Chapter 8 Righteousness
Li You accidentally beaten a stick on his leg by the villagers. As soon as he squatted down, three or four villagers came forward to subdue him.
When Lu Ning saw that Li You was captured, he immediately said to the other horse thieves: "Li You has been captured, and you can only surrender now, otherwise there will be a dead end."
When most horse thieves saw their leader being captured, they still had any confidence. They surrendered just after a little resistance. Of course, more than a dozen horse thieves ran away on horseback, which made Lu Ning worried.
After the horse thieves entered the village, Lu Ning had arranged four or five hunters to arrange traps and ropes on the fall they returned. In a short while, the more than ten horse thieves who escaped were also captured.
Lu Ning was very tired, but in a good mood. He laughed and said to the villagers: "Friends, we have won. Now everyone tied up all the captured horse thieves, cleaned up the battlefield, eliminated all kinds of traps, and bandaged and treated the injured villagers as soon as possible."
The villagers of Shanhou Village were in a state of excitement. They were always bullied by horse thieves, Xiongnus, and Xianbei people. Today, Yang Mei finally exhaled and the defeated horse thieves were wiped out in one fell swoop. This was something they had never dared to think about before, but the facts in front of them told them that as long as everyone united, there would be no difficulties that could not be overcome.
Finally, through the counting, there were only twenty-one horse thieves killed by the divisor, eight seriously injured, one hundred and thirty-six captured horse thieves, and three or four horse thieves were not aware of their movements.
Among the villagers, there were 35 minor injuries, three seriously injured, and no deaths. More than 160 war horses were seized, and only a few war horses were killed by the divisor, but about half of the war horses were injured.
Lu Ning asked the villagers to clean the dead war horses and let the whole village drink a meal of horse meat. The next thing is how to deal with these horse thieves. I don’t know if the villagers will let them go, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with. After all, these horse thieves are seriously guilty.
On a large open space in the village, the villagers took all the horse thieves over. There were 176 prisoners in the first and second batches of prisoners, and torches were lit around them, making them shine like the sun.
When Old Man Zhang saw Li You, he picked up a stick in his hand and ran over. It turned out that Old Man Zhang's son was killed by Li You. The villagers around him hated the horse thieves and their eyes were full of fire. They all took sticks to prepare to destroy the group of horse thieves.
Lu Ning quickly grabbed Old Man Zhang, stopped the villagers' actions, and said to them: "Friends, please calm down first, listen to me for a few words. After I finish speaking, the villagers have the final say as to how to deal with these horse thieves."
After hearing Lu Ning's words, the villagers stopped their actions. After all, Lu Ning is their great benefactor now, so they must give Lu Ning some face.
Lu Ning said to Li You and other horse thieves, "You have all seen that the villagers hate you so much that they want to suck your tendons and peel your skin. You can imagine how many crimes you have committed against them. You are all poor and most of them are hunters. Now your guns are aimed at the poor people as poor as you. You can really do it. They are all your brothers and sisters, and all the people of our Han people. I know that many of your relatives have been killed by the Huns, Xianbei people or the government, but these poor people have not provoked you. Not only do you not protect them, you also use the swords in your hands to slash them at them, burn, kill, loot them, and let your conscience be eaten by dogs. You have the ability and ability to kill the Huns and kill the Xianbei people. They are the enemies of our Han people. They have committed heinous crimes against the people of our Han people.
Of course you will tell me that fighting the Xianbei people and the Huns is the government's business and has nothing to do with us. But now it is still reliable to rely on the government? It is unreliable. They actually need corrupt officials. They do not regard us ordinary people as human beings. What they think about is how to embezzle and accept bribes. If we want to live a better life, we can only rely on our own hands, the swords in our hands to protect the country and the people, and rely on our spears to wash away the blood of foreign barbarians. I
We must use the sword in our hands to declare war on the Huns, Xianbei and other barbarians. We must make them pay back their blood and blood, so that they know that our Han people cannot be bullied, otherwise those who offend our Han people will be punished even if they are far away. This is the people of our Han people, a man. Now, you, Li You, killed Mr. Zhang's son, but he only has one son. How can you let his second brother live for the rest of his life? Who will support them in their old age and send them to their death? You are so evil."
Li You and other horse thieves were scolded by Lu Ning and were ashamed and bowed their heads one after another.
Li You and the horse thieves knelt down at Lu Ning. Dong, Dong, Dong kowtowed to Lu Ning three times and said to Lu Ning: "Listen to what a gentleman said makes me feel ashamed. I also know that I have a serious sin and cannot survive. In the next life, I will follow the gentleman to kill the Huns, Xianbei and other foreign barbarians, defend their country, and fight on the battlefield with bloody battles."
After Li You finished speaking, he led his horse thieves to kneel down and kowtowed to the villagers three times. Then Li You knelt down next to Old Man Zhang, kowtowed three times and said, "I'm sorry, old man, I have caused you great harm. You kill me, I have no regrets."
Old Man Zhang avoided Li You's kneeling and gave in, not wanting to be treated with Li You's courtesy.
When Lu Ning saw that Li You and others had sincere repentance, he wanted the villagers to let them go this time and let them kill the Xianbei, Xiongnu and other foreign barbarians, but I don’t know if the villagers would listen to Lu Ning’s words.
Lu Ning said to the villagers: "Friends, Li You and others knew that they had committed heinous crimes. They were actually from hard work, but they did not follow the right path. They were like you all, and were also bullied by the government, Xianbei, Xiongnu and others. Since they want to repent and reform, I would like to ask the villagers to give them a chance to fight the Xianbei, Xiongnu and other foreign tatars who bullied us. This is also their way to atone for their sins. Let them protect the villagers again and give birth to them to kill the foreign tatars. As for Mr. Zhang, let Li You take care of your elderly and see you off."
After saying that, Lu Ning stood up and bowed to the villagers.
The villagers initially saw Lu Ning begging for the horse thieves, but they didn't understand, but after hearing this, they gave Lu Ning some face and agreed to Lu Ning's pleading.
Lu Ning asked someone to untied the ropes of Li You and other horse thieves. Li You first walked to Old Man Zhang and knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said, "If you don't have time to get angry with me, I will be your son from now on, and I will support you in my old age and see you off."
Lu Ning walked over and patted Mr. Zhang's arm and said, "Old man, just accept it. Li You has no relatives anymore. Let him take care of you for your old age."
Chapter completed!