Of course, not all thieves' dens look like the ones in Iron Knife Mountain.
For example, the low mountain that Xu Qing attacked now is a different situation.
It can be said that this is a completely different scene.
The bandits on Tiedao Mountain are so rich that the Juyi Hall can have cooked meat all year round. The boss can eat it whenever he wants. There is also a huge amount of grain and silver coins. If he is not open for several months, he will not have to worry about food and drink.
What do you say about this mountain...
The thieves came and left with tears in their eyes. When the army went into the mountains to suppress the bandits, they had to throw two bags of rice at them.
When Xu Qing and Xiao Ye led the shadow guards into the mountain, they saw the vegetable fields on the mountain. It could be seen that the last wave of vegetables had just been harvested when winter came, and the pots and pans were all missing corners.
The house is nothing more than a thatched house. It can be said that it leaks wind in winter and rain in summer. The farm tools are broken and there are no weapons at all. The living conditions can be said to be extremely harsh.
If it weren't for the fact that a thatched cottage still had a broken plaque bearing the name Juyi Hall, Xu Qing and Xiao Ye would have thought they were in the wrong place.
Several bandits wearing more than ten patches of clothing have been controlled in the square in front of the thatched house. It is called a square but is actually a relatively open space.
Tiedao Mountain is only a dozen miles away from here, but the living environment is completely different.
Just like this, he is worse than an ordinary tenant!
If the bandits do what they do, they will really embarrass the bandits.
Xu Qing looked at the middle-aged bandit leader and asked with confusion: "You are so poor and you still imitate others and become bandits? Only two bags of brown rice were found in total. In half a month, your village will run out of food."
Right? We sent out so many people, and what we found wasn’t even enough for us to have a meal.”
The bandit leader said with a mournful face: "General, we don't want this either..."
Xu Qing asked: "What? Do you still have unspeakable difficulties?"
The bandit leader mourned and said, "Although our Qingfeng Village originally had a small number of people and the village was not big, we were still quite prosperous, and from time to time we could improve our lives by relying on the caravans passing by down the mountain."
Xu Qing asked curiously: "Then how did you end up like this?"
The middle-aged bandit leader said: "It's all the fault of the martial arts leader! He is the one who caused us harm!"
Xu Qing and Xiao Ye looked at each other and said with interest, "What? Are you like this because of the martial arts leader?"
The middle-aged bandit leader cried and said, "It was the martial arts leader Xu Qing who issued an order in the martial arts to organize spontaneous organizations to destroy the copycats. Those big copycats are fine, but our copycats can be said to have suffered! Their self-proclaimed martial arts
Upright people are chivalrous and righteous, but they are bullies who are afraid of the strong. They specialize in robbing small villages like ours. They rob in groups. They rob us of all our money and food. They even rob our weapons.
!It’s convenient for you to grab it next time!”
"If a caravan that passed by a few days ago didn't feel sorry for us and threw us two bags of brown rice, our brothers would have starved to death!"
Xu Qing couldn't help but feel happy when he heard the words of the middle-aged bandit leader. Are these bandits being kept captive by martial arts people?
Xiao Ye said doubtfully, "Then you are all messed up like this, why not just go down the mountain? After being a bandit to your level, is it necessary to continue? Even if you rent some land from the government, it will be better than now. The soil on this mountain is
How much food can be raised?”
The middle-aged bandit leader immediately shook his head and said: "You can't do it! You can't do it! Originally, there were more than a dozen brothers in our mountain. After a few waves of martial arts people came, those with teeth all went down the mountain to find another way out, and we were the only ones left.
Those of us who have lost our dental cards over the years, we will be arrested by the government if we go down there! In desperation, the brothers can only open some land on this mountain to make ends meet..."
Xu Qing asked: "Wouldn't it be better for you to go down the mountain and grab some food? Why did you grow it yourself?"
The middle-aged bandit leader suddenly wanted to cry without tears and said: "Three months ago, a group of martial arts people came. They couldn't grab anything, so they took away our weapons and sold them! Besides, there are more than two of us.
I haven’t had enough to eat in a month, so how can I still have the energy to grab it... Even our hoes are rusty..."
Xiao Yepan asked: "Since Qingfeng Village has become such a mess, why don't you just disband and join other villages? I think Iron Knife Mountain is quite good."
The middle-aged bandit leader continued to cry: "Back then, Tiedao Mountain was the leader of our area. When we were affluent, brothers from several surrounding mountains often went to parties. Originally, we brothers wanted to defect to Tiedao Mountain, but they
I heard that we were robbed several times by Jianghu people. They all thought that we were a shame to the bandits. They were afraid that it would be unlucky to accept us. No one in the surrounding villages was willing to accept us..."
Xu Qing and Xiao Ye had just seen a group of the bravest bandits in history not long ago, and now they were witnessing a group of the most brutal bandits in history.
Tsk tsk, it’s even worse than the refugees!
It is really not easy to live till now.
I really don’t know which caravan company is so humane and even throws two bags of brown rice to bandits during holidays.
After handing over these bandits, who were barely clothed and hungry, to the local government, Xu Qing and Xiao Ye set out again.
Along the way, they also experienced the harshness of the world.
They witnessed the wealth of the big village and the bitterness of the small village.
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, and life is not easy for anyone.
After solving the trouble caused by the bandits, Xu Qing and others continued on their way.
It's getting colder and colder after the winter. It's a bit of a serious illness for people traveling on missions during this season.
When passing through a state city, Xiao Ye said: "Brother Xu, we have been suppressing bandits for many days and have been marching continuously. Why not rest here for a few days and sell the supplies we have hoarded."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "The things we carry are really too complicated and we should sell them."
Listen to what Xu Qing and Xiao Ye said, they are almost human words.
What did missions in the past do when they passed through the cities and towns along the way?
Materials and food were not enough, so we asked the local government to prepare some materials for the mission. Or after traveling for many days, the mission was tired and we stopped to rest.
This situation completely changed when we arrived at the mission led by Xu Qing and Xiao Ye.
Not only do we not need to ask the local government to prepare additional supplies, we also have to sell the food and extra supplies carried by the mission.
There is no way, the few copycats I grabbed earlier are too rich.
By the time the last one came, Xu Qing would have wanted to throw two more bags of food to them if they hadn't scolded the leader of the martial arts alliance for being a useless person.
But it didn't work anymore. These people didn't have any eyesight, so Xu Qing threw them into prison.