Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 202 202. Discussion
When Liu Pingkang, who had walked ahead, learned what had happened, he was so surprised he could hardly close his mouth.

They had dealt with these robbers before, and had let them pass after leaving them money. But today was different; instead of robbing them of their money, they were trying to assault them sexually.

"Brother, is there some misunderstanding between us?"

"I'm in a hurry to get to Lingnan to report back, so I hope you can help me out, brother." Liu Pingkang stepped forward, ready to expertly slip the silver note to the robber, but the robber instead blocked it with his knife.

"Brother, I know it's tough for you guys, but we're not having an easy time either."

This whole family, young and old, are counting on me to make a living.

My sister is having a tough time; she just became a widow and is currently making a huge scene at home.

As her older brother, of course I have to think about her. So, as long as you leave those men here, this trip will be over.

Anyway, these people are just prisoners. Losing a few won't be a big problem for you. Just pretend they're dead, leave the rest of the people with me, and I promise I can let you go three more times.

If Bai Suihe were here, she would give a thumbs up. Even the robbers have a business mind and know how to offer a package deal.

"How many sisters do you have?" Liu Pingkang knew that he had just ordered five men, and since this request was quite novel, he couldn't resist asking.

"I only have one sister," the robber said sadly. "She's the sister we brothers cherished, but I never expected her to have such a bad fate."

As his elder brother, of course I have to make plans for him.

"Then we don't need to take five of them," Guo Baozhu, who had just shrunk to the back, asked with dissatisfaction.

The robber looked at Guo Baozhu with gleaming eyes, "If you're a brother coming back with me, then I'll only take you."

"Why is this?"

“He comes from an honest family and is a police officer, which is much better than these prisoners. I don’t want my nephew to be implicated by them from the moment he is born.”

Gu Kaichen was furious. This was an insult to him. He was a scholar, how could he be inferior to a mere escort?

"As for why I need all five of them? I can let my sister choose carefully when we get back. If she likes them all, she can keep them. That way, just in case, I don't want my sister to be known as a jinx in the future."

Liu Pingkang finally understood: these five people were being taken back to be kept as backups.

"Is your sister a jinx?"

"Nonsense, who's spreading rumors?" The robber said angrily, hands on his hips.

A few muffled laughs came from the crowd. It seemed that the robber wasn't very bright; he had already forgotten what he had just said.

"Boss, you just said that," the henchman quickly stepped forward and whispered.

The robber was a little embarrassed and waved his hand, "I just blurted it out without thinking, you all forgot about it."

Don't worry, as long as they come with me, I will definitely treat them well.

"Once you cross out their deaths, they'll be part of our village."

Gu Kaichen and the others rolled their eyes at the same time; they would rather be convicts than stay and become robbers.

These bandits, they wouldn't even know when they'd be harvested themselves. No wonder the leader's sister is a widow; even if you prepared ten or a hundred husbands for her, if she took them out to rob every day, she was destined to remain a widow.

Liu Pingkang cleared his throat. "Brother, your request is too difficult. I really can't agree to it. After all, I can't silence public opinion."

I still have a task to complete, so don't force us to prepare for the worst. Why don't you ask someone else?

Liu Pingkang planned to shift the blame eastward first, hoping to get through this hurdle first.

As for others who dare to take this path, they either have sufficient military strength or have hired a security escort agency.

"You'd better leave them here today, or don't blame us for taking matters into our own hands." Thinking of his sister's aggrieved expression when he left this morning, the bandit leader began to order his men to prepare for action. "I just picked out a few people. Be gentle with them. Don't let them lose any limbs."

"Yes," the robbers were excited and started to rush forward with their knives, but Liu Pingkang drew his knife and blocked their way.

"You bunch of rabble should take a look at your current situation. There's a small hill over there. Why don't you stand on it and see how many of us there are now?"

The bandit leader was stunned. Apart from the guards who were armed, he didn't take the convicts in the middle seriously.

The younger brother was quick-witted; without their boss needing to reply, he immediately climbed up the small hill.

Seeing the endless line behind him, the underling couldn't help but swallow hard. "My God, how many people are there? And I think I even see the flag of a security escort agency."

"Boss, this is terrible!" The underling stumbled back to the group and whispered what he had just seen.

The robbers were sweating profusely; they had really messed with them this time.

No wonder they didn't seem to have been plundered much earlier. Why didn't they send someone to inform them so they could at least have taken cover?

"I didn't expect you to have a companion this time, but you might want to consider my suggestion."

Liu Pingkang looked at Gu Kaicheng and his group. They looked decent enough and had an honest and simple appearance, so it was no wonder that they could fool the robbers.

If we really take these people back, the boss's sister probably won't be a widow anymore, but she'll definitely die young.

"Brother, please do me a favor this time and make way for me," Liu Pingkang sighed. He was willing to make a deal with these people so that at least for the next few years, this section of the road would be peaceful.

But as he said, he couldn't silence the public opinion.

Furthermore, with the Third Prince behind the Gu family, no one knows when this family will be exonerated. If they want to settle scores with him later, he will be in danger.

He stuffed the ten-tael silver note back into the other person's hand. It seemed that when they reached the next post station, they would have to talk to the manager about raising the prices, otherwise they would have lost money on this trip.

"Alright," the robber was quite pragmatic; he never fought a fight he couldn't win, and he told his brothers to make way for him.

He would then bring two brothers to block the way, and he would always collect a small bribe from each car that passed by.

These people were used to "tolls," and those who didn't want to cause trouble obediently paid the money.

When it was the Gu family's turn, Gu Kaichen hid behind Gu Kaiping as usual.

"Really, don't you want to reconsider? My sister is quite pretty." Seeing Gu Kaichen, the bandit leader was still somewhat unwilling. "If you follow my sister, you won't have to suffer this exile anymore."

The environment here is better. If you really go to Lingnan, you'll regret it later.