Chapter 445 [Robbed the Bandit Camp]
After hearing this, Zhang Tongban's eyes widened: Can you arrest people like this?
How can you be more deceitful than him?
Is this the county magistrate appointed by the emperor himself?
Is this definitely the top scholar in the imperial examination who was eloquent and admired by the people for his noble character?
Guan Yue looked at Zhang Tongban's bewildered expression and said a few more words: "Aren't you a good liar?"
"There shouldn't be more ways to bring people here than the one Lord Xue mentioned, right?"
"Think of a few more plans and pool your wisdom to trick as many people as possible into coming to receive labor camp education."
It is not impossible to attack the village directly, but it is too time-consuming, and it may be dangerous because we are not familiar with the terrain. What if many people hear the news and run away?
"Hey~ How can something like this involving a scholar be called a lie? It's so unrefined!"
Xue Wei shook his head at Guan Yue: "This is called helping young people who have gone astray get back on the right track in life~"
Guan Yue: Brother, you are really good at pretending!
Zhang Tongban listened to what he said and started to plan his escape. He was not going to play with these lunatics!
Guan Yue glanced at him casually at this moment: "Xiao Zhang, you shouldn't be thinking of running away, right?"
"If I run away, what will I do with the poison from the scorpion sting?"
Zhang Tongban was puzzled when he heard Guan Yue's words. His heart skipped a beat and he checked himself again and again. "I'm not poisoned, am I?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain in his buttocks. He turned around and saw that the guard leader Qiu Fang was holding a pitch-black scorpion in his hand. The scorpion was still slowly swinging its tail.
Guan Yue spread her hands: "Well, isn't he poisoned now?"
Zhang Tongban is so sad that he can't even cry. This is simply a hooligan!
*
Half an hour later, everyone arrived at Menghu Village one after another.
The outer perimeter of Menghu Village is a circle of solid walls made of adobe and stones. The houses inside are all earthen houses. Although simple, they are well organized.
Five bandits were left in Menghu Village to guard the house.
The road from Wan'an Pass to Menghu Village is about fifty miles long. Menghu Village is the boss, and its location is hidden, so no one dares to disturb it. So when Xue Wei brought his men, five bandits were squatting in the open space in the middle of the village playing mahjong.
Before they could figure out what was going on, a jade-faced scholar and a group of strange people came in so brazenly, and then they wandered around their farm as if they were strolling around their own home.
Guan Yue looked around and said, "This village is not far from the official road. If we renovate it and build a road, it can be used as a post station and an office for our escort agency branch."
Xue Wei nodded in agreement: "Not bad, not bad! Let us congratulate the Xilai Escort Agency for expanding its logistics network to outside Wan'an Pass!"
As they traveled along the way, Guan Yue would sometimes lag behind the main group, just to see if there were any suitable places along the way to the northwest to open a branch of the Yuelai Escort Agency and set up a "logistics network".
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Cheng Jiayu also came back through the small door at that time. "I saw a piece of wasteland behind the village. The soil conditions are very suitable for growing the 'sea rice' you described."
Xue Wei thought about it and said, "Okay, this place will be our first base outside Wan'an Pass. With this base as the center, we will start planting sea rice, potatoes and other drought-resistant crops."
Once Hou Xiaoxiao and the others arrive with sufficient manpower, this plan can be implemented.
"No, who are you?"
The bandit who was guarding the house saw the intruder talking to himself and ignoring him, and angrily picked up a machete.
Xue Wei remained calm as he ordered the people behind him: "Catch them and give them ten beatings, then take them away to recite the rules!"
“Hey hey hey——”
The guarding bandits, who had no idea what was going on, were dragged away by the guards and beaten with ten sticks. Only then did they see their fellow bandit brothers, who had already been tortured, dragging their heavy bodies and lining up in an orderly manner into the village.
He was dragged away by the guards to reunite with his boss and accomplices in the woodshed, and only then did he know what had happened to the brothers who had gone out.
The five bandits who were guarding the house wanted to pull their brothers over to complain harshly about the county magistrate's behavior, which was inhumane and incomprehensible.
Before they could even finish their rant, their accomplice yelled at them: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and recite it! If you don't finish, we'll both have nothing to eat tomorrow and we'll get beaten! Don't hold me back!"
The five bandits who were guarding the village saw the rough men in the village holding candles and thin pieces of paper to read by light at night and memorize their lessons with great effort. They suddenly felt that the world had become magical.
*
The next morning, Xue Wei and his group, who had rested well, were full of energy.
After this torturous night, the arrogance of the controlled bandits had been completely worn away by the pain of the poison and the pain of endorsing, and they were listless.
When Xue Wei and the others woke up in the morning, there were about thirty bandits who had memorized the rules. After a night of tossing and turning, these people were hungry and sleepy. They were looking forward to the breakfast that Xue Wei and the others had mentioned.
Soon breakfast was pushed in front of the bandits on a cart. Before they could see clearly what was in the cart, they could already smell the fragrance of crispy meat!
They, Menghu Village, were doing pretty well among the large and small villages, but they didn't have meat to eat every meal.
At this moment, the bandits all swallowed their saliva at the same time.
Breakfast with meat!
And the guards came down pushing another cart, this time with an unfamiliar fragrance mixed with the aroma of rice.
"No way? This scent is a bit like the scent of shrimp and crab?"
"Xia, do we have this kind of thing in the Gobi Desert?"
"Even if there are such good things, they are for the people led by Master Xue. How can there be any share for us?"
The dull atmosphere was lifted by the breakfast.
Qiu Fang came up with a wooden tray, on which were a double-layer teriyaki chicken burger, shrimp and crab porridge, hash browns, a fruit plate made of grapes, oranges, and lychees, and a glass of milk.
Although the bandits didn't know what a hamburger was, they were so greedy when they saw the two pieces of bread that looked like naan and contained two thick layers of meat!
Moreover, in that big bowl of shrimp and crab porridge, you can see the whole shrimps and crabs clearly from a distance, and the ingredients are very sufficient.
For those fruits that you have never seen before, just looking at their appearance is enough to make you salivate.
Zou Hu, feeling dizzy from memorizing, couldn't help but ask, "Is this Master Xue's breakfast?"
Someone immediately looked around and said with a hopeful tone, "Master Xue isn't here right now. This is the firewood room."
Qiu Fang gave a mysterious smile: "No, it's for you."
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