As for the food in the front room, Chen Li only collected a few sacks of fine rice and flour. In addition, she also collected half of the salt and sugar piled in the corner.
She didn't touch anything else, and with her hands behind her back, she strolled back into the sight of the two secret guards.
Chi Yan was eating the grass on the shore of the lake, and the other horses followed behind it. Chen Li picked a big tree at random by the lake and lay down on it to sleep.
As for the situation in the cave behind, Chen Li had no intention of taking a look. It was obvious what was going on inside, and she didn't want to get involved.
When Pei Yu entered, there was still a fight inside the cave. There were more than 500 soldiers guarding the cave. In addition, there were 400 miners and 100 blacksmiths.
Pei Yu's secret guards were all good at fighting ten people at once, and they quickly dealt with the soldiers who had been recuperating in the cave for a long time.
After dealing with the soldiers, the miners and blacksmiths were guarded in the cave.
Pei Yu sat on a chair. Soon, An Yi came in, escorting a man wearing a green robe with gold weaving.
"Master, the person has been brought back."
Kuang Wen's arms were tied behind his back by An Yi, and he was kicked on the back of his feet. He suddenly lost strength and fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.
The moment he fell, An Yi let go, and it took Kuang Wen a long while to get up.
"Pei Yu, how dare you do this?"
Pei Yu sat there, his bony hands tapping lightly on the armrest of the chair. His other hand supported his jade-like chin, and he raised his eyebrows slightly. "I'm already here, and you're still asking such a boring question."
Kuang Wen's face was ashen, distorted by pain. He had been caught by An Yi while escaping and had been beaten up. Now, when he heard Pei Yu's arrogant words, he was so angry that he was spitting fire in his heart.
But he had to suppress the anger in his heart. He had also heard that Pei Yu's behavior had become more and more crazy recently, and now it seemed that it was true.
Otherwise, how could he dare to bring troops here.
He stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Pei Yu, aren't you afraid of offending the people behind me by doing this?"
"hehe!"
When Kuang Wen heard his laughter, he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.
"You follow him and work with him, but why are you still so naive? Do you think he will know?
Kuang Wen was trembling all over. "I am the legitimate son of the Kuang family. You can't kill me!"
Pei Yu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, not wanting to say more. "Take him away, interrogate him, and then get rid of him."
"yes."
"Pei Yu, you can't kill me, you will be punished!"
“…”
An Yi dragged him away, and finally felt that he was too noisy, so he blocked his mouth to prevent him from disturbing the master.
"Noisy!"
"Tianqing, count the things and move as soon as possible."
"yes."
Half an hour later, Pei Yu walked under the tree carrying a small box. Chen Li opened her eyes and looked at him, "Can we go now?"
“We have to wait a little longer. I promised Miss Shen that I would reward you. I wonder if you want silver or food?”
Chen Li jumped down from the tree and landed steadily on the ground. "In addition to the reward, you have to give me a cart of food and deduct it from the reward."
“No need, Miss Shen helped me a lot, a cart of food is what I deserve.”
Pei Yu handed the wooden box to the girl in front of him, "This is your reward."
Chen Li took it and opened it. On top was a stack of silver bills, and below were two rows of neatly arranged gold bars, a total of 12.
There were more than a dozen silver notes with a face value of 50 or 100 taels, and eight with a face value of 1,000 taels, which was quite generous.
The smile on Chen Li's face became more genuine, "Young Master Wei is very generous."
Soon, Chen Li, Pei Yu and Tian Qing left the valley. The three of them rode horses, followed by three carriages. The other horses followed Chi Yan obediently and did not run around.
Soon, the group returned to their camp. Shen Changshan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter return safely, but when he saw the three carriages behind her, he became curious.
"Ali, you're back. Are you hurt?"
"Little sister, you're back!"
As soon as Shen Li came back, the Shen family gathered around her and asked her about her well-being.
Even Lu Nian and Shen Xiaoya were standing behind, but unfortunately the two little girls were not tall enough and were blocked by the Shen family.
"Mom and Dad, I'm fine. Okay, there's still work to do!"
"Dad, I brought two carriages, one of which is filled with grain. Young Master Wei asked for four horses and gave him 200 taels of silver. You can divide the silver, grain, and horses as you see fit."
"If you don't want a horse, you can discuss it with Tianqing next to Master Wei."
Shen Changshan took the silver she handed over, and the silver in the bag made a dull clash sound due to the shaking.
"Okay, Dad, I understand. I'll go discuss it with them right away."
Shen Changshan quickly gathered the heads of each family together to discuss how to divide the property.
There were ten horses in total, four of which were bought. As for the remaining horses, each family got one horse except for the Shen family.
The four horses were sold for 200 taels of silver. The Shen family did not want the horses, so they took 50 taels of silver first. The remaining 150 horses were divided into 7 equal parts, with each family receiving 21 taels and 4 cents.
As for food, it was also divided equally into 7 parts.
When Shen Changshan proposed this, no one agreed, thinking that the Shen family was at a great disadvantage.
Shen Erhe was injured, and his already sallow face turned pale, making him look even weaker.
"Brother Changshan, dividing the property this way would be too much of a disadvantage for your family and Brother Lin Hu. Besides, you have all made great contributions, so we can't divide it this way."
"Yes, Changshan, if it weren't for your two families, we wouldn't be sitting here talking right now. We can't divide it like this."
Shen Zhenyuan also had a smile on his face. If it were the previous team, they would have agreed to this division long ago.
"Changshan, this isn't the way it should be divided."
Shen Changshan also had a sincere smile on his face, "Fourth Uncle, if I hadn't taken the mountain road, you might not have encountered such an incident today. Since we all took the risk, let's share it together."
"Changshan, that's not how it works. We took the mountain road voluntarily. We've already been holding you back, so we can't accept this much more."
Seeing that they were determined to do so, Shen Changshan nodded and said, "Okay, let's divide it this way this time. If there is a next time, how about we divide it according to merit?"
The others nodded hesitantly, and soon the things were distributed to each family.
Xu You looked at Shen Changshan, “Uncle, my family already has a cow, this horse…”
The others also looked at Shen Changshan, obviously worried about the horse. Shen Changshan shook his head, "Everyone should keep the horse."
Just when everyone was puzzled, Shen Changshan continued, "Now that we have horses, we must speed up our journey and leave Jingzhou as soon as possible."
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