Chapter 58

  "Get out of here, you barbarian from Qin."

  "Yes." Qin Man answered readily.

  Cheng Darui did not choose to be gentle or display his skills in the art of villainy; instead, he chose to use violence to control violence.

  After Qin Man stood out, the Liu family also stood out with five people, all of whom were sturdy men in their twenties. After walking out, they had a playful smile on their faces, and their expression seemed to be saying, "You think you can just stand out?"

  "You didn't originally have the qualifications to fight with me, but today I don't mind playing around with you." A man with a tattoo on his face said. To prevent slaves from running away, sometimes they would be tattooed on their faces. However, this rule was not strictly enforced, and sometimes they were tattooed, while other times they weren't. Like the people of the Liu family today, most adult men had tattoos on their faces, but women did not have any, as it would ruin their appearance and affect their selling price.

  "The Liu family's naval forces have been dominating the seas for decades, making pirates flee at the mere mention of their name. You may not have heard of this in your mountainous region, which is why you dare to engage in combat with us."

  "At first we were responsible for eliminating bandits in Qingniu Mountain, but there are no more bandits here now."

  Qin Man was speechless, his eyes fixed on Cheng Dali. Cheng Dali had already shown dissatisfaction: What the hell are you waiting for, not taking action?!

  Qin Man understood his intention, took a step forward. When he was still, he looked like an honest and dull old farmer, but once he moved, he was like a fierce tiger out of its cage, grabbing the tattooed man's arm with his big hand, swinging it out, seven or eight meters away, slamming him to the ground.

  Mencius said today there is no trivial matter, he saw this scene covering his eyes, thinking in his heart: I knew it would be like this!

  "Damn it, he ambushed me! How dare he ambush me!" The tattooed man shouted loudly on the ground.

  He was just the first one to be thrown away, and then Qin Man rushed in like a tiger into a flock of sheep, one by one, sturdy men were smashed to the ground like sandbags.

  The Liu family misjudged the mountain bandits of Héguò Zhai, and at least misjudged Qin Man. The mountain bandits are always unsophisticated, just like in many Jianghu games, where novice tasks start with eliminating a group of mountain bandits. The NPC says to the player: You have already understood this world, now there is a group of mountain bandits causing trouble in a certain place, go kill 10 mountain bandits and come back to see me.

  However, Qin Man is different. He is a top-notch bandit who can take on hundreds of people alone. The several battles that took place in Hamao Village would have been impossible to win without him.

  The Liu family was shocked, looking at each other in dismay. Several robust men rushed forward, and at this moment, any code of chivalry or military honor meant nothing.

  But it didn't work.

  The Liu family has a total of ninety-three people, including the elderly, children, women, and only thirty or so with actual combat power. With just these people, they can't overwhelm Qin Mian with numerical superiority.

  It was just to let Qin Man practice, but he became more and more excited, and by the end, he even tore open his shirt, revealing his robust back muscles, with sweat dripping down from his neck.

  And under him, a large number of people were twisted and turned over, the constant cries of pain were Qin Mian's last BGM.

  The old man with white hair was named Liu Muyun. He was the oldest among the living members of the Liu family and also the host who questioned Cheng Darui today.

  Cheng Dali sat on a rock, propping his chin with both hands, and didn't show any surprise at the scene in front of him.

  Liu Mu Yun directed his gaze at him, his eyes filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

  "Haven't you left yet?" Cheng Dairen put down one hand and propped up his cheek with the other: "Do you think the legend of me eating human flesh is false?"

  Liu Mu Yun didn't want to be a mountain bandit, but he also didn't want to leave Gua Chi Zhai. This was a very contradictory thing, but it was his true thoughts.

  Liu Zhi looked at this scene with difficulty and slowly moved in front of Cheng Dali.

  "Cheng's family, our family..."

  Cheng Dali raised his cheek and spat out a word: "Get out."

  The last mountain stronghold gate opened and all the Liu family members left the Toad Village, then the gate closed behind them.

  After everyone had left, Cheng Da Lei spat out a sentence that no one understood: "You want to be Lin Chong, I'm not Wang Lun."

  Liu Muyun took the others away from Gua'er Village, but they didn't go far and stopped at the foot of Gua'er Ridge. Several old men gathered together, whispering and discussing something.

  They didn't want to become bandits, but they really had nowhere else to go. The original master of the Liu family was framed by the lord of Luoye City for some reason, and whether he was wrongly accused or if there were any interests involved, all this no longer mattered.

  It is important that these people are now slaves.

  To put it simply, they are black households without an identity and cannot enter the city or own land. These things may not be a big deal for Cheng Da Lei, as mountain bandits have always been at odds with the authorities. However, for those who were accustomed to living under imperial rule, the vast mountains and rivers of the empire no longer had room for them.

  Ninety or so people, some of whom were injured while being slaves and others who are still sick, in comparison, not having eaten is nothing.

  The sky is vast and the earth is wide, but there is no place to stand, except... Frog Village. Someone has already quietly cast their eyes on Frog Village.

  Inside the Toad Village, Xu Shenji can be said to have gone into a great rage.

  "These people are really vicious and ungrateful! We saved them, but they actually forgot our kindness and wanted to rob our stronghold!"

  "They don't want to take our stronghold." Cheng Dalai didn't seem angry at all.

  "But they and we have come to blows over this matter! Can one treat a lifesaver like this?"

  Cheng Dalai ignored him and let out a long yawn.

  Huang San Yuan came over and said: "The master of the house, people haven't left, they are all guarding below."

  Cheng Dalai nodded, indicating that he understood.

  In fact, Cheng Da Lei can understand them. Mountain bandits are ultimately seen as demons by people, let alone the Liu family who have been in contact with pirates for half their lives. A soldier's glory is to die on the battlefield and be wrapped in horsehide, allowing historians to leave his name on bamboo slips.

  Cheng Dali does not despise this honor, but instead respects it very much.

  Cheng Da Lei's words mean: Since you live for this glory, then be prepared to die for it too.

  One hand holds glory high, the other makes others die for this glory. On one side wanting to possess glory, on the other still wanting to eat well and live well.

  How can this... be as shameless as someone from Program Da Lei's past life?

  "Wait till nightfall and spread the word...” Cheng Dalai instructed Huang San Yuan for a while before returning to his room to take a nap.

  As night fell, the mountain stronghold's gate opened and Huang San Yuan walked out, condescendingly conveying Cheng Da Lei's orders.

  "Hutou Village is recruiting personnel. Those who want to join the village must meet certain assessment standards and be willing to follow the village rules."

  These people were so hungry that their stomachs were growling, the smoke from the cooking pot in Haze Village drifted over here, and in the dark night, everyone lifted a pair of bright eyes, gazing at Haze Village.

  Cheng Dalai made his attitude clear: humiliation or death.