"event!"
Ma Cong tensed up immediately and said, "With our limited abilities, we're afraid we'll mess up your important task..."
"If we mess this up, none of us should live anymore."
Ma Cong immediately released Zhao Cheng's leg, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Young Prime Minister, please give your orders!"
"Aren't you bandits? Then show some professionalism! Work harder, don't just coast along." Zhao Cheng pointed behind him with his thumb and said, "I have another team behind me. Go rob them, rob them as cleanly as possible. Everything you get is yours!"
Ma Cong wasn't stupid. The enemy designated by the young prime minister wouldn't be of low caliber, so he quickly replied, "I will do as you say, but I don't know if I can handle it."
"Don't worry about that." Zhao Cheng pointed to the woods next to them and said, "There are people there."
Ma Cong's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "I understand!"
“Then let’s go now…” Ma Cong was about to stand up when he subconsciously looked at Zhao Cheng and asked, “Can we get up now?”
"How can we go if we don't get up?" Zhao Cheng gestured with his chin toward the money bag lying on the ground and said, "Take the money."
Ma Cong said solemnly, "The young prime minister is our benefactor. Why mention money when we're doing things for our benefactor..."
"Take it!"
"Alright, thank you, young prime minister!" Ma Cong picked up the money and left, laughing to his brothers, "Brothers, cheer up! The young prime minister not only spared us but also gave us money. We absolutely cannot mess this up!"
"yes!!!"
The bandits stood up in a rush, but instead of leaving immediately, they gathered behind Ma Cong and bowed in unison towards the foot of the mountain.
Zhao Cheng followed their gaze and saw that they were bowing in the direction of the corpses of the dead bandits.
At this moment, Ma Cong's expression was extremely serious. He said, "Brothers, lie down here for a while. When we finish our business and come back, we will take you back to the mountain for burial!"
As they spoke, the bandits led by Ma Cong disappeared into the woods.
"He's quite loyal," Zhao Wu said.
"The truly righteous are often the lowly butchers." Zhao Cheng returned to the carriage and said to the guards on both sides, "You guys should also get moving and pile them together."
In the woods behind Zhao Cheng, Ma Cong and about thirty bandits slowed their pace.
Ma Cong then opened the money bag and counted the silver inside, exclaiming in surprise, "Seventy-eight taels!"
A bandit beside him said, "Young Prime Minister is indeed Young Prime Minister, he's so generous!"
Ma Cong said gratefully, "With this money, we can give our brothers a proper burial."
Thinking of their fallen brothers, the bandits all lowered their heads.
Ma Cong's expression turned serious, and he said, "There's something I have to tell you. The person we're going to rob next is definitely a tough nut to crack."
"Does the boss know who they are?"
"Wang Ren's northern expedition was victorious, so the main focus of this state banquet is, frankly, his Wang family. People from the Yan Chuan General's Mansion will definitely have to attend. And the young prime minister and the general's mansion have a blood feud over the killing of his son!"
Zhao Cheng is right, Ma Cong is indeed smart and has the ability to judge the situation.
Upon hearing this, all the bandits were stunned.
No way?
Is the General's Mansion the target we're going to rob?
Or is it Wang Ren's General's Mansion?
To target a family that had rendered an unparalleled service in destroying Ye Dan and whose power was about to reach its zenith?!
The bandit exclaimed, "This is a hot potato!"
Ma Cong said with a wry smile, "It's not just hot to the touch, it's scalding your whole body, it'll burn you until you don't have a single hair left!"
"Boss, why don't we skip it and just go back up the mountain?"
Ma Cong suddenly stopped and angrily said, "What nonsense are you talking about?! A man's word is his bond. Since we promised the young prime minister, we must keep our word!"
"Isn't it because I'm worried about losing more brothers?"
"What did I tell you when you came up the mountain? This is our livelihood, dancing on the edge of a knife, we could lose our lives at any moment! I'm telling you my guess just to warn you, so that even if you die, you'll know why!"
Ma Cong looked around and shouted, "I'm telling you right now, those who don't want to go can get out now. I'll still give you your share of the money, but from now on, don't call me your brother! The young prime minister already spared our lives and even gave us our wages. Everything we steal later will be ours! Where else can you find such a good deal? The young prime minister treats us like brothers!"
"You can leave if you want, but if you don't, you'll be given a proper burial if you die in battle! If I die, just bury me anywhere on the mountain, and give a lot of money to your family and elders to take back!"
"Damn it, boss, don't talk like that and look down on me. I'm not leaving!"
"I didn't run last night even though I could, and now I'd run? Am I stupid?!"
"It's just one life, I'll be a hero again in eighteen years!"
"So what if it's the General's Mansion? This is a major job! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!!"
"Walk!!"
"Rob his mother's ass!!"
...
Unlike Zhao Cheng's group, which traveled light, Wang Yuluan's group also kept a low profile, but that was only their perception of being low-key. In reality, their group was several times more prestigious than Zhao Cheng's.
There were five carriages, more than thirty servants on foot, and thirty horses. The riders were all elite guards from the General's Mansion, and there were also more than a dozen martial arts practitioners following Wang Yuluan and Xue Yun's carriages.
The group consisted of nearly a hundred people.
Wang Yuluan and Wang Yucen rode in the first carriage, Xue Yun in the second, the next three carriages carried the household stewards and elders, and the last carriage was specifically used to carry luggage and valuables.
"Walk slower, at half your normal pace."
After passing through Shiligou in western Sichuan, Wang Yuluan ordered the troops to slow down, lest the battle ahead end too slowly and they run into Zhao Cheng, which would be undesirable.
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