Volume 1 Chushan Bandits Chapter 84: Cherish the Beauty
Tang Lingde, the manager of Yuehonglou, came over with six or seven people. They helped the girls who were knocked unconscious and had their hands and feet tied with ropes, and planned to take them back.
"Fuck you, what do you want to do?" Xu Huai roared, stood up with a knife in his hand, and glared at Tang Lingde.
"..." Tang Lingde was shocked and hurried over to apologize to Xu Huai, saying, "Thank you, Master Xu, for saving my girl from Yuehonglou. Thank you, Yinrong, for presenting it to me later. "
"Fuck you, what girls from Yuehonglou?" Xu Huai spitted on the stone street, staring and asking, "These girls were robbed from Yuehonglou by horse thieves. If no one stopped them, wouldn't they have belonged to the horse thieves? And I robbed these girls from the horse thieves, fuck you, don't these girls belong to me? How did they become yours in Yuehonglou? You were so scared hiding in your mother's crotch that you didn't dare to run out, but now you come to bully me! If you want to take it, take one and a half, and the only one and a half has nothing to do with me."
"Ha..." Tang Lingde stood there in a daze. What kind of logic was this?
He had been frightened by the killing of Guo Junpan of Laoyatan today, and he did not have the courage to reason with this killer. So he looked at Deng Gui and his brother Tang Tiande with a bitter face, asking them to reason with this idiot.
Tang Tiande shrugged and said nothing.
Zhongjiazhuang was brutally massacred. Deng Gui summoned the heads of all the major clans to the military camp to discuss matters last night. However, each family sent their own cats and dogs to deal with the matter. When it came to sending troops and providing food, no one was willing to agree. Deng Gui was so angry that he kicked over two long tables.
Guo Junpan of Laoyatan led the bandits to raid the street market. There were about 100 to 200 guardsmen in the shops and farmhouses along the street, but they allowed more than 30 horse thieves to rush around. In the end, it was the idiot Xu Huai who stood up and killed three thieves and then stopped three more thieves. Who the hell would have the time to argue with this idiot Xu Huai at this time?
Besides, the Tang family suffered the heaviest losses today, with dozens of casualties. Xu Huai was trying to help the Tang family get some revenge from the Laoyatan bandits. If he stood up and criticized Xu Huai, it would be fine if others pointed fingers at him, but why did this idiot draw his sword when he disagreed with something?
"Mr. Deng, these girls all sold themselves to Yue Hong Lou. Now they were robbed by bandits, so it should be treated as robbery," Jin Longquan said to Deng Gui after a moment's hesitation. "As for robbery, Xu Huai snatched these girls from the bandits. Yue Hong Lou wants to take them away, so he should redeem them with his own body, or hand over their indentures. Mr. Deng, do you think what I said makes sense?"
"What Jin Dutou said makes sense. Manager Tang, please bring the girls' indentures here!" Deng Gui said to Tang Lingde in a sullen tone.
The Tang family was caught off guard today, mainly because their elite farmhands were escorting a batch of supplies back to Qixia Mountain where the Tang family lived in the afternoon.
At noon, Tang Tiande also took the initiative to approach him and volunteered, saying that he would personally go to lobby the major clans to contribute manpower and effort.
How could Deng Gui not guess that Tang Tiande actually wanted to get away with it?
Deng Gui was full of resentment, and the military camp could be swallowed up by the enemy army at any time, so how could he care about the Tang family's reputation?
"Lingde, why don't you obey Mr. Deng's orders?" Tang Tiande hurriedly gave Tang Lingde a look.
He knew that Deng Gui was angry. If it were before, he was sure that Deng Gui would probably endure it.
But no matter how stupid Tang Tiande was, looking at Deng Gui's expression at this moment, he could tell that his spirit seemed to be aroused by Xu Huai, the reckless fellow. Why would he offend Deng Gui at this critical moment?
Seeing Tang Lingde turn around and go to Yuehonglou to get the indenture, Deng Gui turned around and asked Xu Huai: "Now can you tell me who asked you to send the gift?"
"That person said that Mr. Deng would definitely ask me this question, and asked me to ask Mr. Deng for a thousand strings of coins. He also told me not to write for Mr. Deng, saying that my handwriting was too ugly!" Xu Huai said.
"..." Deng Gui's eyes suddenly narrowed, revealing a sharp gleam in his eyes: The words are too ugly? Are they as ugly as the bloody words "Murderer Chushan Yakshahu"?
Was Guo Caoling killed by the idiot Xu Huai at the behest of the person behind the scenes?
Who is the person behind this? He even killed an official appointed by the imperial court, yet he still dared to ask this fool to come and fall into his trap?
"It doesn't matter if the handwriting is too ugly, but it's a pity that I can't afford a thousand strings of cash, so I'd better not ask." After a while, Deng Gui waved his hand dejectedly, as if he really no longer cared about the person behind the scenes.
Seeing Deng Gui's hesitation, Jin Longquan and Tang Tiande had some vague guesses, but they did not dare and were unwilling to think too deeply about it.
To put it bluntly, Guo Caoling's assassination had nothing to do with them. Why would they want to implicate the assassination on Xu Huai, a reckless wretch, just because of the beauty or ugliness of his handwriting?
Besides, is this still the time to investigate who the assassin is?
Guo Caoling is dead and the real culprit cannot be found. Deng Gui will be held responsible. In the worst case scenario, he may be demoted to a commoner. But if the military camp cannot be defended, Deng Gui will face more than just being demoted to a commoner.
The enemy army dared to massacre Zhongjiazhuang without restraint. Jin Longquan and Tang Tiande did not think that the enemy army would let go of the Huaiyuan military camp, which was located at the strategic point of Tongbai Mountain and could only truly dominate the mountains if they captured it.
It was precisely for this reason that the major clans were in a hurry to retreat to their various fortresses. Even if they wanted to send troops and food, they had to wait until the imperial court sent a large army to suppress the bandits into Tongbai Mountain.
It would be unwise for a wise man to send his own clan soldiers into the military camp now to fight to the death with the brutal bandit army.
Tang Tiande has no way to escape, but since he can't escape, should he persuade Deng Gui to capture Xu Huai, the idiot, as an assassin, or use this idiot to defend the military camp first?
Thinking of this, Tang Tiande also calmed down and agreed, "For rough warriors like us, it doesn't matter if our handwriting is ugly."
Xu Huai asked Yin Peng to drag another corpse and throw it onto the carriage. He cut off a head with a knife and regarded it as half of the reward and threw it into the carriage.
Ignoring the screams of Tian Yanyan and the other two girls, Xu Huai grabbed them and threw them into the carriage. These were definitely his trophies and there was no need to be polite.
The people around were watching the scene with great excitement, and for a moment they forgot the fear and bloodshed they had just experienced.
Of the three remaining women, Xu Huai picked a young and pretty one and said to Yin Peng, "If you come with me to the military camp to kill the bandits, this one will be your wife. Don't even think about Tian Yanyan. Xu Xin'an always said that he wanted to save money to marry a beautiful wife. When he comes back, Tian Yanyan must be left to him! Look at this big ass, she can give birth!"
"..." Yin Peng looked at the girl in Xu Huai's hand, who was also very beautiful. He swallowed his saliva, but was too embarrassed to agree directly. He said, "I will go to the military camp with you, and the wife is another matter."
"Well, if we can earn a prettier one in the future, we'll let you pick first," Xu Huai turned to look at the remaining two girls and said in embarrassment, "What should we do with the remaining half? Should we split it in half?"
"Ouch!" The two women, with rags still stuffed in their mouths, were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they screamed. They were really afraid that this idiot would chop one of them in half with a knife.
"Splitting it in half is too bloody, so you pick one and go, and you can give the remaining part to someone else for ten strings of cash." Jin Longquan said hurriedly, fearing that this fool Xu Huai would really split the prostitute of Yuehonglou in half in the street.
"..." Many hooligans gathered around and started to make a noise, "It would be more economical to split it in half!"
"..." Xu Huai counted on his fingers for a long time, agreed and then asked Yin Peng hesitantly, "Listen to Jin Dutou, we won't suffer any loss, right?"
"Nothing bad happened!" The thieves in Lao Ya Tan were also very good at judging. They had robbed six girls from Yue Hong Lou, so how could they be any worse? If any of them wanted to be redeemed, it would be impossible without four or five hundred strings of money.
While waiting for Tang Lingde to bring the girls' indentures, Jin Longquan skillfully found the managers of the shops along the street and collected the reward money for killing the six thieves today.
Of course, the reward money could not be paid by the Inspection Office, and it is not certain whether the prefecture or county would give the reward. However, the shops on the main street are all owned by the major clans. Anyone who dares not to acknowledge the money can forget about expecting the military camp to help him if he encounters any problems in the future.
However, this had already become a rule, with each family contributing three to five strings of cash, and soon more than a hundred strings of cash were collected as reward money.
After Xu Huai received more than 70 strings of cash in reward, he threw the bodies out of the carriage into the street and said to Jin Longquan, "Captain Jin is very straightforward. If I had known earlier that I would ask you for the reward, why would I have gone through so much trouble?"
"Okay, okay." Jin Longquan laughed.
He turned a blind eye to the corpse thrown out by Xu Huaiduo. Who knows if this corpse will be involved in the assassination of Guo Caoling? It is better to have less trouble than more.
After the bodies were thrown out, the five girls squeezed in the carriage stopped screaming, but two of them had fainted.
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Xu Huaixin walked to the front of the courtyard, and Yin Peng walked behind, pulling the horse and carriage.
Xu Huai pushed open the gate and saw Wang Bing standing in front of the corridor, looking at the distant mountains with a frown on his face. His skinny old face was full of sadness.
Lu Xiong was just walking out of the wing room at this time. Seeing Xu Huai, he asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"Why, Mr. Lu, don't you want me to come over at all?" Xu Huai asked with a sneer.
"If Yuhuangling is well prepared, it may be able to hold out until the imperial army arrives. Why are you here?" Wang Bing asked, shaking his head in confusion.
"I bet Zheng Hui can't take down this military camp." Xu Huai said with a sneer.
When Lu Xiong walked outside the courtyard gate, he saw Yin Peng, wearing patched clothes, pulling a carriage into the alley. He didn't see anyone else, so he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Just the two of you, what use are you really? Hurry up and leave, this matter has nothing to do with you."
"From what I've heard from Mr. Lu in the past, he has always respected Wang Xiaocheng. So I wonder if Wang Xiaocheng can be of any use here alone?" Xu Huai asked.
"If Wang Xiaocheng were still alive, even if Zheng Hui had ten times the courage, he would not dare to lead the bandits to fight, and he would not even dare to stir up trouble in Tongbai Mountain. You may be able to match Wang Xiaocheng in ten years, but not now. Don't waste your life in vain." Lu Xiong said.
"Master Lu is really boring. You have concluded that I am not as good as Wang Xiaocheng?" Xu Huai shook his head and smiled, and said to Wang Bing, "Today I decided to learn from Mr. Wang. I want to experience the scenery of 'being in the government and worrying about the people, being far away from the court and worrying about the emperor'. Mr. Wang, you should have no reason to drive me away, right?"
Wang Bing smiled bitterly and shook his head at Lu Xiong. Xu Huai was able to commit the act of assassinating Guo Caoling. He was so determined, how could he be shaken by the persuasion of others?
At this time, Wang Bing looked over and saw Yin Peng pulling the carriage to the front of the courtyard gate. He asked curiously, "Who is this young man?"
"Yin Peng is the apprentice Uncle Wu Liang accepted in Willow Lane. He agreed to follow me into the military camp as long as I help him find a wife." Xu Huai said.
"I didn't say that..." Yin Peng could still guess what kind of people the two people in the courtyard were. He stood there timidly, not knowing what to do with his hands and feet.
"Xu Huai, I knew you would come. Grandpa and Master Lu said I was just imagining things!" Wang Xuan had heard Xu Huai's voice a long time ago. She wore a small shirt in the room because it was hot, and now she put on a jacket. She jumped out of the room excitedly, but saw Xu Huai covered in blood again. She asked in surprise, "Why are you covered in blood again? Who did you kill again?"
"There were horse thieves who broke into the streets and rampaged around. I killed three of them and stopped three others in exchange for the reward money. Miss Xuan can use it to buy some cosmetics and beautiful dresses..." Xu Huai opened the curtain of the carriage, took down the bag of small change and copper coins from the corner of the carriage, and threw it into the yard.
"Who are they?" Wang Xuan asked in surprise when she saw five girls with pale faces in the carriage.
"The bandits broke into Yuehonglou and robbed women. I killed them, so of course they were my captives. I didn't know how long I would be staying in the military camp, so I needed someone to help with the laundry and cooking. I couldn't trouble Miss Xuan, so I brought them to the military camp! Miss Xuan, if you need anything from them, please don't hesitate."
"..." Because of Xu Huai's always unexpected behavior, Wang Xuan half opened her mouth and was speechless for a long time.
Wang Bing and Lu Xiong could understand the purpose of Xu Huai's nonsense, and they just smiled and shook their heads slightly, as if they were no longer worried about the bandit army's future attack on the village...
