"What are you afraid of? You are not afraid of hundreds of thousands of birds, but you are afraid of a few big dogs?" Li Kuang sat on a stone and ate dried meat with hot water.
"Yes..." The soldier on guard was bored and started to talk again, "Lieutenant, tell me, if we can go back alive this time, can we be promoted to first mate?"
Li Kuang rolled his eyes, "You still want to be promoted? If you lose the annual tribute, if I don't behead you, you will be burned in high incense in your previous life."
"Uh, that's not right. I see that the eldest young master is not a high-ranking official. We have saved his life, right? Can he make us suffer?"
"Oh, you'd better not think about this, otherwise, you might die faster."
Li Kuang felt that the dried meat in his hand was tasteless and sighed. If it was a normal crisis, saving people might be a big achievement, but getting involved in such a mess would not necessarily be the case. It would be better if you were lucky.
If you are not lucky, others can't bring peace to the people, and they can't bring peace to the people below you? If you take this kind of thing further, it is indeed possible to rise to the top, but if you take a step back, it will definitely lead to an abyss. Li Kuang lived half his life, and his wife and children at home were hot on the bed.
I don't want to get into trouble at all.
unlucky.
Li Shi also felt the same way. This time he was responsible for escorting the convoy to the north. He was originally extremely reluctant, but ended up getting involved in this mess. He was involved in a power struggle for no reason. He felt so aggrieved that he wanted to curse. No, he just sat down.
He came down to take a breath, but the woman made a fuss again, which made him feel even worse. He picked up an animal bone and smashed it out.
With a 'boom' sound, the old chicken screamed miserably and suffered a bloody head. However, he already had a bloody head, so it looked like he only bled a little more, which was about the same. That bitch was making a noise,
Why did you hit me? The moment he lowered his head and wailed, there was a trace of evil in his eyes, but it flashed away, and then he just held his head in fear and begged for mercy.
The child's cries became louder and louder. The girl dressed in men's clothing couldn't stand it anymore and strode over to take the child out. The woman was still going crazy, and when she saw this scene, she became even crazier. She waved her knife randomly to force everyone back, and then paused.
After a moment, she finally rushed over and snatched the child away. The girl quickly let go and took a step back, and whispered, "I don't know what grudge you have with that man. In short, he will die today. The premise is that he has to wait until we ask."
That’s it, if you want to do it yourself, we won’t stop you.”
The woman was shocked, looked up at her, then her trembling body slowed down a little, hugged the child tightly, and shrank her head towards the corner of the box. Miraculously, as soon as she hugged the child, the child's crying stopped.
Xingmin glanced at the girl and nodded gratefully. After regaining his composure, he turned back, his gaze returned to coldness, and he nodded slightly, "You, continue."
Lao Ji raised his head and caught sight of the woman's resentful eyes from the corner of his eye, which immediately pierced his back. But his life was at stake, so he couldn't care less. He just knelt down and knelt down to worship, "Your Highness, I mean..."
"I don't want to hear any nonsense."
"Xiao, yes, yes..." Laoji broke out in a cold sweat and said tremblingly: "The villain's real name is Li Ji, and he was the squadron leader of the Sixth Brigade of the Fourteenth Battalion of the Southern Military Headquarters..."
"Last chance." Xingmin said coldly.
"A few years ago, His Highness was on tour in the south. I had the honor to meet His Highness once in Sanfu Town, so I know His Highness's identity. Little, little man..." I even forgot about the pain in my body for the time being, trembling, "
If this villain knows, knows..." Seeing Xingmin's expression becoming more and more serious, he kowtowed in fear, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I really don't know what you want to know, you ask, you ask! I mean, I don't know what you want to know.
I will definitely tell you everything I know, but I just ask Your Highness to listen to what I have to say. After listening to it, if you feel that the villain’s death is more than justified, there is no need for Your Highness to take action, the villain is willing to commit suicide!”
Xingmin looked at him, was silent for a while, and asked: "Who is the mastermind?"
"The other party claims to be the leader of the Nanming Army..."
"What else?" Xingmin frowned. The Nanming Army is a rebel army hovering in the south that adopted the name of the previous dynasty, or a rebel party. It has been in existence for hundreds of years since the demise of the previous dynasty.
However, Xingmin did not believe a word that it was the Nanming Army. After hundreds of years of suppression and several large-scale massacres, the real Nanming Army had long existed in name only. Most of the existing so-called Nanming Army were just small
The gimmicks used by various forces to raise the banner are basically just rogue bandits.
"Yes, yes! The villain has had several encounters with each other. According to the villain's guess, these people are excellent in martial arts, good at fighting, and have strict discipline. They are not like a rebel party, but more like..."
"What?"
"Army, masters in the army..." The old chicken shook his head, as if walking on thin ice.
"Where did your weapons come from?" Xingmin was not surprised and continued to ask.
"Yes, it was also provided by them, but, the villain definitely did not participate in the attack on His Highness. After the villain recognized His Highness, he did not dare to take any step beyond his control. I asked Your Highness for your understanding. I just had no choice but to..."
"You said you were once affiliated with the military?" Xingmin interrupted: "Why did you become a bandit?"
"Little, little people are also forced to have no choice."
When Laoji saw the hope of survival, he shed tears and said miserably: "The villain was originally a garrison stationed here by the Southern Military Headquarters. When he led his troops to patrol the mountains, he suddenly encountered a flash flood. Almost the entire army was wiped out, and only the villain died.
Da, was washed ashore by the flood and saved his life. When the villain woke up, he was already in Jingjiazhai. Later I found out that it was the hunters from Jingjiazhai who rescued me. After that, the villain was in Jingjiazhai.
He stayed in the village to recuperate from his injuries for half a year. He originally thought that he would go back to recover after recovering from his injuries. However, during this period, he accidentally learned a shocking secret about Jingjiazhai. It turned out that the so-called Jingjiazhai,
In essence, it is a den of thieves. Whenever the harvest is not good, the hunters there will gather into bandits and make a living by robbing and killing passing merchants. When they gather, they are bandits, but when they are separated, they are civilians, so the military has been unable to eliminate them all.
After the villain learned about the banditry, he thought of staying temporarily..."
"He lied, he lied..."
Suddenly, the woman seemed crazy, screaming and rushing over again, "He lied-"
The girl hugged her.
The old chicken didn't stop, but his tone became more urgent, "The villain knows that there are good people in the cottage, and he also wants to repay the benefactor who saved the villain's life, so he plans to lurk temporarily to find out the situation in the cottage and then make plans. Who
You know, the more the villain understands, the more frightened he becomes. These bandits not only rob money and kill people, but also rob people..."
The woman's eyes were red, "Lied! He lied!"
Laoji glanced at her and said, "For example, this woman was kidnapped by the village owner named Jing Kui. In order to reassure her, Jing Kui personally killed her parents..."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
The woman choked and her eyes widened. After a moment's pause, her lips trembled, "You, you, you lied..."
Xingmin narrowed his eyes and said, "Continue."
The old chicken kowtowed quickly and continued: "No one dares to lie about this. This place is sparsely populated and poor, and foreign women are unwilling to marry. Therefore, many local men can only rely on robbing wives if they want to marry. However, since
The military was stationed here and patrolled frequently. They were worried that the abducted woman would leak the news, so they came up with a cunning method. When robbing and killing merchants, they divided them into two sides and let one side come out to rob and kill first.
They would abandon the old man and then negotiate to have the other party rescue the woman. In this way, the rescued woman would be grateful to them. And since most of the men in the family were dead and had nowhere to go, they had no choice but to stay in the village and give birth to them.
Raising children…”
Everyone present was dumbfounded after hearing this statement.
"you……"
The woman was trembling all over and on the verge of collapse, "You, you, you, you, you..."
Lao Ji lowered his head and said, "Xiao, I definitely didn't lie. I saw Jing Kui kill her parents, brothers, servants and a family of six. This kind of thing can be seen everywhere in the nearby villages. Xiao
, the villain was originally unwilling to join in the conspiracy, but when he thought that if he could catch them all, it would be a meritorious deed, so he endured the humiliation and planned to collect evidence..."
"you are lying!"
Suddenly, the corners of the woman's eyes burst out and bleed. As soon as the child was loosened in her hand, she rushed over. Fortunately, the girl had quick eyes and quick hands and caught the child, but with this stumble, the child started crying loudly again.