Chapter 473: Rules

Wu Mingxiao only felt a hot current rushing straight to the top of his head.

"But... why are there only heroines..."

Li Miao sneered.

"Because after looting the wealth, men have no value to these bandits, while women still have... so naturally, only women are left."

"Also, what I told you before, this stronghold uses a kind of scarce milk that is difficult to find through ordinary channels to hire that wild man... now you know how that milk is obtained, right?"

"Furthermore, this stronghold clearly hasn't traded with that wild man just once or twice. Where did the children born to these women go? Over the years, in order to maintain the trade with the wild man, how many times have these women experienced—"

Wu Mingxiao suddenly shouted.

"Big Brother Li!"

"Don't... say anymore..."

He almost wanted to vomit.

He didn't understand the matters between men and women, but the filth involved didn't need to be imagined at all.

Those women who were held in the hands of the bandits, who were no different from corpses except for being able to breathe, were all heroes who had gone up the mountain to eliminate evil not long ago!

How... how...

Does this world have no justice?

Was everything the Assistant Minister taught fundamentally fake?

His thoughts were chaotic, and only anger was steaming in his heart. Looking at the gaunt bandits who had made him feel pity just a moment ago, the intent to kill in his heart almost swallowed his reason.

He instinctively gripped the hilt of his sword and took a step forward.

The bandits holding the hostages retreated in unison, their sword blades pressing down violently, breaking the skin of the hostages in their hands, and blood beads dripped down the sword blades.

"Young hero, don't be impulsive!"

"If you take one step, one person dies! Take another step, two die!"

"The lives of these women are all in your hands!"

Wu Mingxiao stopped, his anger even greater.

"You, you!"

"Animals!"

"Do you not feel any pangs of conscience? Are you not afraid of the vengeful spirits coming to claim your lives? Are you not afraid of the Embroidered Uniform Guard coming to your door!"

He was filled with righteous indignation, and the bandits looked at each other after hearing this—and then suddenly laughed in unison.

"Hahaha, conscience? How many taels of silver can a conscience sell for?"

"Hahaha, wronged souls seeking lives? How many swords can a wronged soul hold?"

"As for the Embroidered Uniform Guard..."

The bandit leader, who seemed to be the leader, said with a laugh.

"Yes, if it were two years ago, when the rules of the Mount Song Moon-Viewing Banquet were still in place, we wouldn't dare to spread our stall too wide even if we had ten guts, otherwise, who knows how many famous sects would take our heads to claim a reward!"

"But now, can the Embroidered Uniform Guard still take care of us, and can they still afford the reward money for our heads!"

"That Embroidered Uniform Guard Guard Commander hasn't appeared for two years, I'm afraid he's long since died in the capital. Now heroes are emerging in the Jianghu, where are there any rules of the court and the Embroidered Uniform Guard! And where can they manage us good men!"

Speaking of this, the bandit leader suddenly stopped smiling.

"Young hero, stop talking those dream words."

"Since you didn't step forward, you are a person who knows the times. We actually have no interest in fighting to the death with you, how about... we make a deal?"

He shook the neck of the woman he was holding.

"That sword in your hand seems very valuable, I wonder if you have any other weapons on you?"

"Like this, one life for one weapon. No cheating children or old people, how about it?"

Wu Mingxiao shouted angrily.

"Do you think I'm a fool!"

The bandit leader shook his head.

"Naturally not, we are just doing it for self-preservation."

"You throw the weapon over, and we will hand the woman to you. After you get the hostage in your hands, it just depends on how much skill you have to bring the person down the mountain, isn't that very fair?"

"If you want to leave one or two weapons for self-defense, it's just exchanging for fewer lives, we can't stop you... but the people you didn't exchange for, we will definitely kill them directly."

Looking at Wu Mingxiao's increasingly flushed face, the bandit leader's smile became even more rampant.

He knew Wu Mingxiao had taken the bait.

"How about it, young hero, how many are you exchanging?"