The rocks on the cave wall were covered with two characters: Li Ruo.

Some of them were still bright red, as if they were written in blood.

Xie Xiao covered her eyes. "Don't look."

The next moment, he pulled her out.

Li Ruo laughed and said, "It seems he hates me to the core."

But he didn't know that the original owner of this body was long gone, and the person who loved him died at the hands of his mother.

Even if she didn't die at his mother's hands, she would have died at his hands. Because he would personally throw the original owner and her family into the water.

Why should he hate her?

Xie Xiao looked at her and chuckled, "How blind were you to have fallen for him back then?" Luckily, things are better now.

Li Ruo met his deep gaze, her heart stirred slightly, "So, why did you show up at their wedding twice?"

"What do you mean, 'second degree'?"

"The first time was on the day of Yuan's wedding—you said you went to the scene and even saw me. The second time was when Song Zhijing married Zhang Shuer. I happened to wake up from my coma, and you set a fire in the backyard, trying to steal something in the chaos, but I beat you to it." Li Ruo asked with a smile:

"You wouldn't have had feelings for me all along, would you? I heard from Sun Ergou that you admire General Li quite a bit. After he and his son died on the battlefield, you often sent food and supplies to the general's mansion, doing good deeds without leaving your name."

Xie Xiao's pupils shrank. "That Sun Ergou! I'll go back and kill him."

“What’s there to be embarrassed about? You helped Grandma and the others, and I should be thanking you.” Li Ru stared at him. “It’s true that you admire my dad, but to say that you’ve liked me for a long time doesn’t seem to make sense. We’ve never met before, and we’re practically strangers.”

Xie Xiao stared at her intently for a while, then suddenly poked her forehead. "What are you thinking? I'm handsome and dashing, how could I have fallen for you back then? You're such a brainless infatuated girl."

Li Ruo's eyes widened. "So now, how come you've taken a liking to him?"

Xie Xiao grinned, "It's not so annoying now."

Say it again—

Xie Xiao lowered his head and gently bit her lip. "It's getting late. Hurry up and meet up with Sun Ergou and the others. I'm itching to get my hands dirty."

Sun Ergou had no idea what was going on when his boss hit him on the head and punished him by making him carry manure for a month!

This is outrageous!

In the branch village, Achang was very capable. He quietly developed his brothers to more than 500, two of whom were soldiers from the Beishan camp. They also revealed many of the despicable things that Song Zhijing had done, as well as the situation of the soldiers left behind by the Prince of Runan in Beishan.

The Prince of Runan was preoccupied with his own problems and had not yet paid much attention to the lives of the refugees in Beishan.

Furthermore, with no birds, beasts, or wild vegetables left on the northern mountain, cannibalism has become quite serious.

Therefore, Xie Xiao brought him not only a batch of grain and fodder, but also a thousand elite troops, as well as a batch of weapons such as swords, bows, arrows, and spears, to assist him in continuing to expand his territory.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Prince of Runan was about to be annexed by the Prince of Jiangning, the Black Wind Stronghold struck first.

“We’ll take Beishan tomorrow,” Xie Xiao said, pressing down on Achang’s shoulder.

“Good!” Achang’s eyes lit up. He said, “Take it down.”

Li Ruo brought them 500 cotton quilts, a batch of mushrooms, and 500 chicks, ducklings, and rabbits.

There are also dozens of kinds of herbs, and several prescriptions written by Liao Fusheng.

This moved Achang to tears.

"That's wonderful, sister. You don't know how worried we were about catching a cold. With these things, we can get through the winter. Thank you so much, sister."

Upon hearing that Li Ruo was getting married, Achang's eyes widened. "Who is it? They're so lucky to marry my sister."

Achang's parents were overjoyed and kept congratulating him.

Someone was beaming with excitement, about to speak, when Achang said, "Big brother, how could you bear to part with your older brother?"

Xie Xiao smacked him on the head. "Of course I can't bear to part with her, because she's going to marry you, her boss."

"Huh??" Achang was stunned.

Wow, even though it's an apocalyptic disaster and society is in chaos, it can't be this bad! Sibling incest—

To prevent Achang from being punished by having to carry manure, Li Ru coughed to interrupt, "He's not my brother, he's my...husband."

One sentence made Xie Xiao's heart pound like a deer, and he almost pulled the person over to kiss him.

Achang: ...

Waaah, he's heartbroken!

That night, the village was busy setting up tents for the new brothers and had to cut down trees, which made a lot of noise and attracted the attention of the "residents" of the north mountain.

Upon inquiring, they learned that Black Wind Stronghold had attacked North Mountain. Everyone was shocked and began discussing countermeasures.

Someone quickly ran to inform the commander of the Prince of Runan's garrison in Beishan that it was Zhang Mu, the Prince of Runan's nephew.

Relying on some food and manpower, Zhang Mu began to act tyrannically in Beishan after the Prince of Runan left. He thought that heroes emerge in chaotic times and had the idea of ​​getting rid of the Prince of Runan and establishing his own power base.

He started stealing other people's food, conscripting men, cooking human flesh, and even recruiting many wealthy families to bully and oppress ordinary people. The ordinary people complained bitterly but were powerless to do anything about it.

To survive, they had no choice but to offer up their own grain and daughters, because this man was also a lecher.

At this moment, Zhang Mu was having sex with two beautiful women in the wooden house when he suddenly heard the sounds of fighting and people's cries outside.

Before he could get up from Meiji, the wooden door collapsed with a bang, and a group of burly men rushed up and started kicking him.

Zhang Mu fell to the floor on the other side of the bed, picked up a large knife, and shouted, "Who are you? Do you know whose territory this is?"

Achang's eyes blazed with fury, his aura menacing: "Soon they'll belong to our Black Wind Stronghold!"

"What? Black Wind Stronghold!"

Before an incense stick could burn, Zhang Mu, along with several of his confidants and the heads of several wealthy families, were bound hand and foot and thrown outside at Xie Xiao's feet.

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