Song Gongming was taken back by the bandits, knowing he was destined to die, he said nothing and allowed them to tie him up in the main hall.
The three bandits came in and asked their subordinates, "Did you find anything?"
The little bandit reported disappointedly, "Report to you, chief, this is a poor guy, he doesn't have a penny on him."
The bandit leader rubbed his head and said, "This is a loss for us, we can't make a trip for nothing, with so many of us involved."
One bandit stared at Song Gongming and said, "I observe that this person looks like a scholar, his family shouldn't be too poor. Go ask him to have his family send some money over."
The two bandit leaders nodded, went up to Song Gongming, and demanded, "Hey, you poor scholar. Where do you live, what's your surname, and do you have any property?"
Song Gongming, pale, said, "If you're going to kill, then kill, why bother with nonsense!"
Wow!
