Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 13 Confucius said: The head is blooming for 'righteousness'

The captives, all wounded, did not dare to say much. They looked up and took a look. The brave soldiers around the demon were eager to try, just like greedy children waiting for a big meal to be served, all they needed was the demon's permission to "eat".

Li Mu pointed at the grain bags and money boxes piled up in the hall and asked, "Besides the money, grain, and weapons stored in the village, are there any other places to hide the money and grain?"

"Don't tell!" The burly man with a wound on his chest raised his head, one eye covered with blood. "If you tell all the secrets, how can you save your lives? This guy will take your heads off immediately!"

"Why, you're not afraid of death?"

"My head is missing, and I have a scar as big as a bowl. If I were afraid of death, I wouldn't have come here to be a bandit!" The strong man was quite proud, narrowing his eyes and staring at Li Mu who was sitting on the rattan chair. "Besides, it's okay if you kill me, but if you take the goods from Master Gao and the other big guys, we will not let you go!"

"May I ask your name, brother?"

"Liu Hu, the leader of Black Wind Village!" The strong man raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of confidence that he was not afraid of death.

"You mean you're just a slave dog running errands and doing dirty work for the masters? I stole the money and food from the village just to go against these masters?"

"Hmph! Find out for yourself who Mr. Gao in the county is. If you offend Mr. Gao, it won't just be a few hundred minions playing house, but the entire county's government troops and militia coming after you. How can you resist with your few soldiers? Why don't you let me go? I'll go to Mr. Gao and say a few good words to him and get you to join us. Together we can make money from the peasants and become bigger and stronger. Wouldn't that be great?"

"Your proposal is reasonable and sounds good, but—I refuse!"

After Li Mu finished speaking, Tiger Lord suddenly felt a pain in his neck, as if hit by something heavy, and his throat was blocked and he could not speak. He looked down and saw a sharp spear tip stopped in front of his chin. Drops of blood on the spear tip fell to the ground, making a slight clicking sound.

"Great! I finally got the first kill in the dungeon!"

Cheers of joy erupted in Tiger Lord's head. He looked at Li Mu in confusion, "Why?"

Li Mu raised his finger and scanned the gamers in the room. "My brothers don't know anything else, but we only know one thing: say no to those who are self-righteous!"

"Stupid... Stupid..." Tiger Lord didn't understand. The plan of integrating into the upper circle to exploit the peasants and then becoming bigger and stronger was so wonderful, why would anyone be unwilling?
Why go against the current and go against the strong?
The spear was pulled out, and blood gushed out of the boss's throat. He fell backwards powerlessly, and could no longer see the answers he wanted on the faces of these crazy enemies.

"Who else wants to go with the boss to see the King of Hell?"

Li Mu's voice was as cold as ice, frightening the captives and making them tremble.

"There's money in Hutou Mountain!" A thug with one eye covered in blood answered first, even adding, "It's two days' walk from here. I've been there before, and I can lead the way!"

The other captives mentioned some place names here and there. One of them wanted to cross the Huai River to go to a small village in Ainiu Mountain, and the other had a large amount of supplies stored and planned to bribe a rural armed force. However, the journey was long and tortuous, and they had to cross the Dabie Mountains and enter the Huguang area.

The remaining captives were of low status and had little power. They had never received any important information and could not think of anything useful no matter how hard they racked their brains. Seeing a circle of ferocious strong men around them looking at them with questioning eyes, they could only kowtow and admit their mistakes, wailing for mercy.

"Too slow..." As soon as Li Mu said this, the yellow and red markings on the heads of several captives immediately turned bright blood red.

It was like the sound of the starting gun in a long-distance race. A group of quick-reacting players suddenly realized that a new race had begun, and they quickly rushed forward with their swords raised, "Grab the head!"

After a few screams, several prisoners fell to the ground seriously injured, and one of them had his head smashed open by a hammer.

Hammer, his face covered in blood, sniffed. "Confucius once said, 'Blowing a hole in the head is called 'righteousness'!"

Five bodies fell, and the remaining survivors trembled, while those players who failed to grab the heads retreated back to the "safety line" in disappointment to wait for the next head competition.

"The second question is, let's see who can decide the final victory!"

More than a dozen captives let out whimpers of fear, their eyes filled with complex emotions such as hostility, struggle, and pain.

"Besides Yangjia Village, what other villages have you harmed?"

As soon as Li Mu finished his question, more than a dozen prisoners immediately started shouting.

Not to mention robbing money, food and supplies, and kidnapping women, even defecating and urinating in any villager's house was clearly described.

There was even a minion with a strong desire to survive who shouted that all the villages within a radius of dozens of miles knew about him. He also considerately used his finger as a pen to draw a simple sketch on the ground leading to the villages from Black Wind Village.

The minions claimed that these villages had been paying tribute to the Black Wind Village on time for a long time, and that as long as they sent some minions to intimidate them, they would continue to pay tribute to the new village.

After the second round, waves of screams mixed with the sound of swords and knives cutting into flesh rang out one after another.

In the end, only two survivors entered the final round.

"Tell us everything you know about the origin of Master Gao that your boss mentioned."

After two bloody lessons, the two of them immediately entered a state of rapid response. They had never thought in their lives that they would be able to express themselves so fluently and quickly.

Mr. Gao was sitting at home when suddenly everything was exposed - his name, family background, age, connections in both the underworld and the white world, and the fact that he lent money at high interest rates every year and had a monopoly business in the county.

In order to prevent bandits and thieves from targeting him, Mr. Gao usually lived in a country manor and hired a group of thugs. Ordinary people could not enter his manor at all.

It clearly explains how to quickly reach the Gao family's manor from the Black Wind Village, the road signs along the way, and the tricks of secret transactions.

The duel between the two gradually became clear. One of the captives, as a small leader who had done private work, was obviously more experienced than the other.

The humble younger brother could only make up some improvised information in the end, but the small boss's words were more credible.

Even the fact that Master Gao had one wife and three concubines, kept a mistress outside, and had two illegitimate children was revealed, and one of the illegitimate children was even born from the affair between the mistress and the leader of the Black Wind Village.

The small boss was the person who was watching outside and witnessed all the audition details with his own eyes.

"Oh my god, your boss is sleeping with his friend's mistress, and you're eavesdropping!"

"Dude, you killed the game!"

"Hahahaha! Let me solemnly declare the winner of this life-and-death duel—"

One player gripped the mini-boss' wrist and raised it high, as if they had just experienced a fierce boxing match. "Ooooh! Applause for him!"

There was a burst of warm applause from the surrounding area. Some people even raised their hands to wipe their eyes, as if they were moved to tears by the little leader's will to survive.

The little boss was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. The hope of survival made him forget that he was still under the control of others.

He nodded and thanked everyone who applauded him, as if he was an actor giving an acceptance speech on stage.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" The defeated minion let out a heart-wrenching cry, and was then hacked to death by the players who rushed over.

"Just a question." A player warmly put his arm around the minion's neck, like a long-lost brother meeting in distress.

"Uh-huh."

"You know, there are only a few dozen of us here. How can we break into Gaojiazhuang and defeat Mr. Gao, who has abundant financial resources and a large number of thugs, at the lowest cost?"

"That's not difficult." The little henchman pondered for a moment, then quickly assumed the role of military advisor. "As long as we use the pretext of going to Black Wind Village to 'deal with stolen goods' and speak a few codewords, we can easily enter Gaojiazhuang. As per custom, Master Gao will usually invite you to dinner."

"Oh? What if I'm pretending to be a thug from the Black Wind Village and get spotted by the officers and constables along the way?"

"No, the Black Wind Village is actually no different from the escorts. The village has been prepared for a long time. If we encounter government troops and yamen runners, as long as we give them some advice, they won't be in trouble."

"Oh!" The player showed a look of sudden enlightenment and pointed at the wooden box behind him. "As long as my brothers and I change into the escort uniforms provided by the Black Wind Village, and use the code you just mentioned, then my brothers and I can open the gate of Gaojiazhuang and cooperate with the outside forces. Gaojiazhuang will be like lambs to be slaughtered and eaten at any time."

"That's right." The minion's expression was relaxed, as if he had escaped from the crisis.

"last question."

"You ask." The little leader thought that he had helped a lot and expected that the other party would spare his life, so his tone of voice became much more relaxed.

The player leaned close to the little boss's ear and whispered something as soft as a mosquito's sound, but it dealt a heavy blow to the little boss's heart, which had just calmed down.

"We already know the route and the method of breakthrough, so what's the point of keeping you around?"

"you!"

The little leader was shocked, but found that he could hardly make any sound. It turned out that a sharp dagger was inserted into his lower back.

"I'll pierce your kidneys, pierce your kidneys..."

The player tightly gripped the little boss's neck, pulled the dagger out of his waist and then stabbed it in again, until the little boss was completely motionless, then he let go of his hands.

Li Mu glanced coldly at the corpses on the ground. Instead of recruiting these bandits who hurt the villagers and harmed the hostages and offending a lot of good and honest people, it would be better to kill them all and vent his anger on the good people.

What's more, the village has a sparse population and a small number of players. He doesn't have the confidence to recruit and reform these bandits and villains.

With the death of the last bandit, the Battle of Black Wind Village came to a perfect end. Suddenly, a system prompt rang in his mind:

[Defeat the Black Wind Village bandits and receive 3000 Life Points]

(End of this chapter)