Golden-Tooth Lei glanced around the Xiang Hall: "No one else has anything to say?"
The uncles and disciples remained silent.
"Three cuts and six holes or the Dragon Whip of Discipline, the choice is yours." Golden-Tooth Lei clapped his hands.
A maidservant approached Wenshan with a tray, on which lay a gleaming dagger and a dark, dragon-patterned iron whip.
Wenshan didn't even look at them, only bowing his head and kowtowing repeatedly. His pitiful appearance was a far cry from his former imposing manner, which made his kneeling underlings beside him unable to help but speak up:
"Brother Lei, I'll take the punishment for my Big Brother! Please let him go!"
Golden-Tooth Lei grinned. "Good! That's your Big Brother's good brother! So, which one are you going to take for him?"
"Three cuts and six holes!" the henchman said with considerable bravado.
In his mind, three cuts and six holes were already an extremely severe punishment, one that his Big Brother, Wenshan, could not withstand.
"Alright! I'll let you suffer for him. Do it yourself!" Golden-Tooth Lei said with an admiring smile.
This henchman from Wenshan was also a ruthless character. He stood up, picked up the dagger from the tray, and said to Golden-Tooth Lei, "Boss, my Big Brother did something wrong to me. I'll perform the Six Harmonies, Spring Together to make you admit your mistake!"
He swung his knife with incredible speed, making six diagonal cuts across his own thighs in quick succession! Each cut pierced through flesh, leaving twelve wounds on his two legs, dripping with blood!
The six stabs happened in an instant. After stabbing himself six times, his legs could no longer support him, and he knelt on the ground, gasping for breath and trying not to groan.
"Take him out for treatment. From now on, we'll hand over the Wenshan business to him. Kid, what's your name?" Golden-Tooth Lei was also taken aback.
The scene of being stabbed three times and stabbed six times is not uncommon, and it's not unheard of for Big Brother to take the blame for a big shot. But Golden-Tooth Lei has never seen it done so decisively before, and he even knows how to use the phrase "Six Harmonies, Spring Together".
To ordinary people, "Six Harmonies, Spring Together" is just an auspicious phrase, but in the eyes of the Hung Mun members, it carries the deeper meaning that everyone is a member of the Hung Mun and should work together to overthrow the Qing dynasty and restore the Ming dynasty.
"My name A Nan," the young man said, enduring the pain.
Gao Lao Cheng personally helped the other man leave the Xiang Hall to get bandaged. Golden-Tooth Lei looked at Wenshan kneeling on the ground, then stood up and walked step by step to the maid, picking up the iron whip. "Your little brother took three cuts and six holes for you, so you still have to bear this dragon whip yourself. If you can bear it, you are still a brother of Fuyixing. If you can't, don't blame me when you go to the underworld. Just blame yourself for not being tough enough."
"Brother Lei! Let me go! I have some news for you, I have some news for you! It's worth a lot of money! The Golden Triangle..." Wenshan seemed to know he couldn't hold out any longer, and he spoke rapidly as he begged for mercy.
Golden-Tooth Lei seemed not to hear at all. He swung his iron whip and slammed it hard into the back of Wenshan's head with the first blow!
Chapter 462 The Golden Light Lion Play Tathagata
In Jikanmei, Myanmar, as dusk approaches, the sun lazily hangs halfway up the hillside, preparing to withdraw its last rays.
"#￥%￥! (Hurry! Hurry up!)" A middle-aged man dressed in dirty fisherman's clothes walked up the hillside from a small path in the distance. After looking around, he waved to the woods below the hillside and called out in Thai. While speaking, he did not forget to stuff dried tofu and pickled vegetables into his mouth.
A dozen or so figures slowly rose from the woods, sizing each other up before cautiously emerging.
"It's just a small village of about twenty households. The men have gone out to sea to fish and haven't returned yet. There are only some women and children left. Let's beg for or steal some food to fill our stomachs and then hurry on our way!" The middle-aged man pointed to a few thatched roofs peeking out in the distance and said to his companions who looked like beggars.
Seeing his companions reach for the food in his hands, the middle-aged man glared and said, "Go to the village and get it yourself!"
Despite his fierce words, he generously gave away his food, glaring hatefully at his companions, spitting out a mouthful of unpalatable pickled vegetable bits and cursing:
"That bastard, Kodanhwei, took two million baht from Sai Ba (Sai Charonwang), but then betrayed us!"
The young man, who had just received some tofu blocks from him to stave off hunger, rubbed his hands together, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he surveyed the distant village.
"Captain Phaitun, this village is only left with women and children. We've come all the way from Thailand to Lai Xing Prefecture Jikanmei, Myanmar, and we haven't even had sex with a woman yet. Perhaps..."
The middle-aged man, referred to as Captain Phaitun, who had previously appeared as an ordinary fisherman with a troubled expression, suddenly straightened his back and glared upon hearing the young man's words. Although he was still dressed in fisherman's attire, his entire demeanor instantly exuded a ruthless and cold-blooded aura.
"Now that Sai Ba and Nai Khun have only taken a dozen or so people to Hong Kong, they're waiting for us to join them. And you're still in the mood for women? Have you forgotten Sai Ba's orders? Don't cause trouble! Kodanhwei can capture us in Yangon, won't he come after us in Jikanmei? Find some food to fill your stomachs; a boat will come to pick us up tonight, and then we'll board it to Hong Kong!"
The young man he was scolding seemed unconvinced. Although he lowered his voice, he still held his head high, letting everyone know that he was somewhat indignant.
"Sai Ba abandoned us and fled to Hong Kong. Now we just want to have some fun with a woman, and you want to interfere? You're not Sai Ba's most loyal subordinate, so aren't you just as abandoned as us?"
Paitoon sized up the young man; the trees obscured the setting sun, making it impossible to see his expression. "You're dissatisfied with Sai Ba?"
"I dare not be dissatisfied with Sai Ba, but Sai Ba didn't take us with him to Hong Kong. We had to travel all the way to Myanmar and then take a boat to Hong Kong, and we can't even touch a woman? Sai Ba didn't treat us like that when we Lai Xing Prefecture. Now he clearly thinks we are a burden, so he neglects us and forces us to leave on our own!" The young man simply tore off his mask and said to Paitoon with an indifferent expression and tone.
Paitoon turned to look at his dozen or so companions. "Do you share his thoughts? Are you dissatisfied with Sai Ba?"
His companions all shook their heads.
Paitoon walked over to the young man and straightened his collar. "Let me tell you," he said, "Sai Ba gave each of you, those with families, a sum of money. Those without families also deposited some money for you at Pangu Bank. Sai Ba couldn't make a big show of his escape to Hong Kong with over two hundred men on a single ship; he had to escape in batches. Sai Ba has over seven thousand soldiers, but he only selected over two hundred of you because he values you! Do you think Sai Ba is going to Hong Kong to live a carefree life? He's finding a place for us to stay. Are a couple hundred of us going to beg for food in Hong Kong? Sai Ba is trying to settle us down in Hong Kong. Everyone is trying to escape, and you're here thinking about women, dissatisfied with Sai Ba? Do you think Sai Ba is forcing you to leave? You were adopted and raised by Sai Ba. Without him, you would have starved to death long ago! Everyone here has the right to leave except you! If you want to leave, I'll send you!"