The people who were rushing into the east of the country also fell into panic. They wanted to escape but found that they were blocked by the bandits in front and behind. They could only quiet down.
The leader of this group of horses was a tall man with a beard. He rode around and said,
"I know that you are all people with a hard life. If you have a way out, you won't choose to go to the east. However, everyone is in trouble these days.”
"I don't want your lives. Open your bags and leave half of your food and money. If I find out who dares to hide it, don't blame me for being merciless.”
The big palm plate pulled out a box cannon from his waist, and the crowd panicked again.
This group of bandits must have some reputation in this area, but they were quite particular. They robbed half of them and left half of them.
"Hand it over, hand it over."
It was unknown who started it, but a few low sighs came from the crowd.
"Why…"
Zhu Chuanwu clenched his fists and wanted to speak, but he was stopped by Zhu Weishi.
Zhu Weishi glanced at Ye Xu, afraid that he would act rashly. She whispered to the children,"
"They gave us a chance to live and didn't rob them all. Just hand them over. If anything happens to you, Mother won't be able to live.”
Ye Xu was silent for a moment and nodded.
It didn't matter if half of the food and silver were robbed. Even if they were robbed, it was fine.
In his system space, there were still 10 catties of cornbread, 20 catties of pancakes, 5 catties of vegetable pancakes, and 100 silver coins. They were all paid during the past few days.
However, the heavens were going against Ye Xu.
Zhu Weishi had already opened the package and half of the silver and food had been taken out. The second driver who came to collect the money saw Xian 'er hiding behind Ye Xu after he finished taking the things.
Although Xian-er had been living in the open these days and was not in good spirits, and her face was dirty, she could still tell at a glance that she was a beauty.
After the second driver took the money, he ran back to talk to the big plate owner. The big plate owner became interested and rode over on his big horse. He sized up Xian-er and nodded in satisfaction.
"There's actually such a handsome little sparrow in this pile of refugees. If you ask me, don't go to the east of the country and follow me up the mountain.”
After the big plate master finished speaking, he called out to his two subordinates and took out a few silver coins. He did not care if Xian 'er was willing or not and asked them to come and bring her over.
Ye Xu narrowed his eyes and glanced around. He realized that many of these bandits had guns, but only this big palm plate had a box cannon. The others all had Mauser rifles, which should have been snatched from the German Russians.
"Big palm plate, this is my wife. We didn't say anything when you asked for money or food. Now you want my wife? This isn't right, right?"
Ye Xu took a step forward and pushed away the two small fries who came to catch him.
"Tsk, you still have guts."
The plate master narrowed his eyes and raised his gun without saying anything.
He had seen this kind of thing many times. Ever since he became a bandit, he had gone from a small fry to a big boss. He had killed countless people and did not want to say anything at all.
They only robbed half of the items. Firstly, they wanted to earn a good reputation, and secondly, they did not want to force these people who had nowhere to go.
But if there was someone as ignorant as Ye Xu, he wouldn't be polite either.
The big palm plate had just raised his gun when a cold light flashed in Ye Xu's eyes. The wooden skewer in his hand was already prepared. He swung his hand and was faster than the big palm plate's gun.
With a whoosh, the large plate fell from the horse.
Everyone looked and saw a wooden skewer stuck in one of his eyes. Only half of it was left, and the remaining half had directly pierced into his brain.
"Ah!"
Seeing that someone had died, the people around them panicked. They picked up their things and wanted to run.
A few gunshots were heard from the other side. Ye Xu asked Wen Chuan Wu to take care of his family. With a sway of his body, three wooden skewers shot dead three bandits with Mauser rifles.
Chuan Wu had sharp eyes. He ran to the big palm plate and picked up the box gun. Although he didn't know how to use it, he was still intimidating. The other bandits didn't dare to urge their horses forward.
Ye Xu had used up all his wooden skewers, so he picked up two sharp pebbles from the roadside and shot the eyes of the bandits as well. Taking advantage of the chaos, Ye Xu charged left and right in the crowd and quickly cleaned up the bandits with guns.
The rest of the people saw that their accomplices were blinded by the sticks and stones and lost their lives. They did not dare to stay any longer and ran back to the mountain.
A few of the ownerless horses also ran away, leaving only two injured horses that were rotting.
A few people who were going to the east of the country led the horses out of the canyon. When they saw that two horses had been shot in the chaos, they killed the horses on the roadside and made a few big pots to cook the horse meat. They gave it to the people who were going to the east of the country.
Because Ye Xu had killed quite a number of bandits, the one who cooked the horse meat specially let Ye Xu choose first. The others also looked at Ye Xu with fear. Putting everything else aside, with that hidden weapon skill, who couldn't this kid kill?
Ye Xu didn't stand on ceremony. He picked a few large pieces of good horse meat and brought them back for the family to eat.
Chuan Wu gave the cannon to Ye Xu and tore at the horse meat. He said,""Brother, how did you manage to throw that wooden skewer so accurately? And you're so powerful, I've never seen you train before.”
"I usually throw stones, but this is the first time I've thrown a wooden skewer.”
Ye Xu also ate the horse meat in big mouthfuls. Although there were no seasonings, the fragrance of the meat was already better than anything else.
This was the first time he had eaten meat after transmigrating.
It was a pity that these two good horses were in trouble for no reason. However, there was nothing they could do. The horses were shot. Even if they could recover, no one would be willing to take care of them. It was better to kill them and eat them.
Ye Xu fiddled with the box cannon and threw it to the martial arts teacher.
"This is a box cannon with ten bullets. We don't have any bullets. It's just a decoration. It's not as useful as a wooden stick. It's best to throw it away. Otherwise, if the Qing soldiers see it, they might cause trouble.”
"I won't throw it away, I want to keep it."
Zhu Chuanwu hid the gun in his bag. Zhu Weishi glared at him, but she said she wouldn't listen to him. Besides, the world was indeed chaotic, so Zhu Weishi let him be.
"This road is getting harder and harder to walk. I heard from the big brother over there that they encountered river bandits two days ago and many people died.”
"Soon, we'll be there in two days.”
After eating the horse meat, the family rested for a while before setting off with the main group.
When the others saw this, they also followed. The world was difficult, and there were groups of bandits. Following Ye Xu would at least be safer.
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