River bandits have their favorite ways to kill. Some prefer the "chopping board fare": poling the boat out to the middle of the river before hacking their victims down into the water one by one. Others prefer to play the good man, stage a shipwreck, watch the victims struggle and drown, then take the heads as proof of the deed.
Eighteen bandit crews, eighteen ways to kill.
Anecdote · Jiangnan State · Hangzhou