As soon as Wang Rufu knelt down, other bandits also begged for mercy, saying one by one: "My hero, my hero, please spare my life!" "It's because we are blind and don't recognize Taishan. There are a lot of heroes. I hope you have mercy on us!" "We have mercy!"
I only robbed food and money, but I didn't harm a single person's life in Shenmue City. You must be aware of this, my hero!" The arrogance and arrogance that existed ten breaths ago has disappeared without a trace.
Only then did Hong Chen realize that these were just a group of ordinary bandits. He stepped forward and stepped on the big steel halberd. He crushed the halberd's shaft and understood: "The so-called 100-jin steel halberd."
It’s all their boasting, but it’s actually just a hollow thing that weighs less than ten pounds. It’s all just pretentious to scare people.”
Hong Chen asked sternly again: "Tell me everything you bandits have done." The bandit leader Wang Rufu had long been frightened by the ability of the sword to strike out from the air.
Hong Chen knew everything and answered without hesitation.
After some questioning, Hong Chen found out that these hundreds of bandits were not big thieves or gangsters. Most of them were actually poor refugees who ran away from some villages, towns and cities. A few people, like Wang Rufu, had committed crimes they didn't want to do.
When you are in jail, you will be entangled with a bunch of people waiting to fall into the trap.
They were basically incompetent and couldn't rob the noble houses where the martial arts guards were trained. If they went to rob ordinary people, they were afraid that they would be killed or injured in a real fight, so they thought of a way and gave Wang Rufu the nickname "Bandit King Rufu"
, and asked a craftsman who knew how to blacksmith to make it.
He made a large hollow steel halberd and showed off his power wherever he went. The people who were robbed saw that the leader of the bandits was very brave and there were many bandits, so they only robbed food and part of the money without risking their lives.
If you don't rob someone, you won't resist much, and you will hand over the remaining food in your family.
The forest was said to be a cottage, but it was actually a set of treehouses and wooden shacks. Not only the bandits, but also their families and relatives lived there. Hong Chen glanced over there and saw some children and women looking towards him curiously.
Looking over here, I felt that most of these bandits were forced by life, and they were not as bad as imagined, so I said, "Didn't you say that the officers and soldiers have suppressed the bandits several times? How did you stop them with your limited manpower and ability?"
Wang Rufu replied: "We will look for people to attack. We only rob ordinary people. We don't look for officials or wealthy businessmen. So those officers and soldiers can't do their work. They come to the woods for a walk and then leave. Even if we go deep in, our
The secret whistle sent out a signal to report the news, and the big guys made a lot of noise and shouted, which scared them away."
After listening to the explanation, Hong Chen felt that this matter was quite ridiculous. Wang Rufu and others were just a ragtag group, and some of the villages and cities they robbed contained more than a few thousand people. If the young and strong people had joined forces to resist, these bandits would have no choice but to run away in despair.
But with the nickname "Rufu the Bandit King" and a fake big steel halberd, he was able to steal a city's food rations, and it worked repeatedly. It really makes people wonder what to say.
Wang Rufu saw that Hong Chen was not old and his attitude towards himself and his subordinates was not very tough. He became bolder and said with a playful smile: "My hero, you are so powerful in martial arts. Why don't you stay and teach us how to practice martial arts? Wait for us
Now that we are powerful, we can subdue other mountain villages, and when all the bandits in Xiliang respect us, we will be the true 'bandit kings'!"
Hong Chen scolded: "You have a bad idea! Is it honorable to be a bandit? It's not like you have no hands or feet. Now that you've arrived in a deserted forest with no one under control, it's not impossible for you to open soil, grow vegetables, raise crops, and raise cattle and sheep.
You still have to scare people into robbing and dividing
It's obvious that they are lazy and opportunistic. It's not too late to stop and return as much as possible of what was stolen. If all of them become real bandits, one day when the officers and soldiers want to kill chickens to establish their power, they will take advantage of you first.
The crowd opened the knife."
Wang Rufu kowtowed again and admitted his mistake, and other bandits also promised: "We will never rob again in the future." "The hero is right, we have hands, feet and territory, what is wrong with reclaiming forest land?" "Actually, I
I have long felt that it is not good to steal other people's things, but I just want everyone to have a better time
If I go, I just need to shout and cheer, and I will get a lot of the things I get. If I don't take the bargain, I will follow." "You guys should not be bandits in the future, as the hero said.
You know, this is a fast-paced, head-on-the-belt business. It’s too dangerous.”
Seeing that this group of people were repentant, Hong Chen didn't pursue much further, and only asked them to keep a small portion of food to live their lives, and everything else had to be returned. Wang Rufu and other bandits were not happy at first, and snatched everything they could.
We can't settle the accounts anymore, so why don't we just stay and give some things to the people in Shenmue City as compensation in the future. Hong Chen raised his knife and slashed in the air a few times, this time bending the knives in the hands of several people.
Yes, the bandits finally agreed in fear.
The bandits were busy in the middle of the night, loading the stolen goods into nine mule carts and pulling them out overnight. Hong Chen sat on the last mule cart and personally urged the bandits to transport the stolen goods back. Wang Rufu sat on Hong Chen
Chen stood beside Chen and asked: "I don't know the hero's name yet. After a while, I will ask the brothers to go out and publicize the hero's deeds of helping us find our way back, so that the hero's reputation will be a little brighter."
"No need."
Hong Chen didn't want to be famous, so he directly rejected the proposal, but he happily accepted the leg of lamb handed over by Wang Rufu, held it in both hands, and started to chew it.
It wasn't until noon the next day that the mule cart reached Shenmue City. At first, the people thought that the bandits were coming to rob again, and they closed their doors and windows one by one, crying and howling. Until Wang Rufu shouted in the street: "I, the Bandit King Rufu, have returned the rations."
Here we go!" People poked their heads out of the windows and saw that what was being pulled on the mule cart was really the stuff that had been robbed before, so they boldly went out.
Hong Chen jumped out of the mule cart with a bag full of food halfway, went around to the house where Lei Feifeng was staying, and picked him and Xue Lifei out. Lei Feifeng burst into laughter after listening to Hong Chen's story about last night's experience.
He laughed and said: "Ah ha, Bandit King Rufu turns out to be a bandit named Wang Rufu, not a bandit king. I'm really laughing to death."
Hong Chen said: "You used to clamor all day long to be the king of the mountain. I think the life of the mountain king is really not that good. At least this Wang Rufu also worries about eating and dressing all day long. His wife is also a rich and rough peasant woman, not a delicate one.
Beautiful girl."
Lei Feifeng spat: "King of the Mountain? Is Wang Rufu worthy? He is a big liar. When I learn the real skills from the teacher and leave, I will find my eldest brother and two brothers together, and I will be the big king."
, make one of them the second king and the other the third king, recruit three thousand elite soldiers to occupy the dangerous hilltops, and wreak havoc on one side. When the time comes, the court officials will have to beg me. Only such mountain kings can have food, drink, status, and at night
Girl sleeps."
"I don't know where the boss, the second brother and the others have gone."
Hong Chen thought of Vulcan Dragon and Feng Qilin. Both of them were much more talented than Lei Feifeng. Especially Vulcan Dragon, he was young but very knowledgeable. If he encountered any good opportunity, he would definitely become a famous figure in the future.
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Lei Feifeng said: "Teacher, I don't even think about where the two of them are going. What else are you thinking about? As long as everyone becomes more and more famous in the future, we will see each other again sooner or later. But you, I don't know when you will be able to find the one who escaped.
I don’t know where the white lone wolf went.”
"If we go to the city ahead and inquire about it, we should be able to get the relevant information." Hong Chen said, "If he really comes from the same family as that person... he will definitely lose his temper and cause big trouble."