"Are we really going to do this?"

"I think that person is right. In this world, if you don't stand up for yourself, aren't you just waiting to be bullied?"

"But there's no need to knock the village chief unconscious..."

"My dad's just getting senile. He keeps wanting to rely on others. Since we can't reason with him, we might as well show him some results first!"

Upon closer inspection, Xu Jinhuan realized that the people lurking under the tree were the villagers from Dawang Village. It seemed that she wasn't the only one planning something tonight.

The villagers from Dawang Village, holding hoes, shovels, and kitchen knives, were cautiously peering at the cave entrance, their expressions a mixture of tension and excitement.

"Brother Wang, how much longer do we have to wait? I think they've all fallen asleep."

"Just to be on the safe side, let's wait a while until they're sound asleep before we make our move. Remember, once we go in, ignore everyone else. Our target is those two village chiefs!"

“I know that. In traditional operas, it’s said that to catch a thief, you must first catch the king. If we catch those two old bastards, the others won’t dare to cause trouble.”

Xu Jinhuan listened silently to the chattering of the people from Dawang Village, curious to see just how far they could go.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the people of Dawang Village finally took action.

They split into several small teams and tiptoed into the cave, using the firelight inside to quietly search for the village chiefs of the two villages.

But they searched for a long time, and became impatient, but still couldn't find the two village chiefs.

"Brother Wang, could they not be here?" A man walked up to the son of the village chief of Dawang Village and asked in a low voice.

Wang Fugui, the son of the village chief of Dawang Village, shook his head and replied in a breathy voice.

“Even if they’re not in this cave, but in the one next to it, they definitely won’t leave here. Let’s go inside and search again.”

After searching for a while, they found the two village chiefs and their families at the very back of the cave, in the warmest place.

"Knock him out and take him out!" The village chief's son called out to the villagers.

The villagers, accustomed to farm work, quickly and efficiently began knocking out and moving the people.

After the two village chiefs left, Wang Fugui looked back at the people in the cave. After thinking for a while, he took the two village chiefs' sleeping grandsons with him.

"Brother Wang, what should we do next?" The villagers of Dawang Village immediately crowded around Wang Fugui when he came out, asking with expectant faces.

After thinking for a while, Wang Fugui said, "Let's wake those people up and tell them that if they don't give us a cave, we'll kill those two village chiefs!"

The villagers of Dawang Village immediately responded to Wang Fugui's words, "Okay, let's do as Brother Fugui says."

After saying that, they all shouted into the cave.

"Wake up, everyone! If you don't wake up, we're going to burn your village chief down!"

"Get up, all of you, get up!"

Xu Jinhuan looked at the people of Dawang Village who were having a great time and silently shook her head. Perhaps it was because she had lived in the apocalypse for too long. If it were her, she would never use such methods.

This method seems to have no problems on the surface, and it might even be easy to take back part of the cave.

But then they would have to live with two villages, next to their enemies, and they were all unarmed ordinary people, which greatly increased the danger.

If it were Xu Jinhuan, she would probably kill the two village chiefs directly to instill fear in them. Any resistance would be dealt with immediately, preventing them from causing any further trouble.

However, these are just ordinary people, and this method is probably the best solution they can think of.

Just as Xu Jinhuan was pondering, the noise from the people of Dawang Village not only woke up the people from both villages, but also the Fifth Prince's secret guards.

"Who is it? What's all the noise about so late at night?"

"I had just fallen asleep and was dreaming of eating meat when I was woken up."

"Village chief?! Look outside! The village chief has been arrested!"

The villagers from both villages ran out of the cave in shock.

"Hey, you guys from Dawang Village, what do you want to do by arresting our village chief?"

"Hey, you cowards! You've got some nerve, daring to arrest our village chief! Release him right now, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

The villagers of both villages thought that this time it would be the same as before, that the villagers of Dawang Village would be terrified and respectfully release the people.

Unexpectedly, Wang Fugui snorted coldly and kicked each of the two village chiefs, waking them up.

"Stop talking nonsense, you'd better give up one of the caves right now, or I'll throw your village chief into the mountains to be eaten by wolves."

As Wang Fugui spoke fiercely, he snatched a kitchen knife from the hand of someone next to him and placed it against the neck of one of the village chiefs.

The village chief, who had been somewhat dazed, suddenly snapped to attention upon seeing the rusty kitchen knife, muttering to himself.

"Make way, make way, I'll have someone clean this up right away, please, please, don't let the kitchen knife come near me again!"

Wang Fugui and the villagers of Dawang Village were surprised that the matter was resolved so easily, and they burst into laughter. Their pent-up resentment at being bullied by the two villages was finally released.

The villagers of the other two villages always obeyed the village chief's orders. The only time they ever argued with him was when Xu Jinhuan was too frightening, and they chose to run away for their own safety.

So, after hearing the village chief's words, even though he was unwilling, he still went back to the cave and quickly packed up.

Before long, they moved the whole group to another cave, leaving the first one empty.

“Look, the cave is now empty, so how about we put this knife…” the village chief, who had been held hostage by the kitchen knife, said dryly.

Wang Fugui sneered, "Old man, what's the rush? Can't you see that the people from our village haven't arrived yet? Just wait patiently."

After saying that, he shouted to the two people not far away, "Gou Dan, Gou Sheng, go and bring the others over."

Xu Jinhuan stopped reading here and instead went to the cave where the guards lived.

Now that they're awake, it wouldn't be right not to give them a scare!

As soon as Xu Jinhuan entered the cave, he heard a guard talking.

"Since we've been woken up, why don't we discuss tomorrow's plans?"

The fourth guard yawned and mumbled, "Second senior brother, the doctor said that it's not good to use your brain too much at night, otherwise you won't have any energy the next day. I'm going to sleep now."

The fifth and sixth guards also vaguely echoed, "The fourth one is right, second senior brother, you should learn from the eldest senior brother."

He always completed his missions by pushing himself and devising his own plans. We guys don't have much of a brain; we just follow orders..."

Before An Er could say anything more, the two of them had already fallen fast asleep.