Chapter 224: Do it quietly, don't make a sound
After Qin Yao dealt with the nine people, she turned around and saw Liu Ji not even letting go of the other party's smelly shoes, and his brows were deeply furrowed.
Liu Ji was completely unaware, and he picked up a steel knife and handed it to Qin Yao like he was offering a treasure, "Look, my lady, this knife is really good, it suits you perfectly!"
"You are not worthy of this!" Qin Yao said disdainfully, "Put it down and don't touch these things."
But he gave her a suggestive look, saying that she could accept the money quietly and not make it known.
Liu Ji raised his eyebrows and understood.
But it still hurts to leave behind these things other than the silver.
It was already completely dark. Dalang lit two spare lanterns, hung one on the carriage and brought the other over to provide light for his parents.
An unlucky bandit was cut on the thigh by his own knife. The scene was a bit bloody and scared Dalang.
But I still forced myself to look at it a few more times. When I felt nothing, I handed the lantern to my father and returned to the carriage.
Erlang and Si Niang wanted to look out of curiosity, but he held their heads with one hand each and pushed them back.
"Don't be too curious, kids." Dalang taught his younger siblings seriously.
Si Niang tried to push her eldest brother's hand with her head, but failed. Then she sighed and gave up.
Turning around, Sanlang opened his confused eyes and asked, "Brother, did my mother drive away the bad guys?"
Dalang thought about the scene he had just seen. It was not just about running the man away, but almost beating him to death.
But the brother's pure heart still needed to be protected, so she smiled and nodded and said, "Don't be afraid, the bad guys have been chased away by my mother."
"Why hasn't my mother come back yet?" Sanlang looked at the light coming through the crack of the car door. It was too dark and he was scared.
Dalang said perfunctorily, "Let's take care of the aftermath. Let's eat some cakes and wait for them."
He is hungry.
Saburo nodded, "Yeah."
So Dalang took out a pancake, broke it into four pieces, and the four brothers and sisters each took a piece and ate while waiting.
Outside the carriage, several adults looked at the bandits all over the ground and felt a headache.
Liu Li suggested reporting to the police.
Liu Ji suggested throwing the people directly into the bamboo forest to feed the wolves, and then they patted their butts and continued to return to the town to find an inn to stay overnight.
Da Zhuang did not express any opinion, but just looked at Qin Yao in admiration, as if he was following her lead.
At this moment, his admiration for Qin Yao was like the surging river, endless.
Qin Yao even suspected that if she asked him to eat shit, he would do it.
Of course, she's not that mean.
Qin Yao said: "This place is not far from the post station. I suggest we go back to the post station to rest."
"Tie up these nine people first. I will torture them and find out the whole story. Then I will write it down on paper and leave a letter of explanation. When we get to the next city, I will find someone to report to the authorities."
Seeing Liu Li's hesitation, Qin Yao added, "If we report it to the authorities now, we will have to cooperate with the investigation, which will definitely affect our journey."
"Also, there's little point in returning to town now. It's more convenient to rest at the post station. We're all tired and hungry, and it's getting late. We have to take advantage of the time to rest and not delay our journey tomorrow."
Originally, she had no intention of having any entanglement with these brutal bandits. The death of the postmaster was a matter for the government to deal with, so everyone should just stay away from them.
It's a pity that these nine people came to her door to seek death. Don't blame her for being rude!
Liu Ji raised his hand, "I will listen to my wife."
Da Zhuang also raised his hand, "I'll listen to Madam Qin."
Liu Li no longer insisted on reporting to the police. He nodded, and everyone reached a consensus and went back to the carriage to find something to tie up people.
Liu Li and his servant, who had just found a replacement rein after searching through all the luggage, were so shocked when they saw Qin Yao take out a large bundle of hemp rope from under the car.
"Madam Qin, you are still well prepared." Liu Li said admiringly.
Qin Yao raised an eyebrow at him, "After all, I am a professional."
Knowing that she was pointing out the fact that he did not trust her before he set out, Liu Li clasped his fists towards Qin Yao in shame, saying that he was now very convinced and believed in her ability.
Liu Ji knew that he was not professional, so he held a lantern to light the way for Qin Yao. He watched her use extremely professional techniques to tie up all nine people tightly in no time.
It's just that the posture is a bit strange. The gangster is facing forward, arched like a shrimp, with his hands and feet tied in series and behind his back.
After tying up the people, Qin Yao signaled Liu Ji and Liu Li to drive the car and take the children back to the post station first, and she would be in charge of transporting the other nine people.
Liu Ji guessed that the scene might be very violent and might not be good for children, so he tactfully agreed.
But before leaving, I felt a little scared when I thought of the gloomy post station in the bamboo forest.
"Madam, how about you transport them to the post station first, and we will come back later?" Liu Ji tried to negotiate, "What if there are still bandits in the post station?"
"Impossible!" Qin Yao answered confidently.
Even if there were any, they would have been scared away by the noise coming from their side.
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Liu Ji swallowed secretly, completely forgetting that he had just scolded the child. He shamelessly called Dalang out to accompany him, and then drove to the post station.
When the two carriages drove away, Qin Yao pulled the hemp rope in her hand, and the nine "shrimps" strung together woke up wailing.
She, holding a rope and taking a step forward, can pull nine people who are heavier than herself.
As if she was dragging nine dead beasts, Qin Yao did not avoid the sharp stones and potholes, and let the nine ignorant bandits scream in pain.
Even the wild beasts hiding in the bamboo forest would retreat if they heard the wailing sounds.
"Shut up!" Qin Yao was really annoyed and couldn't help but yell.
Then, the wailing subsided and the begging for mercy started again.
Qin Yao sneered, "I left you a way to survive but you refused to leave. Instead, you insisted on heading down this dead end road. You delayed me so much and you still have the nerve to beg for mercy?"
"I ask you, where is the postmaster?!"
She suddenly tightened the hemp rope, and the nine people felt that their waists were about to be torn apart by the sudden tightening force.
They were all desperate criminals, not loyal heroes. Under the severe pain, Qin Yao used a little trick to make them confess everything.
"We killed the postmaster and buried his body outside the back door of the post station."
Then, they said that they were forced to become bandits. This year's spring harvest was dismal, and they were so hungry that they thought of robbing the government post station. They begged Qin Yao to have mercy on them and let them live.
Qin Yao listened to these words without changing her cold eyes, and continued to interrogate them to see if they had other accomplices.
All nine of them said they had no more. They were from the same village and didn't trust other people to join them, so it had always been just the nine of them.
In just over a month, they killed eighteen people, nine women and children, and five men. Finally, seeing that there was nothing valuable on ordinary people, they turned their attention to the officials' families.
The remaining four lives were all those of the government's postmasters and postmen.
A few of them were still begging for mercy and acting pitiful. Qin Yao had already asked all the questions she wanted to ask and didn't want to listen to their noisy self-defense anymore, so she punched each of them and knocked them all out!
(End of this chapter)