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  This sturdy Han man, wearing an open-chested sleeveless garment, had his muscles exposed all over, a tuft of black hair on his chest, a dense and curly beard on his face, a pair of bronze bell-like eyes, a sweeping eyebrow, big ears and a wide mouth, extremely ferocious, with a fierce aura!

  When he saw such a person, the bookworm lying on the ground had an ominous premonition in his heart.

  "Zhang Fei" walked towards the scholar with a knife, slowly saying: "This is indeed the talented and handsome young man who married the first beautiful daughter, really enviable to death!"

  He raised the rusty knife, his hand stroking the blade with two notches, and said with a malicious gaze: "However, today I will be the one to decide who is tender. Who dares to say that Tender and First Beauty are a perfect match!"

  What? Soft?

  Listening to this "Zhang Fei" speaking, it's Mandarin with a local accent. I know the word "nèn", but what is it? It seems like you don't even know what kind of local accent this is. A bookworm has limited knowledge and can't tell the region from the accent.

  What he said, the first beauty daughter-in-law, good words, seems that this body has already been married. Right, wasn't it just heard from another direction that someone was shouting "Gūyé" (son-in-law)? This is the term used by the wife's family to address him. It seems that they are indeed married.

  And this "Zhang Fei" came here to kill himself!

  He is now in a state of numbness, his legs can't move, he wants to escape but has nowhere to go, and at this time he is still lying on the ground, completely at the mercy of others. This is terrible!

  "Hehehe, Big Brother killed him, and we'll have three taels of silver to split!" Behind Zhang Fei, a thin man with pale cheeks and a yin aura, wearing a long shirt, let out a chilling laugh.

  They were actually hired to kill themselves!

  "Don't be deceived, brothers!" the scholar lying on the ground suddenly said in a calm tone. "The person who hired you to kill me must not want anyone to know it was him, so after you've killed me, I'm afraid you won't even get paid, and you'll also be silenced by that mastermind behind the scenes. How about this: brothers, don't kill me, and every month I'll bring money from home to give to each of you on the mountain, as an offering to all of you!"

  Now my body can't move, I can only rely on this mouth!

  After listening, they were indeed stunned for a moment, and the scholar successfully lured them into the conversation. The two young men behind looked pale with fear, afraid of being silenced by murder. They had already believed the scholar's words, but it was clear that they couldn't make decisions on their own. The one in charge was Zhang Fei! Although Zhang Fei held a rusty knife, they were holding tree branches and wooden clubs picked up from the ground. The weapon determined their status!

  "Really?" Zhang Fei's face showed a wavering expression, and he asked hesitantly.

  The scholar's heart was delighted, and indeed, he had a well-developed body but a simple mind, and he took the bait!

  "Big brother, don't listen to him!" White Face intervened.

  Zhang Fei said with some discontent, "I've heard that the first beauty, Zhong's family is wealthy and influential, if they give us money every month, we won't have to work and can still eat meat!"

  "He's cheating us!" White Face was anxious about this big brother's IQ, "He just wants to cheat us into letting him go. After we let him go, he won't give us any money at all, and might even report us to the authorities, getting them to send officers up the mountain to catch us. Big Brother, if we kill him, we can get three taels of silver from that young master!"

  From their conversation, it was learned that the wife of the scholar surnamed Zhong and was from a wealthy family. Since they were a rich family, the amount of money sent would naturally be more, which also increased the temptation of the scholar's words by countless times, making Zhang Fei easily deceived. However, what was originally supposed to be a successful plan was actually ruined by this white face.

  Looking at his attire and appearance, as well as that aura of yin energy on him, this is a strategist-level individual. I've underestimated him!

  Zhang Fei heard Bai Mian's words and became very angry, shouting in a thunderous voice: "How dare you deceive Er Gou!?"

  Two dogs? It seems that not only is he uncultured, but his parents are also uncultured, and the name they gave him is just like that... uncultured.

  "No, no!" The scholar waved his hand, "What I said is all true, if I say I'll send money, I'll definitely send it!"

  "Who would still want that invisible money of yours? We'll have real cash soon, and your big brother will never believe you again!" White Face sneered.

  The two dogs opened their mouths, revealing a playful and sinister smile, the rusty knife was raised, ready to chop down on the scholar!

  "What is that good fellow doing?" a hoary voice called out.

  You've finally arrived.

  The scholar said in his heart.

  As everyone looked on, six people emerged from behind a large stone. At the front was an old man with a donkey-like face, wearing a long purple robe and sporting a goatee beard. Behind him were five robust men dressed in black clothes and trousers, holding hoes and wooden clubs.

  They initially only saw Er Gou holding a knife and wanting to commit murder, so they spoke out to stop him. But when their eyes fell on the young scholar in green clothes lying on the ground, wasn't he the groom they were looking for? And the person Er Gou wanted to kill was this very scholar, which made the donkey-faced old man and the strong men furious!

  "Brother-in-law!" the old man with a donkey face exclaimed, and then shouted at the murderer: "Who are you, dare to commit murder against my brother-in-law?"

  "Big Tiger, quickly save Young Master!" The old man with a donkey face shouted to a sturdy fellow.

  The sturdy man named Da Hu replied: "Eh!"

  He immediately led his four strong men out and walked towards this side.

  But the scholar was shocked in his heart when he saw this scene. Rushing over to rescue like this is not wise, if Er Gou directly killed himself with a knife, then any rescue would be meaningless. Even if he hadn't been killed beforehand, lying on the ground without moving ability now, he might still get accidentally injured during the fight!

  However, after sizing up the forces on both sides, he felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

  Killer vs Rescuer

  On the side of the murderer, there are two dogs and a Zhang Fei-like fierce man, with combat power that can take on two people. The military advisor Bai Lian has high intelligence, but in actual combat, he only counts as one person's combat power. There are also two young boys, each with half combat power, and an old man, whose combat power is also counted as half a person.

  So the combat power of the murderer is four and a half.

  The five rescuers were robust men with a combat power of 5. There was also a rear commander with a donkey face, and the army's combat power increased by 30%.

  The murderer is completely exploded, oh yeah!

  In such a situation, no matter how much they hurt the bookworms, whether they escape or fight hard, they will pay a great price.

  If it were a simple murderer, then the bookworm would have to worry about his own safety now. However, among these five assassins, there is a military strategist with a white face, which brings hope to the bookworm. The bookworm can see that the combat power is not symmetrical, and the military strategist can also see it. As a military strategist, he will naturally choose to avoid danger and seek benefits.

  And now the only way for the perpetrator to avoid paying the price is...

  The military advisor White Face suddenly moved his body agilely forward, standing in front of the bookworm, and shouted at the five strong men who were about to rush over: "Who dares to come over, my big brother will chop off the handsome talented scholar!"

  Two dogs put a knife on Shu Sheng's neck!

  "Ah, save me!"

  At this time, his eyes saw that the white-faced man's hands were pressed behind his back, and he was actually holding a wooden stick with three or four large iron nails at the top, forming a simple iron nail club. Such a poisonous iron nail club was indeed in line with the white-faced man's character.

  "Don't think that just because you're a few people, you can save Junxiucai. Whoever dares to take another step forward will be chopped!" The white-faced man sneered.

  The old man with a donkey face became anxious and asked: "Who is Nian, why does he want to harm our Clock Family's Patriarch?"

  "We are indeed mountain bandits. You'd better bring ten taels of silver to ransom your young master quickly, or we'll kill him with one slash of the knife and throw his body out to feed the dogs!"

  The old man with a donkey face waved his hand and said, "Don't hurt my brother-in-law! Otherwise, you let my brother-in-law go first, and we'll definitely send the money to you later!"

  "Haha!" The white-faced man burst out laughing, "You think we're idiots, trying to swindle us with empty hands!"

  "The old man is the steward of the Zhong family, I'll exchange with the young master, stay here, and the young master will go back to get the ransom, can you rest assured now?" The donkey-faced old man requested.

  But these mountain bandits were hired to kill the scholar, it's impossible for them to agree to let him go.

  "Cut the crap!" Er Gou stepped forward and cursed: "If you keep nagging, I'll chop him off!"

  "Our big brother is angry, you'd better go get the ransom quickly. If you don't bring the ransom before nightfall, not only will Junxiu be killed, but we'll also make trouble for your Zhong family. Our big brother's own brother is the murderous mad dog, Big Brother!"

  "What, what?" Upon hearing the name of Killer Mad Dog, Donkey Face and the five burly men's faces all changed color, clearly this mad dog was infamous, his name alone enough to make one change color.

  The donkey-faced housekeeper compromised: "Alright, you guys don't hurt my master, I'll definitely go back and get the ransom to give to you!"

  "Bring the ransom here before dark and just shout towards Mount Tai!" White Face instructed.

  Mount Tai? This is actually Shandong Mount Tai, I don't know which era I've crossed over into!

  The donkey-faced housekeeper nodded in agreement.

  The two dogs heard that there was money to be had and didn't rush to kill the bookworm, instead they stretched out their hands and picked up the bookworm from the ground like picking up a small chicken.

  "Jade is so tall and thin, as stiff as a wooden stick!" Er Gou jeered.

  "You don't know that corpses become stiff like this?"

  The scholar chimed in, shouting: "Save me! Steward, save me!"

  "Don't worry, uncle, I'll tell the young mistress (the eldest lady) to bring money to save her younger sister!" The donkey-faced housekeeper comforted.

  With a pale face and a faint smile, he emphasized: "Remember, before nightfall!"

  After finishing speaking, Er Gou put a knife on Shu Sheng's neck and turned around to walk back.

  Bai Lian saw the mountaineering bag next to him and thought it was fresh, so he took it with him.

  After the mountain bandits left, Donkey Face hastily ordered: "Immediately return and report to Young Mistress!"

  The scholar's body was still frozen at this time and could only be tied up by the mountain bandits in a cramped manner.

  After walking for a while, Er Gou threw Shu Sheng's book away and scolded: "Be honest, follow us!"

  After waiting for half a day, Shu Sheng didn't get up. He looked painful and said: "I hanged myself earlier and fell down, now I can't walk!"

  Two dogs heard this and burst out laughing: "Haha, that stupid scholar Neng is so clumsy he can't even hang himself properly, yet he managed to marry such a beautiful first daughter. What a waste! Hold him up, you two!"

  The following words were said to two little bandits.

  Two small mountain bandits, although unwilling, yielded to the intimidation of the two dogs and reluctantly came over to support the scholar. However, supporting was not lifting, and the scholar did not want to be dragged along, so he could only hop forward one jump at a time.

  I've lived two lifetimes and it's still the first time I've been forced to use a zombie-like gait!

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