Chapter 1074 Villagers Forced to Become Thieves

Li Taihang and Xiao Ai each rode a horse and left Qingzhen.

When passing a mountain road, a large number of shouts and shouts of killing suddenly came from the forests on both sides of the mountain road.

"Kill!"

Soon, a large number of bandits rushed out of the forest and surrounded the two of them.

Li Taihang was slightly stunned. This was robbed by a group of bandits.

"It's really interesting. It's not long since we left Qingzhen, and we ran into bandits."

Li Taihang glanced at these bandits. There were more than 40 of them.

However, when Li Taihang found out what these bandits looked like, he was quite surprised.

Because these bandits were skinny and had various farm tools in their hands. Rather than being bandits, they were a group of hungry people who couldn't stand steadily. At this time, they were staring at the two of them with fear on their faces, but they were strong and calm.

Right in front of the two of them, a group of bandits also walked out.

The leader was a bearded man with a full beard, who looked the most robust among the bandits.

But from the paleness on his face, it could be seen that he was also a malnourished guy.

The bearded man looked ferocious, holding a butcher knife, waving it a few times, staring at Li Taihang and Xiao Ai ferociously.

"Hey, I planted this tree and opened this road. If you want to pass by here, leave money for the road."

After the bearded man said this, he saw that the two were dressed in gorgeous clothes, so he knew that they were of extraordinary status and must have valuable things on them, and he immediately became a little excited.

Li Taihang ignored the big bearded man's words, but looked at these bandits curiously and asked, "Why are you bandits?"

The big bearded man was stunned, then reacted and cursed, "Don't bother yourself with so many things, just hand over your money and property, we will let you go, otherwise, don't blame us for bullying the minority."

Xiao Ai laughed: "You are so funny, dozens of people rob the two of us? Under normal circumstances, it is indeed feasible, but do you know my strength?"

"Your strength?"

The big bearded man was stunned, and he really hadn't thought about this question.

The main reason is that Li Taihang and Xiao Ai look extraordinary, but they are very young and white. In their eyes, they must be those who are powerless.

However, after hearing what Xiao Ai said, the big bearded man was not sure.

You know, the immortal cultivators in this world, even if they look very weak, they also have very terrifying strength.

"Then tell me, how strong are you?" The big bearded man hesitated and asked cautiously.

He decided to test it first.

"Haha." Xiao Ai smiled and said, "Then you better watch out!"

Xiao Ai raised her hand, and the bandits became nervous and even retreated slightly.

"Blow it up."

With Xiao Ai's light shout, the trees on both sides of the mountain road suddenly made crackling explosions.

"Crack."

"Crack."

In the blink of an eye, dozens of trees were broken into two pieces and fell on the mountain, raising a cloud of dust and debris.

Seeing this scene, the bandits stared with their eyes wide open, their faces turned pale, and they trembled all over. Some of them even dropped their weapons on the ground.

"If those dozens of trees were you, what do you think?"

Although Xiao Ai looked cute, delicate and beautiful, her words made the hairs of these dozens of bandits stand on end.

"Sir, spare my life!"

The bandits were so scared that their legs and feet softened and they all knelt down.

The bearded man kowtowed like crazy, begging for mercy with a trembling voice: "I have offended you two, I deserve to die, I apologize to you."

The bearded man never thought that they finally made up their minds to rob, but ended up hitting a wall.

Now, they regretted it to death.

"Yes, my lords, please spare us, we don't want to do this, we really can't live anymore."

"Yes, yes! Sir, Miss, please spare us!"

Li Taihang saw their pitiful appearance and their sincere apology. These people were not real bandits, but they were unlucky after entering the industry and actually met them.

"In that case, tell me, why do you want to be bandits?" Li Taihang asked again.

"Sir, we can't survive." The bearded man wiped his tears and choked up and said, "My daughter starved to death a while ago. Those officers and soldiers are so abominable. They would rather starve us to death than steal our food. Now, we don't have any food at all."

"Now, they want us to pay all the arrears of taxes. Otherwise, they will treat us as traitors."

"Now, all of us have been taken hostage by them. If we don't pay the arrears of taxes within the specified time, they will kill our relatives and friends, woo woo."

The bearded man and other bandits all shed tears.

If it weren't for survival and paying taxes, they wouldn't rob others. They also knew that this was wrong and couldn't be done.

"The government took your people hostage and forced you to pay taxes?"

"No, that's right, we don't want to do that either."

"Interesting."

This was the first time Xiao Ai heard of such a thing. The arrogance of the Lin family had already refreshed her worldview. Now she encountered the government forcing the people to be thieves and plundering their materials?

This is really interesting.

"Brother, shall we go and take a look?"

Li Taihang nodded.

He was bored going down the mountain and playing around. Since he encountered such a thing, of course he had to take care of it.

"Come on, take us back."

"This..." The bearded man hesitated a little. After all, the government still locked up their people.

"Don't worry, we will help you." Xiao Ai said: "Besides, you have seen our strength, do you still think that we can't help you?"

"good."

Big Beard finally decided, but in order not to expose themselves, they decided to only give directions to Li Taihang and Xiao Ai, but not follow them.

This way, they won't be discovered.

Li Taixing and Xiao Ai also understood their approach and did not force anything.

So, led by these bandits, they came to the road outside the village. Not far from the village, they stopped.

"Sir, go straight along this road and you'll find our village. There are soldiers disguised as villagers watching at the entrance of the village. You have to be careful. We won't pass by next." The bearded man pointed forward. road.

"Um."

Li Taihang and Xiao Ai walked along the road and headed forward.

"Uncle Bearded, can they really help us?"

"yes!"

"Don't worry, the abilities of these two people must be higher than that of the immortal master, and they will definitely be able to help us." The bearded man gritted his teeth and said, "The damn government is so shameful!"