Chapter 19 Are you in cahoots with the bandits?

Although Li Zhi looks steady, he is still a child after all. He treats those dried meats as treasures and only takes out a piece to taste slowly when he is resting.

Maybe he got the news in advance, or maybe he is reluctant to spend money.

There are actually quite a few people on the path.

Gan Fanren also saw a few acquaintances.

"Mr. Gan."

"Mr. Gan!"

A thin man with slightly dark skin and a height of five feet waved to Gan Fanren.

He was a little happy to see Gan Fanren.

"Mr. Gan, I didn't expect to meet you here. I remember you left a few days ago. Why haven't you arrived at Tongmen Pass yet?"

Gan Fanren glanced at Gan Tian in his arms.

It was this little fellow who was causing all these mischief. He had to stop and process the vegetables, otherwise they would have passed Tongmen Pass by now.

"It's Xiao Liuzi. Something delayed us on the road."

Gan Fanren was a foreigner after all, and there was always a gap between him and the people in Wangjia Village. He simply exchanged a few words with them and stopped talking.

Xiao Liuzi was very happy. The whole family followed Gan Fanren and chatted with him from time to time.

Suddenly, the sound of horses neighing came from the front, and many bandits rode their horses to surround the crowd.

"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, stay..."

"What do you mean by stay..."

The leading bandit choked and looked at his younger brother.

A younger brother dressed as a scholar came over to him in a flattering way.

"Reporting to the Second In Command, if you want to pass through here, leave some money to buy your way through."

"Yes, if you want to pass through here, leave some money to buy your way through!"

The Second In Command drew a knife in front of everyone in the air: "If you want to live, hand over all the money obediently." Everyone's

face sank and they covered their bags . "

Help, there are bandits!"

"Don't be afraid, everyone, unite, there are so many of us, are we still afraid of bandits?"

The Second In Command noticed everyone's movements and his face was gloomy.

"I think you don't want to live!"

He casually swung his knife and cut off the arm of the man who shouted the most fiercely.

The arm was raised high, forming a parabola in the air, and blood was spilled all over the ground.

Seeing this scene, many people stopped talking, for fear of angering the bandits.

"This is better, it would have been better if it had been like this earlier."

The Second In Command casually drew a circle on the ground with his knife.

"Thieves also have their own code of conduct. I am not unreasonable. As long as you put all your valuables here honestly, I will never harm your lives."

It was not surprising to encounter bandits on the path. Gan Fanren had expected this.

He took out the small change he had prepared in advance and put it in the circle.

Although the silver was small, it added up to more than five taels, which was acceptable.

When Gan Fanren took the silver, he obviously saw that the bandit's frown relaxed a lot.

After putting the silver away, Gan Fanren stepped aside and looked at Xiao Liuzi's family.

Xiao Liuzi was shaking constantly and looked scared.

His hands trembled for a long time before he took out fifty coins from his sleeve pocket.

Xiao Liuzi put the money down and walked quickly towards the Gan family.

Gan Fanren frowned and kindly reminded him.

"Too little, you'll be easily targeted like this."

Xiao Liuzi trembled for a long time, and said with trembling lips: "Anyway, they won't search me, so it's useless to take so much."

Gan Fanren glanced at the property in the circle.

Everyone knows that it's not safe to take the small road, so they usually go with a group.

There are at least fifty or sixty people present, seven or eight families, but there is less than seven taels of silver on the ground.

Among them, more than five taels of silver were taken by him, which is not acceptable.

How could so many bandits come out to rob people and be satisfied with a few taels of silver?

Gan Fanren kindly advised: "Everyone calm down and listen to me carefully. These bandits are only after money and have no intention of hurting anyone. As long as we cooperate, there will be no danger."

"Money is something outside of the body. If you lose money, you can still earn it, but if you lose people, you really lose them."

"At this time, everyone should not hide their thoughts and take out the money obediently."

Although the bandits will rob people of their property, they will not do too much.

Bandits rely on the mountains to survive.

They cannot leave here, and they rely on robbing passers-by to survive.

If they do too much, they will scare people away and they will only go hungry.

So under normal circumstances, they will not do too much. If they meet a rich person, they will rob more, and if they meet an ordinary person, they will rob less.

It was even less than taking the official road.

For the seven people in the Gan family, more than five taels of silver was just right, not too much, not too little.

But the others gave too little.

I'm afraid it would not satisfy the robbers, and it might even anger them.

Gan Fanren's good intentions were not appreciated by everyone, but instead caused everyone's dissatisfaction.

"Whose side is this scholar from?"

"Why are you speaking for the bandits?"

"Are you in cahoots with the bandits?"

Many people looked at Gan Fanren with questioning eyes.

"I can't say. Normal people would have been scared to death when they saw the bandits, but this scholar doesn't seem to be afraid at all. Maybe he recruited these bandits!"

Those people were not familiar with Gan Fanren, and it was normal for them to have misunderstandings because they didn't know Gan Fanren.

But Xiao Liuzi, who knew Gan Fanren, actually misunderstood Gan Fanren.

He held his bag tightly and distanced himself from Gan Fanren.

"I was wondering why you said I gave you too little. It turns out you were in cahoots with the bandits!"

"You are a scholar after all. How could you do such a thing?"

"I treated you as a brother, but I didn't expect you to be such a person."

Before Gan Fanren could say anything, his top brother Li Zhi was upset.

"Stop spitting blood. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will break your back teeth!"

Everyone could see Li Zhi's strength, and no one dared to provoke him.

Everyone kept their mouths shut, but contemptuous eyes kept falling on the Gan family.

The second in command looked at the pitiful property in the circle and frowned in dissatisfaction.

"That's all. It's not enough for me to go to Chunfenglou to have a drink and pick up a little girl!"

"I think one of you must be dishonest."

The second in command bared his teeth: "Brothers, search for me."

The bandits had been eager to try, just waiting for the second in command's order.

Hearing the second in command's words, they rushed towards everyone with cruel and obscene smiles on their faces.

"Don't move this, it contains medicine for my son."

A woman screamed while covering her bundle.

The bandit kicked her to the ground impatiently and found ten taels of silver in the bundle.

"Damn woman, dare to play tricks on me!"

He kicked the woman hard several times.

The woman's face was distorted with pain, and she cried for mercy.

The bandit spit on the woman's face.

"What a bunch of bastards, they won't behave unless they are beaten."

Screams were heard one after another, and many people were beaten.

Although everyone tried their best to protect their property, it was eventually robbed by the bandits.

A bunch of idiots!