Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 281 Banditry

When Xin You asked this question, the two bandits looked at each other with fear in their eyes.

 This is a proposition!

"Don't you dare say it?" Xin You raised his eyebrows and looked at the bandit named Xiaoba.

Compared to the other bandit, Xiaoba obviously has no backbone. He panicked when Xinyou targeted him: "We rarely hurt people in the past, we mainly robbed money—"

“That means you can kill people without blinking an eye now?”

 Xiaoba looked to Mr. Liu for help.

The Sixth Master had just been tortured by Jin Linwei. He was still frightened and had no intention of resisting. He broke the jar and said: "The master of the village has changed. We can only listen to the new master, otherwise we will not survive."

Speaking of this, the eyes of the Sixth Master flashed with resentment, and his tone was aggrieved: "In the past, our brothers drank a lot of wine and ate meat. Because they rarely hurt people's lives, the government came and beat them a few times without success, so they just turned a blind eye. Close one eye. Who would have thought that the new bosses would change as soon as they arrived..."

“You can’t change the fact that you are killing people like this.” Xin You said coldly and asked He Qingxiao, “How do you plan to deal with it?”

He Qingxiao was stunned for a moment by the sound of "brother", and then said: "Take it to Ling County first and hand it over to the local government."

Xinyou had no objection to He Qingxiao’s arrangement.

They have something to do, and they have neither time nor manpower to suppress the bandits. The local government is already responsible for suppressing the bandits, so it is best to hand over the two bandits.

 After cleaning up some traces of the scene, Xin You and his party set out on the road again.

The day we arrived in Ling County was in the afternoon. After showing our vouchers, the group entered the city and encountered a long funeral procession, which made the group leading the horses less noticeable.

 Slowly walking through the crowd of spectators, sighs and comments could be heard.

“It’s really tragic. Several brothers went out to haul goods and met robbers.”

“I heard that they brought a lot of people with them, all of them young and strong. How come they didn’t escape?”

“It’s not that the bandits were too brutal, we heard that a lot of people were killed last month, so the Wu family got wind of the news and brought more people with them…”

“The banditry problem is so serious, why won’t the government care about it?”

"What do you care about? The bandits only appear at the junction of the two places. Where do you care? Officials, it's better to do less than to do more..."

Xinyou lifted the bamboo hat and looked at the funeral procession.

 There were old and young people in the team, and everyone was crying uncontrollably.

“Let’s go to the inn first.” Sensing that Xin You was in a bad mood, He Qingxiao patted her shoulder lightly.

Xin You nodded slightly.

 Having a pair of strange eyes that can see all the tragic things, she will not be immersed in negative emotions for too long.

 After entering the inn, Xin You took a good bath and had dinner with He Qingxiao.

“When will eldest brother send those two people away?”

 “After we leave tomorrow.”

 After dinner, He Qingxiao asked, “Would you like to go out for a walk?”

"good."

After walking out of the house and walking on the street, Xin You felt something was wrong: "The street seems too deserted."

She has passed through Ling County before. Although she did not stay for a long time, she still remembered it as a lively county town. It was just getting dark at this time, and most of the heat of the day had faded away. It was supposed to be the time when people came out to enjoy the cool air.

There were three or two people next to a stall selling cold drinks on the roadside. The stall owner was an old man.

Xin You walked over and bought two bowls of white mash cold water, and chatted with the stall owner: "Old man, why are there so few people on the street? Do they all take a break so early?"

“Are you two from outside the country?” At this time, Xin You and He Qingxiao were not wearing bamboo hats, and the stall owner didn’t be wary because of their good looks.

"Yes. My eldest brother and I went out to run some small business, and we happened to pass through your county." Upon hearing that these two young men were running business, the stall owner's face suddenly changed: "You two don't know, the boundaries of our area are Banditry has been serious recently, so be careful when you go out."

“Is it possible that the lack of people on the street has something to do with this?” Xin You asked in surprise, showing fear.

Before the stall owner could say anything, a young man buying a cold drink answered: "No. Even in our city, there are quite a few people who encounter bandits when they go out. People are so scared now that they don't want to go out once it gets dark."

“That’s it. Brother, let’s go back early.”

The two of them returned to the inn. When they went back to their rooms, He Qingxiao comforted him: "Don't think too much. I will send a message back about the banditry here. If the court has spoken, the local officials will not dare to pretend to be confused."

Leaving the inn the next day, He Qingxiao told his two men: "In an hour, you will send these two bandits to the county government office and meet us at the next inn."

“Yes.” Two Jinlin guards, each dragging a bandit, responded in unison.

He Qingxiao nodded to Xin You: "Second brother, let's go."

 Xinyou didn’t move.

 “Second brother?”

Xin You took a deep look at the two Jinlin Guards, and suddenly pointed at the Six Masters: "Brother, I want to take this person on the road."

As soon as these words came out, except for Qian Feng and Ping An, who were following Xin You and had expressionless expressions, the Jin Lin Guards all looked surprised.

 What does Mr. Xin want to do with the bandits?

He Qingxiao didn’t ask any more questions and answered immediately.

 He knew what was special about Xinyou, and he also knew that she was not a fool, and there must be a reason for doing this.

The two bandits thought they would be sent to the government today, and then they would be imprisoned and beheaded. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change.

 “What about me?” Xiaoba asked hurriedly.

Xinyou said calmly: "One is enough for me."

"Then, why not me?" Xiaoba didn't have any objections to the Sixth Master, but it was his instinct to survive in the face of possible opportunities.

Xin You glanced at him and said coldly: "Can't I choose something better-looking?"

Xiaoba was speechless for a moment, and then became dejected.

He only knew that being good-looking would make it easy to get a wife, but he never thought that he could save his life.

As for the Sixth Master, his expression was extremely complicated for a moment, and his eyes suddenly looked frightened when he looked at Xin You.

What does this young man want to do to him!

Out of the city gate, Xin You did not let up the speed of his horse. He seemed to be riding a horse leisurely until he passed somewhere and pulled the reins.

 This is it.

In the picture, two Jinlin Guards who were escorting the bandits to the county government on Lord He's order came on horseback, but the horse's legs were suddenly tripped. The two of them were thrown out, and before they could get up, they were stabbed by people ambushing on both sides.

 But there was nothing unusual about these two Jinlin Guards before. The difference between them and other Jinlin Guards was that they sent bandits to the county government.

Thinking of the two bandits saying that the master had brought some people to Ling County to have fun, Xin You had a guess: it was probably the two Jinlin Guards who were seeing the bandits when they were escorting them to the government, so they killed them and silenced them.

 This is why Xin You decided to take the Sixth Master on the road. The identity of those who set up the ambush will need to be confirmed by the Sixth Master.

"How are your master's skills?" Xin You got off his horse and asked the sixth master.

 Although the Sixth Master was puzzled as to why Xin You asked this suddenly, he still answered honestly: "It's good to be able to fight one against three."

Xin You nodded, stabbed off a section of Master Six's sleeve, balled it up into a ball under his panicked eyes, and stuffed it into his mouth.

 “Don’t panic. I’ll treat you to a good show later.”

 (End of this chapter)