Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 157 The Fishing Village Suffers
After Ma Yunlu returned to Tianshui, he learned that Wei Xiaobao had been missing since he attacked Han Sui's baggage at night. Regardless of the danger and opposition from his father and brother, he led a hundred personal soldiers to Yingchoujian to look for Wei Xiaobao.

Han Sui also learned the truth about the attack at Yingchoujian that day. By then, Cao Cao had already fled back to Yecheng. Although Han Sui sent a letter of explanation, Cao Cao still blamed Han Sui for the loss of Chang'an. Despite the dissuasion of Xun Yu and others, Cao Cao insisted on executing Han Sui's family members who had been sent as hostages in Yecheng.

When Han Sui learned that his family had been killed, he was furious and decided to send troops to Tianshui to seek revenge on Ma Teng first.

When Ma Yunlu was halfway through his journey, he encountered Han Sui's army and had no choice but to retreat to Tianshui.

After floating in the water for a day and a night, Wei Xiaobao was rescued by fishermen and realized that he had arrived at a small fishing village outside Anding City, which was only a hundred miles away.

Wei Xiaobao originally wanted to return to Tianshui as soon as possible, but when he fell from the cliff, he injured his back and damaged his heart and lungs. If it were not for the precious clothes protecting him, he would probably have lost his life.

In desperation, Wei Xiaobao had to stay in the fisherman's house to recuperate, and lived a leisurely life of fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days.

The small fishing village was small, with only about a dozen households. The fisherman who had rescued him was named Ma Laoshi, a man in his forties with a son and a daughter. His son had died in the military, leaving behind a teenage daughter.

At first, Wei Xiaobao couldn't even get out of bed. He relied on the fisherwoman Ma Lian'er to take care of him every day and drink fish porridge to recuperate. After some time of recuperation, Wei Xiaobao also began to help with some housework such as mending fishing nets and chopping wood and boiling water.

One day, Wei Xiaobao was learning to weave a fishing net on the shore when a group of soldiers suddenly came to the fishing village.

The soldiers gathered the fishermen together and began to read the order issued by Anding Prefect Guo Si.

It turned out that in order to raise military supplies and pay for Cao Cao, Guo Si imposed heavy taxes on the people of Anding County, and even this small fishing village was not spared.

After the soldiers read out the governor's decree, they began to plunder the fishing village.

Years of war have already made life difficult for the people. Apart from the fishing nets that have been patched countless times and the dilapidated fishing boats, they only have a few small fish to make a living. They have no extra assets.

The soldiers couldn't find any valuables, so they set their sights on Ma Lian'er.

The squad leader said, "Ma Laoshi, your family hasn't even paid enough for military service, and you also owe a large amount of fish tax. When will you be able to collect the money?"

Ma Laoshi said, "Sir, my son died in battle, and Governor Guo has exempted us from military service."

The sergeant said, "Bullshit! Your son only died in battle, not for any military merit. How could the governor exempt you from military service? And what about the fish tax?"

"Sir, the fish we catch can't even feed ourselves, so how can we have any extra to pay taxes?"

"I don't care! The fish in the water all belong to the imperial court. If you eat the imperial court's fish, there's no reason not to pay taxes."

"Sir, I can still do some work. If I really can't, I'll go to the barracks with you and do some hard work."

The sergeant had already locked his gaze on Ma Lian'er behind him and said with a smile, "You old man, half buried in the ground, what can you do in the barracks? You'll just waste food. Your daughter looks delicate and tender. Why don't you come with us back to the barracks and serve the soldiers?"

When these words were spoken, the soldiers burst into laughter, but Ma Laoshi's face showed horror, and he quickly protected his daughter behind him.

Although Wei Xiaobao was weak, he forced himself to come over when he heard that the soldiers were going to attack Ma Lian'er.

"Sir, the prostitutes in the army are all from the military guards, and they are also the families of those who have committed serious crimes such as desertion and collaboration. You are taking the daughters of good families to be prostitutes just because of a few casual words. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

The sergeant only saw Wei Xiaobao's appearance clearly at this moment: "Oh, I thought there were no more young men in this village, but I didn't expect there was a young man hidden in Ma Laoshi's family. Come, bring him back to me!"

Wei Xiaobao was held by two people's arms. After struggling for a while, he said, "I can go back with you, but Ma Laoshi's family must be exempted from taxes!"

The sergeant spat, "Damn it! It's your good fortune to be drafted into the army, yet you're still bargaining with me. Military service is military service, and taxes are taxes. How can they be confused? Besides, you look unfamiliar. You don't look like someone from this fishing village. You might be a deserter from somewhere! Stop talking nonsense to me and take me away!"

Wei Xiaobao was being dragged along, and heard the sergeant behind him shouting, "Take this girl back too!" Ma Laoshi protected his daughter tightly, preventing the soldiers from getting close.

Seeing that he was resisting stubbornly, the sergeant drew his sword without saying a word and stabbed it into his abdomen with a "swish".

When Ma Lian'er saw her father being killed, she hugged the body and cried loudly.

Wei Xiaobao didn't expect that the chieftain could be so cruel, and he stood there in a daze for a moment.

Although Wei Xiaobao did not spend much time with the Ma father and daughter, he had already formed a deep friendship with them because they saved his life and fishermen were simple people. Wei Xiaobao also came from a poor family.

Seeing Ma Laoshi dying in front of him, Wei Xiaobao no longer cared about the pain in his body. He pushed away the two soldiers beside him and ran towards Ma Laoshi.

The sheriff thought Wei Xiaobao was going to escape, so he put away his knife and looked at his back.

With a loud crash, a big hole was cut in Wei Xiaobao's clothes on the back.

The sheriff was stunned for a moment when he saw that Wei Xiaobao did not fall down after being slashed by him.

At this moment, Wei Xiaobao had a dagger in his hand and stabbed it towards the sergeant's chest with his fist.

No one present expected that Wei Xiaobao was not only not injured, but also dared to fight back. Before they could react, the sergeant was lying on the ground motionless, with blood gushing out of the wound on his chest.

The army has strict military rules and regulations. If a squad leader is killed and the others allow the murderer to escape, they will all be treated as deserters.

"He killed the squad leader!"

Suddenly someone shouted.

This sentence was like a command, and everyone raised their swords and slashed at Wei Xiaobao.

Wei Xiaobao had no strength left in his body, and he couldn't use his magical skills. He could only hold his head with his arms and face the enemy from behind.

After a few crisp clangs, the swords were bounced back.

Although Wei Xiaobao was not injured, he was shocked and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

The soldiers were all shocked.

"Chop off his head and legs!"

Someone has given the order!

Wei Xiaobao cried out in his heart: "It's over. I only have a precious coat, but no precious hat or trousers. Now Wei Xiaobao is going to become Wei Sibao."

The sword came at him and Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to roll out sideways.

Several people chased after him with swords in their hands, and forced Wei Xiaobao into the water.

Wei Xiaobao felt even more pain in his heart and lungs when he was shocked by the cold river water.

But the soldiers refused to let him go, and some of them who were good at swimming had already dived into the water.

(End of this chapter)