Hearing this, Leng Yu shook his head and shouted angrily:
"In that case, why do you want to be a bandit? Doing things like robbing homes, killing people and stealing goods?"
Boss Liu paused for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"Don't get me wrong. Although I am a bandit, I will not bully the poor. The reason why I took this job this time is because of the high price offered by the other party. We neither recognize them nor you. I originally wanted to After finishing this work, I will retreat to the mountains for a while."
"But you are killing people. What if the other party asks you to kill us instead of us? What if you really succeed in killing people? Then you become murderers. If you kill enemy soldiers, it can be regarded as benefiting the people, which is commendable. It’s a shame, but you killed innocent people, how dare you say that you haven’t done anything evil?”
Leng Yu's words made Boss Liu lower his head, and the other bandits scratched their heads and looked at each other.
Someone among them whispered,
"Bandits like us can't take off the hat of bandits no matter where they go, and they go into battle to kill the enemy. The common people have to run away when they see it."
"That's right, who wants to be a bandit, but isn't he forced into desperation?"
"We also want to go into battle and kill the enemy, so someone needs to use us."
"..."
Listening to the mutterings of these people, Boss Liu suddenly looked up at Leng Yu, clasped his fists with a solemn expression and said:
"Prince Yu, I heard that you are now the general of the country. How about this? You let us follow you. We can do anything we want, as long as we have food to eat. In this day of licking blood on the tip of a knife, we can't Enough is enough."
Leng Yu thought for a while, frowned and looked at the ground, then raised his head and said solemnly:
"It's a good thing to be able to change evil and become good. Let's give you a chance to redeem yourself and make meritorious service. You can stay put on Langtou Mountain for now. When I finish the matter here, I will come to you. But you must remember that if someone comes to you again, You have to find a way to hold the other party down first, and I will tell you what to do later."
Hearing this, Boss Liu scratched his head in confusion, and then asked:
"The people who hired us to kill you will definitely come again, what do we say?"
Leng Yu's eyes flashed for a few times, then he raised his eyebrows and said:
"Tell them that they didn't kill them when they left, but they can kill them when they come back..."
Although his words were simple, Boss Liu seemed to understand a little bit.
After thinking for a while, he hurriedly cupped his fists and said:
"Thank you for your trust, Lord Yu. We will definitely do what you said. We all have no family or job. As long as we have a place to eat, it will be of great help to us. We will definitely not let down Lord Yu." I’ll treat you well, so I won’t embarrass you.”
Leng Yu frowned and waved to them:
"Go ahead, I still have something to do. If you have any news, send someone to Quan City to find me."
"I understand, my lord, please rest assured."
Leng Yu waved to them and said:
"You go back, don't let anyone find out the clues."
After receiving the order, Boss Liu and others hurried back to the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, A Cai and A Hong knelt down in front of Luo Lan and Leng Yu with pale faces, and kept admitting their mistakes.
"Your Majesty, Princess, we have caused trouble for you, please punish us."
Leng Yu looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and whispered to Luo Lan:
"Your girl, you can handle it yourself. I'll wait for you over there."
After saying that, he chuckled at her and turned around to leave.
Luo Lan looked at the two people kneeling on the ground. They looked a little embarrassed.
She pursed her lips, stepped forward to help them up, looked at their dirty faces, and said distressedly:
"Why are you so stupid? Didn't we ask you to go back to Prince Yu's Mansion to get the money and then go make a living? Why are you still following us all the way?"
The quick-tongued Ah Cai answered first:
"We have long said that the person who is born as a princess will die as a ghost of the princess. Since you don't want to see us, then we will secretly watch you. This time we were wrong again and caused trouble to you and the prince. You Don’t be angry, we will never dare to do it again.”
Ah Hong lowered his head, biting his lip and said:
"We didn't expect to be caught by these bandits. Fortunately, the prince was kind to the bandits. Otherwise, if the prince and princess were injured because of us, then we would be the most evil people, and it would not be a pity for us to die."
"Don't die, damn it."
Luo Lan raised his hand, wiped the corners of their eyes, and said displeasedly:
"I'm really not used to you not being around me these days. That's all. Even if what happened in the past is over, no one should mention it again in the future. Come back!"
A Cai and A Hong were stunned for a moment as if they didn't understand what she said. Then they both looked up at her and asked timidly:
"Princess, what did you just say?"
Luo Lan looked at their pitiful looks, nodded heavily and said:
"I said, as long as you realize your mistakes and correct them, come back. Think before you do anything in the future, and don't do things you shouldn't do again."
Hearing this, Ah Cai and Ah Hong both knelt down. Ah Cai even raised his right hand and swore:
"Princess, don't worry. A Cai has understood something these days. What the princess warned A Cai before was right. A Cai admires the Duke of the country, and it is definitely not an affair between a man and a woman. A Cai is wrong. A Cai will not dare to do anything more in the future." With one look at the Duke, Ah Cai knows what he should and shouldn't do, and that matter will also rot in Ah Cai's belly."
Seeing how sincerely she said it, Luo Lan pursed her lips and nodded heavily,
"Okay, let's let this matter rot in the stomachs of the three of us."
After saying this, she looked back at Leng Yu, who was standing in the wind waiting for her, and turned around and said:
"Let's go, Your Majesty still has a lot of business to do."
A Cai and A Hong were naturally happy to be able to serve the princess again. They followed Luo Lan happily, like two little rabbits that had just been pardoned.
Regarding the two of them leaving and coming back, Xiao Lingzi and others were curious and asked them the reason for leaving. A Cai and A Hong kept silent, and they simply stopped asking any more questions.
Sitting in the carriage, Luo Lan also felt much more relaxed.
Leng Yu looked at her with a smile and asked softly:
"Lan'er is happy?"
She looked back at him, blinked her eyes slyly and nodded,
"Well, happy."
Leng Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly:
"I know who the person who paid to kill me this time is."
Luo Lan raised his eyebrows and asked with curiosity:
"who is it?"
Leng Yu raised the corner of his mouth and said disdainfully:
"Wu Yuanzhang, Wu Hong, and Leng Yun."
After saying this, he opened the sedan curtain door and said to Xiao Lingzi:
"Don't rest on the way, go straight to Quan City."
When he lowered the sedan curtain door, Luo Lan asked worriedly:
"It's so abominable that they tried to kill you over and over again. Anyway, the emperor also asked you to seize Wu Hong's military power as soon as possible. Why don't you do it earlier."
Leng Yu looked calm, thought for a moment, and then shook his head gently.
"Your father said before we came out that we can't rush this matter, we have to find a reasonable and convincing reason. Otherwise, if we rashly seize his military power, it will cause dissatisfaction among the northern ministries, and may cause dissatisfaction." Necessary strife.”
"But they always want to kill you. It's too dangerous."
"Ah!"
Leng Yu pulled a fearless and helpless smile from the corner of his mouth, and then said:
"The law of the jungle is not only the law of the animal kingdom, but also the law of human survival. If they don't kill me, I will get rid of them sooner or later. It depends on who can survive to the end..."
