kvmb Chapter 334 Will You Still Help Me?
Chapter 334 Will You Still Help Me?
The bandits unconsciously moved a little closer to their leader.
Some people have a firm gaze, while others have a complicated one.
But in the end, he still stayed by the leader's side and chose to live and die with him.
Lu Yangyang looked at the leader and said, "The leader can make his own choice. I'm just giving him a suggestion: a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him."
This was just a small mountain stronghold with fewer than a hundred people, including women and children. However, the soldiers brought by Lord Jiang numbered no less than a hundred, and each was well-equipped. If they hadn't found a safe place, they would still have a way out, given the terrain's defensive advantage. But now the entire stronghold was surrounded, with nowhere to escape. If a fight broke out, there would only be one outcome: total annihilation.
Lu Yangyang knew that among this group of bandits, even those who had not bullied Miss Jiang were still wicked, but there were also those like the old woman who only wanted a place to live. She carefully planned every day to make sure that these people, whom she regarded as family, were well-fed and clothed. That was once her most ordinary desire for her family.
His Highness had told her about the arrangements after the bandits were suppressed. These so-called "bandits" were originally civilians, so their sentences wouldn't be indiscriminate. Unless they resisted to the death, they would be punished according to the severity of their crimes. Generally, the elderly, women, and children would be resettled separately. Of course, this was the best-case scenario, at least giving those women and children a way to survive. That's why she asked Lord Jiang if he could deliver a fair verdict.
The worst outcome is that we will all be wiped out after resisting, while the best outcome is that we will be punished according to our crimes and the innocent will be spared.
Lu Yangyang is not from this village and cannot make choices for them, but she hopes to do her best to give those innocent people a way out.
A long silence followed. Seeing that the village chief remained silent, many people began to speak.
"Boss, we'll follow you whether we live or die!"
"Yes, Boss, if it weren't for you, we would have died long ago. My life belongs to you! I'll stay with you!"
"The boss!"
"The boss..."
The leader's gaze swept over the people surrounding him. They were all faces he knew all too well. Some of them he had known for more than ten years, some for only a few years, or even less. But at this moment, their faces gradually merged before his eyes and changed into another form. His eyes couldn't help but redden slightly.
Finally, the focus shifted to Lu Yangyang, then to Miss Jiang.
He threw down the knife in his hand and said to Lord Jiang, "I surrender."
Lord Jiang was slightly surprised. In fact, when he came to this place with his father to take up his post, he learned that there were bandits in Wangshan on the banks of the Mi River. However, they were extremely cunning, and he had failed to suppress them many times before. Because their scale was not large, they had not caused any major trouble or attracted the attention of the court.
He had also mentioned the matter of suppressing the bandits to his father, whose opinion was to observe their movements first and then wipe them out in one fell swoop when the time was right. He just didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon, and he didn't expect that the legendary, notorious leader of Wangshan Village would surrender so easily.
He couldn't help but glance at Lu Yangyang again, and his heart pounded wildly once more.
He hurriedly shouted, "Tie them all up and take them back!"
With the leader giving the order, no one resisted, and they obediently followed the soldiers away.
Before leaving with the others, the leader saw the knife on the ground, hesitated for a moment, glanced at the small house in the distance, and then turned and walked into the crowd.
In the end, only Lu Yangyang, Wen Qingqing, Lord Jiang, and a few guards remained.
Lord Jiang had several guards wait at a distance before walking towards his sister.
"Brother, don't come any closer," Miss Jiang called out.
Lord Jiang stopped in his tracks and said with a pang of pity, “Little sister, don’t be afraid. Father and Mother already know. We believe in you. It’s not your fault. I’ll take you back and find you a doctor. Don’t worry, I will definitely skin that beast alive to avenge you!”
Miss Jiang remained silent, but looked at Lu Yangyang: "If I weren't an official, if my brother hadn't brought people to suppress the bandits, would you, would you have helped me like you did just now?"
Lu Yangyang answered without hesitation: "Yes! Of course I will. No matter who you are, even if you unfortunately end up in prostitution, it's not a reason for those wicked people to bully you. I'm not helping you, I just think those people deserve to die."
Wen Qingqing nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, you're absolutely right, little sister. These people deserve to die!"
Miss Jiang covered her face, which was covered with many festering sores, making her look extremely gruesome. Tears streamed down her face through her fingers, flowing more and more fiercely: "Two months ago, I married my fiancé. He was from a good family, good-looking, and talented. I thought I had found my Mr. Right and was very satisfied. After he entered the family, we got along well. The family was harmonious, and my mother-in-law was very kind. But a few days ago, I suddenly felt unwell and went to see a doctor. In the end, I was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease. I felt like the sky had fallen. I couldn't believe it. How could this happen to me? Before this, I was just an ordinary young lady. I had never even met my fiancé, let alone any other men."
"The doctor spoke with absolute certainty, and my in-laws' attitude changed instantly. They immediately arrested my maid and servants, locking them all up. My husband treated me like a viper, and my mother-in-law was even more vicious, wishing she could strangle me on the spot. They locked me in the woodshed, forcing me to hand over my lover, or they would burn me alive to prevent me from defiling their property. But I really didn't know what was going on. I wanted to leave and seek help from my parents, to find another doctor to see if it was a misdiagnosis. Until one night, I heard a noise outside the woodshed, and they really didn't know where it came from." They found a strange man to frame me. I fought back desperately, but my maid arrived just in time, and we knocked the man unconscious. The maid told me that the reason I contracted the venereal disease was because of my husband, who appeared to be a refined and elegant young master from a noble family, but was actually a promiscuous man who slept with both men and women. They had already decided to pin the blame on me, to confirm that I had committed adultery with another man. If I went back and told my parents about this, they would spread the word and let the whole city know that I had contracted a venereal disease, bringing shame upon us all.
“My maid helped me escape, but I had nowhere to go and only death was an option. I couldn’t implicate my family. Once this was known, no one would care who was at fault; they would only care that our girl had contracted a venereal disease and how filthy she was. I couldn’t let them suffer.”