Chapter 21: In a Chaotic World, Men Should Kill

  "Ah yo! Who did this wonderful thing?!?" Li Danni slapped her thigh and jumped up, her unfriendly gaze immediately fixed on Xiao Moqiu who was still kneeling on the side. No doubt it was this stinky goods, now kneeling in front of his brother begging for mercy?

  "Damn it! Damn it!" Li Danni cursed, staring at Xiao Moqiu with her eyes wide open, and whispered to Yang Bo: "This killer is a beast! Heaven have mercy, this girl is so young! Young master, listen to me, I have a distant relative in the county government who can speak up for us. If we report him, he'll be beaten to death with a stick, guaranteed to be clean and tidy, and it will also vent your anger!"

  "He's her second brother......" Yang Bo sighed somewhat helplessly "How is Yulan? Do you want to grab some medicine over?"

  "Huh?"

  Mrs. Li was getting flustered now.

  This big brother is dressed up neatly, obviously from a wealthy family. But what about the second brother and little sister? Why do they look like beggars?

  Li Daigne's eyes rolled around a few times, thinking for a moment, and suddenly slapped her thigh again, saying "Ah, I'm afraid we've been robbed! Alas, heaven is blind, what a great sin this is? In these chaotic times, robbers are everywhere. Last time, the young master of Xu Lao's house encountered one, fortunately, Xu Lao's servants were nearby and managed to catch him. If they hadn't, he would have been beaten to death on the spot..."

  Li Danni spoke with spittle flying everywhere for half a day before realizing no one was responding, only then remembering Yang Bo's problem "Oh dear, this old man has no shame and loves to scratch his face. Although the old lady helped deliver the baby, the wound medicine had been prepared early on. After washing it twice, apply the medicine, and also find a sieve to clean up the hair..."

  Yang Bo nodded and made a face at Xiao Mo Xiu: "Then I'll trouble you, Big Sister. Later, let him go wash up too. If there are suitable clothes here, change into them, and I'll pay for it..."

  Mrs. Li's face lit up with a smile as soon as she heard the words "country people are just simple and straightforward, not worth spending money on...". However, it so happens that I have a granddaughter who is about the same age, and some clothes might fit her." In fact, Mrs. Li didn't have any granddaughters at all; she was just going to find some of her own old clothes to pass off as hers.

  Yang Bo saw Li Danni's market, took out a small piece of silver weighing about three or four coins and handed it over: "There is another thing that troubles me, my younger brother and sister have not eaten for several days, can you cook some rice porridge, the thinner the better?"

  People who are starving should eat less and more meals, let alone having just taken a hot bath and consumed a lot of physical strength. Now they urgently need to supplement their nutrition. Mrs. Li couldn't refuse, took the silver and thanked her profusely as she left, comforting Yang Bo along the way: "Young master doesn't have to be sad anymore, coming back is good, people are back...".

  To thank Yang Bo for his generosity, she decided to add some brown sugar and shredded meat to the rice porridge. As for the eggs, forget it, they can be left for Little Sunzi to eat instead.

  Yang Bo sent away the talkative Li Dama and beckoned to Xiao Moqiu, "Tell me again about the situation at Cheng Huang Temple. And tell me about that beast's activity rules. Hmm? Activity rules mean where he usually goes to beg for food, when he returns, which places he passes through, and which beggars he gets along with..."

  "Master, what's...what's going on?" Xiao Mo Xiang's heart was filled with mixed emotions of sadness and joy as he looked up at Yang Bo.

  Yang Bo's expression remained unchanged, but his lazy eyes suddenly turned into a sharp flash of lightning, like a candle in the dark night, looking very weak, and then suddenly burst into flames.

  "...the dog thief, relying on being a local, occupied the south gate and did not allow others to enter. That dog thief usually came alone, and when returning to the city god temple, had to pass through several remote places..."

  "......Young master, what should I do?"

  Yang Bo didn't make a sound, he simply raised his palm and chopped down fiercely.

  A chaotic world for men... it's time to kill!

  Xiao Mo and his sister had cleaned up and finished eating their rice porridge, several hours had already passed.

  Yang Bo was worried that the cart driver of Ma Xing would get impatient from waiting for too long, and had even sent Tie Niu back once to set a time an hour before the city gate closed. Calculating the time, that strong laborer should also be finishing work and heading home.

  Xiao Mo and his sister had just left Li Dama's house when they knelt down in front of Yang Bo, asking him to take them in. Yang Bo didn't put on any airs: "Since you brother and sister are willing to follow me, as long as I have food, naturally there will be a share for you too. However, you must think it through clearly, following me is not that easy..."

  Xiao Mo Xiang wept and said: "Young master's kindness to my brother and sister is as heavy as a mountain, and even if I were to die, I would not be able to repay it. I only ask that young master take in my brother and sister, and even if I were to die at his horse's hooves, I would have no regrets!"

  Yang Bo took a look at Jing Shen and Xiao Yulan, who still looked somewhat dispirited, and smiled: "Actually, it's not that difficult. The most important thing is to follow me - read books! Fortunately, you have some foundation, I think teaching you will be much easier than teaching Tie Niu..."

  "Reading books?" The two siblings were really stunned this time, and even forgot to nod their heads.

  "Read books!" Yang Bo nodded: "Read miscellaneous books! You all get up. Yulan, I spent 700 wen to buy your brother down, now I'll spend another 700 wen to buy you too. Here's 700 wen, take it!"

  Xiao Yulan looked at her brother in a somewhat bewildered manner, and seeing him nod slightly, she stepped forward to take the money from Yang Bo's hand.

  Many years later, someone discovered that in the study of the powerful and prestigious Xiao Mo Xiang, there was a framed calligraphy with only two characters: "Seven Hundred Characters". Everyone was puzzled and wondered about it, but Xiao Mo Xiang remained silent.

  "Everyone get up? Now let's talk about the first thing, that is, from now on, call me Yang Da Ge or Bo Ge, and never mention anything like 'young master' again, did you hear?"

  Young master?

  "Huh?"

  "Yang... Big Brother Yang"

  "Hmm!"

  "There's another thing," Yang Bo seemed to have thought of something and continued, "The second thing is - from now on, you can kneel to whoever you want, but don't ever kneel to me! Because in our hometown, only the dead are knelt to!"

  But Yang Bo's words apparently had no effect. In the future, as long as he got angry, many people still habitually knelt on the ground, and it was difficult to change the mindset of this era!

  After settling Xiao Yulan in the inn, Yang Bo signaled to Xiao Mo Xiu to walk aside and ask. Although it's not a big deal if something goes wrong, just using private punishment as an excuse, but Yang Bo still hopes to handle things cleanly and avoid trouble.

  As Xiao Mo Xiu spoke, a rough outline began to form in Yang Bo's mind.

  From the South Gate back to Chenghuang Temple, there are a few more secluded spots, one is Anmen Kiln and another is by the woods of Guanyin Hall.

  Yang Bo's eyes sparkled, and since experiencing the intense ideological struggle, he had completely transformed into another person. He patted the table, pointing to a cup used as a substitute for a location, saying: "It's settled then, we'll make our move right here at Guanyin Hall! Keep your hands and feet clean..."