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Zhou Wu is now in a frenzy because he drank two extra bowls of fermented rice wine at the widow's stall. Now the whole village knows that Zhou Wu likes the widow who sells fermented rice wine.

"It's so bland and tasteless~~"

In his previous life, Zhou Wu didn't like drinking plain water. Back then, there were countless teas and coffees to choose from. But now, he can't drink fermented rice wine because of the scandal, so he can only drink plain water at home.

"Husband, why don't you go and make some fermented rice wine?"

Li Baiwei stood timidly behind Zhou Wu.

"Bai Wei, what are you saying? Plain water is good. Doctors always say that you should drink more hot water when you are sick."

Zhou Wu was surprised that Li Baiwei, who rarely went out, had heard about his scandal, and immediately panicked.

"No, I have to go find tea leaves."

To dispel these rumors, Zhou Wu decided to find tea trees so that he could have tea to drink in addition to fermented rice.

Niu Er led the local militia to pay the fees, and Deng Yuanliang went to the Moon Man Kingdom to trade. Niu Ye was too old to accompany Zhou Wu on his journey across the mountains and fields, so Zhou Wu had to go up the mountain alone.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the mountains. The air here is indeed exceptionally fresh."

Zhou Wu wandered aimlessly in the mountains, not really expecting to find tea trees, since it's hard to say whether tea trees even exist in this world.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the quiet woods. Zhou Wu quickly lay down, hiding himself in the grass and slowing his breathing.

"Niujia Village is just ahead."

"Damn it, how come we two brothers got to do such a tough job?"

Zhou Wu peeked out and saw two men dressed as bandits hurrying towards Niujia Village while talking quietly. It was clear that their trip to Niujia Village was not a good thing. In order to find out the truth, Zhou Wu had no choice but to follow them from a distance.

The two soon arrived at a high point on the outskirts of Niujia Village, from which they could overlook the entire village. Because Zhou Wu was quite far away, their conversation was intermittent and not very clear.

"Niujia Village, Silver Light Cave, the Big Boss, not one of them will escape..."

The two bandits stayed there for most of the day, seemingly to monitor and observe Niujia Village. During this time, Zhou Wu heard these keywords over and over again.

After the two scouts finally left, Zhou Wu hurried down the mountain and back to the village.

. . . .

"What's wrong with you?"

Seeing Zhou Wu panting heavily, Uncle Niu quickly poured him a glass of water.

"Quickly, send someone to bring Niu Er back."

"Take a breath and speak slowly."

Zhou Wu took a sip of water, then took several deep breaths, finally recovering.

"Our village has been targeted by bandits. Quickly send someone to find Niu Er and bring him back."

"Mountain bandits? Where did these mountain bandits come from?"

"I went up the mountain today and saw two bandits loitering around outside our village. I also heard them say that they were going to harm the village."

"How dare they! Humph, have Niu Er deal with them first. Do you even know which village they're from?"

Now that Niu Er had the backing of the local militia, he no longer took these petty thieves seriously.

"It seems to be called something like Silver Light Cave."

"What, Silverlight Cave?"

Judging from Niu Ye's tone, he seemed to know about Silverlight Cave, and his expression suggested that he was somewhat afraid and terrified of it.

"Is it really the Silverlight Cave?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with Silverlight Cave? What's with that expression, Uncle Niu?"

After confirming the location of the Silver Light Cave, Master Niu remained silent for a long time, leaving Zhou Wu feeling uneasy and uncertain. Could the Silver Light Cave have some great background?

"Silver Light Cave, why is it called Silver Light Cave?"

Grandpa Niu sat there like a lost soul, muttering to himself.

"Uncle Niu, what exactly is the background of this Silver Light Cave?"

Grandpa Niu let out a long breath and began to recount his story.

“Our Qingyang County is plagued by bandits, among whom the most dangerous are Jinguang Cave, Yinguang Cave, and Yaowang Valley.”

"There's even a Golden Light Cave. Could it be that the two of them have some kind of relationship?"

Zhou Wu meant it as a joke, but unexpectedly, he actually guessed right.

"Indeed, Golden Light Cave and Silver Light Cave are intricately connected. The previous leaders of these two villages were sworn brothers. Although both old leaders are dead, the current leaders are also very close. If anyone dares to make a move against one of them, the other will surely stand by them."

"Does that mean we're currently at odds with two groups of bandits at the same time?"

"good."

"How strong are these two groups of bandits?"

"That's exactly what I'm worried about. According to intelligence from the county, the Silver Light Cave has about two hundred people, and the Golden Light Cave is even more formidable, with nearly three hundred. Their combined strength has firmly placed them among the top three bandits in Qingyang County."

"The two groups together number about five hundred people."

Five hundred men far exceeded the number of the local militia. Although these bandits were scattered in their fighting, the local militia had only been established for a short time, so they were roughly equal in strength. However, with the same fighting power, the enemy outnumbered them by almost twice as many, which made Zhou Wu somewhat troubled.

"Why would these bandits target Niujia Village? Is it because I've been too high-profile lately, attracting their attention?"

The only thing to do now is to find Niu Er and the local militia to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

Just as Niu Er was preparing to encircle and wipe out a small group of bandits, he suddenly received a letter from Zhou Wu: the village is in danger, return immediately. These four words immediately made Niu Er lead the local militia back to the village without stopping, and he only felt relieved when he saw smoke rising from the village chimneys again.

"Brother Wu, what's going on?"

Niu Er was finally relieved when he saw Zhou Wu and Niu Ye together.

Do you know about the Golden Light Cave and the Silver Light Cave?

"Of course I know, it's one of the top three thieves' dens in Qingyang County."

"How does it compare to the local militia?"

"Brother Wu, does that mean the trouble lies with the Gold and Silver Caves?"

Even the slow-witted Niu Er realized it; even a man like Niu Er, who never showed any difficulty, had a serious expression on his face at this moment.

"Brother Wu, what exactly is going on?"

Faced with Niu Er's question, Zhou Wu could only recount the events of the day once more.

"That's about it. I don't know why they've set their sights on Niujia Village."

"What should we do now?"

Niu Ye is now completely at a loss.

"By the way, Uncle Niu, didn't you say there was another place called Medicine King Valley? They don't sound like bandits at all."

Zhou Wu couldn't think of a solution for a moment, but then he remembered that there was a place called Medicine King Valley among the top three, and he became interested.

"Well, speaking of which, Medicine King Valley is indeed different from ordinary mountain bandits. They are very mysterious, and I don't know much about them. I've only heard that Medicine King Valley is inhabited by a group of reclusive doctors, but they are skilled in using poisons and act strangely. Although there are not many of them, each of them is a master of poisons. They rarely have contact with outsiders, so outsiders don't know much about them."