Chapter 125: Surrender
The opponent was covered in wounds, one of his legs was lame, and he had no equipment whatsoever.
On the other hand, Xu Lai was wearing heavy armor and was closely protected by two knights and guards. Su Ya and Giselle were both beside him. There was no need to be so nervous.
Xu Lai patted Su Ya's arm gently, telling her not to be too nervous.
The leader of the White Bear Mercenary Group came up and first expressed his gratitude to Xu Lai with cupped hands and fists:
"Thank you for saving your life. Urdola owes you a life."
Xu Lai waved his hand and said: "You're welcome, Sir Urdola.
From this moment on, You're free!"
Xu Lai didn't come here for bonuses or anything like that. Saving Urdola and the others was just a matter of convenience.
Besides, these guys who have been stripped naked, can we still expect them to pay us?
Urdola said: "I heard your servant shout just now, you should be a hero?"
Xu Lai glanced at Watanabe who was working enthusiastically from a distance. He didn't want to admit it at first. He was usually most afraid of it. It's trouble.
But he looked at Urdola and the people behind him, and found that most of their eyes revealed hope, and he said seriously:
"Yes, I am a hero.”
As Xu Lai spat out these words, the people on the other side knelt down with cheers.
Urdola and others directly knelt down on the ground, covered their faces and cried bitterly: "Thanks to the God of War, the coming of heroes will definitely end this chaotic world that has not happened in thousands of years. Our human race will once again stand on the top of the world, and the glory of the empire will surely be "Reappear."
The grown men burst into tears. The key is that Xu Lai is really confused.
His attention at this time also shifted to the only man still standing in the field.
This guy looks even more miserable than Urdola and the others, with not a single piece of good flesh on his body.
But even so, some of the others had broken hands and some were lame. This guy was covered in injuries, but he was still intact without any broken legs.
"Dude, are you from China too?" This guy had black hair and yellow skin. Xu Lai guessed that he was the hero who was captured and tortured by Andy Yin.
The man covered his face and smiled bitterly: "It's an embarrassment to China."
Xu Lai also smiled bitterly and said: "What's the point? For a man, if you go home and wash up, it's just another one. What a good man.”
“My name is Wang Chao. Thank you for your help.”
Xu Lai waved his hand and said, “Xu Lai, brother Wang, please find a place to rest first. Let someone get you something to eat and drink first.”
Wang Chao did not refuse. He imitated Urdola and the others and said with his hands: "Brother Xu, I would like to ask your help to see if there is a girl named Dong Shuqin here."
Xu Lai He was stunned and said: "What? Do you know her?"
Wang Chao lowered his head in embarrassment and said: "I don't know her, but she is also a poor girl. She comes from the same place as us. Thanks to I just survived her."
Xu Lai nodded and said: "Don't worry, as long as she is still alive, I will find her."
At Xu Lai's signal, Gisai. I took some food and water and handed them to Wang Chao.
"Everyone, please get up quickly. What do you mean by kneeling like this?"
A few people looked at each other, and it was Urdola who said: "Hero, we have no shame to return home, why don't we return home?" Please take me in, hero. "
These people are not monsters. Xu Lai can't get their information at a glance, but with his current eyesight, he can still roughly tell their level.
These people can always be locked up by Andy Yin. Although they have suffered some torture, they are not dead after all.
A person who is led by a horse thief who spends money and food to support must still have some ability. Even if it is just to vent his anger like Wang Chao, isn't he still a hero?
But although Xu Lai was optimistic about them, he didn't know whether he should accept them.
They are not absolutely loyal like the monster soldiers, nor are they like Tahan, Giselle and others who are die-hard captains who were directly promoted by Xu Lai.
They have their own independent personalities, their own social relationships and emotional tendencies. Even if you have life-saving grace for them, you cannot make them 100% loyal to you.
The kind of person who is 100% loyal to others is either a mentally disturbed person or a puppet robot. Even if he is a dead soldier, when you ask him to die, he must silently weigh it in his heart. .
Su Ya and others can actually be regarded as having abnormal brains, and maybe they also have puppet robots.
Here Xu Lai is worried about their loyalty, while Urdola and others think Xu Lai dislikes them.
Yes, the culprit who ruined the entire business group and mercenary group originally was still alive after being caught, and now he fell down and worshiped after being rescued. Everyone looks down on them.
Coupled with the fact that these people are seriously injured and disabled, even if Urdola himself is here, it is impossible for these sick and disabled people to join his mercenary group.
For a moment, Urdola and others felt ashamed.
"I'm sorry to make things difficult for you. It's because we don't know what to do."
Xu Lai saw that he was going to be in trouble. These guys were probably very fragile mentally now. His hesitation made others think that he was disgusted. In fact, what attracted Xu Lai to them was not their ability to fight. Anyway, there were monster soldiers who were even more unafraid of death.
Besides, screw your loyalty, but you also want others to exert their subjective initiative, and you don’t allow others to have their own little ideas. This requires both a horse to run and a horse to run. Doesn't it make any difference if my son doesn't eat vegetables?
He is just managing a village now, but he already feels that the people on hand are not enough. Now that he has met all the conditions for upgrading the town, he can upgrade just when he returns.
How can a small town do well if there are only a few people who can do things?
The so-called loyalty is just a lack of weight for betrayal. Xu Ziwen is not a stingy person. At most, he may have never been a high-ranking person and lacks a little bit of the domineering and prestige that a high-ranking person should have.
But in the key positions, Xu Lai must always arrange people who are 100% loyal. If they are just in the corner, even if they are betrayed, the loss will not be big.
Compared with the help they brought in the early stage, this kind of risk is completely bearable, so there is nothing to worry about.
"What are you saying? I am just hesitating whether I have wronged a few people.
You may not know that although I have a village, this village has not received Any aristocrat recognized.
Moreover, even this village has only just been built. To put it bluntly, there is not enough room for a few people to stay. "
Hearing what Xu Lai said, several people were obviously relieved. At that moment, one of them stood up and said:
"Your Excellency, the hero, I am just a failure. In this world, you are already living a life of survival, so how can you dare to demand harsh treatment? "
Xu Lai laughed and said: "In that case, it would be great if a few of you are willing to stay and help.
Everything is busy today. I am waiting for a few of you to return to the village with me. I will entertain and arrange for you well. ”
Urdola and others obtained their identities from Xu Lai, and now they had no scruples and directly asked Xu Lai what he planned to do with the people in the square.
Xu Lai also had a headache about this matter. Most of the people here are innocent, but it is inevitable that there are many people and thieves. The horse thieves are relatives.
Can the son of a horse thief, even if he is just a child, grow up in such an educational environment and be a good person in the future?
Even if they want to be good people and Xu Lai kills their husband and father, can they have no hatred in their hearts?
Let Xu Lai kill them all. First of all, these people are just children. Xu Lai asked himself that he was a human being and not an animal, so he couldn't do anything to children.
Secondly, some of them may have committed crimes, but most of them should have not committed any crimes.
Xu Lai can't use the excuse that they may commit crimes when they grow up to punish them for not committing crimes yet.
If this reason is valid, then he can kill anyone with one blow.
Just because you don’t make a mistake now doesn’t mean you won’t make a mistake in the future. If you make a mistake, I’m just doing justice to God. This reason is nonsense.
“We will screen them first and take those who have made mistakes back to work as miners. Others who want to go home will be given travel expenses. Those who don’t want to go home can follow me back to the village.
If anyone is unwilling to go home or follow me, then leave this village to them. "
What Xu Lai pointed to was the self-built wooden house that had not been destroyed by the thieves' core.
Since Urdola and the others wanted to be his subordinates, Xu Lai didn't want to Hiding it from them is just a matter of taking it back to mine. It's a bit hard work, and at least your life is saved. It shouldn't be too much.
Xu Lai looked at this from a modern perspective. It's a heinous thing to bring a group of minors back to mine.
However, considering the current environment, Xu Lai felt that he could at least take care of their food and drink, and he didn't need them to dig for a lifetime, which should be enough for Urdo. Pull them to accept.
Unexpectedly, Urdola and the others snorted and said: "The hero is kind. If it were me, I would have killed all these little bastards with one knife."
Xu Lai, let's smash it. He paused. Well, he was still too optimistic. In troubled times, the lives of ordinary people were worse than those of dogs, let alone horse thieves and their descendants.
"Since it is your decision, Lord Hero, then leave this matter to my subordinates and others."
Xu Lai hesitated for a moment, and finally said: " Why don't you go with Wang Chao and take a rest first, drink some hot water, and eat something?"
However, Urdola and others said: "I have been waiting in the dungeon. You’ve had enough rest, please give me your instructions.”
Xu Lai smiled bitterly, they were in the dungeon, were they there to rest?
But after all, he was able to understand the eagerness of these people to make meritorious deeds, and perhaps the desire to retaliate and humiliate the families of those thieves.
But so what, if he is locked up in a dungeon by thieves and tortured every day, when he comes out, he will definitely kill everyone in the thieves' lair.
No matter if you are innocent or not, who made you have anything to do with the thieves?
The reason why he can worry about whether his conscience can live with it now is simply because he has never suffered such a hardship. The so-called matter has nothing to do with him and is just a high priority.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. I just have a headache too."
(End of this chapter)