Old Mrs. Li's gaze was somewhat distant.
"In that battle, our Great Yin Kingdom fought against the Southern Cloud Kingdom and fell into an enemy ambush. Your father and your brother led a cavalry unit to break through the encirclement, and they were the first to fall, falling off a cliff thousands of feet high."
Later, Deputy General Qiu led his men to search, but apart from shattered armor and severed limbs, they found no intact bodies. It was too horrific. They said that falling from such a height, everything would be scattered, and besides, there was a pack of wolves roaming at the bottom of the cliff.
Li Ruo: "...What about that Deputy General Qiu?"
"He went to the capital and I haven't seen him since."
Li Ruo glanced at Lian Lizhi, saw her silently shedding tears, and asked no more questions.
Old Mrs. Li didn't want to say anything more. "With so much stuff, why don't we invite Chief Xie over for dinner? He's been back for two days now, is his injury better? How about tonight?"
Li Ru blinked: "What kind of logic is it that I saved him and then have to treat him to a meal?"
However, she still called Lao Wang.
At this time, in Black Wind Village.
Although the mission was successful—they raided the largest granary of the Prince of Runan, seizing over 100,000 jin of grain—more than a dozen brothers died, leaving everyone feeling heavy-hearted.
Xie Xiao led the way in paying respects to them and instructed Uncle Luo to comfort their families, even though most of them were orphans.
Seeing that his eyes were somewhat dim, the third leader said, "You can't blame the first leader for this. After all, we are all human, not gods."
"It's also because I didn't consider things thoroughly," Xie Xiao said.
He lay in bed for two days, didn't shave, and looked a bit颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of listlessness, apathy, or dejection).
Fourth Leader: "Boss, how can there be no deaths in war? If you put it that way, then there are no generals who lose battles?"
“Even someone as brave and skilled in battle as General Li—besides, we won this time, and you brought so much grain for everyone.”
With this food, they had more confidence.
He didn't understand why the leader's mood was always lower than the others whenever a brother died in battle.
This time, disregarding his own safety, he gave all four soft armors given to him by Miss Li to his brothers, which was more than enough.
"Boss, right now we should seize the opportunity and concentrate our efforts on recruiting more soldiers," said the Fifth Boss.
He was in charge of intelligence.
News from various mountain strongholds came from his subordinates.
Xie Ying glanced at the Fifth Master and said, "Yes, brother. The Prince of Runan will not let us go after we robbed most of his grain. And the Prince of Jiangning, we killed a lot of his people this time, he will also hold a grudge."
But as Fifth Brother said, while the power of those powerful figures is still fragmented, this is our opportunity.
Sister Li also gave us so much pig iron; we now have weapons that others don't have. Let's train another batch of men as soon as possible.
Xie Xiao's eyes brightened slightly as he looked at them. "What are you all doing? Do you think I'm that depressed? Get everyone up. We need to recruit more people, but we also need to guard our stronghold and not give anyone a chance to take advantage of us."
Just as he finished speaking, Sun Ergou brought in a man and a woman, saying, "Boss, I caught them having an affair."
The man's name is Ma Feng, everyone knows him. He's from Zixia Mountain and used to be a capable assistant.
The woman was unfamiliar to me.
At this moment, both of them were disheveled and looked guilty.
"Who is she?" Xie Xiao asked, squinting.
Ma Feng stammered, "I...I saw how pitiful she was, so...I took her in."
"Damn it, you've taken them all in and made them sleep together on the bed!" Sun Ergou said. "You've ignored the boss's orders. Even if you take in refugees, you're not allowed to bring them into the village."
The woman looked pitiful and weak.
"Thank you, Chief. I was so cold that I asked Brother Ma for help. You can punish me if you want."
Xie Xiao looked at the woman, a dark glint in his eyes. "Same as always, take her away and interrogate her."
The woman was taken away by the Fifth Master while crying and sobbing.
The Fifth Master's methods of interrogating people...
Ma Feng shuddered. "Boss, I just gave her some food and didn't say anything else—ah!"
His hand was almost crushed.
"Take him in for questioning as well," Xie Xiao said coldly, stopping his footing.
Then Ma Feng was taken away again.
Uncle Luo, who had been inspecting the warehouses, returned and said, "Fortunately, Er Gou discovered it early, and the various warehouses in the village have not suffered any losses for the time being."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Ergou did a great job this time, he deserves a lot of credit."
Sun Ergou smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "It was my sister who reminded me. She told me to keep a close eye on the granary and the wall, and not to miss any suspicious people. Tonight, I saw that woman acting suspiciously outside the wall, so I followed her and discovered her affair with Ma Feng."
Xie Xiao was taken aback. "That woman again?"
Ha, could she possibly be a fortune teller?
The third leader said, "Miss Li is truly a lucky star for our village. Chief, why don't we invite her over for a meal? We didn't get to eat the noodles and chicken last time."
Xie Xiao: Can we please stop bringing up what happened last time?
"Alright, since you insist, then Third Master, you should go and invite them yourself."
The other leaders wanted to laugh, but they held it in.
Just then, Old Wang arrived. "Boss, Third Boss, Fourth Boss, you're all here."
"What's up?"
"Miss Li asked if Xie Dang's injuries were getting better and wanted to invite you to dinner," Old Wang said.
Everyone present laughed.
"Boss, is this what they call telepathy?" the fourth leader said with a smile.
He figured it out.
Hopefully, the boss will feel better after hearing this and free him from the cesspool.
Xie Xiao's lips curled up slightly. "Who wants to be telepathically connected with her? But fourth brother is a bit of a waste of his talents. You don't need to carry manure anymore. Just focus on raising pigs and growing spinach!"
Fourth Master: "Yes, Master!" Yeah!
Old Wang asked, "Is the chief going? I need to go tell my daughter."
The third leader punched him and joked, "Well, Old Wang, she's become my daughter now. Are you from Black Wind Stronghold or Purple Sun Peak now?"
Old Wang chuckled, "What's the difference? Doesn't the chief treat Miss Li like a younger sister? Then they're family."
Xie Xiao's lips curled down. "That's what she told you?"
Old Wang was startled: "My goodness, why did the eldest brother suddenly change his expression?"
“Last time, the girl told Grandma Li that you two almost became sworn brothers, and then Grandma Li said that she really wanted you to be her grandson.”
Xie Xiao gritted his teeth: "So, this is a meal for someone who's acknowledging their grandson?"
Old Wang shuddered. "Isn't...it good?"
Xie Xiao didn't say it was bad, but suddenly collapsed on the kang, looking like he was in excruciating pain. "Tell...Grandma Li, my injuries are still very serious, I can't get out of bed, I'll go another day."
That's killing two birds with one stone; he's such a clever little devil.
Old Wang was still in a daze when he left.
He was perfectly fine when he arrived, so how did he suddenly collapse? Old Wang was completely baffled.
"Girl, the chief says he's too badly injured to come."
Li Ru frowned. "Is it that heavy?"
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