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Chapter 43: The Hungry People Become Thieves

Li Yan tried hard to find the person who was calling for the confusion among the crowd. Finally, he saw a guy who was tempting the hungry people while picking stones and soil from the ground and throwing them at Li Yan's team.

Li Yan looked at it and ordered Wang Dejiang: "Go and get some torches, hurry up!"

Wang Dejiang asked his son to do it, and then carefully persuaded him: "Young master, if they don't come and rob them, let them go. Too many animals will damage the Yin skills." He was afraid that Li Yan would attack him by fire and burn all these hungry people to death.

"I know!" Li Yan continued to stare at the tempter, preventing that guy from leaving his sight.

"Here, the torches are here." Wang Dejiang's eldest son came with a few young and strong men, holding a dozen torches.

Li Yantou didn't reply to the order: "Click it and bring it to me!"

Wang Dejiang took out the fire medium, blew up two breaths, and saw the flames, lit a torch. Then he used this torch to ignite several more torches.

Li Yan took a torch, threw it away with his hand, and accurately threw it on the head of the bewitcher twenty steps away. The bewitcher was so scared that he screamed, slapped his hair and the flames on his clothes.

Li Yan quickly threw out three torches and forced the crowd around the deceptionist to open some. Then he set his bow and arrow, and with a "bang", the bow string was released, and the feather arrow pierced the head of the deceptionist.

The hungry people around him screamed, and they all retreated in fear, watching their companions fall to the ground by being arrowed.

Li Yan did the same thing and shot and killed two people who were still tempted by the hungry people.

Finally, in the face of death, the thin man dared not stir up any more, and his accomplices naturally had no sound.

The hungry people no longer have the motivation to fight to the death. Some people began to cry, some began to look for their relatives, dead, wounded, sad, and fear. They no longer attacked, they turned from the wild beast with red eyes back to the soft lamb, and they were all left to cry and despair.

The hungry people retreated and stayed away from the trench in the village. No one dared to help their companions who fell into the trench. Regardless of their crying and begging, they could avoid them from afar.

They gathered on the road and began to escape famine with the elderly and the young, but they were obviously organized than before. Many young and strong men followed the lean men, and these strong families also followed them.

After walking a long way, the thin man looked back at the soldiers still lined up at the entrance, with sharp eyes and whispered: "I will come back again! You guys are waiting."

"Those guys are so awesome, so we'd better not provoke them." One of the people who had their arm broken reminded.

The thin man smiled and said, "There are not many people, just like a wealthy family. The walls are tall and the servants are powerful, but we will still be thrown into it."

Then he shouted loudly: "Friends! Come with me, I will take you to find food! Only by giving your life will your little one not starve to death!"

"Follow your brother!"

"Let's find food!"

...

Li Yan murmured as he watched the hungry people leave, "Let's turn them into thieves."

Li Mou beat the spear to the ground and said, "Without us, they would become thieves. Either starve to death or rob them. Those who are incompetent starve to death. Those who are capable or have always been like this."

"Oh, chaos is about to begin again. The drought is connected with locust plague, and the people are suffering." Li Zhong shook his head and sighed, and returned to the village alone with a spear.

"Young Master, what should we do with the hungry people in the trench?" Wang Dejiang came over and asked. The hungry people were still wailing and begging in the trench.

Li Yan did not hesitate and ordered: "Pull it up and let them go."

"Don't you have to give me some food?"

Li Yan turned around and stared at Wang Dejiang and said coldly: "Whoever dares to feed the refugees without permission, get out of my village!"

Wang Dejiang lowered his head and claimed that he was. Now that he was in a serious disaster, he would be like letting them die, so they dare not disobey at all.

Two stand-in posts were left, and the others retreated back to the village.

"Bring Qiuniang and the woman she gave her food!" Li Yan ordered when he returned to the meeting hall.

After a while, Qiu Niang and the others were brought in, and Mrs. Zhang also came with the child in her arms and looked at Li Yan nervously.

"I haven't said it before, so I won't pursue it this time." Li Yan said with a dark face: "From now on, any population in the village cannot give food and drink to refugees, nor can they trade with them. If they violate the order, they will be driven out of Qili Village!"

"Qiu Niang thanked the young master for saving you." Qiu Niang had already washed up at this time, clean and tidy, and leaned over to Li Yan.

Li Yan nodded and said, "It was Wang Renjie and Zhou He who saved you." Then he said to the woman kneeling on the ground, "You"

"The little woman is called Lianhua, the man is dead. The little woman is willing to be a cow and a horse for the young master. Please take it in!" Li Yangang said a word, and the woman began to introduce herself loudly. After saying that, she kept kowtowing, her forehead hit the ground, making a bang.

Li Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't kowtow, you go."

"Please take it in, please take it in." Lianhua continued to beg loudly, but kept kowtowing, and bleeding was already oozing from her forehead.

Li Yan was unmoved and ordered: "Pull her out."

"Young master, just leave the lotus." Qiu Niang knelt down and asked.

Mrs. Zhang also knelt down with the child in her arms and said, "I caused this disaster. I will distribute my food to Lianhua and ask the young master to be kind."

"Either she leaves, or you go together, you can choose your own choice." Li Yan said with a blue face, and stood up and left the conference hall.

Li Zhong also came out, and he advised: "Fourth brother, why are you so heartless? Isn't you just a weak woman? How much food can you eat?"

"It's not a problem of food." Li Yan explained: "This is a problem of orders and prohibitions. I will open a small hole today, and tomorrow I will do my own things and be scattered."

Li Zhong advised: "Then why use a weak woman as a raft? It will be the same if you have the chance to establish your authority again in the future."

"This opportunity is just right!" Li Yan said firmly without giving his second brother face, "This matter is over here. Second brother, let's discuss the rewards to the soldiers. Only by clearly distinguishing the rewards and punishments can the subordinates die as they obey orders."

Li Zhong was stunned for a while, and looked at his younger brother, feeling a little unfamiliar, but at the same time he also felt that this seemed to be correct. He didn't know whether to be disappointed or happy.

"Second brother?" Li Yan shouted.
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