"Caught them all?"
Shen Tang used a handkerchief to wipe the remaining scarlet on the sword.
The extinguished bonfire was rekindled.
However, this time what was ignited was "hope".
Xu Quan said: "Reporting to the Lord, all the criminals have been captured, a total of 79 people were captured alive, and the rest were executed."
These horse bandits are all relatives of neighboring tribes.
They are related to each other and have a strong ability to unite.
However, Xu Quan did not insist on having the prisoners alive. He would capture those who could be captured alive, and if he could not, he would kill them on the spot, and dragging the bodies back would be an explanation. He was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid that his master would write a letter to complain to his cousin.
"Only seventy-nine survivors?"
When Xu Quan heard this, his face immediately turned bitter.
Capturing someone alive is more troublesome than killing him.
These horse bandits were fierce and brutal, and he had to spend a lot of effort to control them, including but not limited to breaking their hands and feet, and removing their jaws to prevent them from biting their tongues to commit suicide... Seeing how pitiful he looked, Shen Tang took back what he was about to say.
She handed the horse bandit over to Xu Quan.
He walked towards the group of women.
Most of them were stunned, and it was dark at night, so they didn't see what happened. They only knew that a fight broke out and then it quickly returned to silence. Not long after, someone approached. The woman on the outermost side was so nervous that she wanted to hide in the crowd. She looked nervous, and her dark eyes showed silent pleading and fear.
Soon, sobbing sounds began to rise.
Until a strange clear voice sounded above my head.
"Are you villagers from Sangouli Village?"
The owner of the voice came closer, and I could barely see the face of the person. She was gorgeous and bright, with a natural smile on the corner of her lips. It was a clean and beautiful face. When she deliberately curved her eyes, there was a natural sense of intimacy.
The man turned around and shouted.
"Wenshi, bring a torch!"
"Here it comes." Xu Quan handed over a torch personally instead of throwing it over, with a somewhat sour look on his face.
The orange-red firelight made Shen Tang's face look softer. The woman who was being questioned subconsciously relaxed and nodded. Shen Tang said, "That's good. I didn't find the wrong person. You are all safe now. I will untie you later. Don't run around. I am not familiar with this place. If you run around and run into bandits, there may not be another me to save you."
I have to say the ugly truth first.
There are only two people in Shen Tang now.
When someone is freed, he is so scared that he runs away, and Shen Tang has no manpower to go find him.
The women hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Soon, Shen Tang cut the ropes that bound them with a sword, and found the dried meat carried by the bandits and distributed it to everyone. After such a thrilling experience, warm food can soothe their emotions...
After arranging all these, I could always hear their quiet sobs and whimpers as they survived the disaster.
Shen Tang felt sorry for them and sympathized with their situation. At this moment, he could only sit quietly by the campfire and not disturb them too much.
Some emotions need to be digested slowly by themselves.
"Benefactor..."
Shen Tang looked up at the sound.
A woman with dusty face and tears still on her face, holding a ceramic bowl in both hands, with steam rising from the bowl filled with cooked dried meat soup, was looking at him cautiously. Shen Tang asked, "Is this for me?"
The woman nodded.
Shen Tang took it without any hesitation. Seeing that the woman had few warm clothes on, and her clothes were covered with patches, and the front of her clothes was stained with dried blood, he said, "It's windy and cold in the wilderness. If you feel cold, take them from the bandits."
It doesn’t matter whether the bandits freeze to death or not.
Shen Tang also planned to use them as a warning to others. They would die anyway, so it didn't matter if they died early or late. Besides, these bandits were strong and healthy. Even if they were stripped naked and frozen all night, they would not die easily. There was no need to sympathize with them.
The woman didn't say anything, she just hobbled back. Shen Tang drank a sip of the tasteless dried meat soup, chewed the smelly dried meat carefully, swallowed it with difficulty, and ignored the screams that were getting louder and louder in his ears.
Until the ground could feel the obvious tremor, the rescued women were like a group of frightened birds, their hair stood on end, and they looked at the source of the tremor in panic. Then they looked at the two heroes who rescued them, and they looked calm.
They gradually let go of their worries.
Finally, the sound of horse hooves approached.
Hundreds of soldiers arrived under the leadership of the leader. Bai Su jumped off the horse and said, "My lord! We are late!"
Shen Tang said: "It's not too late, just in time."
When his own people arrived, Xu Quan breathed a sigh of relief. He withdrew the Wuqi soldiers, removed the Wukai defenses, and handed over the heavy responsibility of escorting the horse bandits to the soldiers brought by Bai Su. He just took the time to relax.
Bai Su saw the bandits and the woman they had robbed, so how could she not guess? The tragic scene of Sangouli Village flashed through her mind like a passing scene, and her beautiful eyes flashed with intense disgust.
He raised his hand and waved: "Take all these people back."
As for the rescued women, they followed them back to the government office and they would then think about how to resettle them.
On the way back, Bai Su tried to test Shen Tang's attitude.
"My Lord, how do we deal with these horse bandits?"
Bai Su frowned a little worriedly.
What are you worried about
Worried that her lord was too kind and gentle, she demoted these horse bandits to do heavy work. There was nothing wrong with this treatment, but they had done so many evil things and were still alive and wasting food. Bai Su felt uneasy just thinking about it. Killing them directly would be too easy for them... It seemed like she would suffer a loss no matter how she thought about it.
In the end you're just pissing yourself off.
Shen Tang asked back: "What is Shaoxuan's plan?"
Bai Su remained silent: "... I can't think of it for the moment."
Shen Tang sighed secretly inwardly.
After all, Bai Su was a former thief, and her professional ability was first-rate, but she only killed a few people, and her methods were not bloody and cruel, and the deterrence was not enough... Too merciful. Shen Tang said: "Then you think about it now, we have plenty of time..."
Bai Su: “…”
She wavered back and forth, wavering between speaking the truth and catering to her master's usual style.
Finally, he muttered quietly: "... In short, we can't let them die too easily, but to give them a taste of their own medicine would go against the Lord's reputation for kindness. It's not worth it to damage the Lord's reputation for these filthy things..."
Shen Tang: “…”
After Bai Su became familiar with people like Gu Chi, she became even better at passing the buck. What's the difference between saying it and not saying it
Bai Su asked again: "... Then, kill Zhu Jingguan?"
This method was used to severely deter the bandits who were rampant in Longwu County, and let them know that Longwu County had a new master with a bad temper and was not to be trifled with! If you dare to rob and kill people in Longwu County, you must be prepared to never return.
"Building a Jingguan?"
Shen Tang looked at the night and sneered coldly.
"Do bandits deserve this kind of mercy?"
Bai Su: “???”
Shen Tang said in a cold tone: "They deserve better! The only thing worse than death is a life worse than death!"
Establish your own prestige by stepping on your enemies.
She is good at this.
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