Tang Youyou just sat on the ground in a daze, tears streaming down her face, staring at Tang's mother's body in a daze. She couldn't believe that someone who was so full of energy this morning had died in front of her like this.

"Mom... wuwuwu..." Xiaosi's voice came.

She turned her head stupidly and found three small words.

"Mom, they captured my eldest brother, and my eldest sister-in-law hid us in the cellar so that we could escape danger!" Xiao Er pretended to be calm.

"Mom, what happened to grandma?" Xiao Si asked in a low voice.

Tang Youyou wiped her tears and choked back her tears, "Grandma is tired and fell asleep!"

He then carried Tang's mother back into the house, only to find the yard in a mess and Tang's father lying motionless on the ground.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she carefully checked Tang's father's breathing and breathed a sigh of relief.

The three children stood upright and didn't dare to speak.

"Xiao'er, take care of your grandfather. Xiaoshan and Xiaosi, go find Niuniu and the other kids!"

She was going to check on the situation in the village.

She had been rushing down the mountain for so long without seeing anyone else, so she must be in great danger.

"Wow, wow, wow... These damn bandits deserve a horrible death!" A woman cried loudly.

"Go check the situation of every household!" Tang Youyou ordered loudly.

The woman seemed to have found her backbone, and quickly got up and checked every house.

Two quarters of an hour later, Tang Youyou sorted out the information she had received. More than a hundred bandits had taken away all the food, money, and farm tools. They also tied up more than eighty young men and twenty young women! Most of the elderly were unconscious!

"Youyou...what should I do?" Yu was extremely anxious.

"Sister-in-law Yu, you must remember what I am going to say next!" The death of Tang's mother angered her. She would be ungentlemanly if she did not avenge this, and she must rescue her younger brother and older brother.

Yu was panicked for a moment, "Youyou...don't be impulsive!"

Although her husband and eldest son were captured, she didn't want Tang Youyou to take risks. How could one person resist more than a hundred bandits?

"Sister-in-law Yu, I must avenge this vengeance today. There's no one guarding the village right now. Take everyone up the mountain, eat whatever you can, and wait for me to come back!"

If we had been a little later, who knows how many people would have died.

The women looked worried and tried to dissuade him.

"Sister, why don't we report it to the police?"

"Yes, it's too dangerous. We are worried about you being alone!"

She shook her head decisively, "I don't know what the situation is in the county right now. I'll go find out first! Don't worry about me, just take good care of the remaining survivors!"

Everyone heard the determination in her words and couldn't help but cry.

"God, please open your eyes. Are you forcing us to die?"

Right now the village is full of the elderly, the weak, women and children. If another wave of refugees comes, we will probably be doomed.

She picked up the man with one hand and slapped him several times to wake him up.

The man just opened his eyes and was about to attack her, but he suddenly felt a pain in his calf, "Ah... you, you bitch!"

Tang Youyou couldn't help but increase the strength on his feet, "Heh... I'll give you a chance to live. Where is your village?"

A hint of sarcasm flashed in the man's eyes. "What good will it do if I tell you? Do you still want revenge?"

Tang Youyou didn't reply to him, but moved her foot to his other leg and exerted a little force.

"This is my last chance. If you don't tell me, I'll find it myself!"

The man realized she wasn't trying to scare him, so he quickly stopped her, "No, no, no, I'm telling you... I'm telling you... our village is in the back mountains of Chengjia Village next door!"

Tang Youyou frowned slightly and stepped harder, "You're lying. The mountain behind Chengjia Village belongs to Mr. Zhao. How dare you occupy the mountain and act like a king?"

"We originally came from Hutou Mountain in Tuzhou. After the death of our eldest leader, Longtou Mountain tried to annex us. The sixth leader brought us out, but we rioted with the refugees, so we had no choice but to find a place to stay..."

Why does this name sound so familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

Tang Youyou took out a piece of paper and threw it down, "Draw your positions!"

After a cup of tea, she looked at the picture on the paper and was speechless!

The man swallowed hard and said, "Lady, I'm willing to lead the way, but my leg needs to rest for a few days!"

Tang Youyou sneered twice, "Heh... Still want to bargain? Do you have the qualifications? How many people are there among you?"

"One hundred and sixty people!"

Hearing this, Tang Youyou directly picked him up and went to the river.

"What...what do you want to do?"

"What for? Of course, we're going to tie you up and make an example of you to scare the refugees!"

Although everyone ran into the mountains, these houses were built with great effort and cannot be destroyed.

He clapped his hands, looked at the man tied to the tree, and took a deep breath.

"Whether you can survive depends entirely on God's will!"

The man's eyes were bloodshot: "You bitch, you go back on your word..."

"I never said I would let you go..."

After leaving these words, she walked away, her destination naturally being the county government office.

I couldn't see a single person along the way, and I couldn't help but feel astonished. What on earth was going on? There wasn't even a single refugee in sight? How bizarre!

At the same time, I was in a bad mood, thinking of Tang's mother and the difficulties I had faced along the way.

"Tongzi, why are others reborn as rich and powerful ladies, mistresses, and generals, while I'm at the bottom of society? The family ties I worked so hard to gain are shattered like this. Is there anyone worse off than me?"

The system rolled its eyes. [The next person was reincarnated as a concubine, but died before surviving two episodes. The previous person was reincarnated as a princess, thinking she could keep a lover, but was dragged away to marry a foreign prince and shot to pieces halfway through.]

[And the one dressed as a rich lady, she was so beautiful that she was pushed into the water right after she appeared. She was saved by a beggar, and the owner of the house killed her with a cup of poisoned tea to save face!]

[You are so lucky. Stop complaining and disturbing my sleep!]

Tang Youyou laughed dumbly. It turned out that she was actually lucky? Was it because she was still alive?

Thinking back to what the system said just now, it is really difficult to be a woman in this world. Even the daughters of officials have such a hard time, let alone ordinary people like you.

Suddenly, an idea germinated in my mind. The public security in ancient times was so bad. If you want to live a peaceful retirement, you must become rich and powerful.

Suddenly she felt sad. It was extremely difficult for people from the lower class to cross the social ladder. As for relying on having several sons to change her family's status, she shook her head.

Officials have protected each other since ancient times because most of them are from wealthy families. Their interests are intertwined and deeply rooted. How could they allow a commoner to take their jobs?

She is not a naive person who simply thinks that as long as she has the ability, she can get what she wants. That is the modern era. In ancient times, class divisions were too serious and one had to take things step by step.

Before they knew it, they arrived at the city gate, where two yamen runners were dozing against the wall.

"Missing big brother?"

"Who? Refugees are coming? Bandits are coming?" A yamen runner suddenly woke up.

Tang Youyou raised her eyebrows. Could it be that the bandits had come to the county town?

After the yamen runner saw who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief and angrily shouted at her, "What are you doing here, woman?"

"Sir, I'm here to buy some food. I wonder if there's any food store open in the county government office?" She said,

The yamen runner frowned, "Now that the county town has been looted, how can there be any shops open? Let's leave quickly. Who knows if these refugees will come again!"