After realizing what had happened, Hu's mother hurriedly helped the person up and scolded, "You child, why are you bowing so deeply? Hurry up and come back as soon as possible."
Shui Qing was overwhelmed with mixed feelings upon hearing that he should leave early and return early.
Some people you spend decades with and only feel bored with, while others you can't bear to part with, even after just a year or so.
Ling Ran gave a soft "hmm" and replied, "I will come back."
They will definitely come back.
As the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, everyone in the village was ready.
There were a total of 87 bandits. About 30 or 40 of them were injured and unable to walk. They were tied up by hand and foot and thrown onto a cart. The rest of them had their hands tied with hemp rope and were strung together with hemp rope in groups of six or seven. They were tied to the back of each donkey cart and followed along.
Forty men from Shanshui Village gathered, led by Ling Ran. Several older men led the donkeys, while the other young and strong men, each carrying a long knife, stood guard on both sides of the donkey cart to escort it.
There were eighty or ninety bandits, but only forty men were responsible for escorting them. It wasn't a large number, but fortunately, about half of the bandits were injured and unable to move. The rest were tied up and only needed to be guarded.
However, these people all knew that sending it there would almost certainly lead to certain death, so they would probably fight to the death. Therefore, they could not relax their vigilance at all along the way and had to guard it tightly.
Before setting off, Ling Ran's eyes were sharp and his voice was cold as he ordered, "If anyone is found trying to escape by untying the rope, kill them without mercy!"
Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free. Do you all understand?
"We know!" the men in the group replied loudly.
Before tonight, they certainly wouldn't have dared to do it, but having witnessed the brutality of these bandits, and the loss of five lives and dozens of injuries in the village, they felt that these people didn't deserve to live!
Shui Qing looked at Ling Ran, who was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, feeling both worried and relieved.
Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to one's own people; Ling Ran did the right thing.
Qin Yilin quickly suppressed her excitement.
This child has the demeanor of a great general—a kind heart cannot command an army, and righteousness cannot manage finances. It is the right thing to do to deal with bad people without mercy, and it is also a way to be responsible to one's own people.
As soon as the group left the village, a man stepped forward to close the gate and bolt it.
The open space in front of the school was now empty and spacious again, with eighty or ninety bandits gone.
The bandits were gone, but Shui Qing didn't relax at all. In fact, she became even more tense because she knew that last night was just the beginning, and the danger was not over yet, but was even closer.
The fire was still burning, though it was a little smaller than before. The large iron pot on top of it kept burning, continuously serving steaming hot millet porridge.
The wounded in the study had already been bandaged. The Zhao and Sun families suffered heavy casualties. The deceased elders had been placed on the dismantled door panels. The injured had their broken legs clamped in place by Ding and Li with wooden boards, and had also been treated and bandaged.
Fan Qian, Fan Dazhu, and Fan Laowu also broke their legs, but they were bandaged by Sizhu and Fan Laowu. Needless to say, Qin Yilin and Ding Jiajia would never come to help bandage them.
Two years ago, Ding Heli would have helped out of friendship with his fellow villagers. However, after Fan Erzhu ruined Jiajia's reputation and his family took advantage of her for their own benefit, causing such a great disaster for the whole village, Ding Heli's original enthusiasm gradually faded, and he didn't even bother to come and take a look at the wound.
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