Chapter 30 - Slaughter
The peak of the mountain was reflecting bright sunshine and stood out, in stark contrast, from the deep blue sky behind it. A muddy, winding road crossed along the foot of the mountain, and there were rarely any travelers on it.
Wearing standard armor and a custom long sword, Wu Qi was riding on a deer with a single horn on its head. He was examining the windy road beneath him. The deer was nibbling on some moss on a rock, grinding its teeth against said rock.
Maybe the moss was not delicious, but the deer snorted unhappily and whipped its long tail out and hit Doggie on his face.
(Side note: If you forgot who is Doggie, refer to Chapter 7)
Doggie wiped his nose. He was wearing the same standard armor of the City Guards, and wore a smile on his face. He pushed the deer tail away, then extended his hand and stroked a twelve-foot-tall battle axe that was sitting beside him. The head of the axe was almost three feet in length. Without even needing to swing it, one can already tell how much damage this axe could cause.
One month ago, after the night of the assassin incident, Yi Yan and his brothers had stopped all their dirty tricks completely. They began to party every night, in an almost hysterical condition, playing and torturing their servant ladies and maids wantonly, as if they wanted to live their luxurious and extravagant lives for the few days they still could.
Within a month, Zhang Hu had brought back all the soldiers of the third battalion from Meng Village. Under the constant persuasion of Lu Chengfeng, Lieutenant Hu Wei, who was the commanding officer of the third battalion, joined him as his third right-hand man. Those five hundred elite soldiers under him had become Lu Chengfeng’s personal guards.
Not just them, Zhang Hu had also brought back six hundred strong young men from Meng Village, including Doggie. All of them were endurance filled men who could fight. With the stationed four thousand soldiers from Little Meng City, together with a huge amount of money and food support sent by Wu Qi, Meng Village didn’t need so many strong young men to protect their village, therefore, the elders of Meng Village had wisely agreed to send the six hundred strongest young villagers to Little Meng City.
No matter how hard they worked in Meng Village, they were still just a villager. By joining Lu Chengfeng and working in Little Meng City, these villagers might get themselves a brighter future. Those elders in Meng Village had wise minds, and their decision was wise too. These six hundred strong young men had been grouped into Lu Chengfeng’s personal guard on the day they arrived, besides this, Lu Chengfeng also took out a book, which was a secret skill of the Lu Family – ‘Mighty Ox Strength’ and gave it to these men from Meng Village.
One month later, the punishments for Yi Yan and his brothers, that had been made by the King of the Lu Kingdom, arrived in Little Meng City. Corruption and abuse of the law, failure to perform their duties, etc.. Yi Yan and his brothers had been sentenced with many offences, and Yi Yan himself had been removed from the position of Mayor, and Lu Chengfeng was appointed as the acting Mayor.
Everything ran according to Wu Qi’s plan, except the punishments for Yi Yan brothers. The attitude of King Lu made Wu Qi puzzled. The Yi brothers didn’t suffer from any further punishments, and they were only ordered to return to the Yi Family and shut themselves up to ponder over their own mistakes. Obviously, the Yi Family had used their connections to influence the decisions of their punishments. In the end, decides from losing their jobs, they required to be held responsible for any other matters.
“A snake will bite the hand of he who spared its life, the Yi brothers must die!”
Wu Qi sat firmly on the single horn deer, narrowing his eyes and looked far off in the direction of Little Meng City. This place was three hundred miles away from Little Meng City, and it was the only road that lead to Little Meng City. If Yi Yan and his men wanted to return to Ruyang, this was the only road they could use.
Doggie, with the same silly smile on his face, stroked the big axe again, then he slammed on Wu Qi’s shoulder with his hand and asked, “Big brother, when will the men you want to kill arrive?”
Wu Qi remained silent and thought for a while, then he nodded his head slowly and said, “Maybe another hour? They had too many coaches, and with so many women and other family members, plus the current road conditions, they won’t be reaching here for a while.”
Patted on Doggie’s shoulder, Wu Qi frowned and said, “Doggie, didn’t big brother Zhang Hu mentioned that we only want adults when he was at Meng Village? Why did you come back with him?”
Doggie’s smile suddenly disappeared, and, with a deep voice, he said, “My dad died, I need to support my mom and my younger siblings. By coming to Little Meng City, the acting Mayor will pay me well, also, I can practice with the ‘Mighty Ox Strength’ skill, that the young master gave us. This is so much more powerful than the inherited skill of Meng Village, why shouldn’t I come here?”
Clenching his fists tight on the axe, Doggie raised his head up proudly and stared at a passing cloud. with a smile, he said, “All the uncles in the village told me, women outside of Meng Village are tastier! I want to earn a lot of money, then I’ll buy few women from outside of the mountain and bring them back to Meng Village. I want to have children, a lot of my own children!”
Wu Qi was stunned by what he heard. Doggie’s ambitious dream had made him recalled Le Xiaobai. There was once when Le Xiaobai stood in front of the famous red light district in Amsterdam, Netherland, and he raised up his head up and shouted, “Give me women, I want a lot of women!”
Breathed out a long sigh, Wu Qi spoke helplessly, “Your name, Doggie, is an awful name, let me give you a new name? … How about Meng Xiaobai?”
Doggie nodded his head indifferently, he couldn’t tell if the name was good or bad, he replied straight forward, “Meng Xiaobai? Sounds good, so I’m Meng Xiaobai from now on!” He turned around, told the group of muscular men behind happily, “Folks, from now on I’m Meng Xiaobai, this is the name big brother Wu Qi gave!”
These muscular men were separated up into smaller groups of ten, and they were drinking some hard liquor. When they heard what Meng Xiaobai said, all of them raised their wine sacks high up and cheered. With extreme excitement, these men finished all the liquor in their wine sacks and, in an instant, their faces turned red and their necks became thicker, the veins on them had expanded visibly.
These tough guys were like a pack of mad bulls. With just a command from Wu Qi, they would sprint forward and ripped everything apart.
Mighty Ox Strength, the secret skill from the Lu Family. It was a perfect match for these tough and simple men from Meng Village. After just practicing it for twenty days, these men had become fearless, like those mad bulls, ready to strike on a weaving red cloth.
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