Outside Qiuyang County, there is a small valley in the mountains of more than ten miles, this valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides and there is only one gap, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the surrounding mountains are undulating and the vegetation is luxuriant, it is indeed extremely difficult to find here.

And this is where the bandits gather.

At this time, Xiao Rui, Zhuge Liuying, and Wu Zhanfa came here, standing on the mountain and looking at the situation in the valley below.

According to the information obtained from the bandits, there should still be quite a few people in the valley now, including twelve bandits and their big bosses, as well as passers-by who were imprisoned, and the families of these bandits also survived in the valley, so the number was as high as thirty or forty people.

At this point, even Zhuge Liuying didn't expect that these bandits would have their families here.

"What to do? Could it be that even their families were killed? And children. Xiao Rui hesitated.

Zhuge Liuying squinted his eyes and said, "In my opinion, kill them all." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Rui was a little stunned, but after thinking about it, he understood the reason.

I came here from the future world, and I was constrained by the law and system, and I subconsciously believed that there was a debtor who was wronged, and I naturally couldn't kill innocents indiscriminately if I didn't die for my crimes. But for Zhuge Liuying, since these family members know that their men are bandits, and they are accomplices in killing people and extorting goods, they are accomplices and must be punished, and the court has always been a death sentence for these bandits and bandits, and their immediate family members will be cut off their household registration and reduced to slaves.

Now that Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying have come to deal with it privately, the best way is to kill all the people who have anything to do with the bandits.

"You think it's cruel?" Zhuge Liuying was a little surprised, as if she didn't expect Xiao Rui to have the kindness of a woman.

Xiao Rui smiled bitterly, he also understood the importance of eradicating the grass and roots, the bandit's son is likely to embark on this road in the future, because his father and even his mother died as bandits, they hate the imperial court, and they will naturally take the opposite path. They were reduced to slavery, and they were also sent to the border to build walls, or used as death squads of the army, no different from death.

But let Xiao Rui do it himself, he really couldn't do it.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask, "Can you kill the children of those bandits with your own hands?" ”

"Before the age of four, you can spare your life, because he still doesn't understand the reason, and he will forget this blood feud when he grows up. But after the age of four, you can't stay! Zhuge Liuying said in a deep voice: "The benevolence of the woman, more people will be killed in the future, this is a lesson of blood, Your Highness Seven, you have not experienced this kind of lesson, so you don't understand the power of it." ”

Xiao Rui frowned and did not respond.

Zhuge Liuying saw that Xiao Rui had compassion, so he asked: "Your Highness the Seventh, the purpose of accompanying you out this time is to practice swords, and it is also to help the people clear the tumor, so it is up to you to decide how to make a decision." ”

"I still think that none of the bandits will be left, but their families will still be handed over to the court to deal with according to the law, how about it? Whether to exile or kill the head, or cut off the household registration and let the yamen of Qiuyang County dispose of it. Xiao Rui still couldn't bear to do it himself.

Zhuge Liuying smiled: "Okay! ”

The three of them immediately descended the mountain and dived into the valley.

The houses in the valley look like a paradise, but if you look at them from a distance, you will find that there are iron cages next to them, and in them are held passers-by who are extorting ransom, all of them unkempt and blind. The children of the bandits were naughty and playful, standing indifferently in front of the iron cage, as if it should be taken for granted.

"If it is a troubled time, it is understandable that the grass will rob the rich and help the poor." Zhuge Liuying whispered: "But now that the world is prosperous and prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, Emperor Xia is even more tax reduction and light servitude, the people live and work in peace and contentment, as long as they are willing to work, there is always a way to live, and it will get better and better." ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liuying hated that iron could not become steel: "But there are always people who want to take shortcuts, thinking that the money is easy to come by, and even ignoring the laws of the imperial court, killing people and goods, they have a lot of bones and innocent lives in their hands." ”

"Look, these kids! They have lost their humanity since childhood, and the innocent people in prison are in their eyes the spoils of war in exchange for money. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, and he was also deeply touched at this time.

At this time, Zhuge Liuying pointed to the tall house in the middle of all the houses, and continued: "That should be the room of the bandit leader, he is also a first-rank martial artist, but he is the best among the first-rank martial artists, I will press the formation for you, look at you." ”

"No problem." Xiao Rui clenched the knife in his hand, and the two immediately sneaked over.

At this time, entering the village, the concealment was greatly reduced, and it was soon discovered.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, coming, outsiders have entered the village!" When a woman saw Xiao Rui and the others, she immediately wailed and fled in fright.

Zhuge Liuying watched her flee, the dagger in her hand did not shoot, and she chose to follow Xiao Rui's advice.

The village was originally not big, there were more than 20 households, and in an instant, the remaining bandits rushed out with weapons, and when they saw Xiao Rui and the others, they immediately killed.

Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying launched a counterattack.

Xiao Rui's knife is like a cold moon, killing a bandit in a few knives, Zhuge Liuying intends to suppress the formation, so he just can't dodge the killer, so the bandits slowly besiege Xiao Rui.

With the experience of life and death battles, Xiao Rui is more handy, in the face of the siege of ordinary people, he is careful and vigilant, and his knife skills are becoming more and more proficient. In the end, Xiao Rui killed five bandits, and the remaining seven saw that they were invincible and immediately retreated and fled to their leader.

"Who are you?"

The leader of the bandits, a sturdy man, arrived bare-chested, carrying a spear in his right hand. Looking at the corpse on the ground, he stared at Xiao Rui cautiously, and when his gaze swept over Zhuge Liuying and Wu Zhanfa, he was shocked.

"Brothers, run away with your family, these three are all masters!" The leader shouted angrily, which was still righteous, and raised his spear to stab Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui is still the first time to face a long weapon, although one inch is long and one inch strong, but the knife is a killing weapon, and the skills of the battle are different, but the result is the same way. So he defended first, and when he came back after a few rounds, he gradually became familiar with the attack of the bandit leader and slowly launched the attack.

On the other hand, seven bandits fled in all directions, trying to escape, but how could Zhuge Liuying show mercy? Immediately catch up and kill clean. The women and children peeking in the shadows saw their men dying, and they didn't care about escaping, so they ran to hug the corpse and cry.

Zhuge Liuying looked at the family members of this group of bandits coldly, without the slightest pity.

The leader of the bandits is worthy of being a master of a first-class martial artist, although Xiao Rui slowly opened up to fight back, he was still pressed and beaten by him, and even the clothes on his chest were picked open by the tip of his gun, almost stabbing his chest, which scared Xiao Rui into a cold sweat.

But the brutality of all his men being killed made him in a trance, Xiao Rui seized the opportunity, slashed him in the chest with a knife, and then finally cut off one of the arms of the bandit leader in one go.

The leader of the bandits, armed with a gun, shouted: "Friend, are you here to seek revenge? ”

Xiao Rui gasped, and after this battle, he was also sweating.

"No, for the sake of the people." Xiao Rui shouted.

When the bandit leader heard this, he grinned: "I knew there would be such a day, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, kill!" ”

He carried a gun in one hand, fought desperately, and was not afraid at all, and he was indeed an outlaw.

Xiao Rui didn't dare to take it lightly and fought with a knife, but he was already at the end of the crossbow, Xiao Rui deliberately induced him with a flaw, and then the knife flashed and cut off his other arm.

Syllable... The leader of the bandits fell to the ground and vomited blood in his mouth.

Xiao Rui stepped on his chest and asked, "You have been cutting the path outside Qiuyang County for many years, who is in the county office to report to you?" ”

"Bah, kill if you want to! Dog's day, eighteen years later, Lao Tzu is a good man again. The bandit leader shouted.

At this moment, an eight- or nine-year-old boy in the distance came running with a long knife and shouted, "Let go of my father, I will kill you!" ”

"Tiezi, run away!" The bandit leader roared angrily, but his kid was so aggressive that he seemed to be going to kill Xiao Rui.

Coming to the front, the child reluctantly raised the knife and slashed at Xiao Rui. Xiao Rui sighed with emotion, and sure enough, as Zhuge Liuying said, the children of bandits also regard human life as a mustard.

He reached out and grabbed the back of the knife and directly put the child down, but he kept struggling, and even opened his mouth to bite Xiao Rui's wrist, and was thrown by Xiao Rui on the bandit leader.

"Don't say it, I'll let you father and son go to hell together!" Xiao Rui glared, his eyes revealing murderous intent.

The strong man gritted his teeth, but his mouth was still stiff, and his son put his arms around him and kept crying.

Xiao Rui saw that he had a hard mouth, and when he was about to persecute him through his son, a woman ran from a distance and wailed: "A good man spares his life, I say, I say, I know who it is, please spare my child... Woo..."

The woman ran and threw herself on the ground, hugged her child hard, and then kept kowtowing to Xiao Rui.