Chapter 27: The Life-Taking Incense

  Although I don't know what the outside world is like, there is one standard that applies everywhere, and that is that you can't be without money. As long as you have money, you can do something fun every day wherever you are.

  Just like now, Chen Jiu looked at the scattered mountain bandits and didn't have the heart to chase after them. After all, three thousand two taels of gold were more important. If this big fat sheep accidentally ran away, Chen Jiu wouldn't have anywhere to reason with.

  The long sword was sheathed, and Chen Jiulang arrived in front of the captain of the guards: "How about it? What about those three thousand taels of gold?"

  The leader of the guards shook his head: "You didn't finish off those mountain bandits, they'll probably come looking for trouble again in the future, so I won't give you three thousand taels."

  Chen Jiu looked at the captain of the guards with a thoughtful expression, this guy wants to be dishonest. Chen Jiu sneered in his heart: "How much do you want?"

  "Not more than fifteen hundred taels." The guard sneered.

  Chen nodded: "Alright, you have a lot of people and momentum, one thousand five hundred taels is one thousand five hundred taels".

  This made the leader of the guards suspicious. The leader looked at Chen Jiu with suspicion, then turned around and said: "Go fetch 1,500 taels of gold."

  Looking at the package in front of him, he weighed it and found it to be about 1,500 taels, then a hint of a smile appeared on his lips: "In that case, I bid you farewell."

  As Chen Jiu turned around, the leader of the guards let out a sigh of relief. After all, everyone had witnessed Chen Jiu's powerful martial arts skills just now.

  But just as Chen Jiu turned around, a sudden change occurred. A clear and crisp sword hum echoed throughout the scene, swift as lightning. Under the blessing of the speed symbol, the leader of the guards had not yet reacted when he was already pierced through the abdomen by that one sword.

  "Hey boss, how's it going?"

  "Big brother, big brother."

  “······”。

  For a moment, everyone was shouting and calling out in all directions. When they turned around to look for Chen Jiu again, he had already disappeared without a trace. Only the injured leader was still lying in the pool of blood.

  In the distance, Chen Jiu looked at the Liu family members who were in a mess and his cold smile grew thicker: "You bastards are going to regret this, you actually dare to turn against me and deny our relationship, I'm not someone to be trifled with".

  After finishing speaking, he looked at the footprints of the mountain bandits under the tree, his toes lightly touched, and instantly disappeared into the thicket.

  Looking at the mountain bandit in front of him, Chen Jiu was somewhat impatient at this moment. This guy was escaping with his life, but he was still hesitant and indecisive, walking and stopping repeatedly. It's really unclear what this guy is thinking. If it weren't for wanting to find the mountain bandit's lair, Chen Jiu would have killed him long ago.

  Chen Jiu also thought about forcing him to confess, but he thought better of it. If those despicable mountain bandits were playing tricks on him and he missed the best opportunity to go up the mountain, then it would be all over.

  "There should be quite a few treasures with the mountain bandits," Chen Jiu said thoughtfully from behind.

  It turns out that this guy has set his sights on those mountain bandits, no wonder, the way of getting rich overnight by preying on one's own kind is unparalleled.

  From a distance, Chen Jiu saw the mountain stronghold and could no longer bear it. In an instant, his body moved, and he arrived behind the mountain bandit. With one sword, he pierced the heart, and even this mountain bandit did not know who killed him before he died.

  He lightly shook off the blood on his sword, gazing at the distant mountain stronghold. With a gentle tap of his toes on the ground, he was like a flying swallow, landing softly on the city wall. Before the four mountain bandits guarding the city could react, his long sword had already left its scabbard, and blossoms of blood burst forth.

  Looking at the bandits walking back and forth in the mountain stronghold, there were women's sobs, children's crying voices, men's shouting voices, and even bursts of lewd laughter, rising and falling without stopping.

  "Murder."

  He only said these two words, and Chen Jiu's long sword flew up and down without mercy, and the bandits who fell to the ground wherever it passed were countless.

  As soon as Chen Jiu descended lightly from the city wall, he was discovered by the mountain bandits.

  "Who is it?"

  Chen Jiulang coldly smiled: "A dead man still asks so many questions, what's the point?"

  Xiao Jiu is Xiao Jiu, Chen Jiu basically kills one with a single sword, and never needs to draw a second sword.

  "Never thought I'd have such a cold-blooded and ruthless day, it's all just for the sake of survival, no one is right or wrong."

  Looking at the mountain bandits who were like a plague god, the whole village was in chaos. The sound of running and scolding filled the air, and then a group of bandits with disheveled clothes and carrying long knives came running over, cursing and shouting.

  "Kill him!" shouted the leader.

  It was a chaotic battle, no, it would be more accurate to say it was a massacre. As the bodies fell one by one, the mountain bandits' courage had been shattered, and they knelt down to beg for mercy.

  Chen Ji smiled and put away his long sword: "Hand over all your wealth."

  All the mountain bandits looked at each other in dismay, this one was really something, after all, who were the real robbers, him or us? Not only did he run to our lair to fight and kill, but also wanted to rob us of our belongings.

  Alas, Chen Jiu's fists were no match for others, and before long, piles of wealth had accumulated in front of him.

  They picked and chose, selecting the best ones and putting them in a package. The mountain bandits secretly watched Chen Jiu with their eyes, hoping that he would take the things and leave quickly.

  Unfortunately, these evil-doers who have been causing trouble for days finally got their comeuppance. With the package slung over his back, Chen Jiu gazed at the mountain bandits and a smile spread across his face: "I've already picked out the treasure, but only one hundred of you can survive. I'll give you the time it takes to burn an incense stick; otherwise, I'll take matters into my own hands."

  Chen Jiu took a stick of incense from beside Guan Gong's statue and lit it gently.

  The atmosphere among the mountain bandits was tense at this moment, although they all knew that Chen Jiu's move was a divisive tactic, but in their hearts, there was a kind of lucky psychology.

  More than 400 bandits, you look at me, I look at you, no one moves, half a stick of incense has passed. Chen Jiu's mouth corners reveal a cold and cruel smile: "There is still half a stick of incense time left, are you waiting for me to make the first move?"

  You bandits look at me, I look at you, and it's unclear who made the first move. In an instant, the entire scene became chaotic, with blood flying everywhere.

  Chen Jiu frowned and took a step back, afraid of being splashed with fresh blood.

  The time of one incense stick was not short, but at this moment it still felt too short in the feelings of the crowd of mountain bandits. After half a stick of incense had been burned, there were still nearly two hundred people in the entire arena who continued to fight fiercely.

  Chen Jiu frowned in dissatisfaction: "You've all disappointed me, looking at you like this, I'll give you another chance. Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, I want to see fifty people alive on the field, choose for yourselves."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiuzhou lit an incense stick and with a slight flick of his wrist, it was inserted into the three-zhang-high gate.

  Watching the incense sticks quickly ignite in the wind, no one dared to delay this time. After a series of wolf howls, another fierce battle to the death began.

  Inside the house, pair after pair of eyes looked at the group of bandits in confusion, really not understanding why these extremely evil and poor people would be fighting to the death at this moment.

  Take another look at that Miao Yi Gongzi, the abducted woman is quietly staring at him in the house, not even daring to breathe.

  The previous fierce battle had exhausted everyone's physical strength, and now they could only roll around in the mud, turning over and over.

  It was like watching a play, Chen Jiu slowly counted his own treasures, and then looked at the pile of treasures to see if there were any omissions.

  Time flies, and for some reason, even with this group of bandits trying their best, the incense stick has burned out, yet there is still a fierce battle in the arena.

  It seems that there were enough people after all, so the person who was fighting for his life stopped and looked at Chen Jiu with exhaustion.

  Looking at the just extinguished incense stick, Chen Jiu's eyes slightly narrowed: "One two three four five six seven, unexpectedly one more person came out".

  Chen Jiu's words caused everyone's faces to change, and they began to recount. No matter how they recounted, there was still one extra person. Their faces turned pale as they looked at Chen Jiu again, who took out another incense stick.

  Chen Jiu held the incense and looked at these extremely evil people, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You should know my rules, no need for me to say more, half, twenty-five."

  After finishing speaking, the incense in his hand flew out instantly and was inserted into the gate. Those trembling bandits looked at each other, and under the urging of rebirth, they picked up the long knives on the ground one after another, and the killing started again.

  Chen Jiu's expressionless face gazed up at the sky, this scene was eerily similar to the tragic massacre of the mountain stronghold all those years ago, who would have thought that I, Chen Jiu, would also have a day like this.