The sound reverberated through the sky.
The brothers of Black Wind Stronghold were perfectly aligned:
"good!"
"They've rebelled!"
Yongjia's eyes widened. She had never seen anyone talk about rebellion so confidently in her life. She then looked at Li Ruo and asked, "You are General Li's daughter?"
Li Ru raised an eyebrow: "That's right."
Yongjia, with a righteous and stern demeanor, said, "You, the daughter of a general, have actually stooped so low as to rebel with bandits. If General Li knew this in the afterlife, he would not rest in peace."
"Yeah?"
Li Ruo's indifferent demeanor ignited Yongjia's anger. "General Li's entire family is loyal and devoted to protecting the Great Yin Dynasty, yet you aid and abet the wicked. Aren't you disloyal, unjust, and unfilial?"
"What a blatant disloyalty, injustice, and filial impiety! Since the Li family is full of loyal martyrs, why should they be slandered by you after they died on the battlefield? Is this your idea of loyalty and righteousness?"
Li Ruo's eyes suddenly turned sharp.
Yongjia's heart trembled. "Don't make excuses for yourself. What you're doing is rebellion, it's wrong, and your entire family should be executed. Once my father and brothers receive the letter, they will definitely borrow troops from His Majesty and bring the capital's army to wipe you out."
Li Ru sneered, "I originally wanted to kill you, but suddenly I feel it's a pity that you died like this."
She looked at Xie Xiao, "Why don't we lock her up? She shouldn't waste much food."
Yongjia's eyes widened, "You dare lock me up? Believe it or not—" before Li Ruo knocked him unconscious with a chop to the neck.
"You—" Before the head of the Fan family could finish his sentence, he was knocked unconscious by Sun Ergou.
The surrendered refugees were captured, their weapons were confiscated, and they were temporarily taken into custody.
The brothers of Black Wind Stronghold cheered.
This was the first hilltop they seized after their "rebellion".
When Xie Xiao and Li Ruo led their men to their warehouse, they found about 10,000 catties of grain and three large boxes full of gold and silver ingots, jewelry and jade.
Sun Ergou pointed at the boxes of common goods and said, "I really don't know what these people are doing with so much useless stuff when there's a flood."
Little Li: "That's right, with that kind of strength, why not carry more food?"
Normally, these things could be exchanged for a lot of food and supplies, but now they are worthless in the eyes of Xiao Li and others.
Li Ruo said, "Because they don't know how long the flood will last, and besides, these are things they've dedicated their lives to. What, you don't like them?"
I like it.
Xie Xiao glanced at her and smiled, "These three boxes are all yours."
"real?"
She felt as if the firearms in the store were beckoning to her.
Sun Ergou asked with a grin, "Sister Ruo, wouldn't that be part of the boss's betrothal gifts? That must be tens of thousands of taels of silver!"
Waaah, if only the eldest brother had married my sister earlier, he would have been my brother-in-law, and I wouldn't have had to carry manure for a month.
Old Wang raised his hand, "Let me remind you, didn't you just say these things were useless? Natural disasters aren't worth much silver now, at most ten thousand taels. The chief's bride price is still ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight taels short."
Old Wang, representing the more than one hundred brothers of Ziyang Peak, was assigned to personally supervise Black Wind Stronghold and protect Miss Li, lest she be deceived by the cunning leader.
Sun Ergou grabbed Lao Wang, "Hey Lao Wang, you came from Black Wind Stronghold, can't you go easy on me a little..."
Xie Xiao had already pulled Li Ruo up to the big rock at the top of Baiyun Peak.
Baiyun Peak is a little shorter than Ziyang Peak, but it still offers a panoramic view of all the other mountains.
At this moment, dark clouds filled the sky, and a strong wind howled, making their robes flutter loudly, as if they were the only color in the world.
Li Ruo glanced at him sideways, "Are you really decided? Aren't you afraid the emperor will send troops to besiege you?"
Xie Xiao's gaze fell on her from afar. "I'm afraid, but as you said, if you don't move forward, you fall behind, and I have no way to retreat. I promised my brothers that I would lead them to a better life, and I also promised myself that I wouldn't let the brothers around me die. And you, I won't let you—" His eyes suddenly turned dark and distant, like a bottomless abyss.
Li Ruo's heart skipped a beat. "You won't make me do anything?"
The next moment, he grinned and said:
“I promised Grandma that I wouldn’t let you just be a bandit’s wife.”
Li Ruo lifted her eyelids slightly, "When did you agree to her request?"
Xie Xiao smiled with a roguish grin, “Grandma and I exchange glances and understand each other perfectly.”
"Oh!"
Xie Xiao pressed down on her shoulders with both hands and turned her around. "What, you don't want to? The daughter of a great general, yet you want to become an outlaw."
Li Ruo said, "I did suffer a bit of a loss."
She originally just wanted to quietly enjoy life, indulging in delicious food every day for the next three years, and then find a more comfortable place to build a big house after the flood receded, gather a few handsome men, and live happily ever after with the princes and princesses...
Who knew that she would become more and more entangled with him, and now she has to "sacrifice" herself and walk with him on a "path of no return".
Xie Xiao's eyes darkened for a moment, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on her shoulders. "Heh, but I've already dragged you into this. What am I going to do?"
"Do you want to hurt me to death?" Li Ru glared at him. "If you're going to rebel, then rebel. Why are you being so long-winded?"
Xie Xiao paused, staring intently at her. "You agree? Perhaps it will be a very difficult path."
Li Ruo said calmly, "Since it's a difficult road, more people means more strength."
Xie Xiao's smile widened, growing bigger and bigger until it almost reached the sun. "No more backing down."
The sky was dark and the scene was like the end of the world. To him, she was a ray of light in this gloomy world.
Perhaps she doesn't like him that much, but there's plenty of time.
Again?
Li Ruo looked at him, somewhat confused, only to see him acting like a complete idiot, his radiant smile almost brightening the sky, making her instantly forget what she wanted to ask.
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