Chapter 4: Benevolence ()

"Who can write?" Niujiaao was in chaos, and Ye Chong whispered to the people.

"I have studied with Master I for a while, I can." He Rui replied.

"Very good. I'll throw a piece of cloth in tonight and surrender and not kill him!" Ye Chong smiled sinisterly.

At night, the village gate opened wide, and more than ten riding horses rushed out, and were shot and killed by Ye Chong and others one after another. Only one ownerless horse was left swaying on the spot.

Sparse gunfire and screams came from the back gate, and it seemed that the situation was similar.

"The boss ran away, the boss ran away."

To Ye Chong's surprise, Hu Mazi was actually an unplanted thing. After failing to break through at night, he actually left Niujiaao's people and ran away with a few confidants.

There were no leaders in Niujiaao, and it was in chaos again.

"What should I do?" The remaining forty bandits looked at each other with guns in their arms.

"I want me to tell you that I rushed out and fought with them, and I only knew what was hiding in the dark to put cold guns on my face." Zhao Dongliang said with a bearded face.

"The boss has thrown away our lives and we are running away, and we are trying to do nothing."

“That’s it, that’s it.”

"I picked up a banner here and surrendered and refused to kill him." Xu Heiya took out the cloth strip he picked: "I think we should surrender, not with anyone. Hu Mazi is incompetent and likes to monopolize any benefits. What's the good thing about following him? Anyway, I don't want to go out and fight to the death."

The bandits were still a little hesitant, but when Xu Heiya said this, the crowd became angry.

"Okay, I'll surrender. Go to the village gate to fight the white flag."

"The hero on the other side, we surrender, we surrender!" Several people hid behind the village gate shouted together.

"Brother Ye Chong, look, the people from Niujiaao are going to surrender." Sun Qi pointed forward.

"Sun Yong, go to the back village gate. After a while, you will call the gunshots. After three consecutive sounds, let Tang Zhi and the others come in through the back village gate to see if there are any bandits hiding in the village." Ye Chong ordered.

"Okay!" Sun Yong hooked up and rushed to the back gate.

Ye Chong stood up and went to the front gate dozens of meters and shouted loudly: "Listen to the people in Niujiaao, hold the guns above your head, and walk out one by one. Don't be in chaos. Surrender and don't kill them, and ensure your lives are safe!"

"What should I do?" The bandits looked at each other and were suspicious.

"It's not a big deal to hide here if you die. The village gate is open, I'll go first, you can come out with it if you have nothing to do." Xu Heiya thought about it. If he doesn't surrender, it's a word of death to be trapped in Niujiaao sooner or later.

The village gate rose, and Xu Heiya walked out with a gun. When he first appeared, he felt a little restless, but after walking a few steps, no one shot, so he felt relieved for the time being.

When the bandits behind saw that Xu Heiya was fine, they followed him to carry the ravines and walked out in a row.

Soon, two hundred, fifty and sixty people were filled with open space in front of the village.

Forty-three bandits stood in front, followed by the people who were worried and afraid.

Ye Chong appeared and walked out, stood in front of more than two hundred people and said, "Put the guns in front."

Soon Ye Chong was filled with rifles.

"Who are you in charge of the business? Come out?"

"This, this elder brother, who is usually in charge, was beaten to death last night, or escaped with Hu Mazi." Xu Heiya only felt that Ye Chong in front of him was too young, and said carefully: "The rest of us here are small characters that our grandfather doesn't love and grandma doesn't love."

"Don't worry, since you have surrendered, you can guarantee your life safety and you don't have to worry about anything." Ye Chongqiu touched Sun Yong that he should have rushed to the gate of the back village and fired three shots in the sky.

When the gunshots were heard, the crowd suddenly became turbulent.

"Quiet!" Ye Chong shouted violently, suppressing the voices of these people. "The gun didn't hit you again, what are you afraid of?"

"Brother Ye Chong! Apart from the middle-aged man who broke his leg from under the cliff, he claimed to be Wenshan, there were indeed no other bandits." Sun Qi, Zhao Erhu and others, with a somewhat thin middle-aged man, came over with a goat fox.

The bandits Xu Heiya and others only said how fierce the man who pressed Niu Jiaao to beat him was. Unexpectedly, it would be such a group of young people. Except for Ye Chong and Zhao Erhu, they all looked a little precocious, and the others looked half-baby.

"Early in the morning, everyone is still hungry. Tang Zhi, you bring some people to arrange to make fire and make meals. Sun Yong, Sun Qi, you bring some people to cook these corpses and dig a big hole to bury them. In addition, bring back the horses scattered outside. He Rui, you have studied and go to the warehouse to click the number of guns and ammunition. Wang Houchun, you bring people to maintain order on the spot." After arranging the incident, Ye Chong took the saber and wandered around Niujiaao.

"Ye Dazhuan, there are more than a dozen women locked in the cellar. Do you think you want it?" Xu Heiya was arranged to work, and Ye Chong happened to walk closer and laughed flatteringly.

"What's your name?" Ye Chong remembered that he was the first to come out to surrender.

"The little one is called Xu Heiya." Xu Heiya said flatteringly.

"Take me into the cellar and have a look."

"Yes, yes, I'll show you the way." Xu Heiya was overjoyed to show Ye Chong the way.

Niujiaao is not big, with more than 140 rooms. The one in the middle, where Hu Mazi lives is quite spacious.

"Originally, Hu Mazi caught a beautiful girl and was about to be happy, but he didn't expect that the head of Ye would bring people to kill him. I guess he is still a young man now."

There were indeed seventeen women locked in the dirty cellar. The older one was only over thirty years old, and the younger one was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Ye Chong took a casual look, his eyes suddenly stopped, and he was stunned. "It's you!" It turned out to be the girl in Liaozhong County who bought fox skins.

Xu Nan was also stunned when he saw Ye Chong.

"Let them out first, and eat first." Ye Chong looked at the hungry couple and their faces turned yellow, so he said.

Hu Mazi's hall is quite spacious, with a chair with the highest cloth on the head. A painting behind the chair is a huge tiger with eyes. Ye Chong is very powerful when he sits on it.

"Brother Ye Chong." As soon as Ye Chong sat down, He Rui walked in: "I just clicked in the warehouse and added the seized ones. There were a total of 120 rifles, 110,000 bullets, and two barrels of gunpowder. In addition, 4,735 taels of silver and 3,000 cents were found. The rice and grain in the warehouse were roughly estimated. There were rice, wheat, etc., and a total of about 1,000 stones."

"I didn't expect Hu Mazi to be so rich." Ye Chong touched his chin.

"Who Hu Mazi has a good guy and takes possession of all of him. The brothers below are so poor that they are slightest." Xu Heiya said in a timely manner.

"Have the rice cooked?" Ye Chong asked.

After receiving He Rui's affirmative answer, Ye Chong stood up and said, "Then let's feed your stomach first."

The whole Niujiaao was filled with the fragrance of rice and horse meat. The people who were coerced couldn't even eat enough, let alone horse meat. While eating one by one, they also initially accepted Ye Chong, the new boss.

"It's a pity that beast Hu Mazi ran away." Zhao Erhu and others said a little resentful.

"Don't worry, you will always catch Hu Mazi. Xiao Qingshan can't run away." After almost eating, Ye Chong patted Zhao Erhu on the shoulder and said to He Rui: "He Rui, everyone will give 20 kilograms of grain and three taels of silver later. Those who want to leave will let them go, those who are willing to stay will arrange houses for them. If the house is not enough, they will be built."

"Okay, Brother Ye Chong." He Rui nodded.

He called the other forty-three bandits to the hall, and Ye Chong sat on the chair in front and said, "Hu Mazi is not authentic, so he left you and ran away. Do you have any ideas?"

"The young man is willing to make a living with the boss Ye." Xu Heiya said first.

"Yes, we are willing to follow Ye Dazhuan."

Ye Chong poured hundreds of taels of silver on the table in front of him. The white silver scattered the eyes of these bandits for a moment, and they all looked straight.

"Black Crow, each person has six taels of silver, you can share it."

"Ye Dazhu, are you saying that the money is to be distributed to us?" Xu Heiya was shocked and said unbelievably. Not only Xu Heiya, but others also looked incredible.

"No, I will do my best to say anything. If you say something, you will splash out the water." Ye Chong raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, yes, the little one will immediately share the money with the brothers." Xu Heiya nodded repeatedly.

"Seeking the Lord Ye family to the death..." I don't know who shouted first, but the people behind him yelled immediately.

"Okay, since you are willing to follow me, I will care about your food, clothing, and even if you die, I will collect your body. But--" Ye Chong said in a tone, "I have many rules. I will forget about the past, but you can follow me and start with you. You can't burn, kill, loot, harm innocent people. There are things you can't do. It's time to withdraw now. Let's leave now, and I will never make things difficult for him."

"As long as the boss Ye can take care of our food and accommodation, we will do whatever the boss Ye says." Zhao Dongliang, who had a beard, squeezed the silver in his hand tightly and said loudly.

Xu Heiya also responded: "That is, if we can eat and drink enough, we don't have to do those things that have been sent to heaven."
Chapter completed!