Chapter 781: With a tree to lean on, you can always go home no matter how far you go
Hao Liang waved his hand with great momentum and led the few remaining people towards the destination known only to him.
And when Hao Liang didn't know, a group of people who had been hiding their tracks and following him quietly got ahead of him.
The next morning, Hao Liang leaned against a tree trunk with a purple face. Not far away was the Ningnan Dam that he had been thinking about.
However, there were mysterious men in black standing inside and outside the dam, and the grove was surrounded by several circles inside and outside.
A cold sneer was heard from the grove, followed by the dull thud of feet landing on dead branches and rotten leaves. The person who appeared in front of Hao Liang was 'Kui San'.
'Kui San' politely called the leader, raised his hand and took off the human skin mask that was almost integrated with his skin, revealing a strange face.
"The leader spared no expense to come here. It must have been a difficult journey."
"I had to hide my true face before, which was extremely offensive."
Hao Liang looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, his dark lips trembling repeatedly: "Impossible... This is absolutely impossible..."
"you……"
Hao Liang's eyes rolled around and he laughed out loud as if he realized something.
"Even if they catch me, what can they do?"
"Do you really think you can protect Ningnan's dam?!"
"I tell you, the real ..."
"Is the chief talking about them?"
Cheng Shi snapped his fingers, followed by several muffled groans.
A dozen people with their hands and feet tied were thrown to Hao Liang's feet like sandbags. Along with them was thrown out gunpowder that was completely soaked by rainwater.
Cheng Shi said coldly, "On the way here, I was still confused. I wondered how the leader, with his bare hands and few men, planned to destroy the dam."
“When I learned that there were these things, it suddenly became clear.”
Gold, iron, and gunpowder are all important weapons of a country and are not easily obtained.
Hao Liang was just a bandit leader, but no one knew how he managed to secretly collect so much gunpowder and hide it all near the Ningnan dam.
When he found these people and things, Cheng Shi's back was soaked with cold sweat.
Fortunately, it was in time...
If Hao Liang's conspiracy really succeeds, it will be a disaster for the entire Jiangnan region.
Hao Liang's eyes were twisted and ferocious. Just as he was about to roar, he suddenly turned to look at the silent Ning Ye: "Is it you?"
"Are you betraying me?!"
"No one will guess except you..."
"leader."
Ning Ye, with a pale face, interrupted Hao Liang's anger and said with a sigh, "The poison in your body cannot withstand the surge of blood and qi, which will cause the poison to take effect faster."
"It's time to stop getting angry."
"poison?"
Hao Liang muttered a few words as if he couldn't believe what he heard.
Master Ning couldn't help coughing a few times, a trace of black blood oozing from the corner of his lips. He smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, it's poison."
"My water bag is filled with poison. The leader has been poisoned for two hours. Haven't you noticed yet?"
Not only Hao Liang was poisoned, but all of them as well.
Master Ning personally poisoned the people he brought with him.
After saying this, Master Ning seemed to have completely lost his strength. He fell to the ground, leaning against the tree trunk, closed his eyes and gasped, saying, "Chief, our sins are deep enough. Why should we cause more trouble?"
"When the Jiangnan flood hit, we pulled each other to beg for food to prevent each other from starving to death. The leader grabbed half a moldy pancake and saved our lives. I'll always remember it."
"I can't repay you for saving my life, so why don't we just go together..."
"After descending into the Nine Netherworlds, we brothers will have some companionship on the journey, so we won't be so lonely... cough cough cough..."
"Wow!"
As Master Ning spoke, he spat out a mouthful of black blood. The others, who had already succumbed to the poison and could no longer bear it, crawled towards where Master Ning was sitting using their hands and feet without a word, and then fell down one after another.
Hao Liang clung to the dry edge of the tree trunk, his eyes wide open. He stared at his confidants who had finally stabbed him in the back, and said in despair, "You betrayed me too?"
"I never thought that you would be the ones to betray me!"
"If I had known about the flood, I shouldn't have saved you!"
"I should have let you be gnawed by wild dogs and devoured by jackals! I..."
"But if it weren't for the Great Flood back then, how would the chief have had the chance to save us?"
One man, unable to hold on any longer, fell to the ground and laughed a few times. He wiped the blood from his mouth and nose and taunted, "Chief."
"Before the Great Flood, I was actually the young master..."
If the flood had not hit, his parents were still alive and his family was well-off, he would not have done such evil things in his life.
"yes……"
Another man, his face covered in blood, gasped, "My grandfather was a scholar, and so am I... I'm also an innocent child from a farming and scholarly family..."
Everything could have been fine.
They are not born evil.
It was completely changed after a flood.
In order to survive, he would do anything to achieve his goal. He has been doing evil for many years. I dare not say that he has a clear conscience, but he has no regrets.
But if I were to amplify the flood that destroyed everything with my own hands, I would be sent to hell and would not be able to face my family again.
Their family members died in the floods and their homes were destroyed by the floods.
Many years have passed, and such a tragedy should never happen again...
The person who was speaking gradually lost his strength and closed his eyes at some point.
Hao Liang watched helplessly as the people who had followed him for half his life fell one after another. He was so angry that he could no longer bear it and vomited.
The ground was covered with blood.
It's just like this life that is so dark and thick that there is not a single bit of brilliance to be found.
Mr. Ning's vision was blurred by the effects of the drug. He leaned his head against the cold tree trunk and said softly, "That's enough... That's enough..."
"I heard that your master is leading people to fight the flood and distributing food to every household to ensure that no one goes hungry..."
"Is... is it true?"
Mr. Ning's gaze had faded, and his voice was very soft.
Cheng Shi paused when he heard the sound, then knelt down on one knee to hold his uncontrollably shaking neck, and said in a resounding voice, "Yes."
"Across the Jiangnan region, the people are free from hunger and all illnesses can be cured."
"Wherever humanly possible, we will risk our lives and bodies to resist the flood and withstand the waves, and never again see the tragedy of that time."
Mr. Ning didn't know whether he heard it clearly or not at all. He was stunned for a moment and then laughed softly.
"It's good to have enough food to eat... If I have enough food to eat, I won't starve to death..."
"As long as people don't die, they still have roots in this life..."
With a tree to lean on, no matter how far you go, you can always go home...
Those who had fled here with Hao Liang and Ning Ye were either relieved or filled with resentment, but in the end they all fell silently with lingering obsession.
Hao Liang died with his eyes open.
The people behind Cheng Shi gritted their teeth when they saw this: "He died like this, it's really too easy for him."
Cheng Shi reached out and closed Mr. Ning's eyes, then stood up and said, "There's nothing I can do. After all, I promised him."
Mr. Ning has been doing evil for half his life, and his final request is to seek death, as he does not want to suffer any more torture for his evil deeds.
I just want to die quickly.
The pirates have been wiped out, and there is not much point in keeping these people alive.
It's just such a trivial request, so there's nothing wrong in fulfilling it.
Cheng rubbed his sleeves with his ten fingertips, threw down the corpses of the water bandits on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "By order of the young master, the water bandit leader and his accomplices will all be beheaded and their bodies will be hung on the official road as a warning to those who have delusional thoughts."
"Other."
"The hidden danger of water bandits has been eliminated. The men deployed by the young master no longer need to hide in the dark. Order everyone to gather them together. From now on, they will do their utmost to reinforce the levee and protect the several cities downstream!"
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