HCB Chapter 420: Forced to Become a Bandit
Chapter 420: Forced to Become a Bandit
Ni Nainai looked at Ling Xiao, who was admitting his fault sincerely, and waved her hand slightly, indicating that she didn't mind what had just happened. After all, from beginning to end, Ling Xiao had never really done anything excessive to her.
"Hehe, that's what I told you! Ever since the first time I saw you, I had a hunch in my heart that you must be much more powerful than me. Sure enough, it turns out that you are the famous National Master!" Ling Xiao said with a smile on his face and a flattering tone.
At this moment, Ling Xiao finally understood that what Ni Nainai said was not false. With her strength alone, it would be easy to destroy the village. It can be seen that this national teacher is really as beautiful as the rumors in the outside world, and she is kind and compassionate. Perhaps, the reason why she did not kill him was just to leave herself a glimmer of hope.
Qin Hanmo's face was as calm as water. He sat down slowly and calmly, and asked in a low and powerful voice: "Okay, now tell me in detail, what exactly happened?"
Ling Xiao took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then began to recount the unbearable past:
"My Lord, the story began five years ago. At that time, we were all the vanguards of the army under the command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. During a battle, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered us to charge and attract the enemy's attention. Then, according to the plan, we were responsible for luring the enemy so that the army led by His Royal Highness could smoothly and quietly attack the enemy camp.
However, who could have expected that we would encounter an unprecedentedly powerful enemy. Those enemies were insidious and cunning, and had already set up many traps for us. We were imprisoned and fought desperately, which was a life-and-death struggle! When we were at our wits' end, we sent a distress signal to His Highness, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.
However, we waited and waited, but no reinforcements came. Finally, after a brutal fight, only eleven of our 150 men survived.
It was not until the end of the battle that we learned an unbelievable truth - it turned out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had reached a peace agreement with the enemy and the two sides had never gone to war at all.
What is even more distressing is that even though we were on the verge of death and desperately waiting for rescue, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only did not send troops to rescue us, but even ignored us after the war.
After going through so much hardship, we found the Prince's Mansion, but were ruthlessly turned away again and again. They insisted that we were fakes and refused to admit it. We were all helpless orphans, with no warm family to rely on and nowhere to appeal for our grievances. In desperation, we had to become bandits and survive until now..."
At this point, Ling Xiao's face was filled with grief and indignation, while those brothers who had been through life and death with him all lowered their heads and remained silent.
Qin Hanmo looked solemnly at the group of people who had become bandits in front of him, and asked in a low and serious voice: "Since you became bandits, have you ever done anything that is against the will of heaven and earth?"
His sharp gaze seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, making people dare not hide anything.
Ling Xiao, who was standing in front, took a deep breath, took a step forward, clasped his fists in salute, and replied:
"Your Highness, we have no choice but to become bandits! We brothers usually make a living by robbing houses. However, we are not without principles. Most of the women we robbed were helpless. We brought them back so that they could have someone to rely on and become wives for our brothers. As for killing people, those we killed were all extremely evil and deserved to die. We have never killed innocent people indiscriminately!"
At this point, Ling Xiao raised his head and looked directly into Qin Hanmo's eyes, as if he wanted to prove his words with his sincerity. He continued:
"Your Majesty is very perceptive and can distinguish right from wrong. Although we are bandits, we still have a trace of conscience in our hearts. If Your Majesty is willing to give us a chance to reform, we will repay Your Majesty's kindness with our lives!"
"Yes, Your Highness, when we want to rob someone, we always go to investigate first. My wife can make the decision for us. Her ex-husband was a gambler who was addicted to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He even beat my wife when he came back. He didn't love his wife, but beat her and went to whores. How can we, who don't have wives, live? So I killed him that time and took his wife back to be my own wife." The one-eyed man said seriously, as if he felt that everything he did was justified.
Qin Hanmo and Ni Nainai looked at each other and both smiled inwardly but did not show it on the surface.
"In that case, bring here all the people you have captured over the years and I will interrogate them personally," said Qin Hanmo.
Ling Xiao and the one-eyed man looked at each other, and Ling Xiao waved his hand to signal the one-eyed man to go and bring them up.