mtlumby2d Chapter 337 Official Silver?
Chapter 337 Official Silver?
The bandits watched helplessly as their boss was knocked unconscious by a palm strike, and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Some of them looked at Lin Shuyue with strange eyes, thinking: This kid has no martial ethics!
The clamoring noise faded from his ears. Lin Shuyue nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at the bandits with a smile and asked, "How is it? Have you thought it through?"
The bandits looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
At this time, a tall and thin man walked out of the crowd.
He glared at Lin Shuyue angrily, and then shouted to the bandits behind him, "Brothers, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. If you surrender and get caught, you might be beheaded. There's no way you can survive.
Listen to me, everyone. Let's go together and fight. Maybe we can survive. With so many of us, we can wear him down."
When the bandits heard this, they couldn't help but get ready to move. Officials and bandits have always been natural enemies. If there was a chance of a fight, no one would want to surrender.
As he was thinking this, someone immediately echoed, "The monkey is right, let's give it a try!"
Seeing his brothers persuaded, the thin man smiled with satisfaction, then raised his knife and shouted, "Second in command, Third in command, and the others are almost back.
Brothers, let's go together. As long as we hold out until the second and third bosses come back, we'll have a chance to survive!"
The bandits were encouraged and their morale soared. They raised their weapons and rushed towards Lin Shuyue, shouting.
Seeing that they were determined to seek death, Lin Shuyue's aura changed and he became fierce.
She held a long sword in her hand, flashed, and rushed into the crowd.
Amidst the flashing swords and shadows, a shadow shuttled freely, like a wolf among a flock of sheep. Wherever it passed, blood splattered and screams were heard.
The thin man who had shouted at the beginning saw that the situation was not good and quietly retreated.
Unexpectedly, the figure as fast as lightning appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.
He felt a pain in his chest as the long sword pierced his chest and was pulled out neatly. When he fell to the ground, the figure had already left.
By the time Lin Shuyue sheathed his sword, corpses were lying all around him.
A small number of bandits who were still breathing lay on the ground, covering their wounds, and trembling as they looked at Lin Shuyue, who was standing in the middle of the sea of corpses, her body clean and even her hair not messed up.
Lin Shuyue's cold gaze swept over them, and finally locked onto a bandit who was less seriously injured.
"come here."
She pointed at the bandit and said in a tone that left no room for doubt.
The bandit had no choice but to walk to Lin Shuyue with trembling legs. Before he could say anything, his legs gave way and he knelt heavily on the ground, crying bitterly: "Young man, spare my life... I surrender, please spare my life..."
Lin Shuyue took a step back in disgust and said coldly, "If you cooperate with me, I can spare your life."
"I will cooperate, I will definitely cooperate." The bandit cried with joy and nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, now go find some ropes and tie them all up. Be honest and don't play any tricks, otherwise..."
Lin Shuyue shot a sharp gaze at the bandit, who shuddered with fear and quickly promised to behave himself.
After he tied up the surviving bandits one by one with ropes, Lin Shuyue went straight to the point.
"Let me ask you, how many people did you capture in the village? Where are the looted items? Take me to see them."
As soon as she finished speaking, she carried the bandit and walked towards the house inside. The bandit could barely keep up with Lin Shuyue's pace.
Under the guidance of the bandits, she first went to the warehouse of the mountain stronghold.
After entering the warehouse, the bandit pointed to the pile of boxes on the ground and said, "The valuables we robbed on a daily basis are all here, except for some particularly valuable ones that will be taken away by the first, second, and third bosses."
Lin Shuyue opened a few boxes and took a look. Inside were some gold and silver jewelry, silks and satins. Some of the cloth had probably become moldy because it had been stored for a long time and not been properly preserved.
At this time, the bandit pointed to the two boxes with patterns in the corner and said flatteringly, "Young man, those three boxes are full of silver. I carried them in here myself. They are so heavy."
Lin Shuyue raised her eyebrows, walked to the three boxes he pointed at, and cut the locks of the boxes with a sword.
When I opened it, it was indeed full of silver.
Huh? wrong!
The more she stared at the silver in the box, the more she felt something was wrong. The quality of the silver was too good.
You should know that the quality of silver ingots circulating on the market now is uneven, either there are honeycomb holes at the bottom, or they are of different sizes.
The only thing that can be made in such neat size and good quality is the official silver of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Thinking of this, her heart skipped a beat and she immediately picked up a silver ingot and turned it over to check.
As expected, the bottom of the silver ingot was printed with the reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the place of casting, the name of the silversmith, and other marks.
She rummaged through two other boxes and found silver ingots with official stamps on the bottoms as well.
Looking at the three boxes of round, white official silver, Lin Shuyue couldn't help but sneer: "You guys are really bold, you actually dare to rob the official silver."
"Official silver?"
The bandit was horrified. He knew about government silver, but how could this be government silver?
"You don't know?" Lin Shuyue looked disbelieving.
"I really do not know."
The bandit was so anxious that he was sweating. "This was robbed by the second in command last winter. At that time, the second in command only said that he had robbed a big fat sheep, so I really didn't know that he was robbing government silver."
Robbing government silver is a much more serious crime than robbing a merchant caravan. It is possible that the imperial court will directly send troops to hunt them down in order to recover the government silver.
Therefore, bandits generally do not rob government officials for fear of provoking the imperial court and bringing endless trouble.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some bold people who have grudges against the court would do this.
Lin Shuyue stared at his face for a while, and seeing that his expression was genuine, she temporarily believed him.
After leaving the warehouse and closing the door, she directly put some of the remaining gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse except for the three boxes of official silver into the space.
Glancing around the village, Lin Shuyue asked, "There should be women and children in your village, right? Where are they? And where are the people who were captured?"
The bandit's eyes evaded, "They..."
"Hmm?" Lin Shuyue glanced at him sideways.
The bandit answered honestly: "They are in the cave at the back."
"Why don't you lead the way?"
The bandits didn't dare to delay any longer and took Lin Shuyue to the back of the village.
When passing by a house, Lin Shuyue suddenly stopped, turned to look at the house, and asked the bandit: "Whose house is this?"
The bandit said honestly: "This is the house where the boss lives."
Lin Shuyue pushed open the door and immediately met eyes with the woman on the bed.
The look in the woman's eyes was numb and empty. Not a single piece of exposed skin on her body was intact, and her cheeks were red and swollen. It was obvious that she had suffered inhuman torture.