Liu Ming listened to Yuan Chen's words and felt that it made sense, if the soldiers found out that the precious weapons they specially escorted were lost, they would definitely embarrass the king's shopkeeper, then wouldn't he be unkind.

"However, if you don't teach them a lesson, it's too cheap for them." Yuan Moqing was quite unwilling and muttered.

After Yuan Chen heard this, he also felt conflicted in his heart. I didn't steal this weapon, but I don't know which rebel general was cheaper. In order to obtain this weapon, they don't know how many Li people will suffer.

In the minds of the three people, the sense of morality of the king's shopkeeper and the sense of justice for the people, as well as the hatred of the soldiers who looted the people under the banner of the righteous army, were colliding fiercely. I didn't know what to do, but suddenly there was a shouting outside.

"What's wrong?" The three of them were shocked.

"It looks like it's coming from the counter." Yuan Moqing said.

Liu Ming hurriedly got up, quietly walked to the door, and looked out through the crack in the door. Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing also looked out behind Liu Ming.

If you don't look at it, you can see it, but when you look at it, it startles the three people.

There were several people standing at the counter who looked like non-commissioned officers, all holding torches and weapons, and at this time, the shopkeeper Wang and Mrs. Wang had already been taken captive, and the screams were made by Mrs. Wang.

A non-commissioned officer stepped forward and slapped Mrs. Wang in the face, scolding as he scolded, "Fuck, what's your name?" ”

Seeing this, the shopkeeper Wang begged bitterly: "A few military masters, a few military masters, be merciful, what mistake did the little one make?" ”

"Haha! ," the other non-commissioned officer laughed, "I don't care what you've done." Grandpa is just playing. ”

"Play...... What to play? The shopkeeper Wang exclaimed.

"What do you say? Still don't understand this? A non-commissioned officer standing opposite Mrs. Wang said, stretched out his hand and touched Mrs. Wang.

"Ahh Mrs. Wang screamed again, her already fair face turned even paler, her facial features were distorted and deformed, her lips trembled, and her voice trembled: "Official, save me!" ”

"Save you?" Another non-commissioned officer sneered, "He doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, how can he save you?" The only ones who can save you are grandfathers. You're here! After speaking, he hugged Mrs. Wang and kissed him wildly.

"Stop! Stop! The shopkeeper shouted like madness, and struggled to break free from the restraints of the two soldiers behind him.

"Damn, be honest with me!" A non-commissioned officer scolded and kicked the shopkeeper Wang's vital point, and the shopkeeper screamed and fell to his knees.

A non-commissioned officer put a knife on his neck and said viciously, "If you shout again, I will cut your wife." After speaking, he pointed to Mrs. Wang and said, "If you don't obey, I will cut your officials." Got it? ”

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang and Mrs. Wang glanced at each other, wept, and had to nod.

Seeing that the two of them had softened, several non-commissioned officers laughed wildly and surrounded Mrs. Wang.

Seeing this, Yuan Moqing picked up his sword and was about to rush out of the house, but was stopped by Liu Ming.

Yuan Moqing raised his sword and pointed at Liu Ming, and said angrily in a low voice: "Don't stop me!" Are you just watching Madame Wang be humiliated? ”

"If we show up, it's not just a matter of humiliation." Liu Ming gently brushed aside the blade of the sword and said, "I'm afraid that I will die at that time, don't you see that the swords are already on their necks?" ”

"What then? You say, what should I do? Yuan Moqing stomped his feet and asked again and again.

"I have no choice but to resign myself to fate." After Liu Ming finished speaking, he slid down the corner of the wall and sat on the ground, sighed, and looked up at the ceiling.

Yuan Moqing turned her head to look at Yuan Chen, as if she wanted her to support her claim. But Yuan Chen felt that Liu Ming's words were not unreasonable, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Yuan Moqing had no choice but to turn around, put the sword on the bed hatefully, and lay on the quilt himself, no longer making a sound.

Yuan Chen secretly walked to the door, leaned on the crack of the door, and continued to pay attention to the movement outside.

Several non-commissioned officers took turns insulting Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang couldn't stop crying, biting her lip and enduring it, not daring to let out a trace of screaming. The king's shopkeeper, who was kneeling beside him, was driven with a knife around his neck, his head bowed, his eyes closed, and tears flowing.

Yuan Chen seemed to see the little policewoman being humiliated by Wu Ruojie's many subordinates, and she hated this group of men. Before she knew it, her hand reached for the gun at her waist.

Liu Ming came to her side at some point and held her hand, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to kill them!" Yuan Chen gritted his teeth and said.

"Calm down! Have you forgotten what I just said? Liu Ming said, "You are not doing this to help them, but to let them die." ”

"Do you feel much better than dead when they're like this now?" Yuan Chen looked directly at the other party and asked rhetorically.

Liu Ming avoided her gaze and lowered his head, "I don't know, so what do you want?" ”

Yuan Chen turned around and picked up a three-section stick, handed it to him and said, "Help me unload a section." ”

Liu Ming looked at her suspiciously, took the three-section stick, and with a slight force, he removed one section.

Yuan Chen took the homemade nunchucks and said to Liu Ming and Yuan Moqing, "Let's go, kill them all." ”

Yuan Moqing suddenly came to her senses and jumped up from the bed: "Wow! Walk! ”

Seeing this, Liu Ming sighed, but had to agree and slammed together.

The three of them were about to go out when they suddenly heard another scream outside.

The three of them were busy lying on the crack in the door to watch. It turned out to be a non-commissioned officer who was so perverted that Mrs. Wang finally couldn't bear it, and with a fierce mouth, she bit off the thing in her mouth.

Madame Wang spit it out, blood in her mouth, and looked at a circle of well-dressed beasts with resentment in her eyes.

Everyone was slightly stunned for a moment, and they rushed up and punched and kicked Mrs. Wang.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Wang suddenly stood up and blocked in front of Mrs. Wang, and fought with the non-commissioned officers, but was slashed diagonally and slashed in the neck. The shopkeeper covered his neck, flipped to the ground, and after convulsions for a while, he died of exhaustion.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang cried and climbed forward, holding the corpse and crying loudly, but unexpectedly, a soldier behind her raised a knife and fell, the tip of the knife pierced into the back of the heart, and then pierced through the chest. Mrs. Wang screamed and died instantly.

When they saw that they were both dead, they helped the wounded man up to the second floor and went back to his room. As soon as the torches around him were removed, the counter was darkened.

Liu Ming, Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing saw this scene, and they didn't dare to come out. Two living people were killed in the blink of an eye, it seems that these guys are really murderous without blinking.

After a long time, Liu Ming said: "That's the end, is it necessary for us to kill those soldiers?" ”

"Kill!" Yuan Moqing said, "Why don't you kill?" Avenge the king's treasurer! ”

"Revenge?" Liu Ming smiled bitterly, "There are too many such things, even if you kill this group of soldiers today, the same thing will happen tomorrow." I wanted to avenge my wife, but I waited for so long, but I didn't get revenge, but I saw more and more people in distress. Alas, if Li Zicheng sits in the world, I really don't know what it will become. ”

"What then? Just let them go? Yuan Moqing asked.

"So what do you say?" Liu Ming asked rhetorically.

"Liu Ming, I don't think you're a person who gets discouraged easily." Yuan Chen suddenly looked into Liu Ming's eyes and said.

Liu Ming looked at him for a while, dodged away, and said, "I am indeed not that kind of person. However, with my current abilities, there is no way to stop this. ”

"And what do you want to do?" Yuan Chen asked.

"Do you know the situation right now?" Liu Ming asked rhetorically.

"What's the situation?" Yuan Moqing asked preemptively.

Liu Ming raised his head again, looked at the ceiling, and said: "Now most of the Central Plains is occupied by Li Zicheng, and the small part of the Central Plains and the area south of the Yangtze River are still ruled by the Ming Dynasty, while most of the north has been captured by the Manchus and has changed the name of the country to Qing." This is already a three-legged trend. However, I always felt that this three-legged pattern would one day completely overturn, and the most likely to win the final victory was the Manchu Qing. ”

"Why do you say that?" Yuan Chen listened to his opinions and felt that he was not only honest and gentle, but also an insightful man. Because that's what history looks like. However, she still wanted to understand in detail why the other party was so insightful, so she asked.

"It's very simple, because the Ming Dynasty [***], and Li Zicheng is even more [***], so the final victory can only be the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is known as a strict teacher." Liu Ming said.

Yuan Chen nodded, then suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Since you have such insight, why don't you join the army, but go to Suzhou to do business?" With your skills and ideas, if you join the army, you will definitely make great achievements. ”

"That was indeed my plan." Liu Ming said, "But first, I am still young and my experience is still shallow, so I want to go to the rivers and lakes again and see and learn." The second is that although the Ming Dynasty [***], if I join the army, I must be a Ming soldier, because I am a Han Chinese. Although the Qing army was mighty, I also knew that the Ming army was not their opponent, but I was not willing to be a slave of the Manchurians. And the most important thing is that the way to join the army is long, and I have to pass through Li Zicheng's territory, and I am unentangled and unable to move an inch. So I want to go to Suzhou to do a few businesses, and when I have more seniority, I have also saved up and then make plans. ”

"If the Ming army had more people of insight like you, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished." Yuan Chen said.

"It's not dead yet, don't say anything like that." Liu Ming said.

"Oh yes, I was wrong." Yuan Chen realized that his words were a little ahead of his time in this era, and said with a smile.

"That's all for later, let's not mention it for now, let's talk about our plans now." Liu Ming said.

"Brother Liu, you say it, we listen to you." Yuan Moqing said.

Yuan Chen also nodded in agreement. Liu Ming is by no means an ordinary ordinary person, he has far-reaching knowledge and great ambitions, and he is indeed much stronger than being impulsive or only looking at the two girls in front of him.

"Well," said Liu Ming, "I still have the same idea, go to bed first, recharge my batteries, and then get up early, and I'll go steal that weapon." If you can, how about assassinating a few soldiers by the way to teach this group of soldiers a lesson, and then hitting the road as soon as possible before dawn? ”

"Okay, let's do it." Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing said.

The three of them returned to their places and lay down. Liu Ming lay on the ground, as if he had fallen asleep quickly. Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing were lying on the bed, but they couldn't sleep. Yes, not far from the door is the corpse of Shopkeeper Wang and Mrs. Wang, how could they sleep so peacefully?

I don't know how long it took, but the two girls finally fell asleep in a daze, but after a short while, they felt that someone was calling them.

When the two opened their eyes, it turned out to be Liu Ming.

Liu Ming whispered: "I'm going to get weapons, you guys are ready to prepare, I'll come back in a while, and we'll be on the road." ”

"I'll go with you too!" Yuan Moqing said.

"No, you don't! You stay here. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Liu Ming stopped Yuan Moqing, turned around and flashed out of the door without a sound.

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing sat on the bed, their palms covered with sweat. Although Liu Ming's martial arts are good, can he get that weapon? Will anyone find out? If someone finds out, can you beat the other party and escape? The more the two girls thought about it, the more uneasy they became, and the more they thought about it, the more bottomless they became.

The rooster crowed outside, and the sky was already slightly bright.

Yuan Moqing got up and glanced out. Muttered, "Why hasn't he come back yet?" ”

"I must return safely." Yuan Chen also muttered.

Yuan Moqing said again: "Let's go look for it, don't go wrong again." ”

"No way!" Yuan Chen said, "If we go, we will also add chaos, and that is what really went wrong." ”

After Yuan Moqing heard this, she was silent, but she was nervously walking back and forth, constantly rubbing her hands.

The two of them were impatient, and suddenly there was a knock on the door, and they saw Liu Ming coming in with a strip of black cloth.

"Brother Liu, you're back!" Yuan Moqing hurriedly stepped forward and shouted.

"Hmm." Liu Ming responded.

"Got the weapon?" Yuan Moqing asked again.

"Got it." Liu Ming shook the package in his hand, "It seems to be a knife." ”

"No one found you, did they?" Yuan Chen also asked with concern.

"Found it." Liu Ming said.

"What? How was it discovered? Where was it found? How did you escape? Yuan Moqing heard Liu Ming say this, and asked several questions in a row.

"They have a guard dedicated to guarding this sword, eight in all. It's the people who insulted Mrs. Wang just now. ”

"Huh? And what about them now? Yuan Moqing asked.

"After they found out about me, they were all persuaded by me, and now they apologize by the side of the shopkeeper Wang and Mrs. Wang."

"What? How so? Yuan Moqing said, looking back at Yuan Chen, Yuan Chen also looked at Liu Ming in surprise.

"Look at what, don't look at it," Liu Ming urged the two of them, "Let's get on the road quickly, it will be dawn in a while." With that, he put the knife behind his back and packed up the package by himself.

At this time, the rooster had already crowed twice outside.

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing also picked up their respective weapons, and after packing up, they quietly followed Liu Ming out of the door.

The three of them walked down the aisle and walked to the counter. With the faint brightness of the sky, I can see the situation in front of the counter slightly. The bodies of the shopkeeper and Mrs. Wang were still hugging each other and lying on the ground. In front of their corpses, there seemed to be a pile of things, a little farther away, but they couldn't see clearly.

When Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing got closer and saw clearly, they were taken aback.

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