the positions of the boss and the second in command.

If Changsheng lost and failed to drive the two down, he would put everything on Changsheng's head. It had nothing to do with him and he would not suffer any loss anyway.

Changsheng had his own plans for making this request. He had stayed in the village for two days and found that these bandits did not kill people and rob people at the beginning. It was only after the two leaders came into power that the people in the village changed their original style of not hurting people but only robbing money, and many of them had no lives on their hands.

Of course, whether or not someone is killed, robbery is not advisable.

But crimes have different severity, and Changsheng will not kill everyone at once. He will first cripple those vicious people through competition, and then attack the village later, which will reduce our casualties.

Changsheng had a good idea, but he didn't expect Wang Gui to tell others that Changsheng was going to challenge the boss and the second in command. Many people who supported the boss and the second in command were immediately furious.

"Who the hell is that Changsheng? He has only been here for a few days and yet he dares to challenge the first and second in command. Is he really that bold?"

"I think he's a fool looking for death. Let's go and see how he dies!"

"If you dare to challenge the boss, you must get past me first!"

There were also those who secretly disagreed with the boss and refuted him.

"I think Changsheng is quite capable. Didn't you see the two wild boars when he came that day? I heard from Li Dazui that he killed them all by himself! Who in our village has the ability to kill two wild boars in one go?"

"Yes, we live in the mountains every day. Who doesn't know how difficult those wild boars are to deal with? It's already a great skill for a person to hunt a wild boar at a time, let alone hunt two in one go, and keep them alive."

"That makes sense. Anyway, I don't have the ability to hunt a wild boar by myself."

Not all of these bandits are skilled and brave.

Most of them are farmers and second-rate people who are ambitious but lack the skills to work hard in the soil for a living. Apart from brute force, they know a few mediocre moves at most. They are okay when they get together to fight, but when it comes to real skills, they are just noobs.

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