Chapter 100 Without you, there are still so many people

Reunion?

This is the most ridiculous joke Luo Lei has heard this year.

They were arrested by the government together. Could they be reunited in prison or in the underworld?

They could be said to have done nothing good over the years, and had done nothing bad. He didn't think that these people would just lock them up in jail. He estimated that when these officers and soldiers rushed into the mountain stronghold, most of his brothers would be strangled to death on the spot.

But what does this have to do with him? The brothers in the mountain village are not real brothers, so their life or death is none of his business. Now that the knife is on their necks, all he said was to find a quicker way to die.

"Sir, if I tell you, can you please give me a chance to live? I will definitely turn over a new leaf and become a new man in the future." Luo Lei had a bitter face. Even though he knew that the hope was slim, it would be useless to keep his face if he could survive.

"Heh" Shen Lingge curled his lips in disdain. Such an unjust person who is afraid of death and loves life, in the words of Sister Zhaozhao, such a person is a parasite to the entire country.

He was dissatisfied with Loredo in his heart, but he did say: "If you answer truthfully, I can consider your request."

Maybe it was because Shen Lingge didn't hold a dagger to his neck at the moment, or maybe Luo Lei felt that he still had some value, so he stiffened his neck and said, "Sir, don't lie to me. I'm not one of those ignorant bandits. If I really tell the truth, you will definitely kill me after you succeed in suppressing the bandits. You said you would consider it, but in the end you will only consider whether to kill me or not."

Shen Lingge: “…”

I didn't expect that this bandit was not completely brainless.

With Shen Lingge interrogating, Shen Yu had some free time. Seeing that Xu Zhao was thin and the wind was strong in the mountains, he took a cloak for her.

"It's windy, don't catch a cold." Chen Yu didn't shy away from outsiders and put the cap on Xu Zhao, tying the belt.

The two men were very close to each other. "Qinghe is still not courageous enough. This thief is cunning, but he is a fool at heart. It is better to solve it with force. If he sees some blood, he will naturally confess the truth."

"Why don't you teach him? The sooner we understand the situation, the easier it will be for us to wipe out these bandits and leave as soon as possible." Chen Yu smoothed the cloak on Xu Zhao's shoulders and put the hat on her, his movements gentle.

"OK!"

The conversation between the two was relaxed as usual.

Chen Yu moved aside to make way for Xu Zhao, and sat on the carriage, quietly watching how Xu Zhao got the bandit to speak.

Xu Zhao walked forward, borrowed a long sword from a soldier nearby, and walked up to Luo Lei.

She patted Shen Lingge on the shoulder, “Why bother with such a villain? We just captured so many bandits. If we interrogate them one by one, someone will definitely be willing to tell us about the deployment. As for this…”

Xu Zhao stared at Luo Lei lying on the ground with a look as if he were looking at a dead man, "Why not chop off his hands and feet first, and leave the body and head for you to practice lingchi slowly."

She pointed at the person next to her and said, "Straighten his arms and legs. This is my first time chopping them off, so let me practice. Then go grab the remaining few who are still alive and keep an eye on them."

Xu Zhao had no official position, and even though they had been together for some time, these orders still required the prince's permission. The soldier assigned by Xu Zhao turned his head to look at the voice behind him, and after he nodded, the soldier bowed to Xu Zhao and said, "Miss, wait a moment."

After the soldier finished speaking, he waved his hand and several bandits who had been thrown aside and under strict guard were dragged in front of everyone. The stones on the ground and the dragging made the bandits, who were originally a little confused, instantly sober up.

Seeing a group of soldiers in military uniforms and holding swords, they were so scared that their legs were shaking. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that they had hit a wall this time as they had robbed a government official.

Looking at the second in command who brought them out, he was being trampled underfoot like a stray dog.

"I beg you to spare our lives, sirs. We have elderly and young people to take care of, and our family members are waiting for me to go back and take care of them." Although these people were tied up, it did not stop them from kneeling and begging for mercy.

Xu Zhao didn't believe what these people said about having families to take care of. Instead, he patted Luo Lei's face with his sword and said, "See, even without you, we still have so many people and so many mouths. There must be one person willing to tell us what we want to know."

"Stretch out his arms and legs so I can practice," Xu Zhao said to the people who were still begging for mercy, "Just watch, your second in command is so loyal that he is unwilling to reveal the defense of Songfeng Village. For such loyalty, we must treat him well."

Luo Lei's hands and feet were straightened by the soldiers beside him, and Xu Zhao raised his sword and chopped at his left hand.

The sword tip slashed and flashed before Luo Lei's eyes.

A strong smell of urine came, and Luo Lei was so scared that he became incontinent. He felt as if the air was frozen, and his pupils were dilated with fear.

The pain he imagined did not happen. He looked at the sword blade in horror, which was only an inch away from his wrist. His hand was almost broken!

He didn't expect the woman to be so brutal. She didn't give him a chance to fight back and started shouting for killing. His breathing was rapid and his palms were cold. Just when he thought Xu Zhao was just trying to scare her, he heard a devilish voice in his ear.

"I feel like the wrist is being cut a little high. It's better to cut at the forearm. The joint is easier to cut." Xu Zhao fanned the air in disdain to dispel the smell of urine at his nose, and moved the blade of the sword from the wrist to the elbow joint.

"Just bear with it for a while. I'll move quickly and it won't hurt soon." As he said that, Xu Zhao raised his sword again and pretended to chop it down.

Seeing that she was really serious, Luo Leng hurriedly shouted, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! Stop torturing me!"

His dejected expression was obvious, and he now regretted very much why he had tried to bargain to save his life just now, but now he had provoked this evil spirit.

Xu Zhao handed the sword to Shen Lingge, "Why waste time talking to such a villain? If he doesn't cooperate, you can just chop him down with a sword." She pointed at the other bandits kneeling on the ground, "Aren't there still many of them? There's no point in keeping them if they are of no use."

"Thank you, Sister Zhaozhao. Qinghe has learned a lot from you."

Xu Zhao returned to the carriage, and Shen Lingge pointed his sword directly at Luo Lei, without the previous "good friendliness", and said, "Speak."

Luo Lei told the whole story of the stronghold's defense, even the shifts of dozens of patrolmen and where the weakest spots were.

Finally, Xu Zhao poked his head out and asked, "Just now you said that Lihua Village is full of old, weak, women and children, then why didn't you occupy Lihua Village?"

In this era, there are many people who bully men and women, and bandits are no exception.

If there was such a piece of fat meat at their fingertips, she didn't believe that the people from Songfeng Village would let the people from Lihua Village go.

"We naturally wanted to occupy it, but the terrain of Lihua Village is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is a resourceful gentleman who lost several battles, so our boss gave up."

After getting what he wanted to know, Xu Zhao retracted his head.

With accurate information, Shen Lingge directly ordered his men to knock out and tie up the bandits.

Chen Yu ordered someone to inform the Mobei envoy that they would probably have to stay in the mountains tonight. Tonight, they must wipe out Songfeng Village.