I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Ten days passed in a flash.

There were dense weeds growing on both sides of the forest path. Jiang Yuan and his group of six were sitting in the carriage, bored, and traveling on.

As they walked along, the six of them all felt a little dusty and dirty.

"Master, would you like to eat some fruit? I just picked them from the mountains." Wang Gang handed two wild fruits to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head decisively: "No, I can't handle this. You should eat it yourself."

Jiang Yuan said this, swallowing his saliva helplessly.

Just a few days ago, Wang Gang also handed a few fruits to Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan ate them all without saying a word.

But before a cup of tea had passed, Jiang Yuan immediately rolled on the ground, holding his stomach, and he was in pain for half an hour before he stopped.

Except for Wang Gang, everyone else in the group seemed exhausted.

Apart from giving me a stomachache, this fruit, whose name I don’t know, is damn delicious!

"Oh, then I'll eat it myself." Wang Gang picked up the fruit, rubbed it on his body without any care, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, damn, it's so frustrating to compare yourself with others.

Even Zhao Kai couldn't resist the poison of this wild fruit, but Wang Gang was like nothing happened.

He is simply a natural poison-testing saint, and you can't deny it.

"Sir! Sir, please stop. I need to take care of something important in my life!"

Wang Kun's voice came from the back of the carriage.

"A lazy donkey will only produce more shit and piss if it runs into a millstone." Jiang Yuan said, waving his hand to stop the carriage.

"Wang Kun, you kid, move to the side. If you dare to shit in the upwind direction again, I will beat you to death!" Jiang Yuan raised his fist and threatened.

Wang Kun picked up a few leaves from the roadside, covered his butt and went into a dense forest.

Jiang Yuan looked at Wang Gang, who immediately grinned.

Ergou cooperated very well and took out the pots and pans to prepare cooking.

During the journey, when to eat was not determined by the weather, but by Wang Gang's stomach. As long as Wang Gang was hungry, he would stay and light a fire to cook.

Just as they started a fire, they heard Wang Kun exclaim in the distance.

"Fuck! Come help! There are a few thieves spying on me!"

Jiang Yuan jumped up from the carriage. What the hell was he doing peeping? He must have been robbed.

They had encountered three robberies along the way. Some were bandits, and some were lazy villagers nearby. Many of them did this kind of thing because they thought the emperor was far away.

As soon as Jiang Yuan stood up, he saw a shocking scene.

Wang Kun rushed out of the dense forest holding something that looked like a vine in one hand and holding up his pants in the other, followed by a dozen ferocious bandits.

"Hey! Where did this thief come from!" Ergou rushed forward with a kitchen knife.

Jiang Yuan took a look at these people and asked Wang Gang to sit down.

Zhao Kai had no desire to take action. Bai Jingyun could not help much, so he simply moved closer to Jiang Yuan and didn't make things worse.

These people must be villagers from nearby. They are holding either axes or forks in their hands, and their fighting power is not worth mentioning at all.

Ergou has participated in the Taiping Star selection competition after all, so he is more than capable of dealing with these people.

"How dare you! How dare you attack us? I think you are tired of living!" Seeing Ergou coming, Wang Kun didn't run away. He quickly pulled up his pants and waved the green vine at the group of people.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head. Wang Kun's only strength was his talking skills, so he would probably suffer a loss this time.

"Wang Gang, get ready and don't let Wang Kun suffer a big loss." Jiang Yuan said lightly.

Wang Gang grumbled as he gnawed on a dry biscuit, "Don't worry, Master. I'm watching over you."

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. When the bandits saw Wang Kun rushing towards them waving vines, they retreated in fear and no one fought back.

"Huh? What's going on with this kid? He can't have learned the Lightning Five Whips, right?" Jiang Yuan looked at Wang Kun in confusion.

Ergou swung the kitchen knife vigorously, but the opponent had more people than him, so he didn't dare to rush forward for a while.

"Let's go and take a look." Jiang Yuan walked towards the few people.

"Sir, with so few people, why don't you let Ergou practice? Is there any need for me to take action?" Zhao Kai looked at Jiang Yuan nonchalantly while holding a long sword.

Jiang Yuan ignored him and stopped the two of them from more than ten meters away.

"Wang Kun, Er Gou, come back."

When Wang Kun ran back excitedly, Jiang Yuan finally understood why none of the bandits dared to fight Wang Kun.

What the boy was holding in his hand was not a vine at all, but a snake more than one meter long. It was green all over and looked similar to a vine.

"Sir! What do you think? Am I particularly brave?" Wang Kun came to Jiang Yuan as if to ask for credit.

"Stay the fuck away from me." Jiang Yuan took two steps back cautiously.

Anything fancy must be poisonous. If you get poisoned by a snake here, it's no different from a suspended death sentence.

Even if it wasn't poisonous, Jiang Yuan wouldn't dare gamble.

Wang Kun held the snake in his hand and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, sir, it's already dead."

Jiang Yuan looked at him speechlessly: "What's going on?"

"I had just finished pooping and hadn't even pulled up my pants when these guys showed up out of nowhere. Two of them came up to me and asked for money!"

"Who am I? I'm your ardent fan, sir. How could I possibly give in? I immediately grabbed a vine nearby, and the group of people howled and retreated as if they had seen a ghost. That's it."

Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched fiercely.

Judging from the reactions of this group of people, this snake must be extremely poisonous. It would be strange if they didn't run away.

But you, Wang Kun, waved a snake and fought off a dozen bandits.

The snake has been cold-blooded all its life, but before it died, you made it warm-blooded.

The bandits couldn't sit still anymore when they saw them chatting so happily.

"Well, this mountain is mine. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave money for passage!"

Zhao Kai took a step forward and looked at the other person jokingly: "Okay, but I wonder how much the toll will be?"

The bandits seemed to have no leader. After hearing what Zhao Kai said, they immediately started whispering to each other. After a while, they turned around and stretched out five fingers towards the few people.

"No problem, we're not strangers to each other. Five hundred coins and I'll let you go."

A complicated expression emerged on Jiang Yuan's face.

Brothers, you are really shameless. You are robbing people on the road and still only ask for 500 coins.

One tael of silver is equivalent to one guan (one thousand wen), can't you be a little more generous?

Before Jiang Yuan could speak, Zhao Kai beside him suddenly became anxious.

"Damn it! Who are you looking down on? 500 Wen, do we look like paupers?"

The bandits' faces were filled with shock. What was going on?

How could a person who was robbed complain about the small amount of money he was robbed of?

After the bandits whispered to each other again, one of them stepped forward and said through gritted teeth, "Okay, then don't blame me for asking for too much."

"One tael of silver! Give me one tael of silver and I'll let you go!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and sighed. This group of bandits seemed different from the ones he had encountered before.

After discussing for a long time, they only asked for one or two taels of silver. What can this be used for?

There were about ten people, and each person would get less than a hundred coins, which was only enough to buy about ten pounds of coarse noodles.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan waved his hand to let Zhao Kai come back, and looked at everyone with a calm expression.

"I'll give you one more chance, how much does it cost?"