The Empress’ Livestream
chapter-219

Chapter 219: Bandit Suppressing: To Kill or To Capture? (IX)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“You know why I want to kill them?” Jiang Pengji stepped around them and sat on a chair. Her fingers were crossed and she wore an inscrutable look. “They should be all killed. If we don’t take their lives now, when should we?”

If people kept pigs for a longer time, they would get more pork. If we keep those people, what could they bring us?

Jiang Pengji said, “I hate three things in my life: One is betrayal, the second is rape, and the third is bullying. No matter who touches those three bottom lines, I’ll show no mercy. Even if I cut their heads off, who could say anything bad about me? They are bandits… They should have known that they could be killed at any time! But now, there is a way to keep you alive…”

Jiang Pengji wouldn’t have killed the bandits simply because of betrayal or bullying; the reason they’d be killed was because they must have raped women.

Many bandits looked extremely pale when they realized that fact.

They thought it over carefully. It seemed to be true that all the bandits that were alive had never touched the three bottom lines of Jiang Pengji regardless of their evil behaviors. They had never raped any girls––not because they hadn’t intended to, but because the bosses enjoyed every girl that came through.

They were just minions––errand boys––and those fine, tender girls wouldn’t survive until they got the opportunity to enjoy them.

“I know. There are no good people among you…” Jiang Pengji said again, instantly extinguishing the fluke thoughts that had just risen in the minds of the bandits. “If I take you as my people, who knows if it will bring me harm? After all, you gathering together can cause some big trouble.”

What Jiang Pengji had said was actually a problem that Xu Wei was concerned about. Their team was too small to take all the bandits left, for things would get out of control if the bandits all revolted one day.

“Man’s mind is unpredictable, after all. I don’t believe any one word that you bandits utter. I am very upset now. Should I keep you all alive or kill you all to prevent future troubles?” Jiang Pengji smiled with her white teeth revealed, making the bandits too frightened to speak.

Xu Ke stepped out with an idea, saying, “Langjun, if we kill them all, it will violate human morals. I have an idea…”

Jiang Pengji said, “I’m listening.”

Xu Ke deliberately raised his voice. “We should keep them alive for a month first. If they behave well, we should use them as our people and give them an opportunity to be good people. If not, we just sell them to human traffickers directly. Now people are living in misery. We shouldn’t kill so many people. ”

Selling them to human traffickers would at least bring them some money.

Xu Ke knew quite well about the temperament of his langjun. She would never suffer any avoidable loss willingly.

Although the bandits would be slaves then, at least they wouldn’t killed. If they got luck, they might live a stable life in the future.

Being alive was everything!

Having be scared over and over again, the bandits had no intentions to revolt. Although they previously had those intentions, they didn’t dare to show any trace of it. Jiang Pengji and her group of people never hesitated to kill people. They were like a group of bandits! Actually, they were more ruthless than bandits or robbers!

Jiang Pengji nodded as she listened to Xu Ke. She seemed annoyed as she asked, “But what if they secretly join together and cause us trouble?”

Xu Ke replied ruthlessly, “Kill them!”

Frightened by his answer, the bandits couldn’t help but quiver out of fear.

Jiang Pengji smiled and immediately asked the bandits, “Did you guys hear that? If you are willing to stay alive, we will let you. Let’s see how things go after a month. If you behave well, you won’t be killed. Otherwise, you will be sold to human traffickers. If you dare to join together and rise up secretly… Haha, look at your fellows lying around you!”

After that, Jiang Pengji beat the handrail against her palm, and the wooden handrail shattered with a bang.

The fluke thoughts and reluctance in the bandits’ hearts had been extinguished only by her words. The shadow of death would always haunt them.

At that time, a soldier came and whispered to Nongqin and a hint of anger appeared in her face.

Jiang Pengji noticed that and asked her, “What’s wrong?”

“Report! There’s a cellar in this village, which is full of children and women who have been taken.”

“Cellar?” Jiang Pengji landed her sight on the living bandits. She said coldly, “What is that?”

Several bandits blushed. They wanted to answer her, but no words could come out of their mouths because of the previous fright and tension.

A quick-minded bandit immediately kowtowed. “We have nothing to do with the children and women in the cellar…”

How could there be any rules or law in the bandits’ eyes? They grabbed everything they could––including money and people.

The group of bandits were all male. They would have physiological needs, naturally, when they saw attractive girls.

Jiang Pengji snorted and said, “Let’s go and check. Watch those people well. If anyone dares to struggle, kill them directly.”

With one word, she made those who wanted to ask for mercy scared, not daring to try anything.

The air in the cellar was very turbid, and there was a lot of excrement in the corner, giving a violent stir in people’s stomach.

Two haggard women and three timid, seven or eight-year-old girls were in there. The women’s ragged clothing only covered their personal areas. The bruise on the exposed skin showed the violence and nightmare they had experienced. The audience in the live streaming room was still immersed in their previous fear. After seeing such a horrible situation, the audience sent their comments one after another. Those evil bandits should be killed a thousand times!

As for the three children, they were so thin that the contour of their bones was visible. Their chins were sharp and their cheeks sunken. Their hair was dry and yellow, tangled together. No one could figure out how they had not been cleaned. They were like skeletons with particularly big eyes.

“Well…” Xu Ke had followed the soldier there and knew what had happened at a glance. He suddenly turned speechless, for he didn’t know what to say.

It was not a peaceful era at all. The prosperity on the surface covered the endless grievances and darkness.

The women and children kept in the cellar were just an ignorable part of all the suffering people.

“Take these people back…” Jiang Pengji’s voice seemed very gentle, but the women and the children shivered out of fear at the same time, as if she was going to kill them.

Xu Ke asked, “How should we deal with them If we bring them back?”

“Let the two women cook and do the laundry for us. After all, we’re getting more and more people on our team. Thus, the training task will get heavier, and there will be no sufficient time for the soldiers to take care of themselves. Women are more considerate. They will help us. The two old women that we bought before couldn’t get all things done. As for the children, let’s just raise them…” Jiang Pengji said gently. “Haven’t I told you that I wanted to build up a female team? They will be the female soldiers one day.”