sin of nature

Everyone exclaimed, and they didn't know whether it was because he easily picked up the man who couldn't move even six strong men, or because of something else.

The few strong men on the side were very ashamed, and their faces were blue and red.

"My lord, why... just now we really couldn't move him at all... why is this—" One of them explained in a stumbling manner, lest Li Ran think that what they just did The performance is to fool him.

Li Ran nodded indifferently, and said, "Nothing, let's start smashing bridges."

He lowered his head and saw that the dirty young man was still motionless, and he didn't know where he was looking with those unusually clear and bright eyes.Sensing the change in his situation, he turned his eyes to look at the person in front of him, but without any further reaction, he turned again and continued to look at the sky.

Li Ran carried him step by step towards the bridge, ready to find a clean place to put him down.

His attendant greeted him, wanting to take the person in his arms, "My lord! Don't get your clothes dirty, I'll come."

Li Ran walked around his extended hand, shook his head and said: "It's nothing, you find a clean place, I'll put him down."

The attendant led him through the horrified crowd, "My lord, is this man heavy? Why didn't the six strong men move him a little bit, and you picked him up easily?"

Li Ran didn't quite understand, "But those six people don't seem to be pretending."

"Yeah, look at that sweaty man, they don't dare to fool you."

The attendants led him to a gazebo near the stone bridge and put him down, but the man still kept his original appearance.

Looking from the pavilion, people have already started throwing things at the bridge.

Li Ran looked down at the disheveled man, and asked the attendant, "I heard them say that this man is a homeless lunatic? I haven't heard any news of anyone missing. He... ..Are you abandoned by your family?"

There have been no beggars in Licheng for decades.Even if there are people who are in trouble due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, Li Ran will resettle them as soon as possible.I don't know when such a person appeared in the city, and he stayed like this for several months without supervision.

The attendant nodded and said, "I heard from the people around me that this man has always been in this half-dead state, lying under the bridge hole, silent and motionless, he may be some kind of lunatic..."

Li Ran frowned after listening to his words, looked down at the face that was so dirty that he couldn't see the facial features, thought for a moment, and said: "Take him home."

The attendant said, "I knew you would do this." Then he took a step forward, like Li Ran just did, to hug him up.

"Ah—" A scream suddenly sounded——

Li Ran turned around and looked at the hunched servant with an ugly face, with a puzzled look on his face.

"My lord, my waist is broken—"

"......"

There is a very handsome disabled person in the city lord's mansion.

I don't know if the news is true or not, but it spreads miraculously.Some people say that he is the younger brother of the city lord Li Ran, the illegitimate son of the old city lord, born with insanity, with atrophied limbs and unable to move.

"Poor thing, I heard that he is still a deaf-mute—"

"It's true that the city lord has a kind heart. When he meets such an illegitimate younger brother, he can still take care of him without hesitation."

Li Ran didn't hear a single word, and still asked someone to take care of his daily life. Although the other party didn't respond at all, raising him was like raising an idler.

Because of the big and small affairs in the city, he went out early and returned late all day long, and almost forgot that there was such a person at home.

Until one day, a group of robbers brought enough weapons and specially found a time when Li Ran was not around and came to the door.

The rule of Li City has always been that each household must pay a certain amount of food to the city lord every year according to a certain standard, and the food can be replaced by anything at the same price.

Some of these things are used for construction and consumption in various parts of the city, and some are privately owned by the city owner.

Li Ran already owns a large piece of land under his own name, and a lot of grain rent comes into his account every year, so he has never touched the things that are handed in every year.Every time the grain is stored in the granary in the west of the city, and the money is stored in the backyard, both places are guarded by special personnel.

The information that the money is hidden in the backyard of the mansion has always been known only to Li Ran and his attendants who have followed him for a long time, and for some reason, it leaked out and people are thinking about it.

Just after noon, several maids and servants in the mansion who were doing housework and meals were gambling on the porch, and just in the midst of their excitement, someone knocked on the front door with a heavy hand.

The gatekeeper was so absorbed in the game in front of him that he didn't hear the movement at the gate.

"There is a knock on the door, Li Si, go and answer quickly," the maid who helped the kitchen reminded.

Li Sigang won a lot of money, stuffed the string of money into his chest, and got up impatiently, "Which spoiler is here at this time?" He raised his foot and moved slowly towards the door.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-uuuuuuuuu

"What's the rush? This is the City Lord's Mansion—"

Before he could reach the door, the door had already been smashed open by someone from outside.

Standing outside the door were several men dressed in civilian clothes with weapons such as knives and axes, with fierce expressions.

At the same time, several other people came in through the side door, and they had already walked behind those who were still gambling.

"Ah!!" The servant girl screamed in horror, and then someone covered her mouth.

Li Si tilted his foot, fell down, and was pressed to the ground by someone, tremblingly begging for mercy, "Heroic man, spare my life! Good man, spare my life!".

Among the group, there was a man in brown cloth who seemed to be the eldest among them. His face was rigid and his facial features seemed to be carved out by a knife. He was rough and fierce, and he was tall and strong.

He pointed to the trembling domestic servants and asked the people around him to tie them up.

The crowd had never encountered such a thing before, and they were tied up in a pile on the sidelines.There were only two guards left, and the two searched the room side by side, while the rest followed the man in Tsing Yi to the backyard.

Li Si was trembling, and asked the people around him in a low voice, "Is this...the brown-clothed party on Yitu Mountain?"

The Brown Clothes Party is a group of bandits and robbers on the mountain at the entrance of Licheng, which has existed for almost as long as Licheng.At the beginning, there were only a few hunters in the mountains. Because there were rare mountain birds, they lived there and hunted for a living.

Later, because they didn't want to be punished, a group of people who committed crimes in Licheng fled to it, occupied Orion's house, wife and children, and began to become a den of bandits.

At the beginning, they were afraid that they would be discovered by others when they went down the mountain, and they would be arrested and punished, so they never went down the mountain.But one after another, many people heard about this place and fled here, all of them were people who had caused a catastrophe under the window, so they formed a group of very fierce robbers and gangsters, going down the mountain from time to time to rob the village households and caravans of passing pedestrians.

The previous city lords encircled and suppressed this bandit den several times, but they all returned without success, and even suffered heavy losses.

The reason why Yitu Mountain is called this name is because there are various natural barriers on the mountain, such as steep slopes, extremely deep ravines and dangerous slopes, it is difficult to climb over, so we have to find another way.

Naturally, this group of bandits had already figured out the geographical environment, but those who went up the mountain to suppress the bandits were like blind men.These bandits are fighting on the move again, and the mountain is covered with various checkpoints, all of which are manned, making it difficult to approach.

Therefore, this place has long been a thorn in Licheng's heart.

And this group of robbers had been in the limelight for the past ten years, and the city residents who lived near Yitu Mountain all moved in, not daring to have anything to do with them.

When Li Ran had not taken over the position of city lord a few years ago, he followed the bandit suppression team and fought against them. Although they did not win an overwhelming victory, they were evenly matched. For a long period of time, the surrounding area was very stable .

The Brown Shirt Party got this name because its youngest and very capable leader was always dressed in brown, hence the name.Legend has it that this leader is very ruthless. Under his governance, the chaotic interior of Yitu Mountain was governed by him in a strict and orderly manner, comparable to Li Ran's guard army.

The weeping servant girl also responded, "I heard... our lord had a feud with their leader because of the siege a few years ago... this time... could it be that we are here to exterminate the family?"

"Mie, Miemen—ah!" Li Si was knocked hard on the back by a disheveled robber standing upright with a knife handle, and let out a scream.

The man threatened viciously, "Say one more thing, I cut off your tongue!"

So a few people didn't dare to talk anymore.

One of the people who searched the room shouted loudly, "There is someone here! It seems to be Li Ran's disabled younger brother they mentioned. Fourth brother, do you want to keep it?"

The big man in gray said very annoyed, "Damn it, what does a cripple care about him?"

The few people who were tied up outside exchanged glances with each other.

This gang of robbers...... even the people in the house know so clearly.

After almost half a stick of incense, a man in Tsing Yi came to the front yard and called them, "Fourth brother, the boss said that there are too many things to take, so I will only leave you here, and the other three will go to the back yard to move things."

The big man in gray waved his hand, "Then go!"

Backyard, what's in the backyard?In the past, the passage leading to the backyard was sealed.

A group of people stared at each other, feeling uneasy and full of doubts.

After about a stick of incense, they finally understood.

The leading man in brown came out leading a dozen big men with packages on their hands and backs. Those black cloth bags were filled with bright gold.

The servants' eyes widened when they saw the gold.

The leader in brown clothes told them to load all the things into the car first, and he was not in a hurry to leave. He paced back and forth in the front yard, sighing in his mouth.

"The city lord's mansion is indeed very comfortable—it's not as poor as our Yitu mountain." He curled his lips, and looked at the people who were tied into a ball again.

"How long have you been following him?" This him naturally refers to Li Ran.

The crowd did not dare to speak out.

The gray-clothed man next to him got angry and scolded, "Damn! I'm asking you something! If you can't hear me, I'll cut it off for you!" Several people trembled.

A person replied tremblingly, "Almost five years."

"Oh——" the brown-clothed leader dragged his voice, thoughtful, "You have been following him for all these years, and there are so many gold bars in the backyard, but you don't have your share—tsk tsk, it shows that he treats you badly .”

Everyone dared not speak out to refute.

"How about it—" the brown-clothed leader clapped his hands and said, "You all saw those gold bars just now, and they are enough to live a nourishing life. Why are you serving others here? Come back to Yitu with me Shan, you don’t need to serve anyone, how about eating delicious food and drinking spicy food every day?”

Everyone was silent.

"I, He Li, never speak casually." He continued to induce, "You can ask all the brothers, I never say anything."

The big man in gray clothes next to him said to him, "Brother, don't tell them too much, they are worthy to go back with us?"

He Li raised one hand, stopped his words, and continued, "Even if you stay in this place for that little bit of loyalty, and wait for Li Ran to come back later, wouldn't he blame you? You know, this The money was handed over by all the subjects—if he loses it, if he wants to excuse him, he will definitely blame you. If you don’t leave now, are you going to wait for him to take you down?”

Everyone still said nothing, just looked down at the ground.

"I'll ask again." He Li said solemnly, "Do you want to go back to the mountain with me?"

"......." Still no one responded.

A trace of coldness flashed across He Li's eyes, and the corners of his mouth tightened.

The big man in gray kicked a servant girl on the back, "Damn it! I don't know how to flatter you!"

He Li turned his face away, with a gloomy expression, and pointed at the big man in gray, his voice was very cold, "In this case, fourth brother, you give them a ride—"

The gray-clothed man spat on the ground, and said in a rough voice, "Brother, I just sharpened my knife yesterday, so I promise you will use one knife at a time."

After hearing this, Li Si hurriedly jumped out and said repeatedly, "I am willing to go back with my elder brother! I am willing!"

He Li's face became colder, he sneered, and said word by word, "It's late."

As soon as the words fell, the man in gray brandished a knife and greeted Li Si first——

"what!!!"

"Crack-"

"Who?!"

The big knife didn't land on Li Si's neck in the end, but was hit by a small stone flying from nowhere, with such force that he lost his hand and fell to the ground.

He Li raised his head, and saw a young man dressed in aqua color appearing under the porch, his right hand palm was still open, and his eyes were calmly looking at his face.