Chapter 20: The Battle Between Heaven and Man

  Xiao Mo Chou knew that in recent years, natural disasters have been frequent and bandits have risen up inside the pass. At first, these bandits only robbed grain to survive, but later they began to kill people and slaughter cities. Without food, they ate humans, categorizing them by meat quality into several types: old thin men were called "Rao Ba Huo", women who were not yet married were called "Bu Xian Yang", children were called "He Gu Rong". All of these were collectively referred to as "two-legged sheep".

  They left behind countless ruins and broken walls, a thousand miles of desolate wilderness. These bandits were also Han people, but what difference was there between them and those slave-built fortresses?

  What's even more frightening are those defeated soldiers who gather in groups, they don't spare women, burning, killing, and looting is even more brutal than the Jin Nu.

  There is a folk song that says: "Bandits pass like a comb, soldiers pass like washing"

  These people plunder and kill, wherever they pass, they slaughter everything, not even leaving chickens or dogs, a thousand miles without any signs of human habitation. What can the young master do? The young master is indeed a good person, he spent enough silver on his brother and sister to buy ten slaves, but would he agree to let me take revenge on our enemies? If the money was lost in the water, it would be fine, but the problem is that I will still get the young master into unnecessary trouble, which master would be willing to do such a thing?

  Xiao Moyu, after all, was a descendant of an official family. Although he encountered the decline of his family at a young age, he still had some experience. After figuring this out, his anxious heart earlier slowly calmed down. However, what Xiao Moyu didn't expect was that Yang Bo wasn't a person from this era!

  In later generations, except for a few countries that are still in primitive society, marrying a young girl is a heinous crime! In most countries around the world, marrying a young girl is a capital offense!

  How could Xiao Mo Xiang know about Yang Bo's anger towards this matter? Xiao Yu Lan was actually already twelve years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, she looked like a seven or eight year old child. But in Yang Bo's mind, whether it was twelve years old or seven or eight years old, that was still a young girl, and the beastman must die!

  Yang Bo's previous life was just a law-abiding minor official, although he now hates to stab that beast to death with a knife, but the long-term concept is not easy to change. So he is now in his own heavenly battle.

  "Kill him, what's the big deal about killing a beggar in this chaotic world? The life of that beggar is not even worth a chicken! And he deserves to die!" A voice kept tempting Yang Bo in his mind.

  "No way, I've never killed anyone, and I've never thought of taking someone's life!" Another voice retorted.

  "Really?"

  "I know you want to say Jun Han, but that was just self-defense, I never thought of taking the initiative to kill someone"

  "Why don't you try another way then? Like handing him over to the authorities? That can also make him wish he were dead, can't it?" The voice that had just been urging him to kill sneered.

  "I don't know..."

  "You never thought of using the power of the authorities, and you didn't even think of solving it in other ways. You just wanted to kill him."

  "It's no use, I won't be able to..."

  "You can do it, think about the poor Xiao Yulan? She's so weak and small, she needs protection. Are you still going to uphold this damn rule? You followed the rules of the 21st century in the 21st century, now that you're in the Ming dynasty, are you also going to follow the rules of this era? Haha, it's simply too ridiculous, what's the point of you coming here? Why not just let that car run you over and kill you instead? It's better than returning to this chaotic world as a good citizen?"

  "I don't know, maybe I'll go..."

  "Of course I know, to make some money and run away, of course I know, aren't we one body? ... But where do you want to run to? Taiwan, or consider the Philippines? How about North America? Don't the natives there eat people, they all chant Buddha and are vegetarians? If you can't even mix in on your own land, going somewhere else will save your dog life?"

  "What can I do? I'm just an ordinary office worker..."

  "Rules! Establish your own rules! From now on, you will make others follow the rules you set. If you can't create conditions, can't you create rules? From now on, the world's rules will no longer bind you, and from now on, the rules should be set by you. History is written by the victors, let all those who stand in front of the rules go to hell! In a chaotic world... it's time to kill!!"

  "Murder?!"

  "That's right, it's murder! You want to let others know that you are more shameless and ruthless than they are! Your knife is sharper than theirs! Whether it's the Tartars, the bandits or the defeated soldiers, kill them all! Let them know that when they raise their butcher knives, your butcher knife has already been placed on their necks!"

  "But... I just want to get justice for Xiao Yulan. The one I'm dealing with is just a... a strong offender, who would be sentenced to death if handed over to the authorities. Brother, don't make such a big deal out of it?"

  "But what about the countless other Xiao Yulans out there? Are you going to pretend they don't exist? The government may be able to give this Xiao Yulan justice, but what about all the others?"

  In Yang Bo's countless battles between heaven and man later on, this first time undoubtedly had the greatest impact on him.

  Fate threw a small figure into a chaotic chessboard, but Yang Bo finally made up his mind. He scattered the pieces and kicked away the board. Now, he is ready to start setting out his own chessboard. In Dangshan County, this small place, Yang Bo has finally made a move. He pushed out a pawn, just the first step. In the countless classic openings of Chinese Chess, starting with pushing a pawn is called "Immortal Points the Way", a move full of killing intent!

  Xiao Mo Xiang had no time to cry, he stared blankly at Yang Bo, whose eyes were red and spinning around, his rapid and uneven breathing showed that he was very angry, but why did Young Master's reaction seem as if it was his sister who was being humiliated?

  Fortunately, Mrs. Li's voice appeared in time and finally woke up Yang Bo. Mrs. Li loudly called her son, that honest middle-aged man, to lift the bucket together into the yard and pour it out, a layer of frightening lice floating on the dark water surface.

  Taking advantage of her son's distraction while adding water, Mrs. Li's eyes darted back and forth between Yang Bo and Xiao Mochou before finally settling on Yang Bo's side.

  "What should I call this young lady and gentleman? You also know that for a child from a good family, the wounds of their first experience are still bleeding..."

  Although she had already determined in her heart that the strong jian offender was Yang Bo, Li Danni still tried to use a calm tone.

  Firstly, she was uncertain whether Xiao Yulan's injury was caused by Yang Bo or not.

  As for the second one, these days some rich people also like to buy little girls back home, this kind of thing is not considered anything new.

  But what made her angry was that she had never met anyone as uncouth as Yang Bo before, and his words were laced with a hint of mockery and coldness.

  "I'm her older brother..." Yang Bo had yet to recover from the intense battle earlier and his mood was still somewhat heavy.