Volume 1: Turbulent Times as a Bandit Chapter 37: Kill the Defector

  "Ah! You dare to threaten me! Do you know what I hate the most in this life?" Xiao Tianjian's face turned colder and colder after hearing Sha Erbao's words, he slowly stood up, cracked his neck, clenched his fists, and made a few cracking sounds with his fingers. Then, he revealed a ruthless sneer and approached Sha Erbao, everyone knew what Xiao Tianjian was going to do by looking at his movements.

  Xiao Tianjian walked up to Sha Erbao, grabbed his collar and lifted him halfway up, his right fist clenched and swung in a circle. Immediately, the sound of fists hitting flesh echoed through the room, followed by Sha Erbao's blood-curdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

  Xiao Tianjian was originally tall and had big fists, this old fist swung open and hit so comfortably! Every punch found its mark, hitting Sha Erbao like a living sandbag, unable to struggle free. Looking at Sha Erbao's face now, it was as if he had opened a dye shop - red, black, green, and pink were all there. Before long, Xiao Tianjian punched him until he let out a loud "ah" and fainted.

  Xiao Tianjian finally loosened his grip, like throwing away a broken bag, and with a thud, he threw Sha Erbao to the ground, who had been beaten half to death. He lay there limply, looking as miserable as possible, with a foul smell emanating from his crotch. This guy was actually beaten by Xiao Tianjian until he lost control of his bowels.

  "Damn it! You're still daring to threaten me even when death is staring you in the face? You should take a good look at your own behavior! I've finally figured it out! Not only are you a scoundrel, but you're also a despicable scoundrel who colludes with local tyrants and wealthy landlords! On the surface, you're just a scoundrel, but behind people's backs, you're actually working for those dog landlords! Originally, I didn't want to kill you, but now that you've said this, there's even less reason to spare your worthless life!"

  "Get this guy out of here and behead him! I don't believe it, killing you will create a hole in the sky? Kill! Also, Feng Gouzzi, Zhao Er Liu, go interrogate his followers, see how many are loyal to him, and slaughter them all! I want to see what trouble will come from killing this guy!" Xiao Tianjian's wrist was still sore from being shaken, he pointed at Sha Erbao who had been knocked unconscious on the ground and scolded. This Sha Erbao wasn't a threat to him, but he dared to mention some nonsense about Li Yuanwai and Gao Yingxiang's general, which made Xiao Tianjian even angrier. He thought to himself that this guy was actually doing such things behind his back! For someone like this, he couldn't let him live anymore!

  But with a sore wrist, Xiao Tianjian still felt great, he really hadn't beaten anyone like this before! This feeling of beating someone was really refreshing, it gave him a sense of control over everything, and the bad air in his heart was also vented out quite a bit!

  Inside the house, several subordinates stared at Xiao Tianjian's furious beating of Sha Erbao, their eyes wide with fear, almost swallowing their tongues, thinking to themselves: Good grief! When he loses his temper, it's really terrifying! Everyone should be careful! Getting hit by this fist must not feel good!

  Tie Tou didn't say a word, and immediately grabbed Sha Er Bao's neck, dragging him to the empty space inside the village gate. Sha Er Bao slowly came to, shaking his head which had been beaten into a pulp, and quickly realized what fate awaited him. He immediately stopped being fierce and began to wail like a pig being slaughtered, begging for mercy. Tie Tou was annoyed by the noise, and with a few more slaps, beat this guy's face until it was bloodier than a pig's head. The guy finally shut his mouth, dazed and confused, as Tie Tou dragged him to the outside empty space. Tie Tou drew out his waist knife, swung it in a circle, and chopped down.

  A blood arrow shot out with a "whoosh" and marked the spot from far away. Looking again at Sha Er Bao's head, it rolled to the ground with a "gululu" sound, and this guy died without closing his eyes, his eyes wide open, his mouth also agape, with an appearance of not being able to rest in peace.

  Those prisoners were all tied up and watched in the empty space of the front yard, staring blankly as Iron Head beheaded Sha Erbao with one knife, each of them was so scared that they shat and urinated, wailing and begging for mercy, suddenly the front yard became lively like a martial arts arena.

  Lü Rongxuan sat in the house, sipping tea and quietly watching Xiao Tianjian deal with things outside. When he saw that Xiao Tianjian didn't care about Li Fangtian's face at all and still ordered the killing of Sha Erbao, he nodded slightly in approval, a faint smile also appearing on his face.

  Before long, Feng Gouzi and Zhao Er'lu led out seven people from the group of captives. These seven people were all trusted subordinates of Sha Erbao, including two who were actually guards at Li Jia Bao's residence, considered core members of Sha Erbao's gang. They had committed numerous evil deeds and were notorious for their ruthlessness, even among their own kind. After a brief interrogation, the captives revealed these individuals, who were then taken away by Feng Gouzi and others.

  Xiao Tianjian asked himself if he was a ruthless and cruel person, but the trials of these days had made him somewhat numb to killing. These seven people may not have deserved to die in others' eyes, but in his eyes, they had to die because he needed their lives to intimidate the captives and his subordinates. He had to make them believe that he was not a hesitant or soft-hearted person. For this reason, the fate of these seven people was decided.

  "Kill them all!" Xiao Tianjian stood in the front yard, looking at these seven people, and waved his hand indifferently.

  Everyone was stunned at first, and they couldn't believe Xiao Tianjian's decision. Normally, even if two parties were sworn enemies, once one side had surrendered, it wouldn't be right to slaughter them all. But Xiao Tianjian waved his hand, and with that gesture, he wanted to kill all seven of these people.

  These seven people immediately burst into tears and wails after hearing this, some loudly crying for mercy, others fiercely scolding Xiao Tianjian for being unrighteous. Some struggled to make a last-ditch resistance, but were quickly kicked to the ground by Xiao Tianjian's subordinates standing beside them.

  "Haven't you heard my orders? Kill these seven people for me!" Xiao Tianjian coldly swept his gaze over his subordinates.

  Tie Tou was the first one to react and immediately rushed over to pull out a person. With his knife raised, he was about to chop that person down.

  "Slow down, Iron Head! Replace those who haven't seen blood today with others! Following the surname Xiao, how can we not have any blood on our hands? Replace them!" Xiao Tianjian suddenly spoke up again, stopping Iron Head's actions.

  This is a good opportunity for those timid subordinates to practice their courage. Those who have never killed anyone can't become qualified soldiers. Xiao Tianjian seems to have heard this sentence somewhere, and now he needs his subordinates to become more ruthless, so that they won't become cowardly when they see blood in the future. So, taking advantage of this opportunity, let them see some blood, which will be very beneficial for them in the future.

  Tie Tou nodded, and immediately picked out several of Xiao Tian Jian's subordinates who had not killed anyone today. He handed each of them a knife and told them to go chop up these seven guys.

  Among these people, there were a few who were indeed more timid. In the previous battle, some of them were hesitant and didn't dare to charge forward, and even at the sight of blood, they vomited profusely and felt nauseous until now, still retching. At this moment, when Xiao Tianjian actually wanted them to kill with their own hands, they all turned pale, although some of them picked up their knives while trembling, but three or four people couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably.

  "Give me a kill! If you can't do it, either get out of here now or go and hang yourself! I won't keep such cowardly trash under my command! In this world, if you don't dare to kill others, then all you can do is wait for others to come and kill you. It's better for you to end your own lives yourselves, it'll be less painful that way!" Xiao Tianjian coldly gazed at the performance of his subordinates, suddenly shouting in a chilly voice.

  Several people were frightened, one of them, slightly bolder, gritted his teeth and stepped forward. After a moment's hesitation, he took a deep breath, kicked one of the men to the ground, ignoring his pitiful cries for mercy. With both hands gripping the knife handle tightly, he closed his eyes and brought the blade down on the man's neck.

  Everyone in front of their eyes was splattered with blood, but unfortunately, this knife was really too inaccurate. With his eyes closed and the guy on the ground still struggling, this knife didn't behead him at once, but instead chopped into the back of his skull. The human skull is very hard, so the knife got stuck in the man's occipital bone. Although blood splattered everywhere, he couldn't die immediately. With the knife lodged in his head, he let out a mournful cry that made everyone's skin crawl. One guy who was about to die fainted on the spot with eyes rolled back.

  This startled the executioner, who loosened his grip and dropped the knife handle, retreating two steps with a fearful expression. Zhao Erdui rushed forward and kicked him in the buttocks, scolding: "You damn fool, you can't even kill someone properly! Are you trying to make it painful for him? Go pull out the knife and finish him off quickly! I was more efficient when I killed someone for the first time than you are! Don't be a coward, hurry up!"

  Xiao Tianjian's eyelids also twitched a few times, this killing was almost as dull as cutting meat with a blunt knife, and the one who got cut was truly unlucky to have encountered such a thing!

  The executioner, though frightened out of his wits, was forced by Zhao Er's coercion to go up, grab the hilt, pull it out with force, and then grit his teeth and let out a loud yell, swinging the knife down again. A blood arrow flew out, and the miserable cry of the beheaded man finally stopped, his head rolling onto the ground.

  Under the coercion of the old brothers, these new partners who had never killed anyone finally walked towards those who were about to die with knives in hand.

  A man about to die is also considered a hard air, he himself turned over and knelt down, stretched his neck with force, and said to the person walking towards him: "Brother, be accurate in your blow, don't let me suffer a few more knives. You just give me a quick death! I, Ma Wuyue, will thank you even if I go to the underworld!"

  As the knives fell, the cries for mercy, curses and wails abruptly stopped. However, there was one case where the executioner's hand was soft, and the first blow did not sever the condemned man's neck. The cervical vertebrae were not broken, and he fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, screaming in agony and cursing the executioner as a stupid pig, extending his curses to include all the women of the executioner's ancestors for eight generations. Finally, the executioner was so enraged that he gave him another blow, ending his life.

  On the ground, there were suddenly seven headless corpses, and those executioners didn't look much better either. One by one, their faces turned pale, and some even turned around to vomit violently. It's not easy for ordinary people to chop a living person to death, it seems that this executioner's profession indeed requires someone with a bit of guts to do it, otherwise anyone could do it.

  But Xiao Tianjian didn't care about this, as long as these people had killed once, their psychological quality would improve a lot later on. Soldiers who had killed before and those who hadn't were fundamentally not on the same level in terms of psychological quality, let alone killing with knives, which was very beneficial for them to practice bravery.

  After killing those seven people, looking at the remaining survivors, they were all basically urinating with fear, each and every one of them had an extremely terrified expression, huddled together as if seeking a bit of safety, everyone was silent like cicadas in winter, staring at this big-headed stick that killed without blinking, afraid that he would order their deaths next.

  Xiao Tianjian walked slowly to the front of these people, and his eyes swept over each person's face. Everyone he looked at immediately lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze with their own. Some people trembled like sieves, while others quietly sobbed.

  "You guys, if you say so, are all guilty of death, but I, Xiao, am not a killer, this time I killed the one with the surname Sha and his several loyal subordinates, just to punish the ringleaders!"

  I think of you people being coerced by him to do such inhumane things, so I won't hold it against you. Today, I'll spare your lives, but if anyone dares to commit such atrocities against the poor again, these dead men will be your fate!

  You don't have to be afraid anymore, I won't kill you. From now on, all of you will follow me and do things with me! As long as you follow me and be a good person, I'll let bygones be bygones!

  But let me be upfront, those who follow me must follow my rules. The first one is loyalty. If anyone follows me but still has a change of heart, I will make sure you die in a terrible way! As for the other rules, someone will naturally tell you when we get back. You just need to follow them and nothing will happen. I will treat you as my own brothers!

  "I ask you one thing, are you willing to follow me, Xiao Mou, from now on?" Xiao Tianjian loudly lectured the remaining captives.

  As soon as they heard that they wouldn't be killed, these people all let out a long sigh of relief. Some people who had been too tense suddenly relaxed and immediately collapsed to the ground.

  Xiao Tianjian's words seemed a bit redundant, having just brutally killed eight people in front of them, and yet he still asked if they were willing or not. It was simply ridiculous. After this powerful display of intimidation, who would dare say no? As a result, Xiao Tianjian immediately received a uniform response. The group of people immediately knelt down in front of him, kowtowing repeatedly to thank him, indicating that from now on they would follow him and do their job with loyalty.

  "Alright! Since that's the case, from now on you are all my brothers! Someone, come and untie them! You, get up and collect the corpses, hang their heads on the gate of the manor. Also, go and bury those corpses outside the manor, don't let them lie exposed in the wilderness! After a while, tidy up and follow me!"

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