Li Xiaochen pondered for a moment, then looked at Wang Yu and Cheng Tinghao and gave them instructions:
"I will take my men to chase after them. With this tiger around, we will definitely find them. Cheng Tinghao doesn't need to come along. Wait here for me to bring your sister out, and then I will come back for you. I will give you Wang Yu. With Shan Ying and the others, that should be enough."
"yes!"
Wang Yu nodded in agreement.
Cheng Tinghao opened his mouth, but in the end he nodded in agreement; he couldn't cause trouble.
"Also, since they are staying at the Fortune Money House, someone there must know the exact location. Send someone to arrest someone and interrogate them to see if they have any news about Jipu Village."
Li Xiaochen thought for a moment and then spoke again.
"yes!"
Wang Yu agreed, turned around and walked out.
That evening, Wang Yu finally replied.
"Your Highness, we've gotten the answer!"
Wang Yu said to Li Xiaochen with a happy expression.
"Okay! Let's set off now, the sooner the better!"
Upon hearing the exact address, Li Xiaochen couldn't sit still any longer and immediately stood up to speak.
After leaving Huabing City, Li Xiaochen headed towards the pavilion a kilometer outside the city to meet up with his men.
Among these people were Lin Yuxin's group of about a hundred, and his own group of several dozen. There were too many people, so Li Xiaochen didn't bring them into the city, for fear of alerting them.
The tiger was also there, all ready to go. The group continued towards their destination, but the person Wang Yu had captured was taken along by Li Xiaochen.
The person Wang Yu captured was none other than the manager of the Fortune Money Shop. Although he was not entirely a member of Jipu Village, he did know the exact location of Jipu Village because he regularly sent silver there every year.
The chief told him to work hard outside, and he would get his share of benefits. In addition, his family had been brought to Jipu Village, and he couldn't resist even if he wanted to. So he resigned himself to working for Jipu Village.
He was the one who delivered the information about where caravans were operating and where ships were setting sail.
Li Xiaochen also learned from Wang Yu that the shopkeeper knew a lot about Jipu Village and had shared a lot of information, making him a useful person.
Li Xiaochen rushed towards Lin Yuxin's direction, while Lin Yuxin had already successfully entered the territory of Jipu Village.
This is the top of a mountain. The mountain itself isn't anything special, except that the path leading into it is rather rugged and difficult to traverse.
As Lin Yuxin followed Nie Yuan and the others closer, she saw a village in the distance. There were people guarding the entrance of the village with weapons, looking very vigilant and not to be trifled with.
Lao Hei and Nie Yuan exchanged a glance, then looked at the black bear not far behind Lin Yuxin, their expressions extremely grim.
Who knew that as soon as they went to a secluded place, the bear would suddenly appear as if it had caught a whiff of something, and follow Lin Yuxin around, never leaving her side.
They endured two more frustrating days, and now they were almost at Jipu Village, but they couldn't bring the bear back with them!
Nie Yuan understood what Lao Hei meant. His eyes flickered, and he smiled at Lin Yuxin, saying:
“Miss Lin, look, we’re almost at the village. Your friend… it’s not convenient for it to go in. Do you think we should let it go back first? Or perhaps it could go for a stroll in the mountains?”
"Inconvenient? How is it inconvenient? I thought you people from Jipu Village were a group of wise and fearless people! Turns out you're still afraid of these wild beasts!"
Lin Yuxin mumbled something, but didn't immediately agree.
Nie Yuan's face instantly darkened, but he didn't immediately react. Instead, he took a deep breath and spoke again, offering his advice:
“Miss Lin, that’s not what I meant. You see, your friend is different from ordinary bears. If we let it in, wouldn’t it scare the women and children in the village? Don’t you think so?”
"Alright! I'll let it go out for a stroll! But it'll get worried if it doesn't see me by tomorrow. You know how wild beasts are, nobody can control what they do!"
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow and nodded. She already knew that black bears couldn't be brought in, but she could bring them in through her spatial storage! She wasn't afraid at all!
She's dragging her feet and refusing to agree right now just to annoy these guys. Don't think she doesn't know that if it weren't for Black Bear along the way, they would probably be completely unreasonable by now.
I guess they already contacted the people in the village a few days ago, figuring out how to deal with her, right?
She's waiting! But the baby in her belly is quite well-behaved; despite traveling through mountains and rivers for the past ten days or so, she hasn't experienced any pregnancy symptoms.
She didn't vomit or feel dizzy, which shows she's a considerate person!
So this group of people hadn't discovered that she was pregnant, which gave her an extra layer of protection!
Lin Yuxin escorted the black bear to a place where they couldn't see it, and told it to go back to its space. Then she walked back to Nie Yuan and the others.
"Miss Lin, let's go!"
Nie Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth, made a gesture, and said to Lin Yuxin.
Old Hei had already headed towards the village, and Lin Yuxin followed.
Upon reaching the village entrance, the two guards saw Lao Hei and Nie Yuan nod to them expressionlessly, then looked ahead again.
Lin Yuxin glanced at the two of them, her eyes flickering slightly. Had these two lost their tongues?
Lin Yuxin is a medical student, so she can usually tell if there's anything different about a person's appearance. Although those two people didn't say anything, their cheeks were noticeably sunken.
The way his lips were closed looked strange, clearly indicating that his tongue had been cut off.
It seems there's something else shady going on in this village!
Lin Yuxin withdrew her gaze and followed Nie Yuan until they arrived in front of the chieftain, Kui Sihou.
Kui Si Hu's real name is Kui Biao. He is quite handsome, but his physique is too burly. In modern terms, he is a "muscle Barbie".
Kui Sihu was an orphan from a young age and made a living by begging. He did many bad things and suffered a lot of grievances in order to get a bite to eat.
At the age of sixteen, he saved a man by chance. That man was the former chief of Jipu Village. The chief was grateful and took him into Jipu Village. At first, he just wanted to have something to eat.
But later, after the old chieftain was killed during a power struggle, Kui Si Hu began to change, becoming fierce, cruel, and greedy.
Once, his wages were withheld, and he refused to accept it. He got into a fight with someone, beat them up, and robbed them of their money. From then on, he was out of control.
After Kui Sihou risked his life to reclaim Jipu Village, he became the village chief. In order to support the villagers, he often led his men out to rob, and because of his cruel methods, he never failed.
But gradually, Kui Sihou's original intention was no longer as simple as just filling his stomach; he wanted a lot of money.
He began to lead his men to rob things purposefully, looking down on the scattered loot and instead targeting the passing caravans that came to buy goods.
They would almost never let a large caravan pass by.
These men have started targeting ships at sea, and they don't just rob things; they also prey on merchants. Every time they rob something, they kill those who resist.
Gradually, Jipu Village became a bandit stronghold that committed all sorts of evil deeds, and a malignant tumor in the Zhao Kingdom.
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