Chapter 471 Horse Bandits (5)
He was hugging the woman when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the hand holding the knife, causing his muscles to tense up and he was unable to move.
This woman...what kind of hidden weapon did this woman use?
In the room, besides Young Master Wuda and his wife, there was also the old man in his fifties who was staring at him with a half-smile.
Jian Fangtong was terrified by the three men's gazes, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. "You... kill me if you want. I've always lived on the edge of a knife, living one day at a time. Now that I'm outmatched, I have no regrets in dying!"
Old Yu chuckled and said, "It's easy to want to die. But before you die, I have a few questions to ask you. If you answer well, I will let you die!"
Jian Fangtong's eyes lit up: "Okay, as long as you're being tortured, just ask whatever you want!"
At this point, he no longer expected to survive. If he continued to follow the horse's tail for another day, he would be reduced to nothing but bones.
If the other party wants to kill you, you won’t even get blood on your hands.
Zhao Tingduo looked at him coldly and said, "Where are you from?"
Old Yu had said before that the Zhenbei Army had searched the area outside the city and all the mountain bandits and horse bandits had been driven out. How come this large group of horse bandits appeared again?
Jian Fangtong looked at the blazing fire pit, then at the copper pot on top, and the mutton soup boiling inside. He swallowed hard before saying, "I can tell you, but I have to warm myself by the fire and eat something!"
Zhao Tingduo's eyes turned cold, and he whipped him to the ground with a whip: "How dare you! This is not the place for you to negotiate. Kneel down and talk!"
He was still brooding over the bandit leader's kidnapping of Song Liyun.
In front of him, he pinched Ayun with his claws. If Ayun didn't have a way to save his life, he would definitely not be able to sit next to him at this time.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he wished he could whip the man to death.
The reason why this group of horse bandits can survive until now is because of what Old Yu said.
Jian Fangtong's arm was injured by an arrow and had been numb and unconscious after being tied up for an entire afternoon. When Zhao Tingduo whipped him free, blood began to flow out again.
Song Liyun frowned in disdain: "Ashi, forget it, don't hit him anymore, let Elder Yu question him!"
In the carriage, Song Liyun explained to the frightened Zhao Tingduo that she had intentionally allowed herself to be caught by the bandit leader.
If you want to completely wipe out the horse bandits, there will be casualties. Zhao Tingduo can go alone to hold back the bandit leader, and he only needs to use a little trick to reduce the losses. Why not do it?
However, he did not expect to be dragged into the river by the convulsing bandit leader and almost drowned, which made Zhao Tingduo scared.
Zhao Tingduo suppressed his anger and said to Jian Fangtong, who was lying on the ground and struggling to wake up, "Get up and answer me, and I'll give you soup!"
Jian Fangtong suddenly became energetic, rushed to the fire pit, grabbed a wooden bowl beside the pot and scooped into the pot, not afraid of the heat, and started drinking the boiling mutton soup in big gulps.
This scared the three people in the room. They had seen people who were not afraid of death or pain, but they had never seen anyone who was not afraid of heat.
Song Liyun even suspected that the bandit leader's throat was already 70% cooked.
After three bowls of mutton soup, Jian Fangtong's face flushed red, and the dead look he had felt from being frozen all the way in wet clothes and cold wind disappeared.
Song Liyun couldn't help but secretly say: "What a physique!" If he hadn't become a bandit, he would have been able to get a position in the Zhenbei Army.
Jian Fangtong was eating mutton soup, and Old Yu was observing him silently. After seeing him finish eating, he slowly spoke: "Are you from the Lianshan gang?"
Jian Fangtong was slightly startled when he heard the word Lianshan, but he showed no expression. He sat carelessly by the fire, warming himself as he said, "Old man, you have good eyes. My surname is Jian, my given name is Fangtong, and I am from Qingzhou. Five years ago, I accidentally injured someone and was exiled to the border.
Being oppressed by the local military households and having killed people, he turned to the bandits in Lianshan!"
Elder Yu stroked his beard and nodded, "Did you know that Lianshan Huojia used to have a close relationship with the Qi family?"
Jian Fangtong said, "The wife of Boss Huo is from a branch of the Qi family. After you raided the Qi family, Huo Jia killed that woman!"
Song Liyun was shocked when she heard this: "How many years has Madam Qi been with him?"
Jian Fangtong glanced at Song Liyun and his body twitched, as if the momentary pain took control of his entire body, making his scalp numb.
His lips, swollen and red from the burn, trembled as he forced a wry smile and said, "Madam, Qi has been with Huo Jia for sixteen years and has two sons and a daughter. The eldest daughter was just sent to the head of the Simon tribe last year."
Hearing this, Zhao Tingduo suddenly remembered that in March last year, when he was sending the Wu Dynasty slaves he found on the grassland back to the city, he had attended a wedding banquet of the Simon tribe. It turned out that the newlywed was the daughter of the Lianshan horse bandit leader.
Song Liyun clenched her fists: "My wife of sixteen years just killed me without any care about our relationship." She felt that if she met Huo Jia again in the future, she would tear him into pieces.
Lianshan, located north of Yunzhou, is far away from Hecheng. It is a mountain range between the Wu Dynasty and the Di tribe grassland, and also a natural dividing line.
This place is unmanaged and has long been occupied by a group of horse bandits.
Zhao Tinglei once sent people to suppress them, but those horse bandits could move freely between the two borders. The Zhenbei Army suppressed them several times and only killed a few scattered minions. Instead, the Lianshan horse bandits became more famous and arrogant.
It now seems that it is a fact that the Lianshan horse bandits colluded with the Qi family to sell slaves.
But how could Jian Fangtong appear in the Mida Valley thousands of miles away with more than 40 people?
Jian Fangtong was a reckless man, and without even needing Old Yu to ask, he spoke frankly, "Huo Jia is ruthless and ungrateful. I disagreed with him and had many conflicts. Years ago, I took a group of people and left Lianshan to find a way out on my own."
It turned out that Jian Fangtong had a conflict with Huo Jia in Lianshan, so he brought a group of people out to establish his own mountain.
But Yunzhou is now guarded more and more tightly by the Zhenbei Army, and he has no suitable position from north to west.
After much difficulty, we found the section leading to the Mida River Valley from Hecheng. There was no trace of the Zhenbei Army, but there were people there, so we wanted to settle down there.
But they didn't expect that all the people going back and forth on the road were working men. The team of Zhao Tingduo and Song Liyun was a rare fat sheep for them.
Before this, they robbed a nearby tribe and found some food.
It has been a day since I last had anything to eat.
Mr. Yu looked solemn.
The horse bandits in Lianshan are related to the Qi family!
The Simon tribe is related to the Lianshan horse bandits!
He frowned. Qi Kexian had disappeared without a trace since he fled Hecheng. It must be related to the Lianshan horse bandits... or even the Simon tribe.
The Simon tribe is a Di tribe that is now relatively close to the Wu Dynasty.
The relationship here seems complicated, and Lian Shan Huojia has also drawn a clear line with the Qi family.
But there are still clues. This information is very important to the garrison, and the Simon tribe needs to be on guard.
As for Jian Fangtong, Old Yu looked at Zhao Tingduo.
These bandits who rob and plunder are the most hateful. If I hadn't met them on my way, someone else would have been killed.
But if he is killed...it is better to listen to the decision of Young Master Wuda on matters on the grassland.
Zhao Tingduo didn't say anything directly, but just looked at Jian Fangtong: "Do you know that you are guilty of a capital crime?"
(End of this chapter)
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