"No, I'll go and get them back for you." Su Xun didn't even know what he was saying. He quickly shook his head. "We'll leave now and never bother you again."
"Last time we were thinking of letting you off the hook, but how did you repay us?"
"We really just wanted to get those two packets of medicine; everything else was Dong Ge's idea."
"You guys stay there quietly. If you dare to move, we won't be so polite." Hou Yunhai wasn't going to let them off easily now. Standing on the wall, he watched Dong Ge, who had already disappeared. He planned to take his men out and tie Su Xun and the others up. Maybe he would have to rely on them to find Dong Ge and the others' hideout in the future.
Yun Zhizhong and his group started rushing to Pinghe Village as soon as they received the news, but they were still a step too late. By the time they arrived, the event had already ended.
Dong Ge and his group jogged back to their previous camp and, without even having time to rest, packed up their belongings and evacuated to another location.
"Boss, why did we just run away like that? What if they don't have reinforcements? We've missed a great opportunity." The more the fourth brother, the more he thought about it, the more he felt he had missed a chance to make a fortune.
"We'll find out whether there are reinforcements or not later. Right now, we should get out of here as soon as possible. If Su Xun and his gang betray us, we won't be able to leave even if we want to."
As the leader of such a large gang, Dong Ge is not only ruthless, but also has a certain level of judgment and decision-making ability.
"So the injuries the third brother and the others suffered were for nothing?"
"Fourth brother, I know you usually get along best with third brother, but this isn't the time to be loyal. Remember, as long as we're alive, we can always fight again. Besides, we have hundreds of brothers here. We can't just throw them all out for revenge, can we?"
Liu Zheng understood this principle, but he still felt that he had wasted several days here and was now suffering losses in both men and soldiers.
Because they traveled in secrecy, they took back roads instead of going straight on the main roads, thus perfectly avoiding the teams that came to support Pinghe Village and other villages.
Not long after they left, the spies that Dong Ge had sent out to guard various intersections caught up with them.
"Boss, a lot of people are heading towards Pinghe Village, and they're carrying weapons. They look like they're from several nearby villages."
"Boss, the team that went to Pinghe Village in the county town on the main road has also returned."
"See? Now they won't say I was being paranoid. In our line of work, it's always better to be careful."
"That's why he's called the boss; he looks much more distant than us."
"Alright, Su Xun and the others still haven't caught up, right?" Dong Ge had heard plenty of compliments before, so he didn't feel particularly pleased with himself.
"They didn't follow, have they been detained?"
"Then we need to hurry back and move the supplies we stored there to another location. These bastards know our base. They'll definitely sell us out."
Dong Ge didn't think that Su Xun, who had been hiding behind them, would help them cover up the truth. He might even betray them completely in order to curry favor with the other party.
No one objected this time, and even the injured third brother and the others gritted their teeth and didn't cry out in pain.
At this moment, they were filled with regret, wondering why they had listened to Su Xun and come so far, completely forgetting that it was because of their greed.
This night will be a sleepless one for Pinghe Village. Although the crisis has been resolved, people from various villages have arrived to provide assistance.
Although they weren't able to offer much help this time, Pinghe Village was still well-prepared to host everyone. Each household was generous this time, catching all the fish they had previously raised there to make several large pots of fish soup, and also using the wild boar cured meat that the village had stored to treat the villagers from various villages who came to help.
"We still need to find this group of people, otherwise we won't be able to have peace of mind in any village in the future."
"Have those people been arrested been interrogated? Have you been able to find their hideout?"
"We're still too far away. It would be much better if we had communication equipment."
The village leaders who had come over gathered together to discuss how to handle the next steps.
"We have arrested some people, but we haven't started interrogating them yet."
Not long after the people were tied up, everyone started arriving one after another, which caused the delay.
"These people are too audacious. Don't they realize we still have troops here? If it weren't for Captain Liu and his men having guns, we don't know how this would have ended."
"They're too arrogant and overbearing. We can't let them get away with this. No matter how far away they are, we'll take down their hideout."
"These people have probably read too many novels in the past, and they think that heroes can really emerge in times of chaos. They don't realize that this is not yet a time of chaos. Once we get through this disaster, it will be time to settle accounts."
"Fortunately, your village occupies a favorable geographical location, and there's a small road connecting it to Xin San Village. In the future, your two villages can be merged into one village," Bai, the village chief of Baijia Village, joked.
"If we can form a village, that would be wonderful. Then our new Third Village would really benefit," Village Chief Shi said with a smile, seemingly serious but not quite.
Seeing that the village leaders were chatting enthusiastically, Yunxun got up to check if the food outside was ready, and also to see how the interrogation of Brother Wu and the others was going.
If we can find out their hideout, we might be able to catch them red-handed if we lead the team there. Otherwise, if we go too late, we'll definitely be disappointed.
"We got it. These bastards aren't as stubborn as they were last time. Just point a gun at their heads and they confessed everything." Brother Wu and Captain Liu walked in while they were having a great time talking.
"Since they've all confessed, let's take advantage of everyone being here and finish them off in one go. Otherwise, we really won't be able to sleep peacefully anymore." The person in charge of Gaojia Village was a young man, and he couldn't sit still any longer. He couldn't wait to get to work right away.
“Even if we’re going to ambush them, we need to fill our stomachs first. When we arrived, the village was just about to call you over for a meal. Let’s grab a bite now and discuss who to take with us.”
Angkor and his men came with the same intention; after all, leaving a large gang of several hundred people unattended would make anyone uneasy. They had finally managed to calm things down here and didn't want any more trouble.
But they didn't know that they were facing not only these gangs, but also the constant influx of refugees.
As for whether the troops can handle them all, there are simply too many refugees, and they can't just imprison them at this time. If they did, they would also have to provide them with three meals a day, which is a burden no one can afford.
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