"What a good man, why did you call us strong men when we first met? I'm willing to listen to our teachings."
Facing the young man who was on guard with a stick, Zou Run smiled slightly, stopped the movements of his followers, took the initiative to speak and stretched out his hands to indicate that his hands were empty.
Mingren didn't say anything secretly. He was the largest green forest force in Dengzhou. Even when he arrived in Zou Run, Cangzhou, he didn't bother to hide his identity. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he was indirectly admitting it.
"Um?!"
When the man heard this, his thick eyebrows furrowed, he was surprised and suspicious.
He was very smart, and he understood the twists and turns contained in this sentence in just a short moment. But maybe it was the first time he saw a thief who openly admitted his identity as a strongman, or maybe he was touched by the free and easy nature of a thief who had revealed his identity. When the man saw Zou Run approaching empty-handed, he uncharacteristically gave up. He let go of his guard and put away the stick in his hand, but still tensed his body, ready to react at any time.
"You don't look like it, but your companion has a bit of a strong man's aura, but it's not very strong. If I hadn't bumped into him, it would have been difficult for others to see through."
Seeing that this man was very organized and spoke with confidence, Zou Run was even more happy. He did not hide the smile on his face, and asked questions with a smile as he continued to approach.
"Oh? Others can't see through it. How can you, hero, see through it at a glance?"
Just as these words scratched the man's itch, the man slapped the stick in his hand on the ground, held his head high, and answered with full confidence:
"Humph, there's only one reason, it's just because I've seen it a lot. I've seen battles like this at least three or five times on the road, how could I not recognize it?"
"Oh? The good man met four or five thieves along the way, but he seems to be safe and sound now. I'm afraid those thieves don't dare to cause trouble anymore."
"Of course! I, Wu Song, can't stand it in my eyes! If a strong man like this, who harms the countryside and harms the lives of his beloved people, bumps into me, he will die! With my stick, I have knocked down seven or eight scumbags at least. Thieves, two of them were killed by those who were very evil!"
This person is indeed Wu Song! Zou Run was overjoyed when his conjecture was verified. He couldn't help but secretly thought that with such stature, such courage, and such heroic words, it would only be appropriate to come from the mouth of Datora Wujiro.
But Zou Run, who was overjoyed alone, didn't notice that his and Wu Song's questions and answers had already angered the followers behind him.
To be precise, it was Wu Song's answer that angered the hero.
Those who can go down the mountain as Zou Run's personal followers are all heroes carefully selected from thousands of people in Dengyun Mountain. They are proud of what they do, and they respect their village master like a god. But in front of the village leader, the old man, the man in front of him turned out to be a "strongman" on the left and a "scum thief" on the right. Not only was he arrogant and rude, but he opened and shut his mouth to hit or kill him, which immediately aroused public outrage.
"How brave! This guy dares to show off in front of us!"
"Discourteous! You must know what kind of person is standing in front of you, how dare you be so disrespectful!"
"Now that we have captured this guy, we must teach him what a true forest hero is!"
The crowd was furious, and before Zou Run could say anything, someone had already pulled out the long knife at his waist.
Facing a group of capable people behind Zou Run who were picking and devouring others, Wu Song was not only unafraid, but laughed loudly and came to greet them with a stick.
"Hahaha, I don't care who you are! In my eyes, Wu Song, they are just strong thieves. Come on! Come on! If you wait for a moment, Wu Song is not a hero if he utters the word "fear" in his mouth!"
Takejiro is Takejiro. He is unafraid in the face of danger and is not alarmed by any changes. When faced with a strong man several times his own, not only does he have no intention of retreating, but his fighting spirit is high. He spreads a short stick with eyebrows in his hand horizontally, creating an offensive and defensive posture. A fierce posture.
"Presumptuous!" Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Zou Run no longer cared about maintaining the city's magnanimity, but instead yelled angrily.
He turned around, placed his unprotected back in front of Wu Song, widened his tiger eyes, and cursed with his halberd finger:
"No wonder this good man can see through your identity at a glance! Are you still gangsters? How many times have I told you that when you enter Dengyun Mountain and come to my side, Zou Run, you can no longer do what you did in the past! Good people and common people If you scold a strong thief a few times, you will kill someone soon? Are the people scolding you wrong? Only when you are upright are you not afraid of a slanted shadow. You have done upright, and it is too late for the people to praise you. How can they scold you and wait?"
Zou Run loved the group of men behind him who could throw their lives and shed blood. It seemed that he was still too arrogant and pampered them. Others teased them with words, but they dared to draw their swords at each other without receiving orders, saying To put it nicely, this is a sign of morale; to put it worse, it means that the soldiers are arrogant!
"The one who just drew the sword will come out! The one who cursed will come out!",
Zou Run, who is well aware of the importance of military discipline, realized that this trend must not rise!
"Although the iron face is not there today, the military law of the village is there. According to the regulations, each person is punished with thirty military sticks. At present, military affairs are in hand. Each person will receive ten sticks first as a warning. The remaining twenty sticks will be sent to you later. After returning to the mountain, go to the Military Law Office to pick up the stick."
"Everyone has it! Execute immediately!"
"Got the order!"
Zou Run gave an order, and without saying a word, the red-faced men formed a group of two and beat each other hard with their military sticks.
The sound of waving sticks, the sound of sticks clashing with each other, and the painful groaning echoed in the big willow forest.
This scene made Wu Song on the side stunned.
This is still a bandit and strongman. This posture of imposing orders and prohibitions is probably even more concessions than the elite imperial army of the imperial court.
Wu Song didn't know that Zou Run's head-on scolding just hit these people's hearts and completely woke them up. This group of followers are all men who are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect Zou Run at any time. Zou Run usually teaches them principles and gives them favors, but these measures not only win over people's hearts, but also increase their arrogance.
On weekdays in the village, except for the village leader and the leaders, they never paid attention to anyone else. This trend has not changed for a day or two, but Zou Run often goes down the mountain, and every time he goes down the mountain, he only takes a few people with him at most. Along the way, I only knew one thing about this group of people's virtues but not the other. Fortunately, Wu Song's unintentional words broke this layer of paper today, otherwise there would really be a big hidden danger hidden around Zou Run.
The crackling sound of military sticks resounded through the big willow forest, and Zou Run looked at this scene with a livid face.
With the leader of the village personally overseeing the execution, no one dared to spare any effort. After one group was beaten, another group would be replaced. For a moment, the sight of military sticks flying up and down in response to the sound of trumpets fell into Wu Song's eyes, and there was a faint sense of orderly and strange beauty.
Seeing that the military law was over, Zou Run was still livid and angry.
"These ten sticks are just for you to remember and repent of your past mistakes. If you do it again in the future, you don't have to stay with me anymore, so please come down from the mountain! There is no place for people like you on Mount Yun!"
After saying that, Zou Run turned around, bowed deeply to Wu Song, who was a little at a loss, and thanked him:
"Without Erlang's words, Dengyunshan's military discipline would have almost started to deteriorate from Zou Run's side. This is the virtue of guarding against the slightest, and Zou Run would like to express my gratitude."
