Song Zhijing staggered back two steps as if his pupils had shattered, glancing at Li Ruo and Xie Xiao with a look filled with shock, resentment, and unwillingness. He then laughed three times, "Haha, good, good!" as if he were going mad.
Just as Li Ruo was about to throw another hidden arrow, Liu Duwei rushed over, grabbed him, and jumped into the water with a "bang".
Li Ruo and Xie Xiao ran over, but they had already sunk into the water.
The water was covered with corpses. The current was very strong, and in the blink of an eye, the flood had swept the bodies away to who knows where.
"Having been hit by two arrows, he's surely dead," the fourth leader said as he ran over.
Li Ruo glanced coldly into the water. "If you're still alive after this, don't come looking for me, go find the author."
As for the more than two thousand soldiers brought by Song Zhijing, since they were leaderless, they were either killed by the Black Wind Stronghold or their lives were lost.
"How about it? Weren't you pleasantly surprised to see me suddenly appear?" Xie Xiao said.
Li Ruo glanced at him; he was beaming, his eyes burning, and he had an expression that seemed to be seeking praise.
"Fall back."
She didn't speak to him, and turned and left.
Xie Xiao's smile froze.
"Hey! What's wrong with you?"
Did I offend her that night, and she think I'm a lecher?
However, he pretended to leave for Beishan that very night to fight Song Zhijing, so he didn't have time to explain to her.
Or was she angry that he hadn't told her the plan, leaving her unprepared? But there's still the Fourth Master; he's made all the arrangements, he just doesn't want her to be too tired.
Just as they were about to give chase, the Fourth Master and Sun Ergou came up. "Boss, you are truly a genius. Song Zhijing deserved to die."
Xie Xiao asked with a calm gaze, "What's the situation in the village?"
The fourth leader sighed: "We've already locked everyone up, including Uncle Zhong. Speaking of which, we have to thank Miss Li for that punch, otherwise we probably wouldn't have been able to subdue Uncle Zhong."
"Her? Why would she go to our village?"
After listening.
Xie Xiao's eyes were darker than a rainy day; no wonder!
He hurriedly instructed the fourth leader to clean up the scene and then quickly chased after him.
Li Ruo was almost at Ziyang Peak when her wrist was suddenly grabbed. Just as she was about to throw a punch with her other hand, her fist was enveloped by a large hand just an inch from her nose.
"Come with me to Black Wind Stronghold." Xie Xiao looked at her with deep eyes.
"Let go."
Xie Xiao let go, but the next instant her fist came again, this time aimed at his chest. He didn't dodge, and grunted, "Hiss, you really have the guts to hit me, my injuries haven't fully healed yet."
Li Ruo turned and left.
Xie Xiao blocked her way, saying, "Weren't you supposed to be moving rice? So many people are waiting for you to distribute rice."
Li Ruo suddenly became angry and said, "Fine, have your brothers move 80,000 catties of rice over here for me."
“Okay, you’ll come with me.” Xie Xiao stared straight at her, his eyes so deep they seemed to hold a whirlpool. “You’ll understand everything once we get there.”
“What if I don’t go?” Li Ruo said.
"Then I'll carry you there." Xie Xiao said, looking like a rogue.
The Ziyang Girls' Group and Boys' Group following Li Ruo, and the Black Wind Village brothers following Xie Xiao, all looked at each other in surprise. Wow, is this really that exciting? Should they start a fight?
Seeing that the guy's expression didn't seem like he was joking, Li Ruo said, "Alright, people from Ziyang Peak, come with me to move the grain."
Xie Xiao's brows relaxed slightly, and he said as they walked, "Aren't you going to ask me what I've been doing these past few days?"
"I don't want to." Isn't that obvious? Let's use this as a pretext to lure Song Zhijing over, and then launch a surprise attack from behind.
However, she did not quite understand what had happened at Black Wind Stronghold earlier.
Upon arriving at Black Wind Stronghold, Xie Xiao's expression changed. His face darkened like that of Yama, and his eyes were filled with ice. "Have Uncle Luo summon everyone in the stronghold who can manage things."
Li Ruo, unsure of his intentions, looked puzzled. "Have them move some grain for me?"
Xie Xiao said, "You can have them move if you want."
Uncle Luo, the third leader, the fifth leader, Xie Ying, and many others were present. Li Ruo vaguely remembered them, as they had been on several missions together.
"Bring Uncle Zhong and that traitor here," Xie Xiao said.
The traitor he was referring to was none other than Uncle Zhong's apprentice, Wu Lin.
"Wu Lin, you son of a bitch, why did you betray Black Wind Stronghold?" Little Li went up and kicked him hard.
Uncle Zhong's heart skipped a beat, "Ah Xiao—"
"Please call me the Chief!" Xie Xiao's gaze was sharp as he looked at Uncle Zhong. "Uncle Zhong, I've always let you have your way because you're an elder in the village, but you've taken advantage of your age and repeatedly disregarded me as the Chief. This time, you even plotted with your apprentice to seize my position as Chief. You've disappointed me greatly!"
Uncle Zhong's face turned pale.
Li Ruo was also startled. That old scoundrel wanted to seize power? He was even more ruthless than the one in the book.
The plot has been completely distorted, and she no longer wants to investigate it.
Uncle Zhong said anxiously, "I, Zhong Qi, am wholeheartedly devoted to the leader and to Black Wind Stronghold. I have no idea how Wu Lin betrayed Black Wind Stronghold."
"Really?" Xie Xiao was so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys ached, so he made the Fifth Master tell everyone.
Only then did Li Ruo notice the Fifth Leader.
It is said that almost all the intelligence about Black Wind Stronghold came from him.
He had regular features, but was an extremely ordinary man.
He blends into the crowd as an ordinary passerby, and perhaps that's why he can obtain a lot of information without anyone noticing.
Such people are often the most capable.
But later...
After completing a mission, he attempted to assassinate the Prince of Jiangning but was defeated, thus sacrificing himself for Xie Ying.
The fifth leader's voice was flat, yet exceptionally clear: "The female spy sent by Song Zhijing was ostensibly seducing Ma Feng, but the person she actually bribed was Wu Lin."
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