latelenovela Chapter 307 Hostages
Chapter 307 Hostages
Chapter 307 Hostages
Seeing that he couldn't get Wang Qiang to cooperate through sleep, Sheng Liang left in anger.
Wang Qiang said to Niu Guangdou and Magistrate Ma, "Could you two do me a favor? Do you have any information on the bandits in the mountains?"
Niu Guangdou was the prefect of Kaifeng, and he really didn't know about this. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know."
Magistrate Ma did know a bit about it, and he said, "The county government does have some case files of crimes committed by bandits."
Wang Qiang said with a smile, "Thank you for your help, Lord Ma. Please send someone to deliver the case file to me as soon as possible."
Magistrate Ma nodded repeatedly and instructed his yamen runners to carry it out.
In no time, the case file was delivered to Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang quickly gathered all the men he could muster and said, "From now on, everyone take your men and arrest people for me. Arrest all the bandits and their entire families. If they dare to arrest my sister-in-law and nephew, I'll tie up their whole family and see who kills the most!"
Upon hearing this, the bosses of the Hanshan Group all broke out in a cold sweat. What if something happened to the wife and child?
Wang Qiang noticed everyone's worry and said with a smile, "Don't worry, we don't need to kill too many. There are over a thousand people on the mountain, right? After their families are all in our hands, I'll kill at most a hundred families, and then the bandits on the mountain will have to respectfully release your sister-in-law!"
"Young Master Qiang, this matter is too risky!"
"Yes, Young Master Qiang, if Mr. Liu were to be murdered, we would have no face to face the principal!"
"Young Master Qiang, why don't we wait until the principal arrives and then ask him how to handle this matter?"
The others did not approve of Wang Qiang's plan.
Wang Qiang frowned and said irritably, "How about this, I'll only kill the entire families of 10 bandits. Just 10 people. The rest of the bandits' families are in our hands. They won't dare to harm my sister-in-law and her children!"
Seeing Wang Qiang's insistence, the others had no choice but to comply.
In less than a day, all the armed forces of the Hanshan faction in Mu County were mobilized, and the entire Mu County was in a state of panic, with the people thinking that something terrible had happened.
The next morning, Wang Qiang obtained the families of 800 bandits. However, the information was incomplete; he didn't know the identities of all the bandits on the mountain, and some of them were homeless bachelors.
After breakfast, Wang Qiang led his men, escorting more than four thousand bandit family members, to the gate of the mountain stronghold.
Wang Qiang ordered that the bandits' families be arranged separately according to their household status.
Wang Qiang, brandishing his broadsword, addressed the family members: "You have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to shout into the stronghold. First, you must ensure the safety of my sister-in-law and her child if your relatives in the stronghold are there. Second, make them come out and surrender immediately. If they don't surrender, I will kill the entire families of 10 bandits every incense stick's time."
Upon hearing this, the family members turned pale with fright and immediately shouted towards the mountain stronghold.
"Er Gouzi, you must ensure the safety of the hostages inside. Surrender and go home now! Otherwise, they will kill our whole family!"
"San Gouzi..."
In no time, groups of bandits from the mountain stronghold arrived at the gate.
"Brother! You have to think of something! My whole family is right outside the door!" the second-in-command said, his voice trembling with tears.
"Big brother, and my whole family too." The third leader's entire family was also outside the door.
Jiang Hongbao frowned deeply. He counted the brothers; there were over a thousand in total, and more than eight hundred of their families were outside. What should he do?
"Bring the hostages over! If they dare to harm our brothers' families, we'll skin them alive!" Jiang Hongbao shouted.
"Yes, yes!" The bandits were ruthless, and at this moment they all felt that they had a bigger hand.
"Bring Sheng Liang out! I need to talk to him!" Jiang Hongbao shouted.
"Haha!" Wang Qiang laughed, took a few steps forward with his broadsword, and said, "Jiang Hongbao, right? My name is Wang Qiang, and I'm in charge here! I advise you to release my sister-in-law and nephew quickly, otherwise, you'll be gone in a stick of incense, no, there's only half a stick of incense left."
Wang Qiang solemnly said, "Listen up, bandits inside. I know I can't capture all your families. Some, like Jiang Hongbao, are just pitiful wretches with nowhere to go. But let me make this clear: if my sister-in-law and her son suffer even the slightest injustice, I will not only kill you, but I will kill your entire family. Even if I don't capture some of your families now, sooner or later, I will wipe them all out! You must rest assured about that!"
"You dare!" Jiang Hongbao said coldly.
"Haha!" Wang Qiang laughed and said, "Now I'll just kill off the whole family of a random bandit to show you. You unlucky bastard, you can't blame me. If you want to hate someone, hate your older brother for being so blind to my wits and daring to provoke me!"
After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he walked back and said, "Bring out the whole family of a bandit."
"No!"
"Help!"
"The child's father!"
The four people were pushed in front of Wang Qiang.
Without saying a word, Wang Qiang raised his knife and brought down four heads.
"You dare kill my whole family! I'll kill the hostage! It's a fight to the death!" At this moment, the bandit in the mountain stronghold whose whole family had been killed had bloodshot eyes and rushed towards Liu Rushi and her son with a knife.
"Stop him!" Jiang Hongbao quickly ordered.
"Huh?" Jiang Hongbao turned around and saw that before he could give any orders, the third leader had already killed the man with a single blow.
Jiang Hongbao frowned; he had a bad feeling. He noticed that the other leaders were all closely protecting Liu Rushi and her son, and their trusted confidants were also around them, all on high alert as if facing a formidable enemy. However, they weren't wary of the government troops, but rather of Jiang Hongbao and his confidants.
Seeing this, Wang Qiang chuckled inwardly. The young master was right. Only by being more ruthless than the enemy could you make them afraid. Once the enemy was afraid, they were doomed to lose.
“Jiang Hongbao, you have half an incense stick’s time to think it over. When that time is up, I will kill the entire families of nine more bandits. But I don’t know whose family they are. They are all born of the same parents, so it’s not right to kill anyone’s whole family. But you can’t blame me!” Wang Qiang said with a smile.
"Guards! Bring the hostage here!" Jiang Hongbao struggled desperately, trying to coerce Wang Qiang into stopping immediately.
"Brother!" the second-in-command said with a wry smile, "We bandits can't just kill hostages indiscriminately!"
"Pfft..." Jiang Hongbao felt like crying. Second brother, what the hell are you saying? Haven't you killed enough people?
"Young Master Wang, rest assured, with us protecting Madam and Young Master, no one will dare to harm them!" the second-in-command hurriedly said to Wang Qiang.
"A wise man knows when to yield, and the second-in-command is truly responsible! I'm telling you, brothers in the stronghold, Jiang Hongbao is a complete idiot! He dares to kidnap anyone; he's trying to kill your whole family! I think you should elect the second-in-command as your leader," Wang Qiang coaxed.
"Do you want to rebel?" Jiang Hongbao noticed that many people were looking at him with hostility.
Wang Qiang said with a smile, "The incense is almost burned out. If you don't elect a new leader soon, I'm going to kill someone!"
"How dare you! Who are you, to kill unarmed civilians!" someone suddenly shouted.