Chapter 3: The Painful Downfall of a Ruthless Man

  Opportunities are rare and fleeting.

  This is a gamble, Su Tiancheng would never miss it.

  His face still wore a respectful smile, and when the soldier reached out to help him up, he used the momentum to stand up, seemingly casually grabbing the soldier's right wrist, then bending his right leg, gently pressing down on the soldier's arm, and with a light tap of his right leg on the soldier's right elbow joint, a pig-like scream appeared.

  The soldier never thought that Su Tiancheng would do such a thing, and he was able to do it with his right hand already dislocated, the intense pain had twisted his face.

  Su Tiancheng drew out the steel knife from his waist and placed it on his neck.

  The sudden change stunned everyone, and the four soldiers stood up unconsciously.

  "Tell them to keep kneeling, otherwise I'll cut off your head."

  Su Tiancheng was certain that the soldier who spoke to him was the leader of the five, estimated to be Xiao Qi. From start to finish, only this person spoke, while the others looked at him, and in the end, it was also this person who made the final decision.

  Catch the thief first catch the king, oneself does not have the ability, and five people fight, that is to look for death.

  Of course, he was also gambling. If these soldiers didn't listen to their leader and had no way out, then there was nothing else they could do. As time passed, the truth would come to light, and in the end, it would be death.

  It's different if you can win by betting.

  The steel blade was at his throat, and had already cut through the skin. Fresh blood flowed down the steel blade.

  The soldier forgot the pain in his right arm and opened his mouth with a flushed face.

  "Su, young master Su, don't be like this. We are Ningzhou Guard soldiers, come to Pingyang Prefecture to suppress bandits..."

  "Don't you understand what I'm saying? Tell them to kneel down."

  Su Tiancheng increased the force in his hand, and the steel knife had already cut open a few centimeters of mouth. If he pulled it all the way, the soldier would have been killed instantly.

  "Understood? Understood? You'd better kneel down quickly, you bastards, can't you understand what I'm saying?"

  The four soldiers hesitated, looked at each other, and finally knelt down.

  Su Tiancheng temporarily let out a breath of relief, the first step of his plan had been effective.

  "Tell them to throw their swords aside and you tie up the other two with leg bindings."

  Seeing the soldier hesitate for a moment, he increased his strength again and pressed down on the steel knife.

  "Damn it, do as Su Gongzi said, Xiao Sanzi, are you deaf?"

  Su Tiancheng's face revealed a cold smile. The leader was afraid of death, everything would be easy to say, but he still had to "comfort" them a bit.

  Taking advantage of Little Sanzi's binding of the other three people, he spoke up.

  "The person you just killed was clearly a refugee. You've murdered an innocent man and I'm going to take you to the authorities, where we'll let the governor decide what's to be done with you."

  The kneeling soldier, visibly relieved, was escorted to the government office. They begged for mercy, but what could Pingyang Prefecture do to them? At most, they would be reprimanded. Even if the people who were killed were vagrants, and it was a case of killing the innocent to achieve merit, who could prove it?

  When they really arrived at the government office, dead pigs aren't afraid of boiling water, and instead they had an opportunity.

  "Two children, in the past bound up little three child."

  Su Er Tong looked at Su Tian Cheng and shook his head in terror. His whole body was still trembling, he didn't dare to do such a thing.

  "Get out of here quickly, otherwise I'll kill you."

  Su Er Tong was so frightened that he shuddered all over, and immediately ran to Xiao San Zi's side, quickly and smoothly untying his bound legs. In the blink of an eye, he had tied up Xiao San Zi. At the Su residence, there were always things to do every day, what kind of situation is this?

  "Take a look at the other three, are they tied up?"

  Su Er Tong forgot his fear and hurried to check, San Zi indeed played slippery, tied loose, Su Er Tong quickly tied tight.

  After being tied up, Su Er'tong was at a loss, standing still in his original position, without moving.

  "Pick up the steel knife on the ground and watch them. Whoever makes a move will be killed."

  Su Tiancheng's face had turned iron-gray.

  It's impossible to escort these people to the government office, don't even think about it. Leaving them to destroy the Su Mansion? I'm not that foolish. The only way is to cut the grass and eliminate the roots, kill these five soldiers.

  Although killing someone is just a matter of nodding one's head, it's actually not that easy to do.

  Su Tiancheng had never killed anyone after all, he was a transmigrator.

  Besides, he still has a basic sense of legality and can't just kill people at will.

  He probably sensed Su Tiancheng's killing intent and realized that something was wrong. The soldier with the knife to his neck spoke up.

  "Su Gongzi, what are you doing? You're a scholar, you should understand. If we encounter any mishap, it will be considered treason and your entire family will be killed."

  This sentence made Su Tiancheng completely determined.

  It's either you die or I live. Look at the human heads on the horse tail, these soldiers, how many innocent people they killed, did they have any mercy when they took action?

  The story of Dongguo and the wolf has been passed down for thousands of years. Weren't these people just about to kill themselves? Hearing that there was silver, weren't they thinking of getting the silver before taking action again? If I fell into their hands, what would be the outcome?

  The steel knife sliced across his neck, and a stream of fresh blood spurted out.

  Su Tiancheng didn't have that many words, he struck decisively, talking reason to a cow playing the lute was futile, besides, wasting too much time, the soldiers kneeling on the ground, although tied up, could still get up and run.

  Su Er Tong is still young after all, and may not have the courage to take action.

  After killing two soldiers, the remaining three soldiers finally understood that Su Tiancheng had made a ruthless move and would not be able to escape if they didn't run. They couldn't care about Su Er Tong behind them, and they all got up and scattered in all directions.

  "Cut off their legs..."

  Su Tiancheng shouted and held up the steel knife, chasing after a fleeing soldier, hacking at his leg with force, a blood-curdling scream echoed out, the soldier fell to the ground, he showed no mercy, stepping forward to slash open the opponent's neck.

  Su Er Tong also took action and knocked down a soldier.

  There was also a soldier who ran towards the distance.

  "Second Brother, kill the soldiers you knocked down."

  Su Tiancheng coldly threw out a sentence, turned around and got on his horse, directly chasing after the fleeing soldiers. He had to kill them all, couldn't leave any survivors. His own life was already at stake, how could he wait for the other side to take revenge?

  It's really easy to kill someone, the horse hoof kicked the fleeing soldier in the back, and the soldier fell silently to the ground. Su Tiancheng was not at ease, so after dismounting, he added a knife to the soldier's neck.

  After returning, he saw that Su Er's face was as white as snow, his body was trembling, and there were bloodstains on his hands and face.

  Look at the soldiers on the ground, with fresh blood still oozing out of their necks.

  Things became much simpler after that. Su Tiancheng started to strip them, peeling off their clothes until they were stark naked, making it impossible to tell who they were.

  While undressing, he unexpectedly found some silver ingots. He weighed them with his hands and they were close to twenty taels.

  This is no small fortune.

  Put the silver in his pocket, Su Tiancheng called Su Er Tong to dig a hole and bury these military uniforms. He walked behind the war horse, took down those heads, although he felt extremely nauseous, but he thought he would get used to it soon.

  Survival of the fittest, since you've crossed over into a chaotic world, don't be too much of a humble gentleman.

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