Chapter 166: Big Bandit Suppresses Three Mountains
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng looked a little sad. To be honest, if possible, he really wouldn't mind helping the original owner fulfill his wish with the goddess in his heart.

But this difficulty is indeed quite high. Although the Murong family, to which Murong Qingwu belongs, is not as powerful as the Lin family to which the former Prime Minister Lin Shize belongs, it is also one of the top aristocratic families in the Great Zhou. The God of Wealth in the court, the current second-rank Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Murong Lun, is Murong Qingwu's uncle. Murong Qingwu's father, Murong Yuliang, is also a fourth-rank scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

When Murong Qingwu was twelve years old, she was engaged to Yao Kaitai, the eldest son of the Longnan Yao family, which was also a powerful family. Although the Yao family was not as prominent as the Murong family, the current head of the family, Yao Kun, was a third-rank general of Longnan, with 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, controlling the entire Longnan area.

If it weren't for the rumors that Yao Kaitai was a sickly person and there was news that he had died, and if the Murong family didn't love their daughter and didn't want Murong Qingwu to become a widow, he and Murong Qingwu would probably have been married last year.

With Ye Mingsheng's current status and position, although it has been greatly improved compared to before, it is still a bit exaggerated to want to snatch the love of such a big family in such a marriage...

After thinking seriously for a while, Ye Mingsheng couldn't think of any good way to be with the goddess. The only way now is to improve his strength. If he had the same strength as Shangguan Hongyuan, wouldn't he be able to have anyone he wanted?

After thinking this through, Ye Mingsheng stopped being sentimental. He rolled up Murong Qingwu's portrait again, put it into the rosewood box, and put it back in its original place.

I began to think about the conversation I had with An Zhirong today.

An Zhirong is the third child in the An family's generation, so he is respectfully called Master An San!

The An family he belongs to has inherited the title of Marquis of Kunshan. The family originally came from the military, and their ancestors obtained the title of Marquis of Kunshan through military exploits.

However, when it comes to the An family's generation, the current Marquis of Kunshan, An Zhirong's eldest brother, An Hetu, was seriously injured in the battle between the imperial court and the Golden Horde twenty years ago. Although he survived, his vitality was greatly damaged. From then on, he could no longer march and fight, and could only retire and take a sinecure.

Although An Hetu is still the nominal head of the An family, due to his poor health, he usually relies on drugs to prolong his life and has no energy to take care of family affairs. Therefore, the power of the family falls into the hands of his third brother, An Zhirong.

Because the head of the family retired from the army, there was no leader. In addition, there were problems with the education of the younger generation of the An family. As a result, there appeared some weaklings who could not carry anything and could not lift anything. They were unable to inherit the bravery passed down by the family.

So starting ten years ago, the An family, which was originally a family of military generals, began to cultivate the younger generations of the family to study and try to obtain official titles under the leadership of An Zhirong. On the other hand, the family's focus began to shift towards business.

Therefore, he founded Mingyanlou in partnership with Duke of Wei Tang Di, invested in Dalongchang Trading Company, and so on.

It has to be said that An Zhirong is also a character. With his operations, the An family, although in the court, has no pillars or prominent figures.

But he didn't offend anyone in the two camps of Shangguan Hongyuan and Lin Shize, and he was very popular. Not only did he successfully arrange a large number of An family members to serve as officials, but the family's industry also made a lot of money, and the family's reputation rose instead of falling! Before going to Mingyan Tower for the banquet, Ye Mingsheng had already guessed that the person who cooperated with Shen Jianzhong must be an awesome person, but he didn't expect that this person was actually a big shot like An Zhirong.

What surprised Ye Mingsheng even more was the conditions offered by An Zhirong. To be honest, Ye Mingsheng was not surprised that An Zhirong and Shen Jianzhong were partners in doing business with the Khitans. After all, in a poor place like Liaoyang, the only highly profitable businesses were mining and trade with other ethnic groups.

Although An Zhirong didn't say it explicitly, he asked him to be stationed in Fengzhou to protect the safety of his caravan. The implication from his words must be that someone is targeting him...

In Fengzhou, the orders of Liaoyang Governor Song Wenhui were not very effective. In addition, if Song Wenhui wanted to take action, there was no need to limit himself to Fengzhou. Song Wenhui could take action in the entire Liaoyang.

Therefore, there are only two forces in Fengzhou that can threaten An Zhirong's caravan, one is the Khitans, and the other is the bandits!
The Khitans were An Zhirong's business partners. Although the possibility of thieves robbing each other could not be ruled out, judging from the implications of An Zhirong's words, he still had a lot of influence within the Khitan. So Ye Mingsheng guessed that it was not the Khitans who threatened the safety of An Zhirong's caravan.

According to Ye Mingsheng's understanding, there are many bandits in Fengzhou, but most of them are just a mob. An Zhirong's business is so big that his caravan must be protected by special armed forces. These small bandits and caravans will definitely be killed one by one.

Therefore, there is only one answer to the force that threatens the safety of An Zhirong's caravan!

The big bandit Zhen Sanshan, who is known as the leader of the Liaoyang bandits!
Although Zhen Sanshan's lair is in Posuo Mansion next to Fengzhou, Fengzhou is also within the range of his influence. Posuo Mansion is more than 200 miles away from Fengzhou. For Zhen Sanshan's cavalry, it is just a piece of cake...

It was because he realized that An Zhirong most likely wanted him to deal with Zhen Sanshan, the big bandit who had been rampant in Liaoyang for decades, that Ye Mingsheng said that to An Zhirong at that time.

"What makes you think I can do it?"

The answer given by An Zhirong was that Shen Jianzhong was optimistic about him. Although he did not say it directly, the subtext of this sentence was that An Zhirong was not optimistic about himself, but was forced to choose himself because of Shen Jianzhong's favor and insistence.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng's eyes gradually became profound. In this chaotic world, he, Ye, had no father's family to rely on, and he also had no domineering aura to make others bow down to him. If he wanted to stand out, he could only put his head on the line and fight!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng did not mind being used by others, but the prerequisite was that you had to offer a price that satisfied him. As long as Shen Jianzhong and An Zhirong put their verbal support into practice, he really did not mind risking his life to meet this big bandit Zhen Sanshan.

Thinking about it carefully, An Zhirong was right. Fengzhou is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity. As long as he manages it properly, Fengzhou may be the place where Ye will rise...

(End of this chapter)