"I don't care!"
The man was obviously not very good at memorizing. After just four sentences, he scratched his head hard but still couldn't remember. He shook his head angrily and looked at the woman, saying, "As long as you hand over ten taels of silver, I won't make things difficult for you."
"First time as a bandit?" The young woman glanced at the man and asked indifferently.
"Yes." The man scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
"Why are you doing this?"
"To buy medicine for my brother's illness."
"Just you?"
"Just me …"
…
…
The burly man answered a few words and suddenly realized that something was wrong. It took him a while to realize that he was here to rob, not to be interrogated. He said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense and take out the silver, otherwise, otherwise …"
He sat down on the tree in the middle of the road and said, "Or else you won't be able to get through here today!"
Whoosh!
The burly man suddenly felt a cold light appear in front of him. In the next moment, the tree trunk beneath him broke into two halves, causing his body to stagger and directly sit on the ground.
When he reacted, a long sword was already on his neck. The woman looked down at him and said, "How can you be a bandit if you can't even speak properly!"
The man looked wronged. It was also his first time in this business. It was already very good for him to be able to recite a few sentences from his first job …
"You can speak properly when you have memorized it," the woman said coldly.
"I opened this mountain, this tree, this tree is mine …"
"This tree is planted by me, if you want to pass, stay, stay …"
"This mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, want … want, why don't you leave, I don't want the silver!"
The man looked wronged and tears were about to flow down his face.
…
…
Xiao Huan opened the curtain and looked at the man who was squatting on the ground with his hands on his head. She covered her mouth and laughed, "Young master, this bandit is so stupid!"
Li Yi couldn't agree more. The bandit in front of him looked like a half-baked gangster. Not only had he not received any formal education, but he had also not read "A Bandit's Self-Cultivation", "Basic Etiquette for Highway Robbery", and "How to Speak Fluent Mandarin". It seemed that there was something wrong with his head.
However, Miss.Liu was bullying him by making him hold his head and squat there to memorize.
However, when she thought about it, it was normal. She could be vague about other things, but she absolutely had zero tolerance for fake mountain thieves who tried to bluff their way through.
When the man was finally able to recite the most basic sentence, he finally looked like a bandit. Miss.Liu then asked him to move the tree trunks on the road, and the carriage started moving again.
Through the window at the back, Li Yi saw that the man was still following closely behind.
"I've already given you the money, why aren't you leaving?" Li Yi opened the window a crack and said.
As the man chased after the carriage, he said in a loud voice, "You're going to Qing 'an Prefecture, right? I'll escort you there. I won't take the money. When I have money, I'll definitely return the money you gave me!"
Li Yi was amused by this guy. What kind of bandit would want to return the money after taking it?
"This is the money you stole with your own ability. Why do you want to return it?"
The man was clearly confused by Li Yi's words. After thinking for a long time, he rubbed the back of his head and said, "It's not with my ability. I can't beat you. You're good people. I'll escort you to Qing 'an Prefecture!"
"You already said you can't beat us. Why do we need you to escort us?"
Li Yi realized that this man was a bit of a one-track mind. It felt weird to have someone like this following beside the carriage.
"Even if I don't escort you, I still want to go to Qing 'an Prefecture." The man gave a simple and honest smile and said, "Because my family is from Qing' an Prefecture …"
In today's society, even such a simple and honest man knew how to play tricks. The world's morals were deteriorating day by day, and people's hearts were not what they used to be. Li Yi lowered the window. He gave up when he was tired and continued to tell Xiao Huan about the legend of the sword immortals.
Occasionally, he would look out the window. When the official road became smoother and the carriage was less bumpy, it meant that they had entered the territory of Qing 'an Prefecture.
He had not expected that it would take them two whole months to go from the capital to Qing 'an Prefecture.
On this journey, they had passed through countless prefectures and prefectures. They had thoroughly experienced what it was like to travel as a family.
Other than the carriage, there was no other convenient means of transportation. Because they were going sightseeing, they naturally eliminated the possibility of taking a boat. They did not completely follow the waterway. They walked and stopped along the way, almost seeing all the scenery along the way.
Of course, in these two months, he had brought three first-class beauties through the streets. In these two months, they had encountered a lot of trouble.
Without going through it personally, it was impossible to know how chaotic the other deserted places, other than Qing An Prefecture and the capital, were. In two months, they had encountered bandits and horse thieves no less than 10 times. Of course, there were not many of these bandits. At most, there were only a few dozen of them. Ru Yi didn't even need to do anything. Ruyi could kill them all by herself with her sword.
Even Xiao Huan, who was a little afraid at the beginning, could face the bandits with a smile after a few robberies and discuss with Li Yi what to eat for supper.
This was also the reason why Li Yi did not bring a single guard when he traveled. With a wife and sister-in-law like this, where couldn't he go in this big world?
Apart from this, the most serious incident was when they passed by a certain province. The son of the Provincial Governor's family molested a girl on the street and spoke rudely to Second Young Miss Liu. She crippled him with a single strike of her sword, and the four of them were surrounded by nearly a hundred soldiers.
That time, Li Yi didn't bother Second Young Miss Liu to do anything. For official matters, he only needed a token to settle it. In the end, the Provincial Governor even apologized and gave him a generous gift. This made Li Yi feel that the old Emperor was actually quite generous. With a token in hand, the experience of having the world at his disposal wasn't bad.
As the saying goes, the mountain in sight runs the horse to death. This saying was completely true. The short distance on the map could not be reached no matter how hard they tried. In the end, they could only pick up the pace and finally officially set foot on the land of Qing 'an Prefecture today.
When he returned, he would suggest to the old Emperor that the person who drew this map should be hung up and beaten. The scale was seriously out of balance. If they relied on this kind of map to fight, they wouldn't need to worry about how brave the enemy would be. They would kill themselves.
"Benefactor, you must have traveled a long way, right?" The burly man sat cross-legged outside the carriage and asked Li Yi with a silly smile.
Seeing this fellow chase after the carriage for two hours and still not gasping for breath, Li Yi was very impressed by this fellow's physique. He nodded and said, "From the capital."
"The capital! That's very, very far! I heard that the Emperor lives in the capital. The houses in the palace are all built with gold! "The burly man said with a face full of surprise." I've never been to the capital. My big brother told me all this! "
Li Yi took Miss.Liu's place and came out for some fresh air. Hearing the burly man's words, he thought to himself that the old Emperor was not so extravagant.
Along the way, he saw many people rushing in the same direction on the official road. Puzzled, he asked, "What's going on up ahead?"
The burly man chuckled and said, "Benefactor, you probably don't know about this, but these people are all heading towards the Chen Family Ditch. There's a newly built brothel there — no, I think it's called a theater or something, but it's all the same. There's a big show inside. You can go in for two copper coins, but you can only stand and watch for two copper coins. I've only gone in once — oh my god, that female ghost is so scary!"
At the mention of the theater, the burly man seemed to have turned on a chatterbox. He talked non-stop to Li Yi and said, "Speaking of this theater, it's amazing. It's opened all over Qing 'an Prefecture. The shows inside are amazing. Female ghosts, white snakes … I've never seen them before. There's even an arena in the theater for those martial arts masters to fight in. There's some ranking list of martial arts masters. Watching them fight is even better than watching a big show. The only problem is that there are too many people around, so I can't squeeze in …"
The burly man talked non-stop as if he didn't know fatigue. However, when he was talking about these things, he always had a faint smile on his face.
Before he left, he completely handed over the matters of the theater to Old Man Sun and Wan Ruoqing. At that time, he told them not to rush to expand and to wait until everything was stable before slowly developing. Unexpectedly, in just two months, the theater in their hands had grown to such a scale.
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