"Justice, spare your life, we did not kill anyone, my brothers and I were all kidnapped." The young man who had just spoken shouted again.
He tried his best to stand forward, blocking the young man next to him who was slightly older than him but seemed a little thin.
"Coerced?" Yang Qian looked at this person and frowned.
"Yes, although my brother and I are not good people, at most we are just sneaking around and have never done anything harmful to nature."
"Just the day before yesterday, we were threatened by those horse thieves and asked our brothers to join their gang. If we don't comply, we will kill them."
"We were afraid and had to obey, but we definitely did not kill anyone. It was all killed by a few of them..."
"You speak in a very organized manner. Could it be that you have read a book?" Zheng Yuanxun, who was standing beside him, finally had the opportunity to stand up and increase his presence.
"The villain's surname is Du and his given name is Fuwei. He is from Zhangqiu, Qizhou. His family was poor since he was a child. He never went to school. He just often went to private schools to eavesdrop when he was a child."
"You said your name is Du Fuwei?" Yang Qian took a deep breath. "What about him?"
Yang Qian pointed at the young man behind him.
What the hell, I met two of the Eighteenth Route Rebels at once. Why am I so lucky?
"My brother Fu Gongyou." Du Fuwei's legs were a little weak, but he still stood firm in front of Fu Gongyou.
"Who are these two?" Yang Qian pointed to the other two people.
Du Fuwei said sadly. "Wang Laoqi and Zhang Heng, we are in a gang.
It turned out that there were two brothers who were killed by them just because they were unwilling to fight with that horse thief."
At this time, Cheng Yaojin whispered to Yang Qian, "There were six horse thieves who just killed people, and four of them were running behind.
He was holding a butt-forked wooden stick in his hand and spoke slowly without any murderous intent. I think what he said must be the truth."
"Brother, how about saving the lives of the four of them first?" Yang Qian breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice.
Cheng Yaojin didn't object, and the others didn't say anything.
After tying up the four men and throwing them into the carriage, Yang Qian and Cheng Yaojin rode their horses together and not far away, they saw the bloody scene.
Two headless corpses fell on the road, and four more corpses were scattered along the road.
A carriage, but the driver of the carriage had fallen into a pool of blood.
Two strong men holding knives also fell beside the carriage, and an old man dressed as a domestic slave lay dead at the rear of the carriage.
A middle-aged woman fell in the car, her body covered in blood.
Only a little girl of seven or eight years old was sitting in the car blankly, silently, and then she raised her head when she heard the sound of horse hooves approaching.
He has a childish fair face, with big deep dark eyes and picturesque eyebrows.
The light yellow skirt on her body was stained with terrible blood stains.
A pair of eyes that should have been dark and lively looked so dull at the moment, and the whole person seemed to have turned into a lifeless doll.
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Yang Qian jumped off his horse and approached the carriage, still two or three steps away from the carriage.
I saw this lifeless doll blinking, tilting its head and looking at itself.
The messy hair hangs down, like silk satin.
Yang Qian raised his hand and looked back, signaling his fierce-looking companions, especially villains like Cheng Yaojin, to stop.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm here to save you..."
Yang Qian spoke to comfort him and raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions.
When he got closer, Yang Qian could see clearly that the middle-aged woman lying in a pool of blood had no breath.
The pale boy's eyes were closed tightly and he was motionless. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest proved that he survived.
Just when Yang Qian raised his arms and wanted to lift the little girl out of the car, the little girl suddenly screamed.
He raised a half-size delicate short knife with his right hand and stabbed Yang Qian's heart with all his strength.
Yang Qian subconsciously raised his hand to stop him, and felt a burning pain in his arm, and the tip of the knife pierced his heart directly.
"Young Master!" Zhili, who was far behind him, shouted subconsciously and drew his bow with all his strength.
"Don't move!" Yang Qian saw that after he thrust out the dagger, he no longer had any strength left.
The little girl who had just passed out by holding on to her clothes with her free left hand quickly reached out and hugged her and shouted softly.
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The group of people stopped temporarily in an open space not far from the carriage.
Even though the little girl was unconscious, she still held on to Yang Qian's skirt and wouldn't let go.
In desperation, Yang Qian could only let her do this, and stretched out his hand to let Zhili cover the bloody gash on his left arm for him.
Looking at the little girl curled up in a ball in Yang Qian's arms.
Cheng Yaojin patted his leg with some annoyance.
"Alas! We just heard a cry for help from here, and when we rushed over, it was already too late..."
"Brother, why are you here?" Yang Qian looked at the little girl in his arms and trembled from time to time, fearing that it would be difficult even in his dream.
"To be honest, Senior Brother, Brother Niu and I have been keeping an eye on this group of horse thieves for more than half a month..."
They were a group of more than twenty horse thieves who first went on a rampage in Jeju, burning, killing, looting, and committing many crimes.
As a result, almost a month ago, he fled to the Dong'a area and committed crimes, killing and injuring more than ten tenants of the Cheng family.
However, Cheng Yaojin, one of the most powerful tyrants in Jeju, was offended. He called his friend Niu Jinda and gathered dozens of cavalry followers to chase him all the way.
The horse thief was no match for Cheng Yaojin and others. Naturally, he was hunted down and fled south in embarrassment.
Thinking about it, the unlucky Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou's bad gang were targeted by these horse thieves and wanted to expand their strength.
As a result, as soon as a crime was committed here, they happened to run into Cheng Yaojin and his party who were coming all the way south and were determined to kill them all...
Naturally, Yang Qian would not think that Du Fuwei and others were magnanimous gentlemen so easily.
After discussing with Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda led several horsemen and followed Fu Gongyou to the place where his companions were killed to prove whether they were lying.
As for those businessmen who had died, they were all gathered by the roadside.
The broken leg of the unconscious young man was also decked and placed on the carriage.
As for the little girl, she finally slowly opened her eyes and looked at Yang Qian with a pair of dark and bright eyes.
Seeing this little girl curled up in his arms and looking at him intently for more than ten breaths, Yang Qian had no choice but to declare again.
"I am not a bad guy……"
"My name is Yang Qian, what's yours?"
Little girl: "..."
Then, I saw her closing her eyes again and continuing to maintain a curled up posture, her hand still holding Yang Qian's lapel.
Yang Qian: "..." Little girl, what are you doing?
ps: Thank you to the book friend Jiangnan丨 Fuyun for the reward, thank you to the old driver Niuqi for his huge breast volume, and every book friend for your collection and recommendation. I will continue to ask for recommendations and collections. New books are not easy...