However, they still gained nothing on the second and third days. Undeterred, Yuewu taught a lesson to some of the grain-grabbing groups around them and confiscated everything they had taken.
Yuewu stopped killing people, but broke the arms or legs of some others, because they were dishonest.
Unless she witnessed the misdeeds firsthand, the music and dance performances were merely minor punishments to serve as a warning.
Today she went to another alley and could hear people arguing from afar.
"Hand over the stuff, or don't blame us for being impolite."
"I... I only managed to buy a little bit of stuff. There are four people in my family waiting to eat. Please, brothers, have mercy on me and let me go."
"That's what everyone says. You eat, so what do you mean we eat?"
"Brothers, we've been robbed every time we go these past few days. We haven't eaten for days, please..."
"Stop talking nonsense. We didn't steal it before. We only want what you have now."
Seeing that the man was unmoved by reason, he turned and ran, and the people behind him immediately gave chase.
As they passed the music and dance performance, the man shouted, "Run!"
Instead of running away, Yuewu stood in the middle of the alley, watching a group of people running towards them from the opposite side.
The man continued to run faster, and stopped when he realized there were no footsteps behind him after running a long distance.
Suddenly remembering the music and dance performance he had just passed, he felt a pang of panic. Had he been stopped by those people?
He was a little uneasy, so he turned back quietly and took half a brick from someone's wall by the roadside.
By this time, Yuewu had already knocked four or five people to the ground, and three others were still holding sticks but dared not come forward.
"Get out! Don't let me see you again, or you'll lose your hands and feet!"
The three men initially intended to turn and run, but upon seeing their companion on the ground, they cautiously approached, pulled him up, and fled together.
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