As soon as Pang Gang turned around, he saw behind him an old man with shabby clothes and gray hair being held back by two soldiers. He was trying to push forward while shouting loudly.
"You guys let me go, I want to collect the reward. If I'm delayed, you can't afford it!"
After being stopped by two soldiers, the old man was still unconvinced and wanted to push forward. These two soldiers were responsible for the responsibility. There were huge people in front of him. If anything went wrong, they couldn't afford it, so they tried their best to stop him.
, an impatient soldier had already pointed his Minie rifle at him, and the bright bayonet on the rifle was about to reach the old man's chest.
Pang Gang winked at Shi Bowen, and Shi Bowen walked over knowingly, stopped the actions of the two soldiers, and said to the old man: "Old man, you said you are here to receive the silver reward, right?"
The old man frowned and said, "Yes, I'm just here to receive the reward. Didn't you say that the reward for reporting a thief is 10 taels, or 20 taels for two, and a hundred taels for the leader? Old man, I'm going to give you a reward today."
I’m just here to receive the silver reward!”
At this time, Pang Gang on the side also became interested. He walked to the old man and asked with interest: "Old man, your surname is your surname, are there really any thieves in your place?"
The old man said rather forcefully: "The old man's surname is not expensive. His surname is Jiang. As for thieves and bandits, of course there are some. Otherwise, why would I come here?"
Pang Gang rolled his eyes and asked, "Aren't you afraid that we will default on your debt?"
"Didn't pay?" The old man said with a sad smile: "Of course I'm afraid, but what else do I have to be afraid of, old man? The old man's only son has been captured by the bandits and taken into the army, leaving only the old couple, my wife and my only son.
Little grandson, now our family’s food rations have all been taken away by thieves, and we are about to starve to death. Isn’t it a death anyway? What else do you think I have to fear, old man?”
"Yes! Why should people be afraid of death if they are not afraid of death?"
Looking at the old man with a disheveled face, wearing only thin clothes and shivering in the cold wind, Li Yuan, Wang Zhi and other generals around Pang Gang couldn't help showing sadness in their eyes. Once upon a time, their situation was different from that of this unknown person.
The old man is so similar.
Pang Gang let out a long sigh, turned to Shi Bowen behind him and said: "Give this old man a bag of dry food, and lead a group of brothers to follow him to his house to have a look. If there are really any thieves hiding, we will escort them back."
Anyone who resists will be shot to death!"
"yes!"
Shi Bowen responded and led a hundred personal guards to follow the old man named Jiang to his home.
Watching the old man surnamed Jiang and the guards gradually disappear, Pang Gang and others also walked into the prefect's Yamen.
As they walked, Li Yuan who was standing by him suddenly asked after walking silently for a while: "Sir, sometimes I really don't understand. You said that when the thieves raised their troops, they all kept saying it was because of government oppression.
Corrupt officials were rampant and the people were in dire straits, so they revolted. However, the general discovered that the thieves and bandits who kept saying they revolted in order to survive turned out to be worse than those corrupt officials. At least the government could not do such heartbreaking things as massacres of villages.
Those common people are all their sisters, how could they do such a thing!"
Pang Gang shook his head and said, "I have thought about your question for a long time, but I have never been able to get an accurate answer. Maybe this is the nature of us humans. People are the easiest things to change. Our ancestors
Didn’t I say that it’s easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it’s hard to move from luxury to frugality? Think about it, a person with poor legs who couldn’t even eat has suddenly turned into a person who eats delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, in front of the table every night.
The bridegroom, after a period of time, if you ask him to sit back on his mud-legged body with no clothes and no food, do you think he will be willing? Of course he will not be willing, but if you are not willing, it means that
You want to deprive others of their living supplies and the fruits of their labor. This becomes what you just said..."
At this point, Pang just realized that he had accidentally missed the last word. He actually talked to this guy Li Yuan about subsistence materials and fruits of labor, words that were not available in this era.
Shaking his head and laughing, Pang Gang stepped into the lobby and found two rows of military personnel standing outside the lobby. But there were dozens of women standing in the lobby, some standing, some sitting on the ground, all looking at them in fear.
Pang Gang and his party walked in from outside. Although they learned from the sergeant who guarded them that De'an Mansion had been recaptured by the officers and soldiers, this did not alleviate their inner fear. After all, there is an old saying that robbers are defeated like combs and soldiers are defeated like grates.
It has been passed down for thousands of years, and there is always a reason for it.
Seeing the frightened eyes of the women, Pang Gang sighed softly in his heart and said to the women: "Don't be afraid, everyone, I will lead the troops to regain De'an City this time. Since I have rescued you, I will naturally protect you."
, I will give you the money allowance after a while, and after receiving it, you can go home."
"What? Let us go home"
The women in the hall looked at each other one by one, some of them couldn't believe their ears. These officers and soldiers did not take the opportunity to humiliate themselves, but kindly gave them money to go home. Are there such good soldiers and horses in this world?
Seeing the dumbfounded looks of all the girls, Li Yuan couldn't help but get a little angry, and shouted sternly: "What are you waiting for? This is the Emperor's personally named Champion Marquis, the Commander-in-Chief of Shandong, the General of Hussars and the Commander-in-Chief of Qingzhou."
Da Da Da, can you still lie to me?"
The girls looked at each other for a while, and finally a beautiful woman came out and asked Pang Gang blankly: "May I ask General Pang, have you caught the leader of the bandits?"
Pang Gang nodded: "Now only Liu Fangliang, the leader of the thieves, has been captured, and the rest are still being hunted!"
The woman stared blankly at Pang Gang and asked, "May I ask what you plan to do with Liu Fangliang?"
"Bold!" the soldiers behind Pang Gang shouted: "How to deal with the leader of the thief is a matter for adults. When will it be your turn, a woman will talk too much!"
"Hey, don't be rude." Pang Gang stopped the soldier who was about to stop the woman, took a step forward and said kindly: "It's okay for me to tell you. Liu Fangliang has done many evil things, and I will bring him to justice immediately."
punishment."
"This little girl is relieved." This delicate woman knelt down to Pang Gang and sobbed: "The little girl thanked you for your great kindness on behalf of your late father."
"Young lady, you don't have to be like this, please get up quickly." Pang Gang saw that this woman spoke very well and behaved very elegantly and dignifiedly. She was very different from the other women around her. He knew that this woman must have a rich or noble background, so he was about to take her away.
He helped him up, but he didn't expect that the woman still stood up. With a look of determination on her beautiful face, she said to Pang Gang: "The little girl's parents have been killed by the evil thief Liu Fangliang, and her body is blue and white."
She has also been defiled, and the little girl can only repay the kindness of the adults in the next life."
After saying that, the woman rushed towards a stone pillar next to her with a fierce lunge.
"No, stop her quickly!"
Pang Gang knew something was wrong as soon as he saw the woman's movements, and rushed over to stop her, but he was already a step too late. The woman's head had already hit the pillar with a bang.
Blood splashed out instantly, and the whole person fell straight to the ground with a heavy sound.
When Pang Gang rushed to her and helped her up, the woman's life was hanging by a thread. She slowly opened her eyes, looked at Pang Gang and smiled sadly: "Sir, this little woman's innocence has been lost. The reason why these days
The purpose of leaving behind this ruined body was to see how Liu Fangliang, the traitor, died. Now that the general has captured him and personally promised the little girl to put him to death, the little girl can rest assured and go to Jiuquan to have sex with her father.
Mom is reunited. Dad... mother... daughter is here to find you..."
After saying that, the woman slowly closed her eyes...
Holding the delicate body that was gradually getting colder in his arms, Pang Gang felt a sense of depression in his chest that he could not get rid of.
"Liu Fangliang... you bastard... bastard!" Li Yuan's angry roar filled the hall.
At this time, the women in the hall were also crying loudly around the woman in Pang Gang's arms.
Pang Gang asked in a deep voice: "Do you know what family this girl is from, and she is so strong-willed?"
A young woman with an ordinary appearance sobbed: "Young lady knows a thing or two. This sister's name is Bu Huiliu. She is the daughter of the former Bu Zhifu of De'an. After the bandits captured De'an City, Bu Zhifu and his wife were captured by Liu Fangliang."
Killed, but Sister Bu was defiled by Liu Fangliang. Sister Bu often told us that she survived just to see Liu Fangliang, the thief, get retribution. Now with the general's guarantee, Sister Bu... just now
Her parents committed suicide and followed her..."
At this point, the young woman and the women around her burst into tears. Pang Gang felt miserable in his heart. He could see that all the women in the hall had been defiled by Liu Fangliang and others, but they were women from poor families.
He did not choose to commit suicide like Miss Bu did.
"Kekeke..."
At this time, there was a sound of teeth clashing in the hall. It turned out to be the teeth of Li Yuan, who was already turning livid with anger.
"Sir, I really can't bear it any longer. I will immediately go and cut that Liu Fangliang into pieces!"
After saying that, Li Yuan immediately turned around and was about to walk out. Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Shi Bowen led a group of soldiers in. Among them were three people dressed as ordinary people.
But Pang Gang just glanced at them and knew that these three people were definitely not ordinary people. The reason was that the ferocious look on their faces was too strong. It would not have been so strong without dozens of lives on their hands.
murderous.
{Piaotian Literature www.ptwxz.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our biggest motivation}