Leng Yu raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he raised his hand to open the wooden box, and a box of silver suddenly appeared inside.
Seeing the silver, the bandits' eyes lit up. The bandit leader frowned calmly and asked:
"What are you doing?"
Leng Yu raised his eyebrows and said with a chuckle:
"Since you're employed by someone, you must have received money from them. However, since you didn't kill us, it won't be easy for you to get the reward. In that case, I'll buy you to release these two men and give up chasing us. Are you willing to do this deal?"
After hearing his words, the bandits began to talk among themselves, and the bandit leader frowned and pondered.
Someone among them advised:
"Brother, that box of silver looks like it has a thousand taels, and the reward for killing them is only five hundred taels. This deal is a good one."
"Nonsense, even though we are bandits, bandits still have principles."
"Brother, that's a lot of money. At this point, we're still considering principles?"
"Yes, it's obvious that these two are not ordinary people. Don't let us end up not being able to kill them, but offending them instead. That would be more trouble than it's worth."
"Brother, that money is enough for us to spend for a while."
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Seeing these people muttering, Leng Yu shouted loudly with some impatience:
"Have you thought it through? I don't have much time to spend here with you. And I have to tell you, you can't kill me. I have people all around here. Do you want to take the silver and go back to enjoy it, or do you want to lose everything and risk your life?"
As soon as he said this, the bandit leader frowned, and the bandits around him urged anxiously:
"Brother, don't think about it."
"Brother, please agree to it."
"Brother, please agree to it."
The bandit leader seemed to be a little shaken. He raised the big knife in his hand, pointed at Leng Yu, and shouted:
"How do I know if your silver is real? Throw one over here and let me see."
Leng Yu shook his head helplessly, then took out a piece of silver, exerted all his strength, and threw it towards the bandit leader. The bandit leader stretched out his hand and caught it.
It was a heavy silver coin. After weighing it in his hand, the bandit leader shouted to Leng Yu:
"Okay, I promise you, but now you all step back three feet. We will release these two women only after we get the silver."
Leng Yu nodded, took Luo Lan's hand, slowly backed away, turned around and walked down the mountain.
After walking for a while, Leng Yu finally stopped and looked back. He saw two bandits impatiently carrying the box of silver, but they still did not let Ah Hong and Ah Hong go. Their heads were still covered.
Leng Yu frowned and shouted directly to the bandit leader:
"Take the silver and release the man."
Unexpectedly, the bandit leader raised his eyebrows with some pride and replied:
"We want the money, and we want the people too. We are bandits, and we have no moral principles."
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the bandits rushed over like crazy. Xiao Lingzi and others also rushed out from the dark and stood behind Leng Yu and Luo Lan.
Xiao Lingzi pointed his sword at the bandits and shouted:
"Do you know who is in front of you? If you anger him today, he will send people to wipe out your banditry in the future."
Hearing this, the bandit leader laughed out loud, "Hahaha, so what if he is the king of heaven? In this Wolf Head Mountain, I have the final say."
Leng Yu suddenly pulled the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows and snorted:
"Bandits are bandits after all. Look back and see what's in your box."
Hearing this, the two bandits rushed to get the silver from the box, and one of them shouted:
"Brother, there are rocks underneath. We've been tricked."
Hearing this, the bandit leader felt like he was about to explode. He suddenly pulled Ah Cai over, tore off the black cloth covering her head, put the knife to her neck, and roared fiercely:
"Well, if you dare to lie to me, I will send her to hell right now."
Ah Cai was not afraid at this time. She looked towards Luo Lan, her eyes suddenly reddened, and then she said:
"My Lord, Princess, you have come to Wolf Head Mountain for Ah Cai and Ah Hong. Ah Cai doesn't know what to say. Ah Cai knows that I can't accompany you in this life. In the next life, Ah Cai will still be your maid."
Leaving these words behind, she leaned her neck towards the bandit leader's sword and said sternly:
"Kill if you want."
But at this time, the bandit leader was already stunned. This woman called those two people "Prince" and "Princess"?
The only married prince in the court now is Prince Yu?
He suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked loudly:
"Are you Prince Yu and Princess Yu?"
Leng Yu raised his eyebrows and replied loudly:
"That's right. You touched my people today, and you are my enemy, Leng Yu. One day, I will flatten your Wolf Head Mountain."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bandit leader suddenly threw away his knife and fell to his knees.
"Prince Yu, please accept my three bows."
This scene left Leng Yu somewhat bewildered, and the bandits behind him were even more puzzled.
After three kowtows, the bandit leader got up from the ground, clasped his hands together and said:
"I heard that Prince Yu has been paralyzed in bed for three years. Boss Liu wanted to meet you, but he didn't have the courage to enter the capital. Since we have the good fortune to meet here today, Boss Liu bows to you."
His action still puzzled Leng Yu, and Luo Lan even asked in a low voice:
"Does my husband recognize him?"
Leng Yu looked at the man carefully and answered affirmatively, "I don't recognize him. I've never seen him."
Just as the two were surprised, the man called Liu Lao Da said:
"Prince Yu, you may not recognize me, but do you remember that five years ago you gave an old woman ten taels of silver to bury her husband?"
Leng Yu had some impression of this incident. It was when he was marching and stationed in a town. He saw a white-haired old woman crying on the street. He went up to ask and learned that the old woman's husband had died and she had no money to bury him. Her son was missing, so she could only pray to God to bless her son to come back soon.
So Leng Yu gave her the only ten taels of silver he had on him. The old woman asked him his name out of gratitude, but he didn't tell her.
Finally, the old woman secretly followed him to the military camp, and after asking around, she found out that he was Prince Yu.
Thinking of this, Leng Yu asked in surprise:
"The old woman?"
"That was my mother. I was unfilial. To earn money to treat my father's illness, I went down into the black mines. I was imprisoned and couldn't escape. When I escaped, my father was already dead and my mother was dying. Before she died, she told me the whole story and repeatedly told me that if I ever had the chance to see you, I must kowtow to you three times to show her gratitude for your great kindness."
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