Wei Ying frowned again. Just as he was about to kick out, the bearded man took a deep breath and roared:
"Big Brother!"
"???" The cold look on Wei Ying's face cracked.
Seeing that the other party's killing intent was gradually subsiding, the bearded man continued to bravely speak up, "Big Brother! Please take this little brother as your apprentice! Big Brother is highly skilled in martial arts and good-looking! This little brother is truly convinced and has admiration for you! Even if I have to serve you day and night like a beast of burden, I will never utter a single word of disagreement! If you take me in, I can even see you off in your last days!"
Wei Ying finally kicked out with the leg he had just retracted.
Admiration for what?
Love???
And see off what?
See off in one's last days???
Go to hell with you!
Wei Ying felt that he was infuriated to curse for the first time in his life.
In the past, he would just draw his sword and fight.
But this fool, apparently...
Even if he were to kill him, this fool would still praise him:
Big Brother's strike doesn't hurt at all!
Chu Qing beside him trembled violently. If she didn't think it would be too unseemly to burst out laughing, she really would have laughed hard enough to shake the mountains.
This fool was really cute in his foolishness!
He even wanted to see Wei Ying off in his last days!
Pfft hahaha! Chu Qing held back her laughter so hard that tears welled up in her eyes.
After being kicked away by Wei Ying, the bearded man crawled back.
As he crawled, he felt secretly excited in his heart.
The kick Big Brother just gave wasn't as painful as the previous ones!
He must have been touched by his words just now!
He just felt a bit embarrassed!
Thinking of this, the bearded man quickened his crawling speed. He crawled back to the other's feet again, looked up, and continued pitifully, "Big Brother! Please have mercy on Hua'er and these weak brothers!"
Chu Qing finally couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.
What was this bearded man's name?
Hua'er?
No, no. If she kept laughing, she might faint.
Thinking of this, Chu Qing immediately leaned against the big tree beside Wei Ying to catch her breath.
After the bearded man finished speaking, the strong man who had been following him crawled over too. His huge body trembled as he said, "Yes, Big... Big Brother! What Big Brother Hua'er said is right. Please have mercy on us! Look at how thin and weak I, Cao'er, am. I haven't eaten for a whole day."
Well...
Chu Qing bit her lips tightly to hold back her laughter.
It seemed that this bearded man was really called Hua'er.
And this "thin and weak" strong man should be called... Cao'er.
Then Chu Qing glanced at the thin man who was still holding two broken sticks and sobbing, and asked, "What's your name?"
The man stared blankly and then seemed to hold back his tears as he replied softly, "I'm Yan'er."
Hua'er, Cao'er, Yan'er...
Well...
Chu Qing silently covered her face, her body shaking violently.
After that, the others also crawled over clumsily, surrounding Chu Qing and the others. They all vied to speak:
"Big... Big Sister-in-law! My name is Da Zhuang!" A thin and short man spoke first.
"My name is Xiao Cui!" A dark and fat man followed.
Then the others reported their names one by one.
"Big... Big Brother! Please take my big brother as your apprentice! If he becomes your apprentice, he will surely lead us to... to that thing called ascending to the clouds in one step!"
"That's called rising steadily in officialdom! If you don't understand, shut the fuck up!"
"Ah! Yes! Rising steadily in officialdom!"
"Rising steadily in officialdom is for those in official positions! Do you want to be an official or something?"
"Can we be in official positions?"
"Stop daydreaming!"
The crowd was chattering noisily. Afraid that Chu Qing would have a headache, Wei Ying silently pulled her behind him.
Then he said expressionlessly and in a deep voice, "Shut up."
"Ah! Big Brother is so imposing when he gets angry!" Xiao Cui said in a low voice with shining eyes.
Wei Ying rubbed his temples and patiently continued, "Looking at you... well... you seem quite simple and honest. Why are you bandits here?"
The crowd finally quieted down and then hung their heads and sighed.
The bearded Hua'er also heaved a heavy sigh and said, "If our families had money, who would do this? Especially a group of bandits recently emerged from the neighboring mountain and robbed food with our brothers. In the past, we just came out to ask for some money to fill our stomachs and then left. But now it's different. They take everything. If we still do as we did before, it would seem that we are really useless."
Wei Ying narrowed his eyes, looked behind them, and continued unhurriedly, "Since you're poor, where did you get these horses?"
The bearded Hua'er's eyes dimmed a bit. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "These ten horses were snatched from the neighboring mountain bandits at the cost of twenty brothers' lives. Actually, we found these horses first. But they occupied them first."
"If you're hungry, why didn't you kill the horses?" Wei Ying continued to ask.
"These horses are like our twenty brothers. How could we possibly eat our brothers!"
The smile on Chu Qing's face gradually faded, and her eyes were filled with a complex look.
Then she pulled Wei Ying aside and whispered, "How about... taking them in as outer disciples? Well, not exactly as disciples. You can just simply teach them some skills to survive. Anyway... you've already taken in Ba Te Er."
Hearing this, Wei Ying looked solemn.
He... was a prince!
But after silently complaining in his heart, Wei Ying began to think seriously.
If he took them into Po Huang, to be honest, it would be like pushing these people to their deaths.
If he really left them alone, he would feel a bit uncomfortable just like Chu Qing.
There were indeed many such people in the world, but since they had met, they should help if they could.
Thinking of this, Wei Ying turned around and instructed Wei Er beside him, "You stay here for a while and teach them something. As for what to teach, you can decide for yourself. As long as it's not for doing evil and can allow them to have enough to eat and stop doing things that harm others for a living, that's fine."
Wei Er was a bit confused by this sudden instruction, but he quickly came to his senses and readily agreed.
"What are you doing!" A sudden shout came from afar.
Chu Qing and Wei Ying both turned around and saw several figures riding horses towards them.
When the others got closer, Chu Qing finally saw who they were.
Well...
Familiar faces.
Wen Yi, Wen Huan, and Nangong Jin.
It wasn't surprising that these three were together since they were related.
But what did this sudden shout mean?
It was really annoying.
Nangong Jin smiled when he saw Chu Qing and the others. But before he could greet them, Wen Huan said coldly:
"Your Highness the Prince of Ning and Princess of Ning are going too far, aren't you? You've beaten up our people from the Eastern Barbarians for no reason! You may have noble status, but you can't just kill people recklessly like this!"
Chu Qing stepped forward. Although she had to look up at the other person, her aura made Wen Huan tremble a bit.
"Little girl, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. Which of your almond-shaped eyes saw us killing people recklessly?"
Wen Huan uncomfortably shrank back a bit, and then took a quick look around with her peripheral vision.
Well...
No one was actually dead.
But...
It was still wrong to hurt people! And...
Those horses lying motionless in the distance... were they dead?
"Ah! Princess of Ning! You killed their horses!"