Chapter 936

"Young Master is truly an elegant person; the term 'returning home to start a business' is used wonderfully."

"At that time, I had a widow mistress in the city. I spent a lot of money on her. She thought I loved her very much, but actually, it wasn't so—I was doing it for free."

"Brothels are too damn expensive."

"On the day I left, I made an appointment with her, saying I would marry her with an eight-bearer sedan chair and take her to live a good life."

"Then I killed her and took all the money on her."

Wang Ermazi looked cold and gave a low sneer, "Knowing that I was a bandit, this woman still dared to go outside the city to keep the appointment. To this day, I still don't understand."

Shangguan Wan'er frowned, her brows locked tight.

Green Radish moved even closer to Gao Yang.

Even Chen Sheng and Wu Guang looked at Wang Ermazi with solemn expressions.

This person is a ruthless man!

Gao Yang was not affected at all; on the contrary, his eyes were even brighter.

"Love makes people lose their way, makes people throw caution to the wind. This woman might have been a 'love-brain'!"

Wang Ermazi laughed, "A good 'love-brain', the Young Master is truly full of golden sentences, making one admire! But bandits have always only talked about money, not love!"

"Since she was a 'love-brain', then she had a way to die!"

"Continue!"

"After returning home, you opened this black shop?" Gao Yang asked.

Wang Ermazi shook his head, "Having killed too many people, with my head tied to my belt all year round, actually, at the beginning, I just wanted to do a small business and spend the rest of my life peacefully."

"But this damn world is too damn pit-filled. People who do business honestly have a hard time making money. Yunze Township is not far or near from Qingshui County, the geographical location is good, but there are not many merchants on the road!"

"And that's after subtracting some merchants who don't stay at the inn, so business is not good."

"Vegetables, eggs, and also having to prepare some meat, some good wine—going back and forth, the cost is not low, and you can't make much money at all."

"That's fine, after all, life is still stable, and you don't have to be terrified every day."

But when he said this, a flash of ferocity suddenly flashed in Wang Ermazi's eyes.

"There was a change?"

Gao Yang narrowed his eyes and asked.

Wang Ermazi nodded, "It was a rainy night, business was bleak. A burly man came into the shop, wanting three taels of wine and several plates of meat. I was ecstatic in my heart, serving him carefully, running back and forth for him."

"As a result, this bastard, he actually wanted to eat a 'king's meal'!"

"One moment saying my wine was too astringent, another moment saying my meat wasn't fresh, finding all kinds of faults, just not wanting to pay!"

"Life was already damn hard, and this bastard still wanted to bully me, humiliate me. At that time, the blood rushed to my head, and I couldn't care about anything else, directly pulling out my butcher knife!"

"One knife!"

"Two knives!"

Wang Ermazi's voice was very light, as if recalling the scene at that time, making people shudder.

"I don't know how many times I stabbed him, just stabbing at his heart!"

"Every stab was fatal!"

"Those who have killed people know, after killing him, I regretted it, and I was afraid."

"I thought of the terror of the imperial army, thought of the government yamen runners. I buried him in the backyard, digging a big hole!"

"He had three silver ingots on him. I didn't dare to use them, and I didn't dare to carry them on me. I put them in a corner of the woodshed."

"I thought I was dead for sure, but days passed one by one, and yet no one ever came to investigate. Can the Young Master understand the shock of that moment?"

Speaking to the end, Wang Ermazi stared at Gao Yang with eager eyes, somewhat excited.

Gao Yang didn't say a word, just listened quietly.

Wang Ermazi looked reminiscent, "That was the first time I realized that money is so easy to earn!"

"When being a bandit, you still have to fight for territory, still be surrounded and suppressed by government soldiers, and even have the risk of being killed by the guards of the escort team. But opening a black shop is completely different!"

"Drugging, smoke, killing with one knife while they are fast asleep, and no one comes to investigate!"

"Later I understood, along this road, the ten thousand mountains are connected, there are many uninhabited places. Being chased by bandits, eaten by tigers and beasts in the mountains, falling off cliffs, being robbed and killed by villains—these are all very reasonable."

"Without evidence, what can anyone do to me?"

Gao Yang narrowed his eyes and said indifferently, "On a main road, quite a few people have disappeared over the years. Could it be that no yamen runners came to investigate?"

"And the Dragon Gate Inn is not far from Yunze Village. You can hide it from anyone, but you can't hide it from the villagers. Human nature is always jealous. Could it be that no one reported you?"

Wang Ermazi looked at Gao Yang and revealed a smile.

From Gao Yang, he smelled a taste of being like-minded.

"Young Master's words are prophetic. Yamen runners are naturally not eating for free. If people keep dying in a short time, it will definitely make people panic, and the government will also order a thorough investigation!"

"But at that time, I was the only one in the whole inn. Those I could act against were only some pedestrians traveling alone."

"Killing ten a year, what does that count as?"

"In the backwoods, even if yamen runners run ten miles to investigate, how many times can they come? Scholars, farmers, artisans, merchants—if ten merchants die, who will investigate to the end? They are like a drop of water in the vast ocean, completely insignificant!"

"Do all these dead people add up to the money bag that the official's concubine in the city accidentally dropped?" ===== CHAPTER 938 =====