noffsinger Chapter 398 What are you standing there for? Lead the way!
Chapter 398 What are you standing there for? Lead the way!
"Wait!"
Wang Xiaoman knelt all the way to Pang Dahai, kowtowing repeatedly, "Big brother, we were wrong, please don't kill us!"
Liu Zi kowtowed repeatedly, his head thumping loudly. "Leader, we were wrong! We'll never steal again!"
As he spoke, he took the cloth bag that Wang Xiaoman had given him from his bosom and placed it on the ground.
Gao Mengli's eyes flashed with anger upon seeing this.
Could it be that these two stole their restaurant's ledger?
If this were taken out, their restaurant would be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, so she hurriedly squatted down to pick it up.
Pang Dahai caught a glimpse of the "stolen goods" on the ground. Now that he had been caught red-handed, there was nothing more to say, and he had no reason to wrong his brother. He could only close his eyes and give the order to Hei Yi.
Seeing that it was finally time for Hei Yi to become a proper "butcher", he raised his sword and, without any mercy, slashed down!
Just as the sword was pressed against Wang Xiaoman's neck at a point 0.0001 inches from the skin, Gao Mengli shouted, "Stop!"
Upon hearing Gao Mengli's shout, Hei Yi suddenly jerked his wrist, drawing a drop of blood from Wang Xiaoman's neck!
The cloth bag that Gao Mengli picked up was empty, containing only a few rotten vegetable leaves.
She strode forward, grabbed Wang Xiaoman by the collar, and demanded sharply, "Tell me, where did you put the ledgers you stole?"
If this ledger gets out, none of us will survive!
Wang Xiaoman, who thought she was doomed, was relieved to find that she had survived. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, Gao Mengli brought up the issue again.
Ledgers? What ledgers? They didn't steal them!
"What ledger, lady?"
"Stop pretending you know nothing! Where are the ledgers you stole? If you don't confess, don't blame me for torturing you!"
Hei Yiyi, upon hearing the news of the impending punishment, rubbed his hands together in anticipation!
He knows this very well!
In the past, the punishments for failing missions were inhumane.
They can subject this Wang Xiaoman to all the tortures they've ever endured, and he'll definitely confess everything!
"No, we really didn't steal any ledgers!"
Liu Zi, who was standing next to him, got anxious and quickly looked up to explain.
Everyone glanced at him, then turned their attention to Wang Xiaoman.
Wang Xiaoman raised her hand, "My lady, I swear we didn't steal the ledger, we stole... we stole swill..."
The voice trailed off, growing softer and softer.
After all, stealing other people's swill is not a respectable thing to do.
swill?!
Everyone fell silent: "..."
No, why would someone steal swill?
And with such high martial arts skills, why would he sneak into a restaurant just to steal swill?
Gao Mengli loosened her grip on his hand, stood up speechlessly, and waved for Hei Yi to sheathe his sword.
Whether this is true or false remains to be seen.
"Heroine, brother, I'm telling the truth. We haven't eaten for three days, and we can't find any work..."
I know stealing will bring shame to you, brother, but if we don't steal, all of us—over a hundred of us—will starve to death!
As soon as she finished speaking, without Gao Mengli giving any orders, Hei Yi and the others' swords were already at the necks of the two women, startling Wang Xiaoman so much that she quickly pushed the sword away from her neck.
Hei Yi felt that sheathing his sword was a complete waste, so he decided not to. He held the sword to Wang Xiaoman's neck and moved even closer: "You have accomplices! Tell me, where are they?!"
Wang Xiaoman knew that Pang Dahai wanted to kill them both, and if he found the others, they would probably all be reunited in the underworld.
So I gritted my teeth and didn't utter another word.
Seeing him like this, Pang Dahai could only sigh at the cruel twist of fate.
Other things would be easy to deal with, but his sworn brother has defected to that cannibalistic court, so there's really no way to protect him.
He could only sigh softly: "Xiaoman, don't blame your elder brother for being ruthless. You serve the imperial court, so you are destined to be on different sides from us..."
We've taken two different paths. From now on, your elder brother won't be able to protect you anymore..."
"Serving the imperial court?"
Wang Xiaoman suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with shock, even more so than Pang Dahai: "Brother, which eye of yours saw us working for the imperial court?"
The imperial court doesn't care about the people; instead, it uses us, the bandits who have been granted amnesty, as assassins to kill loyal officials!
They want me, Wang Xiaoman, to risk my life and do things against my conscience? They're dreaming!
Wang Xiaoman became more and more agitated as he spoke. He tried to stand up by supporting himself on the ground, but he stumbled again due to his severe injuries. Liu Zi quickly helped him up.
"Wha...what?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was once again taken aback and stunned!
Pang Dahai glanced at his brother, and now there was hope for survival!
He quickly squatted down, even pushing the sword against Wang Xiaoman's neck, his voice trembling with emotion: "Xiaoman, does this mean you've betrayed the court?"
"Yes! That new leader is living a life of luxury in the court, completely disregarding the lives of his brothers, and even ordering us to assassinate loyal ministers."
I was furious, so I took my kind-hearted brother and headed south.
We thought that even if we had to beg for food after the autumn harvest, we wouldn't starve.
Who knew that along the way, there were people starving to death everywhere, and people selling their children to escape the disaster.
"Alliance Leader, we have no other choice!"
We haven't eaten for three days, but we can go without food.
However, along the way, we rescued many elderly, weak, women and children.
Adults can endure hunger, but the children are barely breathing; if they don't eat soon, they'll starve to death…
Liu Zi, standing next to him, was crying his eyes out.
I thought I was doing something good, but now it's nothing more than gathering abandoned people together to starve to death!
It's better not to save them, since they're all going to starve to death anyway!
But since they saved them, they couldn't just abandon them.
"That's right, brother. We were forced into this situation to steal swill. We didn't hurt anyone, we didn't do anything immoral, and we certainly didn't rob the rich to help the poor in the city!"
Because you said that when robbing the rich, you should rob those who are rich but heartless!
However, during our recent stakeout, we discovered that many wealthy households had no money.
Even the wealthiest and most unscrupulous merchants had their fortunes emptied out and given to a local magistrate to build some kind of canal.
Wang Xiaoman sounded somewhat discouraged as she spoke.
The magistrate was also very clever; he seized on the corrupt and unscrupulous rich household and made them willingly pay him money to avoid trouble.
Those methods were swift, ruthless, and precise.
They won't get a single penny from these bandits!
Upon hearing this, Gao Mengli's lips twitched.
This county magistrate is truly exceptional.
This style of his is most likely his!
She turned her head and gave Lin Xi a few instructions.
Lin Xi gave a look to the group of black-clad individuals, and they all sheathed their swords, leaving Black Ichigo behind Gao Mengli while the rest went to the kitchen to make steamed buns.
Gao Mengli stepped forward. "Alright, I understand the general idea. Now, take us to your base."
"This……"
Wang Xiaoman was startled and looked uncertainly at Pang Dahai and Zhen Xiaoxi.
When Zhen Xiaoxi saw Gao Mengli speak, she understood the significance of her words.
Others might not be able to support a hundred or so people, but who is Gao Mengli? She's the golden thigh that even Dou Weiyi clings to.
She could support even two hundred more people, let alone a hundred.
More importantly, the job she offers is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that others would beg for!
Zhen Xiaoxi slapped Wang Xiaoman on the shoulder: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and lead the way!"
Once you miss this opportunity, it's gone forever!