Chapter 31: Absolutely No Regrets!

The light in the eyes of those who had been full of hope just moments before vanished instantly!

"Heavens above! There are hundreds of bandits! Are they trying to kill us?"

"If we had known, we wouldn't have taken this route. Should we turn back?"

"We'll just die of thirst if we go back. Why don't we go get some water tonight and avoid Black Wind Stronghold?"

Everyone chimed in with their own thoughts.

Liu Laohu's head throbbed from the noise: "What's all this fuss about? You bunch of idiots! If it weren't for Young Master Lan, would you even have enough to eat? Listen to Young Master Lan!"

Having gone through so much along the way, Liu Laohu had come to see Shen Lanxi as his lifeline.

"Young Master Lan, you're a wise man, please give us some advice!"

"Yes, Young Master Lan, you're so capable, you must have a way!"

Some people joined Liu Laohu in begging Shen Lanxi for help, while others remained silent.

Shen Lanxi pretended to think hard, and after a while said, "Retreating will only lead to death!"

Liu Yan squeezed next to Shen Lanxi and said, "Young Master Lan is right, we're out of water now. If we go back, we'll just die of thirst on the way, and the feeling of dying of thirst is just too awful!"

He spoke from the heart, and many people nodded in agreement. After all, they had been thirsty all day, their mouths tasted bitter, and they felt like they were about to crack into dry, hard sticks – it was a living hell!

Shen Lanxi continued, "The only way forward now is to go all in and take a desperate gamble to find a glimmer of hope!"

Liu Yan replied, "Mountain bandits are people too. No matter how powerful they are, can they be more powerful than wolves? We've killed all the wolves, so why can't we kill them?"

This sentence is like the finishing touch; some people are immediately struck by its brilliance, while others are deep in thought.

Shen Lanxi: "We can use the same method we used at the inn to lure some people from Black Wind Stronghold out and find out how many people are inside. This way, we can know our enemy and ourselves!"

Liu Laohu: "That's a good idea, but how do we get them involved?"

Shen Lanxi's phoenix eyes flashed: "When I was in Yongcheng before, I heard that the Yongcheng garrison commander's brother-in-law had come from the capital for sightseeing. We can make use of that identity!"

Liu Laohu looked puzzled and didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from pretending to understand!

"Hmm, that makes sense!"

Shen Lanxi twitched her lips and continued, "We can do it like this..."

The idea is there, but now we just need a suitable candidate.

Liu Laohu immediately shouted towards the prisoners: "Who's willing to be this brother-in-law and lure out the bandits? If you succeed, you'll be treated well on the road!"

This is no good job; it could cost you your life!

Shen Lanxi's eyes swept over Shen Yuanjing and the others. When Shen Yuanjing saw his older sister looking over, he took a step forward, but his mother pulled him back.

"Yuanjing, my head hurts, please help your mother up!" Zhou Xinrou leaned weakly against her son.

Shen Lanxi looked away, and suddenly heard Liu Yanhui beside her volunteer!

"Young master, Brother Liu, do you think I'm suitable?"

Liu Yan walked around in front of the two of them.

Liu Laohu: "I think it's fine. He's so polite and refined, he looks more like a brother-in-law than all of us constables combined!"

If this were said under normal circumstances, it would be considered an insult!

"Are you sure?" Shen Lanxi asked seriously.

Liu Yan nodded in agreement, feeling that this was a good opportunity to pledge his allegiance to Shen Lanxi!

Whether or not we can gain trust depends on this one move!

"Sure!"

Shen Lanxi: "Okay, come with me!"

Since Liu Yanhui had decided to go, she certainly couldn't go dressed in such tattered clothes.

Back in the car, he took a set of clothes made of gold brocade, boots made of cloud brocade, a gold crown and white jade hairpin with gemstones, a mutton fat jade pendant, and four gold, jadeite and agate rings.

"Spring Snow and Autumn Frost, change him into these!"

When Liu Yanhui heard that someone was going to change his clothes, he quickly grabbed his neck.

"Young master, I can do it myself!"

Shen Lanxi reminded them, "Your clothes and shoes will get a little dirty!"

Liu Yanhui nodded quickly, then took the clothes and went to find a place to change.

When he reappeared in public, he looked like a down-on-his-luck rich young master!

The group continued their journey until they were about the right distance away. The exile caravan then stopped, and she and Liu Yan returned to continue their journey.

By the time they arrived at Black Wind Stronghold, it was almost dark. Shen Lanxi stopped where she couldn't be seen from Black Wind Stronghold, and then it was up to Liu Yan to return.

"If you regret it, you can come back anytime!" she reminded him.

Liu Yan didn't look back, and said as she walked away, "I will absolutely not regret it!"

When they were still more than 20 meters away from Black Wind Village, Liu Yanhui suddenly quickened her pace and started running, staggering towards the stream.

As he lay down by the stream to drink water, the people from Black Wind Village arrived in front of him!

As Shen Lanxi watched Liu Yanhui being dragged inside by the Black Wind Stronghold men like a dead dog, she immediately shouted angrily.

"Live updates on the situation inside!"

"Received, Master!"

Shen Lanxi remained hidden in the shadows. After a cup of tea, a group of people came out of Black Wind Village, along with Liu Yanhui!

He succeeded!

"There are twenty people in the carriage, all of them armed!"

Shen Lanxi immediately rode back to deliver the message!

Those who should retreat, retreat; those who should hide, hide; those who should act, act!

Sitting in the carriage, Liu Yanhui looked at the several carriages parked not far away and immediately shouted, "That's my carriage!"

Upon hearing this, the bandits driving the carriage immediately began whipping it wildly. The Yongcheng garrison commander's brother-in-law had said the carriage was loaded with rare treasures from the capital; charge!

Damn it, how can so many rare treasures be given to those refugees?

They took the treasure from the carriage and then retrieved the treasure hidden by the brother-in-law. The brother-in-law might as well just stay in the mountains and become the brother-in-law of the wolves!

The bandits were laughing so hard their eyes were almost closed when suddenly the carriage lurched violently. Most of the bandits sitting on the side of the carriage were thrown off, and the rest, who didn't fall off, were lying haphazardly on the carriage floor.

Liu Laohu's tiger eyes widened. As soon as he saw the bandits tumbling down, he immediately raised his knife and shouted, "Charge! Whoever cuts down the bandits, their belongings are theirs!"

This statement sounds more like something a bandit would say than something a bandit would say!

The bandits who were thrown to the ground were all badly hurt. They were grimacing and trying to get up when they were beheaded and killed!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Liu Yanhui quickly jumped off the carriage, but halfway down he pulled his foot back and grabbed a disoriented bandit to beat him up!

There were twenty bandits, not even enough for the constables to handle. They were killed in no time, like chopping melons and vegetables, with nineteen killed and one left for questioning.

The woman who used to like pulling people's underwear also signed up, but she couldn't outrun the constables.

The constables searched the bandits one by one, taking away all their valuables, and the woman rushed up and searched them again.

Her main tactic is that while others eat meat, she drinks soup!

The scene was somewhat bloody, and several women were envious but didn't dare to reach out.

Shen Lanxi glanced at the woman stripping off her clothes, and a strange feeling of emotion welled up in her heart.

If she had been this shameless in her past life, she might have lived a few more days!