Traveling through the ancient times

A group of yamen runners all knew that it was His Royal Highness the Prince who wanted to see them, so they straightened their appearance and went in, lined up in turn, waiting to be ordered.

The county magistrate saw that everyone was present and said, "Your Highnesses, everyone in the county government is here."

"Hmm." Lu Mingqian glanced at the yamen runners standing in a row. They were of different heights, weights and bodies.

"Lead the way for me, His Highness, to the Tianba Gang."

"Yes," everyone responded, then turned around and walked out.

Lu Mingqian and his companions followed closely behind. Of course, they would not rely on these few yamen runners to suppress the bandits. He had sent people to get reinforcements overnight, and they were already waiting at the city gate.

The guards on the boat yesterday who were not injured were also waiting outside the city. They were all angry. They were all people who had been to the battlefield, but they were robbed by a group of bandits. Who could tolerate this? They had to destroy his lair.

Gathering outside the city, a group of people marched towards Niutou Mountain in a mighty manner.

Two miles away from the mountain, Lu Mingqian stopped everyone and began to assign people. They took the guards and yamen runners from yesterday's boat and went up the mountain from the front, while the others divided into three groups to encircle them, ensuring that everyone on the mountain was captured in one fell swoop.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the bandits hiding in the trees and keeping watch discovered them and hurriedly went up to report to their leader, "Boss, the group of people on the boat yesterday brought the yamen runners up the mountain."

Wu Tianba didn't take it seriously. He thought it was the same as before and was just for show. Their Tianba Gang would send a lot of gold, silver and treasures to the county magistrate every month, and both parties had reached a consensus.

Those who had reported to the authorities brought the yamen runners up the mountain, and they beat them up severely. Those people were frightened, and the yamen runners pretended to be defeated and retreated. The matter was then over.

Wu Tianba thought that he failed to capture Lu Mingqian and his group yesterday because he did not bring enough people. He was still feeling regretful about it. He did not expect that they would come to him today on their own initiative. So he would teach these young people what it means to quit while you are ahead.

"Go call all the brothers in the gang over, and let's go meet these little bastards again." He had witnessed the fighting power of Lu Mingqian and his group yesterday, so he did not dare to underestimate them. Naturally, the more people the better.

"Yes." The younger brother took the order and ran out quickly, ordering all the brothers in the gang to gather.

"Oh no, boss! They are coming to attack us..." A younger brother ran into the village in a hurry.

"Why are you panicking? There are so many of us. Are we afraid of them?"

"Yes, but they are very skilled in martial arts..." The younger brother felt that the situation was not optimistic. He also went to the sea to rob a ship yesterday, and he had some understanding of Lu Mingqian and others.

"What the hell, how many of them are there?"

"There are more than a dozen yamen runners, and there are also more than a dozen people from yesterday's boat, about thirty people in total."

"What are you afraid of? Look at how cowardly you are. Don't tell anyone outside that you are from the Tianba Gang. These guys are too ignorant of the heaven and the earth..." There are more than a hundred people in his Tianba Gang.

"Are you all here? Follow me down the mountain to meet the enemy." Led by Wu Tianba, they walked down the mountain in a mighty manner, shouting that they would beat these ignorant little bastards until they cried for their parents.

Halfway up the mountain, the two sides faced each other. "Well, you little bastard, I respect you as a real man, how dare you come to my mountain."

Xing Yi stepped forward and shouted, "Now is a peaceful and prosperous time, but you are not doing your job and are occupying the mountains as kings, making a living by robbing. You have committed so many evil things. I advise you to lay down your weapons and surrender. Otherwise, we will definitely destroy your lair and eliminate this harm to the people."

"Hahaha... what a good way to get rid of harm for the people. You young masters are used to living a life of luxury and probably don't know how dangerous this world is. Let me teach you a lesson today."

Wu Tianba was enraged, and waved his hand, "Come on, beat these little kids' butts to pieces..."

"Kill..." Suddenly, the sound of killing rang out...

When the two armies were fighting, Lu Mingqian knew very well that one had to capture the leader first, so he flew forward with his sword pointed straight at Wu Tianba.

Since he can become the leader of a gang, he must have some kung fu skills. For a while, there were flashes of swords and the two of them fought fiercely.

Although there are many people in the Tianba Gang, there are only a few of them who know real kung fu. The others only have mediocre kung fu and are not to be feared at all.

The people from the Dark Guard Battalion had to fight the enemy on the ship yesterday, while also guarding against these people breaking into the cabin when they were not paying attention and taking the two young ladies hostage, so they were very restrained in their fighting.

Today they had nothing to worry about and could fight without restraint. Also, because they had felt humiliated yesterday, they put all their strength into the fight today and beat the Tianba Gang members so hard that they could not resist and had to retreat again and again.

Wu Tianba was also forced to retreat step by step by Lu Mingqian. Lu Mingqian didn't want to waste time with him anymore, so he pointed a sword directly at Wu Tianba's face. Wu Tianba saw that the sword was about to pierce his body, so he grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at Lu Mingqian. Lu Mingqian turned around and dodged.

Taking advantage of this gap, Wu Tianba turned around and ran towards the village on the mountain. Seeing that their leader had run away, the other brothers also hurriedly ran back.

But who knew that there was a group of people waiting for them on the mountain!

Lu Mingqian and others followed closely into the village. Wu Tianba looked at the people attacking from both sides and said, "Great! You actually found so many helpers."

"You have so many people in the Tianba Gang. How can I take over your lair if I don't find some help?" Lu Mingqian grinned.

"You cunning little bastard, I'm going to fight you to the death." Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, Wu Tianba raised his knife to fight again.

Lu Mingqian brought so many people with him, so how could he have a chance to escape? All of them rushed forward, and within half an incense stick of time, all the people from Tianba Gang were captured.

Wu Tianba was tied up, and Lu Mingqian was riding on the horse. The rope that tied Wu Tianba was tied to the horse's buttocks. "Let me go. A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. If you have the guts, give me a quick death."

"Why should I give you a quick death? You robbed so many merchant ships and made others unhappy, yet you still have the nerve to ask for a quick death yourself?" Lu Mingcheng was riding a horse side by side with Lu Mingqian. When he heard Wu Tianba's words, he couldn't help but turn around and retort to him.

"Humph... I just robbed some goods and didn't kill anyone. Those merchant ship owners are so rich, why don't they just buy another ship? If my brothers don't have food, won't they starve to death?"

"Hey...what did I hear? According to what you said, you are quite righteous?"

"That's it!" Wu Tianba looked up.

"Bullshit..." Lu Mingcheng had never seen such a shameless person. He stopped his horse and when Wu Tianba walked to his side, he kicked Wu Tianba to the ground.

Wu Tianba’s hands were tied, and he couldn’t get up for a while. “Let me go if you dare. You’re kicking me in the back, which is not a gentleman’s behavior.”

"You are a bandit, are you qualified to talk to me about being a gentleman?"

"You think we want to be bandits? We are forced to do so by the situation."

"What forced you to become bandits? You don't want to be a decent person, but you have to do this kind of robbery."

"We just want to fill our stomachs. We can't starve to death."

"You all have hands and feet, but you don't know how to farm the land. Instead, you just think of these crooked ways. And you still think you're right." After saying this, Lu Mingcheng couldn't help but kick Wu Tianba again.

Wu Tianba had a mouthful of sand in his mouth. After being helped up by the guards with great difficulty, he was kicked down again.

Wu Tianba knew that struggling was useless, so he simply lay on the ground and let Lu Mingqian's horse drag him away.

"We don't know how to farm, how do you want us to do it?" Wu Tianba didn't think he was wrong at all.

"You don't know how to learn. Have you been able to rob since your mother's womb?"

"No, my mother told me that the doctor said I was born a twin, but only I was born because I was too strong. The other brother was kidnapped by me and became a part of me. The doctor said I was too domineering, so my father named me Tianba."

"..." This left Lu Mingcheng speechless...