Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1257 Understand the situation
Wang An remembered someone saying something like, "In chaotic times, kill troublemakers and saints first."

So, to be completely honest, if killing this middle-aged man wouldn't have gotten him into serious trouble, Wang An would have already given him a bullet.

Because people like that really deserve to die.

And so, two young people and a middle-aged man started fighting.

That's right, they got into a fight, because when people are beaten to the point of desperation, they will usually fight back.

Fortunately, the two young men were strong and sturdy, and since it was two against one, the middle-aged man was quickly pinned down on the bed and beaten up by them.

The guy got beaten up by this middle-aged man, and blood was gushing from his nose and mouth, all over the sheets and duvet cover.

However, although the scene was exciting to watch, Wang An had no time to appreciate it, because he had already taken action against another robber.

There was no other way; the kid who carried the sack into the cubicle had already been tortured unconscious by Wang An. Wang An, wearing a large military-style hat, kicked him in the mouth several times but couldn't wake him up. It was definitely not going to work unless someone else was asked.

Before switching robbers to ask questions, Wang An cunningly knocked one of the robbers unconscious before asking the other, who was still conscious, questions.

Fortunately, this kid wasn't as stubborn as the one carrying the sack. Before Wang An could even use any tricks, the kid spilled everything like beans.

This gang of robbers specifically targeted this train, because these days, whether they are thieves or robbers, they all have their own territories for stealing or robbing.

Often, the two groups of robbers would fight tooth and nail over territory, sometimes even resulting in fatalities.

According to this guy, there were 15 people in his group this time, 6 in the sleeper berths and 9 in the hard seat berths.

As Wang An had predicted, the reason Cheng Jing hadn't come over was because the robbers' accomplices were using ordinary passengers as leverage on the hard-seat side to hold Cheng Jing back. Furthermore, these robbers did indeed have guns—not just one, but four: one on the hard-sleeper side and three on the hard-seat side.

Fortunately, according to this person, the guns these robbers carried were double-barreled shotguns with shortened barrels, which were what were then called "knives, guns, and cannons".

The reason they chose to rob the train today was because they had bribed two train attendants who informed them that there were no important people in the sleeper carriages, but rather a fat sheep.

That's right, this fat sheep is the merchant whose gold tooth was knocked out and whose gold thumb ring was chopped off along with his thumb.

To be fair, this businessman was quite unlucky, because he was carrying a gun when he boarded the train and had also hired a bodyguard.

However, shortly after the bodyguard boarded the train, he was framed by one of the robbers and had to get off at the previous stop to cooperate with the investigation. The gun in the businessman's hand was also confiscated under a pretext because of the relationship between the two train attendants.

It must be admitted that if a bad apple appears among the flight attendants, it would be an absolute disaster for the passengers.

Unfortunately, such acts of collusion, betrayal, and aiding and abetting evil have existed since ancient times and continue to exist in all walks of life, and there is truly no way to stop them.

After understanding the situation, Wang An immediately felt more confident. According to the young man, there were only six robbers in the sleeper car, and five of them had already been crippled by Wang An. In other words, there was only one robber left in the sleeper car, and although he was armed, Wang An wasn't afraid of him at all.

So, to verify whether the kid was right or not, Wang An slapped the robber he had knocked unconscious a few times to wake him up and asked the same question again.

You have to be careful when dealing with these people, mainly because they are not much different from Wang An; they are all liars.

The two robbers' answers corroborated each other, and Wang An realized that the guy who answered the question earlier hadn't lied. So, Wang An was happy and kindly offered each of them a cigarette, and even thoughtfully lit it for them.

In this respect, Wang An was not stingy at all; he rewarded those who made contributions and punished those who made mistakes, without any faults whatsoever.

At this point, Wang An had two paths to choose from.

The first option is to rush out, find the robber hiding in some unknown compartment, and kill or maim him.

The second option is to stay in this compartment and wait for the robber to appear on his own, or to wait until Chengjing has dealt with the robbers in the hard seats before dealing with the robbers in the sleeper compartment.

However, it is obvious that the first route will be very dangerous. After all, Wang An fired 10 shots in a row, and the robber could not possibly have missed them. Therefore, the remaining robber is likely hiding somewhere, waiting for Wang An to take the initiative to attack.

And so, Wang An was torn.

It's not so much that he was conflicted, but rather that Wang An had no intention of moving the place at all. The main concern was that other people's lives and deaths had nothing to do with him.
If the entire carriage were full of people like that old woman and that middle-aged man, Wang An thought they might as well go see Buddha sooner rather than later, to avoid being annoyed by others every day.

And so, time passed second by second, and the middle-aged man had been beaten so badly by the two young men that he was completely subdued and could no longer put up a fight.

Of course, the two young men were also exhausted. After all, fighting is quite physically demanding, even if it's two against one.

At this moment, the two young people were punching the middle-aged man's lips and cheeks. The middle-aged man's lips were swollen like two sausages, his cheeks were swollen high, and his eyes were almost closed.

To be fair, these two young men were quite efficient. Wang An achieved a lot of his goals, namely knocking out quite a few of the middle-aged man's teeth.

Wang Li was the most diligent one, staring intently at the two men, giving the impression that he was about to fire a shot at any moment.

Turning his head, Wang An smiled and said to the two young men:
"Alright, you two should take a break. If you keep hitting him, he'll beat him to death."

To everyone's surprise, the two young men really got angry and punched the middle-aged man as soon as Wang An finished speaking.

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