Chapter 71 Do You Want to Fight?
Someone quickly said, "Don't talk nonsense. That's not a demon. It's a fairy."
"Will fairies give us meat? Only fairies give us meat."
This statement was immediately recognized by most people, and from then on Su Nuan finally escaped from the list of demons and became a little fairy.
Su Nuan was too lazy to listen to what those people said. She brought the cow to the back of the team. There was hay on the donkey cart, so she took it out and fed the cow first.
Fortunately, Su Nuan had space, and the foxtail grass planted in the space grew lushly, otherwise there would be no way to satisfy the cow's appetite.
Xue heard the noise and got out of the carriage. When he saw such a big cow, he was so scared that he took two steps back.
"This big?"
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Well, we need it to pull the cart."
Xue asked in confusion, "We don't have anything, why do we need an ox to pull it?"
Su Nuan smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, it will be there soon."
The team is now advancing slowly, and it will be dark by the time Cheng Feng and his team come back with their belongings and people.
Su Nuan knew that the soldiers were short-handed, so she helped cook a few pots of noodle dumpling soup.
White noodle dumplings, rich soup, reddish-brown beef cubes, and emerald green vegetables make people's appetites open at first sight.
Cheng Feng was very happy today. While eating, he said, "Sister, you really were right. But I heard that you burned everyone inside to death?"
Su Nuan calmly replied, "It's worse than an animal, so just burn it."
Cheng Feng gave a thumbs up, "Good, you are also a hero of the Ling family."
Su Nuan smiled slightly. Is a person like that worthy of being called a human? It would be better if he died.
Cheng Feng said worriedly again: "The box is too heavy, take your share if you have room over there."
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay."
She did not refuse. Of course, one's own wealth should be kept by oneself. If one relies on others to help take care of it, it may not belong to him or her anymore.
She led people to move the boxes allocated to them onto a donkey cart, but the cart was too small to be pulled by a bison.
Su Nuan looked at the team. They were all using small carts, which were not suitable.
As for the rich families, they would not sell their carriages, after all, they were unwilling to walk.
Su Nuan had no choice but to open the box and check it.
There were no gold or silver ingots in the box, but there were a lot of gold and silver jewelry, gems and the like.
She put the heavy things into the space and tried to make the donkey carry as light a load as possible.
The busy day passed like this, and we continued our journey as usual the next day.
Su Nuan took people up the mountain and went hunting when they couldn't find any bandits.
After walking for another eight days, we were about to reach the end of the winding mountain road when something appeared blocking the way ahead.
Su Nuan touched his chin and said, "Could it be that there are bandits again? We haven't found any traces in the past few days."
She ran to the front to check and found that the roadblocks were many wooden boxes, including the ones used by the official escort agency.
Cheng Feng frowned and said, "Sister, please move aside. I'll go and take a look."
He walked to the boxes and used a knife to pry open the lid of one of them.
There was no Tibetan in the box, but it was full of silver ingots.
Cheng Feng picked one up and looked through it. "This is government silver. Even if the bandits take it, they need to melt it before they can spend it."
Su Nuan walked over, took a look, and asked, "When was this lost? Can you tell?"
Cheng Feng shook his head, "No, but this should be the silver shipped to the north."
Su Nuan shook her head, "Not necessarily. I think it's the silver shipped from the north to the capital."
Cheng Feng pondered for a moment, then carefully examined the air holes at the bottom of the silver. He nodded and said, "Yes, this is silver shipped from the north to the capital. I didn't expect it to be hijacked by bandits."
"But how could so much silver be transported to the capital from the North? Aren't they very poor there?"
Su Nuan didn't understand this either. Recalling her past life, she said, "Could it be that the people over there are colluding with the government? As long as the officials make a little move, that person in the north can become a local tyrant."
Cheng Feng sneered, "I'd like to meet this local tyrant, but it's not easy for us to spend this money."
Su Nuan picked up the silver and looked at it, then used a dagger to cut off the mark on the bottom, and then cut the ingot shape on top into various small pieces of silver.
"Here, soak it in water containing wood ash for a few days. Who would have known that the blackened thing was a whole ingot?"
Cheng Feng's eyes widened. "How can this be done?" This was easier than melting.
"Haha... sister, you are really strong."
Su Nuan smiled awkwardly, "Um... excuse me for laughing."
Cheng Feng checked other boxes and found scattered jewelry, gold and silver products. Why did these things appear on the road?
Su Nuan looked up at the mountains on both sides and indeed saw someone.
She frowned and said, "Could it be a bait set by the bandits?"
Cheng Feng also saw the people on the mountain and shouted at the top of his voice: "Hey, what do you mean? Do you want to fight?"
The people on the mountain also shouted at the top of their lungs: "We were forced to become bandits. We never killed anyone, we only robbed them."
Cheng Feng sneered: "You said that. How do I know if you have ever killed anyone?"
The bandits shouted again: "We did this because we couldn't survive. Now this silver is a gift to you. Please let us live."
Su Nuan, "..." Why does it feel like parties A and B are reversed?
Cheng Feng frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Let us let you go?"
The bandits shouted, "We've received news that the two bandit camps ahead have been destroyed. We just want to survive. Could you give us some food if possible?"
"We can't buy food with gold and silver, so please spare our lives for the sake of gold and silver?"
The bandits were not very educated, but they could express their ideas clearly.
They found that all the people in the first two strongholds were dead and their belongings were gone, so they thought Cheng Feng was a powerful figure. They were afraid of being killed, so they paid money before coming.
As for exchanging food, it was probably the bandit's own idea. It would be great if he could get it, but if he couldn't, he could use the gold and silver to save his life.
Su Nuan couldn't help laughing, "Brother Cheng, now you're famous."
Cheng Feng was ashamed. This was all thanks to Su Nuan. He really didn't do anything.
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Leave some food for them. I don't think these people are that vicious."
Cheng Feng was a little reluctant, "Do we really want to keep our food?"
Su Nuan raised an eyebrow. "There's no blood on these things or the box. I guess they didn't kill people indiscriminately. They just became bandits because they had nowhere else to go."
Cheng Feng laughed and said, "You are such a strange woman. You can kill people without blinking an eye, but you can also inspire sympathy with just a few words."
Although he said this, he still ordered his men to unload some of the food. After all, it was robbed by the front, so he didn't feel bad about giving it away.
When the people on the mountain saw the food, they immediately knelt down and shouted, "Thank you, I kowtow to you, thank you..."
Cheng Feng didn't say anything, but he believed what Su Nuan said. At this moment, he also felt that these bandits were not as bad as the previous ones.
Su Nuan looked at the box and asked, "Are you dumbfounded?"
Cheng Feng didn't react, "What do you mean dumbfounded?"
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