The county town of Longting was ablaze with flames and wailing was everywhere. The government office and people's houses were set on fire. The flames leaped up and burned half of the sky red.
Men, women, old people and children were all running in panic, followed by the vicious refugees. These ragged refugees who should have been lingering in the corner finally joined the mob's team to do evil after selling their wives and daughters and eating all the food at the instigation of the mob.
They attacked the city with wooden sticks that were sharpened at both ends, and inserted the wood into the bodies of the soldiers defending the city. Each of them was pricked like a hedgehog, and blood gushed out of their bodies like springs.
The county town, which should have been quiet, was ushered in by screams. Wherever the mob passed, no grass grew. All the women with a little bit of beauty were abused, and crying children were thrown to the ground and became silent.
The granary where the county government stored grain was broken into by the mob leader, but it was empty and there was not even a rat.
Huang Cheng was so angry that his teeth were almost broken.
The mob that followed him and attacked also became confused: "Boss Huang, this is not what you said. How could there be no food in the county granary?"
Huang Feng raised his hand to stop his men from continuing, sneering, "Brothers, haven't we seen this kind of scene many times? These county officials must be corrupt and have embezzled and divided up all the grain. If we can't find the grain, we'll go find them!"
The magistrate of Longting County was caught by refugees when he tried to escape with his family and was brought to Huang Feng. Huang Feng had already moved into the magistrate's office, drinking wine and surrounded by prostitutes from the county town's brothels. His life was not pleasant at all.
Now he dominated the area, ruling the mountain as a king, and even a mere peasant like him could enjoy the exhilaration of the nobles and high officials. The county magistrate, who once dared not even look up to him, now knelt before him with disheveled hair, begging for mercy.
The 40-year-old magistrate was terrified: "Boss Huang, please, release my children. I will give you all my family's money and food. All of it will be yours!"
There were wet stains of wine under Old Huang's beard. Hearing this, he looked at the county magistrate's children who were being held down by his men with wooden sticks.
One of his men kicked the county magistrate's son and spat at him: "Boss Huang, this guy is quite cunning. I almost got fooled by him."
"Oh? What?" Boss Huang asked his subordinates with a smile, but there was murderous intent in his eyes. He hated smart people who could not be used by him.
"When we caught him, he threw all the money in the house onto the road, causing his brothers to rush to grab it with their green eyes. He almost missed the boss's instructions."
Boss Huang sneered: "You are a little clever, boy, are you willing to follow us?"
"Bah, you thugs will be slaughtered by the soldiers sooner or later!" The young man was full of resentment, and his mother was killed by these thugs, so how could he not hate them?
Huang Lao Da pushed the prostitute away from his arms and strode over to the young man. The county magistrate was terrified and hugged Huang Lao Da's legs: "Huang Lao Da, please spare my son's life!"
Boss Huang kicked him away, walked to the boy, and slashed the boy's neck with the dagger he was carrying.
Blood gushed out of the boy's neck. He tried desperately to cover his neck to slow down the blood flow but to no avail. He was gasping for breath and his trachea was blocked by blood, making it impossible to breathe.
"Yan'er, Yan'er!" The forty-year-old county magistrate cried and rushed towards his son, but what he encountered was his son's body which was gradually losing its breath.
"I will fight you to the death!" The county magistrate gritted his teeth and rushed towards Boss Huang. How could a forty-year-old man who lived a life of luxury be a match for a fierce bandit like Boss Huang? Without Boss Huang making a move, the men following him immediately stabbed him through the chest with a sharpened wooden stick. He stared at Boss Huang with his eyes wide open before he died.
Boss Huang grabbed the dagger and gouged out his eyes: "Damn it, I'm not afraid of you as a human being, so why would I be afraid of you as a ghost?"
"Dad, Dad!" The only surviving daughter cried loudly and shook the county magistrate's body.
Even though the face of the county magistrate's daughter was filled with deep sorrow, her beautiful appearance could not be ignored. Boss Huang had never seen such a beautiful young lady from an official family before, and he felt that the prostitute just sent from the brothel to accompany him drinking was not up to the standard.
He grabbed the girl's hand and said, "Serve me well, and I might be able to leave you alive!"
"Bah, you are a bunch of despicable things, ah!"
Boss Huang grabbed the girl's neck and laughed viciously: "Despicable? Today I want you to see what despicable means!"
"You, go to the brothel and find me a strong aphrodisiac!" The flesh on Boss Huang's face trembled, and murderous intent filled his face. The prostitute was so scared that she nodded repeatedly, and she and the people in the brothel did as he said immediately.
The girl would rather commit suicide than be humiliated. When she was about to bite her tongue to kill herself, Huang Lao Da used his thumb to firmly hold her teeth so that she could not exert any force: "It's not that easy to die!"
After a while, the medicine from the brothel was delivered. Boss Huang had someone add some water and pour it into the girl's mouth. Even though she struggled to spit it out, her strength was no match for that of the two upright and strong men.
After a while, I felt hot and my mind became blurry.
Boss Huang laughed and smashed the bowl, then carried the man into the room, and the bed began to creak.
After about a cup of tea, he finally came out of the room in disheveled clothes and with a look of discontent. He looked at his coveting subordinates and patted his shoulder: "It's not easy to meet a young lady from an official family. Go, call your brothers to come and have a taste of her."
"Hey! Okay! Thank you, Boss Huang, I'll go and call him right away!" The subordinate also ran out with a greedy look on his face.
After Boss Huang's trusted brothers had their fill, they gathered in another room to discuss matters: "Boss, today was truly a joy! We routed those soldiers and captured a ton of swords and weapons. The food we looted is enough for our brothers to fill their bellies!"
Huang Lao Da pondered for a moment and asked, "What about the people in the county? Have they been dealt with?"
The men shook their heads: "How could it be so fast? Some died and some escaped. The brothers were really ruthless. The swords were even bent."
Huang Laodao: "Hurry up, don't let them recover and come to attack us!"
"How is that possible? I think they are scared out of their wits!" The subordinates thought of the people who died under their swords without any resistance, and felt that Boss Huang's idea was unnecessary.
"Isn't that what we did in the beginning?" As soon as Boss Huang said this, the atmosphere suddenly calmed down.
The subordinate straightened his expression and said, "Boss Huang, don't worry, I will definitely clean up all the troubles."
"Yeah." Boss Huang nodded in satisfaction.
Another subordinate also said: "Boss, strike while the iron is hot. We have only occupied Longting County, and there are still six counties around it, such as Huju and Zeyuan. If we can take them down, we will become king!"
Boss Huang laughed and said, "You're really audacious. We only have over a thousand people at most. The casualties from the attack on Longting haven't been counted yet. We'll make plans after we figure it out. As for now, we have to clean up the surrounding villages. After we massacred that village last time, we had enough food to last us for half a month. Don't underestimate the food reserves in the villages."
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