Gu Yanwu sighed.
"It's not that I didn't have it, it's just that I've been hunted down by the powerful minister's men all these years, until I hid in Qinglong Village."
"For the sake of the brothers here, I have never dared to reveal my identity, which is why I haven't contacted you."
Gu Yanwu is now a bandit, and even though he knows Qin Yuezhao won't kill him, he still has to be cautious.
Qin Yue Zhao understood his predicament and let out a soft sigh.
“If that’s the case, you shouldn’t be targeting refugees.”
"Impossible! I would never have done that!"
Gu Yanwu looked at the other bandits, his voice suddenly turning cold: "Was it you who were committing crimes outside?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bearded man trembled in fright.
"No, no! We followed the chieftain's orders and did not..."
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of cold light appeared, and hot blood splattered three feet high.
Before the bearded man could finish speaking, he fell backward and died.
The villagers were so frightened by this scene that they took two steps back.
"Chief, how could you kill the brothers in the village?"
"The old chieftain once said that no matter what happens, you must never kill your brothers. Have you forgotten that?"
Gu Yanwu lowered his broken sword, and the blood on the blade slowly dripped onto the stone floor.
His face was somber, and his voice was as cold as a demon from hell.
"I've already told you not to do anything immoral or unethical behind my back, have you all forgotten?"
"If we don't rob some children and women to sell, the brothers in the village simply can't survive!"
"What do you mean by not being able to survive? If we don't have food, we can kill horses, we can dig up tree roots and wild vegetables, but we can't lay a hand on innocent civilians. Have you forgotten that too?"
Upon hearing this, Cui Mingchong, a bandit who harbored resentment towards Gu Yanwu, stepped forward.
"Gu Yanwu! You'd rather associate with corrupt officials than care about the lives of your brothers. You're not fit to be our chieftain!"
"Brothers, let's fight these corrupt officials to the death! Even if we die, we can't die such a humiliating death!"
Upon hearing this, countless bandits gritted their teeth, drew their swords, and clashed with Huo's army.
The fighting, which had just been quelled, reignited. Gu Yanwu rushed into the crowd and forcibly separated the people who were locked in combat: "Stop! All of you, stop!"
"Are you all crazy? They are the Huo family army, the Huo family army that would rather die than return to the capital for Liangcheng. What's wrong with you?"
"Have you gotten so used to being bandits that you actually consider yourselves thieves, without even the most basic conscience?"
Most of the bandits on Qinglong Mountain were law-abiding citizens who were forced to join the bandits.
Upon hearing this, she suddenly burst into tears.
"Chief, we have no food or water left, and you still insist on talking about benevolence and morality? You might as well just force us to our deaths!"
“It’s not that we don’t want to listen to you, but look at the mountain stronghold now. It’s full of the families of our dead brothers. They’re all waiting for food. Are we just going to watch them starve to death?”
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