The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun

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"two?"

The villagers were stunned, then looked into the distance and found that two of the beggars were indeed missing. They didn't know where the bodies were; they assumed the young heroes of Mount Hua had taken care of them.

The villager quickly stopped thinking about it; he still had to go work in the fields.

"Benefactor."

Just then, the beggar called out to him again.

The villager turned around and frowned.

"what happened?"

"I have a favor to ask of you."

The beggar said somewhat embarrassedly.

The villagers asked in bewilderment, "How can an ordinary citizen like me help you?"

The beggar said cautiously, "Could you please talk to the elders of the Huashan Sect and let me go?"

Hearing the beggar's words, the villagers hesitated.

Imprisoning these beggars was the idea of ​​the Huashan Sect. I wonder if the heroes of the Huashan Sect would listen to a commoner like him.

The beggar quickly promised, "I promise I will never do such a thing again. If I have the chance, I will definitely start a new life and find a way to make a living."

"Ok."

The villagers agreed. "In that case, I'll go ask them."

The beggar was overjoyed.

"Thank you, benefactor, thank you, benefactor."

"But don't get your hopes up too high. The heroes of the Huashan Sect might not even pay me any attention."

The villagers poured cold water on the beggar.

The beggar repeatedly said, "No matter what, thank you so much, benefactor."

"But don't worry too much. If the heroes disagree, I'll give you something to eat so you won't starve."

The villagers gave him a guarantee, and then walked towards Lin Pingzhi amidst the beggar's profuse thanks.

"Excuse me, sir, is there something you need?"

Lin Pingzhi asked curiously.

The villager was a little embarrassed, but since he had already agreed to the beggar's request, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Well, I would like to ask the hero for a favor."

Lin Pingzhi was puzzled.

"what's up?"

The villagers quickly told them about the beggar.

Lin Pingzhi looked troubled upon hearing this.

The villagers had been observing Lin Pingzhi's expression, and after seeing it, they cautiously inquired, "Is it not going to work?"

"This……"

Lin Pingzhi didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Jiang Ning also came over to check on the situation.

Lin Pingzhi saw Jiang Ning and immediately went over to him as if he had seen his pillar of support.

"Senior brother."

Lin Pingzhi pointed to the villagers and quickly told Jiang Ning about his situation.

After listening, Jiang Ning glanced at the villagers.

The villagers looked somewhat nervous.

At that moment, Jiang Ning walked towards him.

The villagers became even more nervous.

"May I ask your surname, sir?"

Jiang Ning approached the villagers with a smile.

The villager quickly replied, "Just call me Zhao Si, sir."

"Brother Zhao."

Jiang Ning nodded and asked, "Brother, are you going to plead for that beggar?"

Although Jiang Ning appeared calm and had a smile on his face, Zhao Si was still nervous and uneasy. He nodded quickly after hearing Jiang Ning's words.

"Uh, yeah."

“Brother, you should know that a few days ago he and other beggars had been harassing you for some time. The reason they didn’t do anything worse was because of the Huashan Sect. If you release him now, there’s no guarantee he won’t do something heinous in the future.”

Jiang Ning did not refuse or reprimand Zhao Si, but instead reasoned with him.

"This……"

Zhao Si scratched his head, turned to look at the beggar, and then looked at Jiang Ning.

"I think he should know he was wrong. He cried quite a lot last night."

Jiang Ning laughed and said, "Brother, aren't you afraid he's faking it? If we let him go, he might still do it later."

Zhao Si scratched his head again, looking very conflicted, and lowered his head to think carefully.

Jiang Ning did not urge him.

After a while.

Zhao Si looked up at Jiang Ning and said with a serious expression.

"I don't think it's fake. I, Zhao Si, have never made a mistake in judging people. He already knows he was wrong. Hero, can you please let him go?"

Jiang Ning remained unmoved, his expressionless face betraying his question: "If he does something to hurt others in the future, who will take responsibility? You? Or me?"

Having said all that, Zhao Si gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and said, "I'll take responsibility. If I really misjudged him and he harms others in the future, I'll pay with my life."

Jiang Ning laughed.

"Since Brother Zhao has said so, let's give Brother Zhao some face."

Chapter 593: The Storm Begins

"what?"

Upon hearing this news, Zhao Si's first reaction was not joy, but bewilderment.

He didn't expect Jiang Ning to actually agree to his request.

But after the initial confusion comes a pleasant surprise.

"The hero really must let him go."

Jiang Ning smiled and nodded.

"Since Brother Zhao has said so, what reason do I have not to let him go?"

Zhao Si scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

He had originally thought that the heroes of the Huashan Sect were like the legendary immortals, cold and heartless, after all, the villagers had seen the miserable state of those beggars in the past few days.

But he really didn't expect Jiang Ning to be willing to give him face, to give face to an unknown nobody.

This made him realize that the distance between the heroes of the Huashan Sect and them wasn't actually that great.

Zhao Si turned around and waved to the beggar.

The beggar in the distance had been watching Zhao Si and Jiang Ning talk, but he couldn't hear them clearly because of the distance. Now that he saw Zhao Si waving at him, the beggar had his answer and quickly ran over.

Zhao Si remained silent, and the beggar dared not speak either, cautiously watching Jiang Ning.

He knew that this young man was the one in charge.

Jiang Ning stared at him expressionlessly, and the beggar felt immense pressure.

Jiang Ning spoke slowly.

"Today, Brother Zhao pleaded with me to let you go. For your sake, Brother Zhao is willing to vouch for you with his own body, so I agreed to Brother Zhao's request and let you go."

Before Jiang Ning spoke, the beggar was extremely nervous, but then he was overjoyed.

He knelt down with a thud and kept kowtowing to Jiang Ning and Zhao Si.

"Thank you, hero! Thank you, benefactor!"

The beggar was so happy he almost cried. Heaven knows how much psychological pressure he had been under these past few days. Now that he could finally continue living, the beggar felt only gratitude.

However, Jiang Ning immediately said...

"Don't be too happy yet. Although I promised Brother Zhao to let you go today, it doesn't mean you're out of trouble."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, the beggar's excited heart instantly cooled down.

"I will investigate your deeds in the Beggars' Sect. If you have participated in the heinous acts committed by the Beggars' Sect and committed unforgivable crimes, I will kill you. During this time, you will stay here until the investigation is completed before you can leave."

Jiang Ning would not release the beggar so easily. Even with Zhao Si, a villager, as guarantor, his willingness to let the beggar go was contingent on the beggar not having done anything immoral or abetted a crime.

If the investigation reveals that this beggar committed a capital offense before even reaching Mount Hua, Jiang Ning will not let him go.

"I know...I know."

The beggar said tremblingly.

After stating the premise, Jiang Ning continued.

“You must remember that it was Brother Zhao who vouched for you. If you continue to do heinous things, not only will I not let you off the hook, but you will also harm Brother Zhao who risked his life to vouch for you today.”

Jiang Ning said to the beggar.

Jiang Ning's voice was calm, but to the beggar it was like a steel knife scraping his bone, making him tremble involuntarily.

"I...I understand, thank you, hero, thank you, benefactor."

Jiang Ning said nothing more and turned to leave.

"Get up, get up quickly."

Seeing Jiang Ning walk away, Zhao Si called to the beggar to get up.

The beggar turned around and said with a grateful look, "Thank you, benefactor, for saving my life."

In fact, Zhao Si never expected that his plea for the beggar would lead to his own downfall. He had already made those promises and, in a moment of impulsiveness, agreed to vouch for the beggar with his own body. Now that he had calmed down, he felt a little regretful, but there was nothing he could do now, and he couldn't go to Jiang Ning and say that he was just joking.

Zhao Si could only wave his hand dejectedly.

"You must cherish this opportunity and be a good person in the future. Don't let me down. I'm guaranteeing it with my life."

The beggar nodded repeatedly.

"Rest assured, my benefactor."

Zhao Si sighed and left, but instead of going to work in the fields, he turned around and went home. He needed to go back and tell his wife about such a big thing.

If nothing unexpected happens, he's going to get a good scolding.

……

Two more days passed.

"Senior brother, five more have starved to death."

Lin Pingzhi went to Jiang Ning to report on the situation of the group of beggars.

Jiang Ning asked, "How many beggars are still alive now?"

Lin Pingzhi replied, "There are only seven left."

Originally, there were more than 20 beggars in this group. Apart from the beggar who was saved by a villager, the frequency of beggars starving to death has been quite high in the past two days. More than a dozen have starved to death in just two days, and now only seven beggars are still alive.

"Ah."