It is still unknown whether Freemasonry can develop into a "mafia" in the future, and whether Wei Changtian can become the "underground godfather" of Shuzhou, but the Perak Sect will indeed be destroyed today.
A quarter of an hour later.
Under the leadership of several fifth-level masters, hundreds of Freemasons broke through the defense line and rushed into the entrance of the Perak Gate. A fierce battle immediately ensued.
Hastily accepting the challenge, coupled with the lack of top-notch combat power, the people of the Perak Sect resisted for a while and finally became gradually defeated. Large numbers of gang members began to turn around and flee, but they were ambushed by the Freemasons in the forest before they could run very far.
People stopped him and killed him.
Screams echoed in Jiguan Mountain, and the scene of corpses strewn everywhere was as bloody and terrifying as purgatory.
Under such heavy pressure, except for a small number of bloody men who were still fighting to the death, most of the remaining members of the Perak Sect were unwilling to die in vain anymore and abandoned their swords one after another in an attempt to surrender.
And Chu Xianping's way of dealing with these people is also very simple.
Want to surrender? Yes.
First go and kill those who are unwilling to surrender.
This request was a bit excessive, but most people did not care about their loyalty in order to survive. They turned their swords around and rebelled, and raised their swords to chop off their companions on the head.
One moment we were comrades, the next moment we were enemies.
Although this kind of wallflower is undoubtedly despised by others, they have greatly shortened the fighting time and also greatly reduced the battle losses on the Freemasonry's side.
Another quarter of an hour later, the sound of fighting gradually stopped, and a gang fire involving nearly a thousand people from both sides finally ended.
Dead bodies lay everywhere on the top of Jiguan Mountain, and the smell of blood rising into the sky was extremely pungent.
The Freemasons are carrying out the aftermath work in an orderly manner, with a very clear division of labor, and they obviously have a set of rules that are different from the general gangs.
After a lot of troubles, including finishing wounds, healing wounds, and looting, someone immediately came over to report the situation to Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping.
"Master Wei, helmsman."
The man stood in front of the horse, with a lot of blood on his body.
"Except for those who have surrendered, there is no one left alive in the Perak Gate. More than a hundred brothers have died, and dozens more are seriously injured. I am afraid they cannot be saved."
"The treasury of the Perak Sect has been found. In addition, a dungeon has been found. There are hundreds of people imprisoned in it, mostly women. They must have been kidnapped to the mountain by the Perak Sect...
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After hearing the general situation, Chu Xianping just nodded and said "I understand" without giving any specific instructions on what to do next.
After all, several forces have been destroyed, and everyone under them knows very well how to deal with the aftermath.
"Sir, it should be safer inside now."
Pointing to the mountain gate with the word "霹雳" engraved on it, Chu Xianping turned to Wei Changtian and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
"Well, let's go."
Wei Changtian didn't care about this. After getting off his horse, he and Chu Xianping walked into the blood-stained mountain gate.
Similar to those bandits' dens in TV dramas, Perak Gate's lair is built on the mountain. It's not too big, but it's definitely not small either.
The trembling prisoners had long been stripped of their weapons, and they were all standing together with their upper bodies bare, and were guarded by dozens of fierce-looking men.
Dead bodies were dragged around on the ground and placed on the east and west sides.
The corpses piled up in a hill to the east are from Perak Gate, and they will probably dig a hole and bury them later.
Those neatly arranged on the west side are Freemasons, and they must be taken back and buried properly.
In addition, there were several wooden tables set up in the open space, and the people sitting behind the tables were all wearing robes.
"Brother Chu, what do these people do?"
Wei Changtian couldn't help but be curious as he watched those people take out pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and booklets from the boxes they carried with them.
"Sir, they are specifically responsible for doing statistics."
Chu Xianping explained in detail:
"This person is responsible for counting battle achievements, using heads as evidence to facilitate future rewards based on merit."
"This person is responsible for counting brothers killed and injured in battle. Each of the deceased has twenty taels. If there are any family members left, they will be delivered to their families. If there are no family members, a better coffin will be purchased."
"The one is responsible for counting the surrendered people, the one is responsible for counting the looted money..."
"..."
Good guy, why are you opening a statistics company here???
We are a gangster, boss, do we really need to be so professional?!
Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence.
"Brother Chu... I'm afraid even the soldiers can't do this."
"Sir, there are no rules."
Chu Xianping said sternly: "If you set rules for them early, they will not become a rabble in the future, and you can help the young master do great things."
Do big things? What big things do I want to do?
That’s what a rebellion requires!
"Brother Chu, you really... think about me."
Wei Changtian gave a helpless "praise" and stopped worrying about this issue. Instead, he followed Chu Xianping to the Pili Gate's money bank.
There is indeed a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but other than that there is nothing else.
Of course Wei Changtian looked down upon these belongings, but he finally understood why Chu Xianping never asked him for money.
Just a Perak Gate alone has a fortune of tens of thousands of taels of silver.
The Freemasonry has now wiped out six such gangs, and at least hundreds of thousands of taels have been robbed...
You must know that Chen Bo has told himself before that the total gross profit of all the industries in Shuzhou branch of the entire Xuanjing Division is only 100,000 taels a year!
Not to mention the small traders and farmers who work hard in the fields.
This guy really did live up to what he said - murder people and set fire to gold belts, build bridges and repair roads, but there are no corpses.
...
Not finding any treasure, Wei Changtian soon lost interest.
After coming out of the money bank, all the corpses in the open space were almost processed, and long lines were lined up in front of the wooden tables. It was obvious that various statistical work had begun.
A man carrying a human head, a trembling prisoner, boxes upon boxes of silver ingots...
Among the several teams, one team stood out particularly because most of the people queuing up were women who were half-dressed.
They should be the ordinary people who were kidnapped to the mountains by the Perak Sect.
Needless to say what these women suffered in the Thunder Gate, some even knew how to cover key parts of their bodies with remnants of clothing, while others were as numb as walking zombies, allowing large areas of skin to be exposed to the public at will.
Wei Changtian seemed to feel only sadness in this scene. Others might have different ideas, but at least they would restrain their gaze and try not to look in that direction.
Perhaps this is also one of the rules set by Chu Xianping.
"well......"
Sighing, Wei Changtian walked out and asked casually: "Brother Chu, how will these people deal with it?"
"Give them some clothes, write down their names, and then let them go."
Chu Xianping answered truthfully: "Whether they live or die after that has nothing to do with Freemasonry."
It can be considered as the most benevolent and righteous thing.
Wei Changtian nodded and said no more, and continued walking towards the mountain gate without stopping.
However, at the next moment, he and Chu Xianping suddenly stopped at the same time.
"..."
"what is it call?"
"Wang, Wang Qian."
"Hmm...huh? Are you...the head escort?"
"Okay, good man, you, do you recognize me?"
"Wang Escort Leader? Is it really you? Didn't you die three years ago while acting as an escort?!"
"Well, it's a long story. I've been locked up on Jiguan Mountain for the past three years..."
Having said this, the ragged man seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked in a trembling voice with great excitement:
"Here, brother, do you know if my wife and children are okay?!"
"My family lives in Fulu Lane, Li's name is Suyue..."