She squatted down and looked at Madam Xu with a smile, "I'm not dead because I'm going to send you all to your graves."

Xu gripped the muddy ground tightly with both hands, gritting her teeth as she said, "Don't even think about it. The Prince of Jiangning will be here soon, and he will capture you, this monster, and sacrifice you to the heavens."

"The Prince of Jiangning?" Li Ruo asked, "Have you met him?"

"You are about to die. He is the emperor's own brother. How can we allow a monster like you to cause trouble?"

What did you say to him?

Xu suddenly shut her mouth tightly.

Li Ruo said to Chen He, "Give me your broadsword." One should be even more ruthless than her when dealing with someone like that.

Mrs. Xu panicked, "What are you going to do?"

"Wouldn't it be interesting if I cut off your hands and feet and turned you into a human pig?"

Xu stared at her in horror, "You! You are an evil spirit, you are an evil spirit that has come to take my life."

Li Ruo laughed, "I'm impatient. I'll count to three, one, two—"

"Hehe." Xu seemed to have completely lost her mind, laughing so hard it gave everyone goosebumps.

Suddenly, as if in a final burst of energy, she lunged at Li Ruo.

Li Ruo moved even faster, shifting to the side, and with a "bang," Xu Shi crashed into the tombstone engraved with Li Ruo's name.

"Cough..."

With a cracking sound as if her throat had been choked, Xu collapsed and died.

“He’s dead.” Li Ruo threw the knife back to Chen He.

The refugees who were watching fell silent for a moment, then suddenly, someone broke into a cheer.

"Good, it's good that you're dead."

"That corrupt official Song Zhijing actually used the refugees to steal our things. This woman even gave her own daughter to the refugees in an attempt to control Beishan. What a foolish dream! She deserves to die."

"We can finally have some peace and quiet in Beishan!"

"Two esteemed heroes, could you please leave your names?"

After completing his mission, Li Ruo ignored the people and did not destroy the tombstone, leaving it standing there, before turning around and leaving with Chen He.

"Hey, wait a minute!" The boy blocked their way, looking anxious.

Li Ruo raised an eyebrow slightly. "Something wrong?"

"Where are you two heroes going? Aren't you going to stay in Beishan?" he asked. "My name is Achang. I come from the south. Since you are so skilled in martial arts, can you join us? We already have dozens of people here."

Li Ruo glanced at Chen He, "This little guy is trying to recruit us as his henchmen."

Just as Chen He was about to reprimand them, Achang pulled Li Ruo aside, patted his chest, and said, "As long as you join us, I guarantee I can support you."

Li Ruo suddenly became interested, "Oh? How do you feed us? We have big appetites, especially him, he can eat eight bowls of rice in one meal."

Chen He: ...

Is he really that big of an eater?

To everyone's surprise, A-Chang said, "Oh, what's that? If it works, I'll eat ten bowls."

Li Ruo looked unconvinced. "Kid, don't exaggerate. You were just stealing the Xu family's grain."

Achang blushed. "That's because I didn't want them to have an easy time."

“You have to let me see the grain,” Li Ruo said.

Achang thought to himself, "This short man is not easy to deal with." He lowered his voice and said, "It's okay if you don't join us. We can cooperate. I know where there is food."

"Oh?" Li Ruo asked, "Where? This place must be dangerous."

A-Chang smiled slyly, "Fortune favors the bold. If it were that easy, we could handle it ourselves, why would we need to ask you?"

Chen He moved closer and whispered, "I'm afraid there might be a trap."

Li Ruo naturally thought of this, "What benefit would I get?"

"How about a 30/70 split? You get 30% and we get 70%," Achang said.

Li Ruo didn't say whether she was willing or not: "Aren't you afraid we'll take it all for ourselves?"

Achang laughed and said, "Although you are easy to fight, I can tell you haven't been here long. You are not as familiar with Beishan as we are. It won't be easy for you to take it all for yourself."

Li Ruo said, "We won't agree to this profit sharing."

Achang's eyes widened, but then he thought about how many people were guarding the area and how they weren't sure of success. If they didn't get the grain soon, they would die. "Wuwu, they still have people transporting grain today, a lot of grain."

Li Ruo's heart skipped a beat, "Transporting grain?"

Achang nodded.

Do you know who it is?

Achang shook his head. "Those people are dressed similarly to us refugees, but judging from their appearance, they don't seem like ordinary people. Moreover, they have spears."

"A spear?" Aren't those only used by soldiers? Li Ru pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Do you know what the consequences will be if you lie to us?"

"Liar?" Achang opened his mouth wide and snorted. "Don't believe me? Fine, we'll figure it out ourselves."

He left after saying that.

Li Ruo didn't immediately follow, but asked Chen He, "What do you think?"

Chen He couldn't follow her train of thought at all, because he hadn't been to Black Wind Stronghold and didn't know she was connecting the grain with the Prince of Jiangning. "How about we find out more first?"

“Okay.” Li Ruo did suspect that the people who transported the grain might be soldiers from the Prince of Jiangning’s mansion, but why would the Prince of Jiangning transport grain to Beishan? Isn’t that the Prince of Runan’s territory?

How could you put your grain under the nose of the Prince of Runan?

However, the most dangerous place is sometimes the safest, which is very much in line with the personality of the Prince of Jiangning.

Li Ruo felt that Achang wouldn't let this go, so she and Chen He secretly followed him. After about half an hour, Achang and one of his companions went into the ravine.

“If those two won’t help, we’ll do it ourselves,” Achang said.

Companion: "But if things don't work out, we'll all be killed."

"We'll die anyway if we don't have anything to eat. If we succeed this time, we'll not only have food, but we can also take some to General Mountain to surrender to Chief Xie and do great things with him."

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