Chapter 163 Picking Up a Bargain

Not wanting to waste any more words with her, he walked straight up to the greasy-mouthed little leader, squatted down, and reached out to touch his waist.

Yunniang covered her mouth in shock. She couldn't believe that a marshal would actually...

"come over,"

Bai Li took out a purse and weighed it. From the sound, he could tell there were small change and copper coins in it, probably about ten taels of silver.

Seeing Yunniang approaching, he stuffed the purse into her hand.

"Marshal, this..."

Yunniang wanted to throw it away as if her hand was burned, but she finally held it back. However, her expression of resistance was hard to describe.

"Why, when there's not a grain of food left at home, you still think money is dirty?"

Yunniang then grabbed the purse embarrassedly, and was immediately shocked by its weight.

Bai Li was speechless about her. She was so jumpy and didn't act like a married woman at all.

"Go pick up a few knives over there, we'll wait for someone at the village entrance."

Yunniang did not resist this time and did as she was told.

He stuffed the purse into his arms and bent down to pick up the Simon soldier's sword on the ground.

While picking up the knife, Yunniang hesitated and touched the waists of the corpses with trembling hands. Unfortunately, those soldiers were not as rich as the small leaders, but they also had more or less gains.

"Hey, why does this silver bracelet look so familiar?"

Yunniang found a silver bracelet from a soldier's arms. It weighed about one penny and was stained with dried blood.

"Oh! This is my fifth aunt's bracelet!"

Bai Li looked at her, and Yunniang wiped the blood on the corpse's clothes to confirm that it was correct.

"These bastards, they break into the village, steal things and kill people, aren't they afraid of being punished by God?"

While cursing, Yunniang tore the clothes of the corpse roughly, searched inside and outside the pockets, and did not even leave out the corners. She was not embarrassed at all.

Bai Li thought about it and moved towards the little leader again.

Sure enough, he felt something bulging on his waist. When he took it out, he found it was a cloth bag with several hairpins in it, three silver and one gold.

Bai Li wanted to give it to Yunniang, but after thinking about it, he decided not to scare her and just threw it into the space.

After touching the little leader, she left the other small shrimps to Yunniang to touch.

This is money that can be used to buy real things. If it is left to rot with the corpse and buried in the soil, it would be a waste of resources.

Bai Li picked up five knives and Yunniang held three, and the two walked towards the village entrance against the dim sunset.

Along the way, with heavy things in her arms, Yunniang had a smile on her face.

The road from Yunniang's home to the village entrance was littered with Simon's soldiers' bodies.

The female cavalryman was nowhere to be seen, so she must have gone to gather at the village entrance.

The careful Yunniang discovered that the waist of the corpse on the ground was turned over, probably because someone had searched the waist bag.

She now understood that this Marshal Bai was really extraordinary. While killing the enemies, each soldier could also make a little money. Unlike before, the soldiers had to rely on supplies from the rear to fight. If the supplies were not timely, they would have to starve and freeze.

If the soldiers had money, they could at least exchange it for some rice from the local people so they wouldn't starve to death.

Of course, this premise is that there is still enough time to pick up the spoils after killing the enemy, otherwise you will be caught up by the enemy and you will have no life to spend the money.

While Yunniang was daydreaming, the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village appeared in front of them.

"Marshal Bai, you're finally here!"

"Gao Dani, you're all here. Wu Lanzhi and the others haven't arrived yet?"

"The captain and the others haven't arrived yet. We just arrived a while ago."

"Tell me about the situation in the village."

Bai Li took a quick look and found many unfamiliar faces of young and old women and children.

"Marshal Bai, these are the villagers at the village head. We just happened to rescue them when we got there."

"You're all great. Wu Lanzhi hasn't arrived yet. I'm afraid saving the common people will delay her. I'll go get her."

"Marshal, you stay here. I'll take a few people with me, okay?"

All 121 members of Gao Dani's group were here, and Wu Lanzhi, who brought 123 members, went to the end of the village.

"No, we need manpower to guard the village entrance to prevent the enemy from sneaking in."

After Bai Li finished speaking, he told Yunniang to go with them and left.

Half of the village has been deserted.

Bai Li spread out his body and rushed past at lightning speed, arriving at the end of the village in a few minutes.

In a large courtyard, Wu Lanzhi and others, along with a group of ordinary people, were surrounded by hundreds of Simon soldiers.

Originally, their number was about the same as theirs, so they were not at a disadvantage. However, they had to take these civilians into consideration, which hindered their ability to fight. They were not careful and injured several of their men, so they were trapped here.

Bai Li followed the sound and found the courtyard. The gate was wide open and he knew what was going on when he looked inside.

Bai Li approached quietly and took down several of them in one breath while the Simon soldiers were fully focused on dealing with Wu Lanzhi and the others.

"Damn it, someone is attacking from behind!"

Simon's soldiers finally reacted and sent more than a dozen people to deal with Bai Li.

Unfortunately, they underestimated Bai Li. A dozen people were not enough for Bai Li to deal with in a few moves. He quickly tore a hole in the encirclement surrounding Wu Lanzhi and joined up with Wu Lanzhi and the others.

"Marshal Bai, why are you here?"

"Don't talk first, kill these bastards first!"

With Bai Li's joining, Wu Lanzhi and others turned defeat into victory and quickly wiped out all the enemy troops.

"It's getting dark soon. Hurry up and let's meet at the village entrance."

Wu Lanzhi and others quickly picked up the leak and led the locals to the village entrance.

As the sky grew darker, Gao Dani and the others at the village entrance were getting increasingly anxious as they waited.

"Team Leader, the captain must have been trapped by the enemy. Marshal Bai went alone... If we had known, we would have gone with her!"

Gao Dani was regretting it in her heart, but after hearing what her subordinates said, she could no longer wait.

Just as I was about to take a dozen people to provide support, I heard footsteps coming towards me.

"It's the Marshal and the others!"

Gao Dani went to meet him, and when she saw Bai Li, she felt relieved.

"Marshal, are you all right?"

"Several people are injured. Hurry up and bandage them up. We need to leave here quickly."

When Yunniang saw that the people behind them were all familiar faces from the village, she immediately stepped forward to greet them and told them about their experiences.

Bai Li then learned that this village was called Shahe Village. Because there was a river surrounding the village, farming was easy in the village, and the harvested grain could be used to fill their stomachs after paying taxes. So a few days ago, when the Yuanzhou yamen runners came to inform them to go to the city, they were reluctant to leave the village.

Bai Li asked Yunniang to count the number of people left in the village.

After walking around, Yunniang said, "There were originally 379 people in the village, and 253 of them are here.

Those that are missing should have been killed by Simon the Dog!"