Chapter 113 PUA Master
Qin Yao immediately took out the bounty notice she carried with her, and compared her gaze between the man in the open space and the painting. The only thing they had in common was that their eyes were equally ferocious.
Qin Yao was very familiar with that kind of look. It mostly appeared in people who were born vicious, and a small number of times appeared in major criminals.
This kind of person is extremely cruel and has no empathy for humanity. He is the type who would not feel any guilt even if he killed someone.
On the contrary, they would feel excited and happy because they have killed someone, and gain a sense of accomplishment from it. In daily life, they are mostly marginal figures, or people who are good at disguise. They treat people as guinea pigs to conduct constant experiments and are not afraid of death.
If they are discovered, they will readily confess their crimes and patiently describe their crimes to show off their own abilities and satirize the incompetence of the government.
This type of people often have many blind followers who agree with their values, views and outlook, and think they are unique and above the ordinary.
The three kings around King Xiang are nothing but brainless followers.
The late horse team not only failed to bring back any property, but also lost two people and three horses.
There were twenty of them in total, and they were going to rob a large caravan. Unfortunately, the other caravan had already made full preparations and hired the most powerful escort agency in the county to escort them.
Both sides shouted many secret codes, but none of them matched, and they had no choice but to fight after a disagreement.
When the caravan was large in number, the horse bandits would actually be in trouble. Once the two sides fought, the leader saw that the situation was unfavorable to our side and wanted to retreat. However, his greed came back and he wanted to take away some of the goods. This caused the other caravan to suddenly become angry and leave behind their two brothers and three horses.
In order to protect their property, the caravan would hardly chase after the bandits, so they were able to escape back.
On the way, thinking about the punishment they would face, several brothers wanted to run away.
But the leader sneered and said, "Escape? Can you escape today but not tomorrow?"
If you run, you will die. If you don't run, at least you can still survive.
So, the group came back covered in dust and dirt, took off their shirts one by one, knelt in front of the cave, and waited for King Xiang's decision.
The man who was suspected to be King Xiang walked out of the cave. He was dressed like a scholar, with a tall figure and handsome features. He was holding a charming woman in his arms and was followed by three burly men.
Just seeing those three big guys makes one feel cold in the heart.
"Two men and three horses were lost, a total of five lashes and five fingers. You have discussed it among yourselves, come forward to receive the punishment."
Prince Xiang, who was dressed as a Confucian scholar, looked helpless, as if he did not want to punish them but was only forced to do so because of the rules.
The three kings nearby immediately stepped forward and pulled out their swords and whips. One of them said angrily,
"The king is so tolerant of you. We spend money together, sleep together, and share good wine with you. Yet you still don't know what is good for you. You lost the king's horse and killed the king's brother. Aren't you ashamed?!"
The leader immediately lowered his head, knelt down and walked two steps to the feet of King Xiang, "Thank you King Xiang for your mercy!"
The so-called five whips and five fingers means five whips and five severed fingers. There are eighteen of them coming back, and only ten of them are needed to complete the punishment.
Compared with the teams that were punished before, this punishment is already extremely light.
The team leader knew that this was the result of lenient treatment because of his previous meritorious services.
Thinking that he still had some weight in King Xiang's heart, the leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with tears in his eyes, he looked at King Xiang with admiration, "I am willing to accept the punishment of a whip and a finger!"
King Xiang nodded with satisfaction, "I was right about you, you are a real man."
After saying this, he turned around and just played with the hairpin of the woman in his arms, not looking at the bloody scene.
Soon, wailing sounds were heard in front of the cave. The five severed fingers were held in front of King Xiang by the Third King. The woman in her arms was so frightened that she trembled all over. She clenched her teeth and dared not speak. The fake smile she had been trying to maintain could no longer come out.
"Are you scared?" Prince Xiang asked with pretended concern.
The woman shook her head and turned her face away, but the man forced her back to take a better look.
The woman was so scared that she couldn't control the expression on her face and it became very distorted.
"How ugly!" King Xiang sneered, grabbed the woman's neck and threw her out, "Here's a reward for you!"
Covering the severed finger and sweating profusely, the team leader hurriedly reached out to take it and dragged the extremely terrified woman towards the shack.
Before leaving, he had to express his gratitude to King Xiang for his kindness and promise to bring him more treasures and women next time.
The woman screamed for help, but everyone around her laughed at her for being so naive as to scream for help in a bandit's den.
But unexpectedly, someone could hear these cries for help.
Qin Yao frowned. This bandit leader was good at PUA and he tricked this group of idiots into running around in circles.
She folded the notice and put it in her arms, then took advantage of the darkening night and entered the tree hut like a ghost.
The woman curled up in the dark tree nest, and kept saying: "Brother, please spare me. My father has a lot of money. Can you use me to exchange for silver?"
The team leader was bandaging his injured finger. Hearing this, he sneered, "Your father is not willing to pay a ransom for a useless daughter. You serve me well, and I will find a good buyer for you, or sell you to a brothel!"
Then he sneered, "Your Majesty is indeed Your Majesty. You don't even like a beauty like you. It's a good thing for me."
Hearing this, the woman felt even more desperate. She seemed to have given up the idea of leaving this bandit's den alive and fell silent.
As the night deepened, the people outside the house did not hear the noise they wanted to hear in the tree den, so they teased and urged:
"Is the bridal chamber still open tonight? If you don't move, the brothers will do it for you!"
When the curled up woman heard this, she looked up in horror at the dark shadow at the entrance of the tree nest.
The man had already bandaged his finger and shouted to the outside of the house: "Get lost, you wish!"
Then, he turned and looked at her.
It was pitch black in there, but she could see through the darkness and see the murderous look in the man's eyes.
An unpleasant smell of a mixture of herbs and blood suddenly approached. The woman screamed "Ah!" and fell to the ground sideways. She still could not give up hope of life and tried to save herself again.
Unfortunately, a large hand grabbed her, tightly grasped her ankle, and dragged her down.
The stones left bloody scratches on her back, but she didn't care. She groped around on the ground with her hands, trying to find a weapon to fight back.
However, the difference in strength was too great. Just as he grabbed the stone in his hand, it was kicked away. Then he was slapped in the face. He felt dizzy instantly and didn't know how to react.
Outside the tree shed, people heard the intense noise coming from inside and laughed out loud.
It seemed that the matter was done. The tree shed suddenly became quiet. Everyone felt that it was boring and left one after another. Some went to drink, some to gamble.
At this moment in the tree shed, the man felt the cold blade on his neck and even held his breath.
(End of this chapter)