More than 100 people were tied into the camp, Yi Xiaodao looked at everyone's faces with a wicked smile, and then muttered a few words in Wei Youming's ear, Wei Youming nodded again and again, and went down to arrange.

Soon, the soldiers tied up the bandits and put them into tents and interrogated them.

More than 100 people were interrogated separately, but they did not ask anything else, they were all asked to identify each other, and told them about some of the other people's daily activities of stealing chickens and dogs, burning, killing and looting, and scaring them to kill them on the spot if they concealed it.

In fact, there is no need to scare them, these people eat and drink Lazar together on weekdays, and every little thing about the other party is clear, and then I think that they are all scattered interrogations, and they hide it for him, can he hide it for himself? For a time, everyone's digging of the earth and the grave, and the kicking of the widow's door were shaken away.

The night passed, and the next morning passed.

Yi Xiaodao listened to the soldiers' reports with great interest, if it is petty theft and robbery, turn a blind eye, if it is murder and arson, and if the evil deeds are done, they will be imprisoned and dealt with.

"Chen Youcai, a native of Lincheng, a tenant. Captured Lincheng, personally slashed and killed Lincheng County, entrenched in Yang Village, killed 17 wealthy merchants, and stabbed an old man to death yesterday. The soldier truthfully reported the results of the interrogation to Yi Xiaodao.

Yi Xiaodao raised his eyebrows, the previous bandits all killed three or four people, most of them were five or six people, and most of them were revenge, how could there be one who killed nineteen people?

"Bring this man to me." Yi Xiaodao said.

Soon, Chen Youcai was brought to Yi Xiaodao.

"I heard you've killed nineteen people?" Yi Xiaodao asked straight to the point.

Chen Youcai lowered his head, his hair fell down to cover his face, and said in an urn voice: "I can't remember." ”

"Head up." Yi Xiaodao said.

Chen Youcai turned a deaf ear and didn't move. The two soldiers on the side were about to start and pull Chen Youcai's cheeks.

Chen Youcai hit left and right twice, knocked the two soldiers away, and said angrily: "Dog officer, what do you want to see!" What's there to see! ”

The rest of the soldiers saw that Chen Youcai had the intention of rioting, and hurriedly drew their knives, as long as Chen Youcai had bad intentions, he would definitely be killed on the spot.

"It was you who wanted to surrender yesterday, and you are the one who is not honest today! Let me ask you, more than nineteen people are rich businessmen, hey, did the rich businessmen recruit you to provoke you? Yesterday I killed a... Wait, who did you kill yesterday? Yi Xiaodao only reacted at this time and asked out loud.

"Hmph, Lao Yang said that it was you who broke the silver for him, right? I still have a little conscience. Yes, I killed Lao Yangtou, how about it? Chen Youcai himself was singled out, and he also knew that a catastrophe was coming, so he admitted it calmly.

Yi Xiaodao was silent for a moment and asked, "Why did you kill him?" ”

"We gave him a white face, and when we saw that he was lonely and pitiful, we often helped him, and he even dared to lie to us, this kind of person who sees money and opens his eyes, I see one and kill another!" Chen Youcai thinks he is upright, and his anger is stronger.

The person is already dead, and Yi Xiaodao didn't ask Lao Yang what he deceived him, this kind of person can't reason with him, he has his own reasons.

"Then why did you kill those rich merchants?" Yi Xiaodao calmed down, tried to temporarily forget the old man who was trembling and still wanted to steam buns for himself yesterday, and changed the topic.

When Chen Youcai heard the rich businessman, he became even more arrogant: "Those rich people? More deserve to be killed! If you have money, you don't help the poor, but you squeeze oil and water from us poor people! And the king of Nadonglu, who died well! The imperial court asks for annual tribute, and instead of asking for these rich people, it only looks for the poor, which is really damned! ”

Yi Xiaodao raised his eyebrows and asked: "The imperial court has paid all the tributes in various places, it has been six hundred years, and it has been like this every year, why are you so angry now?" Overcharged? "Yi Xiaodao followed the vine and touched the melon.

"More than just overcharging? In the past, a family only had to pay one tael a year, but now it has become twenty taels! How many families have been forced to die? Do you think this king of Donglu should be killed? Damn it! Chen Youcai was very emotional, the soldiers put their knives on his neck, and he was not afraid at all, shouting loudly.

"The tribute is too heavy... Stir up civil unrest... Twenty taels, it's increased twenty times, what is this Donglu going to do..."Yi Xiaodao didn't expect to catch a few bandits, but he accidentally learned the reason for the change in Donglu, and couldn't help but bow his head and ponder.

Chen Youcai saw that Yi Xiaodao bowed his head and was silent, and because the soldier's knife was already on his neck, a few blades had cut through the skin, and his mood was also stabilized: "Your court wants to pay tribute all day long, and you want to pay tribute, who cares about the life and death of the people?" ”

"Take it down." Yi Xiaodao waved his hand.

The two soldiers grabbed Chen Youcai and were about to drag him away, but Chen Youcai laughed and said, "I have nothing to say!" Dog officer, dog officer! ”

Wei Youming saw that Chen Youcai was taken down, and asked, "It's useless to keep this kind of person, it's better to kill it." ”

"It's useless to keep it, but it's a pity to kill it, keep it first, and you can use it after all." Yi Xiaodao said.

Yi Xiaodao called the soldiers: "Have they all asked?" ”

The soldier hurriedly replied: "My lord, I have asked for it." As you might expect, it was indeed on the west side, fifteen miles outside the village. Originally, there were five or six hundred people in the village, but recently there were a few fights with the gang of bandits in the east, and the casualties were heavy, and now there are only three hundred, and one hundred are brought out, and there are still two hundred people left in the village, and a few people still say that if we go, they are willing to lead the way! ”

Yi Xiaodao smiled dumbly: "First detain them in two groups." ”

"They are all bandits, why should they be detained in two groups? Ah, Lord Yi, the last general didn't question your meaning, but he was a little puzzled, and asked the adults to give me advice. Wei Youming really didn't understand what Yi Xiaodao wanted to do.

Yi Xiaodao said: "As I said, we came to Donglu to save people, not to kill people. These bandits are also poor people, and they have no way to live, so they have to fall into the grass. I have an idea, if there are still people with a clear conscience among these bandits, I am ready to turn the bandits into a people, teach them to abandon evil and follow good, if they are stubborn, they can also be driven to be the vanguard when there is a war in the future, what do you think? ”

Wei Youming thought about Yi Xiaodao's words and said, "I already know the original intention of the adult, and this is indeed a good thing. It's just that... How is it good to be like this kind of person just now? Even if they are sent to be pioneers, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not impact us in turn. ”

Yi Xiaodao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Haven't you thought about it yet?" But I'm sure I can use it. Let's not talk about this for a while, I'll go to the east to see the situation first. Yi Xiaodao said and was about to get up and go out of the account.

Wei Youming stood up and stopped: "Master Yi, today is different from yesterday. I didn't know the situation yesterday, just look for someone and ask for directions, and you just go. Now that it is known that there are two gangs of bandits nearby, it is not appropriate for you to risk your life like this. ”

"Can I still not know this? I don't dare if you let me go alone. Yi Xiaodao glanced at Wei Youming, and Wei Youming was suddenly embarrassed.

As soon as Yi Xiaodao came out of the camp, a soldier came to report: "Master Yi, another group of people have been found in the forest." ”

"Oh? This batch of two batches, it's not over yet? General Wei, let's go out and have a look. Yi Xiaodao shouted into the tent.

Wei Youming had a gun in his hand early in the morning, walked out and said with a smile: "Master Yi, I haven't said it yet." I kind of like to do it. ”

"Hahahaha, General Wei also has the potential to be a bandit."

Outside the camp, a group of men also came in from outside the forest as if they were yesterday evening: "What can there be here, why don't you let us come here?" Brother Zhuzi, do you know? A thin young man looked around, saw nothing, and asked about the middle-aged man next to him.

The middle-aged man has scars on his hands, not as thin as the person next to him, but he doesn't have so much meat, and he looks like he's been hungry for a long time. At this time, he glared at the young man next to him and whispered, "Why do you have a lot of words? The Taoist chief told him to do it, and he held back his words! I can tell you, even if everything is woody, don't go back, listen to wood? ”

The other men beside him didn't say much, and looked around vigilantly.

Yi Xiaodao was in front of the camp, and he didn't see anyone come out for a long time, so he reined in his horse and walked towards the forest.

"Whoosh" A few feather arrows flew out of the forest, and before Wei Youming could raise his gun to block, the feather arrows themselves lost their heads and drifted to the side, or they were not strong enough, and they didn't fly in front of Wei Youming and Yi Xiaodao.

Yi Xiaodao looked at the feather arrows, but they were all branches and branches, sticking a few chicken feathers, and even the arrow clusters in front of him were sharpened stones, and this kind of arrow didn't want to hit the target when it came out, at most it was a simple deterrent.

Yi Xiaodao looked at these feather arrows, this kind of feather arrows is very familiar, when he was a beggar in Anhui City, he saw children playing with this kind of homemade bow and arrow.

"General Wei is slow!"

Yi Xiaodao shouted Wei Youming, who was about to rush into the forest, and then shouted to the forest: "Listen to the people inside, we are the officials and soldiers of the Great Apocalypse Imperial Court, come out quickly, we will not harm you!" ”

The forest was quiet, and there was no movement.

"If you don't come out again, you will be killed, and no one will be left!" Wei Youming played the villain at the right time.

"Whoosh" A few more feather arrows were fired, but they were still lethal.

Yi Xiaodao whispered a few words to the lieutenant general beside him, and the lieutenant nodded, waved behind him, and returned to the camp with dozens of soldiers.

Wei Youming turned around and looked at Yi Xiaodao, who raised his hand and signaled to wait.

After a while, the deputy general led the group of soldiers, carrying out the big steamers, more than a dozen large steamers, side by side in front of Wei Youming, lifted the lid, all big white steamed buns, steaming, exuding fragrance.

The fragrance wafted into the woods, and soon, there was a restless sound in the woods, and then one by one the figures rushed out of the woods, rushed to the steaming drawer, grabbed the steamed buns and stuffed them into their mouths.

"Fragrant, this bun is fragrant."

"It's just a little smaller, and there's wood? Give me another one! ”

"If there were a green onion, it would be even more delicious!"

A group of scrawny men, two of each, hid aside and ate when they were caught, and then went to get them after eating, and there was no scramble to fight.

Yi Xiaodao didn't speak, so he let them eat, until more than a dozen steaming drawers were eaten, and Yi Xiaodao said, "Is it enough?" Not enough for my battalion. ”

When this group of men heard Yi Xiaodao speak, they leaned against each other again, grabbed the flat pole and firewood knife in their hands, and looked at Yi Xiaodao vigilantly.

Yi Xiaodao put on a smile that he thought was very kind: "It's full." ”