After passing a mountain, a village appeared under the moonlight. It looked bigger than the previous Shuigou Village. Many houses were scattered and hidden in the mountains, as if isolated from the outside world.

Jiang Ye sniffed his nose: "Dad, I smell the smell of food."

Everyone chuckled weakly: "The silly boy is dreaming again."

It's early morning now. Who would cook at this time? I'm afraid everyone is asleep.

"Why, there seems to be a fire there, and smoke coming out of the chimney."

Tu Yufan said, "The rice should be ready, let's eat first."

The crowd, which had been dead silent, suddenly became noisy. No matter how sore their legs were, everyone crawled around the village.

Seeing how excited they were, Tu Yufan reminded them, "You guys should take this path. There are thorns and traps everywhere else, and it's easy to get hurt."

The cook saw a group of people with twisted gaits rushing towards him and almost thought he saw a ghost. If Tu Yufan hadn't been nearby, he would have dropped the spatula and ran away.

After wolfing down the meal, everyone felt completely alive and warm all over. Seeing that everyone was full, Tu Yufan gathered everyone together to discuss things.

The bandits have a lot of fields and a batch of food that is about to mature. They can basically be self-sufficient. The main thing is to divide the work among the people. Although this place is secluded, he has never thought about living a life isolated from others.

The mistress's granddaughter Aying was still a slave outside. Although she was from a wealthy family, she didn't necessarily live better than them. The Su family just treated her as an object.

Seeing that everyone had gone back to sleep, Jiang Chuan asked, "Dad, this isn't an ordinary village, is it?"

"This is a bandit's den."

Jiang Chuan's expression changed: "Then what about them——?"

"Some died, some ran away. This place is not safe either. Jiang Yu said that the imperial court sent people to suppress bandits several times before. Son, are you scared?"

Jiang Chuan's expression changed constantly, and he finally said, "Don't worry, Dad, I'll do whatever you want to do. Anyway, this is how it is."

"Hurry up and take a rest."

On the next day, Tu Yufan distributed weapons to everyone in the village, and soon a group of people came over.

It was Liao Ze, the former third in command, who came here with his group of brothers.

When Liao Ze saw that there were a lot more people in the village, and that these people were carrying weapons, his face changed slightly.

Tu Yufan had expected them to come back: "What are you doing here?"

Liao Ze knelt down and clasped his fists, saying: "My brothers and I have no other way to go. We came here to surrender this time. I hope you will forgive us for our past mistakes."

When Liao Ze left before, he did want to go back and kill Tu Yufan, but after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up. He took these brothers out of Licheng and went to another city. Unexpectedly, Zhang Mazi had already sent troops to block the exit of Licheng. He wanted to kill all the refugees!

If he had not passed by here, he could only go through the deep mountains, which was too dangerous. He was only good at writing, and if he traveled a long distance, he would probably lose half his life.

Liao Ze was forced to return home. He thought that he should first gain Tu Yufan's trust so that he could become the person in charge in the future. However, he did not expect that Tu Yufan already had people on his side, and it became much more difficult to gain his trust.

Tu Yufan had known for a long time that they would come back. Those who left with Liao Ze were basically his confidants, and those who stayed behind with ulterior motives had already been killed by him.

As long as Liao Ze obeys, and the others do the same, there will be a shortage of manpower here, regardless of their background.