Chapter 27 Encountering Bandits
Just as Li Yuan and others continued to rush, Yuwen Chengdu and Wu Yong and his group had already entered Lingyang Prefecture, Lingzhou.
After a day of silence, they were robbed.
Yes, I was robbed...
"What do you think? Have you never seen such a big machete?"
On the densely forested road, more than 30 ragged bandits surrounded Yuwen Chengdu, and Wu Yong was covered with dust.
The person who spoke was a leader who waved and demonstrated in front of Yuwen Chengdu with a machete in his hand.
The leader Wei Yuan had a lush beard on his face and his eyes were scanning the pedestrians, a strong man, a thin poor scholar, a dirty woman, and eight thin children.
How dare they follow this combination? If they don’t rob, they will simply disrespect their profession.
Puff! Puff!
A suffocating laughter rang among the crowd.
Xiao Si, who was hiding behind, felt funny when he saw the bandit leader who only reached Brother Yuwen's chest showing off his might in front of Brother Yuwen.
I have to say that there are really many bandits in Lingzhou. They have encountered three incidents in Lingzhou. Some have more than a dozen people and some have more than 30 people, but they have all been easily solved by Yuwen Chengdu.
It was also the first time they saw Yuwen Chengdu take action, it was strong!
Too strong!
So Xiao Si and the others were not panicked at all. As Xiao Si's laughter, the other companions couldn't help laughing.
"Gee!" "Gee!"
"Do you want to die?" Wei Yuan laughed when he saw a group of children without fear. With a roar, the fierce aura emanated from his appearance, and his appearance became very scary.
Immediately scared Xiao Si and others, laughter stopped, and they hurried together.
Wei Yuan looked at the group of children being frightened by himself and smiled proudly, but seeing that the children's clothes were more or less patched and their bodies were thin, there was a hint of unbearableness in his eyes.
"Ahem, this road belongs to our Lingfeng Village. Any passerby has to pay the fee, each person..."
"Each person pays ten cents!"
Wei Yuan crossed Yuwen Chengdu's stout figure and looked at Wu Yong, Nangong Xiyue and his group. Apart from a ragged carriage, there seemed to be nothing valuable.
"Did you hear that? Today our elder brother is very kind and each person will pay ten cents to leave."
The little brother next to Wei Yuan shouted, the bandits around him stood still, and didn't even raise their weapons.
Yuwen Chengdu stood quietly. He could see that these bandits had no intention of murder, especially when they saw the eight children coming out, the fierce light in their eyes was half less, which made him not take action at the beginning.
Nangong Xiyue, Xiaosi and others looked at Yuwen Chengdu, waiting for his decision.
The bandits' eyes had long been gathering on Yuwen Chengdu. After all, such a tall and mighty man would not be able to stand there without paying attention.
Yuwen Chengdu shook his head at Wei Yuan and other bandits.
"What, you can't afford to pay ten cents per person?"
Wei Yuan shook his head when he saw Yuwen Chengdu, and immediately exclaimed.
The younger brother next to him came to him, looked at the shabby appearance of the group and whispered:
"Brother, look at their shabby appearance, they may have no money. This strong man should be the pillar of taking care of these children. They are all pitiful people. Why don't we let them go?"
"No, so-called state has national laws, bandits have rules, and passers-by must pay the fees."
Wei Yuan refused, looked at Xiao Si and the children again, raised the big knife in his hand, sighed at Yuwen Chengdu:
"We know your difficulties, this hero, but we are also very difficult to deal with.
In this way, each of you pays a penny, and you can leave with just one penny, how about it.”
Nangong Xiyue, dressed dirty, saw Wei Yuan letting go so quickly, her eyes lit up and she pushed Xiao Si next to her.
When Xiao Si saw Nangong Xiyue's expression, he immediately understood and hurried to Yuwen Chengdu and cried:
"Brother, you sell me. You still have to support so many younger brothers and sisters. Now you can't even pay the toll. In this way, can the relatives of Lingyang Mansion look down on us? Then I will be rolling my eyes again. It will be too uncomfortable to live under someone else's roof."
Xiao Si, who looked very pitiful, looked at Wei Yuan and others and continued to cry:
"Dear brothers, I know you are not bad guys. Why don't you buy me? My elder brother is too hard. He has to support nine people alone. He also has a useless person, a weak and sick person, and often needs to drink medicine. He finally got a little appreciation from the government lord with some knowledge and got a position of literati. But unexpectedly, he was stolen by the children of the big family in the city. They still have to oppress us. We can only leave our homes and wander around."
"Woo! Woo!"
Suddenly, the seven children next to Nangong Xiyue started to cry at the same time and ran to Xiaosi to cry.
"No, Brother Six, you still have to stay and help Brother. If you want to sell it, sell it to me."
"No, Sister Qi, I'm useless to sell me."
"Sell me, if I sell it, I will have tolls."
"Ahem," Wu Yong saw this scene and had already taken back his jade fan into his sleeves. He hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves and gave Yuwen Chengdu next to him a look. These bandits seemed good, different from the previous two waves, and had a bit of morality.
An idea was formed in Wu Yong's heart.
hiss!
So miserable!
After all, this group of bandits are not ferocious, and many of them have no choice but to go up the mountain.
Seeing the miserable appearance of these thin children, the bandits who had originally surrounded them walked back to Weiyuan, and their intentions were self-evident.
"Brother, why don't we let them go, they are all miserable people, and there is also an unlucky scholar."
"Damn it, what kind of books do you study if you don't have money? Look at your elder brother and his younger brothers still study if they are so miserable!"
Wei Yuan looked at Wu Yong who was crying with his face covering his face and cursed. There was no imperial examination system in this era. Any talented person with white body could only join various families and forces, and only after they were recommended by them could they become officials in the court.
Although there are so many martial artists and scholars in Kyoto, that is Kyoto. For example, these bandits are Wei Yuan, a middle-level acquired martial artist. The others are all in the third level of martial arts and about the fourth level. They have barely obtained some simple kung fu practice, which is better than ordinary people.
"Don't scold my second brother. My second brother is smart, but he just didn't encounter any opportunities, wuwu!"
Xiao Si's dirty sleeves covered her little face and said "crying" loudly.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The children cried.
"It's my fault, it's my fault, and there's no use of knowledge." Wu Yong lowered his sleeves and said with a sad face.
"Oh, forget it, you guys go!"
When Wei Yuan saw a sad voice, he turned his head and waved his hand to signal them to leave.
I was already having a bad life, but I couldn't see the sufferings of the world.
"No, brother, you want me. I only need one hundred cents. We have been hungry for a long time. I want my brother and others to have a full meal and eat a few more big white steamed buns."
Chapter completed!