The group came to the backyard, and Luo Wenhua couldn't help but hold Pei Changhao and spoke in front of Su Chunhua, the old woman and the shopkeeper.

"Brother Pei, what's wrong, why did you do this? Have you noticed something abnormal?"

Pei Changhao still had no expression on his face. He looked at Luo Wenhua and pointed to the fluffy mud in the backyard and spoke.

"Brother Luo, if you walk over and smell it, you will definitely smell the smell of blood. If I expected it well, there might be a lot of unjust souls buried underneath."

The shopkeeper's face turned blue and his body couldn't help but start to tremble. When he looked at Pei Changhao, his eyes were filled with horror.

"You, who are you, why do you know this, these..."

Pei Changhao looked at the shopkeeper with a look of pity and hatred on his face.

"Shopkeeper, maybe you are a miserable person and can't survive and do such a despicable thing. Unfortunately, you meet our brothers and deserve to be done. As for the injustice souls buried under this land, I don't know, it was guessed."

The shopkeeper's body became weak and almost collapsed on the ground. Su Chunhua next to him grabbed him.

Pei Changhao looked cold and watched the shopkeeper speak again.

"Shopkeeper, you can tell me at this time. How many of you are? Are you going to do it in the middle of the night?"

When the shopkeeper looked up again, his face turned gray.

"You said it right. When we are about to be ugly, there are still six people in the other two rooms. They are waiting for my orders and will do it after you fall asleep..."

Luo Wenhua's face turned pale and his body trembled. He raised his hand and pointed at the shopkeeper and spoke.

"Shopkeeper, I see you are kind-hearted. You don't look like someone who runs a black shop. I can't imagine it, I really can't imagine it."

The shopkeeper was already slightly calm at this time. He looked at Luo Wenhua and spoke with a sneer.

"Young Master, if you can't survive, your family will be captured by the government army, your house will be burned, and you will have nothing. You will do such things, even more than I did."

Pei Changhao looked at the shopkeeper and sighed softly.

What the shopkeeper said must be the actual situation. There is no doubt that the cruelest thing Wang Chongrong, the former governor of Hezhong, did in the Hezhong area, was to let the soldiers under his command eat human flesh. Going forward, when Huang Chao rebelled, when the army was short of food, he slaughtered the people on a large scale, allowing the soldiers under his command to eat human flesh to fill their hunger.

As long as people in troubled times can survive, they can do anything.

From this perspective, it is not wrong to kill people by the shopkeeper to open a black store to survive.

Luo Wenhua had already lowered his head, his face turned a little red, and he did not answer. He followed his righteous brother Chang Xingru for many years. Chang Xingru was Wang Chongrong's general. Most of the things that Wang Chongrong needed to do were carried out by Chang Xingru, who was a general, and so Luo Wenhua must have seen these things.

The shopkeeper looked at Pei Changhao and spoke calmly.

"Young Master, we are destined to meet you. We blame us for not knowing Mount Tai. If you can let us go, we will thank you very much."

Pei Changhao waved his hand at the shopkeeper.

"Don't talk to me about the conditions, tell me where your nest is, how far away from it, how many people there are in your nest, are all the remaining people in the village doing such things?"

The shopkeeper sighed to the sky and his expression was slightly calmer.

"Young Master, there are not many people left in the village. There are only about 30 people in the elderly, weak, women and children. All the money and food we robbed were transported back to the village. Without these money and food, the people in the village would have been unable to survive. This place is not too far from the county town. Official troops often come. We have to hide from the official troops at all times. People in the village are caught by the official troops, either killed or sold, and become slaves. The inn is next to the official road and can also report to the people in the village."

A trace of cold light burst out from Pei Changhao's eyes.

"Shopkeeper, you are quite good at talking. There are more than 30 people left in the village. You rely on you to open a black shop to live. All the money and food you have obtained are taken back to the village. So, everyone in the village has to thank you. You have done it right. I believe that the second time may be like this. The village encountered war, and all the food and money were taken away. Everyone can't survive. So you have to stand up and let the remaining people in the village live. Unfortunately, your ideas and practices have changed long ago."

"You asked us to let you go, and said that you would like to thank you for your money. Where did you get the money? Since you can use it to save your life, why not take it out and let the villagers live a good life? This place is not very far from the county town. If you have enough money and food, you can go to the county town to live. There is no need to stay in this remote village."

"It's good to get it for nothing. Open a black shop next to the official road, robbing enough money, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food, living a comfortable life like this, and you won't even think about going back to the village to farm. As for the lives of others, what's this? Just kill it, kill it. Anyway, everyone does this..."

When the shopkeeper looked at Pei Changhao, a trace of cold light flashed in his eyes.

"So, the young master doesn't plan to spare my life. It's good that I'm living to this age, but I want to remind you that my brothers are cruel and ruthless, and they will never let you go."

Pei Changhao smiled slightly.

"Shopkeeper, you don't have to worry about this. Let's greet you brothers."

The shopkeeper lowered his head and stopped talking.

Luo Wenhua pulled Pei Changhao's sleeves and the two came to the kitchen.

"Brother Luo, there are no people around you. In my opinion, these people can be recruited..."

Pei Changhao sighed. He understood Luo Wenhua's meaning. If there is no one around him, nothing can be done well. As the saying goes, accumulating a small amount and sand making a tower. As long as you can gather strength from all aspects, you will always have the day when your strength will grow stronger.

As for selecting and employing people, they definitely couldn't take care of so many times during the special period. For example, Zhu Wen, who later became the founding emperor of Daliang, was born in a rebellious family, betrayed Huang Chao, gained the trust and value of the court, and gradually strengthened his strength.

"Brother Luo, I understand what you mean, but these people cannot use them."

Luo Wenhua's face was filled with a puzzled look, and he didn't understand very well.

"Brother Luo, we are now poor and have little strength, and we cannot protect ourselves. But we cannot be hungry and eat just because we are poor and useless. We will rather strengthen our own strength than be useless. For example, Su Chunhua and Su Chungui are something we can rely on. Our backbone forces must be capable people, at least not that complicated."

"These people open black shops, get something for nothing, kill people without blinking, and their minds have changed long ago. They are greedy for pleasure and profit-oriented. It is too difficult to make them truly surrender. If they are not careful, we are likely to follow them in."

"Those who follow us always need some pursuit and thought..."

Luo Wenhua understood Pei Changhao's previous words. Although he might not agree completely, he also thought it was good. However, Luo Wenhua didn't understand the last sentence very well.

Pei Changhao looked at Luo Wenhua who was about to ask, and waved his hand gently.

"Brother Luo, you will soon understand some things that we are brothers, and we prosper and lose both. So I am very cautious and everything must start from our own safety."

"Actually, after I entered the room, I found that there was something wrong with this inn. There was a trace of bloody smell in the room, and there was a mechanism under the bed, but I didn't tell you immediately, so as not to be unable to control your emotions and be discovered by the shopkeeper, but instead made a mistake. Later, I went to the backyard to see the land. The land was fluffy. Logically speaking, the shopkeeper should have planted some vegetables in the field. It would be a pity to be empty, or if he was unwilling to farm, it would be desolate and no one would take care of it. Moreover, I also smelled the bloody smell in the backyard."

"There is no grain or vegetables in the kitchen, nor is there any firewood or dead branches for making fire. Since it is an inn, even if there are no guests for half a month, some vegetables and other things should be prepared in the kitchen, and firewood must not be missing."

"The most suspicious thing is that the shopkeeper followed me to the backyard and looked at the old woman cooking, which was a threatening look."

"At this time, I basically concluded that this is a black store, specializing in killing money."

"Of course, one thing I have to make clear is that I cannot be completely sure that this is a black store. However, in my opinion, any signs that pose a threat to our survival must be eliminated without mercy. If we make a wrong judgment, we will give some compensation afterwards. In the future, we must be very careful when doing things. If there are any bad signs, we will cut them off as soon as possible."

When Pei Changhao said these words, his expression was very calm.

Luo Wenhua's face changed slightly. He always believed that Pei Changhao had extraordinary wisdom, extraordinary adventures, and good kung fu. If such a person had the opportunity, he would definitely achieve great achievements. But he could not have imagined that Pei Changhao had delicate thoughts and decisive determination to kill, which was really extraordinary.

"Brother Pei, how do you deal with the shopkeeper?"

"Just kill it and bury it in the backyard, and kill all the other six people. I think the money they robbed must be placed in the other two rooms. This money will be given to the old woman and we will take the rest away."

"But there are six people on the other side, they must be extremely vicious. If we start, we will not be sure."

"This is no problem. We take the initiative to attack and ask how many people there are in each room. Then, let the old woman help us, knock on the door and go in, and everything will be solved. However, we need to do it quickly and neatly. After we take action tonight, we will leave early tomorrow morning and rush to Wenchi County as soon as possible."

Luo Wen nodded. It seemed that Pei Changhao had arranged everything, and he didn't need to worry too much.
Chapter completed!