Pang Wei was the first to jump out and immediately started ripping Sun Biao clean, until Sun Biao cried out in pain, "I was wrong, I was wrong, brothers, I was really wrong, I'll never do it again!"
"You motherfucker! Give us back all that grain! Or we'll cut your Achilles tendons!"
These words have clearly provoked public outrage. After all, the people of Pangjia Village have been paying grain to Sun Biao for a long time, and it is no small amount.
Only they themselves know how long they went hungry and how much suffering they endured in order to fill this hole.
In an instant, everyone in Pangjia Village gathered around, their emotions running high, demanding that Lu Tu kill them.
Lu Tu naturally didn't stop him. He looked at Sun Biao with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, not expecting this guy to be so stupid.
If he needed to go back and report, then Lü Tu wouldn't kill him. But since he had no mission and didn't need to go back to report, it didn't matter whether he lived or died.
Sun Biao's men were most excited by this and immediately sided with the Pang family villagers, starting a joint attack on Sun Biao.
"Damn you, Sun Biao! So all this time you've been falsely conveying imperial orders. In other words, the Commandant didn't know what we've been doing all this time?"
Sun Biao immediately became enraged and yelled at his subordinate who was criticizing him, "Li Laoba, you bastard, didn't we share the tax revenue we collected with you before? And now you're turning against us?"
Li Laoba and the others were even more anxious than him, and hurriedly explained to the surrounding villagers: "Fellow villagers, young and old, men and women, we all believed Sun Biao's nonsense, you have to believe us!"
"That's right, we are willing to give you the silver to prove our innocence!"
As they spoke, Li Laoba and the others began to take out their silver, handing over everything of value in one go. Even their outer clothes were stripped off, leaving only their inner linings.
Knowing that pleading with the villagers was futile, they quickly knelt down before Lü Tu, weeping and pleading, "Sir, please have mercy! We really didn't know anything about this. It was all Sun Biao's idea."
Sun Biao: "Fuck your mother!"
Nie Yun looked at Lü Tu questioningly, and after Lü Tu nodded slightly, Nie Yun stepped forward with his sword and swiftly beheaded Sun Biao.
Blood splattered high, dripping onto the dusty ground, creating a slightly scalding sensation.
With Sun Biao's death, the other villagers present fell silent. After all, they were just villagers and dared not do anything else. After seeing that Sun Biao, the culprit, was dead, they naturally dared not cause any more trouble.
Lu Tu also knew that, given the character of Sun Biao and his men, they had probably already spent all the money and grain they had seized, and there was absolutely no way they could get it back.
At this moment, Li Laoba prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Sir, if you need us to investigate smallpox, we are willing to serve you like dogs and horses!"
Lu Tu ignored them and first dismissed the villagers present. After the villagers had all left, Lu Tu spoke up: "You think you can fool others with your affair with Sun Biao? You think you can fool me?"
Li Laoba and the others avoided eye contact, changing the subject as they said, "Sir, what we said is the truth!"
Nie Yun, who was standing to the side, immediately slashed and killed one of the men behind Li Laoba!
The crowd trembled in fright and collapsed to the ground.
Lu Tu smiled coldly: "You've done so many despicable things with Sun Biao, and in this critical moment you chose to betray him without the slightest hesitation. Do you think I would want to keep people like you by my side?"
Upon hearing this, Li Laoba was utterly devastated. He never expected that Lü Tu would have such a ruthless eye, or that he had never trusted them from the beginning and only wanted to watch them fight like dogs for his own amusement!
"Lord Lü, we really didn't lie to you, please give us another chance!"
Lu Tu waved his hand and said, "Very well, tell me about the situation in Huai Shuo City. I want to know everything you know, down to the smallest detail!"
“This… Commandant Zhao recently transferred all the soldiers from the border army to the vicinity of Huai Shuo City. It seems that he is planning something big.”
"Really? Have you heard about some big move?"
"It seems to be to prevent the Wuhuan from invading from the north."
Nie Yun, who was standing nearby, immediately shouted, "Bullshit! You think you can fool us?"
Lu Tu knew that Nie Yun was right; Li Laoba and the others were indeed lying. Recently, the Wuhuan people had been migrating to areas with abundant water and grass, and they hadn't had time to rush south to invade and plunder. Otherwise, they wouldn't have enough food and fodder for winter and would have gone hungry.
With another strike from Nie Yun, another person died. Li Laoba was utterly desperate. He looked at Lü Tu in disbelief and murmured, "My lord, aren't you an imperial envoy from the capital?"
Lu Tu gave a wicked smile: "Who told you that I came from the capital with an imperial edict?"
"Then you...your surname is Lü...you are Lü Tu?" Li Laoba exclaimed in surprise.
"Lu Tu of Wuchuan, how dare you cross the border into our Huai Shuo? And you even falsely claim to be carrying an imperial edict?"
In an instant, Li Laoba and the others all understood, but when they uttered these words, it also meant that their lives were about to come to an end.
Lu Tu sneered, "I think you are smarter than Sun Biao. At least you are much better at assessing situations. If he had half your wit, he wouldn't have died such a miserable death."
Li Laoba nodded. He already knew his fate. He could only look at Lü Tu with pleading eyes and said, "Lord Lü, I've heard of your deeds. I know you're a hero. I know you won't let us go. Can I ask you for a favor?"
"You have no right to negotiate with me!"
"No, Lord Lü, I believe you have the ability to one day kill your way to Huai Shuo and find Zhao Wuyou. If that day ever comes, can you refrain from massacring the city?"
Lu Tu was taken aback. He hadn't expected this guy to think highly of him. He gave Li Laoba a deep look and said, "Fine! But how do you know about Zhao Wuyou and me? And how dare you address Zhao Wuyou by his full name?"
Li Laoba said with a wry smile, "I used to be a guard in the Commandant's Mansion. Just because I accidentally saw one of his concubines taking a bath, he beat me so badly that I was bedridden for three months. Then I was transferred to do dirty and hard work outside the city."
"Oh? So you know Zhao Wuyou quite well?"
Upon hearing this, Li Laoba was relieved that he had indeed made the right bet. Lü Tu was indeed quite interested in Zhao Wuyou's affairs, and if he seized this opportunity, he might still be able to save his life.
"I know something about Zhao Wuyou!"
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