As Yun Yang's targets were too broad, even Marquis Yun felt his hands going soft from the killing. However, Yun Yang still collected information with a steely expression and urged the few of them to go out to kill and plunder every night.
"This … isn't it a little too extreme? Not everyone with a bad record has to be killed, right?"
Marquis Yun grew increasingly uneasy and tried to persuade Yun Yang more than once.
"A dog can't change its spots. Even if we know that some people can change, what if they don't and cause trouble in the future? I'm not willing to bet on what if! Because we might not notice or encounter these things in the future. It's better to nip it in the bud! Although we bear this bad reputation today and bear many sins, we can let millions of orphans and widows who died in the war live in peace for at least eight to ten years. With this buffer time, it'll be enough for the children to grow up and become the new pillar of the family! "
Yun Yang said faintly, "Even if I can't bear to do it, even if it's too harsh, even if many of the targets don't deserve death, it's better to kill them all … At least, it can put the souls of those who died in the war at ease. That's enough!"
"That's why I kill without any psychological burden!"
"There's another reason. Yutang has been at war for years and the treasury is empty. After this war, I'm afraid the treasury won't even be able to fork out enough compensation, let alone more rewards …"
Yun Yang said, "We'll kill and plunder along the way … when we return to the capital, we'll be able to contribute at least hundreds of millions of silver taels to the treasury! With this additional sum of money, we'll be able to solve the treasury's urgent need. "
Marquis Yun chuckled dryly. "It's not just urgent … We've only walked less than three thousand miles but the silver taels we've plundered have already reached as high as seventy million silver taels … The further we go, the wealthier the targets we target will be … Not to mention the places near the capital … there will be hundreds of millions of them … We won't be able to stop them at all."
"It's better if we can't stop them, the more the better." Yun Yang said faintly, "Marquis Yun, I don't know if you've seen it, but usually in a village, the family of such a bully is usually much, much wealthier than the average family. How much of it is the blood and sweat of the people? I don't know if you've ever thought about this. "
"It is precisely because these people are hated and feared by everyone that it is easy for them to do anything, almost without any scruples. That's why they amassed so much wealth in such a short period of time! "
"These years, morals have been deteriorating day by day, people are no longer what they used to be. There's a saying going around in many places …" Yun Yang was silent for a moment before he said, "Murder and arson have gold belts, repairing bridges and paving roads leaves no corpses!"
Hearing this, Marquis Yun could not help falling silent.
That was because he had heard these two phrases not just once, but countless times in his travels!
"What kind of resentment and helplessness must there be to spread these two phrases among the people?" Yun Yang said coldly, "Accumulating virtue and doing good are actually not as good as bandits and tyrants! Repairing bridges and paving roads is nothing compared to arson and murder! "
"The appearance of this phenomenon in itself is a kind of moral decay of the entire country!"
"And the people we've killed are only the first of these two sentences!" Yun Yang said, "Our bloody massacre this time is indeed using violence against violence, but it will also tell the people that good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil. It's not that retribution hasn't come, it's that the time hasn't come!"
"We'll let the people know that there are still benefits to accumulating virtue and doing good, repairing bridges and paving roads. Although God can't see it, there are still those in power or heroes who can!"
"This is the main reason why I've persevered in my massacre this time!"
"I'll use blood and slaughter to tell our people that God has eyes! In the distant imperial court, there's another pair of eyes watching over this world! There will never be a situation where the emperor is far away! "
Yun Yang lifted his gaze and looked at Marquis Yun. "So, not only do we have to shoulder this sin, we have to shoulder it more and continue to shoulder it!"
Marquis Yun's emotions turned to agitation as he panted heavily and said in a low voice, "That's right! That's right! We have to shoulder it! More of it! God may forgive us, but we won't! "
He looked at Yun Yang with unusual relief and said ruefully, "Yun Yang, tell me … if you were really my son, how great would that be …"
Yun Yang pursed his lips and said, "Forget it. You don't even have a wife now … Isn't it too much to worry about your son?"
Marquis Yun was exasperated. Could he not be so harsh with his words?
However, Marquis Yun, who no longer bore any psychological burden, had a swift change in attitude. He was initially hesitant and hesitant, but now he was ruthless and merciless as he went on a killing spree. What Yun Yang could not stand the most was that Marquis Yun had turned into a miser!
"How much did you rob today?" Marquis Yun asked Bai Yixue, "Where's the silver? Where is it? Give it to me! All of it! "
"What about you? Where did you rob it? Give it to me! All of it! "
"And you!" Marquis Yun looked at Yun Yang. "The houses in the direction you're heading to are the richest … Take it out quickly, don't pocket it, understand?"
Yun Yang, Bai Yixue, and Fang Mofei were speechless.
"Do you know? Do you know that our plan of robbing the rich to give to the poor has already collected sixty-five million silver taels? " Marquis Yun looked excited. "Even when the national treasury was at its most abundant, there wasn't so much money. It's really a lot of money!"
Yun Yang was speechless.
Robbing the rich to give to the poor?
Robbing the rich is true, but does your so-called giving to the poor really work? Who are you giving to? All the money is still in your pocket, not a single cent less. Are you that poor?
Marquis Yun's current state is indeed very poor, a very talkative one.
Marquis Yun was showing a side of him that no one knew about, calculating his debts. "We're still three thousand and seven hundred miles away from Tiantang City. Let's work harder and try to work overtime within these three thousand and seven hundred miles. Our target is a hundred million silver taels! You must accomplish this goal. Even if you don't sleep, rest, or rest, you must achieve it! "
"It doesn't matter if we kill a few more people. These people should've been killed a long time ago anyway!"
"We must be careful when we kill them and confiscate their possessions. Don't miss out on any treasures …"
Yun Yang felt ill all of a sudden.
What we're doing is for the benefit of the nation and its people, alright? Why does it sound like we've all become thieves all of a sudden? Thieves with strict discipline at that?
Hearing Marquis Yun's declaration, the group's enthusiasm, especially the sense of achievement of serving the nation and its people, was immediately reduced by half.
It was rather dull now …
"When you're arranging the search list, why don't you expand the scope of the operation to two thousand miles?" Marquis Yun said excitedly, "Only a thousand miles is too small. We'll have to put in a little more effort, but the benefits are obvious. Lots and lots of money …"
Oh my god, where did the previous Marquis Yun go? Help!
Yun Yang felt like he was trapped in a cocoon of his own making. He was digging his own grave!
He couldn't bear the consequences of his own actions!
"When the time comes, throw this money in front of His Majesty. He'll die of joy!" Marquis Yun guffawed.
"What if he asks you where the money came from? Will you tell him that you've killed tens of thousands of people along the way for this money? "Yun Yang asked," He'll definitely punish you! "
"Punish me? Would he dare to punish me? " Marquis Yun pursed his lips. "We're born from the same root. He's the emperor while your father is wandering the martial world and suffering. I've only seen my biological father once in my lifetime and he was f * cking indifferent … Until now, I'm still doing my best for him and my identity can't even be exposed … Would he dare to punish me? If he dares to punish me, I'll swap places with him! I've spoiled him so much that he dares to punish me … Doesn't he know who your father is? "
Marquis Yun was furious.
Yun Yang was speechless.
'Who can tell me where the elegant and carefree Marquis Beyond the Heavens, dressed in green, has gone?'
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