Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1466: Lord Ying’s Command
Previously on Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside...
You Ping looked around, gathered a few handfuls of dry wild grass for kindling, covered Mrs. Cen with it, and went out to inform Qin San Lang: "Master, the dead inside is Mrs. Cen, she died about an hour ago. The bandits must have killed her and then went up the mountain."
"Don’t worry about her, head up the mountain to eliminate bandits first, lest they run away." Qin San Lang didn’t pay much attention to Mrs. Cen. This woman was too poisonous, her death was actually a good thing, so she wouldn’t escape and come back from elsewhere to bite them later.
"Liugou, go up the mountain!" Qin San Lang called out to the lead wolf he had trained. The lead wolf howled twice, leading other gray wolves following the scent up the mountain.
Niu Dabao laughed and said, "San Lang, why did you give the wolves such a name? They’re obviously wolves, but you called them dogs."
Qin San Lang replied, "Naming is too difficult. In the countryside, people love using names like dog, egg, or link. I’m too lazy to think of names, so I used dog and added ranks, it makes things easier."
This was Xiao Yu’s original words, Qin San Lang felt Xiao Yu made a lot of sense.
Niu Dabao laughed again, but his laughter was small. After making this joke, he shut up and didn’t say more, lest his voice get too loud and startle the prey.
Surprisingly, their ascent was quite smooth. The wolves ahead didn’t encounter any living people and didn’t make any frenzied howls to alert them.
Xie Cheng frowned: "San Lang, something’s not right. Didn’t those two bandits say there were twelve secret posts on the mountain path? Why haven’t we found anyone?"
As he spoke, he pointed his long knife at the two bandit guides, angrily whispering: "Speak, are you purposely leading us the wrong way?!"
"No, no!" The two bandit guides furiously shook their heads denying it. They had been fed the Gu Family’s poison, their stomachs were killing them. If they didn’t lead the Qin family up the mountain to eliminate the bandits, they’d be dead. How dare they lead the wrong way on purpose?!
Niu Dabao whispered: "Doesn’t look like these two turtles are leading us the wrong way deliberately... Maybe we’re too late, and the bandits on the mountain have already fled? Oh dear, that’d be terrible. If the mountain bandits escaped elsewhere to harm other locals, what would we do?!"
The ferocity of the bandits at Hundred Wolves Mountain was something they had experienced firsthand. They didn’t want to let the bandits go and harm other people elsewhere.
"Company Commander Qin, time is pressing, let’s speed up and head up the mountain to see!" said another Company Commander from the Prefecture, looking impatiently as if he couldn’t wait to go up the mountain.
Actually, the Company Commander had his own agenda in mind; the bandits at Hundred Wolves Mountain had robbed numerous merchants, surely the village held countless treasures. Being among the first to go up, they definitely could grab a lot of wealth.
Upon hearing this, Qin San Lang glanced at the speaking Company Commander Jin, eyes filled with a cold murderous intent, which startled Company Commander Jin as he remembered Qin San Lang’s ruthlessness from the night before, quickly saying: "Company Commander Qin, don’t misunderstand. I mean no harm... Rest assured, your contribution is the greatest. Once we’re up there, we all listen to your orders, however you say, that’s how we’ll do it."
You agree, then we’ll start carrying away the gold and silver treasures, right?
Qin San Lang didn’t respond, only swept his gaze across the Company Commanders and said: "Remember, we’re soldiers, not bandits!"
After speaking, Qin San Lang pointed ahead, instructing You Ping and the four Reconnoitre Soldiers from Tianfu County Soldier Station to scout the path ahead, and only when assured there was no ambush did he lead the group to continue up the mountain.
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On the mountain, White Wolf Village was already a river of blood.
The fierce bandits of the Eagle Food Gang seemed like the evil spirits of hell, and in under half an hour, they had killed over ninety percent of the more than seven hundred bandits in the village, leaving only over thirty people and Boss Bai.
But those thirty something people were scared half to death by the bandits’ murderous methods, dropping to their knees pleading: "Please, sirs, spare us. Our village has plenty of gold, silver, treasure, and women, all can be yours, just spare our lives. We don’t want to die!"
Boss Bai looked at the bandits’ eagle feathers on their shoulders, his eyes bloodshot, angrily glaring at them, questioning: "Why are you of the Eagle Food Gang exterminating White Wolf Village? We are clearly allies. I, Bai, have always respected the Eagle Food Gang. This time, helping Ding Family to swallow soldiers, I’ve given you plenty of gold. Why do you still want to destroy us? I won’t accept it, I won’t! You have no ethics. I want to see Lord Ying, I want to ask him face-to-face why he’s being treacherous, why he’s treating us this way!?"
Boss Bai roared, but the fierce bandits of the Eagle Food Gang completely ignored him.
The lead bandit sneered: "Ask Lord Ying face-to-face? Do you think you’re worthy to see Lord Ying? As for why the Eagle Food Gang exterminates you, really unclear? You didn’t receive orders from the Eagle Food Gang?"
Eagle Food Gang’s orders?
Boss Bai thought for a moment and finally recalled that before Lord Ghost came, the Eagle Food Gang had issued orders to all bandits, saying they could normally raid the army, but this time the army was heading Northwest to resist the Rong people, to defend the ancestral land, and all bandits must not attack the Kangrong army, otherwise they would be defying the Eagle Food Gang!
"But I’ve spoken to Lord Ghost, and Lord Ghost didn’t oppose. Our White Wolf Village doesn’t count as defying Lord Ying’s orders!" Boss Bai argued.
Upon hearing this, the lead bandit laughed loudly: "Bai, do you know? The one who ordered us to destroy you, is indeed Lord Ghost."
"What!" Boss Bai was horrified, shouting: "Why? Why did Lord Ghost do this? He clearly agreed!"
"Lord Ghost agreed? Really?" The lead bandit stomped on a bandit corpse, using a guarded hand to wipe blood off his knife, saying to Boss Bai: "Did Lord Ghost ever take your gold? Did he ever promise you anything? Not a single word. Lord Ghost just stayed silent and smiled at you a couple times, and you thought he agreed. You know, Lord Ghost’s calm expression is a sign of intense anger!"
Lord Ghost, like Lord Ying, though they hate Emperor Chu, they hate Rong people even more. Now, with the land being invaded by Rong people and urgently needing Southern soldiers to resist, how could Lord Ghost help Boss Bai against Southern soldiers?
This incident should be seen as helping the Southern soldiers clear out the army’s scourge.
The outcome was good, a single bandit assault almost wiped out the harmful scourges that needed to be eliminated.
After hearing this, Boss Bai remembered the gold Lord Ghost had left in the house, and the fact he never mentioned not pursuing Boss Bai for targeting Kangrong Soldiers. He was shaken, trembling in fear, shouting: "Lord Ghost, you actually betrayed a brother!"
He looked at the large group of fierce bandits and immediately knelt, begging for mercy: "Brothers, this time it’s a misunderstanding. Please spare my life, let me see Lord Ying... Lord Ghost indeed said, if White Wolf Village were destroyed, I could go to the Eagle Food Gang, they would give me food to live!"
Lord Ghost did indeed promise that, but that was before, now he’s long changed his mind.
The lead bandit pointed a knife at Boss Bai, saying: "Tell me, what kind of death do you want?"