Chapter 17: Recruiting Two More

"Female Zhang Fei" dragged her heavy body to the side, her eyes full of pity for Tang Lin.

This person was too miserable. It was unknown who he had offended; first his tongue was cut out and his limbs broken, then he was sold to the slave trader.

The slave trader asked if he was willing to sign the contract, but he didn't speak, only opening his mouth and shaking his head.

The slave trader was so angry he beat him up on the spot, and for two whole days, Tang Lin didn't utter a single sound.

Even the executioner at the slave trader's couldn't help but express his admiration.

"I've had many people under my hands, but you are the toughest scholar I've ever met. You haven't disgraced the integrity of a scholar."

When they finally discovered Tang Lin had no tongue, the entire torture room fell silent!

They had thought Tang Lin would die in the slave trader's torture room, but who would have thought someone would buy him along with themselves.

Seeing the buyer bandaging the other person, "Female Zhang Fei" felt a sense of relief. It seemed she had met a good person; after all, it's better to live a miserable life than to die.

But when the other party rubbed some mud and prepared to feed it to the scholar beside her, "Female Zhang Fei" felt that dying wasn't such a bad option after all.

She thought he was a good person, but he turned out to be a pervert.

Jiang Jinshi had no time to care about "Female Zhang Fei's" psychological journey; at this moment, he was secretly struggling with Tang Lin.

"Open your mouth quickly, I'm giving you something good."

Tang Lin shook his head desperately, tears shimmering in his eye sockets.

Losing patience, Jiang Jinshi pinched Tang Lin's mouth and forcefully shoved the pill inside.

In the end, Tang Lin couldn't resist Jiang Jinshi and was forced to let the "mud pill" enter his mouth.

How could Jiang Jinshi be fooled by such a clumsy performance? He reached out and covered Tang Lin's mouth.

"Don't think about holding it in your mouth and spitting it out secretly. Swallow it for me; this medicine is very expensive!"

The two stared at each other with wide eyes for a while, but Tang Lin eventually gave in. Along with the swallowing motion in his throat, a tear slid down the corner of his eye.

If it weren't for the fact that I, Tang Lin, a dignified scholar, still have things to do, would I ever willingly suffer such torture?

What he swallowed wasn't just a "mud pill," but the bitterness of life!

Jiang Jinshi let out a long sigh: "Like a child, not only do you need to be fed medicine, but you also start crying. If it weren't for our old schoolmate friendship, I wouldn't bother with you."

After saying this, Jiang Jinshi ignored Tang Lin and turned to check "Female Zhang Fei's" injuries.

"Female Zhang Fei," who had been silently shouting in her heart that he couldn't see her, saw her face fall. Had this devil finally set his sights on her?

Forcing a smile that was uglier than crying, "Female Zhang Fei" gathered her courage and spoke weakly: "I won't eat it, I'm fine."

After a careful observation, Jiang Jinshi found that although there were many wounds on her body, they only penetrated the skin and did not damage the bones; the injuries were not considered serious.

It was just that due to bacterial growth in the torture room, the wounds were infected and ulcerated to varying degrees, and she appeared weak from not having eaten for several days.

Wound infection was no small matter in this day and age. Jiang Jinshi didn't have any alcohol on hand, so he could temporarily use a Hundred Diseases Fading Pill and hope it would be effective.

But his Hundred Diseases Fading Pills were one less for every one used. If he saved this Female Zhang Fei and she didn't join his group later, wouldn't he be at a loss?

So, after thinking for a moment, Jiang Jinshi spoke to the two: "I am a mountain bandit now. If you two are willing to join our Yangguangzhai, then we are brothers, and I will save you!"

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Jinshi's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "If you are unwilling, that's fine too, but since you already know my identity, I have no choice but to silence you."

Hearing this, the two tensed up and nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

【Beep! Mission accomplished】

Hearing the mechanical sound in his mind, Jiang Jinshi nodded with satisfaction: "Yo! Very good! Those who know the times are heroes."

【Mission reward automatically collected】

【Obtained Silver*10】

【Top-grade Golden Sore Medicine*1】

【Top-grade Laxative*1】

【Ghost Head Knife*1】

This mission reward was much worse than the novice gift pack, but Jiang Jinshi didn't mind and excitedly checked the items.

Top-grade Golden Sore Medicine: Get cut, apply a pack! Live to two hundred without feeling old!

Top-grade Laxative: Thunder suddenly rises in the belly, the Milky Way pours down and never returns!

Ghost Head Knife: The blade is wide and thick, the tip is arc-shaped, and there are iron rings on the back of the blade. It is named for the ghost face pattern often carved on the blade.

The top-grade Golden Sore Medicine was suitable for "Female Zhang Fei" right now, and it could save him a Hundred Diseases Fading Pill.

So Jiang Jinshi bent down again, pretended to rummage, took out the newly obtained top-grade Golden Sore Medicine from the system, and threw it to "Female Zhang Fei."

"Men and women should not touch when handing over things, Female Zhang Fei... uh... this lady, apply it yourself."

A moment later, the three were hiding under the shade of a tree eating big meat buns. Tang Lin still couldn't move and could only lie on the ground. Jiang Jinshi took a bun and placed it at his mouth, and he bit it off bit by bit to swallow.

"Female Zhang Fei's" real name was Zhang Honghong. After devouring five buns, she finally regained some strength, and the three began to chat happily, although Tang Lin could only be a listener.

Zhang Honghong was twenty-six years old and had been married to her husband for ten years. Because she had never conceived, she was always despised by her in-laws.

Even though she worked like an ox every day, she still couldn't avoid being beaten and scolded by her husband. Even so, Zhang Honghong remained hardworking and uncomplaining, but she never expected her husband to sell her to the slave trader because of gambling.

After hearing Zhang Honghong's story, Jiang Jinshi turned his head to look at Tang Lin and pressed the bun in Tang Lin's mouth down to make it easier for him to eat.

"Tang Lin, what about you? What happened to you?"

"Woo woo woo."

"If you don't want to say it, forget it. Actually, I didn't really want to hear it either."

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

"That's a really dirty curse!"

Zhang Honghong looked at Jiang Jinshi, her tone a bit unnatural: "Um, what do we usually do at our Yangguangzhai?"

Thinking that the other party was a woman, robbing and plundering naturally wasn't very suitable for her, so Jiang Jinshi comforted her.

"Don't worry, you don't need to do the robbing and plundering. Once you become an internal member, you can go to the mountain stronghold to wash clothes and cook."

Zhang Honghong scratched her head, a bit embarrassed: "That's not what I meant, it's just... uh... do you kill people and set fires?"

Jiang Jinshi looked at Tang Lin, who had just finished eating, and stuffed another meat bun into his mouth. Seeing Tang Lin's head shaking like a rattle-drum, he patted his chest.

"What are you afraid of? Don't be polite with me, eat as much as you want."

Only then did he respond to Zhang Honghong casually: "Why do you ask?"

Zhang Honghong's eyes held a hint of pleading: "Captain, when you kill... when you do things, can you take me with you? I'll take you to that beast's village! Don't let the brothers do the work, I'll be the vanguard."

Good fellow! Jiang Jinshi exclaimed, good fellow!

There was no time to explain; the pure love warrior had died at the slave trader's, and next to appear was the pure hate warrior, the ultimate mother tyrannosaurus. ===== CHAPTER 18 =====