Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 74: Chapter 76

Li Hao smiled secretly, and suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Bring it up!"

As soon as the words fell, the crowd suddenly parted. Lu Yun pushed a heavily tied man over. This man was wearing a Taoist uniform with disheveled hair covering his face. However, everyone recognized it at a glance. Could it be that man? Liu Banxian?

When Wu Daniu saw Liu Banxian, he was furious and roared, "You monster has hurt us!" As he said that, he rushed forward and kicked Liu Banxian to the ground, then punched and kicked Liu Banxian, rolling all over the ground , screaming in pain, everyone felt relieved intuitively, and shouted: "Hit him hard, kill him, kill this liar!"

Li Hao watched quietly from the side, and after a while, seeing that Liu Banxian was vomiting blood from the corner of his mouth, he raised his hand and said, "Wu Daniu, stop!"

Hearing this, Wu Daniu gave up in embarrassment, spat at Liu Banxian before backing away.

Li Hao asked Lu Yun to help Liu Banxian to sit on the ground, and asked with a smile: "God stick Liu, it will be noon in a moment. By then, everyone will be waiting for you to pray for rain."

Liu Banxian was already beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face. When he heard this, his expression became even more ugly. Li Hao continued: "You must remember our bet, if you don't ask for rain, I will cut off your tongue Yo."

Liu Banxian turned pale with fright when he heard the words, and hurriedly called out: "Forgive me, my lord, please forgive me..."

Li Hao suddenly withdrew his smile, stared and shouted: "You want me to spare your life? Then you have spared the lives of the villagers in Shanghe Village!"

Liu Banxian was at a loss for words, he knew he didn't even have the heart to beg for mercy, he could only cry out in pain and try to win sympathy.

Seeing his dead appearance, Li Hao sneered: "Since ancient times, there have been many treacherous and evil people. Do you know what kind of people are considered treacherous and evil?"

Liu Banxian remained silent, Li Hao turned his head and asked the others: "Do you know what kind of person is a villain?"

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, and after a while, someone shouted: "House robbery!"

Another person said: "Murder and set fire!"

Others said: "**** Robbery!"

There were different opinions, but Li Hao shook his head, and none of the answers satisfied him.

Even Lu Yun and Du Hong were very curious, and finally Lu Yun couldn't help asking: "Then tell me, young master, what is considered a big treachery and a big evil?"

Li Hao said indifferently: "I think there are two kinds of treacherous and evil people. One is to betray the country and seek glory."

All the villagers were stunned. The word traitorous and begging for glory was too far away from them. Some people even heard it for the first time, and they could roughly understand the meaning of treason, but others did not know.

Lu Yun is a man of insight. He nodded and said, "One person's treason is very likely to bring the whole country into crisis. Such evil deeds are indeed at the top."

Li Hao continued: "The second is to harm the country and the people."

Lu Yun frowned and said, "You are talking about corrupt officials."

"Not necessarily." Li Hao pointed to Liu Banxian and said, "This person is a man who will bring disaster to the country and the people."

Liu Banxian hurriedly shouted: "No, the poor are not..."

Li Haomeng's eyes widened, and he shut up quickly in fright. Lu Yun asked curiously, "Why is he harming the country and the people?"

Li Haodao: "At present, the drought in Guanzhong is becoming more and more serious. This is a time of national calamity. All the people of the Tang Dynasty should work together to fight the disaster. This person is good. He took advantage of the natural disaster to deceive and deceive the victims, making the disaster victims even worse. There are not many people in the first place." The money and food were cheated by him, and the worst thing is, he even confuses the public with false rumors, encouraging the villagers to destroy my windmill, which is a life-saving windmill for thousands of acres of farmland in Shanghe Village, it is not a disaster for the country and the people.”

Lu Yun couldn't help nodding when he heard the words: "The young master is right, this person's death is indeed not a pity."

"Dead?" Li Hao shook his head helplessly, "I'm not qualified to execute him yet. After all, he only committed the crime of deceit. If he is handed over to the government, he will be released after a sentence of imprisonment at most. Maybe he can escape the famine. How about it, be sarcastic."

Lu Yun's expression suddenly became very exciting, and it took him a long time to say in disbelief: "How could this happen? Could it be that such a person is allowed to get away with it?"

"Get away with it?" Li Hao snorted coldly, "Do you think I will let him get away with it? Although I have no right to kill him, I made a bet with him. When noon comes, you will cut off his tongue and see what happens to him later." How dare you bluff!"

"Okay! Lord Li is wise!" Everyone cheered after hearing the words. It is exciting news that the wicked will be punished.

Liu Banxian trembled when he heard the words, knelt and climbed in front of Li Hao and begged bitterly: "Master Li, please forgive me this time, I know I was wrong, I will never dare again, please forgive me, I I will be a cow and a horse in this life to repay your kindness..."

Li Hao glanced at him indifferently, but said: "I can forgive you, you can ask the folks, are they willing to forgive you?"

"Cut his tongue, cut him..." All the villagers shouted, and the people in Shanghe Village shouted the loudest.

Seeing this, Liu Banxian knew that he was doomed this time, so he sat down on the ground with a look of hopelessness all over his face.

Li Hao was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "God stick Liu, I will give you another chance, how about this, I will give you two choices, the first one is to cut your tongue, the second one is to cut your tongue You are tied to a pillar, exposed to the scorching sun for three days, and you are not allowed to eat dripping rice, if you can survive this catastrophe, then I will spare you this time."

"Ah!" Liu Wenyan was dumbfounded. The two paths given by Li Hao felt like they were dead ends.

All the villagers agreed after hearing the words. After all, the weather is so hot and the sun is scorching like fire. After three days of exposure to the sun, he must be dead. This is more cost-effective than cutting his tongue. How could they object.

Seeing him in a daze, Li Hao reminded him with a smile: "Ghost Liu, you can think about it, do you want to spend the rest of your life as a dumb dog, or endure three days of suffering to fight for a chance?"

One step further into the abyss, one step back... It is a swamp, no matter how you look at it, there is not much hope. Facing the biggest choice in life, Liu Banxian is hesitant and has yet to make a choice.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he saw that he hadn't chosen, and said, "I'll remind you kindly, if you don't choose, then at noon, you won't be able to choose, just cut your tongue, now there is still about a stick of incense before noon , Du Hong! Burn incense!"

"Yes!" Du Hong replied, took out a stick of incense from somewhere and lit it, and then stuck it on the ground.

Liu Banxian was stunned when he saw this, Li Hao had already prepared everything, even brought incense sticks, this kind of person... so scary.

The incense sticks were burning bit by bit. The wind was strong outside, and the incense burnt very quickly. After a while, most of the incense sticks were burned, leaving only a small piece of fingertips. Li Hao reminded again friendly: "God stick Liu, Time is running out, why don’t you choose? If you don’t choose, you won’t have to choose.”

Liu Banxian's forehead was covered with sweat, as if he had just taken a shower. Fear, fear, excitement, anxiety... All kinds of complex emotions filled his heart, making his mind a mess.

Li Hao shook his head in disappointment: "It seems that you don't plan to choose, Lu Yun, prepare your knife."

"Yes." Lu Yun responded lightly, and pulled out a sharp knife with a cow's ear from his waist. The silver light was shining, and it was chilling to look at. When Liu Banxian saw the bright sharp knife, he trembled suddenly, and his body shook like sifting chaff. .

Lu Yun walked up to Liu Banxian with a sharp knife in his hand, and grinned, that expression looked like a regional devil to Liu Banxian.Lu Yun grabbed his hair with his left hand, brought the tip of the knife to his mouth, and seeing that his mouth was closed, he smiled ferociously: "You don't need to open your mouth, then I will cut off your lips first, and then pry off all your teeth. , and finally cut off your tongue."

Lu Yun's words sounded like a devil's voice, and Liu Banxian couldn't control it anymore. He broke down and shouted: "I choose, I choose exposure to the sun for three days, exposure to the sun for three days, woo woo woo...don't cut my tongue..." Liu Banxian burst into tears, then It looks really pitiful.

Li Hao was not moved at all, he waved his hand to let Lu Yun back, nodded and said: "Okay, since you have made a choice, let's start to implement it, Du Hong, go to the windmill tower to erect a pillar, make it firmer, and then Tie him up, and you send someone to guard yourself!"

"Yes." Du Hong took the order to retreat.

"Lu Yun, I will leave the rest of the matter to you." After speaking, he turned around and rode on the donkey egg, and walked away. All the villagers knelt down and shouted loudly, "Send the man from Lantian County."

In the evening of the same day, the leaves of the windmill were installed again, and the windmill started to work normally again. The villagers rejoiced and praised Li Hao for their confidence.

Not only that, but Li Hao also sent Lu Zhiye to Xiahe Village to build a wind-powered waterwheel. The terrain of Xiahe Village is low, and some ditches can lead to the farmland, so the drought in the farmland is not too bad, and it can last at least ten or twenty days. , but that is the limit.

It is said that Liu Banxian was tied to a wooden pillar under the windmill tower, facing the south. In just one day and one night, his lips were chapped, life was worse than death, his whole body was in a trance, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

On the second night, a figure appeared under the windmill tower, and his face was illuminated by the bright moonlight. It was actually Lu Yun. Lu Yun came to Liu Banxian with a military kettle in his hand. Liu Banxian raised his head with difficulty when he heard the footsteps. Seeing that it was Lu Yun, he was weak and startled and asked, "You...you...you..."

Lu Yun made a silent gesture, then unscrewed the military kettle, poured water into his mouth, fed Liu Banxian all the water in the pot, and then left.

With the addition of this pot of water, Liu Banxian's condition improved a lot, but after another day of exposure to the sun, he entered a half-dead state again.

At night, Lu Yun came again, just like the night before, fed Liu Banxian a pot of water, and left after feeding.

On the evening of the third day, Liu Banxian’s three days of exposure to the sun were over. Many villagers came to watch, and saw that Liu Banxian was like a dying lamb, at the mercy of others, without moving. died.

Li Hao ordered Liu Banxian to be carried back. Once he arrived at the mansion, he asked Shi Xiaoyun to cook a pot of porridge in the kitchen, and then fed it to Lu Yun. Every half hour, he fed a small bowl, not too much, and then he went to sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, the next morning, Li Hao woke up very early, just opened the door, but saw Liu Banxian kneeling in the corridor, like a wooden stake stuck there.

Before Li Hao could speak, Liu Banxian knocked his head on the ground and said in a crying voice, "Thank you benefactor for saving your life."

(End of this chapter)