He started by killing his abusive father, and from then on, he embarked on the road to wealth.

Chapter 147 Cleaning Up the Minions

The thick fog made it difficult for the convoy to determine its direction. The sun had already risen sometime earlier, but the fog still hadn't dissipated.

By the time of Si Shi (9-11 AM), the sunlight was becoming increasingly intense, though visibility was only slightly improved. After discussing the matter, Meng Bochang and the others decided to stop and rest for a while.

Unbeknownst to everyone, several figures had quietly appeared in their group.

Zhang Qiang, along with his five newly recruited henchmen, pretended to need to relieve himself and broke away from the group, then hurriedly caught up, falling behind.

The convoy members were all wearing masks or face coverings, and they were also wearing face coverings, so their joining did not attract much attention from others.

Afterwards, the group tried to get closer to the carriage where Meng Fuqing was resting. During this process, several bandits glanced at Zhang Qiang, but Zhang Qiang turned to talk to someone and narrowly avoided them.

The carriage ride was quite bumpy, and Meng Fuqing only managed to rest intermittently for a short while.

After the convoy stopped, she yawned, told Shan Qiyu who was rushing to catch the train, and got off to relieve herself.

Her series of actions did not fall into Zhang Qiang's eyes. After she disappeared into the thick fog, Zhang Qiang called three brothers to follow Meng Fuqing, while the other two remained in the group.

The bandit who had glanced at Zhang Qiang several times before was even more puzzled upon seeing this. He ran to the front of the group and told Du Zhong what was going on.

"Boss, everyone's faces are covered, so I can't see very clearly. Maybe I'm seeing things."

"But those guys were acting suspiciously, and one of them looked a lot like one of our brothers, Zhang Qiang."

Almost everyone in the Black Tiger Stronghold bandits had heard of Zhang Qiang's name. He hadn't done anything too evil, but he was used to picking flowers and stealing money.

He had sexual relations with almost all the young women in the village. Once, the incident escalated to the point that the woman's husband nearly chopped her up with a knife. He was punished with three days of whipping before he finally stopped.

Xie Jin, who was sitting in the carriage, opened his eyes upon hearing this. He got off the carriage and asked, "Did those people also leave the group after Meng Fuqing?"

The bandit who had spoken quickly agreed.

Which way did they go?

The bandit pointed in one direction.

Xie Jin turned and left.

With Xie Jin going to check, Du Zhong was no longer worried about Meng Fuqing's safety, and his expression became solemn. "It's not impossible that the group that was driven out knew that we were all covering our faces and used that to sneak in."

He looked at Qi Liang and said, "Ru Feng, you're familiar with Ali. Take that little guy and have him identify everyone. Once you recognize them, just drag them out and kill them. What do you think?"

Just moments ago, the imposing Du Da-jia became extremely cautious when facing his son.

Hearing him call him "Ru Feng," Qi Liang frowned impatiently, but because he had something to do at the moment, he didn't lash out and just nodded in agreement.

Meng Fuqing had just finished relieving himself under the cover of the weeds and was walking back the way he came when he saw the four people walking towards him.

Zhang Qiang pulled off his face mask and asked with a smile, "I wonder if Miss Meng remembers me? I'm afraid you're too busy to notice us."

Meng Fuqing recognized them as the people who had been kicked out of the convoy earlier, and lightly brushed the grass clippings off their clothes. "You know, so why ask?"

"Of course, I've come here to introduce myself to Miss Meng."

Zhang Qiang looked Meng Fuqing up and down. Based on his long experience of visiting brothels, Meng Fuqing was good-looking, but her thin and dark skin at first glance concealed her true appearance.

Surprisingly, while others became increasingly unrecognizable as they fled, Meng Fuqing was the complete opposite, becoming even more fair-skinned and beautiful.

Thinking about what was about to happen, Zhang Qiang couldn't contain his excitement.

He chuckled, "The journey of fleeing has been so arduous, how about we, a few of us, bring some joy to Miss Meng?"

"Okay, you can all come together."

The four men's eyes lit up simultaneously. They exchanged glances, thinking that Meng Fuqing was about to give in to them.

Even if she didn't submit, she could still attack them if she wanted to. Based on what they had observed before, Meng Fuqing did have some skill, but she was no match for the four of them.

Thinking of this, the four of them impatiently approached Meng Fuqing.

Meng Fuqing's expression hardened, and when the four men were less than ten feet away from her, she threw the dagger in her hand at Zhang Qiang's eyes.

Zhang Qiang had been watching Meng Fuqing's movements closely. Upon seeing this, he was startled and quickly turned his head to dodge. Even so, he was still cut on the cheek by the blade.

His eyes instantly turned fierce. Knowing that Meng Fuqing was unarmed, he no longer hesitated and said menacingly, "Go!"

Unexpectedly, at that moment, the dagger he had dodged turned around and pierced his neck.

The other three stopped moving, unable to understand how Meng Fuqing had done it, and goosebumps rose on their skin.

As Zhang Qiang screamed, the three of them watched helplessly as the dagger was pulled out on its own and returned to Meng Fuqing's hand.

Fear reached its peak, but Meng Fuqing smiled lightly and said, "Play with me for a bit."

She flashed in front of the four stunned men and kicked Zhang Qiang in the groin.

As he clutched the blood gushing from his neck, Zhang Qiang let out another wail and collapsed to the ground, rolling around in agony.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Meng Fuqing turned and delivered a spinning kick, sending one of them flying two zhang away. The remaining two reacted and swung their wooden sticks at Meng Fuqing.

Meng Fuqing bent down to dodge, then circled around to one of the people and kicked him hard. The person crashed heavily into a tree. She then stepped forward, grabbed the person's hair, and slammed him against the tree again, knocking him unconscious.

Another gust of wind came from behind. Meng Fuqing dragged the unconscious bandit in front of him and the wooden stick fell on the bandit.

While the man was distracted, she shoved him hard, and the two collided. Taking advantage of the last bandit's unsteady stance, Meng Fuqing quickly circled behind him and stabbed him heavily in the back with her dagger, twisting it twice at the same time.

When Xie Jin arrived, he happened to see Meng Fuqing piercing the bandit's back without blinking.

Then she drew her dagger and, before he could react, stabbed him in the groin.

The implications of this move are self-evident.

Xie Jin's eyes instantly turned cold.

Seeing that the other three were about to walk towards him, he spoke up in time, "Dirty, I'll do it."

Meng Fuqing paused, having noticed Xie Jin's arrival, but was not worried.

He took on the task without hesitation, and gestured for me to accept.

Xie Jin drew his sword and walked toward the three people who were still alive.

Killing them first and then castrating them would be too easy for them, so Xie Jin chose to castrate them first and then kill them, and for a moment, the screams of agony echoed through the mountains and forests.

As the last bandit lay dying, he pointed at Meng Fuqing and kept repeating the word 'monster'.

Xie Jin thought they had seen Meng Fuqing conjure something out of thin air, his expression hardened, and he pierced the bandit's chest with his sword.

When the two left, only four completely dead corpses remained on the ground.

"Are you alright?" Xie Jin asked.

Meng Fuqing shook his head. "Have you checked on them?"

"Boss Du is investigating."

The two went back to their resting place one after the other.

At the rest stop, Meng Ali had already recognized the other two bandits who had infiltrated the area and was preparing to deal with them.

Upon seeing the two of them return, Du Chong asked Meng Fuqing if he was injured. After learning that he was alright, he asked, "Do you two have any questions for them?"

Meng Fuqing stepped forward. "You managed to sneak in, but where are the rest of you?"

It's not that the divide-and-conquer tactic is ineffective.

The two bandits trembled like leaves, "Our people got into a fight with the people of Mengjia Village, and we escaped in the chaos..."

Before they could plead, Meng Fuqing said, "Take them away."