Chapter 72 Someone Colludes with Bandits
"Brother, I told you that we should use the drug first, but you didn't believe me. Now we've lost a lot of brothers."
It was a gentle voice. Su Hanchu opened his eyes slightly, using his hair to cover his eyes, and saw a pair of relatively clean shoes and a light blue gown. It seemed that there was a military advisor among these bandits.
The bearded man spoke in an unhappy tone.
"They're just a bunch of exiles. Who knew there were actually several capable fighters among them? Let's take care of the men first..."
Su Han decided not to pretend to be dead after hearing that. Everyone has some drugs. Just as he was about to take action, he heard that gentle voice again.
"Wait a minute, big brother. We've lost so many brothers today, and these people are all exiles. Why don't we take them to the mountain stronghold first? Aren't there two women from the Chen family here who have been taken away by others? Take those two women and hand them over to the envoy. Let the others join our mountain stronghold and strengthen our forces.
Women can be the brothers' wives, helping them to have children and continue the family line. Men who obey our wishes will become the eldest brother's younger brothers. Those who don't obey will be sent to do hard labor."
Two women were taken away? Su Hanchu heard this and kept wondering who it could be. Suddenly, he remembered the Chen family's behavior in recent days. It seemed that the two people were probably Chen Siyu's sisters. So this bandit attack was the work of the Chen family or the crown prince.
The bearded man spoke with concern.
"There are a few capable fighters here. Will they cause trouble?"
That gentle voice sounded again.
"Those with good skills can strengthen our power. Besides, you don't want to be a bandit forever, do you? Lock these people up first and starve them for a few days. Then, tell them the benefits of staying. Under coercion and inducement, they will naturally be willing to stay. If there are still those who don't appreciate it, we have plenty of ways to kill them when we get to our stronghold."
The bearded man seemed to think for a moment after hearing this, and then gave a loud order.
"Just listen to the Second in Command and bring all the people back."
Soon, everyone was taken to the mountain and locked up in a somewhat rude manner.
Followed by the sound of an iron door closing.
Su Hanchu continued to listen carefully. After making sure there was no sound around, Su Hanchu slowly opened his eyes and found that everyone was locked up in three cells in batches.
Fortunately, Jun Moye and I fell down next to each other, so we are now locked up together.
Jun Moye also opened his eyes and looked around. After confirming that there were no bandits here, he quickly looked for Su Hanchu's location.
The couple looked at each other, and then felt relieved.
The two moved and sat next to each other.
Su Hanchu spoke in a low voice.
"It seems the bandits are very confident in their drugs and are only guarding the outer gate."
Jun Moye took her hand and checked her body.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Su Hanchu also looked at his body and felt relieved only after making sure there was no blood.
"I'm fine. They were just a few bandits. They can't hurt me. But I'm afraid someone in my family is injured."
Then he stood up and prepared to check, and the first thing he went to was the child.
Suddenly there were sounds of doors opening and conversations.
Su Hanchu and Jun Moye hurriedly lay back down.
"Sir, everyone is here. We have agreed that you can take two women away for 20,000 taels of silver. The rest are from our village."
Su Hanchu remembered this voice. Wasn't it the voice of the second in command?
He actually called another person "Sir". It seems that there is collusion between bandits and officials.
Then another voice sounded.
"We brought up ten thousand taels of silver. You let us take the people down the mountain, and you send someone down with us to get the other ten thousand taels."
The second in command smiled and spoke upon hearing this, his voice still gentle.
"My lord, you are indeed cautious and careful. Don't worry, we are only seeking wealth."
Then the second in command took out a medicine bottle, opened it, and walked to the cell door, shaking the bottle.
As the smell of medicine drifted in the air, some people soon woke up and asked some questions.
“Where is this…?”
"Who are you?"
There was also the anxious and frightened crying of a child.
“Mother, mother…”
"Father…………"
“Brother…”
Then came the sound of coaxing a child.
"Don't be afraid, Mother is here, Mother is here."
Su Hanchu and Jun Moye also acted as if they had just woken up.
A man in white spoke loudly.
"Who are Chen Siyu and Chen Siting?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Chen Siyu and her sister.
Sister Chen Siyu was stunned for a moment, then she remembered a note she had received two days ago and spoke with some fear.
"I'm Chen Siting, and this is my sister Chen Siyu."
The man in white black looked at the two of them and spoke in a deep voice.
"You two come with me."
Soon two bandits came forward and opened the iron gate.
Chen Siyu held Chen Siting's arm with some fear. Chen Siting looked at the jade pendant on the waist of the man in black clothes, and then he pulled Chen Siyu and followed him. The cell door was closed again.
At the same time, Jun Moye also noticed the jade pendant on the man's waist. The jade pendant was not simple. It seemed that someone of the bandits did it on purpose this time.
The second in command looked at everyone.
"Everyone, now that you're all awake, let me say a few words to you. First, let me introduce myself. I'm the second-in-command of Qianling Mountain. It's fate that we meet today. As far as I know, you all passed through here as exiles.
Most of the people who can pass through here are exiled to the bitter and cold places like the northwest, and this place is still a long way from the northwest, so it is still a question whether they can survive along the way.
You might as well consider staying in Qianling Village. We will share the joys and sorrows, grow our power together, and share the prosperity and wealth in the future."
When everyone heard this, they just held their children or hugged each other's arms, looked at the second in command carefully, and then lowered their eyes.
The second in command glanced at everyone, smiled and said.
"You can take your time to think about it. I'll come back tomorrow."
He turned around and gave orders to the bandits beside him.
"Guard the gates. If anyone tries to escape, take any women away for the brothers' amusement, but kill any men immediately."
Although he was saying words that terrified people, his voice was as gentle as ever. This person was even scarier than a smiling tiger.
The outside door is very open and closed.
The people in the cell began to cry and complain quietly.
Su Hanchu and Jun Moye hurriedly checked whether anyone from the Jun family was injured and to see who was missing.
Jun Mohua was sobbing softly. After Su Hanchu checked that she was not injured, he did not bother to comfort her and had to continue checking the wounds of others.
Aunt Li and Ping'er were both injured, one on the left shoulder and the other on the waist. Liu Ling's arm was injured, Liu Shan also had a knife wound on his shoulder, and Uncle Liu also had a knife wound on his back. Aunt Qian and Mother Cui Sui'er were missing. Su Hanchu's heart sank, and he also knew what their disappearance meant at this time...
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